Kelly Lyell

kellylyell@coloradoan.com

Che Bob, an all-region player last season at South Plains (Junior) College, signed a national letter of intent Monday with CSU’s men’s basketball program, coach Larry Eustachy said.

Bob, a 6-foot-6 small forward, averaged 15.5 points and 7.9 rebounds a game this past season for a South Plains team that went 21-9. He scored 20 points or more eight times. He also had 40 steals and 30 blocks while playing in 28 games with 11 starts.

Bob visited Colorado State University this past weekend and attended the Green and Gold spring football game with Eustachy and CSU players Emmanuel Omogbo, who joined the Rams last season after two years at South Plains, and Gian Clavell.

Che was rated a three-star recruit by ESPN coming out of high school at Arlington Country Day in Jacksonville, Florida, a team that climbed as high as No. 7 in the national rankings his senior year. He also played one season at a prep school, Kennedy Charter in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he averaged 22.1 points a game.

Che is the second player to sign with CSU in its 2016 recruiting class, joining guard Devocio Butler out of Hill College in Texas, who signed last fall.

Both are JUCO transfers with two years of eligibility remaining, beginning with the 2016-17 season.

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