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THE LANCE
THURSDAY, FEB. 12,
Rhue Leads Knights
Over Hornet Five
In North Carolina, an es
tablished collegiate basKetball
hotbed, there is much talk about
the mad scramble for supre
macy in this season’s Atlantic
Coast Conference race. As
many as five teams have a
shot at the all Important tour
nament title in March. The St.
Andrews hoopsters are also
In the midst of a four team con
ference title struggle in the
DIAC race. With the tourna
ment only one week away the
Knights are assured of at least
a third place conference finish
with a 9-5 regular season re
cord. College of Charleston and
UNC-Charlotte are presently
tied for first place in the DIAC
with the Knights in second plkce
and Methodist close behind.
In their latest home effort
the hoopsters looked ready for
tournament play with an im
pressive 84-66 romp over
Greensboro College. The first
half started slowly with both
teams unable to hit from the
floor. The Knights went score
less for some two minutes and
thirty-five seconds until senior
co-captain John Turner swished
a long jumper.
Greensboro, led by veteran
forward Jim Radford and sharp-
shooting guard Stan Morgan,
moved to their biggest lead of
the first half 33-23 with 5:42
remaining. Then Knightforward
Brent Rhue took command and
scored eleven strai^t points
to bring S.A. to within two
points of the Hornest with 0:55
left in the half. The Knights
tied the contest at 37-37 with
twenty seconds on the clock as
Craig Hannas converted a pair
of free throws. Greensboro took
a 39-37 lead into the dressing
room on Radford’s last second
jumper from the corner. Rhue’s
thirteen points led the Knight
scoring for the half and Rad
ford and Morgan netted twelve
and ten points respectively to
lead the Hornets.
The S.A. pep band’s rendition
of “When the Saints Go March-
in’ In,” just prior to the start
of the second half turned out
to be prophetic as the Knights
quickly took control of the game.
With 16:18 remaining in the
contest, Rhue ’ s field goal put the
hoopsters ahead to stay at 45-
44. Gary Linn’s tap-in with
14:58 left gave the Knights a
51-44 lead. Greensboro’s at
tack was weakened even further
at this stage as both their
tall front liners Butch Drawdy
and Radford were forced to the
bench in foul trouble.
The Knights quickly took ad
vantage of the situation and in
creased their lead to 68-54
with five minutes left in the
game. Rhue, Turner, and Linn
led the scoring spurt while
Hannas controlled the defen
sive backboard for the hoops
ters. With just over a minute
left on the clock the Knight sub
stitutes entered the game and
finished strongly for a final
victory of 84-66.
The Knight attack was led
by Rhue with an outstanding
overall performance including
23 points, 13 rebounds, and a
53% shooting percentage from
the field. Turner, Hannas, and
Linn all scored in double fi
gures with 17, U and 10 points
respectively. The Knights shot
47% from the floor and 72%
from the line as a team. One
of the most impressive ele-
•ments in the S.A. win was the
team’s ability to play a strong
man to man defense most of
the way.
Greensboro’s scoring was led
by Stan Morgan with 20 points
and Radford with 17. The hoops
ters are now 11-9 on the sea
son with two games remaining
on the regular season slate.
Both games will be played at
the Harris Courts against Eas
tern Mennonite on Friday night
and Lander on Tuesday evening.
Mountain Erupts Again
On the intramural sports
scene only the sport has been
changed to protect the innocent.
The latest activity was basket
ball and Kings Mountain con
tinued its reign of terror on all
comers. The intramural stand
ings continued in their usual
form with K. M. on top, Meek
second, Winston Salem third,
and Orange last In basketball
competition.
The Mountaineer teams com
piled a combined record of 14-
2 as their only losses came in
games against each other.
The Mountaineer A team won
the regular season title as well
as the tournament with an un
beaten record. The victors were
led by starters Ken McGinnis,
Stuart Parrish, Kemper Fitch,
Glenn Hundertmark, and Ray
Mitchell. The key to their suc
cess had to be the tremendous
balance in their attack.
The tournament champion
ship game matched the two
Mountaineer squads and the A
team crushed the B team 82-
55. Members of the B team
included Ray Killian, Tersh
Whitesides, John Everett, Wal
ter High, Harry Kraly, and
Dave Crosby.
The victorious Mountaineers
will meet an all-starteamfrom
Wingate College on Friday
afternoon in a special exhibition
game.
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VARSITY GUARD JOHN TURNER drives the baseline In action against Madison College
earlier this season. Turner has performed well this season and his 13.6 scoring average is
second best on the team.
Grapplers Defeat Pembroke;
Tournament Away This Weekend
BY DENNY DODSON
In a match held Tuesday night
the St. Andrews wrestling team
overtook the usually strong
iPembroke University squad by
a score of 28 to 18. This is
the first time that S.A. has won
this dual match in at least five
years. Standout performances
were displayed by Compy Groff,
Ed Bartlett, and Mac Johnson
who all pinned their men, and
also by Richard Bridgeforth who
showed his wrestling finesse
and condition by doing every
thing else but pinning.
This match was a great moral
victory for the Knights who will
be participating in the DIAC
tournament which is to be held
on Saturday. Coach Griffin feels
that the team has strong pos
sibilities of recapturing the
conference championship and
retraining the crown from last
year. The competition this year
has been more difficult than
usual, but the team will be going
into the tournament with a win
ning record.
Buddy Creech, Compy Groff,
Denny Dodson, and Ed Bartlett
are undefeated in conference
matches for their respective
weight classes and will be
seeded number one for the tour
nament. Dean Leake and Ri
chard Bridgeforth have had a
couple of tough matches, but al
so stand a very good chance of
a tournament victory.
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The other members of the
squad, Henry Del Tosto, Jim
Perlin, and Mac Johnson have
all improved and the team hopes
that it will be able to perform
well in the tournament at Lynch
burg. The tournament semi
finals will be held at 1:00 on
Saturday and the finals are at
7:00 or 8:00 Saturday night.
J
GRAPPLER RICHARD BRIDGEFORTH wins the opening take
down against his Pembroke opponent in a match both he and the
Knight’s won here on Tuesday night.
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