Current, Former Owls Garner Concurrent Cage Honors

PHILADELPHIA - Temple basketball players present (Lynn Greer and David

Hawkins) and past (Aaron McKie and Marc Jackson) have earned praise from

their various playing associations concurrently, a tremendous tribute to

Head Coach John Chaney's program.

Junior guard Lynn Greer, currently the Owls' leader in scoring (16.4

ppg), assists (4.9 apg), free-throw shooting (43-51, .843) and minutes

played (39.5 mpg), was named the Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Week

on Monday. Greer scored 18 points, passed for eight assists, made four

steals and blocked a shot in the Owls' 74-60 win over Pennsylvania this

past Friday. A Philadelphia native, Greer is a 1997 graduate of

Engineering and Science High School.

Freshman winger David Hawkins, who finished with career highs in both

points (23) and rebounds (7) against Penn, was named the Atlantic 10

Conference Rookie of the Week on Monday. Hawkins, a 6-4, 215-pound

product of Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., has

appeared in each of the Owls' 13 games and started the last five. He

currently ranks third on the team in both scoring (11.1 ppg) and

rebounding (4.5 rpg).

Philadelphia 76ers guard Aaron McKie was named the NBA Player of the

Week (for the week of Dec. 25-31) after leading his team to successive

road victories at Utah, Golden State and Sacramento. In those games,

McKie averaged 22.3 points and the Sixers' win at Sacramento returned

the NBA's best record to Philadelphia. McKie, who played at Temple under

Coach Chaney between 1992 and 1994, was named the Atlantic 10 Conference

Player of the Year for the 1992-93 season.

Golden State Warriors forward Marc Jackson was named the Schick Rookie

of the Month for his outstanding performance in December. Jackson led

all NBA rookies in scoring (15.3 ppg), rebounding (7.9 rpg), field goal

shooting percentage (.538) and minutes played (34.4 mpg) over the past

month. A Philadelphia product out of Roman Catholic High School, Jackson

played for Coach Chaney at Temple between 1995 and 1997. He was named

the Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year for the 1996-97 campaign,

his final year with the Owls.

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