Mad Ants Announce Opening Night Roster

FORT WAYNE, IN (November 22, 2012) –The Fort Wayne Mad Ants revealed several new faces and a nice mix of the best players to ever don their uniform when the team announced their 10 man opening night roster this week. To get down to 10 players, the team waived former Indiana Tech star, Bryant Austin. The roster also features two Indiana Pacers assignments.

Boosting the Ants lineup for their opening weekend is the assignment of Miles Plumlee and Orlando Johnson from the Indiana Pacers.  They will join former D-League All-Stars Ron Howard and Walker Russell, Jr., as well as the first pick in the 2012 NBA D-League Draft, JaJuan Johnson, in the team’s season opener tomorrow night at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum at 7:30 pm.

Mad Ants opening night roster:

#               NAME                        HT                  Wt                  College                     Status (round)
10        Dairese Gary                6-1                   205                  New Mexico                Trade
11        Walker Russell Jr.       6-1                   170                  Jacksonville St.            Returner
15        JaJuan Johnson         6-10                 220                  Purdue                         Draft (1)
17        Sadiel Rojas                6-4                   190                  Ok. Wesleyan              Returner
19        Ron Howard                 6-5                   185                  Valparaiso                   Returner
21        Bernard Toombs         6-10                 230                  Troy                             Draft (5)
22        Miles Plumlee              6-11                 255                  Duke                            Assigned (Pacers)
23        Mike Anderson             6-8                   205                  VCU                           Trade
24        Darryl Partin                  6-5                   195                  Boston                         Draft (4)
33        Jason Warren               6-7                   195                  Missouri Western         Open Tryout
34        Sean Sonderleiter        6-8                   245                  Iowa                            Returner  
18        Orlando Johnson         6-5                   220                  UC-Santa Barbara        Assigned (Pacers)