Friday, February 21, 1964
MAKOON A\D GOLD
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Christians Post Third Victory Over Pirate Cagers
Cataiiioiints
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Bv 64 To 54
B:IA\S r TWISTS AM) FOR BASKET
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The Western Carolina Catamounts,
ranked among the top ten small-
college cage squads in America,
mixed deadly shooting end a tight
sliding zone defense as thev turned
back the Christians of Elon 61 to 54
in a Conference baskotball battle at
Cullowhee on Saturday night, Feb
ruary 8th.
Blazing hot in the opening min
utes, the Catamounts Mast»d out
to a 22 to 3 lead in th? first 12
minutes of the game, and that was
the ball game. The Elon quintet
fought back brilliantly during the
next 28 minutes of action and was
able to narrow the game to as little
as six points at times, but the early
edge was too much to overcome.
The Christians were still playing
without the services of sharpshoot-
ing guard, Roland Miller, and Dave
Winfrey was unable to go at top
speed during the fray. This threw
the bulk of the offensive play on
big Jesse Branson, although he got
fine help from Bill Morningstar.
Branson turned in one of the fin
est games of his entire career and
hit 24 points, despite the fact that
Tiny Lavelle and Bill Gustafson, a
pair of 6-9 centers, both fouled out
trying to stop him. Morningstar had
10 points and was the only other
Elon player in double figures.
The Elon cagers broke even with
the Cats on field goals, hitting 20
of 50 from the floor, while Western
Carolina got 20 of 42 floor tries.
However, the Cats had a big edge
in free throws, canning 24 of 31,
Elon 22
while Elon got only 14 of 26 at the ^ subs-Davis 6, Atkins. West-
I ern Carolina subs — Gustafson 3,
I P Brintnall 1,
Elon Qiiint Turns Back
East Carolina 66 To 60
The ' I •
Pos. Elon (541 West r;iroIir i
F—Branson (24) Murray (7)
F—Smith (1) J. Brintnall (3)
C—Andrew (8i Lavelle (13'
G—Morningstar dO Horne (13i
G—Winfrey (5> Tharpe (24)
Half-time: Western Carolina 37,
charity stripe. The Cats led 32 to
20 in rebounds.
ft
Spotlighting
Tlie Fighting
Christians
By TOM CORBITl
JeS'C Branson, wearing Number 10 in tho white uniforms, went
ihrcugh all sorts of contortions as he rammed home 32 points in
Elnn’s 74 to 62 win over the Pfeiffer Falcons in a Carolinas Con-
lertiioe battle on the Elon floor on Tuesday night, February 11th.
The referee looks on and hunts a foul as the tall IClun .':tar twists
through and under the Falccn defense to toss another two-pointer
through the nets.
The Fighting Chri.stian basketeers
chalked a third str.iinht Finn vic
tory over the East Carolina Pirates
for this 1964 season when they post
ed a 66 to 60 overtime victory at
Greenville last Saturday night, Feb
ruary 1.5th. The Christians had de
feated the Pirates in the finals of
'he Leieune (Tiristmas tournament
and had also won an earlier regular-
son battle on the Elon floor.
The Christian cagers moved to
the front early in the gamf*. with
,Iesse Branson receiving aliU- aid
from Art Davis and Dave Winfrey
is Elon posted a 37 to ,K) margin
is the first half came to a close.
Branson hit 17 points in this first
hnlf drive, with Davis getting 8 »nd
Winfrey 6 counters in the same
leriod.
Elon stretched this margin in the
early moments of the second half
and grabbed the longest lead of the
■’ame at 47-.T5 at one point. The Pi
rates rallied there and began hack-
• away at the Christian margin,
■nnllv tving the score at 54-all as
"iohby Kinnard tipped in a rebound
Vicket with slightly over a minute
left in the game.
The Christians were the victim
of ball-handling errors as they al-
>wod East Carolina to catch up,
'■:1 they were still plagued by the
miscues on the floor as they tried
■0 hold the ball for a single shot. A
),id pa.ss gave the Pirates the ball,
ut Kinn.'ird missed the final .shot
for the Pirates and sent the ganx'
into over time.
The extra period saw Elon doubl"
the score on the Pirates, with the
■'iristians gaining a 12-6 margin in
'he fi'.e minutes overtime. A'Tain it
was the towering Branson who led
the Christian charge in the over
time.
'^rrn:('n had one of his bettcT
li*:^ ;i.> he hit nine of twenty from
he floor and 14 of 16 from the
■(’arHy strine for a 32-point total.
No other Elon player was in double
'inures. Rilly Brogden topped the
’iratps with 23 points, while Robb'
addel 13 counters.
