Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Loudon Love always figured the best way to get to the basket was a direct route.
Finding a place to play after Wright State, though, took some twists and turns.
Though he’d put together an incomparable career through last season, he still had one year of eligibility left. But looking for the best path to grow as a player, he signed with a pro team located on the coast of France.
That may sound appealing — basketball on the French coast? What’s not to like? — but Love isn’t afraid to admit he never felt comfortable overseas.
“I was there for two and a half or three weeks. It was just a lot to deal with at once, I think,” the burly center said while back in town to attend the last two Raider regular-season games.
“Knowing that my family wasn’t going to be able to see me (they were delayed because of COVID-19 protocols), and, on top of that, with the Delta variant just being released, there was a lot of stuff with that.”
