Chattahoochee Tech men’s basketball signs three transfer players

Chattahoochee Tech men’s basketball received letters of intent from three transfer players on Tuesday at a signing event at the school’s Marietta campus. Two players from Central Georgia Tech — Darius Miller and Darius Davis — and Ronald Blossomgame from Middle Georgia College will enter the program as sophomores in the 2011-12 season with one year of NJCAA eligibility remaining.

Miller, a 6-foot-6, 225-pound power forward who graduated from Newton High School (Covington, Ga.) in 2010, brings a low-post presence and rebounding prowess.

“He has great toughness,” said CTC head coach and athletic director David Archer of Miller. “He’s an undersized power forward, but he has the skills and footwork to be effective. He’s also a very good rebounder. He has a nose for the ball, which is something we were missing at times last year.”

His teammate, Davis, graduated from Tift County High School (Tifton, Ga.) in 2009 and provides wing scoring as well as the ability to play in the post.

“He’s very versatile and that’s going to be outstanding for us,” Archer said of Davis. “He can play on the perimeter but he can also post up. He had to play a lot of power forward in high school and at Central Georgia Tech. He’s very active, he blocks shots and has very long arms.”

Both Miller and Davis were key players for a Central Georgia Tech team that finished 10-11 last year in its first season of competition. CGT played and defeated the Chattahoochee Tech JV team twice during the season.

Blossomgame (6-9, 265) comes to CTC after graduating from Chattahoochee High School (Alpharetta, Ga.) in 2009, then spending a year at Bridgton Academy prep school in Maine and playing for Middle Georgia last season. Blossomgame is a big post presence who should play major minutes in the Golden Eagles’ front court.

“It’s going to be great to have a big body in there,” Archer said of Blossomgame. “He’s going to be able to clog up the middle and grab rebounds. We’re going to rely on him a lot.”

Miller, Davis and Blossomgame join Devarick Houston (SF, 6-4), Jacoby Patton (SG, 6-3) and Sean Tate (PG, 5-8) in the Chatt Tech spring signing class.

Chattahoochee Tech is entering its second year of NJCAA Division I competition in Region XVII.