January 29,1991
BRONCOS' VOICE
16th In NCAA Division II
Broncos Continue Romp
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On Jan. 12, FSU’s men’s
basketball team defeated North
Carolina Central, 81-75, to
improve their record to 12-4
overall, 7-1 in the Central
Intercollegiate Athletic
Association, and 2-0 in the
CIAA’s Southern Division.
Darrell Armstrong paced the
Broncos with 24 points.
The Broncos picked up
two tournament championships
during the Christmas break and
climbed to 16th in the National
Collegiate Athletic Association’s
Division II rankings. This is the
first national ranking in any
sport in FSU’s history.
FSU’s top scorers so far
this season are Armstrong and
Sherman Pride who have
averaged 16.4 and 15.3 points
per game, respectively. Leading
the team in rebounds are Pride,
who averages 8.9 per game, and
Travis Spells with 6.6 RPG.
On Dec. 28-29, the
Broncos won the Bull City
Classic Championship in
Durham, N.C. Spells picked up
MVP honors and joined fellow
Bronco Derrick Hawkins on the
All-Tournament Team.
On Jan. 5, FSU downed
the host team, 107-91, in the
championship game of the
Columbus College Classic in
Columbus, GA. to claim its
second title of the holiday
season. Armstrong scored 45
points in the two-game
tournament and was named
MVP. Pride added 18 points to
the winning effort.
"I expected us to be
playing well at this time of the
year," Coach Jeff Capel said.
"The success that we had earlier
came as a surprise to us. (It
was) not because we didn’t
think we had good players, but
bringing in so many new players
from different parts of the state,
we did not know how the
chemistry would be. Fortunately
for us the chemistry came
together a lot quicker than we
expected."
According to Capel, the
coaching staff is doing nothing
special or different because of
their success.
"As far as Coach (Mark)
Cline and I are concerned, the
players are 12-0 and the
coachers are 0-4. The players
win games, and coaches lose
games. We are working on
fundamentals; basically we just
try to play fundamental
basketball."
The Broncos have suffered
two major knee injuries. Senior
Byron Davis, who was hurt
early in the season against
Virginia State, is out for the
season.
"Byron’s injury was a little
bit worse than we first thought,"
Capel said. "He could probably
start doing some running about
now. But he has missed a month
and a half and it would take
him the remainder of this year
to get back into playing shape.
So we have appealed to the
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Darrell ''Sky" Armstrong (23) scrambles for a loose ball.
(Photo: John B. Henderson)
Cl A A for a medical red-shirt
year for Byron. Instead of
having one year of remaining
play, he will have two full years
to play."
The other fallen Bronco is
Travis Spells, however, his knee
injury is not as severe as Davis’.
Spells has missed two games,
and will probably miss the St.
Pauls and Livingstone contests.
Capel maintains that all of
the remaining 11 games on
FSU’s schedule will be difficult.
"The St. Pauls game will
be a very tough game," he
insisted. "I saw them play
Monday night (Jan. 14) and they
are very good. We are playing
on their campus and it is like
playing in Lilley; its a very
tough place to play.
"I saw Livingstone play on
the 16th ," Capel continued,
"and they are playing very well
right now. Every game from
here on in will be tough because
they are all Southern Division
games."
Lady Broncos Search for Success
by Leslie Corpening
As of Jan. 17 the Lady
Broncos had an overall record
of 1-14. They are 0-10 in the
Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association and 0-4 in the
CIAA’s Southern division.
At the beginning of the
season, the team consisted of 12
players. Currently, the Lady
Broncos have only 7 players.
Lisa Coleman and Monica Ray
are lost for the season due to
injury and three other players
are no longer with the team.
"One thing that has hurt
us this season is our execution,"
Coach Peggy Green said. "We
have not been consistent in
fundamentals."
There have been some
improvements over the last few
games. "We have been able to
cut down on our turnovers,"
Coach Green said.
"Our team needs to
improve on fundamentals and be
more consistent. We need more
intensity!"