Page Eight
By DAVID HOTCHKISS
With a three game winning
streak, the Guilford College
basketball squad enters the
most crucial week thus far
this season. The Quakers
will travel tomorrow to face
Atlantic Christian College
which will set the stage for an
important clash with High
Point, Saturday night at
home.
As a result of last weekend's
games, three teams are tied
for first place in the Carolinas
Conference. Guilford, High
Point, and Pfeiffer all possess
6-4 league records. Guilford
has three conference games
remaining (Atlantic Christian,
High Point, and Lenoir-Rhyne)
with two of the three at home.
The Quaker's winning streak
marks the first time Guilford
has put together a string of
more than two victories since
Christmas break. During the
interim, Guilford's play was
characterized by erratic offense
and non-aggressive defense.
However, the Quakers are
now playing as well as any
time this season.
A primary factor in Guilford's
improvement has been the
By NANCY SMITH
The Guilford College
Women's Basketball Team
ended this week 2-1, taking
two games over district rivals
Greensboro College, and
Meredith College, with a week
end loss to Gardner-Webb
College.
Tuesday, the Lady Quakers
easily defeated the Hornets of
Greensboro College 83-44.
The Quakers held the lead the
Free Throwing?
The Guilford College
intramural program is announc
ing two individual competitions
one-on-one basketball and
free throw shooting. If you
are interested in having fun
that won't take a lot of time,
this is the answer. We urge
any interested men or women
to sign up for one or both
competitions with Mrs. Clark
in the gym, at the Info Desk,
or during intramural basketball
games with the score keepers.
The deadline for entry is
Friday, February 17 at noon.
(Please remember, women,
these competitions are not just
for men. There will be women's
competition too.) Contests
will probably be held on
Wednesday afternoons from
1:00 till 3:00.
Quakers Join First Place Tie
pre-determined substitution
patter by coach Jack Jensen.
Jensen has started the same
five for the past six games;
center Elton Gross, forward
Mike Cherry, swingman Sporty
Jeralds, and guards Gary
Devlin and Steve Rosenberry.
All five players are extremely
quick and play well together
as a team.
Jensen's designated "sixth
man" has been center Greg
Hopson who replaces Jeralds.
Center Bill Meyler- is the
second replacement off the
bench.
All seven players displayed a
basketball clinic before
the Liberty Baptist fans last
Saturday night. In their most
impressive game this season,
the Quakers exploded for 66
second half points. Most of
the points consisted of
controlled fast breaks or
"back-door" lay-ups.
In the second half alone
Devlin sank 18 of his 23 total
points. In addition. Cherry
hit 12 of his 20 points, and
Meyler slammed in 16 points,
including a dunk which gave
Guilford their 100 th point.
Overall, the Quakers averaged
54.5 percent from the field.
Lady Quakers Dominate
entire game, running off 14
points before the first Greens
boro College basket. All the
Lady Quakers scored with
seniors Donna Rogers and
Cyd Atkins leading the Quaker
drive with 20 and 16 points
respectively. 5'7" freshman
Sue Ireton chipped in 11
points and 5'2" guard Kathy
Brittle added 10 points in her
best offensive effort of the
season.
Thursday, the Lady Quakers
downed Meredith College of
Raleigh 80-62. 5'7" forward
Cyd Atkins scored her season
high of 30 points hitting on 12
of 13 field goals, with a perfect
6 of 6 free throws. The
Quakers dominated the boards,
taking in 42 rebounds with 6'o"
center Donna Rogers hauling
in 10, while adding 20 points
of her own. Also in double
figures for the Lady Quakers
was 5'5" sophomore Jeannie
Meisky, with 10 points.
On Saturday, the Quakers
traveled to Gardner-Webb.
The Lady Bulldogs are currently
ranked #1 in the Western
District. The Quakers took an
early lead on Kathy Brittle's
layup off the tip by Donna
Rogers. The lead seesawed
back and forth the first 10
minutes of the game, with the
Quakers building a 42-39 half-
The Guilfordian
The Quakers ensured their
victory by controlling the
boards. Guilford grabbed 40
rebounds to Liberty Baptist's
32. Gross and Cherry each
pulled down ten missed shots
while Meyler and Hopson had
seven each.
Many of Guilford's rebounds
were a result of good defense.
Guilford allowed Liberty
Baptist to shoot only 38.5
percent from the field.
At halftime, the Quakers
led by eight, 34-26. But with
three minutes gone in the
second half, guard Devlin hit a
three point which upped the
spread to 15 points, 47-32.
Thereafter, the Quakers never
looked back.
Guilford also won last Tues
day night against Lenoir-
Rhyne, 92-88, but the victory
took an overtime period. With
only seconds left. Gross
grabbed an offensive rebound
and layed it and while being
fouled by a rear player. Gross
hit the free-throw which gave
Guilford the win.
Devlin led all scores with
30 points. One of his field
goals was a slam dunk over
a taller Lenoir-Rhyne player.
In addition, Devlin sank 12 of
fifteen free throws.
time lead. The lead diminished
in the second half as the
Quakers encountered foul
trouble. The Quaker's high
scorer. Donna Rogers, fouled
out with 7 minutes left in the
game, scoring 19 points. Lady
Quakers Cyd Atkins, Jeannie
Meisky, Sue Ireton and
Nancy Smith soon followed
Rogers to the bench, while
Teresa Gambill and Kathy
Brittle played much of
the game with four fouls. Also
in double figures for the
Quakers was Cyd Atkins with
18 points.
Among players in the
Carolina Conference, several
Quakers are in contention for
top honors. Cyd Atkins is
leading the conference in
field goal percentage, hitting
over 55% of her attempts,
while averaging 18.2 points a
game. Senior Donna Rogers
leads the conference in
rebounding with an average of
11.4 a game.
The Quakers are 5-8 overall
and 4-3 within the district.
The last home game will be
on Thursday February 16th,
in a crucial game which
promises to be very exciting.
Be there at 7:00 p.m. to see
the Lady Quakers last home
game.
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The Women's League 'of
Intramural Basketball started
last Wednesday. Their season
started out with the Faculty/
Staff team scorching the nets
for a 39-15 win over Binford
3rd. The Faculty/Staff were
led by Claire Morse with 14
points followed by Jan
Poston's 8 points. The next
game was almost a 2 on 5
show as Shore defeated
Binford Ist by 21-8. Suzanne
Childress with 11 points and
Debbie Tyson with 10 points
accounted for Shore's winning
point total. The Binford 2nd
vs. Hobbs game was a defen
sive struggle with Binford 2nd
coming out on top by 9-6.
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Binford 2nd was led by Mellisa
meredith's 7 points and Anne
Kaylan's 2 points. The Hobbs
offense was evenly distributed
and the defense was led by
Betsy MacKeenzie. The last
game of the night was a run
and-gun contest between
"The Brewery" and Dana/Day
Hops. "The Brewery" won
22-13 behind Janet Fall's and
kathy Gilbert's 8 points and 6
points, respectively. However,
the highlight of the game was
a 25-foot swish by Lilly
Owens for Dana/Day Hops.
The second and third
rounds of women's play will
be held on Monday and
Wednesday of this week.