Funderburke to Missouri?

Missouri basketball coach Norm Stewart said Monday that missingIndiana University basketball player Lawrence Funderburke hasinquired about transferring to the Big Eight school, but the staffthere has advised the player against it.

Stewart, in an interview broadcast on Indianapolis televisionstation WTHR, said he contacted coach Bob Knight and the IU athleticdepartment and informed them of the inquiry.

WTHR reported the Missouri staff counseled Funderburke to remainat Indiana. Funderburke has been missing from the Hoosier basketballteam since Knight kicked him out of practice Thursday. When the restof the team returned to the locker room, Funderburke already was goneand he did not accompany the team to its game Saturday at Texas-ElPaso.

Funderburke's mother said Monday she wanted her son to stay atIndiana, but that he would make up his own mind on the matter.