BC men drop 71 - 70 game
by Mark Brom
The men’s basketball team has resumed
its schedueld games since the recent
Christmas break. The Tornadoes played
their first game in the Dekalb Classic tour
nament in Atlanta against Gordon. The
Tornadoes trailed throughout most of the
game by a deficit of 10 to 12 points, but
eventually cut Gordon’s lead to only four in
the final minutes of the game. As a result
of little time remaining, the Tornadoes
were forced to foul, but Gordon made vir
tually every free throw. Gordon won the
game by a score of 98-90.
The second team that the Tornadoes
played in the tournament was Dekalb, a
well-rounded team ranked high in their
region. The Tornadoes trailed as much as
18 but made a tremendous surge which cut
the lead to four. As was the case in the Gor
don game, the Tornadoes were forced to
foul toward the end of the game, but
Dekalb made most of their foul shouts. The
final score of the game was Dekalb winn
ing 103-92.
Two Brevard College players, Tony
Plemmons and Kevin Harper, were
nominated as all-tournament players and
both made the all-tournament team. After
this Dekalb game, the Tornadoes’ record
was 5 and 5.
The Tornadoes returned from Atlanta
and had a few rigorous practices before
they played Blanton’s J.C. on January 13
in Asheville. The Blanton’s J.C. team felt
that in order to win they needed to shut
down Tony Plemmons’ scoring capability
so they played a box-and-one defense on
Tony. They limited Tony’s scoring to 11.
Coach Rogers said, “Since Blanton used a
box-and-one, we had to rely greatly on the
other players and they pulled us through.
It was a great team effort.” Kevin Allman
scored 20 points to lead the Tornadoes in
by Jeff Turner
The indoor track team began its season
with a good showing Jan. 16-17 at the
Kodak Invitational in Johnson City, Tenn.
“The first meet is usually a trial meet,”
said Indoor Track Coach Dave Rinker,
“and we did fairly good.”
Kim Nelson missed qualifying for na
tionals by nine-tenths of a second. The na
tionals will be held in Warren, Mich., and
Rinker hopes to take several members
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scoring while Kevin Harper had 18.
Brevard won the contest by a score of
101-86.
The Tornadoes went into their first con
ference game against Anderson on Jan. 17
with a recent win under their belts. The en
thusiasm of the Tornadoes was extremely
high before and during the game.
Before the game Coach Rogers said,
“Anderson is ranked number one in the
conference and in the region, so they’re the
team to beat.”
Anderson crashed the offensive boards
rigorously which contributed to Brevard’s
trouble rebounding defensively. At the end
of the first half, Anderson led by the score
of 38-31. Early in the second half (15:46),
Brevard call^ a time out after Anderson
pulled out to 50-36. After this time out,
Brevard made good progress although
there was still little boxing out for defen
sive rebounds. The Tornadoes played good
defense and had better ball movement.
The crowd enthusiasm increased
dramatically and inspired the Tornadoes
when the lead was cut to five with 6:27 re
maining. But Anderson held onto their
lead and won the game by a score of 71-65.
The Tornadoes lost their second con
ference game on January 20 to Lees-
McRae, 76-64. Coach Rogers simply
stated, “We have many areas we need to
improve on, especially for upcoming con
ference games.”
Rising to the occasion last Saturday
night, the Tornadoes played one of their
best games of the season with a 98-80
defeat of the UNC-CH Jayvees. Five
players hit double figures, keeping BC
ahead throughout most of the game. Kevin
Harper led the scoring with 21, followed
close behind by Tony Plemmons and
Maurice Little with 19 and 18. Kevin
Allman had 14 and James Barbe with 10.
by Kim Belanger
The Lady Tornadoes have been playing
more as a team since Christmas break. As
Coach Long explains it, “They (the team)
have come together more.”
The Lady Tornadoes were upset in the
game against Lees-McRae by a score of
90-47 on Jan. 20. As Teressa James put it,
the team was frustrated because the of
fense wasn’t following as smoothly as it
should have.
Against Anderson, the women’s team
went into the game mentally and physical
ly tired, says Long.
The final score showed Anderson with 77
while Brevard tallied 52 points. The key
players on Brevard’s offense were Lynn
Griffin with 17 points and Teressa James
with 16 points. Defense was dominated
by Margaret Hinkson at the point guard
position. “Margaret has really done a good
job of dogging the other team’s guard,”
says Long.
The Brevard-Chowan game was played
on Jan. 16. The game stayed close
throughout with a halftime score of 32-30 in
favor of Chowan. The final proved to be a
wider gap with (^owan ahead 67 to 61.
Teressa James led the scoring, racking
up 20 points, while Lynn Griffin added 14,
also Jill Hair and Margaret Hinkson each
added 10.
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Brevard College Indoor Track
1987 Schedule for Men and Women
Feb. 14 Va. Tech Relays
Feb. 21 Jansport Invitational
March 1 Clemson Last Chance Meet
March 13-14 NJCAA National Championships
BC indoor track season
off to a fast start
Blacksburg, Va.
Blacksburg, Va.
Clemson, SC
Warren, MI
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Tornado Kevin Allman drives for two.
(BC photo by Eric Klingensmith)
Team beginning to
gel, says Coach Long
from the team. .
“Last year we took three women and six
men,” said Rinker, “five of which were
All-Americans.” .
The team competes agamst larger
schools in the South until the nationals
when they compete against junior colleges
across the nation.
This year’s team members include:
Allen Brooks, Heather Barclay, Heather
Chamberlain, Terrie Jackson, Michelle
Lambert, Kim Nelson, April Piercy
Eileen Spaulding, Jeff Breen, Paul
Carpenter, Tim Cline. Curtis Cowen, D^n
Duncan, Chris Dunn, Sonni Dyer, Nick
Embrey, Glenn McDonald, Scott Mitchell,
Jim Poovey, Robert Powell, John
Walthall, Brian Westrater, John Erickson,
and Bill Meiners.
With meets still in Blacksburg, Va., and
Clemson, S.C., the team still has many
chances to make it to the nationals.
Since the break, Ruth Earle has dropped
out of school, leaving a big gap in the
team’s offense. Despite the loss of Ruth,
the other players have taken up the slack.
Lynn Griffin and Teressa James have both
contributed to the offense. They are also
averaging more points per game, accor
ding to Long.
Other changes this semester: Teressa
James is now in the starting line-up and
Mary Nall is the new team member.
After a disappointing 81-55 loss to Peace
College last Sunday, Lady Tornado Coach
Jane Long said, “We’re really struggling
right now for overall confidence, but I give
them a lot of credit for hanging in there
and not throwing in the towel.”
Top scorers in Sunday’s game were
Teressa James with 22 points, Lynn Griffin
with 11, and Margaret Hinkson following
up with 10.