YOUNGSTOWN
By Joe Scalzo
scalzo@vindy.com
Tre Brewer finished this basketball season as an unhappy junior. He didn’t want to be an unhappy senior.
After appearing in all but one of YSU’s games this winter, Brewer decided to transfer to Cal State San Bernardino, a Division II school.
In his only season with the Penguins, Brewer averaged 4.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in 29 games, including six starts.
But his role and his minutes fluctuated throughout the season — something he said frustrated him as the season went on.
“Honestly, that was my whole reason for leaving,” he said. “One game, I think I’m in the rotation and the next, maybe I’m not.
“My playing time situation was getting to me and I knew it was time for a move. Especially with me being a junior and being unhappy, I figured I’d be unhappy as a senior.”
Brewer hails from Alto Loma, Calif., and went to junior college in the San Bernardino Valley but said his decision had nothing to do with geography.
“I don’t really get homesick,” he said.
Brewer was the third player to leave the team since November, joining freshman guard Sheldon Brogdon (who left after four games) and junior Devonte Maymon (who left after the season).
Also, five players left the team following the 2009-10 season.
“I heard a lot of guys have come and gone but I was only there one year so I can’t vouch for it,” Brewer said. “I just happen to be another one of those guys.”
YSU went 2-16 in the Horizon League each of the past two seasons.
“I wish them the best,” Brewer said of the Penguins. “The team, they’re still my guys so it was nothing against them.
“It was a great experience; playing Division I basketball, it doesn’t get any better than that. I just felt it wasn’t the right spot for me.”
Gasparek leaves
YSU guard Makayla Gasparek has left the women’s basketball team, according to a report from WFMJ-TV.
Gasparek, a Boardman High graduate, battled a foot injury for most of the season and played just 29 minutes in eight games.
