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Sports B5 Rams start '91 with a big surge on coast CRAIG T. GREENLEE is concerned, Phillips proved^to be Chronicle SportsJEffior extremely bothersome. Going into ? <? January, Mattison had scorched If the start of the new year is an opponents to the tune of 30.5 ppg." indication of things to come, Win- But against Phillips, the CIAA's top ston- Salem State roundball fans gunner finished with 20 points and should be in for a real treat for the shot just under 41 percent from the rest of this season. field. - ? ' . r The Rams (now 5-4) won back- As a team, the Falcons shot a <4tS~tiack games for the first time miserable 38.5 percent from the S&ice Thanksgiving when they cap- floor and 45.4 percent from the free 85 ?S: "We executed our game plan very well, %luS we had good play coming off the <#ench. We can go 10 deep and that will %e a big help for the rest of the season. " s&t; '' .* Bj -- "Bighouse" Gaines 85 . '? , ?-C ? u ?? ?7 Sored the Smoke On The River 3^Jassic at Wilmington last weekend jS-J- besting Elizabeth City State the <&St night (90-71), then dusting St. ^Augustine's in the finals, 91-72. 1>ower forward Jon Hardinr & ?j?ho was voted tournament MVP, ^as the scoring force at the tourna Hftdnty-averaging 23.5 points and throw line (five of ll). "We're going to stay with Phillim being our defensive stop per," Gaines said. "He's going to have to be our man to shut down other teams top scorers/ eight rebounds. But in the finals, it was swingman Mike Phillips who ^entered the spotlight, scoring 25 S&in ts -and doing' a defensive num on St. Aug's Gary Mattison, the jjDiAA's leading scorer. Phillips, by d?e -way, produced his finest offen 5jve Showing of the season, hitting ^ht of 1 1 field goals and seven of foul shots to go along with five 'Rebounds. "I believe we've finally found , jjhe right combination in our rota tion," said "Bighouse" Qaines, Win ^n coach. "But against St. Augus tine's, I think the major difference Cjvas ponditioning. Our kids came clack from the holidays in^good shape and ready to play. St. Aug's timing seemed to be off. ^ ? 4?4\Ve J executed our game plan .?Jwry'well, plus we had good play jfcoming off the bench. We can go 10 H^eep and that will be a big help for Sflie res^ef the season." /As far as the Falcons' Mat^jpn Defense, it seems, will be the Rams' salvation in order for them to emerge as top dogs in the confer ence's SoutnernT)ivision. In the = most recent league stats, Winston is ranked third in scoring defense (allowing 71. 4 ppg). Winston's early resurgence has not been a case of coincidence. ' ?During the holiday break, Gaines - decided to make some changes to bring about a greater level of con sistency. "Defense is the difference," Gaines said. "Earlier in the season, we devoted a lot of time to shoot ? ing. But hedc>, it didn't do us any good. The more we practiced shoot ing, the worse we shot during the - games. So I felt we should cut down on the time we spend in practicc^oa it and place more emphasis on defense. We won't use any more gimmick zone defenses. We'll go with a straight man-to-man, over play people and go with more of an uptempo game. That will create turnovers for us so we can ge\vsome easy baskets. When you do that, the offense will take care of itself." That philosophy worked to per- ? fection in Wilmington as several Rams besides Hardin came through with better than adequate offensive contributions. In the finals, for* example, shooting guard Kevin Edwards popped the cords with the kind of regularity that has always been expected of him. Edwards hit ~ five of six shots and finished with 13 points and six boards coming off the bench. Edwards, though, wasn't the only Ram providing points to com pliment Hardin and Phillips' efforts in the finals. William Bennett added 1 2 points and seven rebounds, while James Doggeit tallied nine points and six boards. All-tourney Rams Hardin and Bennett were the two Winston players named to the Smoke t)n The River All-Tour nament team. Bennett finished the two-day affair averaging 13.5 points and nine rebounds (including 15 points and 11 boards vs. Elizabeth Gky State). T ? Upcoming opponents The Rams will face a lot of offense over the next few days with Tfome games against St. Augustine^ = and Morehouse College. The Fal cons (83.6 ppg) have a Saturday night date vs. Winston at 7:30. This game will have a big impact on how the Southern Division shapes up by mid-month. . ^ ..... On Monday, Morehouse's Maroon Tigers face-off against the Rams at 8 p.m. Last season, M House won the South Atlantic Regional title and finished fourth at f the Division II nationals. This sea son, they are the pre-season pick to win the Division II championship. The Maroon Tigers have one of the nation's most explosive offen sive teams (93.5 ppg) and are a huge favorite to repeat as SIAC champs. The presence of forward Harold Ellis (25.6 ppg), South Atlantic Regional MVP in 490, is a prime reason why. Thfe Atlanta junior basrtjeen viewed as one of the premier players in Division II for the last two seasons. ' Photo by T-Lee Swingman Mike Phillips could prove to be the Rams key performer in their quest for a CIAA Southern Division title because of his ability to play chest-to-chest defense against opposing scorers. Phillips faces another challenge when WSSU plays host to St. Augustine's on Saturday. jayvees topple Greensboro Smith to go 7-0 <fey Ch ronicle Staff County junior varsity basket ball action is back in full swfeng * kf ter a two week holiday break. The following is a summary of how tftosa teams fared durino the first week of the season's second half. East Forsyth The 7-0 Eagles keputhcir win ning streak alive by downing Greensboro Smith, 73-62. Andrew Stroud was the highest scoring East flayer with- \7 points. James Lee, a back-up guard, came off the bench to supply solid defense while scoring eight points. East coach Philip Beeson felt his guys' defensive effort was the difference in the game's jfina^ out ? \ cnrpe. "It was easy to see that we m JM if** M Phatp^by Max DunNIt J/10 Move ? ?