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I I Shoemaker paces women By WILL WILSON Staff Writer GREENSBORO - Cathy Shoemaker took over a lackluster Carolina offense midway through the second half to lead the Tar Heels to a come-from-behind 76-69 women's basketball win over UNC Greensboro here Tuesday night in Coleman Gym. Carolina's comeback overshadowed a brilliant shooting night by the Spartan senior Jan G illean. The 5-foot-2 guard made 10 of 12 field goals attempts and seven of nine free throw tries for 27 points. UNC-G led 39-33 at halftime and stretched its lead to 10 at 44-34 with 16:46 left as the Spartans constantly got and made open 10 to 15 footers. In contrast, Carolina was getting few inside shots and making plenty of turnovers. The Spartans still led 46-40 three minutes later when Shoemaker took charge. She scored 12 points in the next six minutes, mostly on her trademark a 12-foot, turnaround left-handed jumper. The 5-foot-10 junior forward was the Tar Heels' leader on the boards and defense as well as the team worked to a 64-56 lead with 5:43 to go. UNC-G cut it back to four twice but couldn't hit free throws down the stetch as Carolina hit eight of nine to seal the outcome. "Somebody had to do something," Shoemaker said after the game. "Usually I think that way, but usually I have trouble channeling my efforts. Coach (Jennifer Alley) said at different times different people have to be the leader, so this was mine, 1 guess." Shoemaker led Carolina scoring with 22 points. Bernadette McGlade had 16 and Aprille Shafer 1 1 for the Tar Heels. Behind Gillean for the Spartans were Kim Morgan with 15 and Cathy Strange with 13. The win moved Carolina, now 4-2, to within one-half game of second-place East Carolina in the North Carolina AIAW Division I standings. Fifth place UNC-G now stands 2-5. Overall Carolina now is 12-9 and UNC-G 6-1 1. Carolina's next game is at 7 p.m. Saturday at East Carolina. INCH BUCK mt dollar err FULL DlMNfA H-O W. HI I am in ammin i Dr. William T. U'ohn, Optometrist 300 Eastowno Drive, Suite 200 Chr?3clHill Opposite Blue Cross C!ue Shield on the Durham Chspcl Hill Blvd. ' Free Parking - on the "D" city bus line Phone 942-4158 or 489-3304 mm f...iillii mffmm & " .,. ' , If " 1 . - J .-.i- a ""J"""1 '' Swishsplash! Ralston (7) tries to climb back aboard. Battered Heels try to Kent State travels to Carmichael To put a puzzle together, each piece should carefully be tried to see if it fits. At 8 tonight against Kent State, Dean Smith tries to piece together what is left of his battered ballteam. He'll be without Mike O'Koren and Rich Yonakor, the strengths of his comparatively weak front line. The two are recovering from injuries, with O'Koren given the best chance to contribute again during the regular season. Yonakor could be out for the year. Smith will call on Jeff Wolf and Geff Crompton, reserve centers, to contribute more than they ever have been asked to contribute, now that O'Koren and Yonakor are out. Smith probably will experiment with different lineups to try and compensate for his losses, including moving Wolf to big LUNCH BUCK emmet MWetl to one 4ty FULL SENARY "ST, num. m rt t --1 rcr ' l ...... ir1f r x. n ti fS V Some say it's more like soccer, others think it's more kin to water polo. But one thing's for sure: innertube basketball is different. You can't run or jump; you merely paddle across the pool on an innertube, trying to throw a ball through a hoop four feet high. Here Heather Montanye of Alexander Dormitory shoots while Hank forward and use the dominating presence of Crompton at center. Without O'Koren - the second-leading scorer on the team before his injury the team cannot afford to rely only on Phil Ford for scoring punch. Al Wood, who has been in Surgery on Rich Yonakor's knee to determine the extent of his injury has been postponed because he has the flu. Dr. Joseph DeWalt said Tuesday as soon as Yonakor's fever is reduced he will be operated on, possibly as early as Thursday. a slump, John Virgil and other reserves down the line will.have to add more points for the Tar Heels than they have so far this season. This first test of Carolina's recuperating squad is an excellent opportunity for Smith to determine what he has and who he wants in the lineup as the regular ACC season Pack swamps Heel swimmers "By KEN ROBERTS 1 1 Staff Writer N.C. State gave the Carolina swim team a solid thrashing Tuesday night in Bowman Gray Pool. The UNC men lost 71-42 and the women fell 84-47. The losses dropped the men's record to 4-5 and