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LaBove to Dartmouth

Print | Comments () Posted by Brendan Hall, Globe Correspondent December 4, 2008 01:56 PM

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St. John's of Shrewsbury Athletic Director and head boys' basketball coach Bob Foley has confirmed that senior Matt LaBove has verbally committed to Dartmouth College for basketball.

LaBove, a 6-foot-9 center, averaged a double-double last season (15.3 ppg, 11.2 rpg) as the Pioneers advanced all the way to the Division 1 State Finals, where they lost to Central Catholic. There were other colleges in the running, but Foley said the Big Green were the front-runners from the get-go. LaBove had applied for early admission at the Ivy League school.

"That was kind of the one from the beginning," Foley said. "I know he wants to be an orthopedic surgeon, wants to be pre-med, and it doesn't get much better than Dartmouth. Others were interested, but he was very concentrated on Dartmouth. He really liked the head coach and the assistant coaches."

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