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rriday, January 17, 1964 MAROON AND GOLD PAGE THREB Chrisliaii Basketeers Take Ciwii In Lrjeiiiie Holiday Toiiniaiiiriil M 'M ft Spotlighting Tlie Fighting Christians By TOM CORBITT Elon Is Number One, Again! That basketball team of ours is now drawing the priority and liie glory. With a 11-1 record tuck ed under their belt, the Fi’n'ing Christians are Number One in the conference and on their way to perhaps the best record in the history of the school. Team Evaluation This fine record which the Christians have posted so far is no surprise to anyone. At tlie be ginning of the season. Coach Bill Miller, while not openly optimistic felt that his team could look for ward to a highly successful sea ^.L Both Coach Miller and Jerry Os borne, his right-hand man, felt that the Christians this year would have a better team overall than the strong 18-8 team of last year. As Osborne stated it, “Everyone is back. We have more experience, and a real strong bench.” The strength of this team has been a subject of debate ail over the campus. This team is a great one and could very well end :hj season as champions of the Caro- linas Conference. One thing is fo.' sure, we have the personnel io get the job done. It is common knoweldge that Elon has the three best guard.? in the conference, and we would like to inject for that matter, tne Siute. t-P to the Wofford game, ILlli’r "as averaging 15.7 points per game and Morningstar had a 12.7 point average. Both have impiDV- Pd considerably over last year, if such is possible. You will see ^liller driving more this year and Morningstar appears to have lear ned to hit consistently from out side. And let’s not forget Dave Winfrey, the kid who does every thing well. Hampered by an in jury in the early part of the sea son and most of last year, Wiufrey has been forced into the baj';- Sround. Injured or well, look for ''infrey in the lineup wheneverj Elon presses or is pressed. Th;S is the guy who helped carry the | *fam in the High Point game and 'houldered a big burden in the Christmas Tournament. When we look at forwards, the record is equally impressive. First big Jesse Branson is the tig ?uy who averaged 15-per cent js guy who averaged 15-per game as jear and as of late has been clip ping off points at a 30 average Branson has been known to also '8rab a few rebounds and when he ■"ants to play ball there is none better. Next in the limelight this year las been Art Davis. He has to rated as the improve- ot tile year oii uie team. Art look off some weigiit this summer and this nas helpeJ iiim to rea lize his poteniial. i.ie story on .Vrt is that he couid juiik the ball- one-handed in high sciiool, had dif- acuity du.iking it last year, and i.s stuffing the thing with both hands this year. You can look for iiim to contribute around ten points per game to the Christian cause; a most valuable contribu tion. rinally in a starting role has been Howard Andrew. He has been averaging around 6 per game and :.s steadily improving, although he las not reached his potentials, lowaid has been pulling in around 10 rebounds per game. Look for ladual inipiovement in “little jroiher." Also with this fine starting uiiit is a very fine bench. It includes four lettermen: Sonny Smith, Daii- liall, iioii Denhart, and Reid Hughes. The contributions of Smith are most notable, for he has seen much action in a near starling role. Next comes Mac Bowman and freshman Bobby Al ias and Richard Such, both of i-.om could play if the need should ^ i,nlinue(! on F(n;r' Moments of thrilling action in the annual Camp Lejeune Christmas Tournament are pictured above, show- I mg the Elon Christians on both offense and defend i i the big holidiiy meet which the Elon basketeers I won for the second successive time. The Christians had clinched the championship in the Leathcrnecks' hoi-1 iday event in 1961, the tourney was cancelled in 1962 due to the Cuban crisis, and then Coach Bill .Miller's i boys came back to win the championship again this y ar :n • ;h.-He-day .serins tliat was held on the big Marine base on December 17th, 18th and 19th. In the picture at the left Howard Andrew i30i Is seen as he shoved up a two-iX)inter against Pembroke; Jesse B:anson inumber not shown' goes up in the central pic ture to defend against one of the Leatherneck stars in a scoring attempt near the basket; and Jesse Bran son reaches high in the scene at the right to dunk a two-pointer, also in the battle against Pembroke. The Chiistians turned back Pembroke and Camp Lejeune in preliminary games and then eked out a close win ovei' East Carolina 71 to 70 in the finals to clinch the 1!)63 championship. Christians Win Holiday Cage Meet riarooii Aim! (io!d (^iiintet Tops 59 To 57 It was tooth-and-toenail rishilfrnt at 57-56 in overtime, and down to the wire as the Chri.Ktian |t\vo free throws by Dave Winhey • basketeers fought off a High Point iced the decision that cam-j be- Cane Gaiiiess Li. . 