the women's to 5-3. It was the last dual meet for Carolina this season. Although the score might not indicate it, there were a few bright spots for the Heels in the meet. Freshman Ken Ireland knocked four seconds off his best time to wjn the 1,000-yard free. Mike Reock put in a strong finish to win the 100-yard free. Bonnie Brown swam a tough 100-yard individual medley, going under the one minute mark in the process. Judy Tooher qualified for the AIAW Nationals in the 100-yard back and in the 50-yard fly. She becomes the sixth UNC woman to qualify. The other women that have qualified are Brown, Lauran Dupree, Janis Hape, Ann Marshall and Elke LeMaire. The only qualifier for the NCAA Nationals from the men's team is Mark List. The team hopes to qualify more members in the ACC Championships Feb. 23 through 25. This summer you can study in laris with Parsons School of Design and earn nine academic credits. The seven week profiram provides students with an opixirtunity to draw uxw the rich heritajje of art and design only iMris can offer A major ivsource this summer will lie The I mpidou Interivtfional Center for the Arts, the world's most exciting new museum. I Excursions to points outside I Vuis are also of the program. All courses carry three credits and incluile I hinting. Museum I 'aim ing. I )raw ing. Visual Concepts, l ashion Semiiw. The Writer Among Artists. I Tench History. History of Architecture. Interiors and I Vcorative Arts.'llie Medi- evalMiiul as seen in I and Sculpture. Academy ami Avnnt ( larde. and Trench I .anguage. The entire program, including nine studio andorlileral arts credits, round trip breakfast for seven weeks will cost $1,(5(X). l or more information tuul an application mail coupon Wow or call (212) 74I-H!)i(. PARSONS in PARIS Parsons School of Design IKil'ifthVvnw N-w York. N Y KHMI llid1' M'lui mi' .i)f ilic anon ,uul hiiihvr mftiniviliomm ihi' lrsons in tVis summer jk'snkhi Staff photo by Scott Johnston. recuperate with 5-16 record grinds torward tournament time. Kent State is 5-16 and basically a one-man squad. It is paced by Burrell McGhee. who averages 22.8 points per game and who has picked up 173 points in the last six games. Kent State's biggest win this season was over Miami of Ohio. TheGolden Flashes average 59.9 point on offense and allow 68.8 on defense. Other starters for Kent State are forward Trent Grooms (average 10 points), center Burl Nesbitt (4.9 points), guard Joe McKeown (4.3 points) and either Mark Dudley or Paul Williams at point guard. The Golden Flashes have been making a steady improvement in their play, even though they now are on a three-game losing streak. The steady improvement began when coach Rex Hughes was fired after he went I 10 in the first 1 1 games. Coach Mike Boyd has since directed the team to a 4-6 record. Reserve guard Dave Colescott may miss the game because of the flu. 1 Silt " .,r Jomanesque and ( iothic Architecture air fare, accommodations with u. 24 I A 4k WffOTF IM innertube basketball a whole new ballgame The players move through the water with the grace of a herd of floundering sea lions, struggling to propel themselves end their black innertubes toward the basketball goal. They are paddling their way to the goal, not running. They are playing innertube basketball, one of the more unusual events on the 1M schedule. There are no fast breaks and no jump .shots. There is no dunking and no dribbling. Action is slow-paced as players paddle their way to a destination. But a loose ball in the pool creates excitement. Twelve players thrashing in one direction makes a few waves in a swimming pool. Staying in the innertube in sometimes a problem, but keeping up with one's floating device is important not because one might drown in the depths of the four-foot water, but because scoring isn't allow ed except w hen a player is in his tube, For the seven teams participating in the Co-Rec event, all the hassles of roundball in the clear waters are forgotten when the opening whistle is blown. With both teams lined up at opposite ends of the pool there is a flurry of action as all 12 players scramble toward the basketball. A loose ball on a hardwood court has never produced such frantic motion. A player grabs the ball, tosses it several feet away to a teammate who receives not only the ball but a face-full of water as well. The ball now is worked "down pool." A female player is spotted under the goal, which rises four feet above the surface. A quick fake and the shot is up and good. A 2-0 lead. That's only a taste of the action