UND signs players with familiar names

GRAND FORKS (AP) — The University of North Dakota has announced the signing of two sons of school Athletic Hall of Famers and an Ohio shooting guard.

Brandon Brekke is a 6-foot-6 forward-center at East Grand Forks (Minn.) High School, with averages of 18 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots a game. His father, Steve Brekke, is a member of UND’s Athletic Hall of Fame and his uncle, Chad Brekke, played for the Sioux men’s basketball team from 1993 to 1996.

Chris Clausen is a 6-foot-6 forward who’s a sophomore at North Iowa Area Community College. He averaged 24 pounds and 13 rebounds as a high school senior. Clausen’s father, Dan, also is a member of the UND Athletic Hall of fame and lettered for the Sioux from 1980 to 1982.

UND also signed Josh Schuler, a 6-2 shooting guard from Urbana, Ohio, who averaged 19 points, three assists and nearly three steals as a junior and entered his senior season with more than 1,100 career points.

UND is in its first season in NCAA Division I.

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