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The Clarion
Tuesday, February 9. 19s?
Tornado Sports
Brevard Beats Conference Rival SMC
by Craig Wilson
and
Jon Zillioux
The men of Spartanburg
Methodist College took an early
lead over the Brevard Tornadoes,
but only for a few brief minutes of
last Thursday’s game as the
Brevard thinclads assumed a
comanding lead that lasted the
entire game, beating Spartan-
burgh 85-78.
Brevard started out weakly as
they missed several oppor
tunities to score and lost posses
sion of the ball several times in
the opening minutes of the game.
Spartanburg’s strong forwards
capitalized on Brevard’s early
mistakes, taking an immediate
lead.
But Brevard’s butterflies
vanished and its confidence set
in Tornado guard Daryl Lester
and forwaras lim FhUlips ana
Skip Long maneuvered the ball
well enough to keep a comfor
table lead, though Spartanburg’s
feisty guard Larry Gray kept
Brevard busy.
By the half, Lester led the Tor
nados in scoring by chalking up
11 points, followed closely by
Mike Bowman’s 10 points. Tim
Phillips and Skip Long had each
scored nine.
The second half varied little as
the Tornadoes maintained con
trol and made relatively few er
rors.
Spartanburg poured it on in the
last few minutes of the match,
but these efforts proved useless.
In the last moments of the game,
Tim Phillips made a steal and
swished two points, capping off
the win.
Tim Phillips led the Tornados
in scoring with 22 points following
by Long and Lester, each contri
buting 17 points. Mike Bowman
also had a good night as he added
16 to the Brevard tally. Center
Craig Wilson provided eight
points while Louis Nelan and
Rich Phillips, both seeing some
action early in the second half,
gave Brevard three and two
points, respectively.
The Tornados will face Mon
treal Anderson Thursday night
and North Greenville next Mon
day at 8 p.m.
Coming back from Christmas
break, the Tornadoes were
scheduled to play Cecils on
January 14. Due to snow this
game was rescheduled for
February 13.
Saturday, January 16, the Tor
nadoes defeated Montreat-
Anderson 61-60. Leading scorer
was Tim Phillips with 17 points.
Following were Pete Mercier
with 10, Louis Nelon and Craig
Wilson with 8 points each. The
game’s hero was a player scoring
only 4 points. The Tornadoes
were down by one point with 8
seconds left in the second over
time. Skip Long released a 19 foot
jumper from the key sealing the
Tornado victory.
Lees-McRae travelled to
Brevard January 19, to defeat the
Tornadoes in a controversial
game. The team was paced by
Tim Phillips, 14 points, and Skip
Long, 13 points. Other con
tributors were Richard Phillips
with 11 points and Daryl Lester
with 8 points. The game was close
all along, but Brevard had the
lead going into the final play.
Lester either committd or drew a
foul, but the official made the
play into a “no-call” situation.
Lees-McRae then scored, was
fouled, and preceded to defeat the
Tornadoes 54-52.
The Tornadoes went to Ander
son January 21. Three players
reached double figures: Tim
Phillips with 19 points, Daryl
Lester with 13, and Craig Wilson
with 10. The previous game had
caused physical and mental
stress on the team. As a result,
the Tornadoes were not at their
best. Some bright spots off the
bench gave some relief; those
relief-men were Louis Nelon and
Pete Mercier. Still it was not
enough. Anderson defeated the
Tornadoes 87-70.
On the road again January 25,
the Tornadoes travelled to
Spartanburg-Methodist Pioneers.
The Tornadoes tried to play the
run-and-gun type offense that the
Pioneers play. Spartanburg left
Brevard behind by a score of
102-77. Four players in double
figures: Tim Phillips with 17,
Craig Wilson with 13, Daryl
Lester with 13, and Richard
Phillips with 10.
