Men’s Basketball
Second Recruit Signs
Saint Louis University men’s basketball coach Lorenzo Romar announced that Randy Pulley has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at SLU.
Pulley averaged 21 points, 12 assists, eight rebounds and six steals his junior season at Word of God Christian Academy. The 6-foot-2 point guard will have four years of eligibility starting the 2001-2002 season.
“We believe that Randy is one of the best point guards in the country,” said Romar. “He’s got good size, is extremely quick and an outstanding passer. Randy is also a young man with great character which is always a plus for our program.”
In his sophomore season Pulley was named MVP of the annual national tournament for Christian schools as his school won the championship.
Pulley’s current coach, Kevin Washington said, “Randy is strong, a pure athlete and already has a body built for college basketball.”
“He is extremely disciplined and brings great leadership. He’s a player of the year candidate in North Carolina. Coach Romar got a good one in Randy,” Washington said.
Recruiting expert Bob Gibbons’ All-Star Report lists Pulley as one of the nations top 100 players. He is a Street & Smith’s honorable mention All-America.
He was also recruited by Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech and Charleston.
Basketball
TV Schedule Announced
The Saint Louis University department of athletics announced that 17 games will be televised this season. The Billikens will be featured twice nationally against Memphis on ESPN and against Charlotte on espn2. SLU will have 10 conference games televised including ESPN Regional games against Cincinnati at the Savvis Center and at Louisville.
SLU are scheduled to appear three times on KTVI-TV, the Fox affiliate in St. Louis. Fox Sports Net will broadcast 10 Billiken games. Fox Sports announcer Dan McLaughlin, who handles St. Louis Cardinals baseball for Fox Sports Net, will call the action while former Billiken Joe Willey supplies the analysis.
Charlie Spoonhour will appear on three telecasts. “Spoon” will provide the analysis for the East Carolina, Idaho and Missouri games.
Starting with their game against Southern Illinois on Nov. 21 they will televise 10 of their 14 road contests.
Swimming
Road Trip Proves Tough
The Saint Louis University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams struggled through their meets this past weekend. Louisville and Texas Christian University had their way with the Billikens as the men fell 68-42 to the Cardinals and 62-36 to the Horned Frogs. The women were defeated 73-30 by Louisville and 69-34 by TCU.
The teams then headed to Cincinnati where they split their results with Xavier on Sat. Nov. 11. Behind several first-place finishes, the men topped the Musketeers 60-35, while the women claimed just three races in a 61-33 defeat.
Finishing in first place for the Billikens were Rich Sheridan in the 200 free and 200 fly.
Meaghan Hildebrand took first in the 50 free and Lindsey Anderson won the 200 breast. SLU took first place in the 400 free relay.
Jenny Hurst took first in the three-meter competition and second in the one-meter event.
SLU will be in action Saturday Dec. 3, against Eastern Illinois at the Simon Recreation Center.
