Pag* Six
THE CHOWANIAN
February, 1958
These shots prove the Braves were a hustling team
the night the Cadets visited Chowan
Long Trip to Campbell;
Braves Drop Only Game
Snowflakes were floating gently
down onto the frozen ground Thurs
day morning Feb. 13, when Bob
Davis (Chowan’s No. 1 Bus Jockey)
called out, “All aboard,” and Coach
“Ike” Davis and his sleepy-eyed
basketball Braves slowly made
their way into the blue and white
bus.
Suddenly, 13 pairs of eyes opened
a little wider as Queen Sarah
Burrus, the cheerleaders and their
chaperone, Billie Harris, came
bouncing into the picture. One or
two of the basketeers were heard
to moan, "0-o-o-h, how can any
body be that cheerful at this hour
of the morning?”, but by and large
the boys welcomed the company of
the female of the species.
And thus began the long trip to
Buies Creek and the Junior College
Basketball Tournament.
It was nearly fourteen hours later
when the capacity crowd in toe
handsome Campbell College gym
got their first look at the Braves Id
their colorful new warm-ups. The
boys lo^ed sharp in their pre-
game workout as they bombed the
basket from every anglt, and a
note of tense anticipation could be
detected among the spectators. In
the first game of the evening the
“Scotties” of PJC, who finished last
in conference play, had knocked out
highly-favored EMI, runners-up in
the conference, and the huge crowd
was wondering if the sixto-place
Chowan Crew could do the same
to a favored bunch of "Seahawks”
from Wilmngton College.
Chief Betty Jo Lassiter and her
cheerleaders were very much a
part of the pre-game excitement
and color. Looking up into that sec
tion of the stands, over which was
hanging a blue and white Chowan
banner, the girls saw many famil
iar faces. One could sense both
their relief and their joy when they
realized that a lot of the gang from
school had come to back up the
team.
The much taller Seahawks
jumped into a quick 7-2 lead, and
held onto a narrow lead until the
clock showed only four minutes to
play in the first half. At that point,
Vance Pittman hit on a jump shot
from 20-feet out on the side and
the Braves led for the first time at
21-20. The’ remainder of the first
period was nip and tuck but the
^ahawks left the court at inter
mission on the long end of a 32-28
count.
At half-time. Brave supporters
were still confident that Aeir fa
vorites could turn the trick against
the Wilmington five, and their
hearts were thumping like mad as
the prospect of an upset still
•loomed large. However, some neu
tral sc>ectators made tbe obser
vation that it may have been the
tournament queens that caused the
palpitating hearts. The queens did
make a lovely picture sitting in a
row across (me end of the court.
Chowan’s Queen Sarah was one of
the most radiant—truly a sight to
behold in a black evening gown
which accentuated her dark hair
and eye«.
The second half was only about
six minutes M when the Seahawks
began to pull away. Denny Lutz
and Bon Paladini, two Indiana
boys that N. C. State Coach
Everett Case somehow overlooked,
were the big guns in Wilmington’s
second-half splurge. Both boys got
seven from the field and were
demons at the foul line. Lutz hit
ting on 13 out of 14 tries and
Paladini on 8 out of 9.
The Indians made a contest of
it to the end, but Murphy Smith,
Jerry Wrenn, Phil Collins, and Dan
Griffin, four of the starters, fouled
out along the way as they tried
desperately to get control of the
baU.
At 11:40 P. M., a tried band of
basketeers took a final look at a
scoreboard which said—“Wilming
ton 75-Chowan 64”—and walked
with heads down toward the dress
ing room.
Their heads should have been up!
They were dead game that Thurs
day night, a scrapping, vaUant
band of Braves who won the hearts
of the crowd with the aggressive,
alert brand of basketball they dis
played against superior odds.
FG FT ToUl
Smith 2 5-7 9
Wrenn 4 5-7 13
Debnam 2 0-0 4
Collins 4 1-3 9
Griffin 2 3-5 7
Pittman 4 1-1 9
Pope 5 3-6 13
23 18-29 64
Wilmington
Dumer
Elliott
Lutz
Mathias
Paldadini
Parham
Taylor
WeUs
FG
0
0
7
0
7
2
4
2
22
FT
1-2
0-0
13-14
1-3
8-9
3-5
4-7
1-1
31-41
Total
1
0
27
1
22
7
12
5
75
Louisburg Has
Edge By Ten
The Chowan College Basketball
Braves visited the cagers of Louis
burg College January 10, to play
a surprisingly tight game. The
Braves were beaten by 10 points by
the team which licked the mighty
Camels of Campbell College.
Louisburg earned the 76-66 vic
tory only by using their most cau
tious tactics and scrapping like
demons for each goal. Their out
standing guard, Jim Fine, was high
scorer with 32 points.
Phil Collins, center for the
Braves, scored second highest with
19.
The score at the end of the third
quarter was 54-40 in favor of Louis
burg. The remainder of the battle
was well worth watching. Coach
Ike Davis’ Braves really caught
fire, and at one time were within
6 points of the lead. Then, however,
starters Dan Griffin and Jerry
Wren fouled out, and the free-
throws made by Louisburg were
disastrous. —Mike Rouse
Girls' Basketball
Team Wins 'Em All
Thursday night, February 6, the
Chowan College girls basketball
team won their ninth consecutive
game. Led by Joanne White, Reba
Hale and Ruby Webb, the girls won
a decisive 60-40 victory over Ahos-
kie.
