UAB Basketball signs OK City forward

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.——- Anthony Criswell, a 6-9, 205-pound forward from Oklahoma City, Okla., has signed to play basketball at UAB, according to an announcement by head coach Mike Davis.
Criswell comes to UAB after a standout senior season for head coach Terry Long at Douglass (Okla.) High School. While at Douglass, Criswell helped lead the Trojans to the Oklahoma 2009 4A state semifinals. Behind the play of the 6-9 big man, Douglass finished the season with a 25-3 overall record and a final ranking of No. 9 in the state.
Criswell closed the year averaging team highs of 17.1 points and just over 10 rebounds per game on his way to earning 4A First-Team All-State accolades by The Oklahoman. Additionally, Criswell also received first-team all-district honors by the Oklahoma Boys Basketball Coaches Association (OBBCA).
Criswell’s best game his senior season came against Marshall High School on Jan. 6, when he exploded for 34 points on 14-of-23 shooting from the floor, and added 17 boards en route to the win. He also recorded 20 points and 14 rebounds in a victory in the first round of state basketball playoffs over Madill.
Recently, Criswell participated in the East-West All-City game in which he finished with a game-high 20 points to go along with five boards. As a result, he was selected as the Most Outstanding Player for the East team. Additionally, this Saturday (June 6) Criswell is slated to appear in the OBBCA All-Star game, which features the top seniors in the state of Oklahoma.
Criswell becomes the sixth signee of the 2009 class and the fourth high school player to sign with the Blazers. Criswell joins other high school signees Adrien Coleman (Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS), Dexter Fields (Orlando, Fla./Olympia HS) and Robert Williams (Greenville, Miss./Weston HS). Two junior college players are also among the class in Heath Gameren (Hartnell (Calif.) College) and Jamarr Sanders (Northwest Florida Community College).
(courtesy: UAB Media Relations)