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On fire on the court

By KELLIE DIXON
Published January 11, 2007

BROOKSVILLE - Ask Central sophomore Darryn Frazier if his family stayed in an igloo while they lived in Alaska and he'll say yes.

In fact, it was two stories high.

C'mon, Darryn. Really?

"Naw," he said with a laugh. "We had green grass just like everybody else."

While his classmates found that pretty hard to believe, Frazier found Florida's heat and humidity a little tougher to comprehend. That's one thing he really didn't have to contend with in Alaska.

So when his family moved to Brooksville this past summer, Frazier chose to stay indoors. Of course that's where the basketball court is, so no big deal.

Frazier is a 6-foot guard finding his role with the Central basketball team. He is the team's high scorer, but not so much because he decides to take over a game. Central coach Eric Hayes said it has more to do with the fact Frazier is learning to play within Central's offense that relies on a lot of movement with cuts, springs, that sort of thing.

In Central's 71-54 win over Hernando last week - the Bears' biggest win of the season - Frazier scored 34 points and went 8-of-12 from the foul line.

In Tuesday's game - an 82-71 loss to Wesley Chapel - Frazier scored a season-best 44 points.

Those last two games boosted Frazier's average to 18.8 points per game and a 68 percent average from the foul line.

Hayes said he didn't even know Frazier scored that many until he looked at the book after the game. But, Hayes added, a big difference in Frazier's game is the fact he's becoming a little more assertive. "He's finally started going to the basket with some authority," Hayes said.

Instead of his average eight or 10 foul shots, he went to the line 27 times against Wesley Chapel on Tuesday. "Alaska," as his teammates and classmates call him, made 20.

Kellie Dixon can be reached at kdixon@sptimes.com or 352 544-9480.

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