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U of L updates roster; Snider to wear No. 2

Jeff Greer
@jeffgreer_cj
U of L’s Terry Rozier will face his home state team, Ohio State, this December.

Louisville basketball updated its roster page on Monday afternoon once incoming freshman Jaylen Johnson was finally enrolled at U of L and cleared to play by the NCAA.

There are quite a few items of note in the new roster, which includes all six of Louisville's freshmen signees and a new walk-on in Trent Gilbert, a 6-foot guard from Georgetown, Ky.

* Sophomore guard Terry Rozier, who's had a breakout summer, is now listed at 6-1, 185, which is 15 pounds heavier than his freshman season. He's added some muscle this offseason.

* Anton Gill, another sophomore guard, is listed at 6-3, 185. He was 6-4, 180, on last year's roster. He will play an expanded role this coming season as the first guard off the bench.

* Freshman point guard Quentin Snider takes Russ Smith's No. 2 jersey, which is likely up for retirement once the five-year waiting period after his last game at Louisville is up. Snider's stats say he's 6-1, 170.

* Senior point guard Chris Jones, despite all of his weight fluctuation this offseason, is the same 5-10, 175 listing that he was last year.

* Walk-on Dillon Avare's listing changed from 5-11, 155 to 6-0, 150. He also redshirted last season, apparently.

* Freshman center Matz Stockman will wear No. 5 and is listed at 7-2, 240. He and Anas Osama Mahmoud are redshirt candidates.

* Newly cleared freshman forward Jaylen Johnson will rock No. 10. At 6-9, 215, the Michigan native has a chance to get some minutes this winter.

* Expected starting center Mangok Mathiang is 6-10, 210, on the new roster. That has him two pounds lighter than last year's listed weight, though coach Rick Pitino and Mathiang's teammates say he's gotten much stronger despite not adding weight.

* Anas Mahmoud, a freshman center, will wear No. 14. He's listed at 7-1, 205, though the staff said this summer he was closer to 190.

* Like I said above, freshman walk-on Trent Gilbert is on the roster as a 6-foot, 170-pound guard. He'll wear No. 15, Tim Henderson's old number.

* Freshman wing Shaqquan Aaron has the No. 21 jersey and is listed at 6-7, 175 pounds. He'll play this year, but the staff wants him to add bulk.

* Akoy Agau should be in line for more minutes this year as one of the first guys off the bench. The sophomore's listed at 6-8, 230 pounds, which is five pounds lighter than his listing last season.

* Walk-on David Levitch is back for a sophomore year, and is 10 pounds lighter on the roster this time around. He's 6-3, 180.

* Montrezl Harrell is already a preseason All-American, and he's got five more pounds on his listed size of 6-8, 240, than what he had last year.

* Harrell's fellow captain, Wayne Blackshear, will wear No. 25 once again after trying 20 last year. He's listed at the same 6-5, 230 frame he had last year.

* Last but not least is freshman big man Chinanu Onuaku, who is charted at 6-10, 230. He'll play this winter.

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