BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Earl Calloway, a versatile junior college guard from Georgia, signed to play with the Indiana Hoosiers on Monday.<br>
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At 6-foot-3 and 175 pounds, Calloway led Georgia Perimeter College in scoring with 18 points per game. He also averaged 4.8 assists and 5 steals. He is the first junior college player Davis has signed since taking over as coach in September 2001 and the first JUCO player to join the Hoosiers since Lynn Washington in 1999.<br>
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Calloway has also played one season at New Mexico State under former Illinois coach Lou Henson and will have two years of eligibility remaining.<br>
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``He had a year of experience at the Division I level and another year to learn at one of the top junior college programs in the country, so we see him as someone who can step in and make an immediate impact,'' coach Mike Davis said in a written statement.<br>
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Calloway ranked fifth in the nation in 3-point percentage (44.7) and ninth in steals. He was also ranked in the top 50 nationally in field goal percentage (74.3), scoring and assists. Georgia Perimeter went 23-7 and finished second in the conference and regional tournament.<br>
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He started two of 28 games at New Mexico State, where he averaged 1.9 points.<br>
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Calloway is the third member of this year's recruiting class, joining 6-10 center Ben Allen and 6-5 guard Joey Shaw, and he played at Westlake High School in Atlanta the same school former Hoosier guard A.J. Moye graduated from.<br>
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Calloway scored more than 1,300 points in his prep career and was a first-team all-state selection as a senior when he led Westlake to the Class 4A state championship.<br>
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