Ryan Pierson on ESPN 11/16/2010


PB&J, aka Ryan Pierson, travels with his new team, the Northeastern University Huskies to Carbondale, IL for a game against the SIU-C Salukis tomorrow morning at 9 am CT. The game will be televised on ESPN as a part of their College Basketball Tip-Off Marathon. The game will also appear online on ESPN3 if you want to watch a replay later or need an online diversion during the day.

Ryan was in the starting line up for the Huskies first game and victory over the Boston University Terriers last Friday, 66-64. He's #30 in the white jersey in the picture above. He tells me he is working hard and learning how to wrestle with the 7 ft + big dudes in practice. I'm looking forward to watching him play tomorrow. Guess I'm going to have to start calling him Soul Patch, since he's now sporting the very cool facial hair.

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