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THE BANNER/February 18, 1988/5
Bulldogs break road jinx, beat Augusta 69-66
By Geott' C'abe
Sports Editor
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Sophomore Maxuice Caldwell
scored six of his 14 points in the final 1:20 as
UNCA held on to defeat Augusta College 69-66
Monday night.
The win was UNCA’s first on the road
against Big South Conference competition in
four tries.
Brent Keck led UNCA (5-5, 12-11) with 16
points, while Brandt Williams and William
Funderburk added IS and 11, respectively.
Tim Daniels paced Augusta (3-7, 7-15) with a
game-high 24 points. Jeff Moss added 17, while
John Walker chipped in 10.
Caldwell began his assault at the 1:20 mark
by hitting a shot in the lane to give UNCA a
65-64 lead.
Caldwell then stole a Moss pass and hit an
uncontested layup to make it 67-64 with 1:03
remaining.
After a Vincent Jackson jumper sliced the
margin to 67-66, Caldwell hit both ends of a
one-and-one with 16 seconds left to make the
score 69-66.
Augusta had one last chance to tie, but
Jackson’s three-point attempt from the right
baseline missed, and Keck grabbed the rebound
with one second left.
T thought that Caldwell and Keck really
played well the whole game," said UNCA Coach
Jerry Green. "We really did the job down the
stretch and when the game was on the line we
found a way to win.
"This was as gutsy an effort as we’ve had all
year. This was Augusta’s last home game, (so) it
was a big night for their seniors and we still
found a way to win."
The Jaguars held a 62-60 lead with three
minutes remaining, but a Williams three-pointer
from the top of the key put UNCA ahead 63-62
at the 1:59 mark.
Daniels then hit a follow shot on Augusta’s
next possession to give the Jaguars a 64-63 lead
before Caldwell put UNCA ahead for good.
UNCA hit 29-of-52 shots (55 percent) from
the field compared to 26-of-53 (49 percent) for
Augusta. Augusta hit 12-of-14 free throws,
while UNCA converted only eight-of-15. The
Jaguars outrebounded UNCA 29-28.
The second half was close throughout and
featured nine lead changes. Augusta’s biggest
lead came at 44-40 when Daniels hit a 10-foot
jumper with 13:50 left.
However, Funderburk answered with a 15-
footer and Williams hit a_ three-pointer to put
UNCA ahead 45-44. " ’
The Bulldogs built a 55-51 lead midway
through the half, but Moss hit two free throws
and a jumper for a 55-55 tie.
Augusta used a strong inside game to open up
a 33-26 lead late in the first half. However,
UNCA got two free throws from Funderburk
and consecutive baskets by Caldwell and Keck
to cut the margin to 33-32 at intermission.
Daniels scored 12 points in the first half for
Augusta, while Keck paced UNCA with eight
points, hitting all four of his attempts from the
floor.
"We really felt fortunate to be down only one
at the half," Green said. "We weren’t getting
any help on Daniels. He is an outstanding
player who could play in any league.
American hopes
continue to aim
at Winter Olympics
By Geoff Cabe
Sports Editor
Quickly! Name the only medal winners for the
United States in this year’s Winter Olympics.
If you blurted out the names of figure skaters Jill
Watson and Peter Oppegard, who captured a bronze
medal in pairs figure skating Tuesday night, within
the five-second time limit, you win an 3l-expense
paid trip to Seoul, South Korea this summer.
Once there, you can watch legitimate United
States medal hopefuls compete in sports such as
track and field, basketball and volleyball.
For those of you who didn’t come up with the
right answer, you’d better forget that trip to the
b^r store and change your TV channel. The hard
fact of the matter is that U.S. medal hopes will
continue to be slim north of the border.
Did anybody really believe that the United States
could go into Calgary and come out as the reigning
world power in such obscure sports as the luge,
two-man bobsled and curling?
Oh sure, Lake-Placid-like miracles (remember the
1980 U.S. hockty team) do occur from time to time,
and an American skier or figure skater may win
once in a while, but I woulmi’t bet the mortgage on
a U.S. nordic skier walking away with a gold medal.
It’s not our fault that we are so pitiful in these
cold-weather sports.
The United States is a media dominated, glamour-
sedcing society, and nowhere is this more evident
than in athletics.
After all, how many kids do you know that grew
up wanting to strap on a pair of skis and slide
uncontrollably down a 90-meter ramp. Now, football
and baseball, that’s another story. Contact and hard
objects don’t scare us; freezing to death does.
Plus, there is that added incentive of money.
Americans have to make a living, and playing in
snow just won’t do it. A couple of real factors
comes into play here. {1) Uncle Sam doesn’t pay the
training costs; donations do. So, if your dream is to
compete in the winter games, you are going to have
to have the money and time to put into it. (2) The
young athlete knows that the way out of the inner
city is to run fast or put a ball through a hoop,
not slide down a mountain. The rewards and
benefits of success just aren’t there. When was the
last time a four-man bobsled team retired from
competition and went on to make untold fortunes
doing Lite Beer commercials?
