THE CAROLINA JOURNAtr Wednesday, Jan. S, 1966 Page Seven
Cagers Seek To Increase DIAC Lead
Pace Setting FoHy-Mners At Methodist Tonight
FAYETTEVILLE ^ UNC at
Charlotte's league leading 49ers
go after their fourth straight
DIAC victory here tonight
against a Methodist College team
they defeated 56^53 three weeks
ago.
In its last conference outing
before the Holiday break, UNC-C
subdued the Monarchs who, ten,
as now, stand tallest among the
five foes who seek to dethrone
the champions.
On Methodist’s home court, the
Coach Likes
Basketball
Go Go’
Harvey Murphy directs UNC at
Charlotte's basketball fortunes
with a flair that categories h|m
somewhere between Davidson’s
Lefty Driesell and South Caroli
na’s Frank McGuire.
In other words, Murphy, the 35-
year-old prize stolen from the
University of Illinois’ Department
of Physical Education, coaches
with mild mannered exuber
ance. During the course of a
game he neither cavorts with
Driesell’s footstomping antics not
sits passively in the McGuire
mannerism.
This places him somewhere
between the two nationally known
mentors as far as sideline per
sonalities is concerned.
Murphy has been known to
become excUed on occasion,
i^tness a chair kicking episode
which took place against Cok
lege of Charleston. At other
times, he can be as gentle as a
Iamb, sitting quietly wUh legs
cross and arms folded.
If Murphy has a trademark,
it's his “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s
go” directed through cupped
hands toward the gymnasium
floor.
’T saw Driesell do that one
night at the coliseum,” says
Murphy. “Apparently it must
work for him, although with me
I’ve been successful in only four
games this season.
“I didn’t realize,” he joked
“that I Was yelling at the floorj
though. I’ll have to start direct
ing my attention to the boys.”
The other side of Murphy is
like the pensive manner of
McGuire. It is strange that
these two men should entertain
calm moments, since both are
redheads, but it does happen,
“I like to think that if the fans
see me quietly taking in the
game they will believe that I am
devising some extraordinary ma
neuver to right any particular
wrong that may be taking
place.”
Murphy has begun to enjoy
success after five opening season
setbacks. Whether he has been
Driesell or McGuire is secondary
to the fact that at last he has
begun to win.
“We’ve won four of our last
five and have begun to come
wound,” Murphy said. “I’m of
the oi^jiion that the Improve
ment will continue, especially
in the second semester when
Bob Lemmonds will Join the
team."
And with that, Murphy
whooped a sbond of joy and sat
^wn to think about bow to
right some more (rf those
Wrongs.*’
story could be different, however.
“The Monarchs,” says 49er
mentor Harvey Murphy, “are too
good a club to have as poor a
night shooting on their own floor
as they did in Charlotte. Of
course, I like to think our defense
had a lot to do with the fact that
they made only 30 per cent of
their field goal attempts (23 of
78).
“As for curseives, if it hadn’t
been for Wally McGinty’s
scoring (22 points) and Jerry
Anthony’s rebounding (li) we
would have been in bad trou
ble.”
Bill Darden, a 6-5, 200 pound
freshman, did the most damage
against Charlotte and stands as
Methodist’s top player. He scored
14 points and grabbed nine
rebounds to place first and
second in each of the two
individual Monarch categories.
The steadily improving 49ers,
as balanced a team as you would
want to find anywhere, rate as
slight favorites. While Jerry
Lawrence and McGinty have
continued to wow the opposition
with their scoring, Anthony, Rob
bie Snipes and Greg Canaday
Cheerleader Carolyn Campbell demonstrates a proper
winning spirit at a recent basketball game. (Photo; Estridge).
Basketball Standings
Conference
All Games
Team
W
L
Pet.
W
L
Pet.
Pts.
Op.
UJ^.C.-CHARLO’TTE
3
0
1.000
4
6
.400
619
741
N.C. WESLEYAN
3
1
.750
3
4
.429
495
539
Lynchburg
2
1
.667
2
8
.200
834
844
Methodist
2
1
.667
2
6
.250
482
562
St. Andrews
1
3
.250
1
8
.111
637
818
College of Charleston
0
5
.000
1
9
.100
535
786
Bowling Standings
Points Games
High
High
Team
W L W L
Ave.
Game
Series
Lynchburg College
10-2
7-2
858
956
2708
College of Charleston
9-3
7-2
854
918
2629
St. Andrews Cbllege
7-5
5-4
833
939
2524
Methodist College
4-8
4-5
838
890
2596
N.C. Wesleyan College
3-9
2-7
823
887
2604
U.rj.c. at Charlotte
3-9
2-7
809
903
2618
have begun to share part of the
offensive load also.
