Top 2015 PG Malik Newman trying to make trip to LSU this weekend

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The 6'3" PG/Combo guard is the #1 player in the country. He is from Jackson, MS.

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Former two-time All-American and SEC Player of the Year Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf made a surprise appearance on the LSU campus last weekend, reuniting him with a former teammate and former LSU head coach Dale Brown and present LSU head Coach Johnny Jones.

Abdul-Rauf, who played at LSU under the name Chris Jackson in the 1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons, had called to touch base with former teammate Stanley Roberts, who is working on the LSU campus while finishing up his degree work. The Gulfport, Miss., native was on his way through Louisiana to take three of his boys to a basketball camp in Texas.

Roberts was able to set up a meeting at the athletic department with Brown, Jones and Senior Associate AD Bo Bahnsen and the player who still holds the NCAA record for scoring average for a freshman at 30.2 points a game. The group toured the athletic offices, built since Abdul-Rauf left, as well as the new practice facility (which features several pictures from his playing days) and the updated Maravich Assembly Center.

Waiting for Abdul-Rauf, who is still active in pro basketball playing this past year in Japan, was his jersey and award for being a member of LSU’s 16-member All-Century team that was named in 2009 on the anniversary of LSU’s first basketball game.

"It was great to see Mahmoud and to spend some time with him here on LSU’s campus,” said Jones, who was an assistant under Coach Brown when Abdul-Rauf played at LSU. "He was overly impressed with the new facilities from the practice areas to the upgrade of the PMAC, along with our offices. He was glad he stopped by because it gave his children who were with him the opportunity to see the campus and the facilities where he played and see a lot of the memorabilia that is on display.

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