This has been the story aU year
as they have scored wins over Con
way, Murfreesboro twice, Rober-
sonvill twice, Ahoskie three times,
and the big victory over Campbell
College.
The game with Campbell was the
highlight of the successful season.
The girls scored a 56-46 win with
Reba Hale tossing in 23 points and
Joanne White 21, while Ruby Webb
contributed 12. The game was a
tremendous team effort with out
standing work coming on the de
fensive end of the court. Margaret
Strickland, Jessica Vann, Sandra
Liverman and Loueen Bryant did
a wonderful job stopping the hard
charging Campbell forwards.
The girls team, the first team to
play a regular schedule at the col
lege in the last few years is made
up of ten girls: Joanne White, Dob
son; she played in high school and
at Wake Forest. She won all con
ference honors in high school. She is
averaging 27 points per game this
season. Reba Hale of Conway, three
times all-conference in high school
and the play maker of the team.
Reba has a 20 point average with
Chowan. Ruby Webb of Stantonburg
is averaging 12 points per game to
make her the other mainstay of the
team. Pat Moore of Durham and
Vivian Pugh of Great Bridge, Va.
are the other forwards.
At guard position the big guns
are Margaret Strickland, Jessica
Vann and Sandra Liverman. You
can’t say anything about any one
of these girls that can’t be said for
the other two. Margaret is from
Middlesex, Jessica from Conway
and Sandra from Woodland. The
other two guards are Loueen Bry
ant from HarreUsville and Hilda
Melton from Great Bridge, Va.
These girls did an excellent job
of filling in all season.
The team has three more games.
They are to play Ahoskie Monday,
February 17, at Ahoskie. The date
for the game with Roanoke Rapids
Nursing School has not been set.
On March 4, the Squaws will take
on a team composed of senior
girls from all of the high schools
in Northampton Countv.
Intermural BB
Very Popular;
Eight Squads
Intramural basketball has gone
over in a big way here at Chowan.
Coach Lloyd was instrumental in
starting the ball rolling for this
much needed extra-curricular ac
tivity for the boys.
There is approximately 60 boys
participating on the eight teams
that have been organized.
Coach Lloyd feels that by organi
zing the teams, it gives the boys
something to look forward to each
Monday aad Thursday night.
Some of the boys on these teams
have been playing some good
basketball and others just come
out for the exercise and fun—but
most of them are out to win.
All students and faculty mem
bers are invited to attend these
games. They will provide an
evening of good entertainment. All
games start at 7:00 o’clock each
Monday and Thursday evening.
Listed below are the teams and
their captains.
OFF CAMPUS CATS
Woody Hill, captain
Bob Cotton
Burke Roberson
Riley Thompson
OLD PRESIDENT’S HOME
Paul Dickinson, captain
Gary Henman
Tommy Daughtry
Billy Mitchell
Jimmy Caldwell
Philip SanderUn
Wallace Riddick
Eddie Parker
MULLETS
John Hogan, captain
Dwight Compton
Elton Roberson
J. C. Young
Hamp Privette
Coy Fillet
BiUy Bray
Bob Darden
Norman Phillips
WOLFPACK
Harold Smith, captain
Gordon Peoples
BUly Davis
Clyde Morgan
Dick Kent
Sonny Davis
E. M. I. Whip Braves
By 100-91 Score
E. M. I. defeated Chowan 100 to
91 in the final game of the season.
This was the highest scoring game
of the season for the Braves. In
this fast running game E. M. I.
managed to get a small lead and
hold it despite Chowan’s every ef
fort to come from behind. E. M. I.
hit 35 field goals to Chowan’s 34.
They hit 30 of 50 free throws for
60 per cent. Chowan made good
on 23 of 40 for 57 per cent shooting
accuracy from the foul line.
High scorers for Chowan were
Collins and Wrenn with 22 points
each. For E. M. I. high scorers
were Newsome with 23 points and
Collins with 21.
DEMONS
David Snell, captain
Jim Woodruff
Jack Aman
Rodney Sawyer
Jim Martin
Floyd Morgan
DRIBBLERS
Russell Harrington, captain
Bill Steele
A1 Blount
Eldis Britton
GRAPHIC ARTS
Jay Jeffries, captain
Joe Bland
Lawrence Kearson
Ray Rose
Jonas Edwards
Bill Norvell
Bob Lockemy
Jimmie Dunn
Frank Edwards
Billy Godwin
SEARCHERS
Sally ’Thomasson, captain
Willis Hovle
Pichard Hubbard
Pick Co'Uer
Jimmy Hooks
STANDINGS
Won Lost
Graphic Arts 5 1
Wolfpack 5 1
Mullets 4 2
Old Presidents Home 4 2
Dribblers 4 2
Demons 4 2
Off Campus Cats 1 5
Searchers i 5
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PRETTY CHEERLEADERS — Even when the Braves are losing a game these vivacious
cheerleaders have been able to keep the enthusiasm of Chowanians at top pitch. They are,
seated, left to right, Agnes Underwood, Colerain; Jo Ann White, Dobson; Bettye Jo Lassiter,
Ahoskie; Chloe Ward, Durham; Barbara Overton, Ahoskie; Janet Harlow, Littleton.