The News Argus - February, 1978 - Page 6
Terry, Harold Carry Rams
(Reprinted with permission of the Winston-Salem Journal)
GirVs Basketball
HAMPTON, Va. - With David
Harold finally coming alive with
a flurry, Winston-Salem State
slipped away from Virginia
Union in the last six minutes for a
tense 79-72 first round victory last
night in the CIAA tournament
“I don’t think I’ve ever been as
nervous as I was before this
game,” said Ram coach
Bighouse Gaines, still panting
shallowly. “This tournament is
like a game of Russian roulette.”
Winston, now 23-2, meets
Norfolk State in the semifinals at
9 tonight.
“I don’t know about next year
... “I’m going to have to go home
and pray,” Union coach Robert
Moore said dejectedly. “This has
been one of the roughest seasons
I’ve ever had. It’s really taken a
whole lot to keep going.
“This game typifies the season
we’ve i had: we’ve shown
moments of greatness and then
we st|^rt slipping. We had Win
ston -1 figured they were out for
the count. But then they’d come
back with something spec
tacular.”
The Rams, second-ranked
nationally in the NAIA poll and
the tourney favorite, ripped away
to a 14-point lead midway through
the first half, 34-20. But Union
drew even and for the next 21
minutes the pressure game
turned into a painfully slow chess
match with the pawns being
sacrificed as hours dragged on.
Winston was ahead only 36-34 at
the start of the second half and
the Panthers began pounding
away. For one five minute
stretch, Carlos Terry was the
only offensive weapon Gaines
had, while Union was hitting
from everywhere. But Terry,
who wound up with 22 points in
the pateint game, matched the
Panthers virtually shot for shot.
And his back to back dunks with
10 minutes left (on assists from
Reggie Gaines and Harold) at
last woke the Rams up.
With Winston ahead 59-57,
Harold keyed 10 straight points
that put the Rams up 69-61 with
2:21 left. From there the game
turned on the foul line, where the
Rams made their final 10 points.
“They ran out of gas,” Reggie
Gaines said jubilantly, pointing
to Harold’s out playing Union’s
bevy of guards down the stretch.
But Coach Gaines himself was
more wary about reading the
game.
“We weren’t getting the
production out of Luke Lowery
and Mark Clark that we should
be,” the coach said. “We keep
trying to assure them that as long
as they’re taking good shots, then
it’s no sweat if they miss a
couple.
“And we didn’t get a good first
half out of Reggie (who had 21
points and a game-high 10
rebounds, though only taking 11
shots).”
Union’s comeback was the
result of a change in offenses late
in the first half. “They threw
something at us we hadn’t seen,
and the picks were getting us,”
explained Terry.
“The refs took the game away
from us last week (Winston’s 8^
84 loss at Union last Saturday),”
Terry added. “They didn’t play
any better this time. It’s just we
had an equal amount of
refereeing. We were more con
cerned about (Lamont) Echols
(who had 13 points) than (Larry)
Holmes (the 6-7 center, who had
24), because Echols was the one
who hurt us last time.”
“But I think a big difference
this time was David played a
better game.”
The win was revenge for the
previous loss to Union, the Rams’
lone conference loss. And there
was considerable emotion on both
sides last night. “(Willard) Coker
wouldn’t even shake our hands
after this game,” gloated Terry,
“and he was so happy the other
night.”
And Coach Gaines was still
irate over the technical foul he
drew in Richmond, a costly call.
“My first tech in two years, and I
didn’t even say anything to the
officials,” Gaines fumed. “The
only thing I didn’t like in Rich
mond was that some little
egotistical guy just wanted to be
seen.”
But then Gaines cooled down
and tried to downplay the
psychological battle between him
and Moore. “There’s not as much
pressure in this league as there is
in other leagues,” he said,
smiling in referring obviously to
the Atlantic Coast Conference.
“There are no hate sessions
between coaches.
“Sure, all these kids want to
beat the old man,” he went on,
talking about Moore, the former
Atkins High coach. “But we get
along great. My wife went with
all of us over to Africa this past
summer, and she just fell in love
with Charles Benson and Derwin
Lilly (Union’s most damaging
guards). And I got a room at the
motel here for Moore’s father.
We’re a nice happy family.”
