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ICIAA From Page 15 NORTHERN DIVISION After surrendering the nation's number one ranking to Virginia Union last season, the Spartans of NORFOLK STATE feel they have a legitimate shot At snatehino it Karlr I Back to lead the way is allAmerica guard Tally. The aptly named 6-1 junior tallied 20.9 points and 3.7 assists per game last year and nearly led the Spartans to an upset of unbeaten Union in the league title game. Street A Smith's Basketball Yearhrtrtlr Viae nirlr*H Kim oc /?f ?K* I wv*? iihu pivnwi iiuii IU vsuv Ul U1V top five small-college players in the nation for 1985-86. But Tally isn't the only star among the returnees. Barry Mitchell, a junior forward, has grown to 6-5 and is expected to better last year's totals of 14 points and eight rebounds per game. Burly 6-6 senior Darnell Brown also returns at center, where he chipped in nine points and 5.6 rebounds an outing last season. Five other lettermen return as well and lOth-year mentor Charles Christian, who already has five C1AA titles to his credit, has added some fine newcomers. Heading the list is 6-9 Mat Henson, who averaged 19.9 points, 17.1 r?KAlt(i/4e onr) < Q etiAtc a Ii vuuuiiuj anu uivvivvu juuio a game while earning JUCO allAmerica honors at Mary Holmes Junior College, Joining Henson (and, interesting ly enough, last year's coach at Mary Holmes, Tom Snowden, who's now an assistant to Christian) are 6-6 forward Primus Cherry and 7-0 African Alexander Soyebo. Freshmen expected to make an immediate impact are 6-3 guard Martin Snipes and 6-5 forward Mike Morris, who averaged 19.5 points . and 15.5 rebounds at the same Atlantic City, N.J., high school that t i w ?? proaucea laiiy. While Sports Information Director Ken Snelling predicts a possible national championship for the Spartans, Christian prefers to play it close to the vest. At the league's pre-season banquet for players, coaches and the media, he asked Tally to "stand up and tell these people wno you are." As if they don't already know. As for the conference kingpins, for the first ibuiL yean VIRGINIA UNION Coach Dave Robbins will begin the season without the best big man in the CIAA. Charles Oakley has taken his 24 points and 18 rebounds per game to the NBA as the Chicago Bulls' - first-round draft choice. But shed no tears for the Panthers, whose only loss last year - a shocker to fellow CIAA member Winston-Salem State in the NCAA regionals - ended their season-long reign as tne nation's number one Division II squad. Eight lettermen return from that unit that produced 30 wins, led by 6-4 junior Jamie Waller. A second. team all-America pick last season, the "human highlight film" expects to do even better this year, but it 3E| Bb^Hk* . %. tJ3L - ^UfM ^fBl Wr BMb^ *? / a Norfolk's Barry Mitchell, a junior by James Parker). won't be easy. Waller averaged nearly 21 points and more than seven rebounds in '84-85, adding 95 assists, 57 steals and 14 blocked shots for good measure. drill WnlW ioi't th* nnlv hrwe# in Robbins' stable. Six-six junior forwards Greg Williams and Jerry Hargrove averaged 10.5 and nine points, respectively, last year. Sophomore Tony Dallas heads the long liet of returning-guards. Last season, he netted 9.1 points per nama mm/1 a 1km* L >*?- ? *A ? ? |uui oiiu siiui uciia uuui ju percent from the field. Among Union's freshman thoroughbreds is 6-9 Terry Davis, who brings high school totals of 14 points, 12 rebounds and two blocked shots per game with him from Halifax, Va., and 6-7 Bill Pritchard, who was recommended to Robbins by none other than Oakley. II Im g ^ 1 l&jfl _ i j^^gir /. J r rtmf if^iiv r Jtk k/ . r ^fe ^ I ?^H V ml JL-J^W & JHH . forward, has grown to 6-5 (photo Pritchard averaged 20.3 points and 10.7 rebounds in the tough Cleveland, Ohio, basketball wars. The top guard prospect is another rW^tanH lAknatknn T ?IW1%> A wt VAA V | V~1 W% J v/iuiauicui Walker, who averaged 28.9 points, eight assists and five steals per game last year. 4<Even though we have lost The Black College Sports Review ~ wmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Franchise/ we are still very optimistic," says Robbins. "We are hopeful that our other kids can take up the slack left by Oakley." If Davis, Pritchard or 6-7 sophomore Herb Williams can do 0?l a/lennete IAU SM* ?k* UAMBJ. ? Bit nuv^uatv jvu uu uic uuaius, U1C Panthers could keep dangerous Norfolk - and the rest of the country - at bay. Under the direction of llth-year Head Coach Hank Fordt HAMPTON'S Pirates hope to improve on their 19-8 record and third-place Northern Division finish last year. Nine Pirate lettermen return from a team that won 11 of 13 games down the stretch last season, losing only to top-ranked Virginia Union twice. Tops among the returnees are 6-1 senior guards William Johnson and John Stevens, 6-10 junior center Rowan Gomes and 6-2 sophomore guard P.J. Honore. Johnson, a three-year captain, led the team with 193 assists, an average of 7.1 per game. The Pirates' top recruit was 6-3 guard Michael Smith, who garnered MVP honors in Virginia's EastWest all-star game. All in all, Hampton will again R.I J _ R a I * - .... uciu a line leam oui in a aivision that includes both Norfolk and Union, another third-place finish is about the best the Pirates can hope * for. Despite the loss of six players from last year's 12-13 team, ^ST. PAUL'S Coach Moses Golatt expects this to be the year his Tigers forget about Jtrying to finish .500 and look toward the top of the Northern Division. Golatt isn't about to predict his team running roughshod over the likes of Union or Norfolk but he does expect the Tigers to be right on the favorites' heels. "I feel like we will be a muchimproved team over last year and we should win 16 or 17 games," he says. "We have more talent than we have had in a long time." Heading the list Of talented players Golatt will count on this season is 6-7 junior Keith Downs, who paced the team in rebounding last season. Also back are senior forwards Christopher Scott and Gus Canty. The 6-7 Scott led the league in free throw shooting last year while Canty, at 6-5, hit 57 percent of his shots from the floor. ELIZABETH CITY STATE *- * vwwvti mvvu/ auguil Cillers nis 33rd year at the helm needing 13 wins to reach the magic 500-win Please See Page 19 ? SSS5SSS December, 1985-Page 17
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