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their way for much of the second half, a
Then their luck changed. When Bi- si
nion, who scored only 10 points but B
was a force on the boards with 13 re- a
bounds, fouled out with a little over s<
five minutes left, Morehead took ad- o
vantage of his absence, dominating the
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Earl Harrison's two free throws with tl
3:30 left knotted the score at 68. The 1
Aggies then spread their offense, look- a
ing for the good shot. With 26 seconds p
left, they called time out to set up the g
potential game-winner and a chance E
for this Aggie team to win the school's , E
v historic first NCAA tournament game, tl
As things turned out, A&T didn't u
the shot, but it sure made history. As
the Aggies lined up for the inbounds s
pass, Harrison grabbed James g
Horace's shirt as he broke from the u
Aggie stack. A two-shot foul was call- n
ed, but Boyd, nearly an 80 percent g
shooter from the line, stepped to the h
charity stripe instead, claiming he had
been fouled. s
Neither chief referee Mickey s
Crowley nor his two colleagues were n
-"sure who the victim was, so Crowley, 4
without hesitation, jogged across the v
floor to where the ESPN TV commen- e
tators sat.
"We want to be sure on this one. ii
Could you give us a replay?" he asked, r
Using the replay to confirm who had n
indeed been fouled, the officials sent ti
Horace to the line and he made the se- fc
cond of his two free throws for a one- r
point Aggie lead.
Morehead inbounded the bail to Guy v
Minnifield, who had notched a goose
egg in scoring the previous 39 minutes, v
six seconds, but didn't shy away from v
the everything-on-the-line pressure. As t
Minnifield drove toward the basket c
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4'Money is no longer important!
The Lord has opened my eyes."
Flashing a radiant smile, Moses
Davis, once an outstanding football
player at Livingstone College,
speaks candidly about the spiritual
conversion that has helped him in
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Moses, a 6-foot, ZTS^pound
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linebacker, excelled as a freshman
and was elected co-captain of the
Bear football team as a sophomore.
His career was hampered, however, .
by a nagging foot injury that
relegated him to reserve status by his
senior campaign.
The son of Mrs. Martha Davis
from Florence, S.C., Moses says he
learned early the value of selfrespect
as well as respect for others.
"My mother worked hard to raise
seven children with very little
assistance," he says. "We were led
in the teaching of Jesus and to love
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nd the clock ticked down, the ball was
lapped away by an Aggie defender,
tut Minnifield somehow recovered it
nd dropped in a 10-footer with four
econds left to put Morehead up by
ne.
The Aggies still had a chance to win f
, though, and called time out with g
hree seconds left to set up a final shot. |
'he play worked to perfection ?
lmost. Horace made the inbounds *
ass A&T needed to the man the Ag- *
ies no doubt wanted to have the ball,
iric Boyd, at the top of the key. But
loyd's shot at the buzzer bounced off
he back of the rim, leaving the Aggies
/ith their third straight NCAA loss.
"I thought the shot was going in,"
aid a disappointed Boyd. "I got a I
ood release." Meanwhile, Corbett, I
/ho failed again to get the NCAA
nonkey off his back, looked at the *
ame stats and had trouble belieyjng
lis team had lost.
"We played too well to lose," he
aid, noting that the Aggies had shot a
izzling 61.5 percent from the field,
daking 32 of 52 shots from the floor.
4We didn't make a lot of mistakes and~
ye even got the shot we wanted at the
nd of the game."
And Corbett found little consolation
i the fact that the officials' calf for a J
eplay -- which netted them a repri- I
nand from the NCAA -- assured his
earn a place in history. "I had no pro- ,
lerns with the officials looking at a
eplay," he said, matter-of-factly. ^
'They admitted that they didn't know
vho was fouled."
Probably the only replay Corbett
vould have been really interested in
yould have been the chance to have
hose final three seconds to play just
me more time.
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and respect our fellow man as we
would ourselves.
"My mother and grandmother,
Mrs. Mary Dicks of Durham, N.C.,
helped me persevere in that 1 am the
first member of my family to attend
college and 1 accepted the injury as
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Harder irr my acdtPerhrrput
Evidently, Moses" haTtackled his
classroom chores with the same fervor
he once displayed when tackling
opposing running backs. He has
earned a $2,000 academic scholarcKi
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and has maintained dean's list status
throughout his college career.
Now serving as president of Livingstone's
newly-organized chapter
of the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes, Moses talks about new
priorities that transcend the lure of
big-money pro football and the fortune
and fame envisioned by many
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Aggie Jamps Horace (shown here
wasn't he fouled? Only ESPN knew
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but realized by few.
His eyes help tell the story as
Moses recalls his spiritual conversion
on Christmas Eve 1983: "It was
like the Day of Pentecost. I had a
warm, cleansing feeling that God
had come into my heart and my purrife
was hnnfeamc.Tlrdft-.H
fr^efnily7Moses has renounced his
membership, saying, "I do not
believe the Lord would have me
committed to secular ideals while
giving my all to the furtherance of
His kingdom."
Moses has always loved music
and leads a group of football
players who have formed a gospel
group on campus. He is an excellent
bass guitarist and has become proficient
on the piano while writing and
composing some gospel music.
Moses' roommate, Langston
"Tank" Brown, says "Big Mo" (as
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he is affectionately nicknamed) is
genuinely happy.
"He really believes he has accepted
something fantastic in his life
by his deeds rather than by his
words," Brown says.
Moses says Brown had a positive
influence on his decision; to attend- ^
Sylvester Moore aM'BfflyWilson; ?
each of whom excelled in football at
Livingstone. Brown is currently
completing his degree requirements
in political science and served as a
student assistant coach for the football
team this past fall.
As for its deeds rather than
words, the Livingstone chapter of
the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
is conducting a clothing drive to
assist needly families and fire victims.
Persons wishing to help in this
venture may contact Moses at Livingstone.