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Lady Quakers Victorious
BY ALINA LEBRATO
The Guilford College
Women's basketball team
began their season Friday
December 3 by defeating
Meredith College 49-36. For
the team this was their first
victory in a district game.
There were numerous
factors that contributed to the
team's victory. The team
showed a lot of enthusiasm
and determination in their
play. Coach Currie was
pleased with the excellent
leadership and ball handling
skills of freshman guard
Kathy Brittle. There was also
the aggressive defensive play
by Cyd Atkins, Donna Rogers,
Wanda R. Barker and Nancy
Smith. The team showed that
they were determined to win.
The game was close at the
start of the game but then
the Guilford team blew it open.
With a couple of steals and a
fastbreak, the team kept
adding to the score and went
into half time with a 21 point
lead.
The second half was very
ragged. The Lady Quakers
had some problems getting
the offense started. They also
had a large number of turn
overs. Nonetheless, the
women finished 13 points
Quaker Basketball
Record Drops to 2—4
BY JOHNNY MOORE
The Guilford College basket
ball team dropped ifs overall
record this past week to 2-4
as they lost to Catawba College
on Wednesday night 81-80
in Salisbury and then fell to
Mars Hill College in the
Cracker Box on Saturday
night 87-85.
The loss to the Catawba
Indians on Wednesday night
was the Carolinas conference
opener for both teams and left
the Quakers with an 0-1 mark
in the Carolinas Conference
race.
On Wednesday night
Catawba's Tommy Dennard
blocked a shot by Paul
Drechsler against the glass
with four seconds left in the
game to preserve an 81-80
win for the Indians.
Neither team could gain a
big lead during the game, with
the largest margin being
Catawba's 20-12 spread early
in the first half.
Guilford pulled to a 70-70
tie in the second half with 6:06
to go in the game as Gary
Devlin hit a layup. With 3:32
to go in the game Guilford
lost Elton Gross as he blocked
ahead of the opposition.
Coach Currie was very
pleased with the first game
showing and the well
distributed scoring. She
commented that the slow
second half was probably due
to fatigue on the part of the
team since there were nine
players able to play that night.
There are only ten members
on the squad. Coach Currie
is looking forward to the
season. She knows the team
will look very good in a
couple of games.
This year's team has four
returning players: junior Cyd
Atkins, sophomore Wanda
R. Barker, sophomore Ellen
Quinn and sophomore Janet
Falls. In addition, the team
has two new junior transfers
Donna Rogers and Debbie
Tyson. There are also four
freshman players: Kathy
Brittle, Nancy Smith, Annette
Chliton and Jennie Davis.
Scoring for Friday's game:
Donna Rogers 13, Cyd Atkins
10, Wanda R. Barker 10,
Nancy Smith 6, Kathy Brittle
5, and Ellen Quinn 5.
The team will play again
Tuesday December 14 after
their game at Lenoir Rhyne
College last night.
a Henry Boyd shot, but came
down on his ankle wrong and
sprained it severely. The
Virginia Beach, Virginia native
was out for the rest of the
ball game and has missed
action in both the Mars Hill
and Lenoir Rhyne games,
since then.
The teams seesawed back
and forth down the stretch
of the game with the Quakers
Sam Kennedy giving Guilford
the lead 78-77 with 2:29 to
go in the game. Henry
Boyd's dunk shot a few
seconds later put the Indians
on top and Eric Harris' 15
foot jumper with 15 seconds
to go in the game was the
final tally of 81-80.
Guilford set up the final play
and Drechsler got the ball
underneath the board and
went up, but Dennard was
behind him and blocked the
ball against the glass.
Gross was the leading
scorer for the Quakers with 22
points while Sam Kennedy
had 12 and Gary Devlin 17.
Henry Boyd was the leading
scorer for Catawba with 24
points.
The Guilfordian
Guilord College
Women's Basketball Schedule
1976-77
Tues., Dec. 14 Guilford at Atlantic Christian 6:00
Sat., Jan. 15 Catawba at Guilford 6:00
Tues., Jan. 18 Elon at Guilford 7:00
| Thurs., Jan. 20 Guilford at Meredith 7:00
] Tues., Jan. 25 Guilford at Pfeiffer 5:30
[ Thurs., Jan. 27 Lenoir Rhyne at Guilford 7:00
] Tues., Feb. 1 Louisburg at Guilford 7:00
| Thurs., Feb. 3 Bennett at Guilford 7:00
| Mon., Feb. 7 Guilford at A&T 7:00
[ Wed., Feb. 9 Guilford at St. Augustine 7:00
| Sat., Feb. 12 High Point at Guilford 2:00
Mon., Feb. 14 Davidson at Guilford 7:00
; Wed., Feb. 16 St. Augustine at Guilford 6:00
| Thurs., Fri.,
| Sat., Feb. 17-19 Carolina Conference Tournament at
| Elon College
| Mon., Feb. 21 Guilford at Bennett 7:00
| Wed., Feb. 23 A&T at Guilford 7:00
; Tues., Mar. 1 Guilford at Pembroke 7:00
; March 3-5 Div. 11l NCAIAW STATE TOURNAMENT
at Pembroke J
| |
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Quaker Elton Gross, out with an ankle injury.
On Saturday night the
Quakers faced the Lion's from
Mars Hill College. The Lion's
led for the majority of the
game and had a 13 point
lead, their biggest in the early
stages of the second half.
Guilford pulled to within
two points in the final seconds
of the game as Gary Devlin
stole an inbounds pass and
hit a 12 foot jump shot with
6 seconds to go in the game.
Reggie Gaskin sealed the
Quakers fate as he hit both
ends of a 1 and 1 oppor
tunity for Mars Hill to ice the
game 87-83. Ronnie Mikels
hit a shot at the end of the
game to make the final
score 87-85.
Sam Kennedy led all scorers
for the Quakers with 32 points
while Mike Cherry had 22
points.
This week will be a busy
one for the Quakers as they
take on Lenoir Rhyne College
on Monday night at Hickory
N.C. Then on Wednesday
night the Quakers will travel
to Pembroke State to take on
the Braves of Pembroke State
.University.
On Saturday night the
Quakers return to the Cracker
Box for a big Carolinas Confer
ence battle with High Point
College.
December 6,1976
Intramural
Volleyball
Winds Up
BY FRANKYEBOYLES
This marks the last week
of Intramural Volleyball. The
regular season ended last
week with the final standings
as follows:
MEN
1. Bryan Annex
2. Milner 3rd South B
3. Milner 2nd South
4. Milner Ist South
5. Milner 3rd South A
6. Milner Ist North
WOMEN
1. Bryan2&3
2. Binford I Shore Wing
3. binford I P.L. Wing
4. Bryan 3
5. Day Hops
6. Dana House
7. Shored
8. Hobbs
9. Shore I
10. Binford II Shore Wing
The playoffs began last
night and continue through
the finals which will be held
tonight. Check the bulletin
boards in either the lobby
of Founders, the grillroom, or
the gym to see when your
team plays.
Officiating
Clinic
Anyone who is interested
in officiating Intramural
Basketball games second
semester should sign up with
either Mrs. Clark or Danny
Pollock. There will be an
officiating clinic Mon. Dec. 13
and Tues. Dec. 14 to famil
iarize officials with the rules.
If you want to officiate, you
MUST attend the clinic.
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