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STATE CHAMPS! SCOUT TEAM: Indiana Basketball Recruiting Notebook — Lowell’s Mantis makes it App State, Brebeuf’s Altman to UIS

By: SCOTT M. BURNSTEIN

You can start calling him “The Mountain Man.”  Lowell senior wing Chris Mantis committed to Appalachian State last weekend, Mantis (6-foot-6) is in the midst of a quiet-but-growing-louder-by-the-day Mr. Basketball candidacy where he’s averaging a resounding 30 points, 10 boards and five assists per game. He chose Appalachian State, a small Division I program in …