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Vol. X, No. 3
WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
February 1977
Rams Capture CIAA Championship
The Winston-Salem State
Rams journeyed to the CIAA
Basketball Tournament as
underdogs and returned
home with most of the spoils,
including the coveted CIAA
Tournament Championship.
With the championship goes
the privilege of representing
the CIAA in the NCAA
Regional Playoffs which will
be held at Towson, Maryland
beginning Friday March 4.
The Rams’ opening oppo
nent will be the nation’s
number one college team,
Towson State University.
Virginia Union will meet the
University of Baltimore in
the second contest.
The Rams won their
eighth CIAA crown by
downing the St. Augustine’s
Falcons 80-73 before a
sellout crowd at the
Hampton Coliseum. The
Rams who won their last
CIAA title in 1970, had been
defeated twice earlier in the
season by the Falcons. The
Falcons who have never won
a CIAA Tournament Crown
had vowed to win the
Tournament to make it three
over the Rams for the
season.
Other tournament honors
in addition to the title which
the Rams won were: the best
dressed team at the Tipoff
Banquet, the Tournament
outstanding Coach, three
members on the All-touma-
ment team, the John Chase
scholarship athlete award,
and the scrapbook award.
Carlos Terry was named
the Most-Valuable Player of
the Tournament. Mtiking the
All-Toumament Team were
Marco Dillard, Carlos Terry
and George Gibson. Coach
C.E. “Bighouse” Gaines
who won his 593rd game,
was named the outstanding
coach of the Tournament,
and Reginald Sherard, a
running back on the football
team and a wrestler, won the
CIAA Scholar-Athlete A-
ward. In addition, Earl “the
Pearl” Monroe, a former
Ram great, was inducted
into the CIAA Hall of Fame
at the Hall of Fame Banquet.
The Winston-Salem Journal
won the award for the best
coverage of the basketball
program of a CIAA school
with Mike Mulhem winning
the individual writer aw6ird.
The Rams won the
opening game of the
Tournament by defeating
Virginia State 75-68. In this
contest Gibson, the game’s
leading scorer, hit for 32 and
Terry added 21. Mike
Robinson grabbed 12 re
bounds and scored 10 points.
In the semifinals the Rams
topped Virginia Union,
winner of the Northern
Division Crown and tourna
ment favorite, 90-83. With
great play from Pierre
Martin substituting for ailing
Mike Robinson and Stenson
Conley, the Rams were
victorious even though they
lost the battle of the boards.
Gibson again led all scorers
with 28, Terry pumped in 23
and Dillard hit for 12.
Robinson hauled in 11
missed shots to lead his team
in that department.
Marco Dillard who took
over the leadership of the
team from Don Helton,
suffering from a bruised
heel, during the last week of
the regular season, led the
Rams to an 80-73 victory
over St. Augustine’s Falcons
in the Championship game
on Saturday night. Teaming
up with Dillard who scored
See Rams'> page 8
Women’s Basketball - Pride of Ramland
Women Winning On The Court
What is that added spark
that makes the WSSU Girl’s
basketball team so unique?
You guessed it! It’s
determination!
The team stands out as
one of the best teams in their
division. They work hard
during practice and feel
satisfied as they enter the
court. They realize that
whether they win or whether
they lose, they have
undoubtedly played their
very best. It is this kind of
determination and will
power that accounts for their
victories.
The team had a dream.
They wanted to make the
Rams proud of them. They
wanted the world to know
that woman are as talented
as men. They wanted to join
a sense of dignity and pride.
They wanted to prove to
everyone that they are
women first, Rams second,
and mind-blowers last. Their
dream came true. They blew
just about all their opponents
off the courts! SHOOSH!
SHOOSH!
If you’ve ever had the
pleasure of seeing the girls
in action, you probably know
that “exciting” only des
cribes a small portion of their
techniques. They are some
times considered as the
“women unlimited.” Their
action on the court proves
that they are indeed
unlimited. They know how to
keep their fans on the edges
of their seats even if they’re
lagging behind. They know
how to make their opponents
stop and stall for time. They
use the ball as if they were
professionals. Before you
know it - SHOOSH! -
they’ve made two points.
With quick winnings, fast
movement, and fascinating
See BASKETBALL, page 3
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Parmon is First
Housing Grad
EARLINE PARMON
The first student to
complete the HUD-sponsor-
ed Housing Management
curriculum graduated from
Winston-Salem State Uni
versity. Mrs. Earline White
Parmon achieved this dis
tinction, completing a Bach
elor of Arts degree in
Business Administration
with a concentration in
Housing Management on
December 15, 1976. Mrs.
Parmon is presently working
for the Winston-Salem Local
Housing Authority as a
temporary employee in the
Tenant Selection Services
Division. She is awaiting a
position with the Greens
boro, North Carolina re
gional office of HUD,
pending results from the
PACE examination.
Mrs. Parmon’s opportu
nity to pursue studies in this
field was the result of
educational grants provided
by HUD to Winston-Salem
State, Temple, Howard,
Southern, and Texas South
ern Universities beginning in
1974. The program was
designed to develop, imple
ment and evaluate courses
leading to the training of
See PARMON, page 2
Parents^ Day March 6Welcome Parents & Friends