Thursday, Jan. 27, 1983 / Kaleidoscope I 4
sports
Dogs silence Rifles
By Tim Riddle
UNCA used a combination of
defensive and offensive strategies to
shoot down the defending NAIA na
tional champion Rifles of USC-Spar-
tanburg 59-48 before 2,000 en
thusiastic fans at Justice Gym, Jan.
17.
The game was in doubt for the en
tire first half, as neither team could
find the easy basket. Paul Allen did
manage a couple of inside layups
and Randy Shepherd hit from long
range to keep the Bulldogs in the
contest. But the Rifles maintained a
slim 21-20 halftime edge.
UNCA came out smoking in the
second half, scoring the first six
points to take a 26-21 lead. The
Bulldogs never relinquished that
lead in the final period, but USC-S
rallied midway in the half to knot
the score at 36-36.
One key to the second half come
back was UNCA’s man-to-man and
zone defenses which created
numerous turnovers and forced the
Rifles to take the low percentage
shot. With the zone opening up the
inside, the Bulldogs were free to
sweep the boards and run the fast
break.
Pat Jolley, 6-10 junior, pulled
down a game-high 13 rebounds,
while teammate Tom Haus added
nine boards.
Coach Jerry Green was pleased
with the way his Bulldogs stifled the
Rifles. “In the second half, both our
man and zone defenses were looking
■'le
good. We really didn’t have a
preference. But I noticed we were
rebounding better out of our zone, so
we went with that. And one of the
things that came out of it was Jolley
doing a good job of shutting down
the middle.”
Offensively, the Bulldogs came
ahve following the tie to outscore
USC-S 9-1 in a four and a half
minute spurt. Tom Haus led the sec
ond half surge with 13 points to
finish the night with 17.t
Paul Allen also coiitributed 17
points, with nine of those coming in
the first half. Shepherd chipped in
double figures with 13 points.
“I can’t single out any individual
for praise,” said Green; “it was that
much of a team effort.” He added,
“Haus shot the ball pretty well for
us in the second half, Jolley re
bounded well the wdiole game and
Shepherd was really shooting the
ball from the outside.”
UNCA held off USC-S in the final
minutes with a fine showing at the
free throw line to register the 59-48
win. That final score represents the
worst loss for the Rifles this season.
They lost only two others by a total
of three points. The Rifles now
stand at 12-3.
It was the 19th straight win at
home for UNCA which improves to
13-4 on the season. Ironically, the
last home loss for the Bulldogs was
to USC-S last season, 54-48. The
Rifles are ranked twentieth in the
latest NAIA poll.
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No. 44 Tom Haus has catapulted
to UNCA’s second leading scorer.
Photo by Carol Whitener
David Clark exhibits his ball
handling form in UNCA win.
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Twenty
is plenty
By Keith Flynn
The basketball Bulldogs recorded
their 20th straight win at home
Thursday, holding off a late Lincoln
Memorial rally to come out on top
70-58. Despite a sizzling 68 percent
from the field and 90 percent from
the line in the first half, UNCA held
only a 44-35 lead at the halfway
mark.
“The defense gave up a lot of easy
baskets in the first half, and we em
phasized that at halftime,” said
Coach Jerry Green. “In the first
half, we were changing up our
defenses, and we ended up with four
kids in one defense and one in
another. So I just told them to play
straight man-to-man.” The transi
tion in strategy also slowed the
LMU Railsplitters fast-paced offen
sive game to enable the Dogs to
build a 57-39 bulge in the second
half.
UNCA, which leads the NAIA
District 26 in defense (68.1 points
allowed per game), still allowed the
Splitters to rally late in the second
half to whittle the margin down to
six at the 2:25 mark. The comeback
could be attributed mainly to the 6-8
tandem of Barry Garner (22 points)
and Keith Beck (16 points), who
dominated the offensive boards
down an almost disastrous second
half skid for the Dogs.
Then Paul AUen went to work.
Allen climaxed his perfect night at
the line (13 for 13), with four
straight free throws in the last two
minutes to steal the seventh
straight victory for UNCA and up
their record to 14-4. AUen wound up
with 23 points after hitting five of
eight attempts from the field. Tom
Haus continued his torrid pace ad
ding 19 points to the cause. Jeff
Dooley chipped in with excellent
defensive play and 10 points in
relief.
The second half appeared to tire
the Dogs during the midway
stretch, but the Bulldogs of late
have refused to play dead. ExceUent
guard play from the trio of Randy
Shepherd, Winfred Basnight, and
Andy Herzer has stabilized the at
tack. The ace in the hole for the
Dogs is stiU their bench strength.
There are eight to ten quality
athletes capable of relieving the men
on the floor. This can wear down op
ponents quickly, especially at home
in the “Dog’s House.”
Coach Green was pleased with the
grit of his team but still is wary of
inconsistency. “We’re still a spotty
team. We let them back in the game
by hurrying our shots and not scor
ing four straight times down the
court with a big lead,” said Green.
“It was good to beat a team you’ve
lost to earUer, but I stiU can’t be
pleased with the way we played
after we got up by 18.”