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SAT,, tiA&ZH 7, 1831 I r - - ...... ... . . ........ ., .,.., .,, . . ' ! ' ' - NCCU Has First Winning Season Under the tutelage of second year coach Jesse Clements, North Carolina Central enjoyed its first winning season since 1968-69. The Eagles finished the year 15-14. They finished the regular season with a 14-12 record, ending up third in the CIAA Southern Divi sion with an 11-8 record. In the CIAA tourney held February 26-28, they upset Hampton 74-66 before falling to Virginia State 88- 82. They qualified for the NAIA District 26 playoffs and lost to Gardner-Webb 89- 79 on Monday, March 2 in Winston-Salem. Junior forward John Bishop led the Eagles in scoring with a 23 point average. He was accorded ALL-CIAA, NAIA District 26 and ALL-! Tournament honors this year. He was once selected NAIA District 26 and CIAA Player of the Week. He led the district in scoring and was second in the CIAA. His runningmate senior guard Donald Sinclair ended up at 18.8. He was voted ALL-Tournament in the recent ' CIAA tourney. He led the team with 1SS assists. Junior forward David Binion averaged over IS points per game. He led the district and CIAA with 11.5 rebounds per game. The last time that the Eagles had: a winning season was 1968-69 when Floyd Brown's charges were 12-10. The 15 wins was the most since the 1967-68 season when the Eagles were 16-9 under Brown. Elizabeth City State Wins 36th CIAA Tourney , VA Elizabeth City' State, led by the venerable Bobby VaUghan, won the 36th Annual CIAA Tourney in the Norfolk Scope. The Vikings open ed the tourney with a 97-76 win over Fayetteville State. They upended St. Augustine's 57-52 in the semi-finals and Virginia, State 83-78 in overtime in the finals. The Vikings also won the tournament in 1969. Virginia State reached the finals by upsetting Johnson C. Smith 109-103 in the first round and North Carolina Central 88-82 in the semifinals. The Eagles over powered Hampton 74-66 in their opener while St. Augustine's bested Nor folk State 80-77. v '.1 David Binion Since 1 96869 i IyIS i J.:.. & J Julius Norman of Virginia State was selected the Most Outstanding Player of the Tourna ment. Joining Norman on the All-Tournament team were teammate Darrell Stith, Elizabeth City's Ar thur Gaskins and Pierre Bland, Anthony Boggan of St. Augustine's and NCCU's Donald Sinclair and John Bishop. John Bishop Ellz City 96, Fay St 76 FAY ST (76) Mimt 30, Blackwail 4, Person 4, Peoples, Robinson 21, Singleton 2, McNeil 8, Cunningham 5, Davis 2, Bacon, Gilliard, Jones. ELIZ CITY (97) Grooms 11, Wyche 4, Hines 10, Gaskins 23, Bland 22, Carter 18, West, Franklin, Roberts 3, Brown, Maddox 6, Bur ton. Halftime: Eliz City 36-30. Va State 109, J C Smith 103 VA STATE (109) Lee, Norman 19, Pratt. Threatt 6, Stith 25, Bush 6, Dixon, Wood 13, Straughn 26, Whitaker 8, Carter 6. J C SMITH (103) Thompson 7, Oliver 22, George 17, Logan 17,. Floras -24, Tibbs 14, Simmons, Smith, Reid 2, Singleton, Lowery. Halftime: J C Smith 56-51. NCCU 74, Hampton 66 NCCU (74) Griffin 2, Binion 12, Murphy 14, Sinclair 10, Bishop 24, Evans 4, Oakley 2, Taylor 4, Tyson. -HAMPTON (66) Washington 14, Marquetti 12, Hines 13, Warwick 15, Hankerson 8, Spencer, Moore 2, Godwin. Halftime: Hampton 30-29. St. Aug 80, Norfolk 77 NORFOLK (77) Alan 12, Pope 20. Thomas 6, Tibbs 13, Walker 14. Johnson, Haynes 6, Peterson 3, Stalhvorth 1, Davis 2, Aklns. ST AUG (80) Boggan 19, Bailey 7, Brown 12, Taylor 12, McFarland 18. Carroll 2, Cook 10, Johnson. Halftime: Norfolk 43-40. Va State 88, NCCU 82 . NCCU (82) Griffin 6, Binion 20, Murphy 15, Sinclair 22, Bishop 17, Evans, Taylor, Tyson. Oakley 2, Wright. VA STATE (88) Stith 21. Norman Donald Sinclair 30, Pratt, Threatt. Carter 4. Lee Wood 9, Bush S, WWaker 12 Straughn 8. HairUmo: NCCU 32-30. Elz City 57. St Aug 52 ST AUG (52) Bega 12, Baler 2. Brawn 3, Taylor 2, McFariand B, Carrel 12, Cook 10, Davenport 3, Johnson. ELIZ CITY (57) Groemts I, Wyche 2, Hines 12. Gaskins 11, Bland 12. Hardy. West 2, Carter 2. Roberts. Burton, Brawn, Maddox 1. Halftime: 8$ CNy 31-21. tat8J. Va State 78 VA STATE (71) Ut 2. tterwan 28. Pratt 4. TbraaR 11, Stttta, Ban 3, StiMuhn