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By Robert Eller they used Mike RobinSports
Editor son's only basket of the
A not so funny thing game with two seconds
happened to the Number . left to nip Briar Cliff
one seeded WSSU Rams 64-63. After an eight all
on their way to the semifi- tie at the 13 minute mark,
nals of the NAIA tourna- Briar Cliff rolled to a 30-18
ment in Kansas City last lead with 4:52 left in the
week. The Rams shooting half. WSSU closed to 37better
than 50 per cent 28 by intermission on four
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* lonfi scQToei"1 OBIV four who^cof
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late in the second half opening 20 minutes. They
against unseeded Kear- began their comeback
" ~ and 9^76. ?
"We played in spurts/' the second-half anu outcommented
Coach "Big- j>cored their opponents 16hoiise"
Gaines after re- 7 over the first six minutes
turning to the city late last to knot the score at 44
week." We should have before the 14 minute
won the game. We really mark. Briar Cliff went
beat ourselves with that back up by five, 53-48 with
long drought. It wasn't 10:40 left before WSSU
anything they were doing, tied the score again at 57
we just couldn't put the with 7:29 remaining.-^legball
in the hole." Because gie Gaines three point
of that drought Kearney play and a 10 footer by
State broke a close game Harold gave them a 62-59
open in that six minute lead, their first since the
span and for the second game's first five minutes,
time in Carlos Terry's four at 3:48. Briar 8Cliff re
year jcareerjthe Rams had /gained the lead on a drive
lost in the quarter-finals in by Edward Warren their
their bid to give Gaines an leading scorer with 20
NAIA title.. points, and two free
The Rams had gained throws by Rolando Frazer
the quarterfinals by easily with 31 seconds left set.
^ stopping Bethcmy Naze/ ting the stage for Robin rene
77-60 in the opening son's game winning tip in,
round putting four players David Harold had another
in double figures. David outstanding game for the
Harold led" the scoring in Rams with 20^ points?to
that game with 22 points, follow Gaines in scoring.
Terry added 20 points and Terry scored only 10
12 rebounds, Reggie points but had a game
" Gaines 19 points, and high. 14 rebounds. Gaines
Mike Robinsorrll points pulled in ten errant shote
and a game high 16 "re- and Robinson nine as the
bounds.?The?Rams?lad?tup seeded Rains grabbed
34-28 at the half ancLused 39 rebounds to Briar
their outstanding defense Cliff's 31.
to key the win. They shot In their loss to Kearney
45 percent for the game, State the Rams took a
below their average of 51 48-45 lead into the lockerper
cent for the season but room at the half. They hit
held Bethany to a 40 per 20 of 42 first half shots
cent shooting mark. from the floor while KearThe
following night ney made good on 19 of 41
Terry ?o Bit,
by Robert Eller guard, 2 guards and a
Sports Editor point man", Warren explained.
Each team will
WSSU All-American have eight members and
Carlos Terry has been two games will be played
selected UTpIay in the 26th each night Teading to the~
annual Portsmouth In- championship game on
vitational Tournament in March 25. A Mos? ValuPortsmouth,
Va. March 22 able Player and an Allthrough
the 25th. Tournament team will be
The tournament spon- selected at the tourney's
sored by the Portsmouth conclusion.
Parks and Recreation De- Terry will be paired
partment will feature 64 of with 6-9 center Bob
' . the nations top college Miservicius, and 6-9
senior basketball players strong foward Bruce
in an eight team single Campbell of Providence,
elimination tourney. 6-8 Charlie Woo ten of
According to Carry Bentley, and 6-6 Greg
Warren Chairman of the Saunders of St. Bonavenevents
steering commit- ture's up front. In the
tee, 15 of the 16 NBA backcourt will -be St.
teams will have scouts Bonaventure's 6-1 Stan
present at the event. "It Pietkiewicz of Auburn,
will be a great opportunity Terry figures to play both
for these athletes to show- guard and foward on the
case their talents in front squad which will play its
of the pro scouts", said first game on March 24.
Warren. Tom Blue of Elizabeth
The players in the tour- City has also been selectney
were selected by a ed to play in the tourney,
player selection commit
tee and by rro superscout"
Mary Blake. "The NSC Secc
selection committee compiled
a list of the top 120 Norfolk ^ ^
college seniors and Mr. ^ . .
. Carney Perkins annexed
Blake gave us h.s fifty top ^ fir8t annuaJ CIAA
pro Proses. We then Tfack ^ Fie,d
chose the 64 best. Most of p, , . ?f ,
. . i _ j Championship Meet s
the players selected were n. * j- n
,ir Most Outstanding Peron
both list , Warren c ?
i a ?a. .u former m Field Events
stated. After the 64 are , 0 , . .
, . . . t , award as the Spartan thinpicked
they are placed on . , .
^ clads fmished second to
one of the eight teams. Saint Augustine's Col"We
try to make the lege's Falcons in a torrid
teams as even as possible, battle for the team title.
The center is picked first, In winning the crown,
then a players who can Saint Augustine's Tallied
play either center or 40 points to edge the
strong foward is taken, Spartans (39). Trailing the
then 2 more fowards, a duo was Johnson C. Smith
swing man, who can play University *(24), Virginia
both small foward and big State College (21), Hamp?
