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teammates and 1 want to make
sure that they're all involved on
the offensive end." And although
it's taken Deas some time to get
used to Duckett's style of
defense, Deas said that has been
the key to the Rams 11-1 start.
"We are able to wear people out
with our defense," Deas said.
"Everyone knows that if you
don't play defense you're not
going to play. It's that simple. We
have a lot of talent on this team
and everyone wants to get their
time, so we don't mind playing
defense."
Kamal Oliver, Rob Williams
and Kevin Henry backed Deas
with 13. 11 and 10 points, respec
tively. Deas was joined on the all
tournament team by teammates
Marcus Best and Williams of
WSSU. The other members of
the team were David Grenade,
who led all scorers with 22
points, and Bobby Trimboli of
Southern Connecticut.
In the consolation game.
Benedict defeated Ferris State
80-64 behind Eugene Jackson's
21 points.
The Winston-Salem State players celebrate winning the champi
onship of the "Bighouse" Gaines Classic.
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ence to form the No Bad Atti
tude (NBA) basketball league
several years ago.
Grant, a native of Mar
tinsville. Va., was the point guard
on the Rams' team when it cap
tured the 1977 CIAA Basketball
Tournament in 1977. He played
alongside the late Carlos Terry, a
former CIAA Player of the Year
who went on to become an NBA
player with the Washington Bul
lets.
"Winston-Salem seems like
home to me. having been there
this long." he said. "I've devel
oped a lot of relationships. There
are a lot of people I know in the
community and a lot know me.
But I saw this as an opportunity
to advance professionally. Some
times you think the time is right
and opportunity comes at the
right time.
"My wile (Vickie) and I
talked about it a lot and we fig
ured this was probably the best
time to make a move," Grant
added. "Our daughter will be
J starting kindergarten next year
and we didn't want to wait until
she was settled into a school to
pack up and move. This move
oives me a lot more financial sta
bility and an opportunity to take
my family. A few more years and
1 would have had to think a lot
longer and harder about uproot
ing them."
Grant has been named the
stalT employee of the year for his
department for the past two
years, something that hadn't pre
viously been accomplished.
Denise Scott-Johnson,
Grant's supervisor, said Grant
will be missed.
"Everything that he's done for
us has been at an exceptional
level," she said. "He's done what
ever necessary to take a good
program and make it better. In
whatever he did, the commitment
was there. He worked at a high
level of professionalism and ded
ication.
"I really, truly know that he's
going US impact Durham-the say
way," Scott-Johnson added. "The
thing that makes it easier is
knowing that he's going to con
tinue to have some involvement
with us through our state organi
zation and we hope to remain
close friends with him."
Grant became a full-time
member of the WSSU faculty
and coaching staff in 1981. He
served as Gaines' top assistant
until Gaines retired in 1993. He
began working with the parks ?
and recreation department in
1995. Since that time he has also
served as color analyst for WSSU
basketball on WSNC radio sta
tion.
"I'm going to finish up some
of Winston-Salem State home
games for this year," he said. "I
probably won't do any more after
this season. This will probably be
my last C1AA Tournament (as a
commentator)."
Grant
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arrived. And even a five-for-19
shooting performance against
Wake Forest last week can't
detract from that.
"She'll bounce back." said
Silvia Hatchell, UNC's coach,
after the game. "LaQuanda's a
competitor and she knows the
type things we need her to do to
win. She's a heck of a player."
Few people said that when
Barksdale arrived at UNC.
Because of her tremendous ath
letic-lalent. Barksdale was lim
ited in her development in high
school. With the ability to post
up inside, she roamed the paint
for the Titans, starting at center
in each of her four seasons on
West Forsyth's team.
Although she possessed a
smooth jump shot and the abil
ity to handle the ball, she was
rarely afforded that opportuni
ty
She saw limited action as a
freshman and managed only
about four points per game on
a team that captured the
NCAA title the previous year.
However, she kept pushing her
self to the limit and her com
mitment to improving won her
a starting job as a sophomore.
She's been on an upward swing
ever since.
Even though other people
might be surprised at the
impact she's had on the
Tarheels program. Barksdale
said she expected to have the
type success she's had at UNC.
"I definitely imagined it."
she said. "1 wanted to be a pre
mier player in the ACC and I've
worked hard to get where I am.
Now I just want to continue to
improve and help my team."
One of the areas that Hatch
ell and her staff asked for
Barksdale to improve upon this
season was in leadership.
Although it was not true to her
character, Barksdaie has cast
herself in that role.
"I have to be a lot more
vocal on the court this season."
she said. "Being a senior and a
player that a lot of my team
mates look up to. I have to do
more talking out there. I have
to be totally different than the
way 1 am ofT the court."
Last year Barksdaie helped
lead her team to the Women's
NCAA Tournament and the
Tarheels made a little noise
before being eliminated. The
Tarheels are struggling now,
but Barksdaie believes UNC
still has a chance to make it
back. That would go a long way
in helping her accomplish some
of her individual goals, includ
ing landing a lucrative WNBA
contract.
"That's been one of my
goals." she said. "The scouts
are out looking now and I
know I have to play to a certain
level."