By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Justin Love, Mascoutah basketball head coach, former SLU standout, and former player in Europe died on Tuesday. He was just 41.
Per the statement released by Superintendent Dr. Craig Fiegel, Love was found unresponsive on campus. He was rushed to the nearby hospital and later pronounced deceased.
He was the head coach of the Mascoutah high school basketball program for the past three years.
Following his collegiate career with Saint Louis, Love signed with the Phoenix Suns and after becoming a free agent moved to Europe, competed in China as well.
His European stints included BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque in France, Ventspils in Latvia, Ludwigsburg in Germany, Mykolaiv and Odessa in Ukraine.