Shaw retirement of Flip Murray’s jersey moved
to February 15
February 4, 2010
Updated: February 8, 2010
(Raleigh, NC) - Due to a scheduling conflict, the ceremony to
honor Shaw University great Ronald "Flip" Murray, who starred with
the Shaw Bears in the 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons, has been moved
to Monday, February 15. Prior to the Bears men's basketball
game against Johnson C. Smith, Murray will be celebrated and his
jersey raised to the rafters at C. C. Spaulding Gymnasium on
the Shaw campus.
Murray, now with the Charlotte Bobcats, was named Division II
Player of the Year, first team All-America and CIAA Player of the
Year during the 2001-02 season when he lead the Bears to the
Division II Final Four.
Current Shaw Head Coach Cleo Hill, Jr., who served as an assistant
coach during Murray’s time at Shaw, says Murray’s
impact is still felt in the program. “Any time you have a
special player like Flip, he becomes part of the legacy and part of
what your current players aspire to.”
At Shaw, the 6-3 Murray averaged 23 points per game (the career
record for Shaw), 5.7 assists per game, and 1.9 steals per game. He
holds almost all of Shaw’s single season records, including
points, steals, assists, points per game, and free throws made.
This season, Murray is averaging ten points in 21 minutes per game.
Over his seven year NBA career, he has averaged 9.9 points and 2.3
assists a game while playing for Seattle, Cleveland, Detroit,
Indiana, Atlanta, and Milwaukee – who selected him with the
42nd overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft.
The ceremony will begin upon the completion of the women’s
game against Livingstone, which begins at 5:30 p.m. The men’s
game will be held immediately following the ceremony.
