December 6,1990
SPORTS
The Lance
By David Malcolm
Sports Information Director
Knights Ready for
Action on Home Court
often, the Knights got off to a quick
start, winning their first three games
and five of their first six. Then came an
86-67 loss to Lenoir-Rhyne College on
Nov. 24. A heartbreaking 87-82 over
time loss to NCAA Division I member
Western Carolina on Nov. 26 and an
80-69 loss to Queens College followed.
Suddenly the Knights were fighting to
stay above the .500 mark.
A 72-68 win at Greensboro College
Nov. 30 dlowed the Knights to stay
V , above .500 and provided yet another
^ ' example of the kind of close games St.
Andrews has been winning this season.
^ Of the six games in which the Knights
have come out on top, their average
margin of victory has been 7.6 points.
. , _ Three of those games, however, have
Senior Mark English drives decided by four points or less.
down the middle as he attempts John Davis leads the team in scoring
to score against Coker. withanaverageof 18.7pointspergame.
Davis is followed closely by Mark Eng
lish with 17.8 points per game. The
other team member whose scoring
average is in double figures is Shawn
Colquiett (10.9 ppg).
It might be appropriate for the St. Davis is also the team’s leading re-
Andrews College men’s basketball bounder with a per-game average of
team to adopt the title of the song, “On 6.3. Colquiett is second at 5.1.
the Road Again,” as its theme this sea- Head Coach Mark Simons hopes to
son. have Erik Shelton, last season’s lead
The Knights have played nine of ing scorer, 6-foot-8 forward Lawson
their first 10 games away from Harris Smith, and 6-foot-5 center David Zar-
Courts. The sole home game so far has ieff at full strength when the Knights
been a 69-60 win over Coker College open their Carolinas Conference sched-
Nov, 20 and when St. Andrews hosts ule Jan. 10 at High Point College
Francis Marion College on Dec. 13, the Shelton and Smith were injured in pre
game vv'itH'the Patriots will be the only season practices andZarieff hadtohave
other homeVame before the first of the an appendectomy before the Knight;
year. played their first game. All three have
Despite being away from home so seen only limited action.
Lady Knights Improve
Over Last Season
By David Malcolm
Sports Information Director
St. Andrews’ women’s basketball
team heads into Saturday night’s game
at Pembroke State University looking
for its first win after five losses to open
the season, but it could be worse.
Last season the Lady Knights were
beaten regularly by wide margins en
route to a 2-26 overall record and last-
place finish in the Carolinas Confer
ence. That has not been the case this
season, except for last Saturday night’s
84-52 blowout at the hands of Queens
College.
Without figuring in that 32-point
loss, the Lady Knights have been losing
by an average of 10 points per game. In
their two home games (against Coker
and Catawba), the Lady Knights were
ahead in the second half and simply
could not hold on to the lead.
Even with the slow start, second-
year Coach Nancy Swain should fare
better than last year.
Freshman guard Beth King of
Radford, Va., has successfully made
the transition from high school basket
ball to the college level. King leads the
team in scoring with 11.4 points per
game an is the only player on the team
whose per-game average is 10 points or
better.
Cheryl McNair, a freshman guard
from Fayetteville, was averaging 10.3
. points per game before she hit just two
of 16 field goal attempts against Queens
and finished with five points.
Two things are crucial for the Lady
Knights if they hope to get in the win
column any time soon. First, they can
not coritinue to send their opponents to
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(Photo by Sharon Frain)
Milwaukee's Best
Prevails in Playoffs
By Abraham VanWingerden
Contributing
Intramural football has come to a
close, and for the second straight year,
Milwaukee’s Best has been crowned
the champion. This season was
marked by the testing of flag football
as opposed to touch football, and
after a few minor altercations, it seems
that flag football is the more advanta
geous system to make the game a
player’s game rather than the
referree’s game.
