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Former MCS star Jeremiah Worthem commits to NC Central

04/29/2015, 5:30pm EDT
By Josh Verlin

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)
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Jeremiah Worthem, who led Math Civics & Science's rise to its brief time as a local hoops powerhouse, has decided to spend his final two years of college at North Carolina Central, he confirmed to CoBL.

"After being at two different schools, I feel that coach Morton will help me become a better player and man off the floor," he said. "He has recruited me the right way and our team will be good next year.

"Also the campus and the people around are just so nice and it feels like a big family."

The 6-foot-6 small forward spent the last year at Indian Hills Community College (Iowa), where he helped the Warriors to a 29-5 record. Appearing in 22 games with 10 starts, he averaged 9.1 ppg and 3.2 rpg, shooting 46.2 percent from the floor. 

Worthem began his college career as a freshman at Robert Morris University, where he was off to a fantastic start, averaging 8.9 ppg and 4.1 rpg through 19 games. Then he and three other Colonials players, including fellow Philadelphia native and fellow MCS grad Britton Lee, were suspended for one year by the University for "violations of university policy."

From that, he says, he's learned to "make better decisions, and never do anything to make me, my family or my university look bad."

It was a tough blow for a player who at one time was one of the better up-and-coming players in the region, a tough combo forward who could score inside and out and just will his teams to victory. As a sophomore, he was on the Mighty Elephants' state championship team, scoring 22 points and grabbing 12 rebounds in the title win over Lincoln Park. 

MCS wasn't able to quite replicate that success in the next two years, losing to Consitution in the Public League and state playoffs in 2012 and then doing the same at the hands of Vaux in 2013.

Now, Worthem finds himself back in Division I territory at a successful program. Under sixth-year head coach LaVelle Moton, the Eagles have become one of the stronger programs in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), winning an average of 25 games over each of the last three seasons.

In 2014-15, NC Central went 25-8 (16-0 MEAC), qualifying for the NIT, where it lost to Miami (Fl.) in the first round.

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