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THE BENNETT BANNER
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1979
Team captures third place in NCAIAW III
Take a jar of Portia Dixon, a
cup of Andre Dixon, a tablespoon
of Elwanda Blue, a pint of Mary
Cook, a handful of Arlene Brown,
a teaspoon of Pontheola Simmons
and a pinch of Valerie Callendar
and you have the ingredient of an
outstanding basketball team
coached by Leon McDougle and
Germaine McAuley.
This year the Bennett Helles
captured third place in the Divi
sion III North Carolina Associa
tion of Intercollegiate Athletic
Women (NCAIAW) after obtain
ing an overall seasonal record of
16-10. This year’s season provided
the team with ten games more
than previously.
During the divisional tourna
ments, the Belles defeated St. An
drews and top-rated Gardner
Webb. The team lost to Atlantic
Christian.
As an outcome, Portia Dixon
was awarded the “Most Valuable
Player” title for the entire tour
nament. Also, Portia is on the all
tournament team and the first
team of the division. Andre Dixon
is on the second team of the di
vision.
The games that the team lost
during the season were mainly by
close margins. In four defeats,
they lost by a total of 5 points.
In retrospect, Coach McDougle
commented on the team. “The
Dixons and Blue provided the
nucleus of the team but the key
to our victories were the perform
ances of Brown and Cook. They
executed and played together as
a team, but we lacked consis
tency.”
Coach McDougle cites the fact
that the team consisted of young
players (5 freshmen, 1 sophomore,
and 1 junior) who sometimes lost
their poise in tight situations. He
thinks that more experience will
alleviate these problems.
After coaching for four years,
Coach McDougle cited this team
as the best as far as overall per
formance because of more skilled
players.
“The North Carolina Central
game gave me a lot of satisfac
tion because of the team’s per
formance and because Central is
my Alma Mater,” said Coach Mc
Dougle.
Coach McDougle anticipates no
recruitment problems in the fu
ture. “We need to find athletes
that have a responsibility to schol
arship (academics) as well as the
team. The biggest problem is re
tention. The biggest responsibility
of making the team and remain
ing eligible is on the athlete,”
said Coach McDougle. Next year
the team also hopes to attract a
“big girl” for the center position.
Assisting with the team was
Germaine McAuley. “Ms. Mc
Auley was a good player from a
good program. She helps so much
because she is a woman and be
cause she took the responsibilities
of handling problems that are
more closely related to females.
She will be a tremendous coach in
the future and is very dedicated.
Our philosophies on people are
similar,” stated Coach McDougle.
In his comments. Coach Mc
Dougle added that the coaching
staff was very happy and pleased
wdth the results of the season. He
commented “We are proud of this
year’s team and we hope to have
an even better team next year.”
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Photo by Terrence Marable
Portia Dixon, Valerie Callendar and Pontheola Simmons contributed greatly to this years successful basketball season.
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March 5, 1979.
Tips for spring
by Terry Lewis
If you’re going to look
right, you have to feel right.
Spring will be here before you
know it!
You want your clothes to
make your day special and
softness is what’s happening
to clothes lately.
When you go shopping,
make sure you pick up some
thing that can be versatile.
The blazer for example has
that flattering look and can
be worn with just about any
thing.
Slacks are no problem.
They can be worn all year
round, no matter what type
of fabric, and can be matched
up with anything.
Soft colors make the pret
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Photo by Terrence Marable
Elwanda Blue, Mary Cook, and Arlene Brown comprised the other half of the
third place Division III team.
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