Lawrence Moten, Syracuse’s all-time leading scorer and a founding member of the Vancouver Grizzlies, has died at 53.
A Syracuse spokesperson said He passed away at his home in Washington, D.C.. The cause of death has not yet been announced.
Nicknamed “Poetry in Moten,” the 6-foot-5 guard scored 2,334 points for Syracuse between 1991 and 1994 — still the school record. His 1,405 Big East points stood as a league record until 2020.
Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim, who recruited and coached Moten, called it “a tragic day for the Syracuse basketball family.”
“Lawrence was one of our greatest players and one of the best in the history of the Big East,” Boeheim said.
Moten was selected in the second round of the 1995 NBA Draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies, playing two seasons there and later appearing in eight games for the Washington Wizards in 1998.
