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Looking for a way to win when you've got nothing to gain?
By COURTNEY DANIEL
Chronicle Intern
The annuls of sport are full of
great upsets, when David met
Goliath on the field, or on the
court and battled against the odds
to: emerge victorious.
; But what about those under
dogs who find themselves tram
pled by the soles of Goliath's
44W sandals, there are no spec
tacular records of their failed
attempt at the improbable.
Such is the story of Wofford's 3
Jan. 30 venture into the LJVM
Coliseum to face the 2nd-ranked
Demon Deacons of Wake Forest.
And while the Terriers, playing
David, had nothing to lose, the
question for Dave Odom was,
'What could Wake Forest gain by
facing a less talented team in the
middle of the war that is the
ACC-regular season?"
I His answer was to get a good
workout for his second string. A
decision that could pay off down
t?q stretch if Wake needs quality
miputes from is bench later this
season.
Ij Odom started a first unit of
Tapi Duncan, Ricky Peral, Loren
Woods, Tony Rutland, and Jerry
Briaswell for first the 8 minutes of
tBe first half then went to his
bSxich for whole sale substitu
tions
"I wanted to stay with the
sj&stitution pattern unless the
tgittom just fell out." said Odom.
"Jliis game was a good time to
get the 2nd team a good sweat."
The team of Joseph Amonett,
Sean Allen, Steven Gooisby, Rod
ney West and Marc Scott played
the rest of the first half. Amonett
and Gooisby led the team in play
ing time for the game with 31 and
30 minutes respectively.
It was a good chance for the
bench to get some off the rust off,
and get some experience in mean
ingful situations. It proved none
too soon because the rust was
thick for the Demon Deacons,
who were actually outscored over
the last 12 minutes of the half by
Wofford.
Odom played a mixture of
the first and second five in the
second half and eventually got a
chance to empty his bench in the
68-51 win. Odom also used the
game as a chance to work out the
kinks in the Demon Deacons full
court pressure, a defense the team
will use more on the backside off
their ACC schedule.
"As far as the game is con
cerned I thought Wofford was real
patient and I wish our second five
had played better," coach Odom
said. The bench only scored 19 of
Wake's 68 points, and accounted
for 9 of Wake's 16 turnovers (6 in
the first half), but the decision to
give them the extended minutes
seems the only reasonable
recourse for coach Odom. In
essence he found a way to gain
experience for his club in a game
where Wake was supposed to
have nothing to win.
Duncan has no remourse over streak's end
COURTNfiY DANHBL
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The only low", if it can be
called audi, for Wake Forest in
their 6S-SI win over Wofford,
wu the end of Tim Duncan's
stellar 26 - game double-dou
ble streak. Duncan said that he
couldn't care one way or
another about the streak and
the night before admitted he
didn't even know how many
games in a row he had gotten a
double-double. That statement
and his play over the last week
and half is perhaps the most
compelling argument for his
bid for the Wooden Award,
given annually to the best col
legiate basketball player.
Duncan was asked after die
loss to Maryland to get his
teammates involved in the
offense, especially the back
court, and sacrificed his per
sonal statistics to do so. In die
game against Wofford and the
one directly preceding it,
against Virginia Tech, Duncan
fought hard on the defensive
end, and was always mindfiil
of getting his teammates more
touches of the ball. He down
sized his offensive output, and
allowed the rest of the team to
pick up die slack. Duncan has
never sulked, never given less
than his all wherever it is need
ed and hn done whatever haa
been asked of him. He hai
always cared more about the
improvement of hit team, and
about winning, than he has
cared about his own numbers.
Tim Duncan had 26 contecutive
double-double games before last
week's game against Wofford.
And in a world where the NBA
seems to be flooded with pre
mature injections of spoiled
college kids complete with mil
lion dollar mouths and billion
dollar egos, the quiet team-play
of the nation's premiere college
player is not only refreshing, it
is heavenly.. John Wooden
must smile at night when he
thinks that this year's shoe-in
for the Award that bears his
name understands the game as
he taught it.
Twin City to hold signups Saturday
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Twin City Little Leagues will
host signups on Saturday (Feb. 8)
at recreation centers throughout
Winston-Salem.
Signups will be held from 10
a.m. until 2 p.m. The league will
also have representatives avail
able at its complex on Water
works Road and at the Winston
Lake YMCA. The league, which
fielded 40 teams last year is open
to boys and girls between the
ages of six to 18 years-old.
This week's signup is the first
for the upcoming season. The ;
league will also hold signups at
the same sights on Feb. 15 and
Feb. 22. Teams are currently
being assembled for the start of
the season. Parents are encour- :
aged to sign up their children as
soon as possible to guarantee
them a spot on the roster.
Twin City will also host a
coaches and umpires clinic on ^
Saturday from 10 a.m. until 12
p.m. League coaches are encour
aged to participate in the clinic.
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*1 Carver High School has
received a $1,000 Community
? Involvement Plan grant from R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co. The grant
will be used to fund the final
phase of Carver's weight room
inlprovement project.
The plan grant provides
j financial support for selected
projects in organizations where
RJR employees volunteer or
serve in other ways.
James Allen Edwards, James
H. Jackson, Jacalyn W.
McCloud, and Helena H. Ford,
four RJR employees, recom
mended the grant.
All four of the individuals
who recommended the grant are
actively involved in the Yellow
jackets' athletic program.
Edwards, of RjR's graphics
department, helps Carver by tak
ing up tickets, working in the
concession stand and on the
chain gang at games. He also ?
serves as a mentor to several of
olir young men.
; Jackson, of RJR's diet
department, works with the
booster club and on the chain
gang. McCloud, of RJR's leaf
divisions, volunteers in the con
cession stand and supports the
booster's club.
; Helena Ford, of RJR's com
puter operations, serves as a
mentor to young ladies at Carver.
; Carver High School has a
proud tradition of academic
achievement and athletic excel
lence. Dan Piggott, Carver's
principal, and the the staff mem
bers are committed to improving
learning, teamwork, diversity,
quality, imagination, leadership,
apid attitude of all Carver stu
dents.
* Because of the weight room
improvements made possible by
this grant, as many as 300 stu
dent athletes and hundreds of
physical education students will
benefit each year.
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organizations can receive up to
$250 per year from one employ
ee's recommendation and up to
$1,000 annually on behalf of all
employee requests, in 1995, RJ.
Reynolds Tobacco Co. made
Community Involvement Plan
grants totaling more than
$120,000 on behalf of its
Employees in North Carolina's
Piedmont Tlriad region.
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