95, Frederick 58. Elon 87, Wofford 100 Elon 94, A.C.C. 74 Elon 80, Pfeiffer 71. Elon 77, Lenoir Rhyne 71 Elon 59, High Point 57 Elon 94, Pembroke 67 Elon 87, Lejeune 58. Elon 71, East Carolina 70. Elon 71, Campbell 64. Elon 96, Wofford 74 Elon 78, A.C.C. 71 Elon 82, East Carolina 57. (REMAINING GAMES) Jan. 13—Appalachian, home Jan. 18—Catawba, home Jan. 25—High Point, away Jan. 27—Belmont Abbey, home Jan. 30—Frederick, home Feb. 1—Catawba, away Feb. 4—Campbell, home Feb. 8—West Carolina, away Feb. 11—Pfeiffer, home Feb. 13—Appalachian, away Feb. 15—East Carolina, away Feb. 18—Guilford, awajr Feb. 20—Lenoir Rhyne, home Feb. 22—West Carolina, home Feb. 26-29—Conference Tourn ament. The Elon College Christians, who have paced the Carolinas Con ference race through the early season, proved their right to rank ing among the finest small-col- lege teams in the Southeast when they won the fifth annual Camp Lejeune Christmas Tournament The Christians turned back Pijm- broke College, Camj Lejeune Leathernecks and the East Caro lina Pirates in succession as they grabbed their second successive holiday tournament title at the big Marine base. They had also won the crown in the 1961 tourney, and the 1962 meet was cancelled when the Marines were called to the Caribbean due to the Cuban cris is. The Christians, in addition to winning the championship in the 1963 holiday event, also placed big Jesse Branson as the most out standing individual player in the tournament. Branson hit 87 points in three games as he paced the Elon cagers to the crown. Dewey Andrew, another Elon star, had won the most outstanding rating in the 1961 meet. Elon 94, Pembroke 67 The Elon basketeeers moved in to the second round of the tourn ament as they grabbed a 94 to 67 victory over the Pembroke Col lege Braves on Tuesday afternoon, December 17th, the win coming in the first of four games played on the opening day of the tourney. Coach Bill Miller used twelve boys during the Pembroke bat.le, with Jesse Branson topping the scoring with 30 and Roland Mill er dropping in 24 points. Richard Such, fine freshman forward, had 10 points for Elon. Gordon Pusku# led Pembroke with 28 points. Pos—Elon (94) Pembroke (67) F—Branson 30 Stone 2 F—Davis 4 Galvas 2 C—Andrew 8 Puskus 28 (3—Miller 24 Acrifeili 4 Cj—Winfrey 6 Hayes 16 Half-time! Elon 44, Pembroke 24 Elon subs—Such 10, Bowman 6 Denhart 2, Hughes, Hall, Atkin:. Pembroke subs—antras 4, Porte; 5, Monroe 4. Elon 87, Lejeune 58 The F'ighting Christians, rolling in high gear and with four men in double figures, ripped the C^mp Le jeune Leathernecks for an 87 to 53 . ictory in second round play and moved to the finals of the tourna ment. The Elon cagers again played without Co-captain Bill Morningstar, who was still out with a pulled mus cle, but Jesse Branson was once more a hot shot as he counted 29 points. Roland Miller hit 20 points,; The Elon cagers moved out to vvith Dave Winfrey racking 16 la 40-34 margin over the East Car- I’os—Elon (87) Lejeune (58)jolina outfit at half-time, but the Pi- Branson 29 Gallegher 20; rales rallied in the second half and r- D.n is 4 Dennis 5 ' turned the battle into a cliff-hang- C—Andrew 10 Gross 10 G—Miller 20 McGee 6 G—Winfrey 16 Mahaney 6 Half-time: Elon 40, Lejeune 29. Elon subs—Such 2, Bowmnn 2, Hughes 2, Atkins 2, Smith, Hall. Le jeune subs—Jenkins 3, Turner 4, Weldon 4, Smith, Owens. Elon 71, East Carolina 70 The Christian basketeers staved cff a b.st-h.nlf rally by the East Car olina cagers as they turned back • he Pirates 71 to 70 in the finals of the fifth annual Camp Lejeune Tournament on December 19th, thus linchin'j the championship for a sec- id r^uccossive time. ing finish which thrilled the crowd down to the wire 'nson was tops for the Christ ians last night with 2S points, while ’oland Miller hit 14 and Art Davis 12 counters to give able aid. ■ ■i --T:lon (71) p;. Carolina (70) Bransnn 28 Otte 24 D ivis 12 Brogden 5 '-Andrew 4 Woodside 18 G—Miller 14 Parker G—Winfrey 2 Holoman 13 H lf-lime: Elon 41), East Caro lina 34. Elon suhs—Mornin.;-t r 7, Smith East C.ir ilina subs—Kinnard 5, Phillips. I rally and turned back the Pur ple Panthers 59 to 57 in an over time battle in I'^on’s Alumni iMi' mortal Gymnasium on