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PAGE FOUR
THE LANCE
Knights Lose To Wesleyan;
Face Central Tonight Here
The Knights have finished
the road portion of their 1972-
73 basketball schedule, and
last night began a six game
home stand in preparation for
the DIAC tournament.
After compiling a 1-12
record on the road, the team
hopes to pick up some vic
tories on its home floor. The
home court is only advan
tageous if a large and loud
student body turns out to sup
port the team.
St. Andrews’ destitute
basketball team was defeated
on its home court Wednesday
night by North Carolina
Wesleyan, 85-79. St. Andrews
was handicapped by a
tenacious full court press all
night. After falling behind by
13 early in the second half, the
Knights never overtook
Wesleyan, despite a furios
rally which twice closed the
gap to one point. Excellent
free throw shooting helped
Wesleyan pull away.
Ven Johnson had a great
shooting night, with 26 points.
Albert Bonds 20. The loss
drops the Knights to 2-17 on
the season.
SA Women^s Basketball
Improving; Record 1-6
Alas, Coach Jo Ann
Williams’ women’s basketball
team has fared no better than
its male counterpart. The
women’s team has struggled
to a 1-6 record.
This is the first year for
women’s varsity basketball at
St. Andrews, and Coach
Williams cites this as a major
factor in the team’s poor
showing. All of the girls
played different brands of ball
in high school and are finding
it difficult to blend into a
cohesive unit. By practicing
every day, the team is im
proving in this respect.
The Knights’ top six players
are Daphne O’Neill, Cindy
Williams, Mallory Davis, Glen
Kennedy, Trish Bodell, and
Lee Sparks. Also on the team
are Sue Kascher, Pat Kerr,
Anita Morgan, Wanda Pat
terson, and Elaine Thomas.
The Knights suffered a
severe blow early in the
season when senior captain
Mary Ann Merritt inured her
knee against Francis
Marion.She is probably out for
the season.
The team excels at no phase
of the game. Turnovers have
been a major problem. Four
times the Knights have com
mitted thirty or more in a thir
ty-two minute game. The
team shoots poorly, often
around 30. from both the field
and the foul line.
“The girls stand around too
much. We’ve got to keep
moving”, according to Coach
Williams. This immobility has
led to a lack of rebounding,
despite the heigh advantage
the Knights usually enjoy.
Women’s basketball has
mostly the same rules as
men’s, however there is no
backcourt rule, all defensive
fouls result in free throws, and
a 30 second clock speeds up
play.
Coach Williams claims that
the Knights are “muchly im
proved in the last two games.”
The first of these was the only
win thus far, a 35-33 triumph
at Pembroke. “We really out
played them, but we couldn’t
hit the shots,” the coach
lamented. Indeed, the team
hit only 19 of its 74 shots.
Although losing a 40-37 in
overtime to Wingate Moday
night, the Knights showed a
vastly improved defense. The
future could be bright,
although tough N. C, State
plays here Friday night. The
only other home game is Feb.
21 against Pembroke.
The women play an in
teresting brand of basketball,
and student support would be
greatly appreciate.
Thursday night there is a
make-up game against Cen
tral Wesleyan at Harris Court.
The game was postponed from
earlier in the season. Saturday
night tough Lynchburg
College invades, followed on
Tuesday by high-scoring
Methodist.
Coach Tom Whitely’s
Knights took and 8 game
losing streak into last night’s
game with N. C. Wesleyan.
The last of these was an 87-72
romp by Central Wesleyan.
Albert Bonds led the Knights
with 21 points and 12 rebounds.
Jim Haddix contributed 14
points.
In the previous game, the
Knights lost a heart breaker to
Toccoa Falls, 71-69. “We had
the opportunities to win it”
said Coach Whitely, “but we
couldn’t take advantage of
them.” The Knights led 37-30
before being outscored 24-8
over a ten minute stretch. The
Knights press in the last three
minutes whittled a 12 point
deficit down to two, but St. An
drews ran out of time.
Center Albert Bonds scored
21 points and pulled down 11
rebounds. Clyde Hicks, who
had seen little previous action,
scored 14 points after
replacing injured Raymond
Andrews. Andrews suffered a
sprained ankle and is doubtful
for this week’s games.
The future looks faintly
hopeful. “The key may be
Robin Daniel,” the coach said,
speaking of a big guard who
average 12 points last year.
“HE still hasn’t played as well
as he did before he broke his
foot. He could be a big factor.”
