Player Confronted By War Veteran

A Vietnam veteran came onto the court Sunday and held an American flag in front of Manhattanville senior forward Toni Smith after the Division III player again refused to face the flag during the national anthem.

“She disgraced herself and she disgraced the flag,” said Jerry Kiley, 56, of Rockland County, N.Y., who was ejected from the arena during a 63-53 victory over Stevens Tech.

Manhattanville will play a home game today in the first round of the Skyline Conference playoffs.

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UCLA guard Michelle Greco, who averages a Pacific 10 Conference-leading 19.4 points, was selected one of 13 players on the State Farm Wade Trophy watch list. The Wade Trophy is awarded to the nation’s best Division I women’s player. Among those on the list are Connecticut’s Diana Taurasi and Duke’s Alana Beard.