Sunday, December 05, 1999
Huggins to review Land's status soon
UC NOTEBOOK
BY MIKE DeCOURCY
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Bearcats sophomore forward Eugene Land, who was dismissed from the team in August following his arrest on a shoplifting charge, is eligible to return to the Bearcats at the close of the fall semester Dec. 17.
Land, who was placed in a pre-trial diversion program, has been required to attend a three-hour study session while the Bearcats practice each day. Coach Bob Huggins said he will decide upon Land's return after reviewing his first-semester grades.
“I want to make sure he's doing what he's supposed to do,” Huggins said.
Land averaged 3.2 points, 1.7 rebounds and shot 46.2 percent from the field as a UC freshman.
Numbers lie?
In the Big Island Invitational, the stats lied.
The numbers were so jumbled for the UC Bearcats' three games in Hawaii last weekend the university's sports information department went back over the tapes during the week and redid the statistics.
Among the changes:
• Senior power forward Jermaine Tate was not shut out in the rebounding department against Iowa State, as it said on the box. In fact, he had four rebounds in that game. He also had six against Cleveland State, twice as many as was originally stated. As a result, his rebounding average went from 3.8 per game to 5.5 entering Saturday's game against Gonzaga.
• UC center Kenyon Martin had three blocks against CSU rather than two.
• Point guard Kenny Satterfield had 10 assists in that game, rather than nine, which means he's been in double figures in that department twice in four games.
• Forward Pete Mickeal had three steals in the Santa Clara game rather than two.
• Tate had three blocks in the Iowa State game, which gave UC 15 as a team — a school record, breaking the mark of 14 set in February 1998 against DePaul.
Ch-ch-ch changes
Ask Huggins about the difference between this UC team and the one that preceded it, and he offers two immediate answers:
• “The biggest difference between this team and that team is this team can make shots,” he said. UC is shooting 52.8 percent from the field and 41.7 from 3-point range. Last year's Bearcats hit 46.4 from the field and 32.7 on threes.
• The second difference is “Kenyon Martin is so much better,” Huggins said. “He's so much better offensively and has so much more confidence.”
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