THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1973
THE LANCE
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Trish Bodle shoots in recent action for the SA women s team
(photo by Rod Brown)
Women Defeat Pembroke
The St. Andrews women’s
basketball team jumped out
to a 20-7 halftime lead and
coasted to a 36-24 victory
over Pembroke at Harris
Courts last night. Ignited by
a 25 foot bank shot by Wanda
Patterson, the Knights out-
scored the Braves 12-1 in the
second quarter.
Trlsh Bodle hit ten points
to lead the team’s attack.
MaUory Davis scored nine
points and dominated the
boards, as the Knights used
their height advantage very
effectively in defeating Pem
broke for the second time this
season. The team completed
its season with a 2-10 record.
Bowlers In Tight Race
For Conference Title
St. Andrews’ youthfUl bowl
ing team has been very im
pressive in rolling to a 22-
6 record thus far. The re
cord consists of 16 games and
six series won, and five games
and one series lost. Coach
Floyd Blackwell calls this
year’s team “the best we’ve
ever had at St. Andrews.”
The team averages 866 per
game, or 2599 per series. (A
series consists of three'
games.)
The Knights’ top bowler is
, Wes Campbell, a junior whose
183 average includes a spark
ling one-game high of 232.
Close behind are sophomore
Bam Granville and freshman
Mark Podhorecny, at 175,
Rusty Pherson and Ed Mc
Donald at 174, and Mike Flet
cher at 172. Jim Barrick, Jim
Herring, Dave Kelly, and Phil
Rech are Coach Blackwell’s
substitutes, who bowl when a
regular bowler is having an off
day. “They have really con
tributed to our team effort,”
said Blackwell. About the team
as a whole he remarked,
"These boys are really a
team. They bowl together real
well, and have great confi
dence in themselves. On this
team there is a good team
spirit, which I feel is im
portant in any sport.”
The team is Involved in a
tight three way Dixie Con
ference race with defending
champion Lynchburg, whom
they tied 2-2, and Methodist
College, who dealt the Knights
their only setback in an early
match. Since then SA has de
feated Methodist 3-1 at Fay
etteville. Coach Blackwell be
lieves his Knights are “the
team to beat. We are im
proving every week and hope
to reach our peak by tourna
ment time.” The conference
tournament is a round-robin
affair to be held in Lynch
burg March 17-19. Blackwell
also has high hopes for the
eight state district roll-off.
Snack Bar News
Epicure food service has
begun this week an ex
perimental program to allow
students to substitute one din
ner meal per week with a meal
in the snack bar. The program
is designed for those students
who cannot otherwise eat
during regular meal hours in
the cafeteria. I. D. cars will be
required for this new system,
just a they are now being
required at all meals.
Also, the take-out service
begun during Winter Term
has been discontinued because
it caused an overload for the
staff.
There are now plans for en
tertainment in the Snack Bar
during the later part of the
term. There will be poetry
readings, and a one-act play is
being written by members of
the snack bar staff for presen
tation at some future date.
Knights Complete Season;
Face Lynchburg In Tournament!
St. Andrews played its best
game of the season here Feb.
10 before losing to Lynchburg,
88-82. The Knights outhustled,
outshot, and generally out
played the league-leading
Hornets as they proved that on
a given night they can be as
tough as anyone in the con
ference. Unfortunately, good
nights have been few and far
between this year.
Lynchburg led 42-35 at half-
time and pulled out to an 11
point lead early in the second
half. However, the Knights
gallantly fought back to tie the
game at 63 on Ven Johnson’s
layup. The game remained
close the rest of the way.
Trailing 84-82 with 19 seconds
left, the Knights were vic
timized by two technical foul
calls for voilating the out of
bounds area as Lynchburg at
tempted to put the ball in play.
Officials across the nation
have been cracking down on
minor technicalities all
season, and in this instance
their close calls proved fatal
to St. Andrews, as Lynchburg
converted both shots and later
added two more free throws.
The Knights shot an ex
cellent 53% from the field, but
were outrebounded 41-28 by
the taller Hornets. Another big
factor was St. Andrews’ low
56% from the foul line. Albert
Bonds had another great night
with 25 points. Also in double
figures were Ven Johnson
(18), Ray Andrews (15), and
Jim Haddix (10).
