The Monmouth-Roseville boys basketball season gets started next week with this year’s Orion Tip-Off classic on Monday November 21st. Monmouth-Roseville is looking to continue to build their basketball program under 2nd year Head Coach Jake Sottos. Sottos in his first year as coach of the varsity squad lead the team to an 18-12 record and playoff win over Sherrard, before falling to Knoxville 44-39 in the next game of regionals.
The Titans lost the bulk of their scoring from last season’s team but do return five points a game from CJ Johnson and six points a game from Jerome Jackson. Sottos, appearing on the WRAM morning show, detailed his roster’s makeup coming into this season after losing several senior starters from last year.
The Titans will face off against Ridgewood at 7:00 on Monday to begin the Orion tournament. For the full interivew with Coach Sottos, visit the Sports Podcast section of our website, radiomonmouth.com.
Catch all the action of Monmouth-Roseville boys basketball on Sunny 97.7 WMOI and online at radiomonmouth.com with the pregame shows starting 15 minutes ahead of each tip-off.
***Story by Prairie Communications intern Kadin Rogers***
