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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 2003
Page
13
The opening round features LIU taking on Illinois State in Carbondale as NFL wildcard weekend starts. LIU aims for an upset against the widely regarded Illinois State in the early game.
The NFL postseason opens with the Indianapolis Colts visiting the New York Jets and the Green Bay Packers hosting the Atlanta Falcons. College and JUCO action features SIU hosting Illinois State at SIU Arena, Danville at Rend Lake, JAL at the Three Rivers Invitational, Southeastern Illinois at Moberly, and Shawnee at Danville on the women’s schedule.
The schedule features boy and girl basketball matchups including Chester at Trico Hamilton County at Herrin Cairo at Hamilton County Centralia at Cahokia Chester at Anna Jonesboro Elverado at Carterville with additional women’s game Wichita State at SIU Carbondale. NFL wildcard weekend has Pittsburgh vs Cleveland and New York Giants at San Francisco.
Nashville overcame a 28-19 halftime deficit to outscore Pinckneyville 20-2 in the fourth quarter and win the LIRR Mississippi Division game 49-40. Coach Darin Lee praised big rebounds and a late Brendan Morris 3 as pivotal turning points.
Ohio State defeats Miami 31 24 in double overtime at the Fiesta Bowl to win the national championship ending Miami’s bid for a second straight title. Maurice Clarett scores the decisive six yard TD after a controversial late pass interference call to force overtime. The Buckeyes’ defense harasses Dorsey all night as Cie Grant and Matt Wilhelm key the stop.
Rashad Tucker, Carbondale native and SIU standout, was traded from the Dakota Wizards to the Grand Rapids Hoops for a second round pick. The 6 8 forward averaged 13.3 points and 6.9 rebounds with 4.0 turnovers per game as a Wizards player this season.
SIU coach Bruce Weber may use Josh Warren as a starter if Sylvester Willis and Jermaine Dearman underperform. The 6-8 sophomore has impressed off the bench in recent games, scoring 13 points in a win over LIU and showing versatility inside.
Illinois State coach Tom Richardson ousted players from their locker room and stripped captain titles from Baboucarr Bojang Gregg Alexander and Vince Greene after a 76 48 home loss to Southwest Missouri State. The Redbirds fell to 1 8 on the season as discipline intensified.
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