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© St. Petersburg Times, published November 16, 2000
Temple advances to Preseason NIT semis
PHILADELPHIA -- Lynn Greer had 18 points and Quincy Wadley added 15 as Temple advanced to the semifinals of the Preseason NIT with a 61-49 victory over New Mexico on Wednesday night.
The Owls meet the winner of Friday night's Indiana-South Alabama game in the semifinals next week in New York.
Greer and Wadley rebounded from poor shooting performances Monday night in the Owls' first-round victory over Delaware. Greer was 1-for-12 against Delaware, and Wadley was 1-for-10.
David Hawkins added 11 points for Temple, and Kevin Lyde had 10 points and 10 rebounds. The Owls were 22-for-67 from the field.
Eric Chatfield had 16 points for New Mexico and Wayland White had 12 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks.
Temple did not score in the first 5:16 of the second half as New Mexico ran off eight straight to tie it at 29. But the Owls countered with a 12-2 run, fueled by three Lobos turnovers that led to seven points. The spurt was capped by a layup by Hawkins, who had five points during the run.
The first half featured big runs by each team. After Temple had the first five points, the Lobos went on a 14-0 spurt. The Owls finished with a 22-5 to make it 29-21 at the half.
TEXAS 57, CALIFORNIA 54: Maurice Evans scored 17 and Chris Owens hit a turnaround jumper in the lane with 50 seconds left for host Texas in the second round of the Preseason NIT. The Longhorns play the winner of Friday night's Duke-Villanova game in the semifinals.
California had a chance to tie from the free-throw line but Sean Lampley hit just one of two with 27 seconds left. Texas' Chris McColpin, an 83 percent career free-throw shooter, then converted a one-and-one with 15 seconds left.
Cal's last chance to tie fell short as Joe Shipp's three-point attempt over two defenders was off the mark.
GLOBETROTTERS 74, PURDUE 65: The Harlem Globetrotters began a new winning streak in the finalgame of their three-game competitive tour. Defending NCAA champion Michigan State ended the Globetrotters' 1,270-game winning streak Monday night with a 72-68 victory. Joe Adkins led the Globetrotters with 20 points, and was 10-of-10 from the free-throw line Wednesday.
CLEMSON: Coach Larry Shyatt finally got the man he's been after.
Steve Allen, a senior at Dillard High in Fort Lauderdale, will play for the Tigers next season. The 6-foot-10, 235-pound center, averaged 12.3 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks as a junior. He is the fourth player Clemson has signed in the past week.
"Steve Allen is a player we've been recruiting for a long time and I have always felt he can be a tremendous interior player in our league," Shyatt said.
DePAUL: Chicago-area star Eddy Curry, regarded by many as the best high school player in the nation, signed a letter of intent to play for the Blue Demons. Curry, a 6-11 senior at Thornwood High in South Holland, Ill., averaged 24.8 points, 11.8 rebounds and 4.1 blocks last season.
LOUISVILLE: An NCAA committee has deemed Muhammed Lasege, a 6-11 center from Lagos, Nigeria, ineligible because of a brief stint on a Russian professional team.
Lasege, 20, was denied an appeal by the an NCAA committee on Tuesday. The appeal was his last opportunity to be allowed to play in college.
"This is a devastating decision for a special young man and it bothers me that we cannot do more for him," coach Denny Crum said. "He's a model student and has been a joy to coach."
MICHIGAN: Former coach Steve Fisher and assistants Perry Watson and Brian Dutcher answered subpoenas from a federal grand jury in Detroit.
The jury is investigating banned Wolverines booster Ed Martin, who is accused of running a money-laundering and gambling operation.
The former coaches each appeared briefly before the jury, with the longest appearance being about an hour. The proceedings are secret.
Martin, a retired Ford Motor Co. electrician, has been accused in federal court records of being the boss of an illegal numbers operation that took in tens of thousands of dollars a week at Detroit area auto plants.
Martin reportedly shared his wealth with Michigan players, although all of them have since left the program.