With a return to form by
Daniel, continued steady
shooting by senior Ven John
son and Andrews, and good
play by the younger players,
St. Andrews should win some
games and gain a small
measure of respectability by
escaping the conference
cellar.
Letter To The Editor
(Continued from Page 2)
listing the damages and
demanding payment. As most
of the Suite was far from
Laurinburg when the suite
was ransacked, and had no
idea who had done the destruc
tion. it was up to the guilty
parties to pay the bill. And sin
ce sveral members of ther
Suite were off-campus for win
ter term, an accounting of the
damages was impossible.
The next development
followed soon after: the
business office was directed to
bill each member of the suite
close to $19.00 to pay for the
damages by Dean McNair.
Not feeling this to be quite
equitable, and getting
nowhere in discussions with
Dean McNair concerning the
precedent or ethics of such a
decision, the innocent suite
members refused to pay the
bill. Not to be put off, the Dean
rose to the occasion; he sent a
letter to the registrar’s office
instructing that the members
of Suite 5 Mecklenburg not be
allowed to register for the
sprmg term until they had
paid the bill. Again Dean Mc
Nair was appealed to concern
ing the fairness of such an ac
tion applied to students who
had not broken anything, nor
even been at schooL-i ’
J?ean McNair claims it to be
his only recourse to elicit
payment and refused to
change his mind.
Upon attempting to register,
residents of the suite found
they really couldn’t unless
they paid the $19 extra to
cover damages. Another trip
to Dean McNair produced no
results.
Aside from the legal stand
point, where is the logic or
sense in arbitrarily billing a
student for damages done by
some other unknown persons
at a time when the student was
gone on vacation?
Should this school be allowed
to say, “Even if you had no
part in the destruction, you
must pay for the damage
done”?
A careful reading of the
Saltire and student handbook
shows that while such an ac
tion by the administration is
not allowed, neither is jt
deniefi, leaving a convenient
loophole that is subject to the
administraions own in-
terpreation to fit a cir
cumstance. While the students
may be quite free in life style
and actions for the moment,
the administration may take
that freedom away arbi
trarily.
Richard Rhoderick
Tryouts for the Bacchae, an
experimental production of
the Greek classic, will be held
tonight at 7 in Farrago. There
are roles for 8 males and 10
females.
The Third World Film
Festival will continue next
Monday with the presentation
of Mahangar, a film from In
dia directed by Sajirat Ray, at
7:30 p.m. in Avinger.
THURSDAY, FEB. g,
1973
Depth Needed As Track
Team Begins Rebuilding
Spring term is here, and
spring sports will soon begin
at St. Andrews. The first event
is the NAIA District 29 indoor
Track Championship at Lyn
chburg, Va. Feb. 26.
Coach Robbin Kinne has
high hopes for his track team
following last year’s 4-4 record
and second place finish in the
conference. Several school
record holders are returning,
and some newcomers have
great potential.
The record holders include
John LaGuardia in the shot
put. Bill Parker in the triple
jump, and Ron Hayden in both
the 120’ high hurdles and the
440 intermediate hurdles.
Hayden and Brod Hale are the
returning members of the
record breaking 440 relay
team.
Other returning are Phil
Chapman in the pole vault,
long distance runner Banning
Ingram, Robin Daniel in the
440 and Mac Johnson, who
pole vaults and runs the 120
high hurdles.
Bonds Leads
Statistics indicate that
Albert Bonds, 6-1 freshma cen
ter, is St. Andrews’ brightest
star. He is scoring over 15
points per game, and
gathering 10 rebounds per
game.
Ray Andrews is the Knights’
most efficient shooter, hitting
Many athletes are not back,
however, and Kinne termed
1973 “a rebuilding year”. He
urges all interested students
to come out for the team,
because competitors are
needed in every event. Great
athletic talent is not man
datory.
The coach pointed out the
necessity for depth on a track
team. There ae 17 events, with
three athletes scoring in each
event. Lack of depth also
causes many athletes to com
pete in more than one event.
This prevents them from
devoting all of their energy to
a single event.
No experience is required to
try out for the team. Kinne
said Brod Hale and Robin
Daniel had done very well last
year despite lack of ex
perience.
The Knights have four
meets on St. Andrews’ all-
weather track this spring, in
cluding the conference cham
pionships April 14.
In Statistics
46. of his field goals and 72. of
his free throws to lead the
team in both categories. He is
second in scoring, averaging
14 points. Ven Johnson is also
scoring in double figures at 12
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