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HBCU TOURNAMENT Golden Bulls, Claflin women reign suoreme Johnson C. Smith and Claflin Col lege emerged as respective winners at the Historically Black Colleges And Universities Basketball Classic held at Petersburg, Va. at the start of the moiHW.h The Golden Bulls benefitted from some sizzling shooting to register an 80-78 win over Morehouse College in the men's finals. Claflin College over came an ll-poini halftime deficit to defeat Virginia State T7 -72 Tn the" All-Tournament Teams MEN'S DIVISION Harold Ellis - Morehouse College Richard Winfrey - Morehouse College Marcus Whitfield - Norfolk Stale ~ ~ Charles Jefferson - Virginia State Kevin Hblterrian - Virginia State Russell Johnson - Claflln College CuUege ? Rcyce Turner - Morris Brown College Cdl utnhus Parker Most Outstanclna Waver M?k Stortftf - Johnson CiSmHh ? jimmrsmmm Rofanda Dent -Virginia Stats ' Jackfe'fcarter ? Virginia State DaptmsTtasty ? St. Pants Collage "?? 'ItUntflK^ CMtinBollegC ? Hf? Most Outstanding Ptaysr Precious Morris - CJaJBnCottegs ' women's finals. In the consolation games, Virginia State routed Claflin 88-61 for the men's third place trophy, while Spelman Col lege nipped St. Paul's College 52-49 in the women's division. Here's a recap of the action that took place on the cam pus of Virginia State University. _ MEN'S FINALS , Mark Sherrill was hot as a laser 0 beam, scoring 39 points to lead John son C. Smith to the tournament title. The Golden Bulls burly forward put on a one-man show, hitting 68.1 percent of his shots in the finals. Sherrill's efforts netted him the tournament MVP award. Columbus Parker, the other half of the JCS scoring. duo, didn't get his usual 20 points. He finished with 16 points and 6 rebounds. Reginald Tor rence contributed 8 points and 8 boards to the cause and Shawn Jackson pulled down 8 rebounds. Smith set the pace for the game in the first half by shooting 55.9 percent from the field, which also included 4 of * 5 shooting from three-point distance. At intermission, the Golden Bulls led 45-39. Morehouse, in the meantime, had . trouble finding the basket during the first 20 minutes of action. Hhe Maroon Tigers put themselves in an early hole by hitting just 12 of 32 shots (37.5 per cent). The main factor that kept Smith from building an insurmountable lead was Morehouse's 14 for 15 free throw shooting. . The Maiuonies also helped their ? cause by working .hard on the glass. They outrebounded the Golden Bulls 41-34, but could never get over the hump in the second half. Smith kept Morehouse at a dis tance by hitting 10 of 13 foul shots in the final 20 minutes. Harold Ellis led the Maroon Tigers attack with 26 points and 7 rebounds. Lewis Lawrence turned in a complete performance with 12 points, 12 boards and five assists. Roderick Stubbs, Richard Winfrey and Matthew Thompson all scored lOjp^tnts eacn. Stubbs also had 1 1 rebounds. MEN'S CONSOLATION Virginia State's Trojans did as they pleased in body slamming Claflin College by a sizeable mar gin. The Trojans cruised to a 44 looked back. Five VSU players scored in double figures. Robert Lovett was the top scorer with 1 6 points, followed by Charles Jef ferson's 15. Kevin Holleman, Tor raine Sears and Rahn Dade scored 1 1 points each. Holleman and Dade were very impressive on the glass, which helped VSU gain a substantial 51-38 rebounding edge. Holleman recorded a game high 14 rebounds and had three blocks. Dade pulled down 11 caroms. Claflin never got out of the starting gate in this contest. The Trojans defense put the handcuffs on CC which resulted in a lowly team shooting per centage of .301 for the game. Russell Johnson was Claflin's top scorer with 18 points. Johnny Irving had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Randy Simpson and James Howard tallied 10 points apiece. WOMEN'S FINALS Claflin put on a serious second half surge that produced a comeback win against Virginia State. After trailing 41 30 at intermission, CC's ladies turned the tables, outscoring the Trojanettes 47-31 in the second half. The key to CC's second half run Please see Page 13 linr ? % "v?!? ? Money Time Johnson C. Smith's Mark Sherrlll had the hot hand In tha HBCU man'a finals, torching Morshouaa tor 39 points and winning tha tour nament MVP trophy. Shanill sizzled by hitting 15 of 22 field goals, which Included four of four three-pointers. The JCS forward also con verted five of six foul shots. Photo by Max Dunhill
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