BCSP Notes . . .
- Big Ben to Start
Former Virginia Union standout and Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace has been elected as a starter for this year's NBA All-Star Game to be held Feb. 9 in Atlanta's Philips Arena.Wallace, a seven-year NBA veteran, will be making his first all-star appearance after leading all Eastern Conference centers garnering 1,123,090 votes. Wallace nearly had a two-to-one margin over the next Eastern Conference center in the voting, New Jersey's Dikembe Mutombo who tallied 610,232. Wallace's total was the seventh highest overall among all NBA players on the ballot.
Wallace currently leads the NBA in rebounding (14.7 rpg.) and is second in blocked shots (2.76 pg.) while helping the Pistons to a 29-15 record, second best in the Central Division.
- The Barber's Back
Ken Free, Commissioner of the Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (EIAC), has appointed Larry Barber to the staff post of Publicity and Media Relations Coordinator.The move is a professional reunion, the two having worked and collaborated for 18 years in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) front office. Free, who has guided the EIAC since 1996, tabbed Barber primarily for the 2003 basketball tournament push. The EIAC men's and women's tournaments will be held February 28 through March 2 (Friday-Sunday) in Fayetteville, N.C. at the Cumberland County Coliseum Complex-Arena.
The EIAC includes Allen (Columbia, SC), Barber-Scotia (Concord, NC), Claflin (Orangeburg, SC), Edward Waters (Jacksonville, FL), Morris (Sumter, SC) and Voorhees (Denmark, SC).
- Allen Drops Grid Coach
Head football coach Robert M. Hemby, II has been released at Allen University. Hemby was named head coach in January 2002 after six years as defensive coordinator at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School. He replaced Bob Smith who left to become head football coach at St. Paul's College. The Yellow Jackets finished 1-7 this year and will be looking for their third coach in three years.
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