St. Aug's will have new coach, new look

RALEIGH -- St. Augustine's men's basketball team will look a little different this season.

"Way different," said senior Shaun Washum, who is one of seven returners from a squad that last season won its first Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association conference tournament since 1997, setting a school record for wins.

A lot has happened since the Falcons reached the NCAA Division II tournament for the first time in 13 years and finished with a 27-5 record. After coach Lonnie Blow Jr. and his staff were praised by university president Dr. Dianne Boardley Suber for turning the program around with an emphasize on discipline and defense, Blow later resigned in July to accept an assistant coaching job at Old Dominion, a Division I program.

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