that goes on during innertube basketball action in Bowman Gray pool. In its third year on the 1M schedule, innertube basketball attracted seven entries this year, and for the players who signed up, the game is enjoyable. One player was apprehensive before a recent Thursday evening match. "1 have never played before," he said. Another person played last year and was aware of the game's rigors. "You get tired very quickly," said Hank Ralston, a member of The Legion, a team composed of Everett and Joyner residents. Other Legion team members had experience in the water before the innertube basketball action Thursday night. Keley Sutton, born in Hawaii, said being in the water was very natural for her. "1 swam competitively in high school," said Lisa Chapman, another team member. The Legion was scheduled to meet a team from Alexander and Winston dorms. But, the Alex-Winston Athletes didn't have the required number of players on hand and had to forfeit the game. The Legion was ready for action, though, and Alexander-Winston picked up a couple of players who were swimming in the other end of the pool, and . the two teams played a game just for the fun of it. With the first quarter of play underway the action got hectic. Lisa Chapman had a big night in the water, as she scored 15 of the Legion's first 18 points. Girls are at an advantage in this game; they receive three points for a basket, while guys' buckets count the usual two points. DOT to replace old, unsafe bridge Motorists who travel Highway 54 a few miles east of Chapel Hill and traverse the bridge across New Hope Creek may be relieved to learn that the N.C. Department of Transportation is planning to have a new wider and safer bridge in its place by mid December. Gus Apsitis of the DOT Public Affairs Office said Tuesday that the new bridge will be twice as wide as the existing 20-foot f 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1978 The Dally Tar Heel 5 intramurab By BILL FIELDS You can't dribble, dunk, jump shoot or fast break In Innertube basketball, but you can pass the ball, as this player Is preparing to do. Staff photo by Scott Johnston, Girls have another advantage of staying afloat in the pool with more ease than their male counterparts, said Chris Littlefield, the official for this game and a participant in the league as well. "1 think it needs a 30 second clock because teams tend to hold the ball," he said. "It's more like soccer unless one can paddle extremely fast. The game was now in the second half, w ith the Legion holding a lead of over 20 points. "Watch that splashing over here," a concerned player yelled at Littlefield, the referee. Littlefield shouted to one player, "Keep the feet off the bottom." Strategy in innertube basketball is kept simple by necessity. The basic game plan is to work the ball inside by passing and hope for the easy shot under the basket. The Legion scored many of its points by doing that. An outside shot is rare and, when successful, is greeted by enthusiastic cheers from teammates. The Legion encountered little trouble in whipping the Alexander-Winston Athletes, 46-21. According to players at poolside, it was a typical game but not very high scoring. Several players recalled a game from last year involving a team called the Evetett Joyner Aces. They said the Aces whipped one team by 100 points, scoring 1 10 or so while holding their opponent under 15 points. None of the players Thursday night knew if a "Four Corners" offense was ever used, h would be tough to hold the ball without dribbling." What if Phil Ford were to play innertube basketball? He'd be like anyone else, struggling to stay in his innertube, and trying to make set shots instead of jump shots. And Geff Crompton he couldn't dominate inside. He could try a dunk shot . but to no avail. Dunking brings a technical foul. bridge. It will have new safety barrier railings replacing the heavy concrete guardrails now on the bridge that will help to redirect traffic back onto the road, he said. While the new bridge is being constructed, a temporary bridge will serve traffic. This construction is the final improvement of an eight-mile span of roadway which has been widened from 20 to 24 feet, Apsitis said. The costs of these improvements will total more than $500,000, Apsitis said. The cost of the new bridge, when completed, will be $348,431. DOT announced last week that Orange County will receive $348, 1 i 2 in benefits from highway bonds that will b: used to improve secondary roads. 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