Marcus Bast soars in for fwo during a racant gama. Rams from puff Bl much. These guys have stepped up and showed tremendous char acter. hard work and determina tion." Some coaches don't like the idea of sitting back watching as their counterparty get under way. Duckett isn't one of them. "It's good for us {to .have a bye) because we're so banged up." Duckett said. "The extra day ? helps us. Not only that, but the bye means something as you progress in the tournament." Another important aspect is knowing that your team will at least make it to action" in the quarterfinal round, according to Duckett. . "When you have the bye you have another game, whereas you could lose "the first game and be out of the tournament." he said. When it comes to. the Rams opponent in the quarterfinal matchup. Duckett said the Rams will be prepared for either St. Paul's,-Who the Rams defeated in their only battle or Livingstone, which WSSU defeated twice and lost to once. i "We played Livingstone three times and think we have a real s good feel for them, Duckett said. "I think we match up well with St. Paul's, but they have the Player of the Year (Antwaine Smith), so you know they'll give us all we want." Regardless of their opponent, Duckett said there are two keys to the Rams' chances. "We have got to rebound con sistently," he said. "That's some thing-that we haven't done of late and we have to get to the free throw line and make them." The Rams' leading rebounder is Windell Owens, the Rams' 6-8 pivotman. Owens is averaging 5.2 rebounds per garnet Torrian Wynn is next at 4.6. Neither are included in th? league's top 10. "Basically, it is by commit tee;" Duckett said. "It's real hard for us because we really don't have a rtfal physical five (pivot). The five guy has to be strong, box out well and be real funda mental. Our guards have to help out with the rebounding." A championship finish would be an excellent way for the Rams to finish in Duckett's initial cam paign. However, he said he's pleased with the way the program is coming along. "I think it goes to show the " ? . quality of people the seniors are and with Larry Patterson, a junior providing leadership," Duckett said. "We came in with a plan and philosophy. Not one of the guys balked. They've worked hard, listened and did everything we've asked of them. I'm glad that this transformation has gone successfully." ?? ? ? m ? ? Winston-Salem Stat* shook off the cobwebs fo defeat Virginia State. Lady Rams from page Bl defense," Clark said. "We knew we had to get the ball inside and make our free throws." WSSU led by a 34-32 lead at the half and opened up the sec ond half with a 10-2 to increase its margin to 44-34 at the 15:45 mark. The closest the Trojans was able to come to them was seven points, 55-48 with 9:08 left to play. Neither team was sharp in the early going. Virginia State had the upper hand in the open ing minutes and took 10-6 lead on Tanga Williams' 18-foot A jumper with 14:19 remaining in the half. Both teams had trouble putting the ball in the basket. WSSU made only 13 of 33 field goals and Virginia State fared well, making only 12 of 33 attempts. Winston-Salem State had trouble getting untracked 9nd committed four turnovers in its first eight possessions. But they kept fighting and clawing to stay close to the Lady Tro jans. The Rams finally pulled even with the Trojans at the 7:50 mark on West's pull-up jumper. West gave the Lady Rams a spark off the bench and led the ... ?f team in scoring in the first half with seven points in only 14) minutes of action. ' Shonketa Broom and LaToya Cobb also sparked the Rams off the bench with four points each. 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