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slogans in recent hoops memory was born: "The Crime Stopper."
"The Crime Stopper nickname came directly from law enforcement," says friend Dyrell Gar- rett. "The police noticed that all of the corners were empty at certain times, and they would be wondering, 'Where did everybody go?'"
"From a police standpoint, it's a good thing when Aquille is in the gym," says Rodney Cof- field, a city police officer who's also the head coach at Douglass High School. "He's a pretty nifty player, and everybody in East Baltimore wants to see him play, including the guys involved with the drugs, the guns and the violence. The crime goes down, and every- body wins when he's playing, including the
Eastern and Southeastern Police Districts."
Off the court, away from the packed gyms and a fawning local media, Carr was also making some less publicized strides.
"Coming out of middle school, he didn't know how to study properly, how to take notes and those types of things," says Martin. "We told him it was a four-year marathon. He's sitting there with a 2.5 GPA, attends all of his classes and he's putting forth the effort because there's a willing- ness to succeed."
During his majestic sophomore campaign, Carr averaged 31 points, six assists, five rebounds and five steals in leading Patter-
son to a 25-2 record. On December 29th, he dropped 57 dizzying points on a very good Forest Park High School team, breaking the individual-game scoring record that stood at Patterson for over 50 years.
In front of a raucous crowd at Coppin State University on Feb. 11 that included Wash- ington Wizards rookie point guard John Wall, Carr scored 29 points, despite playing sparingly in the fourth quarter while battling severe leg cramps, propelling Patterson into the city's Division I championship game.
With the lathered crowd on their feet and the score knotted at 67, Carr gathered the ball at half court with 10 seconds left in the game. He jab-stepped, took two hard
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