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Many of the students who rushed onto the floor at La Salle University’s Gola Gymnasium probably didn’t notice Reggie Okosa pounding his fists into his chest as he danced around the court. Okosa wears No. 1 on his jersey. Seconds earlier, Okosa’s teammate, senior forward Rasual…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was just the second day of February but it seemed like March. It’s the Temple Owls time of season. Time when they seem to smother opponents with that pesky zone defense. It doesn’t matter who the opponent is or where they play the game. They seem to play every game with the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Scoring at will has come so easy for Temple Univwersity guard Lynn Greer over the last two seasons that it’s hard to imagine that there was once a time when the slick All-America candidate warmed the bench. That’s because it was a long time ago. “When I was in middle school, I…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Temple Owls are indeed a puzzle, because figuring them out can take all night. It may even take all season. That all depends on how fast sophomore guard David Hawkins can get on the same page with senior guard Lynn Greer and the rest of his teammates. One yeoman performance…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Bewilderment rocked the Penn State campus two weeks ago when Yale beat the Nittany Lions on the basketball court. It has happened before. It’s just that nobody on the current Nittany Lions roster or head coach Jerry Dunn was even born when the Bulldogs beat Penn State 33-31 in…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Temple coach John Chaney looked quickly at center Ron Rollerson, who will be in the spotlight more than ever over the next two games, shoved the microphone closer to him and demanded that the 6-10 senior turn up his volume. Kind of like the way Rollerson turned up his game after…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Maryland Terrapins and the Florida Gators, ranked No. 2 and No. 6 in the preseason Associated Press poll, are looking to get off to perfect starts. Unranked Arizona, the defending national runner-up will be looking to gain confidence with at least five freshmen playing…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was the 11th day of December last year, a trial-filled day that Lafayette senior guard Brian Burke couldn’t stop thinking about as he stood at the podium accepting the ECAC Award of Valor on Oct. 2 in Hyannis, Mass. Stories of players returning to play Division I basketball…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →His statistics do not measure up to the man who has gone from the troubled streets of North Philadelphia to the glamour lights of the NBA. Through it all, Sixers guard Aaron McKie has remained humble and thankful for the people in his life who’ve helped elevate him to the player…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →NBA Coach of the Year candidate Larry Brown is in line for another possible distinction, and the Sixers coach is happy that other people associated with pro and college basketball in this city are in line with him. Brown, who has close to 1,200 professional and college victories…
· Andre D. Williams
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