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his first year at the helm, but he'll
have his work cut out for him as he
assumed the role of head football
coach as well this fall.
Wayne Miller, a pre-season allCIAA
selection, leads a talented
backcourt with anavefageo? 6.4
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Tony Adams, a sharpshooting
senior guard, added 12.5 points per
game last year.
Up front, the Bears return 6-6
forward Raynell Jones (12.8 points,
7.4 rebounds).
A productive recruiting effort
netted eight new faces, four of
which are 6-6 or better.
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< -> Entering his 39th season (all at the
same school), Coach C.E.
"Bighouse" Gaines will field
possibly his youngest WINSTONSALEM
STATE team ever.
Five of the top eight players are
gone from last year's surprising
17-11 squad, which knocked topranked
Virginia Union out of the
NCAA playoffs.
Part-time starters Alexander
Hooper, a 6-4 junior guard who
averaged 12.9 ppg., 6-3 senior Oscar
Williams (9.9 ppg.) and 6-1
. sophomore Steve Hood (5.7 ppg.)
return, as do key reserves Charlie
Spell and Thomas Faison, a pair of
5-10 sophomore guards, and 6-7
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sophomore.
Heading the list of newcomers
will be 6-7 Derek Daniels, who
many say will be the Rams' best post
player since Carlos Terry. Another
6-7 freshman who could make an
immediate impact is Maurice Edmonds,
who led the Tidewater area
with 15 rebounds a game last
season.
"We will be young and green,"
says Gaines, "but this team could
end up better than last year's group
if the big kids can develop."
ST. AUGUSTINE'S suffered
through one of its leaner vears
under Harvey Heartley last winter,
posting a very un-Heartley-like
11-14 mark. But the 14-year mentor
predicts a better showing this time
around.
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who'll build on a nucleus of four
returning players.
Heading the list of veterans will
be guard Maurice Cham pen, a 6-1
senior who averaged seven points
and almost five assists last season.
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rookie season that saw him average
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outing, while 6-3 junior Eugene
Smith is being counted on to aid
Cham Den in the backcourt.
Six-four forward Desmonde
Thomas will be called upon to provide
leadership in his junior season.
Joining the veterans will be JUCO
transfer Randell Mounts, a 6-6
Miami native who is expected to
provide immediate help at forward.
Other frontcourt performers who
should add strength inside are 6-6
Bryant Boy kins and 6-9 Chris Lee.
Still, Heartley concedes that the
Falcons have a lot to work on.
"We will have to get the ball off
Changes
Gone is muscleman Charles
Oakley, but Union Coach Dave
Bobbins, above, still has ample
firepower. Below, among the faces
who won't play again for WinstonSalem
State is guard Haywood
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improve defensively," he says, adI
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ourselves to hard work and working
to make things happen, rather than
expecting things to happen, we will
have a different outlook this time
around."
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL
will begin a new era when it takes
the court under new Coach Mike
Bernard, who left powerful Norfolk
State to assume the reins of a
floundering program.
He'll have his work cut out for
him. Taking over at a school that
has seen only one winning season
since 1969, Bernard should see his
Eagles again hold up the rest of the
Southern Division.
Still, Bernard will have eight
players who have previous experience
in the maroon and gray,
and three starters return from last
year.