Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff
The UMass Lowell men's basketball team signed Tilton School point guard Scott Tavares-Taylor and former Methuen High swing man Romeo Diaz as the incoming freshman class of 2009-10.
Tavares-Taylor, a Boston resident who played high school basketball at Lexington High School, led Tilton to the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class B championship and the 2009 Prep National Championship.
The 5-foot-10 speedster (pictured) manned the point guard position on a Tilton team that finished the season with a record of 29-2.
Diaz, a 2007-08 All-Merrimack Valley Conference selection as a senior, had one of the performances of the year with his 51-point 17-rebound 11-assist performance in an triple-overtime thriller against Dracut last winter.
The 6-foot-5 guard/forward averaged 26 points, eight rebounds and three steals per game during his senior year for the Rangers.
The duo will join forward Kyle Mayers out of Ontario, Canada, and center/forward Lance Greene out of Boston as new faces next season. Mayers and Greene were redshirts this past season.
UMass Lowell finished the 2008-09 season with a record of 21-8, second in the Northeast-10 Conference and the third seed in the NCAA East Region. The River Hawks fell to Merrimack in overtime in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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