Wake Forest Basketball 1999 Newcomers

Tate Decker
6'11 - F/C - Webster Groves, Mo. (Webster Groves HS)

Transfer from Missouri who will play two years with the Demon Deacons

Averaged 3.3 points and 2.5 rebounds per game as a sophomore

More effective during freshman year with the Tigers, averaging 6.5 ppg and 3.3 rpg while leading the team in blocked shots (24)

Scored 11 points and had 6 rebounds against Wake Forest in Joel Coliseum in a January 1998 contest

Played on a state championship team at Webster Groves HS in 1996

Led that team in scoring (19.8 ppg) and rebounding (9.6 rpg)

Josh Howard
6'6 - F - Winston-Salem, N.C. (Hargrave Academy / Glenn HS)

First team all-state in North Carolina as a senior in 1998

Averaged 26 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocks per game at Glenn High

Two-time recipient of the "Frank Spencer Award" as Northwest North Carolina "Player of the Year" (selected by the Winston-Salem Journal)

Led Hargrave to a 27-3 record this past season

Averaged 19.9 points and 10.1 rebounds per game

Shot 56 percent from the floor and 85 percent from the free throw line

Committed to Wake Forest in February; signed in April

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