The Class B Player of the Year, Decari Markray from Doyline has chosen his path for his college career and the first step in that path will be about 20 miles down the road in Bossier City at Bossier Parish Community College. Markray decided to stay local with his college choice. “I feel like it’s going to be good so people from hometown can come to watch me play and make everyone proud,” Decari said. “They’ll get to watch me play for a few more years.”
Not only will the town folk of Doyline be glad they will get to see their Panther play a little longer, but his mother is also ready to see Decari start his career. “She’s very happy, but she ready for me to start college and make sure I’m going to do positive things.” Markray said.
Markray will put his tutelage under new BPCC interim head coach John Anthony Anglin. Anglin was a local player from Byrd High School in Shreveport and played college for both Northwestern State and LSU – Shreveport. The new Cavalier’s coach began his coaching experience as an assistant coach for Louisiana Hall Of Fame Coach Tim Floyd at UTEP. He served as assistant director of basketball operations and video coordinator. Anglin returned to the Pelican state in 2013 to become an assistant coach for the ULM Warhawks. He returned back to the Miner’s program in 2016 to serve as director of scouting and player personnel. The coaching bug bit again in another return to Louisiana with a stint as the associate head coach with the LSU-Shreveport. Anglin headed to the UNO Privateers during the 2019-20 season as the director of operations.
The Doyline alum sees the opportunity as an opportunity to grow and a chance for bigger opportunities with his new coach. “I just met him a few days ago when he came to Doyline,” Markray said. “He sounds like a pretty confident guy. I’m pretty confident everything will go smoothly. When I talked to him, it seemed like he had some bigger opportunities to go somewhere bigger in a few years.” Markray sees that he most likely will be put as a shooting guard or forward.
He may not get to show his stuff until January due to BPCC delaying starting basketball until January, but it will give him a chance to get started as a college student in possibly a criminal justice major. “I think I’m going into criminal justice but they say when you get to college things may change.” Markray continued.
The former Panther brought a title to Doyline for the first time in 53 years last season. Not too far away, he’s hoping to bring the accolades and a title just a hop, skip, and a dunk away for the BPCC Cavaliers.
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