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Men's Basketball Signs Chicago Prep Guard
Carl Marshall from Crane High School signs letter of intent to play basketball.
Head Coach Dave Bliss released the signing of his third recruit of the season Friday.

Head Coach Dave Bliss released the signing of his third recruit of the season Friday.

May 9, 2003

WACO, Texas - Baylor University has signed Carl Marshall of Crane Technical High School in Chicago to a national letter of intent, head basketball coach Dave Bliss announced Friday.

"We are very excited about Carl Marshall." Bliss said. "With the loss of Andre White, we had a definite need for a player like Carl and we think he can contribute immediately to helping our team continue to improve."

As a senior in 2003, Marshall helped guide Crane to a 25-0 regular season and Chicago Public League championship. He averaged 18.9 points and six assists for the Cougars, who finished the season 26-1 after a two-point loss in the regional finals.

In his three-year career at CTHS Marshall accumulated over 1,500 points and 200 assists, and set school records for 3-point shooting percentage (48.9%) and free throw percentage (90.2%).

The 5-10, 160-pound Marshall averaged 17.5 points as a junior on head coach Anthony Longstreet's Crane squad that was 22-9 and won the Chicago Public League Tournament. He averaged 13.8 points as a sophomore in 2001 and Crane finished 24-8.

Marshall was rated No. 33 nationally among point guards by Hoop Scoop as a junior. He is listed as the No. 12 senior by Chicago-Detroit Hoop Connect and rated the No. 20 senior in Illinois by highschoolelite.com. Marshall played in the 2003 Chicagoland Jamboree all-star game as a senior and was an All-City team selection by the Chicago Sun-Times following his junior year.

The left-handed Marshall played for AAU teams Illinois Warriors, Chicago Demons and Illinois Fire.

Marshall is Baylor's third signee of 2002-2003, joining Tyrone Nelson of Hempstead (Texas) High School and Harvey Thomas of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.

BAYLOR 2002-2003 SIGNEES: 

Name		Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	Hometown (previous schools)
Carl Marshall	G	5-10	160	Fr.	Chicago, Ill. (Crane HS)
Tyrone Nelson	F/C	6-9	200	Fr.	Hempstead, Texas (Hempstead HS)
Harvey Thomas	F	6-8	210	Jr.	Fredericksburg, Va. (Mt. Zion [N.C.]/Georgetown/Northeastern Okla. A&M)