Photos: Remembering the 1989-90 LMU team

A photo shows Hank Gathers, left, and Bo Kimble together as Loyola Marymount teammates during the 1989-90 season. The two close friends also played together at Dobbin Tech in Philadelphia before heading west.   (Douglas C. Pizac / Associated Press)

Former Loyola Marymount star Bo Kimble shoots a free throw left-handed in honor of fallen teammate Hank Gathers during the 1989-90 team’s reunion on Saturday.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Lucille Gathers Cheeseboro, whose son Hank Gathers collapsed during a game and died, looks toward a banner in the Loyola Marymount gym that marks her son’s days at the university.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Former Loyola Marymount player Marcellus Lee takes pictures of the 20th anniversary banner hanging in the university’s gym.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Former Loyola Marymount basketball players Terrell Lowery, left, and Bo Kimble chat during the 1989-90 team’s reunion on Saturday at the university. It was 20 years ago that the Lions made a remarkable run to the NCAA tournament’s Elite Eight.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)