Andy McLean
App State got back in the win column after an overtime loss last week and earned a 81-57 win over NC-Wesleyan Sunday, sparked by a great performance from freshman forward CJ Huntley.
Huntley finished the game with a career-high 18 points, shooting 4-of-7 from behind the arc.
“CJ is a guy that we evaluated out of high school as a perimeter player. He didn’t play perimeter in high school,” head coach Dustin Kerns said. “This has been a big adjustment for him and what we’ve asked him to do has been very difficult.”
Huntley went from primarily setting ball screens in high school to using them as a ball handler at App State.