ANDY: JAYS ARRIVE IN FORT WORTH THIS AFTERNOON. ONE KEY TO THURSDAY’S NCAA OPENER IS TRUE FRESHMAN TREY ALEXANDER. AND AS MATT FOSTER REPORTS HIS HIGH SCHOOL FROM OKLAHOMA CITY, ALEXANDER THE GREAT HAS COME A LONG WAY IN A SHORT TIME >> WE’D HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT HIM. MATT FOSTER: WHEN ANRY NEMBHARD WENT DOWN, TREY ALEXANDER STEPPED UP. >> I COULDN’T BE MORE PROUD OF HIM. I KNOW HIS FAMILY IS REALLY PROUD OF HIM. HE’S STEPPED INTO A DIFFICULT SITUATION AND DONE AN AWESOME JO MATT FOSTER: THE MOMENT HAS NEVER BEEN TOO BIG FOR TREY - BUT D’N'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT -- TAKE IT FROM HIS HIGH SCOLHO COACH, CHRIS HAMILTON. CHRIS HAMILTON: HE WAS THE LEADING SCORE ON OUR TEAM HIS FRESHMAN YEA AND HE LED US TOTA S CHAMPIONSHIP THAT YEAR. MATT FOSTER: HAMILTON’S PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WAY ALEXANDER HAS ADJUSTED TO ETH COLLEGE GAME -- GOING FROM 6TH MAN, TO STARTER, TO POINT GUARD. CHRIS HAMILTON: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, NOT SCORINGUC MH, NOT SHOOTI. NG I KNEW IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME WHEN HE COULD SHOW ALL OF HIS TANT LE ALL OF HIS HARD WORK HE’S PUT IN. HE IS A TRUE GYM RAT. MATT FOSTER: ALEXAERND DEVELOPED THAT KIND OF DEMEANOR WHILE PLAYING FOUR YEARS OF VARSITY BASKETBALL AT HERITAGE HALL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. CHRIS HAMILTON: IN ANY SITUATION HE CANDA. A IN YEARS TO COME I FEEL LIKE WHATEVER THAT TEAM WILL NEED, HE WILL DIE TRYING TO GIVE IT TO TH.EM MATT FOSTER: NO ONE AT HERITEAG HALL WILL EVER FORGET E METH TREY ALEXANDER, HERE’S WHY. THEY HAVE A TOUCHSCREEN THAT HAS THEIR CAREER LEADERS. TREY IS THE CAREER LEADER IN SCORING, REBOUNDS, AND 3-POINT MAS. CHRIS HAMILTON: HE’S THE BEST PLAYER. WE CALL HIM THE GOAT OF HERIGETA HALL. HE’S THE BEST PLAYER TO EVER PLAY HERE. MATT FOSTER: BUT TREY’S STBE WITH THE BLUEJAYS, IS STILL YET TO COME. GREG MCDERMOTT: THIS EXPERIENCE IS GOING TO PAY DIVIDENDS R HIM DOWN THE ROAD HAVING TO PLAY THIS ROLE. MATT FOSTER: IN OKLAHOMA CITY, MATT FOSTER, KETV NEWSWATCH