THE COUGAR CRY, MARCH 12, 1968 PAGE 3
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S PORTS
WITH CHARLES BROYHILL
W CC-Isothermal
The Cougars lost to Isothermal
Saturday night, Feb. 24 by a score
of 82-67. From the opening
whistle, it was apparent that Iso
thermals definite height advan
tage was going to be a major
factor. Even with this height
advantage, Isothermal did not
dominate the rebounding. The
Cougars out jumped their tall
opponents several times.
The Cougars were out scored
but never outfought. The Cougars
put out one hundred percent all
the way. They forced Isothermal
to take mostly long shots. Though
Isothermal was forced to take
the long shots, they seemed un
able to miss them. Isothermal’s
height advantage along with their
ability to hit the long shots were
the determining factors.
With 2;40 left in the first half
Isothermal went out in front by
39-34, but Steve Cardwell pulled
the Cougars back within 3 points
of them. By this time it was ap
parent that the Cougars lack of
reserves was going to hurt also.
At half time Isothermal was lead
ing by 47-40.
The Cougars started off the
second half by controlling the
jump and taking it on for a score.
Once again Tom Guy and Ronnie
Triplett paced the Cougars of
fense. TTiese two also led the
team in scoring. Tom Guy had
‘■a total of 26 points while Ronnie
On February 27, when the
last edition of the Cougar
Cry came out, an anony
mous person who evidently
disagreed with articles on
the first and fourth pages
had them mimeographed,
added a few remarks of their
own in the margins and dis
tributed a small number of
these copies around campus.
Cougars Defeat ASU
Freshmen by 55-54
The Cougars upset the favored
Appalachian Mountaineers fresh
men Wednesday night at Boone by
a score of 55-54.
In the opening minutes the Cou
gars jumped to an 8-0 lead, but
the Mountaineers closed the gap
and the game became a rip and
tug affair.
The Cougars were in front
going into the final minute of the
first half but a couple of long
shots put the Mountaineers ahead
for the first time since the open
ing whistle, and the Mountain
eers went to the dressing room
at half time out in front by a
score of 28-26.
The second half proved more
exciting than the first. The lead
changed hands about as fast as
it took a player to shoot.
Tom Guy led the Cougars in
scoring with a total of 20 points.
He and Ronnie Triplett, who had
racked 19 points. Steve Eller
followed with 7, Ed Snyder and
Steve Cardwell both had 6. Carl
Hudson had 2 and Roger Billings
had one point to his credit.
The game was full of excite
ment, not all together pertain
ing to the finer points of basket
ball. A couple of times tempers
flared and resulted in some head
on collisions. The going was
rough under the boards also.
With 12:45 left in the game Tom
Guy was rammed hard with an
elbow while battling an Isother
mal player for a rebound. The
blow knocked Tom to the floor
where he remained unable to get
up. Time was called and coach
Linney rushed out on the floor to
see how badly his star player was
hurt. Tom was helped up and
walked around. Though badly
shaken, he remained in the game
until the final whistle.
6 points to his credit, paced the
Cougars offense. Ed Snyder piled
up 12 points and nearly as many
rebounds. Roger Billings scored
6 points and Steve Cardwell had
one point to his credit.
Going into the final minute of
play the Cougars pulled out in
front by a score of 54-53. Then
Ed Snyder fouled out and the
Mountaineers sank the foul shot
to tie the ball game at 54 all.
Tom Guy was fouled while bring
ing the ball down court and coach
Linney called time with 17 sec
onds left in the game to give the
players instructions for the final
seconds of play.
Tom Guy sank the foul shot
without even touching the rim
and the Cougars were out in front
to stay. TTie Mountaineers tried
desperately to score but could
not penetrate the Cougars air
tight defense.
To the Phantom
Scribbler
In a small town in the moun
tains of North Carolina a small
girl wrote an editoral. How this
editoral sturred up more ruckis
than did General Sherman and his
ride through Georgia. What was
the one element in this editorial
which caused such dasterdly
deeds to be done on this campus
so as to make the author want
to remain unknown? THE TRUTH
is that element. I wonder how
(Continued on Page 4)
To the SGA
After reading the comments
made on the “Revised edition
of the Cougar Cry", I became
aware that I had falsely criti
cized the Student Government
in the front page article entitled,
“Student Center Faces Major
Breakdown**.
I was not aware that the class
presidents were members of the
S.G.A. I apologize for my mis
take.
Becky Landreth
Editor