FEBRUARY 24, 1961
THE CLARION
PAGE THREE
Brevard Will Lose Five Basketball Players Via
Graduation, All Starters On Championship Team
The Brevard College basket
ball team will lose five players
l,y graduation this year, all five
of whom are starters on thii
year’s conference championship
team- ,
Tom Barbee
Barbee, 6’ SVa” forward from
Weaverville, who has recently
been elected to the All-Confer
ence team, has been the leading
scorer in the conference both
of his years at Brevard. Last
year he was chosen All-Confer
ence and All-State and was nam
ed to the honorable mention All-^
American Team. He was also
named Most Valuable Player of
the Junior Classic Tourney both
vears. He ended this year’s regu
lar season play with a 22.5 aver
age with a total of 496 points. His
lebound average is 10.9 and he
lias hit 47 per cent of his shots
and 77 per cent of his free i
throws. . , , , !
Barbee, a Dean’s List student, i
v/ill probably attend the Univer-1
sity of Virginia next year where i
ho will major in engineering.
Glover Coggins
Coggins, who was also named
to this year’s All-Conference
team, is a 6’3” forward. Out
standing in the rebound depart
ment, he has hauled down 231
rebounds this year for a 11.0
a\ erage. He added 226 points to
the Tornado scoreboard for a
10.2 average. An Honor Roll
student, Coggins is planning on
majoring in engineering at N. C.
State.
John Eller
‘'Big John”, 6’5” center from
Weaverville, has been the big
gun for Brevard this year in re
bounding. He has cleared the;
boards for 261 rebounds and aj
12.4 average. Playing an excep
tionally fine game both offen
sive and defensively, Eller has
racked up 220 joints for a 10.0
average. He has hit 50 per cent
of his shots and 64.7 per cent of
his free throws.
Eller, also an Honor Roll stu
dent, is planning to attend N. C.
State and major in engineering.
Larry Brooks
A 6’1” guard from Franklin,
Brooks has compiled a 9.6 aver-
%
3
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Tornadoes Rack Up
Outstanding Record
Barbee, Coggins
Are Selected As
All-Conference
The sophoiTi'ores on the Tornado basketball team,
who are also the starters on this year’s conference
championship team, are pictured above. Left to
right, standing, are Glover Coggins, forward; John
Eller, center; and Tom Barbee, forward. Left to
right’, kneeling, are Charlie Jacobs and Larry
Brooks, guards.
age, hitting 38.6 per cent of his
shots. He has hit 61.6 per cent of
his free throws and has a 3.0
rebounding average. A fine play-
rnaker, Larry has played a large
part in the outstanding record
of the team. -
Brooks describes himseli as a
■+
“very undecided young man.” He
has not decided where he is go
ing to school, but he is interested
in a major in history.
Charlie Jacobs
The other starting guard, 6’2”
Jacobs, hails from Jacksonville,
Florida. Chosen on the All-Tour-
ney team in the Junior Classic
Tournament this year, he has
hit for 260 points in regular sea
son play for a 13.0 average. He
has hit 45.3 of his shots and
62.5 of his free throws. He has
a 5.0 rebounding average.
Interested in accounting, Ja
cobs plans to attend East Ten
nessee State next yeai\
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Tom Barbee and Charlie
Jacobs led Brevard College to
a double overtime 73-70 victory
over Wingate in a Western Car
Giinas Junior ' College Confer
ence game here last Saturday
night that ended their regular
season.
Barbee and Jacobs, who hit
17 each, poured in Brevard’s
final winning points in the sec
ond overtime. High scorer was
Wingate’s Charlie Burns with 21.
Brevard ended the campaign
with an 18-4 record and will play
in the conference tournament at
Greef, S. C., this weekend.
“This is one of the best teams
I have ever coached,” Coach Mar
lin declared in reviewing the
season. “I’m proud of the boys
for two reasons,” he said. “They
played a fine game all year and
I’ve never seen better sports
manship. Also, the academic
record of individual players and
the squad as a w'hole is outstand
ing.”
Academic Dean John B. Ben
nett reported that Barbee had a
2.5 average last semester, placing
him on the Dean’s list. He said
that Glover Coggins and John
Eller, both regular on the team,
and H. M. Summey and Bobby j
Morris made the Honor roll.
“Some of the others missed
the Honor Roll by a fraction of
a point, and taking the squad
as a whole,” the Dean said, “in
cluding the team manager and
the student driver, the average
was a good C plus.”
To celebrate the victorious sea
son, President and Mrs. Emmett
K. McLarty entertained the
squad in their home last Sunday
evening. In praising the team
on their record, the President
said, “We are wondering if any
team in the conference, or in any
conference group in the south
east, can boast a similar record.”
“It is not the policy at Bre
vard College to coddle athletes,”
President McLarty said.
In elaborating further, the
president stated that “no student
can obtain a financial award, for
example, unless that student is
in regular standing.”
He pointed out that “four of
the honor students on the team
are enrolled in the rather rugged
pre-engineering c u r r i c u lum,
while one is taking our general
college curriculum which in
cludes mathematics, language
and science. ,
President McLarty emphasized
that “Brevard students transfer
to various colleges throughout
the country, and since our gradu
ates have to compete with jun
iors who are native to such col
leges as Clemson. North Carolina
State, Duke University, The Uni-
Tom Barbee and Glover Cog
gins have been named to the
1961 All-Conference basketball
team of the Western Carolinas
Junior College Conference.
Barbee, 6’ SVz” sophomore for
ward from Weaverville, N. C..
was leading scorer in the con
ference with a 22.5 point scoring
average. He has been valuable
to the team on offense and de
fense during his basketball
career at Brevard College.
Glover Coggins, 6’3” sopho
more forward from Thomasville,
N. C., has been outstanding on
rebounding and offensive play
this season. He hauled in 231
rebounds for the year and pos
sessed a 10 point scoring aver
age.
WAA Members
Are Playday
Participants
Five colleges in the Western
North Carolina District partici
pated in a playday held at Mon-
treat-Anderson College on Feb
ruary 18. WAA members attend
ing were Patsy Green, Barbara
Parks. Jo Gail Garmon, Jackie
Cabe. Pam McKinney, Brenda
Golden .Dianne Wallace. Beth
Ammons, Joyce Clark, Brenda
Salter. Linda Taylor, Sandy Hud
son Carole Padgett, Jane Roy
ster. and WAA adviser, Mrs.
Cousins.
Basketball was the center of
competition for the afternoon.
The players from each college
were placed on two separate
teams, either the Blue or Gold.
For example, Brevard forwards
and Mars Hill guards were team
mates on the Blue team while
Warren Wilson forwards and
Western Carolina guards played
on the Gold team. Both teams
were evenly matched in skill
v/ith the Blues winning the first
game and the Gold winning the
second.
After the games were over,
skating drew the attention of
many. Later, refreshments were
served to all those who had tak
en part in the competitions.
versity of North Carolina, V.P.I.
and M.I.T., we insist that our pro
gram be solid.”
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