Six more on Day 2 of draft workouts

Bios of the six participants in Wednesday's Hornets draft workouts:

Mark Tyndale, Temple
Tyndale, a 6’5” forward from Philadelphia, was the first player in Atlantic 10 Conference history to rank among the top 10 in scoring and rebounding and top five in assists and steals in the league in his senior season. The four-year starter averaged 15.9 points his final season, while leading the team in rebounding (7.2 rpg.) and assists (4.3 apg.). He is also the only Temple player to rank among the school's all-time top 20 scorers (1,729 points) and rebounders (733) and top 10 assists (377) and steals (201) leaders. He earned Second Team All-Atlantic honors his senior season. Tyndale is a strong all-around player.

Wayne Ellington, North Carolina
Ellington, a 6’5” shooting guard from UNC, is an early entrant for the 2008 NBA Draft, but has yet to hire an agent. Ellington averaged 16.6 points and 4.5 rebounds last season (his sophomore season), garnering Second Team All-ACC honors. A McDonald’s All-American out of The Episcopal Academy High School in Wynewood, PA, Ellington started 37 of the team’s 38 games his freshman season. That season, he averaged 11.7 points while leading the team with 66 three-pointers. He is known as a big-time scorer with NBA three-point range and has the ability to shoot off the dribble or on the catch-and-shoot.

Lester Hudson, Tennessee Martin
Hudson, a 6’3” shooting guard from Memphis, averaged 25.7 points, 7.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.8 steals \his junior season. The early entrant to this year’s draft, Hudson was the first men’s player in Division I history to record a quadruple-double with 25 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals in a 116-74 win over Central Baptist College (D-II). The Ohio Valley Conference’s Male Athlete of the Year played well against big competition. Against Vanderbilt he had 36 points, nine rebounds and six assists. He had 35 points and 10 rebounds against Memphis and 27 points and 11 rebounds against Mississippi State. Hudson did not play in the 2006-07 season due to being academically ineligible. He played his first two seasons of college ball at SW Tennessee CC. He is a big time scorer, quick and has great strength for his size.

Patrick Ewing, Jr., Georgetown
Ewing, Jr., a 6’8” power forward from Marietta, Georgia, averaged 6.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists his senior season at Georgetown. The recipient of the inaugural BIG EAST Sixth Man of the Year award, Ewing scored at least six points in 15 games. Ewing transferred from Indiana University following his sophomore season, sitting out the 2005-06 season due to NCAA transfer rules. He averaged 3.4 points and 3.7 rebounds in two years with the Hoosiers. He is the son of former Georgetown and NBA great Patrick Ewing.

Josh Duncan, Xavier
Duncan, a 6’9” power forward from Cincinnati, played four seasons for the Musketeers and garnered numerous awards. Duncan averaged a team-high 12.4 points and 4.7 rebounds his senior season garnering Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors and the A-10 Sixth Man of the Year award. He scored a career-high 26 points in an OT win over West Virginia propelling Xavier to the Elite Eight (averaged 18.3 points and 5.3 rebounds in four games of the 2008 NCAA Tournament). He appeared in 128 career games at Xavier, scoring over 1,000 career points. Duncan has a decent range on his jump shot, has a high basketball IQ and is an above-average free throw shooter (85% over four seasons).

Keith Brumbaugh, Hillsborough Community College
Brumbaugh, a 6’10” guard from Deland, Florida, averaged a junior college-high 36.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 4.8 steals for Hillsborough this season. The 2005 Florida High School Basketball Player of the Year originally declared for the 2005 NBA Draft, but withdrew when he couldn’t get a first-round commitment and committed to Oklahoma State, but never played at OSU. After some off-court troubles that derailed his basketball career, he enrolled at Hillsborough and scored 54 points in his first game back in over 33 months. Brumbaugh is a lefty and an athletic scoring machine. He is known as an unselfish player and a hard worker.