Anthony, according to scoring
and rebounding statistics, could
be the team’s best, yet least
recognized performer. His nine
rebounds per game pace the
starters as do his accuracy
marks from the floor (44 per
cent) and the line (77 per cent).
Defensively, the 6-2 jumping jack
has grown to enjoy pounding
shots back into opponent’s faces.
A second win over Methodist
will set the stage for another
encounter with Washington and
Lee Saturday night in Lexing
ton. UNC at Charlotte ended its
pre-holiday schedule with 78-76
cilif hanger over the Generals
on December 18 to lift its
current overall mark to 4-6.
A pair of free throws by
substitute guard Ron Payne with
14 seconds remaining gave Char
lotte the win. Lawrence and
McGihtv each had 18 points to
pace the 49ers while Anthony
netted 14 and Snipes 13. With
McGinty and Anthony fouling out
early, what could have been an
impressive double figure win,
came by just two points only
after Payne’s heroics.
Bob Spessard looks to be the
49ers biggest worry in the return
engagement as his 18 points led
Washington and Lee in Charlotte.
The big center’s poor perform
ance from the line (4 for 13) had
much to do with his team’s
downfall, however.
In the only game played
since the last issue of The
Journal, Asheville-Biltmore
handed the 49ers a 94-79 set
back behind Jim Baker’s 43
pdnt fireworks display. Law
rence’s 26 point effort paced
Charlotte, which trailed by
only 64-63 before hitting a
scoreless streak of five min
utes late in the second half to
fail out of contention. Behind
Lawrence in the scoring col
umn was McGinty and Snipes
who each had 17 points. An
thony and the Bulldogs’ Jim
Zentz paced all rebounders
with 11.
Carolina at Charlotte’s next
home game is against Florida
Presbyterian on December 11,
’The Tritons feature speed and
fine outside shooting in their
attack.
Stats Show
Foity-Niners
Are Better
The current awakening of the
UNC at Charlotte 49ers in the
win column makes itself evident
in the individual and team statis
tics released this week by the
school’s Sports Information Serv
ice.
While winning four of their last
five games to move their mark
to 4-6 overall, the 49ers have
outscored their opponents 374 to
360. This figure is far better than
the ridiculous 322 to 459 mark
attained in the opening five
games. From the field, Carolina
at Charlotte has improved a 36
per cent accuracy mark to 41 per
cent.
With 10 games behind him,
Jerry Lawrence is by far the
team's outstanding scorer. His
20.2 point per game average
leads Wally McGinty’s 16.1
average by 41 points.
McGinty is also second in
rebounding, trailing Jerry An
thony 9.0 to 8.1. Anthony also has
the lead in the field goal ac
curacy department with a 44 per
cent mark. Reserve Truett
Wood’s 17 for 20 performance
from the tree throw line nets him
that team distinction at an
outstanding 85 per cent.
Name G FGA FGM Pet. FTA FTM PCT. PF Avg. ’TP Avg.
Rev.
Jerry Anthony
Art Buraglio
Greg Canady
George Green
Jerry Lawrence
Wally McGinty
Ron Payne
Wayne Phillips
Robbie Snipes
Truett Wood
TEAM TOTALS
Opponents
10
3 2
10 82
1 1
10 214
10 164
8 25
3 3
10 105
9 26
10 694 274
10
75
0
34
0
84
67
6
0
41
9
33
0
41
0
39
41
24
0
39
35
44
0
21
0
53
53
18
2
39
20
2217 7730
0 0 0
16 76
0 0
34 64
27 51
11 61
2 100
24 61
17 85
26
0
25
42
9
1
34
10
9.0
.7
4.3
0
8.3
0.0
8.4
0.0
39 228 148
83
0
84
0
5.2 202 20.2
8.1 161 16.1
.1 23 2.9
.7 2 .7
5.8 106 10.6
2.1 35 3.9
65 177 34.2 696 69.6
819 81.9
UNC-C
L 71 Berry College
L 89 Piedmont College
L 64 Belmont Abbey
L 41 Guilford College
L 57 Augusta College
W 89 ST. ANDREWS COLLEGE
W 72 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
L 79 Asheville-Biltmore
W 56 METHODIST COLLEGE
W 78 Washington and Lee 76
696
74 (Lawrence 20)
100 (McGinty 24)
102 (Lawrence 21)
98 (McGinty 15)
85 (Lawrence 20)
73 (Lawrence 36)
64 (Lawrence 22)
94 (Lawrence 26)
53 (McGinty 22)
(Lawrence 18, McGinty 18)
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