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Brandon Dunson To Transfer Back In-State
by Pat Benninger
December 7, 2007

Coach Lennox Forrester and the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars have landed their biggest recruiting coup yet.  They have picked up Division I transfer and former Illinois prep star Brandon Dunson.

As a senior at Bloomington Central Catholic High School, Dunson averaged 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists.  He rated as the state's second best shooting guard and thirteenth best player.

"I was too far away from home," stated Dunson, who picked Tennessee-Chattanooga over scholarship offers from fifteen other Division I institutions.  "I need to be closer to my family right now and I feel this was going to be the best choice.  It's only two hours away, I fit in the system, and I built a good relationship with Coach Forrester when I was recruited by Bradley."

There was no bad blood between the Mocs' head coach John Shulman and, the now, 6'4" 183 lbs Dunson.

"Coach (Shulman) and I talked about it before the season and decided that I would redshirt to help with the transition and get better acclimated to the college life to see if I liked it better.  After the first month I let him know that I was feeling the same way and he agreed to releasing me.  He completely understood where I was coming from.  We still have a great relationship.  It was just unfortunate it couldn't workout location-wise right now."

Brandon will redshirt the remainder of the season in Edwardsville and have four years of eligiblity starting in the 2008-09 season.

With the signing of the athletic scorer, Forrester is starting to build his reputation as a master recruiter in addition to being a good coach as evident by his term as the associate head coach under Jim Les at Bradley.

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