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Talentec
TSrenda Winfield has become
the-firs*-woman ever to
be selected as the Winston
Salem Chronicle's "Ran?, of
the Week" for her^ole in
leading' the Rams -women's
Z Basketball team?to?an ?8-4
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record so far"this season.
The 5-7 145 lb. freshman is
the team's leading scorer with
a Tl'.A sabring average and
ranks ffiird on the team in
* * rebounding from her guard
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The Winston Salem State
Rams got 25 points and 13
rebounds from All-American
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floor leader Don Helton dealt
out 16 assists Tuesday night
as the Rams whipped North
Carolina A&T. 75-64 at the
Winston Salem Coliseum.
The game was much closer
than the final score wotSld
indicate but the Rams used
their experience & fast break
to outscore the young Aggies
22-10 over the last eight
minutes and claim their 12th
victory against four defeats.
The Aggies (2-16) played
inspjred ball jearlyJn-the Tifsfhalf
and led 7-4 less than three
minutes into the game. -But?
from there the Rams took ?
control.
They began to get their fast?
break going and forced nine
quick Aggie turnovers tp open
up a 30-20 lead with 6:17 left
S.C. 1st 1
Durham, N.C. South
Carolina State, picked in the
pre-season poll to win the
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
basketball championship
this season, won a pair of
weekend league games and
has taken over first place in
the MEAC basketball standings
as the teams begin the
finafononth of play leading up
to ythe 6th annual MEAC
Basketball Tournament set for
February 24-26 at the
Greensboro Coliseum.
The Bulldogs defeated
Howard Friday night, 88-83 in
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back Saturday night to defeat
previously unbeaten Morgan
State, 65-56. S.C. State now
sport* a,5-1 league mark as
compared with a 7-8 overall
mark,
^The loss by Morgan State
dropped the Bears into second
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spot.
The Monroe, N7CT native
became interested in sports at
an early age because, '*1 liked
playing ^sports better ?thananything
else/'
-She began to play T>askeF":~
ball competitively \n the
eighth grade and was a four
year starter at Monroe High
School. ETuring her four years
there ^hc led the team iu the
state tournament three times
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in the half. The spurt was,
fueled by Helton's steals,
Oeorge Oibsoa s drives and
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Terry's two stuff shots (one a
Julius Erving style reverse job
which brought much of the
wood almost 5,000 to their
feet). ===
The Rams rolled up a_39J0
halftime lead as Terry popped
in 17 points and Helton and
Gibson each added eight.
The Aggies came right back
at the start of the second half
outscoring the Rams 14-4 to v
take a 44-43 lead at the 15:48
mark.
The lead then changed"
hands Five times in the next
seven minutes before the
Rams made their surge Uptake
^the lead for good on Mike
Brown's first ^ basket of the
game with about eight
minutes left.
Helton almost came to
blows with the Aggies Edward
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!n MEAC
place with a 3-1 league record.
Overall, the Bears are 10-6
having also lost to Baltimore
College, 85-6^ Thursday
night.
North Carolina Central
divided a pair of league games
last week and the Eagles now
stand 4-2 in conference play.
In a non-conference contest,
NCCU defeated WinstonSalem,
60-58 Wednesday
night. Overall, N.C. Central is
7-11.
In addition to the conference
loss to South Carolina
State,, Howard dropped ap
84-82 setback to Lincoln last-?
Tuesday. Howard has a 3-2
family mark and a 11-6 mark agaijist
all opposition.
Mary land-Eastern Shore
put its leagif^^ecord above
.500 with a pair of league wins
over the weekend. The Hawks
See MEAC, Page 20
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re's 21 Point
and& was named tolhie_
All-Conferencc team -all four
years. In addition she was
named Player of the Year her
-senior^'ear,7^vas ^the squads
MIJP _ as^.-a &^[>homorcr?iand
again as a senior and was
selected honorable mention
All-State in 1975,Ms.
Marcelline Scales^
Director of Women's Athletes
at WSSU, first saw her play
in the state tournament her
rhe Chronic
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75-64
Vickers after Vickers fell on
top of him.
He was also roughed up
pretty good by Aggie .
'Quarterback Elsworth Turner.
The senior playmaker cooled
down sooiVvsafter the game and
said of the incidents, *T,got
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assists," smiling and pointing
at the stat sheet.
On Saturday night the Rams
had stretched their CIAA
Southern Division by whippin
Johnson C. $mith in Charlotte
93-76. Terry was high man for
the Rams in that victory also
scoring 33 points, and hauling
in 16 rebounds. Helton and
Gibson each added 22 points
for the RamsrThe
Rams face St. Augustine
on Thursday here and
ha ve a rematch with Johnson
C. Smith in the Coliseum on
SaWday. /
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The Health and Physical
Education major says the
major difference between high
school and college^asketball
is in the .competition r-^^ft-htgTT
school there wasn't too much
?competition?and during the
summer I usually plav against
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guys," she says.
B rendu had a season high of
35 points against St. Augustine's
this season and says she"
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