I, Wand 2, WkBsfcar I. Ohm 1, Carter. ELIZ CITY (83) Breemei 4. Wyche 12, Hines I. Bat Una 21. Bbad 12. ReiMrts. West 1. Hardy 2, Carter 2. hladta J, Brown 12. Free kin. Fnxfor, Bnifatw. HaWa: Va State 37-34; legota- tjeM 74-al ALL-CIAA TEAM 1 Steve Mims, Fa yet- (Continued on Page 6) Basketball In the Black Colleges A Historical Chronology By John B. "Johnny Me" McLendon Converse Basketball Advisor and Contributing Editor to Black College Basketball Yearbook JNW Publications Reprinted with permission of JNW Publications, do Collk J. Nicholson, 3SIS Lak f shore Dr., Shrevtport, La. 71109. Preview Period V, 1960-1970 Black college stars have scintilated throughout the sixties and seventies. National Championships, both NAIA AND NCAA, have been won by Grambling, Prairie View, Coppin State, Cheney State, Central State, Winston-Salem, Texas Southern, Morgan State, and Kentucky State. Few will argue that Kentucky State was the nonpareil force in college division basketball in the early seventies. They won NAIA titles in '70, '71 and '72 to match Tennessee State as the only other team to annex three consecutive titles. Lucias T. Mitchell scaled the heights as NAIA coach of the year in addition to winning title togas before leav ing Kentucky to take the reins at Norfolk State. He has one of the bright minds in the game. Equally impressive is the remarkable record of Clarence "Bighouse" Gaines of Winston-Salem who started this season with 620 victories. Still approaching his peak after 33 full seasons with the Rams, Gaines trails only Adolph Rupp, Kentucky (874), Phog Allen, Kansas (771), Hank Iba, Oklahoma State (767), Ed Diddle, Western Kentucky (759), and John Wooden, UCLA (667) in the number of career vic tories. Fred Hobdy is recognized as the Mongoose of the SWAC after 22 seasons at Grambling. His career record C458-184) is matched by few mentors anywhere. Coaches around the SI AC chorused "Auld Lang Syne" with fond memories when Leonidas Epps, long time Clark College coach, retired for health reasons a year ago. In 34 years of college tutoring, Epps amassed 424 wins to become the winningest active mentor in NCAA Division III. The remaining story of black college basketball is re counted by the general media each day in a manner few middle-age fans ever expected to see. Blacks are coaching at predominately white universities and in the pro ranks, a far cry from total exclusion in the first half of this century. At least four players who mastered their craft on black campuses Willis Reed, Earl Lloyd, Al Attles and Bob Hopkins have served as tutors in the NBA. Attles won the NBA championship in '75. It is almost impossible to watch any game on TV without men of oolpr dominating the action. Basketball has truly emerged from the dark age to provide equal opportunity on the playing courts and on the coaching benches. The only barrier is talent. For the gifted player, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT!!!!! Editor's Note: As college basketball comes to the end of another season, so we come to the end of this series of articles written by one who was so intimately involved in the sport of basketball and its evolvement in black col leges Coach John B. McLendon. We hope you have enjoyed the series and have saved these articles for its history which is unlikely to be found in the future. . We are indebted to Coach McLendon for allowing us to share it with you, our readers. 1 These days, joining any of the services to get money for college is a smart idea. But only the Army combines good-sized college benefits with a short two-year enlistment. Through the Army, you could accumulate gen erous educational benefits for college in just two years. Only the Army-offers them. And only the Army offers the widest variety of choices of location or training, too. If you're in a hurry to earn money for school, consider the Army's two-year enlistment. It can get you money for college before you even start to lose your study habits. Serve your country as you serve yourself. Call 800-42 1-4422. Better yet, look in the Yellow Pages under "Recruiting:' v.A -..'!?' 5 V-Wy:
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