The summary:
I’os. p:ion (66) East ('arolin:i (fill
F—Branson (32> Woodsiiie '4'
F—Davis (R) Williamson ’7
C—Andrew' (4i Kinnard HI
! -'Vinfrey '8) Brogden (23
G—Morningstar (fi) Phillips (4
Half-time: Elon 37, East Caro
lina 30.
Elon subs — Such 2, Smith 6
v>t Carolina subs — Reges 5
Eure 2.
Christians In One-Point
Win Over Caniphell Five
Elon 95, Fredrrick 58.
Elon 87, Wofford 100.
Elon 94. A.C.C. 74
Elon 80, Pfeiffer 71.
Elon 77, Lenoir Khyne 71
Elon 59. IlUh Point 57
Klon 94, Pembroke 67
FJon 87, Lrjeune 58.
Elon 71. East Carolina 70.
Elon 71, Campbell 64.
Elon 96. Wofford 74
Elon 78. A.C.C. 71
Klon 82. Kast Carolina 57.
’ I 11 89. .\ppalurhian 61.
' I' 1 71, Catawba 46.
Elm 59. High Point 68.
Elon 73, Belmont Ahbey (>6.
Kredi'rick 52.
'I TiT. ‘ 't:iw>ia 73.
Klon 63. ('ampl>i'll 62
Klon 54, Wi'st Carolina 64,
Klon 74, Pfeiffer 63,
Klon ,M, Appalaeliian 56.
Klon 6i;. Kast Carolina 60,
(REMAINIVG GAMES)
Feb. 18—Gui'*~Td, away
Feb. 20—Jthyae, home
Feb. 22—v'aroklna, home
Feb. J6-2!«—t’onference Tourn
ament.
Brunson May
Set New Elon
(^a«ie Keeonls
Branson Leads Scoring
As Elon Tops Pfeiffer
.lumping Jesse Branson rode both
■ackboards from the first whistle
0 the last and pumped shots
hrough the netting with deadly ac-
••racv as th! Fighting Christians
■irned back the Pfeiffer Falcons 74
62 in a Carolinas Conference cage
ittle on the Elon flour on Tuesday
light, February 11th.
Branson hit a jumper with the
‘ :me only seconds old, and Calvin
wf.on retaliated for Pfeiffer to
, ..a.. -
—' ■ 'ot the score at 2-all, but that was
10-78 by High Point, which easily|'' e l.ist time the score was tied,
ireezed through the remaining Branson tipped in a rebound, and
tournament games. In that game
with the Panthers, Elon held a two-
point lead with 30 seconds to go
and had possession of the ball. The
ailU llaU wi p,- - ./
Panthers proceeded to steal the ball one time at 25-16, but during most
and drive for an easy lay-up and of the half the Christians could
The Fighting Christians last de
feated Western Carolina here on our
tampus in 1957. Only once since
1957 have they beaten them at all,
so there is added incentive to win
the crucial game coming up here
tomorrow night.
Last year, Elon lost 68-67 to WOO _ . . .
over in Memorial Gym in the last ^ then intercept the inbounds play for
seven seconds, after having trailed | the winning bucket.
63-45 with 10 minutes left in the| Lenoir Rhyne beat us in the first
game. At CuUowhee last year the tournament game 70-48 in 1960 and
Christians tried to play slow-down''n 1959 High Point did the honors
ball and lost 48-42. | by a 66-49 margin. Western Caro-
In 1962 the Catamounts bettered lina had beaten us in 1958, 68-57.
Elon 54-53 at Elon, as the Christ-' Therefore I say to you, 0’ basket-
ians failed to hold a 53-50 lead ball team of ours, it is time for a.
with 1:20 remaining. At Western, I change. , , ^ r'
Elon had suffered a 71-48 massacre.: With a little lucK and plenty of
Both games were played at WCC; intestinal fortitude this year, the
in the 1961 season. We dropped the, Fighting Christians could draw as
first one 85-72. In the second game,: tournament opponents Western Caro-
Elon trailed 52-32 at halftime but j lina, Catawba, t1
won 8.5-84 on Jug Irvin’s long jump
Si was out front for keeps.
Th3 Falcons kept the score close
ii'oughout most of the first half
’^lon did go ahead by nine noints
still ahead by only four points with
niargin.
lill Mrrninsstnr ‘ool: i' "r at that
loint with siicc3‘;si e baskets. The
'■ed'’ gu.ird piimif'd in a set shot
T.1 fi' p «:eoo':ds l.nter stole the
:I1 Tind dribbled iind^r for a two-
ointer, .ind Elon never had less
'I'-n an f!-noint edge after that time.
