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March 16, 1976 Quakers Take District Title, but Bow Out in Kansas City by Johnny Moore Kansas City, M0...F0r the Quakers of Guilford College a win on Monday night was just not meant to be. The Quakers had played and won two unbelievable games just last week as they defeatei Winston-Salem St aid Gardner Webb on consecutive nights. But Monday night was not to be the Quakers lucky night as they just couldn't seem to do any thing right and played probably one of the worst games of the year, (the NAIA National Tourney is a very inopportune time to do such a thing.) 5 * 'fX '' 1^1^" f " "■' '* yMOi *^&*' wt^^n - Hyn In an early season game, long-legged Ray Branch showed his usual stuff. Photo by Enos "We were completely outplayed in the first half," stated Guilford Coach Jack Jensen, "I was embarrased. Even one of the players on the bench said he was embarrass ed." After leading by 2-0 and 4-2 counts the Quakers never saw the lead again as the Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters pulled away to eventually win 101-95 and advance into second round action of the 39th Annual NAIA National Bas ketball Tourney in the Crosby-Kemper Arena in Kansas City. "The game was really decided in the first half," commented Jensen. "They beat us from one end of the floor to the other." And how true, as the Railsplitters rolled up first a seven point lead 23-16 with 12:15 left in the first half then another seven point lead 33-26 with 7:57 to go in the half. In the first half Lincoln Memorial caused 19 turnovers which wound up as 23 points while Guilford caused 8 turnovers for eight points. The halftime score read 59-42 in favor of Lincoln Memorial. The Railsplitters from Harrogate, Tennessee led by 19 just before the half but Gary Devlin hit a jumper with eight seconds to go to pull the Quakers to within 17 points. In the second half the Quakers came back out onto the court, a renewed team looking for new life, but still kept on making turnovers. Total for the game was 31 turnovers caused by Lincoln and 21 turnovers caused by the Quakers. With 9:45 to go in the game, the Quakers began to pull back and make their bid for the win. Billy Highsmith hit The Guilfordian back to back a 20 footer and a tap in to pull the Quakers back to within 13 at 81-68. Gary Devlin hit on a driving layup and Ray Branch on a follow shot with 8:10 to go in the game to pull the Quakes to within 8 points, 82-74. Just 10 minutes earlier the Quakers had trailed by 21 points 65-44 with 18:18 to go in the game. The Railsplitters Fred Lee hit four straight free throws with 7:09 and 6:56 to go in the game to put the Lincoln Memorial squad back up by 12. 90-78. Gary Devlin then hit on a driving layup with 5:16 to go in the game to pull the Quakers to within 8^94-86. Ray Branch missed a big opportunity for the Quakers as he missed two free throws with 4:57 to go in the game that could have pulled his team to within 6 points. "We played hard," stated Jensen, "but we missed four straight ones and that killed us. You get down to within one or two points or even and it's a different ball game." With 3:05 to go in the game Gary Devlin pulled the Quakers to within their closest margin 94-^O. The Quakers didn't score again until Elton Gross went to the foul line with a two shot opportunity. Gross miss ed the first and canned the second to pull the Quakers to within 6 points 97-91. Sam Kennedy hit a jumper with 9 seconds left to pull the Quakers to within four points 99-95 but it was too late. Baseball Roster NO. Name 14 Edward Marsh 12 Raymond Cooke 6 -Larry Jackson 5 Anthony Howerton 7 Gary Leonard 11 Eddie Jones 10 Mark Cubberly 23 Bobby Chaimberlain 15 Stan Smith 20 Bill Norris 16 Reggie Teague 19 Paul Halfmann 24 Doug Tutterow 2 Pella Stokes 4 Orlando Nieves 3 Chip Smith 25 Chris Paphites 22 Barry Hussey 17 Charlie Kearns 1 Randy Black 18 Bruce Baden 21 Gary Reynolds 8 Clem Bergen The final score read 101-95 the Quakers on the short end. Ray Branch ended a very short one and a half year career at Guilford with a very good game, 24 points, 15 rebounds, and two blocked shots. Sam Kennedy, a returning junior for next year had a bad night, not scoring a point until 3:04 to go in the first half. Kennedy ended the game with 16 points. Gary Devlin, the Quaker's freshman guard, ended the year with an 18 point performance and seven assits. Elton Gross, the Quakers big, strong forward ended the game with 12 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocked shots. Both teams shot extremely well from the floor, Guilford hitting 37-63 for 58% and LMU hitting 40-69 also for 58%. What the stats don't show are the number of times that Guilford didn't get to shoot the ball because of 31 turnovers. Women Quakers End on a High Note by Alina Lebrato The Women's basketball team ended their regular season on a winning note as they defeated Salem College 62-39 on March 2 to end with a 7-16 season record. Elizabeth Parker led the scoring with 26 points followed by Wanda Robbins with 14 points and Cyd Atkins added 10. On Thursday March sth, the women were victorious over Atlantic Christian in the first round of the NCAIAW Division II Tournament held in Chapel Hill. Guilford won the thriller 63-61, once again led score-wise with 25 points, while Wanda Robbins and Cyd Atkins followed respectively with 16 and 13. On Friday morning at 9 a.m., the women played Lenoir Rhyne in the >emi-finals where they were defeated after a hard battle by a score of 61-47. The women played a strong defensive and offensitfe game and led at the half 24-23, but were outscored in the second half 38-23. With the Lenoir-Rhyne loss, the women moved to the consola tion part of the tournament game set-up, where they contested with Winston-Salem State at 9 a.m. Saturday morning. The Quaker teair Page 12 "Our guys acted like they were scared to death," stated Jensen, "but I'm proud of the way they came back in the second half." UFVOU UTAHHBIDDWVK DRUNK, TOOTS NO mm. In the time it take* to drive your friend home, you could save his life. If your friend'* been drinking too much, he shouldn't be driving. The automobile crash is the ■umber ooe csuse of death of people your aft. And the ironic tUqg is that Ihe drunk drivers responsible for lulling young people are moot often other young people. Take ten minutes. Or twenty. Or an hour. Drive your friend home. That's afi. If you can't do that, cal a cab. Or let bim sleep on your couch. We're not aaking you to be a doctor or a eopi Just a friend OTYCLB TUB PAPER ttX'YC LE THB PAPEB JttXYCUS THB PAPBR senrcLF. THK PAPN MtCYCLCSTHR PAPEB ended up in fourth place in the tourney when W-S defeated them 71-53. With the last game of the tournament, the Guilford team will lose two senior players: Elizabeth Parker and Velina Hammond. Elizabeth has played bas ketball and volleyball during her four years at Guilford, as well as one year in field hockey. In volleyball Miss Parker was named to the All-State Tournament team of the NCAIAW tourney. She was Most Valuable Player of the 1973 Quaker Basketball team. This year she was named to the All-District B teams and to the All-Tourn ament teams in basketball. Averaging 17 points per game, Elizabeth has contri buted a great deal to both basketball and volleyball, and women's sports in general. The team will also miss the cheerful and happy face of Velina Hammond. Velina has participated in basketball for three years, and in volleyball and hockey. She has demon strated outstanding leadership and sportsmanship in all the sports she has played. Guilford College sports will greatly miss these two women athletes and friends.
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