Assistant, fiance found dead in car
AN ASSISTANT women's college basketball coach and her fiance were found shot to death in a car at their upscale condominium complex in Southern California, and authorities say they have no motive or suspects in the killing.
AN ASSISTANT women's college basketball coach and her fiance were found shot to death in a car at their upscale condominium complex in Southern California, and authorities say they have no motive or suspects in the killing.
Cal State Fullerton assistant coach Monica Quan, 28, and Keith Lawrence, 27, were found dead around 9 p.m. Sunday on the top floor of a parking structure at the complex, said police in Irvine, Calif. Officers found their bodies after someone reported seeing Lawrence slumped over the wheel of his vehicle.
Quan was found in the front passenger seat and Lawrence was in the driver seat, Irvine Police Lt. Julia Engen said.
"It doesn't appear they were robbed," Engen told the Orange County Register. "There's no obvious motive."
Few other details have been released.
Lawrence and Quan played basketball at Concordia University, and Quan was in her second season as an assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton.
Noteworthy *
For the fifth straight week, there is a new No. 1 in the Associated Press' poll: Indiana. The Hoosiers, the preseason No. 1, who held the top spot for the first 5 weeks of the regular season, moved up two places Monday, following their weekend win over No. 1 Michigan and No. 2 Kansas' loss to Oklahoma State.
Duke started the current streak atop the poll, and was followed by Louisville, Duke again, Michigan and Indiana.
In the women's poll, Baylor was ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight week.
* North Carolina State coach Mark Gottfried says he doesn't know whether point guard Lorenzo Brown (sprained left ankle) will be ready for Thursday's trip to No. 4 Duke.
* North Carolina coach Roy Williams said sophomore guard P.J. Hairston is doubtful for Tuesday's game against Wake Forest after still feeling the effects of a concussion suffered last week.
In games Monday *
At Syracuse, C.J. Fair had 18 points and 10 rebounds, freshman Jerami Grant scored a season-high 14 points, and the No. 9 Orange beat No. 25 Notre Dame, 63-47, to snap a two-game losing streak.
Syracuse (19-3, 7-2 Big East) was coming off consecutive road losses against Villanova and Pittsburgh. The Orange has now won a school-record 36 straight games at home, the longest active streak in Division I.
Notre Dame (18-5, 6-4) had won three straight. Jerian Grant, Jerami's brother, finished with 15 points and Jack Cooley had 10 points and 11 rebounds for his 15th double-double of the season for the Irish. The game was the first in college between the Grant brothers.
* At Pittsburgh, Lamar Patterson scored 12 points and the No. 23 Panthers (19-5, 7-4 Big East) held off Seton Hall, 56-46. Fuquan Edwin led the Pirates (13-10, 2-8) with 23 points.
* At Iowa State, Will Clyburn scored 19 points and the Cyclones (16-6, 6-3 Big 12) beat Oklahoma, 83-64. Andrew Fitzgerald had 12 points for the Sooners (14-7, 5-4).