MARCH 3,1994 — THE DECREE — PAGE 7
Wesleyan teams participate
in regional 3-on-3 tournament
By PATRICK BRANNAN
Why would a group of eight
Wesleyan students by up at 6:30
on a Saturday morning? Because
they’re winners of the Schick Su
per Hoops 3-on-3 basketball tour
nament held on campus in De
cember.
The winners of the men’s and
women’s leagues at Wesleyan
were traveling to the Regional fi
nals of the national tournament
on 3-on-3 basketball sponsored
by Schick. The two teams were
accompanied by Intramural direc
tor Reid Brogden and myself.
The men’s team consisted of
Rich Cooper, Marcus Paris, Troy
Sutton, and Antonio Boddie. The
women’s team consisted of Kelly
Walters, Kimberly Olsen, Amy
Coley, and Sara Svejda. Both
teams were composed entirely of
freshmen.
The group departed Wesleyan
at 6:30 a.m. bound for the cam
pus of ECU where they would
match shots with teams from
around the Southeast regicm.
Arriving at ECU with time to
spare, the teams used the time to
catch up on some sleep and prac
tice for the upcoming challenges.
Wesleyan was joined by some 20
other men’s and 10 women’s
teams from states in the area
After a captains meeting, the
tournament was set to start up at
10:30 a.m. The teams were to be
grouped in pools and the top
teams would advance to the play
off round.
The NCWC men were grouped
with: Alamance Community Col
lege, The Citadel, USC-Spar-
tanburg, and Fayetteville State,
the NCWC women were grouped
with UNC-Chapel Hill, ECU,
Campbell University, and UNC-
Wilmington.
The game fwrnat consists of
two halves with an eight-minute
running clock and foul shots only
after your team has amassed five
fouls. The teams consist offour
players. The winner of the re
gional tournament plays in the
semi-finals April 9 in the Phila
delphia after a NBA game.
With four games running at
once the basketball action was fast
and furious. The NCWC men
started their pool play with USC-
Spartanburg and played a tight,
competitive game. In the end USC
prevailed 35-29, hitting some
three pointers down the stretch.
The men continued their pool
play against Fayetteville State and
were blown away by superior
shooting 50-20. “Those guys
could shoot,” was the comment
as the men headed to lunch.
The NCWC women were off
to a explosive start in their pool
play. Going up against UNC-
Chapel Hill first the women broke
from the gate and sprang to a 11-
6 half-time lead. The gap closed
but the women held on to defeat
UNC-CH, 15-14.
The women followed their
stunning victory by beating
Campbell, 24-21.
As the teams went to lunch
the men were standing at no wins
and two losses, but were ready
for the afternoon competition and
still hoped to make the playoffs.
The women were in high spirits,
standing with two wins and no
losses as they headed for lunch.
The afternoon competition
kicked off with the NCWC men
facing The Citadel. The men
knew that to make the playoffs
they needed victories in their last
two games and were ready for
action. Yet The Citadel prevailed,
37-25.
The men closed out their pool
play against Alamance CC and
again came up short, 37-29.
The NCWC women started the
afternoon pool play against UNC-
Wilmington. UNC-W’s team con
sisted of four volleyball players
so Wesleyan found themselves at
a slight height difference. NCWC
played tough and hung on and
made the game close. But in the
end UNC-W prevailed, 19-14.
The women closed out pool
play against ECU and again were
in a competitive game. It took
some last-minute miracles by
TCU to send the game into over
time and ECU emerged victori
ous, 26-23. Still, with a record of
two wins and two losses, the
women were set to move into the
playoffs.
Intramural director Reid
Brogden joked, “The women sure
know how to make things excit
ing. They score in the first half
and then have to hold on down
the stretch for the win.”
The women started the play
offs, and the road to Philadel
phia, against Wingate. Once again
the women led early as the score
at the half was 12-9 in NCWC’s
favor. Yet Wingate scored down
the stretch and pulled victory out
of the hat with a score of 19-18.
Former Wesleyan Intramural
Director Nelson Cooper, who is
in Graduate school at ECU, was
assisting in the running of the
tournament. He was excited to see
the NCWC teams compete and
was pleased to see the women
make the playoffs. Cooper was
also pleased, yet surprised, to see
that the teams were entirely fiBsh-
men.
Cooper said, “I’m proud to see
what the Wesleyan Intramural
program has become. The pro
gram has come a long way and
can still go even further.”
With both teams finishing play
at 3:30 p.m., the Wesleyan group
hit the road back to home. With
the excitement of the day mixed
with the disappointment in out-
ccHTies the teams discussed the
events of the day on the ride
home.
So next fall when Wesleyan
once again offers Schick Super
Hoops competition, remember it
can be your way of making an
appearance at the regional tour
nament and playing schools like
UNC-Chapel Hill. And not only
can you play them but you can
beat them!
Intramural champions
Action was furious during the 5-on-5 basketball men’s intra
mural championship on Feb. 21, but the game was won by the
Dog Pound. The women’s championship was won by Schaul’s
Team. The 3-on-3 champions from Wesleyan, both men’s and
women’s teams, competed in the regional finals of the national 3-
on-3 Super Hoops basketball tournament, sponsored by Schick.
The regionals were held at East Carolina University in Greenvillt;
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