Colorado Crossover

Colorado Crossover

File:Colorado crossover.jpg
Founded	2005
League	IBL 2005-present
Team history	Colorado Crossover 2005-present
Based in	Lakewood, Colorado
Arena	CCU Events Center
Colors	Powder Blue, White
Owner	Crossover Ministries
Head coach	Eric Stoffel
Championships	0
Division titles	0
Dancers	Crossover Dance Team
Mascot	Spradley

The Colorado Crossover are a professional basketball team in the International Basketball League. Based in Lakewood, Colorado, the Crossover began play in 2006. The Crossover are owned by Crossover Ministries and play their home games at Colorado Christian University.

Current Roster

Current as of March 30, 2007

Colorado Crossover Current Roster
Head Coach: Eric Stoffel
C	6'10		Ted Allen	(Colorado)
G	6'1		Jeff Boozer	(Laramie CCC)
F	6'7		Phillip Hillstock	(Barber Scotia)
G	6'0		Jermaine Mason	(CSU-Pueblo)
G	5'9		Antoine McGee	(Colorado)
G/F	6'5		Nicholas (Nick) Mohr	(Colorado)
G	6'0		Maurice Moore	(San Jose State)
F/C	6'7		Michael Morse	(Metro State)
G/F	6'5		Dameon Page	(Azusa Pacific)
G	6'4		Darius Pope	(CSU-Pueblo)
G	6'0		Mike Puccio	(CSU-Pueblo)
F	6'6		Ronald Rhea (Jr.)	(Cal State Stanislaus)
F	6'7		Kevin Shorter	(Ashland)
C	6'8		John Thorpe	(Regis)
F	6'8		Rob White	(Southern Nazarene)

Team Record

Season	W	L	Win %	Result
2006	6	14	.300
2007	11	7	.611

All-Stars

2006

• Eric Dow, F
• John Johnson, G
• Nick Mohr, G

Franchise History

The Crossover began their history in 2005 as a team owned by the International Basketball League (2005-). After months of looking for an owner, the league announced that they would assume ownership of the unnamed Colorado team for the 2006 season. However, ownership did indeed step forward. Crossover Ministries, an organization that travels internationally to teach basketball and minister to young people all over the world, took the reins of the franchise less than two months before the season was to begin. Since then, they have become Colorado's longest enduring minor league basketball franchise.

1st Season

The Crossover began play on March 31, 2006, losing a hard-fought game at their in-state rivals, the Aurora Cavalry, 140-132, the first of many spirited battles between the teams. They won their first game April 6, 2006, against the Cedar Valley Jaguars, the Crossover's first home game. Nick Mohr soon drew attention as the star scorer of the Crossover team in their first season, and led the team to an historic come-from-behind 162-161 overtime victory over Aurora at Colorado Christian University on April 28, 2006, the second-highest scoring pro basketball game in Colorado history, scoring the second-most points of any pro basketball team in a game in Colorado. On May 11, 2006 at Chatfield High School Eric Dow had a coming out party as the team's second high powered star when he scored a monster double-double of 45 points and 20 rebounds, both Colorado minor league basketball records, against the Tri City Ballers who eventually won the Western Conference. He later broke his own record on June 25, 2006 against the Eugene Chargers at Colorado Christian University, scoring 53 points, the second-highest single game points total of a Colorado pro basketball player only to David Thompson of the Denver Nuggets, and the second-highest in IBL history. The Colorado Crossover finished their inaugural season next to last place in the Western Conference, but earned a reputation for playing teams tough throughout their games and occasionally knocking off top contenders in the league.

2nd Season

Colorado made a number of adjustments in its first offseason, starting with new coach Eric Stoffel (previously of the Colorado Storm), a full-time venue at the Colorado Christian University Events Center, and new players including three from Phillip Hillstock, Jermaine Mason and Michael Morse from the now disbanded rival Aurora Cavalry. The Crossover began play on March 30, 2007.

Past Players

• Otis Anderson, F, 6'6, West Virginia University Institute of Technology (2006)
• Demarcus Andures (2006)
• Nonzo Azubuike, G, 6'0, John Brown University (2006)
• Eric Dow, F/C, 6'8, University of Denver (2006)
• T.J. Doyle, G, 6'0, Colorado Christian University (2006)
• Ian Hardaway, G, 5'11 (2006)
• John Johnson, G, 6'3, Trinity Christian College (2006)
• Justin Kaliszewski, G, 5'11, University of Northern Colorado (2006)
• Jeremiah Mayes, F/C, 6'8, California Polytechnic State University (2006)
• Larry Richardson (2006)
• Adam Stacker (2006)

• Paul Terry, F/C, 6'7 (2006)
• Bruce Thomas, F (2006)
• Lorenzo Trudo, F/C, 6'7, Concordia University (2006)
• Jermaine Williams, F, 6'7 (2006)
• Matt Williams, F/C, 6'8, Colorado State University (2006)
• Curi Yutzy, G, 6'0, Colorado Christian University (2006)

Past Coaches

• Dave Chapman (2006)

External Links

• Crossover Ministries website
• Official Crossover website