Temple University Athletics
GREER CAPTURES ANOTHER AWARD
3.6.02 | Men's Basketball
Greer finished the regular season averaging 22.7 points per game and 39.8 minutes played per contest. He had a career-high 47 points in the Owls 70-67 double-overtime win at Wisconsin and capped off the regular season by scoring 36 points and the game-winning basket with :02 left in Temple's dramatic 87-84 double-overtime win against Saint Joseph's at the Palestra on Sunday, March 3.
Greer averaged 25.3 points per game in the last 10 regular season games (in which the Owls are currently 9-1) after being held to a season-low four points in a 80-61 loss at North Carolina State back on January 26th.
The rest of the 2001-02 USBWA All-District I Team looks like this:
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Brandin Knight - Pittsburgh
COACH OF THE YEAR
Ben Howland - Pittsburgh
ALL-DISTRICT I TEAM
Troy Bell - Boston College
Gary Buchanan - Villanova
Caron Butler - Connecticut
Rasual Butler - La Salle
Lynn Greer - Temple
Brandin Knight - Pittsburgh
John Linehan - Providence
Marvin O'Connor - Saint Joseph's
Emeka Okafor - Connecticut
T.J. Sorrentine - Vermont
The senior guard will lead his Temple teammates in their Atlantic 10 Tournament opener on Thursday night in the quarterfinals against La Salle at the First Union Spectrum at 7:00 p.m.
