Atlanta Back - Sparks Aggie ( ton^T|pU basketball camp.aigns, it has been the backcourt which has served as the hub of the North Carolina A&T success. W Beginning with Al Attles Joe Howell, Jtme Harris- ^ James Outlaw, to contemporary standouts James 4The Bird* Sparrow - Joe Braw- James Anderson ner, the Aggies have been able to overwhelm opposition because of superior guard play. But as A&T enters the 1980-81 season, opposing coaches and unsuspecting followers were curious to see what second year Head Coach, Don Corbett, would do to find two replacements at the most watched positions in basketball. All Corbett did was come up with a combination that had been playing together since the 5th grade in the College Park suburb of Atlanta and would later go on to post - one of the longest prep winning streaks in Georgia history (60 games). James Anderson, a 6-3, 190 pounder who combines scoring, prowess with tremendous defensive intensity, and Ron Slinchcomb, a 5-10 speed merchant who has perhaps the quickest hands of any backcourt player in the MEAC, have lead A&T from the depths of an 8-19 season a year ago to at one point in the present campaign, a number one rankine in the Sheridan RrnartcQciino d^>ii w wi wMWVU^tlM^ Wll , Just sophomores, and according to Corbett, still adjusting to their environment and competition, Aggie followers will probably be muttering the names of Anderson-Stinchcomb in years to come. Their matriculation to A&T and Greensboro was a long one. After leading College Park High to four consecutive state championships, a 60 game win streak, and setting numerous individual scoring and assist records, the college scouts surprisingly, were not really knocking on their doors. In fact, the pair almost decided not to even attend college. It's not that we didn't get offers or that the college coaches did not see us.'' the pair agreed. J'VVe played against some great competition and we beat teams that A1 Wood played on in the state playoffs and Reggie Johnson, who later went on to play at the University of Tennessee. 44We both received offers from the schools in Atlanta but felt that because we knew so many people in the area, we would probably have trouble concentrating on our Black College Sports Landing The Big One ; Some say black college schools just can't land blue chip?: football players. Don't say that too loudly in Jackson, Miss. Jackson State feels it has signed six of the best high 1 school linemen in the state of Mississippi. Heading the j isit is frank button, a 6-foot-4, 230-pounder out of 1 Jackson. Sutton was the top lineman in the state of this? year, and was on everybody's list including Southern ; Mississippi, Mississippi State and others. CIAA Sellout CIAA basketball tourney looks like it'll sell out again { this year. Johnson C. Smith writes to say its initial allot- i ment of $25 and $30 tickets for the Feb. 26-28 tourna- ] ment have been sold. More are on the way, however, i reports JCS spokesman Philip Busher. CIAA tourney i will be held, as usual, at the Norfolk (Va.) Scope... i i Madhouse is "badhouse" 1 1 Toughest arena to play basketball in? Inside Sports Magazine thinks it could be Johnson C. Smith's Brayboy Madhouse. However, the gym at Bethune-Cookman is no picnic. It's a crackerbox that seats about 1,600, and its so hard to win in the place that opposing coaches dread having to travel to Daytona Beach. Among problems with the gym is that it's poorly fK? -? ;?H-- ?? 4 " - ugiuvu aiiu wit tans pidcucdiiy bii un ine iioor. /\II insi S * fine with Wildcats' coach Cy McLarien, however. He thinks his squad can use that advantage as they challenge ? for the MEAC crown. ( Shaw University Breaks Streak Let's here trfor Siaw University, which recentty broke ? a 39-game losing streak. The record for most consecutive < losses was 47, set by Clemson a few years ago. Former Florida A&M football coach Jake Gaither is recovering nicely from minor surgery. Piles of Points Seems Johnson C. Smith basketball games are always high-scoring affairs. The Bulls average 90.2 points per game, but allow an average of 82 points on defense. One of highest scoring games in CIAA history came recently when JCS outlasted Livingstone 125-110... r% - 1 r - duo lamer - Look out i James Terry, a 6-foot-ll basketball player for Howard, scares you when he is asked what his role is for the Bison. "My role is mainly to be an enfofcer," he says. No, Terry, breaks riu arms. Wiiai Vie doc>, liuwevei', is niix it up under the backboards for rebounds. He's one of the chief reasons Howard will be tough to beat come MEAC tourney time... _ , court Duo Ztage A ttack JjjutilgjL which wOufd evcnuiatiy tead -u*ami tmhappincsx;?