The son of N.C. State basketball coach Sidney
Lowe was arrested and charged Tuesday night in connection with a
shooting at a UNC Greensoro dormitory over the weekend, according to a
Greensboro News & Record report.
The newspaper additionally stated that Sidney
Rochell Lowe II, 21, of 4437 Carly's Way in Greensboro, has been charged
in a home invasion from earlier this month.
Charges from UNCG police against the younger
Lowe, a junior at N.C. A&T:
- Felony aiding and abetting an attempted
armed robbery
- Two counts of possession of a weapon on
educational property
- Possession with intent to sell and deliver
marijuana
- Possession of one-half to 1½ ounces of
marijuana
- Maintaining a dwelling for keeping and
selling a controlled substance
- Three counts of possession of stolen goods
and property.
The News & Record also reported that Greensboro
police said they had connected Lowe II to a March 16 home invasion in
the 1300 block of West Friendly Avenue. He faces 13 charges tied to that
incident, including kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly
weapon.
All charges were the result of a search warrant
served Monday night on Lowe II's home in Greensboro. Among the items
recovered was a semiautomatic assault rifle, police said.
Coach Lowe was seen at the magistrate's office
Tuesday night, where his son surrendered in the company of Greensboro
attorney Locke Clifford.
Tigers, Mountaineers match up in NIT final
Clemson reached the National Invitation
Tournament championship with a 68-67 win over Air Force on Tuesday night
at Madison Square Garden.
K.C. Rivers had 19 points for the Tigers (25-10)
and Trevor Booker added 13. Clemson will play West Virginia (26-9) for
the tournament championship on Thursday night. The Mountaineers edged
Mississippi State 63-62 on a three-pointer Darris Nichols at the buzzer
in Tuesday's opening semifinal.
Clemson lost the 1999 NIT final to California.
Tar Heel women returning to Final Four
The North Carolina women's basketball team
defeated Purdue 84-72 on Tuesday night to win the Dallas regional of the
NCAA Tournament.
Erlana Larkins led the Tar Heels (34-3) with 29
points and 10 rebounds. UNC-Chapel Hill made the Final Four for the
second straight season and faces Tennessee in Cleveland on Sunday.
March
28, 2007
Tigers, Calipari agree to pact through 2011-12
Memphis basketball coach John Calipari has
reached an agreement in principle which will extend the coach's contract
through the 2011-12 season.
The school's announcement of the lucrative deal
ended speculation in the media and among fans that Calipari would fill
the head coaching vacancy at Kentucky.
Calipari cited the school's strong support of
the Tigers basketball program as a key factor in his decision to extend
his tenure at Memphis.
Calipari has posted a record of 181-63 during
his seven seasons at Memphis. In his 15 years as a collegiate coach,
Calipari has amassed an overall record of 374-134.
Memphis won 25 in a row this season before
losing 92-76 to top-seeded Ohio State in the South regional final of the
NCAA Tournament.
ECU football depth chart set for release today
Three days after conducting their first official
intra-squad scrimmage of the spring, the East Carolina football team
returned to the Cliff Moore practice complex and turned in an
enthusiastic two-hour workout in shorts and helmets.
Third-year coach Skip Holtz and his staff are
nearing the completion of full game-tape evaluations and the development
of ECU's first public depth chart, scheduled for release on Wednesday
afternoon.
"For the most part, I think we accomplished what
we needed to Friday," Holtz said after reviewing the 120-plus-play
controlled scrimmage. "Our goals early in the spring are to solidify our
interior with the offensive and defensive lines and, from that
standpoint, we were able to get a lot of situational looks running the
football."
ECU has six more spring practice sessions
remaining, including a second scrimmage scheduled for Friday afternoon
and the Purple-Gold game on April 14.
"The longer we go into the spring, the deeper
we'll go into the team concept," Holtz said. "This week we'll key more
on down and distance orientation, such as first-and-10 and moving the
chains on third down, before working on getting our skill personnel in
open spaces with emphasis on our passing game the following week."
ECU's Eldridge named C-USA hitter of week
After helping East Carolina increase its winning
streak to 13 games, Pirate junior outfielder Harrison Eldridge has been
named the Conference USA hitter of the week.
Eldridge batted .533 (8-for-15) on the week and
helped the Pirates to a perfect 4-0 record, including a sweep of Memphis
in league play and its 13th consecutive win. In three of his four games
played, Eldridge collected two hits and scored two runs, while pushing
his career multi-hit games to 43. He scored eight runs from the lead-off
spot, had three RBI's, four doubles and two walks, raising his batting
average to .358, which ranks third on the team.
The league’s pitcher of the week honor went
Houston freshman left-handed pitcher Wes Musick, who had a career-best
outing in the Cougars shutout win at Central Florida on Saturday.
March
27, 2007
Penn State's Paterno pacing sideline again
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno can pace
the sidelines again after recovering from a broken leg resulting from
being hit by players in a game last season.
The Nittany Lions coach voiced caution as his
program initiated spring practice.
“I’m not doing as much as I’d like to do,"
Paterno said. "I’m a little bit nervous to be frank with you. I’ve got
to watch a couple of things, but I’ll get better as it goes along.”
Thorsen leads Pirates to fifth in Furman tourney
Junior Andre Thorsen carded even-par round of 72
on the final 18 holes of the Furman Intercollegiate to lead the East
Carolina (288-293-303=884) to a fifth-place finish in the 20-team golf
event.
Virginia Tech (297-286-290=873) won the
tournament, holding a four-stroke advantage over second-place Elon
(287-299-291=877).
San Diego names Gonzaga aide hoops coach
San Diego named Bill Grier basketball coach on
Monday, replacing Brad Holland after an 18-14 season in 2006-07. Grier,
43, takes over the Toreros after 16 years on the staff at Gonzaga.
March
26, 2007
Tar Heels fold, Hoyas move on to Final Four
Georgetown overcame an 11-point deficit in the
second half and scored 14 straight points in overtime to defeat
top-seeded North Carolina 96-84 in the East Regional final Sunday in
East Rutherford, NJ.
The win lands the Hoyas in the Final Four for
the first time since 1985, when the coach was John Thompson, Jr., and
the star was Patrick Ewing.
Georgetown (30-6) did it this time with Coach
John Thompson, III, calling the backdoor plays he learned at Princeton
and Patrick Ewing, Jr., making key contributions.
The Hoyas' cause was helped by a collapse from
the Tar Heels (31-7), who made only one of 23 field goal attempts over a
15-minute span.
Alford moving from Hawkeyes to Lobos
Steve Alford has been named New Mexico's
basketball coach. Alford spent the past eight seasons at Iowa. The Lobos
and Alford have agreed on a six-year contract with total annual
compensation of $975,000.
Alford, 42, has a 308-183 career coaching record
in 16 seasons. His teams qualified for postseason play 11 times,
produced 13 winning seasons and reached 20 wins on eight occasions.
ECU women's tennis tops Charleston Southern
Mireia Gol and Varinia Soler, who have raced out
to a 5-0 mark as doubles partners this spring, recorded a 9-8 win in the
No. 1 doubles to help East Carolina to a 5-2 non-conference team victory
over Charleston Southern on Saturday in Charleston.
The Lady Pirates, winners of seven of their last
nine matches, improved to 15-7, while the Buccaneers fell to 9-5.
