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three SWAC tournament championships
and three SWAC regularseason
titles. Alcorn will be hardpressed,
yet, better than some.
4<This will be the third time that
we've lost fivestarters in one year,"
said Whitney. "Each time, we've
always been able to rise to the occasion.
It may be difficult this time
around, but we hope to have the
same kind of end results."
David Palmer, a 6-9 senior center,
and Davey Whitney Jr., a 6-3 senior
guard, represent the Braves' best
hope of salvation. Palmer averaged
9.6 points and 5.0 rebounds last
year, while Whitney netted 4.8
points and handed out 2.7 assists.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE
should be competitive enough to remain
in the higher echelon of the
SWAC this year, after finishing
18-11 overall and 7-7 in the SWAC
(third) last year. Lafayette Stribbling's
team returns three starters and
naa a decent recruiting season.
The best of the Delta Devils includes
6-3 senior guard/of or ward
Mark Coleman (11.8 ppg., 6.2 rebounds,
5.1 assists), 6-0 junior
guard George Ivory (9.4 ppg., 4.5
assists) and 6-3 guard Mike
Ferguson (8.4 ppg., 4.6 rebounds).
Heading up the SWAC's bottom
four are the Alabama State
Hornets, followed by the Texas
Southern Tigers, the Prairie View
A&M Panthers and the Grambling
State Tigers.
James Oliver's ALABAMA
STATE Hornets lost four starters
from last year's 14-17 team that
went 7-7 in SWAC play (third) last
year. It was Oliver's first-ever losing
campaign and his team will struggle
to stay above .500 this season.
Frank Silmon, a 6-6 sophomore
forward who averaged 10.8 points
and 5.6 rebounds per game a year
ago, is Alabama State's lone returning
starter from a team that lost the
likes of guards Michael Freeney
(12.9 ppg., 5.6 rebounds) and Alexander
Newell (10.1 ppg.), forward
Douglas George (5.5 ppg, 4.5 rebounds)
and center Joe Williams
U*-8 PPg., ll.l rebounds).
TEXAS SOUTHERN, like
Alcorn State and Alabama State,
was hit hard by graduation, losing
four starters, including forward
Amire Applewhite (14.8 points per
game, 6.4 rebounds) and forwardcenter
Stephenfon Standfield (12.5
ppg., 9.8 rebounds).
Robert Moreland's Tigers went
11-5 overall in 1984-85, finishing 6-8
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in the conference (tied for fifth).
. Returning 6-1 senior guard Lester
Brooks (13.5 ppg., 5.8 assists) could
be the catalyst for the Tigers, a team
that will depend heavily on a crop of
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those freshmen appear to be 6-9
center Fred West and 6-5 guard
Brian Brooks. ...
Bringing up the rear, but perhaps
not the very rear for a change, are
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M'S Panthers,
who may escape the SWAC cellar
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Terrance Artis, a 5-11 senior
guard (6.2 ppg., 5.6 assists) and 6-6
junior forward Marc Home (8.1
ppg., 4.2 rebounds) should help the
Panthers improve on their marks of
5-22 overall and 4-10 in the SWAC
(seventh) last year.
That leaves Fred Hobdv's
GRAMBLING STATE Tigers, who
went 8-19 overall a year ago, 4-10 in
the SWAC, in the league basement.
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suspended three of those starters,
including guard Willie LaPoole
(15.2 ppg., 4.8 rebounds), guard
Roger Jones (9.6 ppg., 4.0 rebounds)
and center Marlon Paige
(7.2 ppg., 4.6 rebounds).
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