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Men's Basketball
at Pitt (Exhibition)
2:00 p.m.
Providence College Athletics
Monday, December 27
Providence, R.I.
7:30 PM ET
Providence College
79
vs
63
Long Island
Men's Basketball Team Defeats Long Island University
12/27/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 27, 1999
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Karim Shabazz scored 25 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and blocked 10 shots as Providence beat Long Island 79-63 Monday.
Shabazz also led all players in assists with five. Erron Maxey added 19 points for Providence (6-5).
Antawn Dobie scored 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting for Long Island (2-5). Virgil Smiley scored 15 points for Long Island.
Long Island (2-5) led only once, 2-0, on a Richie Parker dunk in the first minute. Shabazz, a 7-foot-2 center playing in just his second game after transferring from Florida State, took over by scoring six straight points, including two dunks.
By halftime, Shabazz had already amassed 15 points, 8 rebounds, 4 blocked shots and 3 assists as the Friars took a 42-29 lead. The Blackbirds never got closer than 14 points the rest of the game.
Long Island shot just 39 percent for the game and committed 22 turnovers.
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