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ROUNDBALL PLAYOFFS Union surges i m m I a JL ft * t i ? # ? m ft i regionals Johnson C. Smith's Golden Bulls believed they had an excellent chance to stage a victory party since they were the host team for the men's South Atlantic Region Champi onship. But Virginia Union's Panthers had other notions and walked away as defeating South Carolina-Spartanhurg, 77; in the finals. As victors, Union's nexi was Springfield, Mass. for the Divj Elite Eight and the opportunity national title. The South Atlantic wai intriguing from a black Union's Walter Hurd hi Charlotte, NC, where two years ago as the scorer. Hurd transferred to season. "His departure enhance his popularity lowers. But ness at final region M shooting 55. per cent from the Elsewhere, all men's teams lost in the playoffs. However, Ham. Smith won the consolati(Ki3}K?Ptt<lhe,Er respective regions. In women's play, the State. The streak aliv to the Sou ever trip to the Hampton and AlabamS quite as well. Both teams lost games. The following is a capsulized post-season action. MEN South Atlantic Regional In the finals, Union grabbed a 41-32 halftime lead, while holding SC-Spartanburg to 38.1 percent field goal accuracy. Spartanburg heated up in the second half, but didn't have enough steam left to catch the Panthers at the end Hurd scored 28 points and Reggie Jones added 18 points and eight rebounds. Troy Phillips tallied 12 points, while Derrick John son chipped in with nine points and 15 boards. Spartanburg's offense came mainly fro/n Willie Murdaugh and Ulysses Hackett, who combined to score 43 points. Willis Woodruff contributed 12 points. The Panthers reached the final round by outsting Morehouse, last year's South Atlantic winner, 89-79. Hurd was the top gun with 23 points, fol lowed by Johnson who had 16 ppoints, a dozen boards and seven blocked shots. Phillips and Warren Peebles scored 15 and 13 points respectively. The Maroon Tigers held their ground in the first half, only to see Union gain control of the game in the second half. Morehouse outre bounded Union, 51-41, but their atrocious shooting in the second half (15 of 45 for 33 percent) helped to seal their doom. Harold Ellis did his part with 19 points and 11 rebounds and so did Lewis Lawrence (17 points,..! 4. rebounds). However, the v Ja - ^ ; r,i :J1T\ * . ?V $?feSf51? mmm sur " in spile of &irv mAya^} n?iiMwciitf I ivD^Hviithcm held just jA i^P'^MSryifrChflds played a TflSfcfcjrole in Uiroule Florida ! mtofcttd the inside with tt'tifyp. , r "irvw led 5l-*T ai a higher J lnweyj " Jf LfL R""Si?r: a ' enjoyed a 4S<MMBppTComing into the going unWffisSiMliB^ regiarrals, tH^JPPPwere ranked among the they dropped a 94-80/Baimfcto evened: belter reboufmng teams in Division II, win national champ NorUf AjfiSpW' ning; the baffle of glass by an average of eight round. However, HaiHpt^ ^ Wuri^ t>ac^ to cirbras R^game. Copp1niall$ in NIT to fibd their groove and it cost them in the firspto^i^ ^^ Nati^A firvitational Tountement. The Eagles fell to Southwest Missoun St2rt^^7-47. : ^; . /:; ^ / Cojjpin, ihe MEACTs two- Lime regular season champions* stayed within reach of the host team, trailing by just three points at;halftime (23-20). Southwest, however, slowly pulled away in the second half to wiwby ten points. The Eagles' game deserted them somewhat They shot just 40.4 percent from the field Sftd commiued 17 turnovers. TwO-timc ME AC Player of the Year Larry Stewart posted some very credible numbers in his final college game - 20 points, 10 rebounds, four blocks and two steals, while shooting 57 percent from the field for the game. Reggie Isaac (15 points) was the only other Coppin player scoring in double fig ures. Southwest Missouri helped their cause in the second half with beuer shooting (47.4 percent). Darryl Reid was their top guy with 14 points, five assists and five rebounds. Arnold Bernard added 1 1 points and six assists. Going into the NIT, the Eagles had averaged 82 ppg offensively, while holding the opposition to just under 70 ppg defensively. Coppin ended their season with a 19-11 record. ? Stanton Andrews Brown provided most of the offensive spark for Hampton with 23 points and five assists. Childs finished with 16 points and eight boards, while Keith Hunter added 11 points. Joe Artis chipped in with 10 points. For North Alabama, Allen Williams led with 19 points. Ricky Johnson con 18 points to the cause. Kevin Sim id Tony Dorsey tallied 13 and 12 Lively. Regionals tc earned their first ever berth inal Four by stomping Clari ivision II quarterfinals. (21 points, 14 rebounds) nderson (20 points, 8 amed co-MVPs for the out to a 25 -point lc?d n comcback in the scc ortably. c prime factor for the forced 33 Clarion en started their quest to ig Pace, 88-47 in the the regionals. Saunders Jennine Tanks finished wing night, NSU smacked Ireensboro, 72-62 to capture ipionship. Saunders, voted VP, led the Spartanettes with eight boards. ik a commanding 46-27 lead at ?ut UNC-G made a game of it, cut rfolk's lead to 64-57 with just under minutes left to play. But that was as as the Carolina ladies would get NSU "put the game away at the free throw line. UNC-G committed 33 turnovers in the cham pionship contest Hampton was eliminated in the opening round by North Carolina-Greensboro, 72-63. The Lady Pirates started off in solid shape by shooting 46.2 percent from the floor. But Carolina-Greensboro put the game away in the second half, hitting on 71.4 percent of their shots. Both teams had difficulty handling the basketball. Collectively, they committed 59 turnovers for the game. Jackie McWilliams led Hampton with 13 points and seven assists. Tonia Glymph added 12 points and Thelka Blue chipped in with 11. Nina Blassengale finished with 10 points. Gail White topped. the, charts for. Carolir na-Greensboro with 25 points, seven rebounds and five assists. South Regionals Alabama A&M ran into a whirwind team from Delta State and dropped a 107-90 vcrdict in the first round of the South Regional Tour nament. The SIAC tournament champs never got fully untrackcd as they fell behind, 47-35 at intermission. The fact that they shot 41.9 per cent from the field didn't help matters either. Tammy Seward ted the offense with 25 points. Mattie Finkley finished up with 16 points and Momque Levell added 11. Shaunda Hill and Kimberly Seward tallied 10 points each. -Rolando Simmons
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