Decembers, 1996
The Blue Banner
Page 7
UNCA women open
season with 3-1 record
Kyle S. Phipps
Staff Writer
The UNCA women’s basket
ball team upped their record to
3-1 on Tuesday, Dec. 3 with a
55-41 win over Conference
USA opponent, University of
North Carolina at Charlotte.
The Lady Bulldogs were led
by Vicki Giffm, who was named
Big South Conference Player
of the Week last week. She
scored 21 points in the game,
17 of which came after inter
mission. Giffm also contrib
uted eight rebounds.
UNCA was behind at the half,
22-14. The Lady Bulldogs were
plagued by poor shooting in
the first half, shooting only 19
percent from the field. UNCA
rebounded in the second half,
scoring the first nine points of
the second half to take a 23-22
lead. UNCA shot 57 percent
from the field in the second
half to open up the game.
The UNCC 49ers shot just
22 percent from the field in the
second half and 27 percent for
the game. UNCC was also
zero for 11 from behind the
three-point arc for the game.
Junior forward, Amanda
Brewer added 13 points and
four rebounds for the Lady
Bulldogs. This was the first'time
UNCA had beaten UNCC
since 1976.
UNCA demolished Montreat
College on Saturday, Nov. 30,
95-37. Giffm was once again
the leading scorer for UNCA,
pouring in 20 points against
the Lady Cavaliers. Brewer
added 18 points.
“We played well tonight in
most phases of the game,” said
UNCA coach, Ray Ingram.
“We played with intensity for
40 minutes and that’s what
we’re going to have to do the
entire season.”
The 58 point margin of vic
tory was UNCA’s largest since
going to Division I 10 years
ago. The Lady Bulldogs also
set a school record by shooting
63 percent from the field.
UNCA defeated Morehead
State on Nov. 23, 68-55.
Brewer set a school record by
shooting seven for seven from
the field and finished the game
with 16 points. Giffin scored
17 points, while freshman
guard Emily Hill scored 16
points.
UNCA lost their season
opener to 17th ranked Duke
University on Nov. 23, 90-52.
Giffin scored 24 points for
UNCA. She was the only player
to score in double figures for
the Lady Bulldogs.
Duke led 36-22 at the half.
The Lady Blue Devils shot 53
percent from the floor in the
second half.
Bulldogs drop two before crushing Montreat
Kyle S. Phipps
Staff Writer
The UNCA men’s basketball
team picked up their first win
of the regular season on Mon
day, Dec. 2 against Montreat
College. UNCA crushed the
Cavaliers 84-45. The Bulldogs
were led by junior forward,
Robert Stevenson who scored a
double-double in the game. He
scored 21 points, pulled down
12 rebounds, and added five
blocked shots.
UNCA scored early and often
against Montreat opening a 30-
9 lead in the first five minutes
of the game. UNCA went on to
lead by 24 points at halftime.
The Bulldogs were on fire from
the field during the first half,
shooting 61 percent from the
field, before cooling off in the
second half when they shot 47
percent from the field.
This was the first win at
UNCA for first year coach
Eddie Biedenbach. Biedenbach
came to UNCA after serving as
an assistant coach for three years
at N.C. State University under
Les Robinson.
The leading scorer for the
Bulldogs was junior forward
Josh Pittman who scored 22
points in the game. Sophomore
guards Mike Matthews and
Juelian Flowers added 11 points
apiece for the Bulldogs.
UNCA lost their season
opener on Nov. 23 at East Ten
nessee State University, 78-69.
UNCA was tied with ETSU at
halftime 32-32, and took leads
on two occasions in the second
half. Stevenson pulled UNCA
within two points of the Buc
caneers by connecting on two
free throws with 4:52 left in the
game, but ETSU had an 8-1
run that put the game out of
reach.
UNCA was unable to estab
lish an inside game against the
Bucs. Stevenson was only able
to score five points before foul
ing out of the game with 4:37
left.
“It was a game we could have
won, and probably should have
won,” said Biedenbach.
Pittman led UNCA with 21
points. Freshman guard Brian
Richardson and junior center
Dirk Lommerse each had 10
points for the Bulldogs.
UNCA fell to Kansas State
University on Nov. 26, 80-54.
The Bulldogs shot only 29 per
cent from the field again’st the
Wildcats.
Stevenson once again led the
Bulldogs with 21 points and
Pittman added 15- Pittman’s
points all came in the second
half where he made five three-
pointers.
UNCA was ice cold against
Kansas State. They shot only
18 percent from the field in the
first half, falling behind 15-39.
UNCA rebounded in the sec
ond half and shot 35 percent in
the second half, including six
for 14 from three point range.
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Photos by Jeanette Webb
UNCA defeated Montreat College on Monday night 84-45. Above, Mike
Matthews has his shot blocked by Montreal's Aaron Gilchrist, Below, Vincent
Krieqer is looked at by Jeff Taylor after failing and hitting his head on the floor.
Full contact, co-ed club football is coming to UNCA
Mark Plemmons
Staff Writer
Full-contact football at
UNCA used to be just a dream
for many sports fans, students
and faculty alike. But it’s a
dream that has a good chance
of coming true.
Club football is an opportu
nity both for those who played
football in high school to con
tinue, or for those who have
never played football before,
but want to get started.
Club football’s first team
sprung up at UNC-Chapel Hill
in 1970. For the last 26 years,
club football has grown, as more
and more North Carolina uni
versities gained club teams.
Many universities in the
North Carolina and Tennessee
region have club football teams,
and as more universities form
clubs, the more likely it is that
there will soon be eastern and
western divisions of club foot
ball.
As the UNCA team gets
started, now is the perfect time
to join in. Anyone from UNCA
can play: students, faculty, and
staff members. No matter what
the experience, sex, or age of
the player is, club football’s
doors are open.
Unlike other athletic pro
grams that depend on the sup
port of the university, club foot
ball is student-operated and fi
nanced. This difference is what
makes up the essence of club
football.
Club football is geared toward
the players who play football
not for the glory, but for the
sport itself. It was first orga
nized for those who didn’t com
pete at the varsity level because
of time, talent, status, or lack
of a varsity program. And the
association can provide more
than intramurals have to offer.
While intramurals only take
place at certain times or on
certain occasions, club football
works year round. You can’t
just be a player in club football.
Everything depends on the in
dividual, working together as a
team.
Both in and out of season, the
players and officers work to
make sure that the club keeps
growing. Raising money, find
ing equipment, and attracting
new members are all part of
each team member’s responsi
bilities. j
Club football is full contact
with full equipment, and plays
using high school rules with a
few modifications.
Games may start as early as
next spring, but those who are
interested should get involved
Students interested in club foot
ball should call the current
UNCA Club Football president,
Jason Colinger, at 255-7153.
Or for more information, call
Tudd Dean, Director of Club
Football at Appalachian, at 1-
800-295-6411.
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