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Montana State women's basketball coach Tricia Binford has concluded her 2011-12 recruiting class with the addition of Rechel Carter, a 5-8 guard from Foothill College in California. Carter will be a junior on next season's Bobcat squad.

A native of Vallejo, Calif., Carter played last season at Foothill and helped the Owls to a 30-5 overall mark. FC finished runner-up at the California state tournament, after winning the North Coast Conference and earning a No. 1 seed in the Nor-Cal.

For the season, Carter averaged 8.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. She hauled down 10 rebounds in the Owls' Sweet 16 win over Consumes River College. For her efforts, Carter was an all-league honorable mention pick and was named the team's defensive player of the year.

"Rechel's length and athleticism make her an extremely versatile defender capable of guarding any position on the perimeter,” said Foothill head coach Jody Craig. “In addition, her ability to see the floor, make good decisions and play at an up tempo pace I think will fit right in with Montana State's style of play."

Carter played her first year of collegiate basketball at San Joaquin Delta College, after prepping at Vallejo High School. At VHS, she averaged 14.7 points, while shooting 44 percent from the field. Carter led the Apache to the 2010 CIF SJS Division II title, notching 15 points and 15 rebounds in the championship game.

“She is absolutely relentless on the defensive end,” Binford said. “She goes non-stop and has the ability to raise the level of play of those around her. She is very athletic and quick and will fit in well with our up-tempo style.”

With the signing of Carter, Binford has completed the 2011-12 recruiting class with one junior college transfer and five high school standouts.

2011-12 Montana State Recruiting Class:

Margreet Barhoum- G- 5-8- Fr.- Edmonds, WA/Meadowdale HS
Rechel Carter- G- 5-8- Jr.- Vallejo, CA/Foothill College
Alexa Dawkins- F- 6-1- Fr.- Bozeman, MT/Bozeman HS
Peyton Ferris- G- 5-9- Fr.- Twin Bridges, MT/Twin Bridges HS
Jasmine Hommes- F- 6-1- Fr.- Lynden, WA/Lynden Christian HS
Lindsay Stockton- G- 5-6- Fr.- Spokane, WA/Gonzaga Prep HS

Why 4 guards?

On why I think that there are four guards in this class:

They are different type of players.

Stockton - more a true point guard that we haven't had since Erica Perry graduated. Both Cole and Adams are more natural two guards and defensive specialist at that...although their offensive games are developing. Adams may play a lot of small forward this
year.

Carter - Think Latisha Adams. Defensive stopper.

Barhoum and Ferris - scoring (two guard) that can put a lot of points up in a hurry. Big emphasis on replacing Bussey's ability to score.

Didn't we lose 3 guards ? Take a look at some other WBB rosters. ISU has 10 guards.EWU has 9. UM has 8. Stanford has 7 guards, 7 forwards, and 1 forward/center. MSU now sits at 7/7/1.

The terminology evolves. If you're my age you grew up with two guards, two forwards and a center. Then it went to a point guard, two wings and two posts. Then it was point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center/post. It might be something else nowadays. So if someone is listed as a guard, they could be a point guard, a shooting guard or possibly a wing/small forward. Half or slightly more of your roster could be listed as guards.

I think they Both Cole and Adams are more natural two guards and defensive specialist at that...although their offensive games are developing. Adams may play a lot of small forward this .Thanx for sharing this nice post.