Norville ‘Banana’ Carey heading to China!
Carey finished the season with the Golden Eagles with the highest field goal percentage of .546%. Along with Chip Armelin (15.8) and Matt Bingaya (13.8), Carey (10.8) combined to average 40.4 points per game for Southern Miss.
Overall the trio scored 65.0% of the teams 60.1 points per game, which topped of any trio in Conference USA.
It also tied the eighth largest percentage of any trio in the count.
“I'm a part of this programme called Sports Reach USA when it takes teams around the world reaching out to people, learning about themselves, while getting to play basketball... On May 10th I will be traveling to China for two weeks playing basketball against teams from China and Russia while learning about the different cultures and the people,” Carey told Virgin Islands News Online in an exclusive from the USA.
Sports Reach USA operates under two basic principles: One is that sports provide a platform or avenue to share the Gospel that might not exist otherwise. The second comes directly from Romans 12:6 –“We each have different gifts according to the grace given us… let him use them in proportion to his faith.”
According to Southern Mississippi coach, Thomas Schuberth, Carey has come on leaps and bounds as a player and person and deserves his chance to play with and against some top players.
Meanwhile, Robby Speer of Sports Reach USA said, “Sports are a major part of our world’s culture and touch a greater segment of the population each year. Sports Reach capitalises on this aspect of our society to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
“In addition, this ministry attempts to identify those sports-minded individuals in the local church whose gifts and abilities are aimed in this same direction. We help the local church train those people to use their gifts to bring others to Christ. We attempt to help these individuals understand the talents God has given them and then show them how to use their gifts effectively through churches and ministries like Sports Reach.”
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