Monday, July 6, 2015

MSSU men's basketball adds transfer

(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)

Missouri Southern men's basketball coach Jeff Boschee has announced the addition of transfer DJ Feitl to his list of recruits for the 2015-16 season.

Feitl comes to Missouri Southern after a year at John Brown University. A 6-3 guard, Fietl will be a senior eligibility wise.

As a junior at JBU, Feitl was a second team All-SAC performer. He averaged 18.4 points per game, while shooting 45 percent from the field, 44 percent from long-range and 84 percent from the charity stripe. He also averaged 4.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.2 steals per game for JBU.

Feitl played two seasons at Saddleback (Calif.) JC where he helped the Gauchos reach back-to-back Orange Empire Conference championships. He helped the team to a 51-11 (.823) record over two seasons, appearing in 30 games as a sophomore, starting 25. He averaged 7.3 points per game and 1.7 rebounds per game. Shot 40 percent from behind the arc and 39.5 percent from the field.

Feitl graduated from Coppell High School (Texas) in 2011, where he played three years for head coach Brad Chasteen. He helped the Cowboys to a pair of conference championships and was named to the Academic Honor Roll, while earning two second team All-Conference honors.

Feitl is the son of Son of Dave Feitl and Marian Mcintyre. He is majoring in marketing at Southern. His father, Dave, played at Texas-El Paso, as well as in the NBA for five seasons for Houston, Golden State, Washington and New Jersey. He also played professionally in Europe.

"We feel very fortunate to be able to get a quality player like DJ this late in the recruiting process," Boschee said. "He is a very competitive and skilled basketball player and is a great addition to our basketball team.

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