Th“ Christians could show only
wo men in double figures. Bran-
on topped both teams with his 32
r>nd Howard Andrew racked
3 counters. Larrv Lentz led Pfeif
fer with 16, trailed by Danny Carver
ith 12 and Harold McManus with
11 points.
The summary:
'>os. Elon (74) Pfeiffer (62)
F—Branson 321 Lawson (2)
F_Davis 2) Carver (12'
C—Andrew (13) Wynne (9)
G—Winfrey 9) McManus (ID
G—Morningstar (8) Lentz (16)
Half-time: Elon 34, Pfeiffer 29.
Elon subs — Smith 4, Such 4, At-
kirus 2. Pfeiffer subs — Miller 8
shot with six seconds remainmg.
After that the records get worse.
In this period, the record alone will
suffice. The scores follow:
I960 — WCC 75, Elon 65 (at
Elon); WCC 63, Elon 45.
1959 _ WCC 67, Elon 32 (at
Elon); WCC 67, Elon 49
1958 - WCC 66, Elon 62 (at
Elon'; WCC 75, Elon 42.
Tournament Scores
Recent Carolinas Conference
Tournament appearances by the
Christians are no better. Last ye^
Elon lost by a 5fr55 score m the
then beat them all soundly. It would
certainly be nice to beat Catawba
and then not make any obscene
'ipstures at the crowd and then beat
■^h Point and not have Coach
Her congratulate Quinn before
game is over.
Senior Cagers
For Roland Miller, Bill Morning-
^tar. Sonny Smith, and Danny Hall,
tomorrow night’s game will be their
last collegiate appearance on the
home court.
Each has made a valuable con
tribution to a team that has com
show only two to four points ad
vantage. The Elon quint led by 34
to 29 at half-time.
The Christians hit several quick
buckets as the second half started,
'-It the stubborn Falcons still clung |
:;™”m S hfrw“h
■tos Ipft in the game. Elon was ford.
Apps Rally To Top Elon
By Two Points In Game
A three-point play by Jesse Bran
son moved Elon to the front, and
four free throws by Art Davis down
the stretch preserved the slim Elon
margin as the Fighting Christian
cage squad edged the Campbell
College quintet 63 to 62 in a n''r'."-
tingling non-conference battle here
m Tuosdav nii’ht, Frbruarv 4th.
The Chri.stian squad, still pl.avin"
without the services of iniured Rol-
ind Miller and Dave Winfrey, had
to fight for their lives all the w.nv
against an inspired Camel outfit.
The Camels moved out to a 7-point
margin twice in the first half, but
Klon rallied to knot the score at 26-
all at the break.
Glenn Lind.sey and Mike Reidy,
a pair of senior .stars, paced the
I'isitors to the front during mo.st of
‘h“ first h.nif. building their longest
leads at 1,5-8 and 19-12. but .less”
Brnn.son and Sonnv Smith topne'l
the Elon scoring for th“ h.-df as th''
Christians Dull»d up to a 26-26 ti“
as the half ended.
That tie set the stage for a real
cliff-hanger during the final half,
with first one team and then the
other moving ahead, usually by a
single point. The Camels were out
front at 46 to 45 with eight min
utes left, and during that final eight
, Hy TOM COKHITT
' .1 ,sc Br.i'ison is well on his
I \ Kiw 'fd b-'coming the greatest
I ■■ '-I th' history of Elon Col-
I i ■no h iskntball He already held
minutes the teams swapped the lead *he Elon record for most rebounds
.seven times and were tied five j ^ single game when this .season
I started, and he has already shat-
Bobby Atkins, a sharp-shooting tPred one all-time record and tied
freshman guard, kept Elon in the i another during the current cam-
running as be dropped three set paign.
shots from outside during this! On January 7th .Jes.se banged in
strr-tch. Then, with Elon trailing 1 44 I>oints in Elon’s 96 to 74 win over
--n-56, .Jesse Branson made good' Wofford at War Memorial Gyrn-
on a three-point nlav to nush EMnjUasium. shattering Dee Atkinson s
ahead to stav at ,S9-,58. Arthur Davis old 39-[X)int m irk for the most
■ points in a single game. This rec-
M fniir fr-of> throw in the final
'^in'-'^'s of the battle to preserve
he Elon margin.
Jesse Branson led the Rlon .at
tack with 27 points, hitting 17 of
■hem in the first half. Other lead-
ors for Elon were Bobby Atkins with
12 and Sonny Smith with 11 count-
Glenn Lindsey paced the Cam-
Is with 17, trailed by Dave Bull
■vith '3 and Mike Heidy and Mar
in Moss w'ith 10 each.
