Brave Gropplers Enter
Top 20 List First Time
Smoke Signals, Friday, Februory 9, 1979 Poge 5
Against Southeastern, the ball went into the hoop William Barnes uses one hand for another dunk and
many times and in many ways. From left, Ron Ron Porter eases one in off his finger tips. Photos by
Williams powers in for a two-handed stuff shot, (left) Rezo Mobarhan Maholloty and Paul Kelly.
Barnes, Hoey Dazzle
As Southeastern Falls
By JANE BRIDGFORTH
Chowan College’s wrestling team has
been ranked 17th in the nation by the
National Junior College Athletic
Association.
This is the first time the Braves have
earned a place in the top 20, according
to Brave’s coach, Steve Nelson.
Chowan also is the top ranked team in
the South. The Braves earned their
recognition by compiling a 9-1 dual
meet record including a defeat of one of
the South’s top squads, Broward of Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla.
by HARRY PICKETT
RALEIGH — Chowan College lost a
seven point lead in less than six minutes
here January 24 in non-conference play,
and bowed to King’s College for the
third time this season in as many
games, 73-71.
The Braves, Leading 65-58 at the 6:54
mark in the game, committed several
turnovers and failed to connect on free
throws, which caused the Murfreesboro
college to go in a slow-down offense
with 3:56 — trying to savor a victory as
the score dwindled to 69-65.
Braves’ sophomore forward Greg
Dawson who led all scorers with 24
points, was fouled with less than three
minutes remaining — went to the line
for the one-and-one opportunity — but
failed on the first try, sending the big
Kinston product’s freethrow average to
0-5 on the evening.
King’s forwand Donald Sinclair, in
return scored on the end of a fast break
to cut the lead to 69-67.
Again in the stall, the Braves’ 6-7
sophomore center, Randolph Bell, con
verted on the first end of the one-and-
one, but missed the second. However,
Chowan retrieved the ball and im
mediately went back to its stall, trying
to hang on to a precariuos three point
lead.
But disaster struck.
King’s guard Tim Wiggins popped the
cords from 20-feet out to cut the lead to
one after a Braves missed free throw,
and put the Raleigh business college out
* in front for the first time since the six-
mintite fliark-in-the first-half-.when he
' stole a would-be pass from Bell. The 6-2
sharp-shooter made a dash for his
basket, and drilled it from 15-feet with
44 seconds left.
King’s jumped in front 71-70, and in a
matter of seconds the game had a dif
ferent complexion.
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The Braves continued their success
by placing second to the host school in
the Liberty Baptist Tournament
January 19-20. As runnersup, Chowan
defeated senior college varsity teams
from George Washington University,
Hampton Institute, Catawba College,
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Charles McCook (118), Mike Ferarra
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Back in the stall, and a last ditch
chance of pulling the game out with a
basket, Chowan threw the ball away.
Yes another turnover.
Two freethrows by freshman Walter
Hughey sealed the victory for Coach
J.C. O’Neal
“It’s unbehevable to beat a team like
Chowan,” O’Neal offered. “It’s beyond
my dreams of ever doing this (beating
Chowan three times).
“The team (King’s) kept it poise
under the situation (down by 7). A team
with less character would have blown
it.” King’s climbed to 10-5 with the
victory, while the Braves dropped to
12-5.
O’Neal said that his players have a
tendency to play harder against
stronger teams and possesses a
lackadaisical disposition when tackling
weaker opponents.
King’s outrebounded the Braves 38 to
23, and connected on 17-of-27 at the free
throw line, while Chowan could manage
only 2-of-ll.
“We played with the fear of losing in
stead of with the pride of winning,” ex
pressed Chowan head coach Jerry
Smith.
“We shot 2-for-ll, only had to make
one (in the minute) and we missed that.
“Defense was poor,” We haven’t
played defense since the Louisburg
game. We haven’t played any defense
in two weeks! ” he blasted.
In the game, which saw the lead
change 11 times and had eight ties in
the first half, the Braves were
swamped with 14 turnovers, which pro
mpted Smith to comment;
“We don’t play with the confidence
that we should, We don’t play like we’re
the best team in the league.”
Dawson’s game-high 24 pointed was
followed by William Bogues who chip
ped in 14 points and Robin Hoey’s 10.
