Thursday, John A. Logan men's basketball coach Kyle Smithpeters was announced as an assistant coach to new Missouri coach Dennis Gates.  As he prepares to depart for Columbia, Smithpeters gave a parting statement that you can listen to below.

Smithpeters went 241-73 over 10 seasons as the head coach of the Vols and coached a pair of NJCAA Player of the Year in Sean East, who is also headed to Mizzou, and Jay Scrubb who went directly to the NBA after his time at John A. Logan College.

Smithpeters plans to join Sportsvoice on Saturday morning.

 

Saturday morning, the guys at Sportsvoice had Carbondale Terriers boys' basketball coach Jim Miller on for his first interview since returning to the Carbondale sideline earlier this week:

 
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The Carbondale Terriers were selected as the Team of the Week after clinching a share of the South 7 crown this past Friday.  Matt Varney discussed that, sophomore quarterback Brock Bowlby, and this week's test against Marion with Coach Bryan Lee:

 
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The Johnston City Indians had to fight for a win over #14 Auburn last week but they came out on top 16-8.  Now they're headed to #11 Breese (Mater Dei) this Saturday, a team that presents a lot of problems.  Matt Varney and head coach of the Indians, Todd Thomas, discussed both games and solutions to the Breese Mater Dei Knights.

 
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