Saturda\ night, December 14th. The Panthers had ousted Elon from the arolinas Conference tour nament at Lexington for the past two seasons by the High Pointers so no win of the current seaso' has been more pleasing to Coach Bill Miller and his Christians than was the victory gained here in mid-December. The Christians held a four-p ;in margin with only 57 esconds on the clock that night, but the Pan thers pulled up in those final sec onds to knot the score at 54 all Commenting on that High Point ral ly, Coach Miller said after the game, “It looked like that old High Point jinx had us again." However, it was not the Pacth ers' night! Howard Andrew di'ove for a lay-up that shot Elon tn the Elon Downs Woffor ' ^ fieven^e Tilt BKANSON HITS FOIl '■KV/ ■■ A fore 2,500 rabid fans. Elon froze the ball for the final mlnte and five seconds to clinch the win- Jesse Branson and Dave Win frey were the long and short of the Elon win. Branson, 6-7 for ward, canned 17 points for the game and played beautiful defen.se against High Point’s throwing Dale Neel. Branson also graLibed down 17 rebounds. Winfrey, a 5-11 guard, replaced Bill Morningstar, who was injured early in the fray, and the junior resei-ve chipped in 16 points, ten of them from the charity stripe. The summary: Pos—Elon (59) High Point (57) F~-Branson 17 Fallin 10 F—Davis 6 Garrison 8 C—Andrew 8 Neel 14 G—Miller 10 Smith 10 G—Morningstar 2 - - Trombetta 5 Half-time: High Point 27, Elon 24, Jesse Branson, Elon's towering 6-7 ace at forward, moved into the ranks of Christian cage immort als as he set one new Elon record and tied another in leading the Fighting Christian quintet to u de-'of their tough hurdles when they cisive 96-74 victory over the fought off a late rally to down strong Wofford Terriers here on the Lenoir Rhyne Bears 77 to 71 Varsity Five Livks Bruins At Hickory The Elon Christians cleared one That's a new Elon College scorir.g recorj in the - ,i; se Branson reaches up and dunks the ball in the ,)ic:ure a'.o. •, for this was the basket with which the Elon forward brcke D:l- ‘ikinson's old scoring mark during the Wofford game here on Tuesday night, January 7th. Aft-'r breaking the old mark with this bucket, Branson went on to push his total to 44 points against the Terriers, thus .setting a record that may stand for many years. The old mark of 39 points in a single game was set by Dee Atkinson against Western Carolina eight years ago. Tuesday night, January 7th Branson was hitting hot as he rammed in twelve field buckets in thirteen trTes in the first half of the battle against the Terrier.;. He also caged seven charity to.sses and wound up the first naif of last night's game with 31 poiiits. The big boy, who starred with i;. M. Holt High in Alamance County high school circles, had tough luck in the early part of the second half, but he dropped a rebound shot after 11:21 of sec ond half play to tie the old mark and then hit another bucket at 12:22 on Ihe clock lo break the old record. The old single-game Elon scor- iHii mark of 39 points was set by Dee Atkinson against Western Carolina in 1956. In addition to breaking the one-game scorin mark. Branson also tied Atkinson’s single record of 18 field ^oai.s when he hit 18 of 24 trie' Pos.—Klon (961 Wofford (711 —Branson 44 . Lyon 14 F—Davis ill Hayei 11 C—Andrew 4 Wade 18 C3—Morningstar 7 Crabtree 10 Cj—Miller 0 Tankersley IS Half-time: Elon 50, Wofford 35. Elos subs—Winfrey 8, Smith 5, Such 3, Bowman 2, Hughes 1, At kins 5, Denhart, Hall. Wofford subs—Broome 3, Talley. in a crucial Carolinas Conference tilt at Hickory on Wedne.sday night, December 11th. The Bears shot a blazing 73 per cent of their floor shots in the first half, and they were on top of the scoring by a 41-39 maigin at intermission. The lead swapped hands on almost every bucket in that period, and the stati.,tics showed that the rival Christians and Bears either tied the iiiunt or switched the lead 26 times dur ing the game. Top scorers for the winning Christians and for the game was Branson, with 26 points, but he was pushed close by Lenoir Rhyne's Neil McGeachy, who hit 25 count ers. In addition to Branson, other Christians in double figures wore Bill Morningstar and Roland Mil ler with 14 points each and Sonny Smith with 11 markers. The summary; Pos—Elon (77) Lenoir Rhyne (71) F—Branson 26 . Deehan 1 F—Davis 6 Mlatkowski 21 C:—Andrew 2 Dixon G—Morningstar 14 McGeachy 25 G—Miller 14 Ehlers 5 Half-time; Lenoir Rhyne 41, Ecln 39. Elon subs—Smith 11, Winfrey 4. Lenoir Rhyne subs— Bua 2, Coch ran 6, Kinsey 11,
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