Jeff Bledsoe scored 20 and teammate
Tim Wiggins sported 19 to lead King’s.
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placed second. Tim Edwards (134) fin-
shed third, while Andy Galarza (126),
Scott Brumley (142) and Anthony
Leonard (167) finished fourth. Liberty
won with 147 points to Chowan’s 81
But Chowan paid a price for its
outstanding showing against senior col
leges. Two Braves were injured. Fer
rara, with a knee injury, is lost for the
season. Leonard injured his ankle and
missed the Braves match Saturday,
Jan. 27, at home against Newport News
Apprentice School. Edwards was mov
ed to 142 to replace Ferrara. The
Braves won this match also.
In all. Nelson missed the services of
three starters as Saunders was sick.
Nelson said the Braves “have some
real good wrestlers. The senior colleges
that saw us wrestle at Liberty Baptist
College were very impressed.”
One Brave is undefeated, Randall
who has a 7-0 dual meet record. Ran
dall, the reigning regional champion, is
15-0 overall. Right behind Randall is
Virginia state high school champion,
Neiland, with a 7-1 dual meet record
and 10-2 overall.
The Braves’ coach noted that
Saunders is 6-0 in dual meets and 11-1 in
all action. McCook is 6-1 and
Miltsakakis 5-1 in dual meets.
With the three starters missing from
the lineup Monday, Jan. 22, Chowan lost
its first dual meet, 27-19 to Elizabeth Ci
ty State.
Foul Line
Accuracy
Does Job
by HARRY PICKETT
MT. OLIVE — Chowan College, after
suffering its worst free throw shooting
game of the season against King’s Col
lege of Raleigh the previous night,
came to form January 25 by hitting on
ll-of-13 free throws in the last five
minutes here to dispose of Mt. Olive
College, 63-56 in an Eastern Tarheel
Conference clash.
The Braves of Chowan, were almost
flawless from the line. The Braves
posted a blistering 19-of-22 mark,
shoving its record to 13-5 and a
sparkling 4-0 in league play, Mt. Olive
fell to 9-5 and 2-2.
■“I thought that this was the best
game we’ve played all year,” beamed
jubulant head coach Jerry Smith.
Smith said that he would have liked to
have beaten King’s, but he wanted a
victory over Mt. Olive more than
anything because it was a conference
match. He noted that there’s more at
stake.
“We’ve played well when we had
something to win for,” Smith said.
“We’d rather beat this crowd more
than anybody else.”
The lead changed hands several
times in the first half, and ended with
Mt. Olive on top 29-27. this was to be the
last lead of the game for the Duplin
school, however.
Sharp-shooting from forward Greg
Dawson and William Bogues enabled
the Braves to go up by five, 36-31. Mt.
Olive later tied the score at 38-all.
“Defensively, we kept them off
balance,” Smith noted. “We changed
defenses every time down court.”
Chowan shot an even 50 precent from
the floor (22-44). Braves point guard
Robin Hoey led all scorers with 20
points. Hoey connected on lO-of-10 from
the line, most of them clutch singles.
Dawson followed Hoey with 16 points
and eight rebounds, and Bogues
brought up the rear with 12 and nine.
Morriss Allen and Harry Mills each
tacked on 14 for the Mt. Olive cause.
By HARRY PICKETT
Chowan’s 6-8 center William Barnes
came off the bench, knocked in 17 se
cond half points, snared eight rebounds
and played havoc January 20 against
Southeastern Community College
Rams in an Eastern Tarheel Con
ference skirmish.
The lanky freshman from Greenville
teamed up with guard Robin Hoey of
Shelby in the last half to hold off a stub
born outside shooting Ram squad and
win 84-74 before a capacity Brave
crowd.
Barnes cracked the lineup when star
ting center Ronald Williams, who was
replacing an ailing Randolph Bell, was
ineffective on the boards. Chowan head
coach. Jerry„.Smith tjbought Williams
would feel comfortable at the center
spot, especially since the big
sophomore teamed up and played with
many of the opponents while in high
school. “He wasn’t rebounding,” Smith
said dejectedly. “He didn’t play well at
all.”
Chowan improved its record to 12-4
with the victory and stayed atop in ETC
play with an unmarred 3-0 standing.
The Rams dropped to 7-8 and 0-5.
