Thursday, December 30, 1999
Former Rainbow guard
Staff and wire reports
Reggie Carter dies at 42Reggie Carter, who began his stellar college basketball career in a Hawaii uniform, died Friday in New York of a heart attack. He was 42.
Carter played his freshman season for the Rainbows in 1975-76, transferring after the NCAA found major violations that led to the removal of UH coach Bruce O'Neil.
He still holds UH records for most assists in a game (19), set against San Francisco in 1975, and most consecutive free throws made (28).
Carter went on to play three seasons for St. John's (1977-80), averaging 14.5 points, and helped the team to within one win of the 1979 Final Four.
As a junior, Carter established a St. John's scoring record at Alumni Hall with 39 points against Brigham Young, a mark since broken by Malik Sealy.
The 6-foot-3 Carter was a second-round draft choice by the New York Knicks. He averaged 3.5 points in 135 games over two seasons.
"He was one of the best we ever had here,'' said former St. John's coach Lou Carnesecca. "He was a coach's player.''
Carter a native of New York, was an assistant principal at Mineola High School. He is survived by a wife and two children.
Services were to be held today in New York.
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