Pete Newell, coach and innovator, dies at 93 (International Herald Tribune) Pete Newell, one of the most influential coaches in basketball, who won a national championship at the University of California in 1959, an Olympic title in 1960, and whose camp became a required seminar in low-post play for professionals, died Monday in Rancho Santa Fe, California, near San Diego. He was 93.
Basketball roundup: GVSU tops Lake Erie (The Grand Rapids Press) K'Len Morris scored 15 points and Pete Trammell (Jenison) added 12 points as Grand Valley State defeated Lake Erie, 65-63 on Wednesday. The Lakers (2-1) won despite nearly giving away a 17-point halftime lead. Trammell also had nine rebounds.