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QUAKERS WIN THREE
by David Scott
So, the Quaker machine
continues to roll along.
Guilford took three wins last
week to up its' conference and
district 1 leading records to
11-0 and 13-1 respectively.
Over all the Quakers are 16-2.
The week commenced with
a roaring 31 point victory at
Pfeiffer, with five Guilford
players hitting double figures.
Then, on Thursday night,
Livingstone invaded Alumni
gym, and a good, old
fashioned run and gun
shootout took place. Billy
Highsmith hit a jumper with
17:31 left in the first half to
put the Quakes up 8-4, and
they were never threatened
after that. Though, the Bears
did pull to within four again
with 10:01 in the half,
consecutive hoops by John
Ralls and Lloyd Free pulled
Guilford away again, this time
to stay.
Steve Hankins hit a free
shot with 5:39 left in the game
to put the Quakers at the
century mark for the second
time this year, and Guilford
went on to 120-99 win. Much
credit must be given to
Livingstone, who put on a
fairly impressive offensive
display of its own. For a ten
minute stretch in the second
half, they were bombing 30-35
foot jumpers in at an
unbelievable rate. It's not
often that a college team
scores 99 points and loses.
Lloyd Free had 26 points and
Sam Kennedy, 21, to lead the
Quakers.
Then came Elon. Guilford
travelled to Burlington Satur
day night to face a Christian
team that was hell - bent on
avenging their two point loss
in Greensboro two weeks ago.
The Quakers prevailed 81-71
in an event originally meant to
be Guilford-Elon, but ended
up as "The Lloyd Free Show".
The All-American poured in
33 points, with 25 of them
coming int he second half. He
hit from everywhere including
ultra-soft jumpers from any
where between 35 and 10 feet,
driving lay-ups that he
dropped in or, if he didn't
have a clear path to the
basket, he spun off the board.
Womensport
Marty Hackney is again
helping as an assistant coach
this semester. This past fall
she helped with the women's
Volleyball team, and this year
she has volunteered tQ work
with the basketball team. She
is a student at UNCG.
Welcome, Marty!
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Ray Branch skies for rebound
against Livingstone
It was truly an incredible
display.
But more than one guy
makes a team. Billy High
smith scored fourteen points,
most of them coming in the
early stages of the game when
Elon was dominating. Ray
Branch, who has become the
Quaker's main man on the
bounds, hauled down 11
rebounds. Oddly enough,
rebounds were the problem in
the first half. Elon's Brad
Ballou and Thomas More were
controlling everything that
rolled off the rim. and the two
were primarily responsible for
the Christian's 7 point half
time lead. But after intermis-
Spring Sports
With our luck in Spring
like weather, it looks like
Spring is on its way. (the
ground hog didn't see his
shadow on Sunday, did he?)
At any rate, the spring sports
of Lacross and baseball have
their teams out on the field
getting in shape. Interested in
joining in on one of these
sports? Drop by and pay
somebody a visit at the gym to
find out more information,
(why don't you?)
sion, the Quakes scoVed 12 of
the first 14 points. And the
game stayed close as Free
gave everyone a lesson in
"How to Make Opposing
Guards Look Downright Silly.'
At 3:15, Elon went ahead
71-70, L>Mt that was all for
them. The Quakers scored 11
unanswered points and with
unbelievable crowd support
(100 Guilford supporters were
at the game) they sealed
probably their sweetest vic
tory of the year.
Their most important vic
tory, however, hopefully will
occur tomorrow night in the
Cracker Box. Catawba comes
to town, with only one
conference defeat (to Guilford)
to play for the regular season
championship. A win for
Guilford would clinch it, while
a win for the Indians (most
unlikely, right?) would tie the
two for the lead with Guilford
having two more league
games and Catawba having 3.
Women Sports Results
The women's basketball
team took a couple of hard
defeats this past week as
Pfeiffer squeeked by, 54-51,
and the more aggressive High
Point team took their win
60-36.
Back in December it was the
game against Pfeiffer that
opened the season for the
Quakes. The game had been
closer than their ten point
margin indicated, and the
second time the two teams
met on court there was sure to
be some close competition.
And close it was, when, on
January 27, Pfeiffer paid a
visit to Guilford. Through the
Soccer Awards
At the soccer banquet in the
early part of December, four
Quaker players received
special honors. Coach Scott
Hutchinson acted as Emcee,
and presented the following
awards: Most Improved - Dick
Parry; Best Defensive -
Garrett Wall; Best Offensive -
David Scott; Most Valuable
Player - Ed Dillard.
Following a disappointing
3-5-4 record, the Quakers
dominated post season All-
Star teams. Wall, Dillard and
Scott were named to the
All-Carolinas Conference first
team. Bucky Boykin made the
second team. Wall, Dillard
and Scott also made first team
on the NAIA District 26 squad.
Steve Skinner received Hono
rable mention.
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Penny Parsons looks for help from Gall Brown
first half, the visiting team
kept a shakey lead of two
poim&. But in the second hlf
some crucial mistakes kept the
Quakers from their win. The
rebounding lacked momen
tum, and while the defense
put up some effective
blocking, the offensive moves
suffered. Yet, right up until
the last 9 seconds, there
maintained a chance for the
scoreboard to show a Guilford
victory. Janet Boyles stepped
up to the free throw line and
easily basketed two for a score
of 52-51. Then with Pfeiffer
taking the ball down court, the
defense showed its strength
with a full court man-to-man
press. In desperation a
Pfeiffer player chucked a long
baseball pass 2/3 of the court
where the player on the
receiving end trotted to the
basket for a lay-up. The refs
missed the walking call, and
the buzzer sounded to end the
game.
Elizabeth Parker lead the
score totals with an exciting 20
points, 16 of which were made
in the second half, and Cyd
Atkins followed close behind
with 17. The Quakers have
consistently done well in not
fouling the opposing team as
much as they are fouled, and
this game proved no exception
as they committed 11 to
Pfeiffer's 15, and from the 12
attempts, 7 showed on the
scoreboard.
The following Wednesday,
January 29, the Quakers
contested with High Point in
their gym. This game.
February 4, 1975
however, is a completely
different story. McAuly of
High Point again proved to be
the player that needed
watching because of her
quickness and ease in ball
handling. The Quaker moves
in the offensive and defensive
rebounding still weren't back
up to par, and the home team
simply ran away with the
game. Only 26 of Guilford's
points were earned by field
goals, the remaining ten were
from the free throw line,
giving almost everyone on our
team a chance at a couple of
points there. The High Point
team was hot, but thanks to
the defense, which is the
strong trait of the Guilford
team, their total points
reached just 60, which never
the less buried our team, who
managed 36. So it goes.
Up-Coming
Week
The up-coming week pro
mises to be another very busy
one for the Women's Varsity
Basketball team as they start
the month of February with an
away game at Davidson on
Tuesday, February 4th, fol
lowed by a Thursday match
with Salem in the Alumni gym
at 7:30. The following evening
with Quakers travel to
Stratford College where they
will contest with Averett
College, our friends from
hockey season.