Page 8 The Clarion November 18, 1987
Brevard Lady Tornadoes look for a better season
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The Brevard College Women’s Basketball Team: left to right, front to back, Kim Boyle, Tammi Walden, Kim
Sowell. Alison Stocks, Jill Hair, Shelley Ivey, Tonja Barksdale, (second row). Coach Jane Long, Stephanie
Hoback, Satina Waites, Angie Ellis, Teressa James and Manager: Stacey Bullock.
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The Brevard College Men’s Basketball Team: left to right, front to back, Jamie Brown, Mike Cole, Jason
Williams. Ronald Connor, Darren Lawler, Garry Wadell, Tadd Connor, (second row). Manager: Jim Barker,
Tom DeLucia. Doug Webb. Kevin Jackson, Rick Burke, George Bryant and Mark Bean.
Men’s basketball team to be improved
perience will be a concern. But, we will
have excellent depth, with scorers at all
positions,” Coach Rogers says. The squad
by Carlisle Turner
It should not take too long. Not long at all
before third year coach Jane Long finds
out if she has filled the holes created by the
loss of three starters, including the top two
scorers.
Coupled with the losses is a grueling
schedule that includes the likes of Truett-
McConnell, a nationally-ranked team for
the past several years, Morristown,
Reinhardt College, Montreat-Anderson,
and Lees Junior College. On top of that, the
lady cagers must tangle with Lees-McRae
and Anderson, both of whom appear to be
lop contenders on the conference as well as
the region.
Coach Long expressed her concern.
■'Anderson is loaded," she said, “All five
of their starters were freshmen last year,
plus they had a good recruiting year.”
After the heavy graduation losses there
were some holes that needed to be filled.
Coach Long said, “We needed help at
every position, except maybe at guard,
but we had a good recruiting year. We
.should have strong guard play.”
That strong backcourt will be led by a
trio of sophomores, headed by team cap
tains Jill Hair, who netted 6.6 points a
game, and Alison Stocks, who contributed
4 9 points a game. Pari-time starter Tam
mi Walden is the third member of the trio.
Joining them in the backcourt will be
freshman Kim Sowell and sophomore
Shelley Ivey.
Manning the forward and post positions
will be a talented group of freshmen. With
only one true center “all the front-line
players will have to be able to play the
three, four and five (forward and center)
positions. Stephanie Hoback should step in
and give needed help at the center spot,”
Coach Long said. Serving double duty at
forward and center in addition to Hoback
will l)e freshmen Kim Boyle, Angie Ellis,
Satina Waites, and Tonja Barksdale.
"Tonja is a good strong player,” Coach
Long added.
Even though Brevard's women’s team
has seen greener pastures. Coach Long re
mains optimistic. "It’s hard to predict how
two-year colleges will finish because you
can't work with them for four years, but
we know we will be better than last year.
I've always felt fan support should be bet
ter, but winning puts fans in the seats.
We'll just have to prove ourselves. We
should be exciting to watch though,” she
said
The second scrimmage of the season put
the Lady Tornadoes over Newt)erry Col
lege in the 3 quarter scrimmage.
The first quarter was a tight race to the
finish. The Tornadoes stayed close behind
throughout the quarter with the help of
Shelley Ivey's 3-point shots, but it wasn't
enough, and the Lady Indians won the
quarter 37-31.
The second quarter was also an action-
packed 20 minutes with both teams
fighting till the end. With 5 seconds left on
the clock and a tie score of 29-29, Shelley
Ivey made a 3-point shot to bring BC on
lop.
BC dominated the third quarter which
''as comprised of only lo minutes. BC
outsrored the visitors. 19-13, while also
dominating the floor action
by Carlisle Turner
A big fat Z-E-R-0, that is how many
starters return from last year’s men's
basketball team. On top of that, seventh-
year coach Doug Rogers must lead his
rebuilding Tornadoes against a 1987-88
schedule that pits his squad against Mor
ristown, Tenn., Dekalb Comm. College,
UNC JV’s, and Western Carolina Junior
College Conference favorite Anderson.
It appears, however, that someone has
forgotten to tell Coach Rogers that his
team is the underdog. Coach Rogers’
Brevard teams have posted winning
marks in four of his six years at Brevard
and with 15 of their 24 games in cozy
Boshamer Gym, may just pu'il off another
winning season despite the lack of ex
perience.
The squad is very optimistic despite the
fact that all five starters have graduated.
With eight freshmen on the team “ex-
has had two scrimmages against four-year
NAIA schools to see which areas need to be
worked on.
In the first against Central Wesleyan
Coach Rogers said, “We held our own
against them. Against Mars Hill, there
was individual improvement, but overall
the team was not as sharp. We will have to
go back to the basics.”
With superb depth at all positions there
seems to be no major holes. The backcourt
will look to 5-11 sophomore team captain
Tadd Connor for leadership. Lending a
hand at the guard positions will be
freshmen 6-3 Darren Lawler, 5-8 Garry
Wadell, and 5-11 Jason Williams.
At the forward positions, Rogers can
choose from sophomores 6-4 Mark Bean
and 6-4 George Bryant, or freshmen 6-4
Mike Cole and 6-3 Ronald Connor. The
center spot will be manned by either 6-5
sophomore Jamie Brown, 6-5 sophomore
Tom DeLucia or freshmen 6-8 Rick Burke,
6-9 Kevin Jackson, and 6-9 Doug Webb. The
addition of Webb, Jackson, and Burke will
give the Tornadoes some needed size in
side, which it lacked last year.
“With a tough schedule and a tough con
ference, we will need to stay away from in
juries. We must also find the right com
bination of players that will mesh
together,” Coach Rogers stated. How
quickly that happens and how quickly the
bevy of freshman produce holds the key to
how well the season will go.
With such optimism and team spirit,
however, the team is sure to meet its goal
of a winning season and contend for post
season play. The first step towards their
goal is against Gardner Webb’s Jayvees on
Friday, Nov. 13, at Boshamer Gym. Game
time is 7:00 p.m.