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Page B4 Winston-Salem Chronicle Thursday, January 7, 1988 BLACK COLLEGE NOTES Rams will start long stretch of CIAA action with Elizabeth City By RANDY PETTITT Chronicle Sports Editor Winston-Salem State, coming off two big wins in the Springfield Holiday Tournament, will venture into more familiar waters this weekend, as they host Elizabeth City State at the C.E. Gaines Com plex this Saturday. Though the Vikings are a CIAA team, they are in the North ern Division and will not count toward WSSU's defense of the Southern Division title. Still, Eliza beth City represents the beginning of a seven-game string where the Rams will not play outside of the league. Picked last in the Northern Division, the Vikings return only 6- 4 forward Ernie Griffin and severe ly lack size underneath. ECSU has two 6-5 players, but they have yet to prove themselves in CIAA com petition. Still the Rams aren't taking anyone lightly. "The CIAA is a tough league," said Gaines. "On a given night, anyone can beat you." The Rams are favored to pick up their eighth win of the season. Springfield Champs The visiting Rams stunned host Springfield College in the first round of the tournament, winning 61-56. Springfield took a one-point lead with 8:45 left in the game, but Charlie Spell, Mike Lesane and Steve Hood keyed a 10-0 WSSU run that gave the Rams the lead for good. Although Springfield outre- bounded the Rams 47-34 and hit 15 of 24 free throws, WSSU got sever al transition baskets to advance to the second round. In the championship game. Spell continued his outstanding per formance with 16 points, while Lesane came off the bench for a career-high 15'points. Cromartic kept Massachusetts at bay inside, exploding for 18 rebounds in the 66-64 title victory. WSSU was out- rebounded slightly, 41-40, but con verted key free throws in the clutch. The Rams, now 7-3 and ranked tenth in the Sheridan Poll, were tabbed as pre-season favorites to capture the Southern Division crown yet another time. Paced by the superior ballhandling skills and scoring of Spell, WSSU snapped an early three-game losing skid and has played well lately. Spell, who is averaging 18.6 points a contest through 10 games, was named to the all-tournament team in the Springfield Holiday CIAA Standings Southern Division tcdm roc. overall CIAA Winston-Salem 7-3 (1-0) Fayelleville State a-S (0-0)^ Johnson C Smith 2-5 (0-0): HGXCentral 7-0 (0-0)' St, Augustine's a-3 (0-0) Shaw University O'6 (0-0): Livingstone 2-8 (0-1): Northern Division team rec. overall CIAA Virginia Union Hampton Ur«v. Elizabeth City St. . Norfolk State St. Paul's Virginia Slate BpWie State 5-1 (2-1) 5-3:.-(.I-0):; 3-3 (0-0) 5-2 (0-0) 5-5 (0-0) 7-3 (0-0) 2-8 (0-1) Games This Week Jan. 7 Eltz. City at Bowie Jan. 7 Shaw at J.C. Smith Jan. 9 Eiiz. city at WSSU Jan. 9 Virginia St. at Bowie Jan. 9 . St. Paurs at V. Union Jaa9 J.C. Smith alLiv. Jan. 9 St. Aug. at Central Jan. 9 Shaw at Fayetteville Jan. 9 Beihune-Cookman -- at Hampton North-South games do not : count towarddivisional.standings Matthew "Iceman" McMillan lets one fly against Livingstone earlier this year. "Iceman" was held to two points in the Rams last game, but will look to bounce back Saturday (photo by Mike Cunningham). Tournament. Likewise was Sieve Hood, who has rebounded from a slow start to average 14.2 points a game. Matthew McMillan was held to just two points in the Rams’ 66- 64 win over Massacliusetts in ihe finals of the Springfield Holiday Tournament, but he is still averag ing 14.2 points a game. McMillan, who sat out last season, has been looked upon to score in the wake of the graduated Alexander Hooper - he has re.sponded. The "Iceman” is not quite as much of a scoring threat as Hooper, but is a more aggressive defender and can take it to the hole. Meanwhile, rebounding hasn't been much of a problem for the Rams — they are outrebounding their opponents by an average of 37-29. Cromartie is pulling down an average of 12.3 boards a game, while Kevin Reed has been good for another 10.1. Reed, a starter since the begin ning of the season, has panned out well for Gaines. Though only 6-5, the sophomore forward has played much larger than his size dictates. Aggies Knocked Off N.C. A&T lost their first game of the season this week, as they dropped a 63-57 decision to the University of Akron. The Aggies played the Divi sion I Panther tough, actually hold ing an eight-point lead mid-way through the second half. Akron (Ohio) rallied to lie the game at 55- 55, and won going away, holding A&T scoreless the final 5:52 of the game. Akron was led by 21 points from Shawn Roberts, while team mate Eric McLaughlin added 14 for the 6-3 Panthers. A&T, which dropped to 5-1 with the loss, was paced by 17 points from Thomas "Ice" Griffis and 16 from Claude Williams. The Aggies' Carlton Becion is fourth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, averaging 19.6 points per game. He was held to just nine points against the Panthers. Williams is averaging 15.0 a game for the Aggies, while Griffis checks in right behind him with a 14.6 average. A&T rebounded to whip Cop- pin State, 93-71, Monday night, and is currently rated second in the Sheridan Poll. The Aggies are now 6-1 and will continue their defense of the MEAC crown with a show down with Howard Saturday night The Bison are 6-2 and rated sixth in the Sheridan Poll. Bama A&M Stili Tops Alabama A&M, 8-0, is still the top-ranked black college team in the nation according to the Sheri dan Poll. They are followed by N.C. A&T at 6-1, North Carolina Central with a 7-0 mark, Clark College at 11-0 and Virginia Union's 5-1 team. Howard leads the second five of the poll with a 4-2 mark, fol lowed by Morgan Slate (5-2), Vir ginia State (7-3), Norfolk State (6- 2) and Winston-Salem State is tenth with a 7-3 mark. Pciirson Gone Bowling Darryl Pearson has already played in one bowl game — the Freedom Bowl All-Star Classic - Please see page B5 Winston-Salem State basketball statistics niL'ii’.s iiuli\idii;il M;i1m th|-iiii;li 1(1 ^uiiK-s player Charlie Spell Matthew McMillan Steve Hood Gary Cromartie Kevin Reid Maurice Edmunds Steieaane a FG FGA FG% PTS AVG FT% 10 72 159 186 18.6 .773 10 61 150 406 142 14.2 .629 10 53 106 500 147 14.7 .658 10 37 84 :Ti43l 84 8.4 5.'C 10 41 95 9,5 .382 •: 7 .428 6 1 5 ,000 7 16 30 .533 37 5.3 .444 5 1 3 *1333:1 10 2.0 .833 1 0 0 000 0 00 ,000 2 T 2 .500 2 1.0 000 1 5 4 '7 .571 11 1,8 .600 Howard Byrd Chuck Swearingen Toby Barber Winston-Salem Stale {at 7:30) and Ihe Lady Rams (at 6:00) host Elizabeth City State Saturday nigtit in the C.E. Gaines Complex rO price within 30 days Only one vends 9 advertised item at the Start Your Year Right... Go Krogering! COPYRIGHT 1988 • THE KROGER CO itcmc ..... 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