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Together We WUl Find The Right Direction
Elizabeth City, N.C.
February 1980
Lady Vikings Lose, 67-66
By CHARLES WHITE
Daily Advance Sports Writer
A foul shot in basketball
talk can be described as a
free gift, purchased at the
expense of the opposing team.
This coming week on the
Elizabeth City State
University campus, people
will think wistfully of those
“free gifts”, and think of the
big one that got away.
The“big one” was the CIAA
women’s basketball title,
removed from the grasp of
ECSU by a taller Virginia
State squad in the final
seconds, 67-66.
Missed foul shot op
portunities, many in one-and-
one situations,were the in
struments that keyed the
Lady Vikings defeat. It’s just
that simple.
And then again.it isn’t.
In a time when people only
seem to remember who won,
who lost, and by what
margin, alot of points of in
terest concerning that
women’s game on Saturday
will be overlooked. Here are a
few to think about.
At the beginning of the
season, J^SU’s wmen were
faced with the trying ex
perience of getting used to a
new coach and a new style of
play. They struggled and lost
a number of games before the
pieces began to fall into
place.
When they did, the Lady
Vikings became awesome,
first sweeping their way into
their very first CIAA tour
nament, then sweeping their
way into the final.
The game got out of hand in
the early goings and ECSU
found itself with a 10-point
half time deficit and its back
against the wall. Many teams
would have folded at that
moment.
Many teams....but not these
Lady Vikings.
Badly out-rebounded in the
first half, the locals clawed
their way back relying on
those who had helped them
during their regular season.
Diana Chavers, Francine
Godwin, Deborah Fogle,
Mattie Thorne, Grace Bell,
Minnie White and Deborah
Madison all rose to the oc-
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A Winter Snow Scene
Death comes to live oak fronting the G.
R. Little Library. The weight of the snow
left broken limbs across the campus, but
small trunk for the wide-spread oak split
beneath the heavy burden.
Jlodney Gross captured the tragic
moment with an jftlistic eye and a
camera lens.
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Inside
In Search Of Ourselves-pg.
2
Why Black Men Hide Their
Feelings-pg. 3
Palmer Captivates Crowd-
Pg-4
We’ve Come A Long Way-
Pg-6