SA VS. METHODIST
The Knights then reverted
to their January style of play
and were crushed by
Methodist College, 90-71. Slop
py ballhandling and lack of
movement again proved fatal
to the team’s cause. The fast-
breaking Monarchs also
outran the Knights to record
several easy layups.
St. Andrews trailed by only
five at the half, 39-34, mainly
due to stellar play by Jim Had
dix, who recorded 12 points in
the half. But then, the Knights
gave up six quick second half
points, forcing themselves on
ce again to try to play
comeback ball.
Albert Bonds scored 23 poin
ts, despite a poor shooting
night. Haddix finished with 13.
When the final result became
obvious. Coach Tom Whitely
cleared his bench, and eleven
Knights got into the scoring
column. Flashy guard Elton
Stanley pumped in 24 points
for Methodist, which held onto
second place in the DIAC
SAVS.
VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
St. Andrews and Virginia
Wesleyan played the closest
game of the year at Harris
Courts last Friday night, with
the Marlins prevailing, 66-65.
But in reality, the Knights
beat themselves, throwing
away a one point lead with two
careless turnovers in the final
33 seconds.
After trailing most of the
game, St. Andrews grabbed a
63-62 lead with 1:06 remaining
as Albert Bonds converted
both ends of a one-and-one
situation. The Knights
regained th ball with 33 secon
ds left as Wesleyan lost it out
of bounds. However, Pete
Withers of VWC stole the ball
as Clyde Hicks was dribbling
m backcourt, and hit team
mate Warren Stewart for an
easy layup. Then, hurrying to
try to regain the lead, Robin
Daniel walked for the second
error. Stewart sealed the vic
tory for the Marlins by hitting
two free throws, making Bon
ds’ last basket meaningless.
Ven Johnson and Ray An
drews played well for St. An
drews, with 16 points and 9
rebounds each. A1 Bonds
scored 19, including 11 of 12
free throws. The game’s
leading scorer was Pete
Withers with 25.
SAVS.UNC-G
The Knights finished
regular season play with an
81-71 homecourt loss to UNC-
Greensboro Saturday night.
St. Andrews spotted the
visitors an 11-0 lead and never
fully recovered. Though
playing inspired ball at times,
the Knights never got closer
than five points, as foul
trouble and poor shooting
killed their rallies.
Trying to play catch-up ball,
the Knights repeatedly fouled
the Spartans. This strategy
failed as UNC-G hit 29 of 37
from the line, an excellent
78%. The Knights could
manage only 7 of 13, and were
outscored 23-3 from the line in
the second half. St. Andrews
shot only 36.4% from the field
on the night, including a night
marish 19% (4 of 21) by their
three guards, Jim Haddix,
Mark Harvey, and Andy
Crowell.
One bright spot in the loss
was the play of Bruce Taylor,
who came off the bench with
the Knights down 11-0 and
about to be blown out of the
gym. His play turned the tide
as SA closed to within six at
the half. Taylor scored nine
points in the half, and finish#I
with 13. He also c611ected sixi
rebounds and did a good job!
containing 6-6 Bruce Shaw, i
The Knights came out cold
in the second half, trailing bv
as much as 19 before closing
the gap against the SpartJ;
reserves. Hot shooting by
Andrews pulled the Knighi
within seven befre UNC-G?
starters returned to quell the
rally. A1 Bonds had a goo|
night with 22 points, one mor|
than Ray Andrews, who alsl
hauled down 10 rebound#
UNC-G’s Ron Estes scored 21‘
The Knights thus finishei
the regular season none to|
soon, as they played their way
to a poor 2-22 record. The teaif
finished last in the Dixie Con
ference, with a 1-13 recori
against conference foes. Sff
Andrews now takes its four^
teen game losing streak intaj
the DIAC tournament thi|
weekend. T
The athletic department
hierarchy is hoping that “th|
best is yet to come.” Athletic
director Julian Smith cite|
past experiences where teamf
who had plaved ooorlv in ths
regular season es^erienced a
“rebirth” in post season tour-"
naments. The Knights wiU|
need some such miracle when|
they meet league champioi^
Lynchburg at 7 p.m. Thursdayj
at Greensboro College Gym.;
“We have to shoot well andj
keep them from running,
Coach Tom Whitely stated,
outlining a strategy which
proved successful in the game
between the two teams here. If
the Knights can do that, the
coach said, “they’ll be going
home and we’ll be staying”.
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