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Senior guard George Gibson
has been selected as the
Winston Salem . Chronicle's
* 44Ram of the Week"- for his
play in three Ram conference
^victories during the past week.?
The 6-1 -native bf Philadelphia
totaled 56 points in the
three games raising his
season's average to more than
15 points per game.
The business administration
major came to the Rams in
1974 with the idea of following
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Monroe. He earned a starting
position his freshman year and
did an outstanding job as the
Rams point guard.
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Rams surged into the lead in
the CIAAn. Southern Division
this past week winning three
conference games. The victories
boosted the Rams CIAA
record to 5-2 and moved them
to 8-3 overall.
On Wednesday night January
12 the Rams routed the
Livingstone Bears 95-75 as
All-American Carlos Terry
scored 40 points and grabbed
21 rebounds, in the WinstonSalem
Coliseum. .
rOn Friday January 15 the
Rams journeyed to Lawrenceville
Virginia to battle St.
Paul's.
The Rams took charge early
in the game and roared to a
39-28 halftime lead. But St.
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Paul's roared back to capture
the lead in-the second half.
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throw shooting (13 of 15) to
take a narrow 73-70 victory.
George Gibson led the Ram
attack with 19 points. Stenson
Conley added 14. Mike Brown
had T3 did Terry who alsc
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find it harder to get into prison
and therefore commit more
serious crimes and thereby
receive longer sentences.
4 4 But the study does not
discount the theory/' he said., v
14 No one can draw any
substantial conclusion about
imprisonment patterns without
hearing from the courts,
law enforcement agencies and
social ^agencies about the
cause/' he said.
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George returned to Ramland
his sophomore season
expecting to have a big year
but Tom Paulin came in from
Essex County Junior College
and Don* Helton from the
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rebounds. Forward William
Cozart ledSt. Patrl^s with 24
points and 11 rebounds.
The Rams made it three in a
row Tuesday night January 18
topping Fayetteville State
83-79.
The Rams opened up three
nine point leads in the first 20
minutes only to see the young
Broncos charge back and take
a 45-42 halftime lead as
freshman forward Dwight
- Marley -scored 12 of "his 24
points in the half.
The second half was a nip
and tuck affair with neither
team able to build more than a
three point advantage until
the Rams scored seven
straight points to take an 81-75
lead with 1:03 remaining and
coasted to an S3-79 victory.
Carlos-Terry again led the
Rams with 30 points and 17
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George Gibson had another
fine night netting 21 points.
Don Helton scored 10 points,
Mike Brown 9, Mike Robinson
*6, Marco Diltard ~~4" and
Stenson Conley 3. Conley also
yrohlem
the governor and the newsecretary
to do everything in
, their power to look -into this
matter and come up with some
concrete -proposals , aimed at
rectifying this appalling situation.
Too many of this state's
young black men are being
buried in. the prison system
and there is a reason. We
must know why and take steps
to do something about it. This
mn ignored any longer.
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Army and George found
himself in a reserve role. He
adjusted well and became a
valuable man of the bench for
the Rams.
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, George did get his chance to
start when Paulin was injured
in the ClAA tourney. In the*
NAIA tournament in Kansas
CUy ' Ike" as his teammates,
call him led his team to three
victories as was the teams top
scorer it)i the event.
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This season back in the
starting lineup George is off to
a good start and is a vital cog
in the- Ram-offer*se._
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had 12 rebounds.
? Coach Gaiones was not
particularly happy with his
teams play on Tuesday night.
"We'll have to play better to
beat Shaw and Elon. We were
a little too lackadasical."
Fayetteville was better
prepared for the games than
we were and they executed
their 1-4 offense well," said
the coach.
The Rams face tough road
games against conference
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battle Elon which is Jtied for
the Carolinas Conference lead
on Saturday. .
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certainly a future pro star.
These two were not the only
standouts. Almost every
player on the field had pro
football potential. A few ol
those were from this area.
North Carolina A&T wide
receiver Dexter Feaster had a
super night. The Charlotte
native grabbed seven passes
for 98 yards and scored the
only cast touchdown on a 13 d.
pass J from Norfolk StiiteV
quarterback Steve Gracff, one
of two white players ion the
game. Graeff was not one o\
the games stars howevei
hitting only 6 of 23 passes for
83 yards and suffering 3
interceptions. N Comnjentator ,
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and apparently so was the
west secondary.
WSSU's Johnny Rodgers
did a great job blocking
helping to spring Tennessee
State's Lawrence Gaines for
82 yards in 15 rushes. Gaines
was the offensive MUP.
According to Hill the_ scouts
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Two players who didn't play
in that game from N.C. who
have big pro futures are
Southern Cal's quarterback
Vincc Evans a Greeti shore
Tttativc^and offensive tackle.
Marvin Powell of F&y'etteville.~
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