The Ridgerunner, February 24, 1967 Page 6
Battling A-B Bulldogs End Season Saturday
A-B’s Battling Bulldogs closfii'
out the 1966-67 basketball sea
son Saturday night in Maryville;
Tenn., with one of the most ex
citing cage quints ever to m^e
the WNC scene.
Prior to Thursday night’s tilt
with St. Leo’s Monarchs, A-B
was 15-9 for the season alter
losing a last-second heartbreak-
er to the Quantico Marines 74-
72 plus the wild-scoring upset by
Milligan, 100-96.
Fans who saw that Quantico-
A-B game witnessed one of the
best - played tilts seen in the
mountains. The scrappyBulldogs
went up against as much exper
ience as they usually face in half
a season. Some of the Marine
squad had seen service in Nat
ional Invitation and NCAA Tour
naments whil e others had play
ed on Armed Forces All-Star
teams.
. A-B wasn’t awedabit,prompt
ly shot to a six-point lead thanks
■'to Guy Batsel, Jim McElhaney
and Steve Lucas. Big Larry Ar-
rick battled Marine Center Jim
Myers for the rebounds and after
Quantico tied it at halftime, the
Bulldgos promptly forged ano
ther six point lead, then another.
Quantico kept battling back and
it may have been those extra
years of experience that meant
the difference in the last second
when A-B’s Mai Blankenship
fouled Bill Sheridan and the Ma
rine sank both throws. Time ran
out before McElhaney’s heave
hit the other end of the court.
In the Quantico dressing room
after the game, the constant
query was about A-B’s No. 22
(Batsel). The Marines were
mightily impressed by Guy’s ac
curate shooting, wanted to know
his total score (29 points and
tops for the title).
Two records fell on the trip to
Milligan. Batsel broke the senior
college scoring record set last
year by Jim Baker and A-B broke
the individual game record for
having the most fouls called on
the Bulldogs. Previously, the re
cord was 31 against Tampa during
the 1964-65 season. But on Mil
ligan’s home court, the whistle
blew 41 times when the referee
pointed his finger at A-B.
As a team, A-B was averag
ing 84.8 points a game against
its opponents’ 75.2 going into
the St. Leo game. The Bulldogs
had a 44 per cent accuracy re
cord on field goals and 71 per
cent for free throws. The team
rebounding average is 41.9 per
game.
Oddly, the top rebounder
against the Marines was not Ar-
rick but Batsel, who collected
14. Arrick and McElhaney e^ch
had 11.
Batsel continues to set the
scoring pace, averaging 21.3
points for a 490-total. He is hit
ting 53 per cent of his field goal
trys.
Batsel also leads In free
throws with 84 of 111 for a 76
per cent record of success.
Arrick is far in front on re
bounds, averaging 11.1 per game
for a 256-total. Mai Blankenship
is second with 199 and Batsel,
with 113, is third,
A-B has won eight and lost
three home games this season
while, on the road, they are 7-6.
CHEERLEADERS take to the air as they give Bulldogs that all Important morale boost, Asheville-
students will take to the road Saturday on a chartered bus to Maryville.
The University of Chicago
has refused to give information
to the draft boards without the
consent of the student.
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