71.   He benched Pat Bradley, his leading scorer, for three games.

72.   He embarrassed his counterpart at center, Darren Fenn, the leading scorer for Canisius in the regular season.

73.   He was asked how a team with three senior starters stays happy when the leading scorers, Raef LaFrentz and Paul Pierce, are underclassmen.

74.   He opened the season with minor-league Long Beach and was the leading scorer in the International Hockey League at the time of his recall.

75.   Helping matters was that UTEP was without leading scorer Kimani Jones-Young, who was suspended for the game after missing curfew Thursday night.

76.   Henderson, their leading scorer and most versatile player, did not play for the second-straight game because of lingering effects of strep throat.

77.   His teammates are concerned, though, knowing how tough it is to lose their leading scorer and rebounder for extended periods.

78.   Houston was without leading scorer Steve Francis, activated from the injured list this weekend only to come down with the flu Sunday.

79.   In addition, Denver is without its leading scorer, Eric Williams, whom the Celtics shipped out to make way for the signing of Chris Mills.

80.   In January, leading scorer Derek Anderson tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.