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Page Six, THE HILLTOP, December 8, 1977 Scotty Miller Lions Hit Losing Streak The Lions upped their losing streak to five games with losses to District 26 foes Lenoir Rhyne and Gardner-Webb. With these setbacks Mars Hill dropped to 1-6 overall and 0-2 in the district. In Hickory, the Lions jumped out to an early 10-7 lead at the 14:31 mark of the first half but then proceeded to go six minutes without scoring and were out-produced 34-12 the rest of the half. The Bears took a 40-22 first half margin into the dressing room. In the second half, the closest Mars Hill could pull was within 14 at 48-34 after reeling off eight straight points, but it was too little and too late. Lenoir-Rhyne shot 38 out of 69 from the floor for 55%, including a 69% shooting spree in the second frame. The Lions were outrebounded 47-30 while shooting a measly 35% from the field. The final margin showed Mars Hill on the short end of a 90-59 outcome. Lenoir-Rhyne was able to set up and do what they wanted to on offense.’ For Mars Hill, sophomore forward Don Icen- hower had 16 points and nine rebounds to lead the Lions in both categories. Mars Hill then returned home to face the nationally ranked Gardner-Webb Bulldogs. The Lions went into a deliber ate, open-middle offense and looked only for the high percentage shot. The strategy payed off well in the first half. After falling behind 6-0, Mars Hill fought back to tie it up at 10 and shortly there after took the lead 16-15 at the 6:09 mark on a short jumper by Kim Deweese. The Bulldogs came back to take a 29-27 halftime lead. Precision shooting from Gardner-Webb and another long cold shooting spell by the Lions iced the con test for the Bulldogs. Gardner-Webb shot 76% the second half, while Mars Hill went 8:42 without tallying a point. Carl Martin hit his last 11 shots to pace the Bulldogs, and the Lions lost their fifth in a row, 68-47. Deweese shot 100% from both the floor and the free throw line in leading Mars Hill’s scoring j 15. Icenhower and James Allen a 12 apiece to round out the double tig scorers for the Lions. Despite ^ ® point loss, Lytton was fairly comph^ j tary towards his team. “Our kids p- 1, well, particularly early in the We missed some scoring in the second half that allowed Gar i Webb to open it up. Overall, 1 pleased with the effort; it was our ; game in the last three." J : The Lions travel to S.C. for ® .go l trip this week. Mars Hill plays j Aiken in Aiken, and on Saturday challenge Voorhees College in Denm Lady Lions Open Basketball Season a transfer fro"' By L. E. Williamson Freshman James Holmes. No. 42 lays in two iTatcMnSlv““ Greg Simpson (right) and Kim Deweese (background left) watch intently. The Lady Lions Basketball team opened up their season on Wednesday, November 30 at 7:00 p.m. at East Ten nessee State University. Mars Hill returns four starters from last year’s 13-5 team which finished fourth in North Carolina Division II (small colleges). Missing from last years team will be 6 3 center Esther Hollingsworth, who will be out this season due to illness. Leading Mars Hill will be 5’11 senior, center Linda Robinson from Mars Hill and 5'6" junior guard Paula Corbin, from Franklin, N.C. Both of these girls were All-Division players last year while Linda was also named to the college all- state team for the third consecutive season. , Junior Billie Boyd from Canton s Pis- gah High will add steadiness to the lady Lions team. The other returning starter, Raelene Spencer, a sophomore Erwin High product will direct the Mars Hill . . n u fll J The fifth starting position will be tilled by either 6' sophomore Joy Muse from Tuscola High, Loretta Spencer, 5 9 , a transfer from Bryan College, or Rhonda Suggs 6’1 Wingate College. -gpn Last year’s sixth player, Cheryl iv‘ who is the only other senior on the i , will add experience to the team. 5>back returning players are junior Lynn • ^ mons from Marshall, N.C., and mUllb llUiii —, -- more Claudia Bragdon from Green Tenn. and Jody Self from Colu^',y S.C. These returners should Lady Lions more bench strength i*- usual. There are 3 freshmen on this '"‘bo; ®rding Jtkle ^“‘‘'gback team. Mountain View’s Sandy J Stecoah’s Kathy Cabe, and a Uie product, Angelia Johnson. With seasoning these players should see action. --g The Lady Lions will be compel The Western District of Division 1* “ with Western Carolina, Davidson, j newcomers Lenoir-Rhyne, and f ''Tg Charlotte. Western Carolina appe» jjf ^ be the strongest contender for th trict title, but Lenoir-Rhyne won lllLtl line* UUl J to ^ Sion III last year and could prove i A jg tniioh nnnnnent. In Division B. tough opponent. In Division , Point, last year’s champion, promi^ be almost as good this year and is ■fi season favorite to repeat this [d Division II Tournament will be h Mars Hill, Feb. 23-25. Photo hy Tommy Burton ^ , Fall in Home Opener and Shriner s Classic By Scotty Miller In their home opener against District 6 foe Voorhees, the Lions blew substan tial second half leads and lost 73-69. Coach Lytton stated it best when he said, “We played like all we had to do to win was show up.” With the score tied at 31 with 2:48 to play in the first half. Mars Hill reeled off 8 unanswered points and went into the dressing room lead ing 39-33. A James Hannah 18 foot jumper with 16:58 to play staked the Lions to their longest lead of the contest, 49-39. The Tigers then hit a hot streak of their own, scoring 12 points in a row to take the lead 51-49. The lead switched hands several times thereafter until two free throws by Randy Wingo with 12 seconds left to play iced it tor Voorhees. The Lions had balanced scor ing, with Kim DevVeese and James Allen sharing scoring honors with 14 apiece. Allen also added 11 assists to his scoring effort. . r- „ Mars Hill traveled to Savannah, Geor gia to participate in the Shriner’s Classic, their second tournament in a week. Ihe Lions drew Armstrong State in the first round. Missed free throws down the stretch spelled doom for Lytton s crew, as the Pirates claimed an 85-79 victory. Mars Hill jumped out to an early ten point lead in the first half but squan dered it away and trailed 39-38 at half time. The second half saw the lead change hands 17 times. Foul trouble plagued Mars Hill, as the three starting big men all fouled out and were largely ineffective the second half. A 20 foot jumper by Deweese with 1:08 to play cut Armstrong’s lead to 79-78, but Keith Ochs hit both ends of a one and one with 12 seconds left to put the con test out of reach for the pirates. An Armstrong layup at the buzzer ended the scoring at 85-79. Freshman guard Perry Somers came off the bench to score 19 points for Mars Hill in only 23 minutes of playing time. Deweese added 16 in the losing effort. The consolation game Saturday night saw the Lions pitted against a taller quicker Savannah State squad. ft'' end '"'e bac; “Ur H^®®bm ''visior 10 23 iQ 17 ■13 throws kept Mars Hill in the first half, as they converted 21 attempts compared to only four I® Tigers. Shooting from the floor j ij to be the kev, as the Lions sh®,. 18 24 25 28 key, as the Lions sr>“j(r measly 31% compared with 55^ Savannah. The Tigers ran off eigbL/** i("'l o |1«' answered points early in the secono to improve on a narrow 42-39 margin. The Lions lost their ■ margin. i ue uiuiis lusi straight game, this time by the sco ujli 91-76. Greg Simpson led the MarS^jif scoring with 17 before fouling out 5:25 to play. Freshman James ^by off the bench to haul in .ifi N came rebounds to lead the Lions in that Rory. ^Wba
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