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THE CAMPUS ECHO
Monday, March 31, 1969
NCC Hardwood-Men End Season With 3 Wins, 1 Loss
By Robert C* Bell, Jr.
The Eagles of North Carolina
CoUege romped past the Tro
jans of Virginia State College
in the R. L. McDougald Gymna
sium February 6. NCC entered
the game looking toward the
Greensboro Coliseum and Feb
ruary 27, 28, and March 1.
Breaking early in the first half,
the Eagles carried a 38-36 lead
to the dressing room at half
tme. The lead was pushed ahead
during the second half at 46-40
by a fantastic steal by NCC’s
Billy Rose who darted the ball
to Ronald McCrimmon, who
made the surprise lay-up.
With 15 minutes in the final
half, NCC held a 10-point lead
at 52-42. The entire gym seemed
amused by the clowlng moves
and maneuvers of Virginia’s
Roach. With 12 minutes on the
clock, the Trojans narrowed the
gap and added 8 points while
NCC added 2. This brought the
score to 54-50.
Then the Eagles went “on
the warpath,” as Washington
stole the ball and made a lay
up. The Eagles pushed their
lead to 12 points at 10 minutes
of play. Washington, who occu
pied the bench during most of
the season, again came through
when he scored some beautiful
jump shots.
“Hustle, boys, hustle.” Every
one took up the chant. And then
NCC was amused by bougaloo
moves from its own “Pete” Prid
gen. With 9 minutes on the
clock, Washington and Slade re
placed Ronnie Mac and Pridgen,
who had foul trouble, but re
entered the game during its
dying minutes. As the minutes
ticked down to one, NCC held a
13 point lead, 75-62. With 56
seconds left, the Eagles added 1
point througji a free throw by
Billy Rose and held a 15-point
lead at 80-65 with 20 seconds
remaining. Joseph Pridgen
fouled out of the game with 10
seconds left to play. The final
score was 82-69.
“Hey, Virginia, you should’ve
known better than to mess with
us,” the crowd cheered as they
left the gym.
Two nights later the Eagles
met the Hampton cagers in Mc
Dougald Gym. Teamw rk and
tournament aspirations produced
the victory for the Eagles.
Hampton’s Harrell got the first
two game points followed by
Joseph Pridgen for North Car
olina College. The first half of
the game produced a lot of clum
siness on both teams and at one
point, Harhpton benefited great
ly from ball stealing tactics.
Ronald McCrimmon, NCC’s
sharpshooter, continued his scor
ing fame by thrilling the home
crowd and amazing Hampton
with his backcourt shots. Joseph
Pridgen, senior co-captain of
the team, entered the final one
minute of the first half with no
fouls and before that one minute
was over Pridgen had committed
three fouls. The Eagles were fav
ored with a 35-28 half time
score.
After the second half had
gotten under way the Eagles
ventured to a 43-33 lead with
16:00 showing on the clock.
After two minutes of play, a
surge by Hampton brought the
score to 46-40. The teams went
scoreless for two minutes and
NCC began to succumb to deva
stating pressure by Hampton
who came from behind at 46-44
with 12 minutes remaining to
tie the score at 46-46.
At this point, the home crowd
began to get upset as Hampton
hooked 2 more points and led
the Eagles 48-46. The Eagles
seemed little disturbed and were
spurred on by the action-getting
chant, “Hustle, boys, Hustlel”
Two points by Hank Brown and
a long jumper by “Ronnie Mac”
brought the Eagles from behind
50-48. Steve Humphrey added 2
points and NCC assumed an un
easy lead at 52-48. But the
Hampton cagers came on strong
again and tied the score. NCC’s
Slade broke the tie with 8
minutes remaining. At 5 min
utes, NCC again assxured itself
of a safe lead at 60-52. With 30
seconds remaining, Billy Rose
added a lay-up and the score
stood at 75-62. Joseph Pridgen,
foulded out during the last 5
seconds and Hampton added 1
more point. The'final score was
75-63.
The Eagle live suffered only
one defeat during the season’s
end as their wings were clipped
66-62 by the Fayetteville State
College Broncos. The Eagles
handed over an insurmountable
lead to the pack of hungry
Broncos in McDougald Gym.
