Friday^ December 13,1996
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MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
four year program
RUSTY STROUPE
Sports
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Men’s Basketball wins but loses a close one
Jay Smith
Sports Writer
The Men’s basketball team took to
the road one last time before going on
Christmas vacation to face the Queens
College J.V. Royals this past Monday
night in hope of a victory to build the
team’s confidence on a lackluster first
half of the season.
The game started on the right
momentum as freshman guard Philip
Tensley gave BC an early 2-0 lead. It
was a close first start, when the
Tornados jumped out to a 20-16 lead
with 10:38 to go into the first half.
Sophomore point guard Todd Alston
would spark a Tornado run as he hit two
fastbreak lay-ups for a 28-19score with
7:29 to go in the fust. Queens College
began to make a late minute run as both
Kevin Gettys and Brett Phillips hit back-
to-back three pointers to make it a 44-43
BC lead at half-time.
Queens College Will Phifer gave the
Royals their first and only lead of the
game at 45-44 to start the second half,
but freshman shooting guard Shaimon
Miller’s jumper relinquished that lead
quickly. The score and balance of the
game would exchange several times
until a three pointer by Alston. Then a
fastbreak lay-up made it a 62-55 BC
lead with 13:49 to go. The Tornados
would continue to really hurt Queens
College as an Alston three point attempt
was no good, but sophomore forward
Derrick Jackson grabbed it and jammed
it for a thunderous dunk that sent the
crowd and the team into a frenzy. After
that the Royals just couldn’t get anything
to start clicking for them as the
Tornados’ defense kept them at bay.
Midway through the second half
defense was the key for the Tornados as
they held only a 74-67 lead with 6:50 to
go. The team was led defensively by
freshman forward Ben Warren ( 7 rebs.
4 blks.) Brevard kept rolling, until foul
trouble on Carter ( 19 pts. 6 rebs. 2
blks.) forced Brevard head coach
Dudley Bradley to bring freshman guard
Clifton Joyner into the game to keep up
the pressure. Joyner came in scorching
as he jammed an open wide dunk on the
Queens’ defense and scored 10 straight
points, as he connected on 5 of 5 from
the field.
The Royals wouldn’t quit as they
rallied from a 12 point deficit with 38
seconds to go . Derrick Sink hit a three
pointer, making it an 87-81 game. After
freshman center Carlos Sulton missed a
freethrow, Queens College Cyrus David
was fouled on a three point attempt but
was only able to hit 2 out of 3 making it
87-83. After a steal, a Will Phifer lay
up made it 88-85 with 10 seconds to go,
but Joyner’s free throws sealed the BC
victory, 90-85.
This past Wednesday night was
back to work for the Tornados as they
hosted Central Piedmont Community
College. Both teams came out
struggling to find their offenses, but
CPCC was ahead in the game as they
came out and built a lead by as much as
14 points late in the first half. The
Tornados held strong as they went into
halftime, down 39-29.
In the second half, Brevard came
out and went on a 14-4 run, tying the
game at 43 early in the second half.
Each team kept the game close until the
fmal two minutes exchanging the lead
several times until missed shots and
turnovers would cost the Tornados in
the fmal moments of the game With two
seconds left to go L. Campos put CPCC
up, 68-66 on a free throw. Brevard was
seeing a recap of their first loss at home
to DeKalb College over again. With
one last chance to get the tie or the win,
Alston’s desperation throw fell short as
Central Piedmont College (6-0) dropped
Brevard College to (2-10) on the season.
The Men’s basketball team will
return to the courts on January 23, as
they open conference play against
Louisburg College in Louisburg, NC at
7:30pm.
Cross Country runners place at Nationals
Scott Wolfe
Sports Editor
On November 17th, the Brevard
College Men’s and Women’s Cross
Country teams traveled to Overland
Park, Kansas, for the 1996 NJCAA
National Cross Country Championships.
Both squads were prepared for the task
ahead, and each carried Top 5 rankings
into the meet. The meet featured teams
with runners from all over the world,
including top ranked teams from Butler
Community College and College of
Southern Idaho.
The Men’s squad went into the race
"'ith no expectations. They expected
some good individual results and a good
overall team race. The results were a
fd place fmish and two All-Americans.
6 team was led by Sophomore Joe
'“on who logged a 7th place fmish en-
''owe to earning his All-American
certificate in his young career. Joe was
0 owed closely by Tommy Lancaster,
* 0 ran an excellent race to finish 15th
earn All-American. The team was
^0 elped by Freshman Kieth Natti and
joptiomores B.J. Temple and Will
'*'ho finished 21st, 22nd, and
respectively.
The race was hosted by Johnson
County Community College and was
held at the school. The conditions
included wind in excess of 45 mph and
rolling hills. TTie times were slower than
m years past, but the quality of the field
was excellent. Congratulations to both
squads on your fantastic showing at the
National Meet. You represented the
school with pride and showed the class
that the NJCAA is used to seeing from a
Brevard College distance crew. Great
Job!!
Rinker aives his runners a pep talk
Before the race, Coach RinKer gives
The Women’s team carried a #4
ranking and a positive attitude into the
National race. The team was expected to
have their best fmish as a team in over 6
years. The team lived up to their ranking
and logged a fourth place fmish. T^e
team was led by Sophomore Jennifer
Vrobel and Freshmen Kristin Parrot,
Aimee Salzar, Meadow Mielke and
Tracy Phelps. The team was excited as
they had two Top 20 finishes and a
fourth place overall in the team
standings.
Congratulations to the Brevard CoUege Women’s Soccer
Team on their victory at Nationals.
— The Clarion Staff