The Clarion January 10. 1989 Page 3
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Doug Webb drives the baseline in December
action.
Looking for an opening, EC’s Jennifer
Presnell works past her opponent.
Tornadoes off to great start; best is yet to come
The BC men returned to the court this
Saturday afternoon in Chapel Hill when
they took on the Tar Heel JVs in a 1:45
p.m. matchup.
The Tornadoes finished the pre-holiday
section of their schedule with a 7-3 mark,
and coach Doug Rogers says, “The real
key to our success is our team play. We’ve
been fortunate in that we’ve been getting
everyone involved on both ends of the
floor.”
BC is currently averaging an outstan
ding 99.7 points per game on the year, and
have the luxury of having four players
scoring in double figures. Darren Lawler
leads the team with a 17.0 average, with
Mike Cole is just behind him at 16.6 ppg.
Marcus Allen leads Coach Rogers’ first
year players with 13.9 ppg, and sophomore
point guard Jason Williams is hitting at a
13.3 clip.
One factor which will help BC as the
team heads into conference play is depth.
Unlike many junior college teams, the Tor
nadoes have 10 players who see extensive
playing time. Rogers sums up the dif
ference this way, “One of the keys to our
continued success is our balance. For in
stance, Harvey Cozart is coming off the
bench, and he is our leading rebounder.”
Cozart is one of three BC players averag
ing over seven rebounds a game. The
freshman center averages 7.2 boards a
game, while sophomores Ronald Conner
(7.1) and Mike Cole (7.0) also provide the
Tornadoes with strong help inside the
paint.
Cole, a sophomore from Winston-Salem,
not only provides inside help for the Tor
nadoes, he also is the hottest shooter on the
squad as he has put in 60.7% of his field
goal attempts. Three other Tornadoes are
also flirting with the 60% mark, as Marcus
Allen (60.0), freshman wing Jake Dalton
(60.0) and freshman point guard Jamie
Cousin (59.4) have been helping to keep op
posing defenses honest.
According to Rogers, the only downside
to the team’s performance before the
holidays was the team’s free throw
shooting. At one point in the season, BC
was hitting on 78% of their opportunities
from the charity stripe. They have since
cooled down to around 68%. Rogers says,
“We were shooting real well from the line
earlier in the year, I don’t know what the
problem is. I hope we’re just going through
a slump.”
The Tornadoes will play their first home
game of the new year next Tuesday night,
when they host Blanton’s Junior College.
Lady Tornadoes
aim to improve
The Lady Tornado basketball team is
looking forward to the new year with a 2-5
record but with the hope that things are
looking up, according to Coach Tom Rad
ford.
They opened 1989 with an away game
against Chowan on Jan, 7, and are at home
for the first time this year againist
Reinhardt on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 6 p.m.
The last two games on December showed
what the team could do. In the Dec. 5 vic
tory over Warren Wilson, BC jumped out
to a 17-2 lead with a tenacious defense and
running offense.
Winning big by the 61-30 score, the Lady
Tornadoes totally dominated the game.
Jennifer Presnell tallied 17 points on eight
out of 12 from the floor. Katie Trexler
followed with 15 points, while Jennifer
Burger added 11.
In addition to her scoring leadership,
Presnell also led the team in assists with
seven to her credit. Burger pulled down a
team-high of 15 rebounds.
Though the Lady Tornadoes lost to
visiting Anderson on Dec. 8, 65-56, it was a
fight to the finish. Katie Trexler led BC
with 17, while Presnell hit for 14, and
Daphanie Bousum had 10. Burger again
led all rebounders with 11.
According to Coach Radford, “The Lady
Tornadoes are improving in all phases of
the game. The main emphasis will be a
continued effort toward consistency for 40
minutes,” he says.
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OK, it’s the dead of winter... so what why
are the BC runners out there pounding the
pavement? Isn’t the running season over?
Not be a long shot.
No sooner do Brevard College’s
thinclads finish with the cross country
season in November than they start think
ing about two other seasons. Each winter,
BC comjjetes in a two-month-long indoor
track season, and then from March to May
they run an outdoor track season — both of
which culminate in national meets where
the Tornadoes have traditionally done well
in individual competition.
Because BC has no indoor track
facilities, it hosts no home meets, and
must travel to away meets on weekends.
The indoor track season starts on Jan. 21
with the annual Marriott Invitational Meet
in Blackburg, Va., followed by the Kodak
Invitational Meet in Johnson City, Tenn.,
on Jan. 28.
In February, the Tornadoes go back to
Blacksburg, Va., on the 11th for the
Virginia Tech Relays. A Feb. 18 meet is
still in the works. The indoor season
climaxes the National Junior College In
door Track Championships in Lawrence,
Kansas, March 3-4.
Outdoor track starts immediately after
soring break with the Georgia Relays in
Athens on March 18, followed by the Atlan
tic Coast Relays in Raleigh on March 24
^^Five meets in April make that month a
busv one for Coach Dave Rinker’s runners.
They compete in the Duke Invitational on
Lturday. April 1, the State Collegi^
Meet in Raleigh on the 8th. the Dogwo^
Relays in Knoxville on the 14th =>th.
the Tn-Meet at Athens, Ga. on April 22
and the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, April
27-29.
After the N.C. State Twilight M^t in
Ralegh the best runners go to Odessa
?eS for 'he NJCAA Outdoor Track
Championships, May 19-20.
BC runners working out in preparation for more competition this winter
and spring.