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Jerry Crocker goes for two against the Panthers as David Smith
watches. Quakers routed High Point 95-65.
High Point Falls,
Quakers Undefeated
In League Play
High Point was the victim,
95-65, as the Quakers won their
20th straight victory, but e
qualing the thrill of victory was
the satisfaction of achievement,
as the Quakers became only the
second team in the 38 year history
of the Carolinas Conference to
finish the league season unde
feated.
Guilford ended its conference
slate with a 14-0 mark, over
whelming the Panthers after de
feating Lenoir Rhyne 87-78 the
previous night. The Bears are
the only other squad which can
boast a perfect record, set in
the 1956-57 season.
A Saturday homecourt encoun
ter with Pembroke presents the
only other obstacle for the Quak
ers before conference playoffs,
in which the Quakers are seeded
first. Guilford has beaten the
Braves twice already this sea
son.
The Panthers presented a mild
flurry in the second half after
the Quakers had roared to a 52-
30 intermission total, but Guil
ford recovered from ten minutes
with only two field goals to out
score the defending conference
champions 34-16.
Playing in the Greensboro Col
iseum, the Quakers devastated
their opponents in the opening
period after struggling to a 7-5
lead. Jerry Crocker, M. L. Carr,
and David Smith furnished fire
power from all ranges as Guil
ford set off streaks of 7-0, 6-0,
and 8-0 scoring to dominate the
action.
The Quaker doldrums came
early in the last period as High
Point sliced a 24 point margin
The Cjuilfor&cw
SPORTS
to 12, while Guilford mustered
only nine points in the first
minutes. Eddie Dyer contri
buted four of his sub-par 6 points
to spark Guilford, and the re
mainder of the action was a scor
ing exercise for Jerry Steele's
cagers.
Danny Witt led the Panthers
with 25 points as his club faltered
in its bid for a tournament berth.
The senior sharpshooter was held
to 9-26 from the field by Ted
East, and hit only 1 for 10 in
the first half.
Carr headed the balanced
Quaker offense with 19 points,
and big Dave Smith poured in
18. Tom Ennis went 8 for 8
at the foul line, and finished
with 14, as did Jerry Crock
er, who notched all of his points
in the first half.
Bert Feik hit seven from the
floor to also end the game with
14, while East contributed 10.
Along with seven assists, East
pulled in nine rebounds in an out
standing performance. In over
all rebounding, Guilford con
trolled the boards 58-38.
Carr led the individual re
bounding with 15 while Smith had
13. Guilford players also
sparkled at the foul line as they
received their largest number
of chances this season, hitting
31 of 42 for 73.8%. Along with the
eight of Ennis, Carr went 7-10,
Smith had 6-8, East 3-4, and
Dyer 2-2.
For the Panthers, Joe Wil
son hit for 16, and Joe Colbert
had 12, along with the tallies
of Witt. OrlandoSmith who finish
ed with 20 in the two team's
first meeting, completed the night
with only one point.
THE GUILFORDIAN
Guillord (Overcomes
Lenoir Rhyne Jinx
Tradition would not help the
Bears, nor did the utterances
of the distinctly partisan Le
noir Rhyne crowd, and Guilford
left the confines of Shuford Gym
with the first Quaker victory
there for a long, long time.
An 87-78 win signaled
the achievement of the present
unstoppable Quakers, who picked
up victory no. 22, and the 19th
straight in a Monday encounter
with the Bears.
Lenoir Rhyne had a particular
interest in dethroning the Quak
ers, since Guilford is quickly
overtaking the mark of 24 con
secutive wins set in 1956-57
by none other than the Hickory
school.
Similar to all but three of
the Quakers previous oppo
nents, the Bears were unsuc
cessful. The Bears did mount
a last minute scare, but the
Quakers rebounded from the
slump to culminate the victory.
Senior Eddie Dyer produced
the first Guilford lead at 6-5,
but the tenacious Bears charged
back to regain the lead on four
occasions behind the pinpoint out-
shooting of Vernon Long,
Dana Olsen, and Johnny David-
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Thursday morning, February
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that meeting, please contact
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Coach Johnson reports there
are five returning players but
there will be eight places on
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sisting of 14 matches and three
tournaments. Someone expect
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should play to at least a seven
handicap.
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son. The last LR lead came at
4:08 in the half, but the Quakers
outmatched the Bears 14-6 till
halftime.
The seven point midway margin
of the Quakers was converted into
18 points, the biggest spread of
the night, as M. L. Carr pro
duced a three-point play with
seven minutes to play. Not about
to surrender, Lenoir Rhyne
ticked off eight straight before
Guilford could recover and score.
Carr dropped in a jump shot
at 4:34 to end the march, and
the Quakers relied on accuracy at
the foul line to carry them to the
end.
Quakers Thwart
Catawba, Livingstone
Catawba and Livingstone be
came second-time victims of the
Quakers, and Guilford picked up
17th and 18th straight victories
while rolling to 80-67 and 93-
71 decisions against the two com
panion Salisbury schools.
After a climatic contest at
Elon, the Quakers started slow
against the Indians in the
Winston-Salem Coliseum, only to
blast out of a 35-34 halftime
deficit to score 17 straight points
and ice up the victory.
The Blue Bears of Livingstone,
who succumbed 109-61 upon
visit to the Quaker campus,
unveiled a new version of bas
ketball on their homecourt before
Guilford could move from only a
seven point second-half margin
to the 22 point final spread.
Guilford overcame Catawba as
the Indians played minus their
freshman star Bill Bailey, but
retaliated with another frosh
standout inCharles Lynn.The 6-5
flash dumped 24 points, many in
the first half as the action in
cluded six ties, eleven lead
changes, and a five point Quaker
lead offset by a six point Catawba
lead.
The Quakers ripped off their
17-0 stretch in the first three
minutes of the second half, then
later presented a 10-0 period
after Catawba lowered the margin
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Rebounding strength paved the
way for the Quakers, as Dave
Smith pulled down 20, trailer
by Carr with 19. Lenoir Rhynt
recovered only 28 loose balls,
compared to the 61 collected by
Guilford.
Smith with 24 led the Quake
scoring, again trailed by Car;
who had 20. Dyer and East rack
ed 16 and 10 points respectively,
while Jerry Crocker proved ef
fective with 15.
Long and Davidson both shol
50% from the field while each
notched 24 points. Olsen, who
poured in 15 points in the first
half, was held scoreless in the
last 20 minutes.
to nine.
Against Livingstone the Quak
ers needed another blitz, downing
the Bears 14-0 in a short period
to grab a 22 point lead with three
minutes to go.
Seven straight points opened
the action for the Quakers, but
Livingstone kept within 8
throughout the half until the 47-
36 intermission margin.
Four baskets by Tyrone Ricks
in the second half pulled the
Bears within seven with 9:07
to play, and the margin fluctuated
between eight and thirteen until
the Quakers charged away for
the non-conference win.
Guilford continued its domi
nance of rebounding statistics,
nipping Catawba 36-28 while em
barrassing the smaller Blue
Bears 62-26. M. L. Carr grabbed
27 in the two contests, Dave
Smith collected 20. Tom Ennis
cleared the boards for 13 a
gainst Livingstone.
Smith once again led Guilford
scoring, 27 versus the Bears,
18 against the Indians. Jerry
Crocker totaled 19 and 17 for
the two games, while M. L.
Carr hit 10-14 floor shots in
the Catawba contest and had 22
points, but only collected 4
against the Blue Bears.
Ennis notched 16, Dyer added
13 and Ted East followed with
12 versus the Livingstone Bears.