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Tourney
Next
by Steve Mathis
With an undefeated regular
season slate in both Carolinas
Conference and NAIA District
26 contest, Coach Jack Jensen
leads his Quaker Machine into
Lexington this week for the
Carolinas Conference tourna
ment. Tomorrow night the
Quakes do battle with the
Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne, game
time being 7 p.m.
What does Jensen expect
other teams to do to combat
his potent offense? "People
are going to hold the ball
against us," he forecast. "If
they don't totally freeze the
ball I'm sure they will play
conservatively and attempt to
control the tempo. 1 would
think peOple would want to
hold the scoring to less than 60
points per team when playing
us." With a knowing smile he
added, "Hey, would you try to
run with us?" I would image
any opposing coach would
have to respond with the
answer, "Not today, not
tomorrow, not ever!"
While the Quakers want to
win everything they can,
Jensen places his emphasis on
the district tournament, not
the conference affair. "We
want to win each game, but I
don't want the guys to be so
keyed up for these games that
NCAIAW Results
It was injuries, illness and
an abbreviated squad that
plagued the Guilford team and
ultimately sent the Women's
team home with win, a
near-win and a loss in the
three games thev played in
this double eliminations tour
nament.
At 11:00 Thursday morning
the Quakes met with the
hosting team, UNC-W and did
just what the coach had
predicted the previous even
ing.. .thev posted their win
(squceking by in overtime)
6f>-63. Coach Curric had given
her team an extra dose of
enthusiasm with her one sided
conversation: "UNC-W? Hi.
I'm Coach Curric; and this is
mrs. Steele, our athletic
co-ordinalor. and this is Alina.
our manager...and these are
the Guilford Quakers and we
like to win basketball games!
So please don't think we don't
appreciate your hospitality
while we wipe you off the
court. Thank you." Well,
maybe it wasn't as easy as all
ihat, but this first win was
definitely exciting.
if they were beat it would
affect us in the districts,"
noted Jensen. "We lost the
conference tournament two
years go when we won the
national championship," he
added.
If the Quakers do win the
Carolinas Conference show
down, it will put Gardner-
Webb into the distrist
tournament. The Bulldogs
were one of two teams to
defeat the Quakes this year, so
there is naturally going to be a
heated shootout should the
two clash again. Coach Jensen
has no sympathy for Gardner-
Webb should they fail to make
the districts. "They had the
same chance to win their berth
in the districts as anybody
else," he commented. "We
feel our schedule has been
harder than theirs and we
wouldn't mind playing them
again. We think we have just
as good of club as they do
right now."
The stiffest competition in
the Carolinas Conference
tourney should come from
High Point and Catawba.
"High Point must be playing
well," said Jensen. "They
had a six-game winning streak
until their loss to Catawba."
Catawba has been a little
"streaky" to Jensen's way of
thinking during February.
And one can certainly not
forget Elon, who has been
able to get up for the big game
several times this year. As it
stands now, however, just 10
games separate the Quakers
from repeating the beautiful
story of two years past.
The first half got off to a
rather slow start for the
Quakers as the Sea Hawks
took the edge. But all the
Quakers needed was a little
warm-up time to get moving
and do something about
UNC-W's half-time lead of
.14-23. During the first
moments of the second half
Guilford scored ten points in
rapid succession, answered bv
only a lone Hawk basket. And
now the action was really
moving and the teams played
point for point all the way. The
IJNC-W team must be
commended for their quick
ness and the full court,
man-to-man press throughout
the game. But it's the winning
that counts, and the teams had
to take it in - to over-time to
decide the winner. With only
seconds to go. Ginger Garner
was fouled and had her chance
at the charity line, where she
netted one, to put the score at
58-58.
It wasn't until the teams
had played 2:68 into their 5
minute over-time quarter, that
F.lizabcth was :able to break
The Gniifordian
Quakes End Season
by David Scott
It's that time of the year
again. Guilford's Quakers now
have two and hopefully three
postseason tournaments in
which they will participate the
Carolinas Conference tourna
ment on Wednesday in
Lexington, and then the
District #26 tournament next
week. After that lies "The Big
Enchilada."
The regular season was
wrapped up in fine fashion last
week, as the Quakers blew
UNC-W and Pembroke State
out of Alumni Gym. They
ended wi*h a 22-2 record,
which is the best of any
college in the state of North
Carolina.
Against UNC-W, Guilford
beat the Seahawks with the
kind of ho-hum devastation
that Crackerbox crowds are
now becoming used to, now
that the conference and
District titles have been
clinched.
It basically wasn't much of a
game. The Beach Boys' top
scorer was out with a broken
arm, and only center Ernie
Lynn could do any damage to
a brilliant Quaker defense.
Guilford led the whole way,
with a 48-33 halftime edge. At
the end, it was 98-72, and the
Quakes also had the edge of
the deadlock with a foul shot.
By this time she had suffered
her last on-court injury of the
season, having sprained her
ankle near the end of the
regular play, and now out on
court with it hastily taped.