The loss shattered all NCC’s'
dreams of going to the confer
ence tournament in Greensboro.
NCC blew a 14-point lead in less
than six minutes and even had
numerous opportunities to pull
the game out of the bag in the
last few minutes of play.
They led, the Broncos 38-31 at
half-time and increased its lead
considerably to 14 points before
Fayetteville State’s Monroe and
Randy Brown took charge, woo
ing spectators with fancy ball
handling and maneuvering.
With 52 seconds left on the
clock in the final half, the
Broncos led the Eagles 63-62
with Eagles’ aspirations to even
the score or pass them on by
them on by free throws. The case
seemed hopeless as Fayetteville
added 3 more points to end the
game at 66-62. Joseph Pridgen,
NCC’s yeoman led the home
quintet in scoring with 19 points
and Dennis Robinson followed
with 13 points. William Monroe
of Fayetteville State led the
game in scoring totaling 25
points. This loss gave NCC a
9-10 mark in CIAA standing
and a 11-10 overall.
NCC hosted Shaw University,
to end the 1969 basketball sea
son. Seniors Joseph Pridgen and
Dennis Robinson played their
last game for North Carolina
College. Pridgen gave his home
team points in the victory and
grabbed 16 rebounds while Rob
inson netted 19 points and 14
rebounds. Both made a spectacu
lar showing in their finale and
received a standing ovation from,
the crowd as they left the game
with 1:30 left on the clock.
The Eagles, playing one of
their best games of the season
in this CIAA win over Shaw,
clocked 40 points at halftime
over Shaw’s 29 points. The game,
went along smoothly until NCC’s
Lewis Ellis and Shaw’s Kelly
Utley had a brief “fist” fen-
counter and were ejecfed from
the game with 8:30 left in the
first half.
During the half time, the
near-capacity crowd witnessed
a thrilling exhibition from the
Shawettes, Shaw’s girl drill
team.
After the second half got
under way, NCC scored 8 points^
during a two-minute span after
the Bears had narrowed NCC’s
lead to 10 points at 42-32. With
16:05 left in the contest, Pridgen
scored two field goals and Hank
Brown and Dennis Robinson
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ing the Eagle lead by 18 points,
50-32.
The Eagles totaled 42 points
in the second half while Shaw
added 40 points, ending the
game at 82-69.
Billy Rose was the third high
scorer with 12 points, followed
by Humphrey with 9, Brown
with 8 and Ellis with 6. Bobby
Moore was the high scorer for*-
the Bears with 20 points. NCC
finished the season with a 10-9
slate and a 14-10 overall record,
and no chance of entering the
tourney play-offs at Greensboro.
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Sharks Regain Championship
By Robert Bowies
Not since the Truman-Dewey
shower has there been a bigger
upset than the Sharks’ 58-53
overtime victory over the Hust
lers for the coveted lAA basket
ball crown. Truly it was a sweet
victory for the Sharks who
waited one long hectic year to
avejige a 58-54 set back at the
hands of the Hustlers in last
year’s championship game.
Picked a 7-1 underdog, the
Sharks displayed the poise and
skill which earned them the
title two years ago “the team
that the lAA is all about.” Los
ing their second leading scorer
(Thomas Cameron) and their
number one reserve (Ricardo
Samuda) via graduation, every
one gave up on the quintet but
the Sharks themselves. Time
and time again they fought back,
becoming only the second team
in Intramural history to go un
defeated.
Ole Man River (Frank Bul
lock) led the victors with 20
points and 12 rebounds. Pete
“Hondo” Quinn added another
19 points and the game’s high
of 16 rebounds. Julian Martin
and Moses Bryant scored 23\ and
16 points, respectively, for the
losers.
Pure and simple shooting was
the difference in the game which,
saw the lead exchange hands
twelve times and tied at the end
of the regulation period 50-50.
The Hustlers hit on 24 of 82
field goal attempts for 29 per
cent. On the other hand, the
Sharks connected on 32 of 73
field goal attempts for 43 per
cent and 12 of 20 free throws
for 60 per cent accuracy.
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