Damian Richburg Added to Men's Basketball Roster

PHILADELPHIA - Damian Richburg, a walk-on junior college transfer from

Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, has been added to the

Temple University men's basketball roster, it was announced today by

Head Coach John Chaney. Richburg is currently practicing with the Owls

and is expected to dress for the team's next game, the Atlantic 10

Conference opener at La Salle on Thursday, Jan. 4.

A 6-4, 210-pound junior forward, Richburg enrolled at Temple this past

September and was invited by the basketball staff to attend a walk-on

tryout in October. He played two seasons of basketball at Mitchell

College. As a freshman under Coach Richard Conover in the 1998-99

campaign, he started five games and averaged 13 points and four rebounds

for a team with a 20-9 win-loss record. Last year under Coach Todd

Perez, Richburg started regularly and produced averages of 15 points and

four rebounds for a team that went 15-11 and won its last 11 games

consecutively.

A product of Baltimore, Maryland, Richburg graduated from Baltimore

Patterson High School in 1998. As a prep, he played three years of

varsity basketball under Coach Larry Alexander. Born Dec. 14, 1978,

Richburg is majoring in computer science at Temple.

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