The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 16, 1999 - 11
Postell, Artest lead St. John's
past Providence, 104-70
NEW YORK (AP) - Lavor Postell
scored 17 points to lead No. 10 St.
John's to a 104-70 victory over
Providence last night, the Red Storm's
second win over the Friars this season
by at least 27 points.
The Red Storm (12-3 Big East, 21-6
overall) won 84-57 at Providence on
Jan. 20, holding Jamel Thomas, the Big
East's leading scorer, to 14 points on 0-
for-8 shooting from 3-point range.
They pulled away steadily from a 40-
29 halftime lead in their first of eight
games without leading rebounder
Tyrone Grant, who broke his right
wrist.
The Red Storm made sure this one
was over even earlier than the last
blowout, using an 18-0 run to start a
28-4 burst that gave them a 36-14 lead
with 7:05 left in the first half. They led
51-26 at halftime.
St. John's did everything right in the
run, sharing the ball almost to a fault.
The most impressive of the assists was
a dump pass from Reggie Jessie to
Albert Richardson on a 3-on-2 break
that gave the Red Storm a 24-12 lead
with 11:32 left.
During the run, Providence (7-8, 14-
11) made just one of 15 shots and com-
mitted eight turnovers, enduring one
scoreless stretch of 5:49 and another of
3:33. The Friars finished the half 11-
of-37 from the field (29.7 percent),
were outrebounded 32-18 and commit-
ted nine turnovers.
St. John's biggest lead of the half
was 49-26 on a rebound basket by
Thornton with 40 seconds left.
Ron Artest had 16 points for St.
John's, while Bootsy Thornton added
15, Richardson 14 and Grant, in his
second game back from the injury, 12.
It was the third time this season -
and the first in the conference - that
the Red Storm reached 100 points.
Thomas finished with 21 points, one
point off his average, while Justin
Farley had 10.
AssociatedPress men's
college basketball Top 25
Fist-place votes in parentheses.
Team Rec. Pts. Prev~.
1. Duke (64) 254 1,744 1
2. Connecticut (6) 22-1 1.677 2
3. Auburn 24-1 1,6O 3
4. Michigan State 22-4 1,540 5
5. Maryland 22.4 1,468 7
6. Kentuck~y 20-6 1.244 8
7. Stanford 20-5 1.235 6
8. Arzona 184 1,206 10
9. Cincinnati 21.4 1,188 4
10. St. John's 20-6 1,164 11
11. Ohio State 19-6 1,065 13
12. Utah 20-4 1,011 14
13. Wisconsin 21.5 878 15
14. North Carolina 19-7 832 12
15. Miami(FlRa.) 175 824 16
16. UCLA 17-7 737 9
17. Purdue 18.7 511 21
18. Col, of Charleston 232 476 20
19. Indiana 19-8 410 17
20. Iowa 16-7 307 19
21. Syracuse 17-8 268 18
22. Missouri 18-5 218 -
23. Florida 17-6 195 23
24. New Mexico 24-6 169 25
25. Miam~i (Ohio) 19.4 157 -
St. John's soared
past Providence
by 27 points on .
the strength of
an 180 run in
the first half.
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EAST LANSING (AP) - Morris
Watts is returning to Michigan State for
a third time as offensive coordinator for
the football team.
Watts, 61, the offensive coordinator
and quarterbacks coach at Louisiana
State the past four years, yesterday
accepted the same positions with the
*artans.
"He helped Michigan State to a suc-
cessful run in the late 1980s and he
wants to help build this program into a
championship contender," Michigan
State coach Nick Saban said. "Morris
has more than 30 years experience as a
coach and he's been successful at every
stop along the way."
Last season, Louisiana State's offense
,Aatured the Southeastern Conference's
p rusher in Kevin Faulk, with 1,279
yards, and the league's second-rated
passer in Herb Tyler (147.2 rating).
"I took this job because it's Michigan
State," Watts said. "I know this program
is on its way back and I want to be part
of it."
Watts was offensive coordinator
under George Perles from 1986-90 and
1992-94. He replaces Gary Tranquill,
who resigned earlier this month to
come offensive coordinator at
rginia.
DESKINS AND OWEN NAMED CCHA
PLAYERS OF WEEK: Miami forward
Jason Deskins and Ferris State goalie
Vince Owen were named CCHA players
of the week yesterday.
Deskins had two goals and an assist as
the Red Hawks beat Lake Superior State
4-2 on Saturday to move into a tie with
the Lakers for the final playoff spot. He
also had a goal in the RedHawks 5-3
loss to the Lakers on Friday.
Owen had two wins over the weekend,
including a school-record fifth career
shutout in a 1-0 win over Notre Dame on
Saturday. It also was his school-record
fourth shutout of the season as he made
38 saves.
Bowling Green forward Greg Day
was named rookie of the week. He had
two goals and an assist in a 10-3 victory
over Alaska Fairbanks on Saturday.
AWREY NAMED NEW SAGINAW
VALLEY BASKETBALL COACH: Randy
Awrey, a former assistant coach at
Northern Michigan and Michigan Tech,
1was named the head coach at Saginaw
Valley State yesterday.
Awrey, 42, replaces Jerry Kill, who
resigned last month to become coach at
Emporia State in Kansas.
Awrey arrives from Lakeland
College, an NCAA Division III school
in Sheboygan, Wis., about 50 miles
north of Milwaukee. His five-year
coaching record at Lakeland is 36-14
(.720) for the best winning percentage in
school history. Awrey was the league's
coach of the year three times in five sea-
sons.
He takes over a program that had two
consecutive 9-2 seasons - both the
most wins in school history --but with-
out winning a Midwest Intercollegiate
Football Conference title.
"Our ultimate goal is to have a com-
plete program," Awrey told The Saginaw
News. "As our players reach for their
diplomas from Dr. (Eric) Gilbertson
with their left hand, we want them to
have a national championship ring on
their right."
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