PAGE 4, THE DECREE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1986
Hosting Bishops
Escape Captains
In 58-57 Victory
By KEVIN ROSE
It was the game of the year on
Tuesday nightin EverettGym
North Carolina Wesleyan de
feated visiting Christopher
Newport College 58-57 for the
bragging rights of the men’s
basketball race in the Dixie.
llie crowd was rowdy and
ready as Wesleyan’s team took
the court for pre-game warm
ups. The bleacher-creatures
were back and the gym had its
largest crowd of the season.
Entering the game, CNC had
a 9-3 conference record, one-half
a game better than Wesleyan’s
8-3 mark. After 40 minutes of
play, the battling Bishops re
gained first place as they de
feated the Captains of Chris
topher Newport.
ITie reason it was such a close
game according to Wesleyan
head coach Jeff Reynolds, was,
“The offensive board game,”
CNC’s 16 offensive rebounds
accounted for 19 points. “Our
ability to keep CNC off the of
fensive boards was disapppint-
ing,” Reynolds said. “Being out-
rebounded two games in a row is
a great concern of mine.” (CNC
out-rebounded Wesleyan 38 to
21.)
ITie offensive play of the Bi
shops has improved. The bright
est star was senior Daniel
Wright, who scored 23 points
and pulled down seven re
bounds to lead the Bishops.
Jack Martine added 17 points
and four assists while dependa
ble Lloyd Watts contributed
eight assists.
CNC was led by Carl Hayes’
14 pointsand his 12rebounds,
followed by Broderick Roye’s 12
points, and Buck Moore’s ten
points.
N.C. Wesleyan 81
Mary Washington 69
N.C. Wesleyan defeated non
conference opponent Mary Wa
shington 81-69 last Saturday
night. The Bishops’ defense
again played a key role in the
victory allowing Mary Wa
shington to shoot only 39 per
cent from the field for the game.
Chris Bratcher was the Bi
shops leading scorer with 24
points. Also in double figures
were Jack Martine who had 17
Lloyd Watts who had 12.
ITie win improves Wesleyan’s
record to 15-5 overall.
N.C. Wesleyan 72
UNC-Greensboro 59
Led by Jack Martine, who
had 22 points, N.C. Wesleyan
defeated UNC-Greensboro 72-
69. The Bishops shot 73 percent
in the second half while limiting
UNC-G to only 39 percent. Da
niel Wright scored 16 points
while Lloyd Watts had 14 and
freshman Chris Bratcher had
12. 1
Wesleyan maintained it’s
first place position in the DIAC
conference with a 6-2 record.
N.C. Wesleyan.... .67
Greensboro College 55
N.C. Wesleyan’s men’s bas
ketball team traveled to
Greensboro College and re
turned with a 67-55 win. Daniel,
Wright was the leading scorer
for the Bishops with 17 points.
John Brackett was also in dou
ble figures wdth 13.
The win is Wesleyans sixth in
a row and keeps them in first
place in the DIAC conference.
The Bishops stand at 8-2 in the
conference and 16-5 overall.
THEY COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT - North Carolina Wesleyan students
danced away the evening as they enjoyed the college’s first Wesleyan Winter Ball, a
semi-formal dance held on Jan. 31 at the Carleton House Restaurant in Rocky
Mount.
Brooks Leads Lady Bishops
Against St. Andrews, 79-69
By CHRIS OSTLING
Robin Brooks’ 21 points — 12
rebound performance helped
the Lady Bishops basketball
team to a 79-69 victory over St.
Andrews last Thursday. The
win gave the I^dy Bishops a 7-4
conference mark and a 11-7
mark overall.
According to Coach Laura
Ferrell, the goal of the Lady Bi
shops going into the game was
to stop St. Andrews Ann Tho
mas from scoring. This was a
major key to the win, as Thomas
only scored six points during
the game.