In the last week of the regular sea
son, the favorites covered the spread
and the most exciting event of the
week was the monumetal scoring run
of Jay “The Bull” Bumgarner who
scored his first ever intramural touch
down after four years of play. But his
score could not help the hapless
Jerry ’ s Kids who finished a dismal 1 -
4. The last week of the regular season
did produce the four playoff teams in
last weekend’s games. They were:
1. Corbetti and his Mob
2. Milwaukee’s Best
3. TJirob Squad
4. The Mighty Chicken Hawks
In the first playoff game, the up
set-minded Chicken Hawks squared
off against the number one-ranked
Corbetti and his Mob. The game
marked the return of often-injured
Kevin “The Gimp” Gullette, but even
his valiant effort could not turn away
Corbetti and his Mob as they prevailed
19-12. The team was led by the passing
of Tim “The Hand Clapper” Klapper-
ich, the receiving of Bobby “Crasher”
Kulinski, and the cheering of Gregg
“The Stinger” Stupinski. This team has
suffered through much personal hard
ship as the Polishjokes have been hurled
at them by many opposing teams. This
had only gone to fire up Corbetti and his
Mob going into the championship game.
In the other semi-final match,
Milwaukee’s Best continued to calm
the doubters with a 44-0 thrashing of
the Throb Squad. The Best did not
allow a single first down and the of
fense was led by Scott “The Cannon”
Gregory who threw seven touchdown
passes. The game saw the introduction
of Milwaukee’s Best new “Run and
Gun” offense devised by the team’s
offensive coordinator “Sweet Lou”
Hoggard. Now the test was to see if the
“Run and Gun” could counter the ex
plosiveness of the “Polish Connection”
of Corbetti and his Mob in the champi
onship game.
Controversy surrounded the begin
ning of the game as Scott “The Can
non” Gregory was nursing an injured
hand suffered in a freak bowling acci
dent at Knight Lanes. One could only
wonder if this was a sabotage operation
run by Corbetti and his Mob to increase
their odds in the championship game.
This column refuses to comment on
this situation until further informa
tion can be garnered.
In the championship game itself,
the much-anticipated battle turned
into methodical victory for
Milwaukee’s Best as they prevailed
by a score of 31-0 led by the five
touchdown passes thrown by “The
Cannon” who showed no ill-effect
from the injured hand. Darren “Baby
Face” Sinopoli, Jon “Hot Rod”
Holloway, and Travis “Golden Boy”
Loseke combined for four of the
touchdowns with Chris “Eagle” Ed
wards adding the final touchdown
with a spectacular 92 yard reception
on the game’s final play. With the
victory, Milwaukee’s Best avenged
an earlier loss to Corbetti and his
Mob and they won the champion
ship t-shirts.
With the end of intramural foot
ball season comes the arrival of intra
mural basketball during the winter
and spring terms. This column will
keep you updated on any trades or
mergers that might occur before the
season. Rumor has it that the “TET
OFFENSIVE” led by Eugene “Tech
nical Foul” Tettimanti is our presea
son number one ranked team.
Cris Nowak powers her way for
a shot against three defenders.
the free throw so often. Queens had 32
free throw attempts an made 24 while
the Lady Knights were 5-of-ll. Sec
ond, they must be more selective about
the shots they take. Against Queens, St.
Andrews was just 19-of-63 from the
floor. Through five games the Lady
Knights are making just 36 of their field
goal attempts.
Megan Kleinbauer, the only return
ing double-figure scorer from last sea
son, has played in just the last two
games for the Lady Knights. Against
Meredith College Kleinbauer had 12
points but she finished with two against
Queens.
St. Andrews travels to High Point
College on Jan. 12 in its first game after
Christmas break and will host Barton
College on Jan. 12.
And They're Off! - St. Andrews very own, Clin "Tripp" Whitener, pictured in center, traveled to the
35th annual NAIA cross country national meet held Nov. 17 in Kenosha, Wis. His second straight year
of qualifying, Whitener finished 254 with a time of 28:08, an improvement of 22 seconds over his time
last year at nationals.
Whitner was able to qualify for the national competition after he finished fifth overall at the NAIA
District 26 meet held at St. Andrews on Oct. 27. (File photo)
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