Shockers' Evans back on the team The Associated Press W ICHITA A week after he first failed to show up for practice, basketball star Maurice Evans returned Wednesday to his Wichita State team.

From: The Topeka Capital-Journal | Date: February 4, 1999 | Copyright information

"If I want to continue my future in basketball. I can't be labeled as a quitter," Evans told reporters following Wednesday's practice.

Coach Randy Smithson said there would be no penalties, and Evans will play in tonight's game against Evansville.

"I think we all have suffered long enough all of us have in this process," Smithson said. "It hasn't been any fun for any one of us, and we're just happy the team has gotten to this point and they are together. I think all these kinds o...

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