St. Andrews scored first in the
game, but only kept their lead
for a few minutes as Cynthia
Jones and Robin Brooks helped
the Lady Bishops catch up to
and pull ahead of St. Andrews
for a 43-41 lead at the half.
According to Ferrell, the Bi
shops played better defensively
in the second half, relying on
Jackie Butler’s leadership and
Penny Brown’s outstanding
defensive play. Five minutes
into the second half, St. An-
December Student Survey
Criticizes Service At ^Doc’s’
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Berry added that people fail to
understand that business ser
vice is performed by students
who are in the “learning pro
cess.”
Laura Lee Spedding said
there is a “very poor selection”
at “Doc’s.” “They are very
slow,” said Spedding, adding, “I
have noticed no improvement
since September.”
According to Berry, some
changes have been made and
others are being made. “Man
agers are becoming more famil
iar with what is expected of
them. I’m a little tougher in
what I demand from them,”
said Berry. “We’re going to run
more specials,” said Berry.
“We’re back on the pizza busi
ness now,” said Berry.
Don Francis, former Marriot
food service specialist, will be
teaching food preparation
courses. “Don Francis will
evolve into a full-time position,
teaching all of our food classes,”
said Berry. “Training will be
done with each new employee.”
Berry added, “We are striving
to improve, and we will when
student managers improve their
role.”
drews again got within three
points of the Wesleyan lead. The
Bishops then depended on their
zone defense to get well ahead of
St. Andrews and stay there for a
final score of 79-69
Following Brooks in scoring,
Cynthia Jones and Bev Arm
strong each scored 12 points to
help the Bishops in the victory.
St. Andrews was led by
Ericka Woods who had 17
points and 15 rebounds, but
fouled out with four minutes left
in the game. Kewanda Walters
also contributed with her 15
points.
With three more games until
the DIAC Tournament, Coach
Ferrell hopes that the team can
be ranked fourth going into the
tournament so that “we can
host the quarter-finals.” Ferrell
believes that if they can host the
quarter-finals the lady Bishops
will have a good chance in the
tournament.
N.C Wesleyan 75
Greensboro 55
N.C. Wesleyan’s lady Bishops
defeated Greensboro College 75-
55 and improved their confer
ence record to 6-3. Robin Brooks
shot 82 percent from the floor to
lead the Bishops with 32 points.
Other Bishops in double figures
were Cynthia Jones with 16 and
Penny Brown with 13.
The win puts the lady Bi
shops at 10-7 overall.
N.C. Wesleyan 75
Christopher Newport ... 68
Robin Brooks scored 24 points
as N.C. Wesleyan defeated
Christopher Newport 75-68 in
overtime. The game was tied 63
all at the end of regulation but
the lady Bishops out-scored
Christopher Newport 12 to 5 in
the overtime period.
Wesleyan fell behind early in
the second half but Pam Miller
came off the bench to score 15
points and grabbled 14 re
bounds to spark the comeback.
Everyone who played for the
Bishops scored. Cynthia Jones
had 12 points and Bev Arm
strong 10.
Wesleyan moved into third
place with the victory and now
stand 8-3 in the conference and
12-7 overall.
Valentine Helps
House Approve
College Aid Bill
A student financial aid bill
has passed the House with the
support of Rep. Tim Valentine,
who said the measure contains
community colleges and four-
year institutions of higher edu
cation.
“Most of the aid would go to
students as loans to be repaid
after graduation,” Valentine
said. “The bill also contains
cost-cutting measures in admin
istration and the repayment of
loans.”
New proposals in the bill
would let non-traditional stu
dents qualify more easily for
federal aid. “Such students in
clude parents who deferred col
lege to raise children, workers
switching careers, and others
entering college past the usual
age,” Valentine said. The
change would affect community
colleges as well as four-year
schools, according to the Sub
committee on Postsecondary
Education.
'rhe measure faces considera
tion by the Senate and Presi
dent before it car be passed into
law.