With the score 61-63, Cyd hit a
fast break, and was fouled for
a three point play, putting
Guilford ahead 64-63. Then,
with 48 seconds of play
remaining, Elizabeth was
fouled and calmly basketed
two. Then the Sea Hawks
raced the ball down court
where a player attemped three
times but was unable to make
a basket. Cyd Atkins lead the
scorers with an outstanding
29, while Elizabeth netted 16
and Janet Boyles and Gail
Brown shot 11 and 9
respectively.
At 7:00 that evening, the
Quakers went again out on
court, this time to contend
with 3rd seeded Campbell.
The game lacked momentum
as the Guilford women found
the opposcrs to be a rather tall
team, which employed a rare
3-2 defense, not previously
seen bv the Quakes this
season. Our offense just
couldn't locate any holes to
squeeze through for a chance
at the basket! The
outcome was a hard fought
62.38. Campbell. Then it was
the 11:00 match on the next
morning, that in a
the boards, 45-25. Sam
Kennedy and Lloyd Free led
the Guilford scoring with 20
points each, while freshman
Elton Gross pulled down 9
rebounds. A pleasant surprise
was the play of the other first
year big man, Paul Drechsler,
who scored 13 points.
The action for the week was
on Saturday night, where
Guilford avenged their earlier
season loss, and whupped up
on Pembroke State, 105-86. In
a game that must have been
measured about a 9 on the
Richter Scale, the Quakers let
the Braves stay close for a
little more than a half, then
completely shut them off for
the remainder. And it was
wild.
It all started when Ray
Massengill was called for an
intentional foul after innocent
ly turning around and finding
a Pembroke player standing in
his path. Ray could not stop in
time, and with an agonizing
scream and extravagant ges
tures, the Brave fell to the
floor. The ref called it as he
didn't see it, and even
Massengill showed what he
thought, by angrily slamming
his towel down on the floor.
But it was later on that Jack
Jensen gave a brief but
very close contest against
Atlantic Christian College, the
Quakes bowed out and
returned to Guilford, with 39
points to their 45. Once again
this had been another one of
those "anything can happen"
type matches as the points
were traded back and forth
until the final minutes of the
game. The Quakes had the
edge with just a couple
minutes to go, and then a
streak of bad luck hit the
team.
Gail Brown fouled out and
Annette King retwisted her
ankle, and with Janet not
feeling well throughout the
game and Elizabeth on the
bench with a seriously
sprained ankle...well, what
can I say? Doris Adams and
Velina Hammond subbed in
under a terrific amount of
pressure and they did well.
However, our offense was just
too stationary as the game
neared the end the basket
eluded the team...So losing by
two points up until the last
minute and a half. ACC went
ahead by four and as his team
fouled in desperation, and
ACC made the conversions to
put the game out of reach by 6
points. 45-39.
Cyd Atkins had a good
defensive game, earning
19. followed by Gail's 8. and
Annette with 6.
February 25, 1975
forceful oratory to anybody
who cared to listen. Leaping
off his chair to protest a
non-call by Church Hartman,
Jensen told the world that he
thought the Pembroke players
were fouling on rebounds, and
was promptly slapped with a
double technical. As is said,
the crowd went crazy.
Lloyd Free, who, like the
majority of the other players,
was playing in front of his
family, scored 33 points and
Sam Kennedy had 22,
including Guilford's first 9.
It was sweet revenge for the
Quakers, and their next action
is against Lenoir Rhyne, in the
first round of the CC
Tournament.
NOTES: Guilford placed
two players on post season
All-Star teams. Lloyd Free
was named to the first team on
the All-District squad. Sam
Kennedy made second team.
Both Lloyd and Sam were
placed on the first team
All-Carolinas Conference.
Seniors Steve Hankins and
Ray Massengill played
last game in Alumni Gym on
Saturday night. Also honored
were manager Ken Bunker
and scorekeeper Neal Wel
born...The Lenoir Rhyne
game is scheduled to start at
7:00 p.m. on Wednesday
night. So no one go down
there thinking it starts at 8.
Baseball
Season
Opens
The Guilford College Base
ball Team begins its season
this week with a doubleheader
at Methodist College in
Fayetteville The Quakers have
been strengthened by the
return, after two years away
from school, of pitching star
Larry Jackson.
Pitching will be the key to
Guilford's success as the
Quakers face a tough 33 game
schedule. Jacksori and Junior
Edd Marsh should provide a
potent one-two punch. Round
ing out the mound corps will
be Bruce Ackerman, Rod
Trivet, Andy Howard, Gary
Leanard, and Ray Cook.
The Quaker infield will
feature Paul Halfmann and
Bill Norris at first base, Pella
Stokes and Dalton Myers at
second base, David Green,
Charlie Kearns and Steve
Watson at third base, and
Chip Smith and Chris
Paphites at shortstop,
Stan Smith and Reggie
Teague will be behind the
plate, with Bruce Badin,
Randy Black, and Ray Cook
patrolling the outfield.