2016-17 Desert Pines Boys Basketball Capsule Preview
Capri Uzan (right) is one of four returning starters for the Jaguars. (Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
DESERT PINES
Head coach: Mike Uzan, sixth season
2015-16 record: 22-9 (14-0 Sunrise, first)
Returning lettermen (starters): Nine (four)
Top players: G Capri Uzan (Sr.), F Trevon Abdullah (Sr.), G Jordan Simon (Sr.), G Derek Coleman (Sr.), F JeRell Springer (Sr.)
Outlook: The Jaguars return nine lettermen, including four starters, from a team that advanced to the Division I-A state final.
Capri Uzan (17 points, 5 assists, 3.5 rebounds per game), Abdullah (10 ppg, 6 rpg), Simon (7 ppg, 3 rpg, 2 apg) and Coleman (5 ppg, 3 rpg) all return for Desert Pines, which could also benefit from the transfer of Springer from Shadow Ridge.
“We should be pretty good,” Mike Uzan said.
