CHAMPAIGN — Rev. Willie Comer said he has seen first-hand the humility that University of Illinois basketball player Kendrick Nunn has displayed in the last couple months.
The UI guard from Chicago has been helping with the Berean Covenant midnight basketball program on Friday nights at the church at 706 Bloomington Road, C.
About 2-1/2 years old, Comer said, the program is designed to provide a safe place for children from middle- through high-school age to be on Friday nights. Some 100 to 120 kids show up weekly, he said.
Nunn "has been connecting with the kids," Comer said, "to his surprise.