Travelling thi.^ time to Tigor-
ville, S.C., on January 30,
Brevard took on the 20th national
ly ranked Junior rollcge-Norlh
(Jreenville Mountie.s. The .Moun
ties had their haiid.s full of I lie
fired-up Tornadoes. 'I'ho Icadm^^
scorer was Tim Phillips with Ki
points with aid from ( raig Wilson
and Skip Long with 14 and 12
points with rcspc'c-tively, Tor-
TORNADOES
Lady Tornados Play Hard, Scrappy Ball
by Craig Wilson
The Lady Tornadoes came
back to a schedule that would
give them little time for rest.
They were to start the second half
of the season with Truett-
McConnell January 14, due to
snow they were unable to play.
The Ladies then went down to
Montreat-Anderson to play the
Lady Cavaliers. The Ladies
stormed the gym, five players in
double-figures. Freda Stovall and
Phyllis Walker combined for 47
points (24 and 23 points respec
tively). Gwen Kanipe had 16
points and seven assists while
Joan Keese and Lisa Rudeseal
had 10 points apiece, spanking
the Cavillers by a score of 96-45.
The ballgame against Lees-
McRae was played a little closer.
The girls only beat the Bobcats
by six points as the game ended
78-72. Freda Stovall led all
scorers with 25 points, followed
by Lisa Rudeseal with 16 points,
11 assists, Phyllis Walker with 11
points and Gwen Kanipe with 13
points and 12 assists.
The Lady Tornadoes then came
home to play 17th ranked (in Na
tional Junior College poll) Truett-
McConnell in a hard fought
game. The Ladies did not fair
well against such formidable op
MccCneTfphorby^S^te^^^^ 17th ranked Truett-
ponents, bowing 85-48. The
defense was tight holding down
all but Freda Stovall who tossed
in 19 points as Debra Russell add
ed nine points.
The next game was then played
in Anderson, South Carolina
where the girls dropped another
one 68-56. As standout, Freda
Stovall Connected for 21 points
while freshmen Phyllis Walker
and volleyball standout Donna
Bishop tossed in 14 and 12 points
respectively. Gwen “Queen”
Kanipe’s unselfish personality
helped her to dish out over 12
assists.
The coach from Spartanburg
Methodist knew that one of the
keys to stopping the Lady Tor
nadoes was locked up in Freda
Stovall’s jumper. This was done
as Freda only scored three
points. Joan Keese scored 18
points while Phyllis Walker
scored 16 points as the Lady Tor
nadoes went down 72-62.
The Ladies then took on the
awesome task of playing the se
cond ranked defending National
Champions of Louisburg. The
team fought hard as a well coach
ed team should, but victory did
not fall on the Ladies as they lost
87-62. As Freda Stovall hit 20
points, Phyllis Walker hit 16 and
Donna Bishop added 10 points.
Peace College was next on the
schedule and fate was not to fall
Player Daryl Lester always gives it his best shot when
it comes to Tornado Basketball. Lester is well
respected by all the fans as well as team mates. (Photo
by Steve Rabey).
nadoes had good control
throughout the game. North
Greenville defeated Brevard
71-67.
Brevard’s was as the Lady Tor
nadoes fell 79-64 to a very tall
Peace team. The Ladies fought
hard with two in double-digit
figures and three other with nine
points. Freda Stovall had 15
points. Phyllis Walker had 13
while Wendy Hartman, Joan
Kese, and Debra Russell all con
tributed nine points.
When North Greenville came to
town with a very tall line-up, the
Lady Tornadoes came ready, but
fell short of their goal to win by a
very slim margin. Only five
points separated the two teams
as the score ended 78-73. Freda
Stovall paced the Ladies 28
points, Phyllis Walker had 15 and
Donna Bishop added 10.
Montreat-Anderson was the
next foe that came in the gym
looking to defeat the Lady Tor
nadoes. But the Ladies gave Mon
treal too much to handle as they
ran the score up to 85-28. The
defense that Coach Mary Ann
Sunbury put her Ladies in held
Montreal to only 10 points the
whole second half. Gwen Kanipe
handed out 10 assists to ladies
like Freda Stovall who had 20
points. Jean Keese and Debra
Russell each had 13 points while
Donna Bishop contributed nine.
The game marked the return of
Terri Wood who came back to
play after having minor back
surgery.