March 30

From Hoopedia

• 1940 - Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas, a seven-time NBA All-Star, is born in Middletown, Ohio.

• 1944 - NCAA champ Utah defeats St. John's, NIT champ, 44-36, in a Red Cross War Relief Fund benefit game at Madison Square Garden that nets $48,000.

• 1962 - Egypt wins the first FIBA Africa Championship tournament, going undefeated and outscoring their four opponents 304-139.

• 1976 - Paul Silas of the Boston Celtics becomes the third player in NBA history to collect 10,000 rebounds before scoring 10,000 points, joining Bill Russell and Bill Bridges.

• 1980 - San Antonio’s George Gervin becomes the fifth player to win at least three consecutive scoring titles, joining George Mikan, Neil Johnston, Wilt Chamberlain and Bob McAdoo. Michael Jordan would later join that select circle.

• 1987 - With four seconds remaining in the game, Keith Smart connects on a jump shot from the corner to give Indiana a 74-73 win over Syracuse in the NCAA title game. A record crowd of 64,959 attend the game at the Superdome in New Orleans.

• 1991 - Underdog Duke hands defending champ UNLV their first loss of the year, holding on for a 79-77 win in the NCAA Championship semi-finals. The loss avenged Duke's humiliating 30-point loss to the Rebels in the previous year's NCAA championship game and ended UNLV's 45-game winning streak.

• 2000 - The NBA/National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) Prohibited Substances Committee adds Androstenedione (Andro), along with eight additional substances, to the list of steroids banned by the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Agreement. The Committee, jointly appointed by the NBA and NBPA, includes three experts in the field of illegal and performance enhancing drugs. The steroids added by the Committee to the list of Prohibited Substances are: Androstenedione, Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Fluoxymesterone, Methyltestosterone, Nandrolone, Oxandrolone, Oxymetholone, Stanozolol and Testosterone.

• 2001 - (Above) The fantastic college career of Jackie Stiles comes to an end. The prolific scorer from Missouri State (then called Southwest Missouri State) finishes with NCAA Division I Women's records for single-season (1,062 in 2001) and career (3,393 in 1997-2001) scoring.

• 2008 - Boston limits the Miami Heat to just 17 field goals in an 88-62 win. That total is the lowest in an NBA game since the advent of the shot clock in 1954.