Thursday, February 23, 1984
The Pendulum
Sports
Page 9
But Elon is hot
Pfeiffer, Pembroke head
balanced CC tourney field
By Danny Hubbard
Sports Editor
The Fightin’ Christian men’s
basketball team, playing their
final regular season game at
home last Monday night, tuned
up their team precision with an
87-78 whipping of Lenoir
Rhyne College. It was Elon’s
fifth straight win and avenged a
97-88 loss to the Bears on Nov.
21-
Now the Christians and the
Elon Athletic Department
must prepare Alumni Gymna
sium for the Carolinas Confer
ence Tournament, to be played
here next Tuesday through Fri
day for the second year in a
row.
This year’s tournament will
feature a balanced league that
has produced five out of eight
teams capable of winning the
conference title.
Tied for the league with one
game remaining, were Pem
broke State University and
Pfeiffer College, each with 10-3
conference records.
Pfeiffer Falcons
Senior guard, Roscoe Turner
has paced Pfeiffer as the third
leading scorer in the league
with 16 points a game, while
leading the league in free
throw percentage (84 percent).
Another dominant player for
Pfeiffer is William Milteer, a
senior forward who is averag
ing 15.3 points a game and
seven rebounds (both marks
good enough for fifth place
rankings), while shooting the
fourth best mark in the league
at 57 percent.
Look for the Falcons to be
seeded either number one or
number two and have to play
Guilford or Atlantic Christian
in the first round of the tourna
ment.
Pembroke Braves
The Pembroke State Braves
have been led all season long
by their sensational senior for
ward, Mike Emanuel (who was
just named player of the week).
He is currently the second
leading scorer in the league
with over 17 points a game.
Emanuel stands fifth in re
bounding (8.2), and sixth in
shooting percentage (53 per
cent).
The Braves have also been
receiving solid performances
from their junior forward
Ricky Melvin, and junior guard
Darryl Martin. Melvin is fifth in
the league in shooting percen
tage (57 percent), while Martin
is fourth in free throws (74 per
cent). ^
Pembroke State has played
solidly all season and especial
ly at Elon, where they rolled
over the Christians 88-75 on
Feb 4 Their last game, played
last night, was a rematch with
Elon.
Catawba Indians
Sitting in the third spot wiU
likely be Catawba, the defac
ing conference champion. The
Indians have one game remain-
ine with Guilford, and their re-
Pho.0 by Paul Hams ing^ ^^^^ntly stands at M.
L. Elon’s Robert Leak , . Qne big weapon f^r .^e^i
coach Sam Moir is the 1983 con
ference player of the year,
senior center Mark Simpson.
He currently leads the league
in scoring (19 points a game),
and in rebounding (10.3 a
game). Don’t be surprised if
Simpson is named the player of
the year again.
Besides Simpson, the Indi
ans have two solid players at
the forward position. Ed Fow
ler is 13th in the league in scor
ing (11.2 points a game), and
Derrick Tucker is 19th with 10.6
points a game.
This unselfish and well-
coached team leads the league
in free throw percentage (71
percent) and shooting percen
tage (53 percent), while ranking
second in scoring offense (74
points a game). Catawba will
probably have to play Guilford
or Wingate in the first round of
the tournament.
High Point
Panthers
High Point has finished its
conference schedule with a 9-5
record, assuring the Panthers
of no worse than a tie for
fourth. The outcome of the
Elon-Pembroke game last
night was to determine
whether the Christians tied
High Point at 9-5.
The Panthers are led by their
senior forward Mike Averett.
He is currently in 11th place in
the league in scoring (12.9), and
second in free throws (77 per
cent). High Point has con
tinually stayed with a slow
paced game plan that has work
ed effectively for their under
sized team.
They are currently leading
the league in scoring defense
(59 points a game against them)
and are a fine shooting team (51
percent). The Panthers will
probably have to play Elon in
the first round, but could re
ceive a higher seeding if
Catawba loses against Guil
ford.
Elon Fightin’
Christians
For the red-hot Christians of
Elon, everything is going their
way with the homecourt advan
tage and the momentum of a re
cent five-game winning streak.
Elon has produced a ba
lanced scoring attack, led by
forward Robert Leak, and cen-
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1983 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Mark Simpson (34) of
Catawba returns to Elon College one last time next Tues
day through Friday for the Carolinas Conference Tourna-'
ment. Simpson, a senior center, is the leading scorer and
rebounder in the league once again, and is a front-
running candidate for the 1984 Player of the Year.
more forward named Darryl
Dozier, and he can do it all. He
currently stands fourth in the
league in scoring (15.6 points a
game), and fourth in rebound
ing (8.9). He is the only real
threat for the Quakers,
however.
Atlantic Christian
Bulldogs
Atlantic Christian has a fine
center in senior Curtis Living
stone. He is sixth in the league
in scoring (15.2 points a game),
second in rebounding (9.1),
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ter Andre Hines. The Christ
ians are currently leading the
league in scoring offense (75
points a game) and rebounds
(53 percent), while placing
second in free throws (70 per
cent). Those statistics add up to
a strong team, with no super
stars.
Look for Elon to play High
Point in the first round.
The last three teams in the
league pose no real threat;
Guilford, Wingate, and Atlan
tic Christian. There will be
some exciting players to watch
from these teams, though.
Guilford Quakers
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