Finally, All-Suspension Five
Two more Cincinnati players were suspended Saturday for breaking NCAA rules.
Guard D’Juan Baker, the Bearcats’ top scorer, and center Kenyon Martin, the second-leading rebounder, were suspended for three games apiece for making unauthorized long-distance calls from the university.
Guard Melvin Levett picked up the slack for Cincinnati (6-2) in a 106-53 home victory over Eastern Kentucky (0-7), making a school-record 10 three-point baskets and scoring a career-high 42 points.
Cincinnati has had five players suspended this season for breaking NCAA rules.
Backup guard John Carson was reinstated by the NCAA before he missed any games.
Guard Charles Williams is ineligible for all but the last six regular-season games because he received improper academic favors that made him eligible to play. He is trying to transfer to another school.
Forward Ruben Patterson is ineligible the first 14 games because he received improper favors from an employer and was involved in other NCAA violations.
Assistant coach John Loyer, who helped arrange Williams’ class schedule, is on paid suspension, and a student manager was removed from the team.
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Colgate’s game against Harvard in Boston was postponed because of the death of Red Raider Coach Jack Bruen. Bruen, 48, died Friday at home from pancreatic cancer, six days after coaching Colgate to victory. . . . Georgetown (5-3) beat Division II St. Leo (Fla.) for the 17th time in as many games in a 101-47 victory in Washington. St. Leo (8-1) was trying to match a 32-year-old school record for consecutive victories. . . . Forward Jayson Wells had 22 points and 20 rebounds as Indiana State (6-2) won a Missouri Valley Conference opener for the first time since 1986, beating Evansville, 62-52. . . . Tennessee (9-0) matched the third-best start in its history with a 68-66 victory at Memphis (3-2) . . . Southern Methodist (8-0) is a win away from its best start ever after beating Davidson (4-4), 75-59, in Dallas. . . . Kansas State is 8-0 for the first time since 1979 after a 76-70 victory over Virginia Commonwealth (3-5) at Manhattan, Kan. . . . Five players scored in double figures as Mississippi State matched to 10-1 start of its 1995-96 team that reached the Final Four with an 80-60 victory over Tennessee Martin (3-6). . . . Guard Charles Jones, the nation’s leading scorer at 31 points a game, had 38 but Long Island (4-6) lost, 100-84, to host Utah State (5-3).
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