I ^ost forgot. Bob Uecker did it. Wait a minute,
that’s not a bad idea. Let’s put Ueck on the
bobsled team- his chances are bound to be just as
good as the guys we have competing now.
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Caldwell’s spurt keys UNCA win
By Andy Khinehart
Staff Writer
With jxist over two minutes
remaining in Saturday’s
Baptist-UNCA clash in Ashe
ville, the Justice Center score-
board went blank, the victim of
a loosened cord.
As officials worked to deter
mine how much time remained.
Baptist head coach Gary Ed
wards, his squad ahead 62-61,
looked at Bulldog coach Jerry
Green and said, "1 don’t think
there was any time left, Jerry."
Perhaps, Edwards knew what
was coming.
For once, the power return
ed; the Bulldog offense lit up,
outscoring the Buccaneers 11-2
over the final two minutes to
take a key 72-65 Big South
Conference win.
Guard Maurice Caldwell
sparked the late rally, scoring
eight of his 16 points during
the late surge that boosted
UNCA to 11-11 overall, 4-5 in
the Big South standings. Baptist
fell to 5-4, 13-9 overall.
Taking advantage of 54 per
cent shooting in the second
half, the Bulldogs outscored
Baptist 43-36 in the final 20
minutes, avenging a two-point
loss to the Bucs earlier this
season.
"The big part about this ball
game here was that, in the last
two and a half minutes, the
game could have gone either
way," Green said. "We kept
playing to win instead of being
protective of the lead."
After seeing an 11-point
second half lead evaporate into
a two-point deficit, the Bull
dogs took a 66-63 lead on a
free throw by Caldwell and two
Brandt Williams charity tosses.
The Buccaneers misfired on a
pair of three-point attempts on
their next trip down the floor,
and seconds later Caldwell
turned an inbounds pass into a
three-point play, giving UNCA
a 69-63 advantage.
"Maurice is coming along,"
Green said. "He’s like a first-
year freshman. Last year he
played very, very little, but
he’s come a long way this sea
son."
Baptist trimmed the lead to
four with :21 remaining, but
Richie Jefrcoat and Caldwell
combined to hit three-of-four
free throws in the final 20
seconds as UNCA snapped a
three-game losing streak.
"I think that, when you talk
about losing, you’re talking
about some good teams that
we’ve been playing, and you’re
talking about six points in the
last two or three games that
we’ve lost in which one or two
points would have given us
three wins," Green said.
"With three or four points
more in a few games, I think
we could be as much as 15-6.
But that happens when you’re
as inexperienced as we are. I
think that we’ve played consis
tently effort-wise. We’ve had a
real good effort every time
out."
William Funderburk added 15
points for the Bulldogs, while
Williams and Brent Keck added
13 and 12, respectively.
Baptist center Heder
Ambroise led the Bucs with 14
points, followed by Oliver
Johnson and Darryl Hall with
13 each.
Bulldog leading scorer Ricky
Chatman was held in single
figures for the first time this
season with nine points and
fouled out with 6:18 left to
play, his first disqualification
of the season.
"I never want to play with
out Ricky Chatman," Green
said. "He’s been playing sick
and hurt. Not too many people
know that. He can barely sit
down during time outs and his
knee is lx>thering him, but
there’s nothing we can do
about it.
"What he needs is about two
months of rest, but by that
time his college career will be
over."
Tied 29-29 at the
intermission, the Bulldogs took
advantage of five consecutive
Baptist turnovers early in the
second half to forge a 44-38
lead.
The lead grew to 52-41 with
12:03 remaining, but the Buc
caneers rallied to slice the
margin to 61-57 with four min
utes remaining. A Dee Riley
three-pointer cut the lead to
61-60, and Mike Acuffs base
line jumper gave Baptist their
first lead since the 17:48 mark
of the hedf.
But then the lights went out
on both the clock and the Buc
caneer offense, as UNCA,
losers of their last three games
by a total of six points, moved
into fifth place in the Big
South race.
"I’m beginning to see that
the regular season seeds aren’t
going to mean anything in the
tournament," Green said. "It’s
Staff Photo—Sarah Gottfried
Maurice Caldwell (24) puts up a shot against Baptist.
going to come down to who’s
playing well in two and a half
weeks at tournament time."
"I think we’re playing well
enough to put three games to
gether and win the tournament.
The key for us is to peak out
around March 1. That’s what
we’re sighting our sights on."
"We feel like we can beat
any team in the conference,
' but talking about it doesn’t get
it. Playing well does. We’ve got
to play to win, not play to
keep ^m losing, and I think
we played to win tonight."
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