CHATTER: CLEVELAND'S DENNIS HAPPY AS A LION.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer Kent Dennis Dennis is a male first name derived from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius meaning "servant of Dionysus", the Thracian god of wine, which is ultimately derived from the Greek Dios (Διος, "of Zeus") combined with Nysos or Nysa (Νυσα), where the stood inside the lobby of Loyola Marymount's Gersten Pavilion The Gersten Pavilion is a 4,156 seat multi-purpose arena in Los Angeles, California. It is the home of the Loyola Marymount University Lions. It was built in 1981. It is also the part-time practice home for the Los Angeles Lakers. , the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, sunshine peeking through open doors on a warm Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. afternoon. He smiled. For Dennis, the former Cleveland High of Reseda and current Loyola Marymount basketball standout, it is good to be home. ``To be able to play in front of all my family and friends, and just be back in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). , it really means a lot to me,'' said Dennis, a sophomore guard. ``I'm definitely happy.'' A year away from home tends to do that to a guy. After leaving Cleveland in 1999, Dennis accepted a scholarship to play at West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. , enticed by the thrill thrill (thril) a vibration felt by the examiner on palpation. diastolic thrill one felt over the precordium during ventricular diastole in advanced aortic insufficiency. of playing in the Big East Conference. Dennis contributed as a freshman with the Mountaineers, but his playing time and role weren't what he had expected. Without his family and friends near to hear about his frustrations, he started thinking West Virginia wasn't for him. ``When you're not playing as much as you thought you'd be, it starts to get to you. Then when you are playing, something is wrong, and for me it was obvious I wasn't playing the way Kent Dennis was capable of playing.'' Dennis said. ``And being so far away from home, it just got to a point where I felt this wasn't the right situation.'' Dennis wasn't concerned about landing a place to play once he decided to transfer - the interest he drew as a highly regarded recruit out of Cleveland and the fact that he earned minutes as a freshman with the Mountaineers was enough to convince him he'd end up on his feet. It didn't take long for him to settle in at Loyola, where new coach Steve Aggers was preaching a rebuilding project. ``I just fell in love with the campus, the location and the staff,'' Dennis said. ``It was an easy decision for me.'' Dennis sat out last year under transfer rules, then missed a large portion of last summer after undergoing knee surgery. ``That set him back a little bit and he's still playing his way into shape,'' Aggers said. ``But it's getting better and better.'' Dennis is averaging nine points a game. ``I'm starting to feel a lot better, my shot is coming around and my timing is improving,'' Dennis said. ``I knew it was going to take some time, so I understood I had to be patient.''. ... Oak Park High football standout Monte Monte (Italian, Portuguese and Spanish meaning mount) may refer to various things: Monte is the name of several places: In Brazil
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