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Message: [QUOTE="Mazhude, post: 4140443, member: 2960"] [URL='https://dailygazette.com/2021/12/16/cerruti-delivering-for-ualbany-mens-basketball/']Killings and Culture[/URL] “He’s about the right things,” Killings said Thursday of Cerruti, “and that’s why he’s on the court.” A 6-foot-4, 190-pound guard, Cerruti was an intriguing addition this past offseason for the Great Danes. Not only was Cerruti heading to the Great Danes from a Division II program, but Cerruti — who was Killings’ first commit after he was hired in mid-March — didn’t play any basketball last season since Lock Haven didn’t participate in the 2020-21 season due to pandemic-related reasons. Killings had known Cerruti, though, since his days playing in the Philadelphia Catholic League. Cerruti was a player that Killings had respected — and one that the coach was confident could play a role, if nothing else, in helping to build the type of culture Killings wanted for his program. Killings said it sticks with him that, during the Great Danes’ first summer workout, Cerruti took a charge during a session that nobody would’ve blamed him if he avoided taking the contact. But? “He’s a winner,” Killings said, “and winners win.” [/QUOTE]