= ? - -~^=-^====?-^ "So instead of going to school, we decided to go to work and although we knew we wanted to get a cottege education at times it didn't look like it was going to happen .'' ? Enter Don Corbett. C^hrll hail rnarhrd Andrrvnn'* older brothgr at Lincoln University, and when he found out about James, immediately offered him a scholarship. Anderson's first year at Lincoln was nothing short of sensational as he was named to the AII-M1AA team. Corbett accepted the A&T job the next season and Anderson came with him. One weekend, Stinchcomb came to visit his buddy, scrimmaged with a pickup team and Corbett offered him a scholarship, putting the pair together again. "Sure, it's great ptaying together again," said Stinchcomb, who has a 3.2 academic average in his Physical Education major. "We have been playing organized havk#?lhall Innpthar r " "* ~ L 1 1 ?>^vx.vi v?u .^uicc giauc miiuui, anu wc Know what to expect from each other and what the other is capable of doing offensively and defensively. "James has always been a tremendous scorer and good defensive player. My role has always been to set the offense up, establish some tempo, then turn the show over to him. "Our role hasn't changed that much inv Coach Corbett's system." Anderson is presently averaging better than 18 points a game, and his all around play makes him a leading contender for MEAC "Player of the Year" honors. Stinchcomb is averaging nearly six assist^ger outing and his court speed and slick baHhzmcttrng forces opposing defenses to play the Aggies honest. "We are both happy here at A&T and with the MEAC tournament champion going to the NCAA national playoff, we all have something to strive for at the tournament," they said. "The league is strong this season and now that South Carolina State appears to be coming around any team can win. We feel that if we can execute offensively and defensively we can be the team to continue its season in the national playoffs." Regardless, A&T fans will still have two more names to add to their list of back court stars. MEAC in W-S JMj Recent Hall of Fame in ductee, Johnny McLendon, and former National f Basketball Association L j standout, Willis Reed, will conduct a workshop and skills clinic at the 10th an- g nual Mid-Eastern Athletic n Conference basketball toilr- I fo) /T\["7^11 /A\ L nament at the Winston- 1 ?/UZ^L-J 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 6 with all area male and female teams invited to at- P165/7 tend. In addition to demonstrating basketball skills and drills, McLendon, * presently a national sales representative with the J ^VTV/l fi !pV ounvci&e KUDPer company 1 \J\jJ LTI HIM ^ >vill show a highlight film C *nd test the individual C: basketball knowledge of all i barticipants. J "Johnny McLendon is generally recognized as one I^Hk TewtT as* of the greatest minds ever in Reoai Grand p?* cjan the sport of basketball," Nova* Hornet won, \#>iarp Gremlin Comi said MEAC Commissioner, Ken Free. "McLendon, along with the Converse $10 00 Rubber Company, has TRADE-IN! sponsored the clinic prior to ^ our opening round for the past few years and each year the interest and par- ! ticipation among the future y^Sig^ S stars of our league in- \l*r'd^JU Lm? Al creascs- free ^475 "Willis Reed, probably TITZZT the most celebrated member sample Buy . .... *56 00 ?Zr reo price of the New York Knicks, $1000 Minus Trade along with McLendon will battery provide the youngsters in flush too seaioattcry eliminates . . ... periodic checkmq protects against attendance tnis year with an mprooer *atcnnq Stays clean m unlimited wealth of infor- ,""a"?"anc mation about the game of M"w ~"" basketball." The clinic will last about an hour and a half and will be followed by JllSt SOV 'CH the opening round games of T the conference champion- Goodyear Rev .. Use any o? these ships. This season s MEAC I ourowncuston Tournament winner will- MJ * f?%% !) receive an automatic bid to the NCAA National Tour- ^^m^mm nament and the chance to OOWNTOWW e , . 0606VIX1IuWVtefettf6?i? compete for the coveted ^ w 4th St 7;30 ,c 6:00 ^ championship. a?i 111 " ?t. , ,??? . .. ~ ? . ?' r *? 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