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Article: Foreign connection paying off.(Sports)(Talent: Songaila leads Lithuanian delegation on Wake Forest's roster.)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- March 16, 2002
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Byline: BOB CLARK The Register-Guard
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Asked to evaluate the performance of two of his players, Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser offered a two-word answer ... which none of the media present understood.
Or could repeat, much less spell.
`That's Lithuanian for `good, good,' ' came the interpretation from Prosser.
His knowledge of the Lithuanian language doesn't go far beyond that - a dozen words or so, Prosser estimated recently - but the Wake Forest coach definitely has an appreciation for his Lithuanian players, 6-foot-9 senior Darius Songaila and 6-8 freshman Vytas Danelius.
`You don't find two better kids, ...