Smith seemed most delighted with his
young freshman’s play, but noted that it
wasn’t his top recruit’s best game. “He
had his best game against Fork Union.”
Barnes scored 20 points and hauled in 12
rebounds against the Virginia school.
“Barnes took over for WiUiams and
sparked the team,” Smith went on.
The Braves, with a couple of layups
from Hoey and Greg Dawson, stretched
its halftime lead to seven, 52-45, after
the Rams had closed the gap to three on
a layup from Ram freshman George
McKoy to narrow the Chowan lead with
4:11 in the half.
The seven point halftime lead dwindl
ed however when the Braves went into
their stall at the top of the second half.
“We didn’t want to play against their
zone,” Smith explained. “We wanted to
force them to play man-to-man.”
The Rams went to a man-to-man
defense, forced the Braves into tur
novers — yanked a couple of defensive
rebounds — and hit on three layups and
a jumpshot to go ahead, 53-52 with 14:47
remaining in the half. It was the Rams’
first lead since taking over 6-4 early in
the game.
Then emerged the 6-1 Hoey and
Barnes.
Hoey sent the Braves ahead with two
20-foot jumpers in less than a minute to
lift the Braves up by three, 60-57.
Southeastern center Noland Pearsall
then drove past Barnes, made the
layup, and was fouled on the play. He
went on to turn it into a three-point
play, knotting score at 60-aIl.
But Barnes struck back.
The big center retrieved a pass, faced
the basket, and launched a soft shot
that kissed off the glass. Bingo! The
Braves took the lead for good with the
basket.
Barnes went on to knock in 4-of-6
from the line and an identical 4-of-6
from the field for a total of 12 points in
the last 7; 48.
Hoey, who netted for a game-high 23
points, played perhaps his finest game
of the season. The slim play maker led
the Chowan fast-break for most of the
evening — stealing would-be passes,
feeding for several assists and scoring
on twisting drives before fouling out
late in the second stanza.
“We came out in the first half runn
ing,” Smith explained, “...and came
out in the second half and slowed it
down. We can play both ways.”
Barnes followed Hoey on the scoring
chart with 19 points. All-conference
foward William Bogues, the teams’
leading scorer, dropped to 13 points
after scoring over 20 points the previous
four games.Bogues, however, snatched
nine rebounds to lead both clubs.
McKoy led the visitors with 22 points.
Braves Basketball Stats
as
of January 25
PLAYER
G
FGA
FGM
PCT.
FTA
FTM
PCT.
PF
REB
AS
MP
TP
AVG.
Bogues
18
224
122
.545
62
45
.726
36
160
46
656
289
16.1
Dawson
18
211
106
.502
34
19
.559
35
84
18
506
231
12.8
Hoey
18
169
86
.509
55
44
.800
61
27
50
583
216
12.0
Porter
16
129
72
.558
26
20
.769
39
58
36
544
164
10.3
Williams, R.
16
93
43
.462
55
30
.545
32
78
5
392
116
7.3
Barnes
16
76
38
.500
39
29
.744
33
61
2
230
105
6.6
Bell
17
78
37
.474
45
28
.622
55
76
16
353
102
6.0
Lewis
10
42
20
.476
13
6
.462
10
24
0
81
46
4.6
Williams, L.
18
78
31
.397
26
17
.654
29
13
6
244
79
4.4
Armstrong
10
15
9
.600
9
8
.889
9
9
2
32
26
2.6
Evans
13
18
7
.389
20
13
.650
11
1
0
60
27
2.1
Johnson
17
44
16
.364
6
2
.333
15
37
4
155
34
2.0
Murdock
12
20
7
.350
7
5
.714
9
5
5
66
19
1.6
Williams, J.
7
8
3
.375
3
2
.667
3
0
0
26
8
1.1
TOTALS
18
1200
589
.498
407
269
.660
375
731
204
—
1465
81.4
OPPONENTS TOTALS
G FGA FGM PCT. FTA FTM POT.
PF REB ASS
TP
AVG.
18 1150 533 . 463 396 261 .659 397 568 150 1327 73.7
SCORES BY PERIODS
I
3
lOT
20T
—
TOTAL
CHOWAN
845
589
19
12
—
1465
OPPONENTS
659
645
19
4
1327
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the mop while Coach Jerry Smith stares agape at the Southeastern game. Photo
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