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By DAVID BULLA
Chronic! t Sport* Editor
.. RICHMOND, Va. ? Winston-Salem State's
Rams, 81-76. losers to Elizabeth City State in the
ClAA Tournament quarterfinals last week, have at
least one more chance to redeem themselves.
Thanks to an automatic bid in the national
playoffs for winning the Southern Division title,
they'll play in the first round of the NCAA Division
II South Atlantic Regional Friday night in Emmitsburg,
Md. WSSU, 16-10, takes on host Mount
Saint Mary's, 24-3, at 8:30.
Fifth-ranked Mount Saint Mary's is led by senior
?aul Edwards. The 6-foot-4 wing, an all-America
candidate, is something of a basketball Renaissance
man. He leads the team in four categories: scoring
(16.8), assists (4.5), steals (3.4) and field goal
percentage (54). Edwards also is second in rebounding
(5.6) and free throw percentage (83). Teammate
Geprge Young averages 12.8 points and 3.1
... assists'from his point guard position.
\7~. The first-round regional game will be a rematch
"^of'last year's regional final, won by MSM 63-56.
The game also features the two winningest active
coaches in Division II. WSSU's C.E. "Bighouse"
Gaines is 750-342 in 40 seasons and MSM*s Jim
Phelan is 604-268 in 32 seasons.
1 'Coach Phelan is one up on me and I don't like
being down to * senior citizen," the 62-year-old
..j Gaines quipped. "I want to get even."
While it might seem that WSSU won't have much
of a chance in the regional semifinal, the Rams faced
a similar task last season against Virginia Union,
which was ranked No. 1 and unbeaten in 30 games.
.' * * 'They're a hurry-up group," Gaines said of
Mount Saint Mary's. "They come down, and one,
. two, three passes and they've scored. We'll have to
play as effectively as possible and be patient."
Common opponents included Elizabeth City,
which MSM beat 109-103 in overtime, and St.
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Norfolk State, the CIAA Tournament winner,
and Virginia Union play in the other regional
~ semifinal Friday night at 6:30.
The regional will be like a convention for some of
the nation's top Division II coaches. Norfolk Coach
Charles Christian and Union Coach Dave Robbins
are both ranked in the top five in winning percentage
among active Division II coaches.
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"This was one of those close ones,'* ECSU
Coach Bobby Vaughan said after he registered
career win No. 503. "A bounce here and a bounce
there--that's what made the difference." -|
The Vikings, who reversed a 95-85 overtime loss
at Winston-Salem Jan. 11, also played effectively
on defense, especially on all-CIAA wing Alexander
Hooper. The 6-foot-5 junior was held to 14 points
on a five-of-13 shooting night. Hooper, who had
just one field goal in the second half, failed to reach
the 20-point mark for only the eighth time this
season. WSSU has lost each of those eight games.
"We had to deny Hooper the ball," Vaughan
said. "We were supposed to take the base line from
him, but we didn't in the first half. We made some
adjustments."
Matthew "Ice" McMillan, the Rams' talented
sixth man, also was ineffective against ECSU's
defense, making only two of nine from the floor
while finishing with seven points.
"We w$nt with a full-court press in the first half,
but they handled it rather well," added Vaughan,
whose team was eliminated in the semifinals bv
Norfolk State, 76-63. "We went to a halfcourt 1-2-2
- we call it our 'Big Mac Attack* - to try to delay
their offensive flow. Winston-Salem tries to get you
in these little three-on-threes with lots of cutters. So
we wanted to get them into their offense later."
WSSU's Gaines couldn't comprehend the way his
team played in its only tournament appearance.
"I can't explain after the practice we had yesterday
Oast Wednesday) why we were so flat," Gaines
said. "My son came all the way from California to
watch his dad's team play like this. My daughter ,
was thinking of coming up tomorrow. I might just ;
call her and tell her not to come. *
"We were reluctant to shoot," he added.
"Sometimes I wonder what goes on in kids' minds.
Everybody wanted to blame somebody else and
that's the coach's job."
Among the plusses, there was a coming out of
sorts for reserve guard Oscar Williams. With point
guard Charlie Spell in foul trouble, Williams was
pressed into duty in the last eight minutes. The 6-4
junior from Chicago finished with six points and
two assists.
"Oscar played very well," Gaines said. "If there
was a bright spot tonight, he was it.
"Sometimes I wonder if it's worth keeping kids
out of school when you don't play any better than
this."
WSSU forward Harry Giles was another bright V
spot. The Suffolk, Va., sophomore finished with 17
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