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The Aletheia Montreat-Anderson College Friday, December 10,1993 Men’s Basketball Team Triumphs Over Tusculum Cavs Challenge Two Division One Conference Schools By Sean Anderson The Cavaliers walked off the court with a victory last Saturday af ternoon, after an 83-72 win against Tusculum. The leading scorers were: Aron Gabriel with 13 points. Brad Gabriel with 19, and Travis Ross with 13. At the beginning of the first quar ter, Tusculum led 18-6. M-AC came back and took the lead 42-37 by the end of first half. Sophomore Jonathan Bennett pronounced, "We started off slow. Then Coach Mac gave us a jump start in the huddle after a time-out and we started playing as a team again." Head Coach Steve McNamara explained, "In the second half, the Cavs played a steady half and Tuscu lum couldn’t get a steady margin. I was really pleased with the way our guys played in the second half, especially our reserves on the bench. We are starting to make better and better deci sions on the court and it’s paying off as we are playing better and better bas ketball." This afternoon, the Cavs will travel to Lynchburg, Virginia, to face their next opponent. Liberty College. The game is scheduled to begin at 8:15pm. This will be the first time the Cavs will contend against Liberty, as Liberty is a Division One school in the NCAA Big South Conference. Ac cording to Coach McNamara, their opponent's basketball team is both strong and physical. The school con sists of approximately 8,000 students and Coach McNamara hopes to gain experience for his team by rivaling in front of a larger crowd. Tomorrow afternoon, at four, the Cavaliers will battle Bluefield Col lege at McAlister Gym. Last year, the Cavs split with Bluefield, with one win and one loss. This game will be the last conference and home game of the semester. Bluefield, a university containing about the same amount of students as M-AC, hired Walt Ayers as their new coach. The previous coach had been there for three years. According to Coach McNamara, Blue field matches the Cavaliers competi tion wise, however Bluefield’s team plays hard. On December 18, the Cavs will ven ture to Mars Hill, North Carolina, to vie against Mars Hill Col lege. This will also be the first time M-AC has encountered Mars Hill, as they, too, are in the NCAA Division One Conference. Mars Hill consists of about 1,200 students and Coach McNamara supplied, ’"They are a very athletic team, per haps one of the best in western North Caro lina." Coach McNamara also looks forward to playing teams at higher levels to expose his players to better experiences. ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE Friday, Dec. 10 > 9 pm Christmas Dance Howerton Dining Hall 8:30 pm Movie-S/eep/ess in Seattle Cav. Grill Saturday, Dec. 11 2 pm Ladies' B-ball vs. Bluefield McAlister Gym 4 pm Men's B-ball vs. Bluefield McAlister Gym Sunday, Dec. 12 12-10 pm Open Dorm McGregor Hall 7:30 pm Vespers M-A Hall Monday, Dec. 13 6:30 pm Aerobic Workout Fellowship Hall 8-11 pm Open Dorm M-A Hall Tuesday, Dec. 14 6:30 pm 3 on 3 B-ball Teams 1 vs. 6 McAlister Gym 7:30 pm 3 on 3 B-ball Teams 2 vs. 4 McAlister Gym 8:30 pm 3 on 3 B-ball Teams 3 vs. 5 McAlister Gym 7 -11 pm Open Dorm Davis Hall Wednesday, Dec. 15 6:30 pm 5 on 5 B-ball Teams 5 vs. 6 McAlister Gym 7:30 pm 5 on 5 B-ball Teams 3 vs. 2 McAlister Gym 8:30 pm 5 on 5 B-ball Teams 1 vs. 4 McAlister Gym 6 -10 pm Open Dorm McGregor Hall Thursday, Dec. 16 7 -11 pm Open Dorm Davis Hall 8 -11 pm Open Dorm Howerton Hall Friday, Dec. 17 Final Exams Begin 12 am Late-Night Study Break Dining Hall Saturday, Dec. 18 Final Exams Continue Sunday, Dec. 19 7:30 pm Vespers M-A Hall 12-10 pm Open Dorm McGregor Hall 10 pm Ice Cream Study Break Dining Hall Lady Cavs Experience Unbelievable Deja Vu Team Wins Two Back to Back Games in Identical Manner By Marcy Buckner The Lady Cavaliers burst into a three game winning streak, following a series of seven losses. Gaining confi dence from their first win of the season against Warren Wilson, the Cavs stole a victory from Tusculum College, for merly undefeated in the Tennessee Vir ginia Athletic Conference, last Satur day, December 4, on the home court. The Tusculum Pioneers' record, before meeting up with the Cavahers, was 2-0 in the conference and 3-4 over all. The Lady Cavs were down by one with six or seven seconds left in over time when Shelly Thompson, a 5’3 guard, went to the foul line. Scoring both points, the victory went to the Cavs with a final score of 95-94. Amy Bakerscored the most points of the game with 32. The team broke a school record for three-pointers, with a total of 13, of which Baker made 8. Thompson followed close behind with 26 points, including four three-point ers. Jennifer Hobbs also added 18 points, along with seven rebounds, and shooting eight for eight at the foul line. Shon Snipes, the only senior on the team, contributed nine points, includ ing a three-pointer, and an outstanding 12 reboimds. Christy Woody also con tributed with seven rebounds. Last year was the first time M-AC had competed against Tusculum in the conference. The first time they faced each other on the court, Tusculum tri umphed rather easily, according to Coach Dana Bostic, on home turf. This season, however, they were forced to play catch-up the whole game. Again the Lady Cavs narrowly triumphed, this