The .summary:
Pos. Elon (63) Campbell (62)
?■'—Branson (271 Reidy (in-
F'—Smith (in Moss dOi
C—Andrew Yenchr
G—Atkins (121 Lind.sey (17)
G—Morningstar (6) .Jordan (8'
Half-time: Elon 26, Campbell 26
Elon sub - Davis 7. Campbel
subs — Bult 13, Etheridge 2, Fish 2
FKOSII PA IK >IAY UK SI'AIIS
liled at this writing, a 70-36 rec-
Elon lost by a 56-55^ore n.
first round to Lenoir yne, therefore, fitting tha
1962 the Christians manage
to the second round. They bea
Pfeiffer 68-59, but lost to Hig om
80-73. , J
The 1961 season was destmed to
be our year, but Elon was upset
It is, therefore, fitting that we
pay honor to them tomorrow night.
,\nd what beter way could there
be to conclude your playing days
than with a trip to the national fin
als in Kansas Oty?
After holding a nine-ooint margin
■n the waning minutes of the game,
the Elon Christians saw that de
cisive edge go down the drain as
the Appalachian Mountaineers ral-
l- 'd to tie the score and then grab
n .56 to 54 victory on a last-second
'■’M goal from the outside in a
name at Boone on Thursday night,
February 13.
The Fighting Christians were on
top by a 53 to 44 count with barely
1:15 showing on the clock, but the
\ops came back with a series of
steals and tied the .score at 54-all
with just 1:08 remaining in the
game. The killing blow was a jump
shot by Jack Lytton from back of
he circle with a single second re
maining.
There were times in the closing
moments of the Carolinas Confer
ence battle when the game showed
aspects of the old “give-away" tac
tics in checkers, for both i
^ hri'^tjnns nnd Aops lost the ball
several times as if it were hot and
hard to hold.
After the Mountaineers tied the
score, the ball changed hands
ihree times without a score before
the Mountaineers gained possession
for the last time to set up Jack
Lytton’s winning bucket. In each
case the switch of possession came |
on bad passes or seemingly easy'
steals.
The Elon cagers jumped out to a
quick lead in the game, movin?
ahead by as much as 11 points
mid-way the first half, but the Ma
roon and Gold outfit faltered at that
point and allowed the Appalachiai,
tossers to come back and lead by
a single point at 31-30 at the half-
time.
Jese Branson played brilliantly
RICHARD SUCH
c=:^ /n
1J0BI5V ATKINS
ord had been set against We.stern
Carolina in 19,56. In breaking the
old single-game .scoring mark,
Bran.son also tied Atkinson’s rec
ord of 18 field goals in a single
game, a mark which had been .set
in the same 19.56 contest.
Dtt Atkinson, in his great four-
year career for the Chri.stians, es
tablished most of the college’s scor
ing records. He holds the college
record for the most total career
points with 1,8,34, the most career
field goals with 656 and the most
career free throws with 522.
Other notable Elon cage records
include .Jug Irvin’s mark for the
most total points in a single season,
with 632 in 1961, and Dewey And
rew’s top per game scoring average
for a single .season, a mark of 21.2
points per game in 1962.
Jesse Bran.son is in the process
of breaking most of these records.
After la.st Saturday’s battle at East
Carolina, Branson had scored 571
points in 24 games, and he was
still slated to play at least four
'T'ore pames in which to ring up
'h ‘ noints needed to smash ,Jug
in’s all-time season record,
^'•"nson’s per-game .scoring aver-
■''’e. which has hovered at or near
the 24-noint mark all seasun -.''ems
-Mrprl of topping Dewey Andrew’s
*i“«t average mark.
It is too early at this time to
'inrantee that Branson will smash
‘tkinson’s all-time record for a
whole career, but certainly the
nresent figures indicate a fine pos
sibility. We find at this lime that
Branson is well ahead of Atkinson’s
mark at the same stage in his ca
reer.
The Atkinson four-year record is
tabulated below:
Season Games FG
(Continued on Page Four-
Two of the brightest treshm m stars of recent yearr have b«n
performing with the Fighting Christian cagers thi.s ^
^rson of Richard Such deft, and Bobby Atkins (right) both o
whom were outstanding players in North Carolina high sch^
circles last season. Such, a 6-4 forward, played his high schail
baU at Sanford under the tutelage of Don Packard a
star Atkins who played great basketball at North Surry mgh.
paced h!s t^am to thJ stale Class 2A high sch^l cro^.
Such and Atkins loom as prospective starters with the Elon cag
squad of next winter.
35
35
29
30
75
193
178
210
FT
75
126
ir>o
161
TP
225
512
51fl
.581
By compari.son, the marks for
Jesse Branson’s first two .seasons
are listed just below:
Season Games FG FT TP
")62 30 147 144 438
i:*63 25 120 108 348
(Continued on Page Four)