||Hler, the beacons' designated sixth man prepare# to makes his move on a ind defender In the ACC; opener tor both teams. Going into last night's game ilnst Colorado, Sirer was averaging 11.1 points a game, shooting 50 percent from the ?(ew and better than 90 percent from thefouf line. : - - ^ , r - , '' fc^^riii ^Tirrrri iti'iiiVivi ri'i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 i n i i h'i" i ' 1 1 ' ? 1 - ? ? ? ---? ' ? ...? were rusty from the holiday lay off,' said Beeson. "But defensively, we. did very well. We pressured the ball like we always have, so defen sively, we're picking up where we left off from last month." Reynolds The Demons split a pair last week, winning in OT against High Point Central while losing a close game to South Rowan, 56-51. Against Central, Dcrik Briggs (48 points), Linwood Skinner (17 points) and Scott Wainwright (15 points) paced the attack. RJR roared back into contention after trailing by 12 points at the half. However, the Demons pulled to within seven at the end of the third quarter. The Final surge was initiat ed by the outside shooting of Paul Wolf and Cooper Williams. Wolf hit two, three-pointers and Williams added another three to put Reynolds in a position to force the overtime. "By the time we got into over time, we were in control," said Mike Muse, RJR coach. "The key for us was hitting our free throws down the stretch, running our offense and playing outstanding clefense." Against South Rowan, the Demons dug a hole for themselves ?early, trailing 21-6 in the first quar ter. From that point, Reynolds had to play catch-up and was never able to come back all the way. Wolf was ? the lone Demon in double figures with 10 points. "The best we could do was cut ; their lead to two points," said Muse. -"But we had a good effort. They just outplayed us in the first quarter and that was the difference." ML Tabor The Spartans pulled off a 53-47 win over Greensboro Grimsley in spite of foul trouble. With starting guards Jimmy Hunt and "Beanie" Montgomery having fouled out in the fourth quarter, Matt Parker and Vic Beroth stepped forward to help stabilize Tabor's offense. However, it was Anthony Caldwell (10th grader) who did most of the offensive dam age with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Matt Fearington added nine points and six boards, while Joe Michalski had eight points and seven rebounds. "Our guards coming off the bench did a good job of protecting the ball and we were able to hit some key free throws late in the game," said Tabor coach Frank Martin. "It was a slow eamr Rut we played well when wc had to." Parkland . The Mustangs paid the price for cold shooting in dropping a decisjpn to Davie County. * "We made a run in the second half to get their lead down to six points, " explained coach Steve Thornton, "but wc could never get any closer. Davie County's trapping defense gave us some problems. We were confused on our offensive pat terns and never got things going for us at the offensive end of the floor." Glenn The Bobcats opened the first week of the 'season's second half with a win over South Stokes and a loss vs. High Point Andrews. Glenrr shook off a cold shoot ing touch. to nudge South Stokes, 57-56. The Cats* comeback was, successful thanks to 65 percent field goal shooting in the second half. In the first half, they were far off the mark, shooting 25 percent from' the field. '/J Darrell Johnson led the way with 26 points and Paul Feggfins scored 17. In addition, Jeremy May nard contributed nine assists in a reserve role. In the loss to AndrewSi'the Bobcats siezed an early lead,'bOt fell prey to the press which led to their defeat. Cleveland Brown was the tdp scorer with 24 points and Johrtson had 16 points. West Forsyth The Titans put up a good fights but evf?r>i-^j ieff io yrecnsbofo Dudley, 62-57. West got in trouble eatriy, falling behind by 16 points by the end of the first half. In the se?ortd half, they applied more defensive pressure which created turnoVets and easy baskets, cutting Dudley's lead to three points with a mimite left to pl^y in the game. * -The Titans second unit (c'oih posed of Bradley Bovender,' Jiy Lewandowski and Jay Nelson) were instrumental in the team's cdme back, according to West coach Brian Hole "We made that hard run at the end," the coach said, "btft we just couldn't get any closer." Mike Ruffin was the Titans leading scorerwith 12 points. Rob Burke had 10 points, while Jason Lott and Troy Hendrix scored seven points each. ? ?
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