time against the Bre vard Tornados last Tuesday, Decem ber 7. During the first half, the oppos ing teams traded points, and the teams appeared evenly matched. At halftime, the Cavs were in the lead 42-33. The half-time song Wipeout foreshadowed the victory that seemed inevitable. The odds flip-flopped during the second half, as the Tornados became increasingly aggressive and began trap ping M-AC’s players in defensive blockades. Brevard then gained the lead. With approximately six seconds remaining in the game, the score was tied when Thompson was fouled. This painted a familiar scenario. Thompson once again, successfully handling the pressure, swished the ball through the net to win the game 81-80. Baker was again the lead scorer with 24 points, followed by Thompson with 14, and Snipes with 10. Amy Harideroad achieved five offensive, and four defensive, rebounds. The Tornado’s star player, #33, had a total of 30 points. And #54 had a total of 12 rebounds, seven defensive and five offensive. However, during the first half alone. Montreat shot 66.67% of their three-pointers, com pared to 33.33% by the Tornados. The Cavs will face Bluefield Col lege at home tomorrow afternoon at two. Coach Bostic expects a competi tive, but successful, game. The opposi tion's player to watch for is Janice McAlexander, #44, who stands 6’2", and is their best post player. Willcox and Spencer Relieve Exam Pressure By Jennifer Moore Students will have the op^rtunity to stuff their faces after a exhausting night of studying. Cafeteria Manager Jack Spencer, along with Associate for Student Activities Cary Willcox, will be sponsoring two separate exam breaks this coming week. The first break will be on December 17 at midnight Students wUlbe provided with a fun breakfast buffet in Howerton Cafeteria The breakfast buffet will consist of everything imaginable. A sample ofthe food to be provided is: eggs, partakes, waffles, bacon, sausage, and hashbiowns. This buffet will be free to all students, including off- campus students. Willcox predicted, "I expea abig turnout From the students I have talked to, I think it will be a good turn out It will save the students on campus who tend to go out during exams." Many students agree with Willcox and feel this exam break vrill be very beneficial. Student Jennie Hinman contributed, "I definitely feel it's a good alternative to having to go off campus to study, especially for tlxrse who don't have cars." Basketball player Jason Baker supplied, "IthinkifsreaUyawesome. lUkethetime it’s being held this year better than in the years past because by 12am everyone will be fried arxl will be pulling their hair out, so it will be a great stress reliever." Off-Campus student David Caldwell commented, "Free food is always a good thing. Off-Campus students will be benefited because people will already be studying and they will be able to go and eat together and relax." The second exam break will be held on Sunday at 10pm, in the Howerton Dining Half This exam break will consist of ice cream and afl the fixings. This break is open to all students. Willcox commented on the intention of the exam breaks: "The purpose is to enhance breaks so that students don't have to go off campus to study and pay money." Willcox also forecasted that the ice cream social, thougli not expected to attract as big of a crowd because many students will have already left, wiU be just as successful as the first study break. McMahan, Kitsteiner, and Reardon Lead in Relief Effort... Fire Destroys Men’s Dorm at Lee College By Cara Weiss Many M-AC students showed ex amples of their servant hearts by contribut ing items to aid fire victims. A men’s domiitory at Lee College, located in Qeve- land, Tennessee was recently destroyed by a blazing fire. Everything in the dorm was annihilated and victims were left with rx)th- ing. M-AC students started a drive to help with the relief effort, headed by M-AC student leaders Carol McMahan, Elizabeth Kitsteiner, and Jeff Reardoa According to McMahan, the drive began about two weeks ago, and continued over a period of two more weeks. Items collected were m ailed right before Thanks giving Break. Personal items, such as toiletries, made up a large majority of the contents of the care package. Others con tributed articles of clothing, as well as hairdryers. Cardboard boxes were placed in fire lobbies of each dorm on campus. Contribu tors were encouraged to submit dorrated items in the provided contairx:rs. In regard to the assistance M-AC instituted, senior Tracey Morrison re sponded, "I think we showed our fiuitof the Spirit by helping out" Morrison’s room- raate,Penny Chenault, agreed, "It was very beneficial to the other college." McMahan expressed, "I really ap preciate the effort that people made. It was really erKtouraging to see people’s generos ity. rdjust like to thank everyone on behalf ofSGAandSCA." The Aletheia Editor Jennifer Moore Advisor Brian Fuller Contributors Sean Anderson, Marcy Buckner, Kathryn Letterman, Anna Shimaya, and Cara Weiss. The Aletheia is published weekly by students enrolled in the Journalism and Editing workshop courses and is funded by the Student Government Association. The Aletheia welcomes student editorials subject to standards of length and clarity. Signed submissions may be made to Belk Campus Center room 301.
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