Yet Moore himself was
depressed after the game. For
him it was clearly not simply just
another loss. And the touches of
gray in his hair seemed brighter
than ever before.
“If we’d have lost to Winston
last week, we’d have probably
won this game,” Moore said
softly. “This is a better team than
last year’s, but there doesn’t
seem to be the closeness there
was last year. We’ve got a lot of
kids with a lot of ability, but
sometimes that hurts you, in
cohesiveness.
“You know. I’m not getting any
younger ... I’ve got maybe one
good basketball program left to
bring up ... somewhere. I just
don’t know.”
Cont. on page 7
Alice Lindsey
“They’re just a bunch of
talented girls,” said Arthur
Chavious, coach of the Women’s
Basketball team. Last year most
of the girls were unfamiliar with
each other, but this year, they
have molded themselves together
to make up a successful team.
The starting five are Laurice
Jenkins, Wanda Robertson,
Brenda Winfield, Cheryl Burke,
and Carla Kincaid. Laurice
Jenkins, a Junior from
Lauringburg, N.C., is top scorer.
She hits about twenty points a
game, and Brenda Winfield,
known to her teanunates as
“Tonto”, scores about eighteen
points per game. There is great
rebounding from 6’2 Carla
Kincaid and 6’1 Phyllis Dabbs.
Equally important are the
other members of the team,
which consists of two Freshmen,
Rebecca Robinson and Carolyn
Harbinson, two sophomores,
Mary King and Marilyn White,
and two juniors, Selena
Washington and Barbara
Coleman.
The team now has a record of
12 and 1, but to the Mighty Rams,
they are 12 and 0 since one game
was forfeited, due to the team
arriving late. They hold third
place among the Black colleges,
and in February, the team will
travel to Raleigh for the CIAA
Tournament, which will be held
the 16-18 at St. Augustine College.
Later on in the month, the team
will participate in the NCAIW
Tournament.
Right - on - Rams - Keep on
Keeping - On!
By: Alice Lindsey
Carlos Terry
Honored
February 14, 1978 was
proclaimed Carlos Terry Day at
WSSU. On this day Terry played
his last homecourt game. He will
be graduating in May and his
remaining games will be played
in the CIAA Tournament.
As the fans filed into the
Winston-Salem Coliseum they
were given autographed pictures
of Terry. All of the spectators felt
that Terry, better known as Slim,
would be his usual dynamic self.
He didn’t disappoint them
racking up 37 points to lead the
Rams to a 104-82 victory over St.
Augustines college.
Terry is probably the most
celebrated player since Earl
“The Pearl” Monroe. During his
career at WSSU he has amassed
a total of 1,968 points and 1,369
rebounds which places him
among the leading scorers in the
university history. He presently
averages about 21 points per
game. He has been named All-
CIAA three times, is a two time
NAIA District 26 selection, and is
presently on the Pizza Hut
Classic roster. Terry was also
named to the Associated Press
Small College All-American
squad last year.
During halftime Terry was
asked to come to center court
where he was congratulated on
his outstanding record by H.
Douglas Covington, chancellor of
WSSU and Miss Marilyn
Pearson, president of the Day
Student Association. Miss
Pearson presented both Terry
and Coach “Bighouse” Gaines
with tokens of appreciation from
the Day Student Association.
When asked if he had anything to
say Terry momentarily refused
comment, but then reconsidered
and said that he would like to
thank the fans for their support
and all the people who made this
honor possible.
Carlos Terry is a good team
player. He doesn’t hog the ball,
but is willing to pass the ball to
his teammates and lets them take
shots. Terry says that this is the
way to win games. He must be
right since the Rams have had 21
victories in 22 outings.
Other activities held in Terry’s
honor included a free game jam
sponsored by Omega Psi Phi, Inc.
Cheryl Brandon
Softball
Practice
Begins
The girl’s softball team has
begun a rigorous training and
conditioning in preparation for
this season’s games. Returning
players include Constance
Abbott, Barbara Coleman,
Sharon Cunningham, Barbara
Howell, Barbara Kincaid,
Jocelyn Lewis, Edna Smith,
Linda Troy, Shelia Vanhook,
Selena Washington and Brenda
Winfield. The girls, who were
ranked fifth in the State last year,
are coached by Joe Graham.
Sheila Monroe
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