February 13,1997
The Banner
Page 7
Sports
Women chalk up two conference wins
As the
Worm
turns
Erin King
staff Writer
Brian Castle
Features Editor
Has America had enough of
Dennis Rodman? Has the
Worm turned?
I personally can’t get enough
of the compelling story of one
man’s quest to get under the
skin of every last American
citizen. Dennis Rodman is a
basketball-rebounding, team
mate-mystifying, coach-defying
referee-headbutting, photogra
pher-kicking, commissioner
baiting, fan-pleasing, hair-
dyeing, body-tattooing, cross
dressing, book writing, Jean
Claude Van Damme movie-
acting, television-starring
Madonna-scoring, milk com
mercial-making—well, he’s a
one man industry.
Rodman Industries has cor
nered the market on rebellion.
The Worm is the 90s rebel
without a cause, since his
actions stem from his broad
philosophical tenet, “I don’t
give a damn about anybody but
myself.” His philosophy and his
devil-may-care approach in
living that philosophy to its
extreme ends are the elements
that polarize Rodman-lovers
who are few in number, and
Rodman-haters, whose number
equals that of the grains of sand
on Waikiki Beach.
To most Americans, Dennis
Rodman represents a threat to
the system they hold so dear to
their hearts. The American
sports system dictates that
professional athletes must
b.ehave like preachers, above
reproach, so the nation s
children may pattern their lives
after them. Dennis Rodman is
the self-appointed antichrist
meant to break down the
American sports machine’s role
model factory. As Houston
Rockets center Hakeem
Olajuwon, a devout Muslim
and vital cog in the machine
puts it, Rodman “is corrupting
society.”
While many sports purists may
agree with Hakeem’s condem
nation, some fans see the other
side of the Rodman coin. These
fans live vicariously through the
Worm’s mission of hedonism
unbridled. They love Rodman
because he commits all of the
sins they themselves are afraid
to commit. To these people, the
Worm is no antichrist. He is
Dionysus, and they worship at
whatever temple he happens to
reside, whether at the United
Center, the bookstore, MTV, or
the movie theater. Wherever
Rodman happens to be wreak
ing havoc on the system, his
followers dance to the beat of
this most different of drum
mers. They watch as he curses
authority and explores his
sexuality— and still makes his
money.
I propose that Dennis Rodman
is today’s finest example of
American ingenuity. He has
created an image that transcends
every entertainment genre. This
image compels people, provokes
them into confronting their
own issues in life, whether they
idolize the Worm or despise
kim npoole welcome the
The UNCA Lady Bulldogs im
proved their Big South Confer
ence record in two games and
experienced defeat in another
during the week of Feb. 3.
They won both conference
match-ups against Coastal
Carolina University on Feb. 3
and against Liberty University
on Feb. 8, but fell to sixth
ranked University of Georgia in
a non-conference game on Feb.
5.
Head Coach Ray Ingram said
the Lady Bulldogs won through
teamwork, cohesiveness, and
determination.
“These guys are determined to
win. They’re beginning to feel
good about themselves,” said
Ingram.
UNCA lost to the Coastal
Carolina Lady Chanticleers by
one point earlier in the season
but with five players scoring in
double figures, the Lady Bull
dogs beat them 98-60.
Ingram said the “ability to rely
on the other players” has im
proved UNCA’s game
Everybody steps up, and when
you feel that way, you work a
little harder because you want
to hold up your end of it, “said
Ingram.
Ingram sees the team getting
better with every game but not
reaching their peak just yet,
‘We train to get better as the
season goes on. We work hard
not to peak too soon,” said
Ingram.
The Lady Bulldogs set four
new school records in their game
against Coastal Carolina. They
included the largest conference
win, and most points by UNCA
at home.
UNCA also now leads the na
tion in three-point shooting ac
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provided by the NCAA.
Senior Lee Christiansen led
UNCA in scoring with 18 points
and four rebounds, and fresh
man Emily Hill added 17 points.
Other high rebounders for
UNCA were junior Jessica
Januseski and freshman Dana
Polakowski.
The Lady Chanticleers’ high
scorer was Kelly Shutters with
12 points, and Meredith
Luebbers had 15 rebounds.
The Lady Bulldogs went on
the road to play the University
of Georgia, losing the game 83-
44.
Despite the loss, Ingram thinks
that his team came out with
more confidence in their play
ing abilities.
“Sure, we got beat, but Geor
gia is the number six ranked
team in the nation, and I think
our girls came out of that game
feeling pretty good about them
selves, and yet not feeling so
good that they thought they’d
be able to not work in the con
ference,” said Ingram.
Hill was the only UNCA player
to score in double digits with
18 points. Senior Vicki Giffin
had six rebounds.
Freshman La’Keshia Frett
scored 21 points for Georgia,
and freshman Brandi Decker
grabbed nine rebounds.
“None of the games are going
to be easy, but the level of con
fidence has gone up, and the
ability to rely on the other play
ers has also,” said Ingram.
The Homecoming game
against, the Liberty University
Flames gave UNCA another
conference victory. The Lady
Bulldogs finished with 67 points
to Liberty’s 59 in front of a
record crowd of 1,300, putting
their conference record at 5-4.
I ngram said his team was ready
to play hard against Liberty and
to go for the win.
“We need to be ready to come
out and play, and I think they
were prepared physically to
come out and give Liberty ev
erything they needed to,” said
Ingram.
Hill scored 17 points, and
Giffin added 14 points and 10
rebounds, moving her to third
place on UNCA’s all-time high
scorers list.
Ingram said the Lady Bulldogs
still have room for improve
ment.
“We make mistakes. We don’t
run as much, we don’t do a lot
of things,” said Ingram.
The Lady Bulldogs also have
certain skills that need to be
worked on in practice, said
Ingram.
"We play, right now, such ag
gressive defense, and everybody
works so hard to stop their man
that, sometimes, our defense
suffers from that. You’re watch
ing your man so closely that you
don’t see somebody else cutting
behind you,” said Ingram.
Ingram also thinks his team
needs to wor k on “playing
within ourselves.”
“Sometimes we try too hard to
make a great play. We had a
couple of situations in the games
when things were going our way
and somebody tries to make that
big basket, or make that great
pass. We don’t need to do that,”
said Ingram.
“We just need to continue
playing and, at the same time,
don’t set boundaries on our
selves,” said Ingram.
Ingram still thinks that some
players have yet to fulfill their
complete potential as players.
“I’m looking for a couple of
big offensive outputs from,
probably, three or four play
ers,” said Ingram.
Sharon Wilkerson and Elnea
Kisseleva were high scorers for
the Liberty Lady Flames, with
17 and 14 points respectively.
PHOTOS BY DEL DeLORM
(Top) Marion Kuehn battles through three Liberty de
fenders. (Bottom) Dana Polakowski breaks to the basket.
UNCA defeated Liberty 67-59 at the Homecoming game.
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Little League Coach sophomore year.
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December 28,1993
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