Globe report on camp

["Julie H. and Shawn H." <hiraham@erols.com>]

Awojobi absent

                  Red Auerbach Arena at Brandeis University in Waltham
was hot last
                  night as more than 2,400 fans watched players try to
gain roster spots.
                  Whether the players wore green or white wasn't an
issue. Neither was
                  the final score. But by game time, some notable names
were missing,
                  including former Boston University star Tunji Awojobi.
Asked about
                  Awojobi's status, a team official said, ``Put it this
way. He's not on the
                  roster anymore.''... Meanwhile, Boston College's Danya
Abrams
                  represented Boston well. The 6-foot-7-inch forward
gravitated toward
                  the blocks all night, finishing with 14 points ... Dee
Brown stroked jump
                  shots from all over the court. Brown tallied 19 points
... On several
                  occasions, Brown connected with rookie Ron Mercer, who
scored 23
                  points. Meanwhile, his 1997 lottery pick partner,
Chauncey Billups, sat
                  out because of an injury ... Surprisingly, the game's
leading scorer was
                  Herman Alston, who played for the US Basketball
League's
                  Westchester (N.Y.) Kings this year. Alston finished
with 25 po

                  nts, showing he's got NBA range and a nifty running
jumper ... The
                  recipient of the evening's two nicest passes was
Rice's Brent Scott. In
                  the second quarter, Eric Murdock made a no-look bounce
pass to a
                  streaking Scott, who jammed home 2 of his 18 points. A
quarter later,
                  he scored thanks to a bullet pass across the lane from
Brown ... Eric
                  Williams scored 13 points and pulled in a number of
offensive boards ...
                  Keith Closs, a 7-3, 212-pound long shot, blocked
several shots and
                  scored 10 points. 

                  This story ran on page F02 of the Boston Globe on
07/09/97. 
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