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;^ronicle Sports Editor
?-Winston-Salem State con
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tinued its polished play with a
"piair of convincing road wins
^gainst CIAA Northern Division
:<Uams last week.
SrjThe Rams improved their
J^cord to 7-4 with a 78-69 win at
jrlampton University last Friday
flight and a 79-67 victory at
Elizabeth City State the following
jjjght.
^Alexander Hooper, WSSU's
^nior wing, was the leading
^fcorer in both games, with 25
jSoints in each.
;J^Hooper has averaged 27.1
?^6ints and led the team in scoring
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J^fironicle Sports Editor
i"*ftiREENSBORO - The only
fiction Robert Mcllwaine saw in
rfart Saturday night's HowardINorth
Carolina A&T game was
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I If?The former Parkland High
| istandout, a senior at Howard,
was confined to the bench during
the game, as he has been
;throughout the first two months
? '.of the season. Because of heart
*gfc)pitations discovered in a
j pfcseason physical, Mcllwaine is
? -fcjjjiedicai redshirt this season and
Wfll be back as a player when
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trast, he has averaged only 14.8
points in the four losses, and in
only one of them was he the
leading scorer. . ?.
The wins were the first on the
road this season for WSSU.
"Maybe we should stay on the
road the way we've played the
last few nights," Coach C.E.
"Bighouse" Gaines said after the
win over Elizabeth City State.
"We've had a rough time here
at Elizabeth City. This was one of
the easiest times wrtrave had here ~
that I can remember and we'll
take it like this any time we can
get it."
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Mcllwaine, an all-conference
selection each of the last two
seasons, had actually anticipated
sitting out this season before the
heart problem was discovered.
441 had fluid drained from my
knee three times last season," the
Howard center said last week. 44l
was considering letting it rest a
season to see if I could take the
pressure off it.
"I also thought if 1 didn't play
maybe I could put myself in position
to try out for the 1988 Olympic
team/'
The Mcllwaine ?
doesn't have the flashiest stats in "
the world. He averaged 8.3 points
and 6.8 rebounds while shooting
60 percent from the floor last.
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By DAVID BULLA
Chronicle Sports Editor
Four years ago, it woi
that a 5-foot-3 man would ever
Player of the Year.
But back then nobody ever tl
consider withdrawing from Afg
leadership abilities would be op
In the world of college baske
Tyrone Bogues belonged in the
Forest, Bogues had almost as it
points and assists (90).
Yet, this may well be the yeai
basketball, for the Wake Forest
kind of season even superhuma
he just the ayatollah of assist ai
senior is averaging 15 points to
steals. Moreover, he's shooting
percent from the line. He leads
free-throw percentage.
Bogues has put together outsi
his senior season, The most mei
10-assist and four-rebound effo
Webb and North Carolina State
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BUT THERE is a difference
solid all-around performances c
is shouldering more of the scori
more points a game than last se
collegian, and 22 percent of Wl
from last season.
In last summer's World Char
teams dared him to shoot. Bogi
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Chronicle Sports Editor
The wristband worn down the left arm near the
elbow, the No. 23 on the jersey and the knees
pointed in on free throws tell you that Ronnie
Christian is among the legions of Michael Jordan
worshippers.
In the face, however, Christian resembles
Winston-Salem State senior Kevin Harvey, a front-'
line player who has made rather modest contributions
to the Ram program.
Draw a line halfway between the pro superstar
and the college role player and you get a rough
sketch of Christian, who is becoming a very important
part of the Appalachian State basketball program
in only his second season at the Boone school.
He played sparingly in 25 games as a freshman,
averaging 1.4 points and 0.9 rebounds per game.
But his playing time is up to 30 minutes a game as a
starting wing for the struggling Mountaineers under
first-year Coach Tom Apke.
"Getting this much playing time has helped my
confidence," the soft-spoken, articulate Christian
said after the Mountaineers suffered a 62-37loss to
Wake Forest at Memorial Coliseum last Wednesday
night. "Coach Apk& told me before the seasbn
started he thought I could help motivate the team. 1
don't think of it as a role. 1 just let my own selfmotivation
be an example if anybody needs to look
to somebody."
After his freshman season, it looked as if Christian
might.be just another in-between-sized guardforward
who had been too much of an inside player
in high school. Players with such profiles often fizzle
in college, but the 6-foot-5, 195-pound Christian
kept the faith because he occasionaly went outside
during his all-star career at Parkland and because
he's always been something of a sharpshooter.
"Coach (Tom) Muse gave me the opportunity to
go outside and shoot the ball," Christian said. "So
1 was prepared for the transition to college ball."
Although the Mountaineers didn't exactly light
up the Coliseum last week, Christian showed
flashes of offensive brilliance in totaling nine
points* "mostly from the outside. He made a
17-footer and a three-pointer back-to-back with
about five minutes to play. Such baskets shoot
down the notion that Christian's main strength is
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ACC. As a freshman at Wake
lany fouls and turnovers (83) as
r of the Little-Big Man in ACC
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n folks dream about. No longer is
nd sultan of steal. The Deacon
go with his nine assists and three I
55 percent from the floor and 91 P^l
the ACC in assists, steals and '
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morable, perhaps, was a 20-point,
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implicated statistical
that measures the overall
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superb season - what scoring, pas:
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this season. He is turning in State. "That t
onsistently, primarily because he too, and I'll d
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in Washington, D.C., and set the talented freshr
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his playground'moves.
That Christian has stayed ahead of the game is
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learn three different offenses in three seasons.
Moreover, he has gone from being a dominant
force at Parkland, where he averaged 19 points and
seven rebounds as a senidr, to a role player.
As a result, there are not quite as many opportunities
to post up inside and take a player oqe-onone.
"The way we play our offense, everyone has the
opportunity-to go through and post up,^' Christian
said. "I can take advantage of my quickness
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play in? time has
helped my confidence.
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sometimes and beat my man to the basket.*'
Although he does not have the height, Christian
does have the sheer strength to get involved on the
inside. Indeed, he looks like a potential tight end
for the ASU football team.
. "I played football through my junior year at
Parkland,*' the business administration major said.
"1 decided it would really be best for me to concentrate
on one sport and 1 went with my heart. I don't
ever doubt my decision."
Nor is there reason to. Christian raked in the
honors after his outstanding senior season, making
all-Northwest and being named conference and
county Player of the Year. * >
The Appalachian sophomore now is in position
to be an all-star in the Southern Conference. Yet,
the Mountaineers' transition year may make that a
season away. He's averaging eight points, two
assists and two rebounds.
Last?week's game gave Christian an opportunity
to put matters in perspective. It's a long way from
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sing ana stealing in big numbers (photo by
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>ne-on-one than college ball ami that's something
gues said after last week's win over Appalachian
earn needed some scoring. This team needs that,
o whatever it takes to help the team be
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