ICIAA From Page 15 NORTHERN DIVISION After surrendering the nation's number one ranking to Virginia Union last season, the Spartans of NORFOLK STATE feel they have a legitimate shot At snatehino it Karlr I Back to lead the way is allAmerica guard Tally. The aptly named 6-1 junior tallied 20.9 points and 3.7 assists per game last year and nearly led the Spartans to an upset of unbeaten Union in the league title game. Street A Smith's Basketball Yearhrtrtlr Viae nirlr*H Kim oc /?f ?K* I wv*? iihu pivnwi iiuii IU vsuv Ul U1V top five small-college players in the nation for 1985-86. But Tally isn't the only star among the returnees. Barry Mitchell, a junior forward, has grown to 6-5 and is expected to better last year's totals of 14 points and eight rebounds per game. Burly 6-6 senior Darnell Brown also returns at center, where he chipped in nine points and 5.6 rebounds an outing last season. Five other lettermen return as well and lOth-year mentor Charles Christian, who already has five C1AA titles to his credit, has added some fine newcomers. Heading the list is 6-9 Mat Henson, who averaged 19.9 points, 17.1 r?KAlt(i/4e onr) < Q etiAtc a Ii vuuuiiuj anu uivvivvu juuio a game while earning JUCO allAmerica honors at Mary Holmes Junior College, Joining Henson (and, interesting ly enough, last year's coach at Mary Holmes, Tom Snowden, who's now an assistant to Christian) are 6-6 forward Primus Cherry and 7-0 African Alexander Soyebo. Freshmen expected to make an immediate impact are 6-3 guard Martin Snipes and 6-5 forward Mike Morris, who averaged 19.5 points . and 15.5 rebounds at the same Atlantic City, N.J., high school that t i w ?? proaucea laiiy. While Sports Information Director Ken Snelling predicts a possible national championship for the Spartans, Christian prefers to play it close to the vest. At the league's pre-season banquet for players, coaches and the media, he asked Tally to "stand up and tell these people wno you are." As if they don't already know. As for the conference kingpins, for the first ibuiL yean VIRGINIA UNION Coach Dave Robbins will begin the season without the best big man in the CIAA. Charles Oakley has taken his 24 points and 18 rebounds per game to the NBA as the Chicago Bulls' - first-round draft choice. But shed no tears for the Panthers, whose only loss last year - a shocker to fellow CIAA member Winston-Salem State in the NCAA regionals - ended their season-long reign as tne nation's number one Division II squad. Eight lettermen return from that unit that produced 30 wins, led by 6-4 junior Jamie Waller. A second. team all-America pick last season, the "human highlight film" expects to do even better this year, but it 3E| Bb^Hk* . %. tJ3L - ^UfM ^fBl Wr BMb^ *? / a Norfolk's Barry Mitchell, a junior by James Parker). won't be easy. Waller averaged nearly 21 points and more than seven rebounds in '84-85, adding 95 assists, 57 steals and 14 blocked shots for good measure. drill WnlW ioi't th* nnlv hrwe# in Robbins' stable. Six-six junior forwards Greg Williams and Jerry Hargrove averaged 10.5 and nine points, respectively, last year. Sophomore Tony Dallas heads the long liet of returning-guards. Last season, he netted 9.1 points per nama mm/1 a 1km* L >*?- ? *A ? ? |uui oiiu siiui uciia uuui ju percent from the field. Among Union's freshman thoroughbreds is 6-9 Terry Davis, who brings high school totals of 14 points, 12 rebounds and two blocked shots per game with him from Halifax, Va., and 6-7 Bill Pritchard, who was recommended to Robbins by none other than Oakley. II Im g ^ 1 l&jfl _ i j^^gir /. J r rtmf if^iiv r Jtk k/ . r ^fe ^ I ?^H V ml JL-J^W & JHH . forward, has grown to 6-5 (photo Pritchard averaged 20.3 points and 10.7 rebounds in the tough Cleveland, Ohio, basketball wars. The top guard prospect is another rW^tanH lAknatknn T ?IW1%> A wt VAA V | V~1 W% J v/iuiauicui Walker, who averaged 28.9 points, eight assists and five steals per game last year. 4