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6'8" Reggie Gaines [shown shootini
scoring in Kansas City.
attempts, the tables were best season ever turned inreversed
in the final half by a Gaines coached team.
as Kearney hit 17 of 29 Only the 1967 team which
floor shots and the Rams cajitiired the ^National
connected on only }3 of 34 championship (NCAA
as the six minute cold small college) had a better
spell killed their chances record. Led by Earl "the
for the title. pearl" Monroe, they fin-_
"" Grand Canyon went on to - team featured only twoclaim?the?title?beating
seniors?Terry?and?Pete
Kearney State in the fi- Martin, who missed much
nals. of the season with a backAlthough
disappointed injury, and with only one
with his teams play in the junior on the team the
loss to Kearney Coach future looks bright for the
Gaines was happy with nation's winriingest active
the season his young Ca- Coach with a 620-246 regers
turned in. Their 28-4 cord.
record was the second Gaines laughed at ru
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Carlos Terry displays his specialty: "The Slam
Dunk."
md In (AAA Meet
ton Institute (8) and Win- with Ray and White turnston-Salem
State (1). ing in times of 6.21 and
Perkins captured the 6.4, finished second, third
long jump with a leap of and fourth in the 60-yard
23' 11" and soared 48' to dash; Richard Simms' 7.7
take he triple jump in took second place in the
pacing the Spartan squad. 60-yard dash; Robert
Other Norfolk State vie- Reid's 6-4 leap was setories
were recorded when cond in the high jump;
the mile relay foursome of Paul Vrooman soared 13'
Ricky Ray, Perkins, Jim in the pole vault to finish
Doughtie and David second after a jump off;
Owens covered the dis- Lowery added a 46' 10"
tance in 3:21.5 and Wil- second place in the triple
liam Lowery took the high jump; and Percy Mason's
jump with fewer misses at 44' 1 l/a" toss was third in 1
6'4". *' the shot put.
Sprinters Ray, Paul Coach Milton Reid, de-White
and Mike Keys, ^ e 10
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Winston-Salem
I g>m Chronicle
%/\A/w9 Page 9
Saturday March 18, 197!
VSSU point guard ?
rid Harold has been 5
bed a9 the Winston t
em Chronicle's "Ram <
the Week" for the <
ond time this season i
nis outstandmg play in \
Yto 'jggssrrJHassagj
l squad to one of their j
st successful seasons in (
tory this campaign. f
ked for the honor in t
? January as he finally e
uegan lo uve up to tne a
expectations of those who
said he could become one p
of the finest guards in a
Ram history.
The Hickory native s
jfvB came to WSSU after aver- b
aging better than 21
k^HnNMS^^^rj&SS points and 12 rebounds t
per game during his high
school career. His first
year of college was a ?
^Elfel jflpg ||RH learning year as he saw r
"?fy. 5*rc-flSI little action behind three?t
** .. year he sat out the second s
^br semester with academic , t
problems. . This season t
j] led Ram with 9 no experienced r
guards on the team g
mors of his leaving WSSU ii?roW" became the point 2
this week and talkeH about man "started slowly, n
his recruiting plans. Even with the Rams winn- r
ing 11 straight games his C
"'These kids^re green and play was erratic. The Bus- 3
growing. I need about iness Administration ma- tj
three kids for next year's' jor began to come into his u
team, a big man in the own during the middle of S
middle, a strong forward,? the season and banged in 6
and a quick guarcL^ a then season high, 20
The disappointment of points against Livingston^
failing to attain the one on 12 md con" tl
J tinimd to improve a
honor that had escaped thoughout the remainder tl
him during his 32 years Qf the season. b
. , Harold saved his best p
was now in the past and ~ f
performances for post tl
he had already begun season play. He had an o
making plans to recify that outstanding CIAA tourha- e
in the near future. ment 811(1 1111886(1 the 8
Tournament team by a 01
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vote. In the District
16 playoffs he was the
earns leader both offenlively
and defensively and
icored the winning basket I
n the championship game "
mi tnree seconds left on ??j
he elWclii li '<wm& mkw nitiir**~~
jerformance that Coach
}aines singled Harold out ?/ u(N
or praise. 44 David has j/ \^H^| /
us Tate in *
he season. He has direct- David Hardld
>d the attack with poise he comments,
md has played excellent With Carlos Tprrv <rr.no
lefense." There was next season more of the
>ride in the coaches voice scoring load may fall on
is he talked about his Harold and that load may
?udding star. Gaines had be just the thing he needs
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>egan that Harold had the indeed he is the CIAA's
ibility to be the leagues best guard.
op guard. IF C MnxHe
not only proved to - J
,e one of the CIAA's top joff|
guards but also one, of the
lations best in the NAIA The Women's Pro
ournament -in Kansas Basketball League (WBL)~
:ity. He led the team in has been workinglnfehfly
coring with 22 points in f?r past year on its
heir opening round vie- first-year, coast-to-coast
ory over Bethany Naza- program, and interest has
ene hitting 11 of 19 field risen heavily in the Wins;oal
attempts. He scored ton-Salem area for 1978
0 points the following membership possibiltiy.
tight in the Hams se^ws^. The WBL has finalized
ound^ victory overnB^ttf^^?8 Moines, Iowa and St.
Jliff this time on a 9 for 15 Louis and is nearing com-_
hooting performance" He pletion of memberships in
x)k only 7 shots in the Seattle, New Yotk, Cleve-_
3ams loss to Kearney lapd, Philadelphia and
tate but had 7 assists and Jackson, Miss. In the past
rebounds. few days, the WBL has
Some scouts went so far received increased ins
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le best guard in te tourn- fpllowing negotiations on
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lought he might have several business people in een
out of position at the North Carolina,
oint^ Harold dismisses Mr Ho,t who has pre.
e t ought that he is out vjousiy met with the WBL
f position there "I play- staff in Columbus, has
d guard m high school ~ * u-u
, ui i (uigcu a IUI iiuutiuit
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at assists as to score". ^ e ^a8e ^
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