Buzz: Defensive Stalwart Chase Adams Heading to Pitt
Posted by rtmsf on August 10th, 2009Pitt’s Jamie Dixon picked up some great news today when it was announced that Centenary’s Chase Adams, a 5’10 waterbug point guard originally from Baltimore, is transferring to play for the Panthers and he will be eligible immediately. With Centenary’s recent decision to move down from D1 to D3, all of its players were given the option to transfer to another school without penalty. Dixon must be ecstatic because his returning backcourt is relatively inexperienced (Ashton Gibbs was the presumed incumbent), but now he’ll be adding the 2009 Summit League DPOY, a player who was eighth nationally in steals per game (2.7). This goes along with some nice numbers in scoring (14.6), rebounds (4.2) and assists (4.5) per game. It sounds as if Adams will fit the Panther ethos of hard work and defense to a T…