By GEORGE MAHL – Sports Editor

RESERVE – His nickname is “Big Baby,” and he and his teammates are coming to play Reserve Christian Wednesday night at “The Nest” in what will be a battle of the titans type of game. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.

Glen “Big Baby” Davis of University High, is the premiere player in Louisiana and plays on perhaps the top team in Louisiana. It is going to be quite a challenge for Reserve Christian.

“He (Davis) is the real deal,” said Reserve Christian Head Coach Timmy Byrd.

“I have been told by some scouts that he may be ready to go straight to the NBA out of high school.”

Davis signed with LSU back in November.

“Davis is as dominating a player as there is right now. He will get 30 points while pulling down 18 rebounds a game,” said Byrd.

The Cubs have been on a roll lately. They knocked off Denham Springs, a 5A power, 70-40, and defeated another top team, Episcopal, 60-46.

“In a span of one week, they beat two of the top teams in Louisiana,” said Byrd.

Another top player on U-high is senior Collis Temple, who also signed with LSU.

“Temple had 25 or 30 points against Denham Springs. He has improved dramatically,” Byrd said.

The Eagles played against University earlier this year. Reserve Christian was down by 18 at one point, but managed to come back to knock off the Baton Rouge school by seven.

While shaking hands with Eagle players, Davis smiled and said “see you in Reserve.”

“He is a great player and person to be around,” Byrd said of Davis.

Byrd admitted it will be a difficult assignment for his players to stop Davis and Temple.

“We are probably going to have to put three guys on him. We’ll have George (Brozos) Penny (Marlon Brumfield) and Martez (Walker) try and stop Davis. I thought George did a good job against him the first time we played them,” he said.

As far as matching up against each other, Byrd believes each team does the opposite of the other. “These are two different teams that could give each other problems. I would not be surprised if either team won by double digits,” he said.

Byrd expects that because this game is on a Wednesday night and not a Tuesday night, the turnout should be huge.

“We changed the date from Tuesday to Wednesday because we got so many calls from other coaches and scouts that wanted to see this game. It should be a barn-burner,” Byrd said.

The Eagles will play a district 12-B game Monday night against Northlake Christian.