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She averaged 2.2 points and'1.2
?rebounds. After injuring her
ihoulder and having surgery,
^IcMillian received a medical
jedshirt during the 1995-96 sea
jon.
>; The next season McMillian's
fole increased on the team. She
Jdayed a key role as a reserve,
averaging averaging 3.3 points
iaind 3.9 rebounds in 17.1 minutes
"if play per game.
Z Under Curtis last season,
famed a starting position. She
J?d the team with a 6.7 rebound
.tng average and was second on
:4he team in scoring with an 8.4
Iverage. She finished eighth in
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the ACC in rebounding and
scored in doubled figures 11
times. Her 69 percent free throw
average was also good for eighth
in the conference.
Although she had her best
season personally, the Deacons
struggled to a 4-23 record and
finished last in the ACC after
going winless in the conference.
This season the Deacons have
shown vast improvement. Wake
Forest already has six overall
wins, including two in the ACC
to get out of the conference cel
lar.
Curtis says McMillian has
been an important cog in the
team's improvement.
"She's developed more as a
leader," Curtis said. "Her role
has changed over the years.
There are some players who come
in as leaders and they have to
take on a new role to fit in on the
team. Emon has had to learn to
be a leader. That's something that
I asked of her and she has
responded. Emon leads in a lot of
ways on and off the floor."
McMillian already has earned
her undergraduate degree and is
pursuing a graduate degree at
Wake Forest. Curtis says McMiJ
lian's on court experiences have
prepared her well for life.
"I think she will definitely
benefit from the experiences she's
had at Wake," Curtis said.
"When she leaves here and goes
out into the workplace she'll be
prepared for it. Sire s learned hdw
things work and ho\* to deal with
the hierarchy.",
Although McMillian said
there have been a lot of low
points in her career, she's enjoyed
playing for the Deacons.
"It's been tough, but it's not
over," she said. "We have- a lot
more games to play and I have to
keep reminding myself that I
can't sulk. We have to continue to
learn from each game, even the
bad games.
"For me, my career at Wake
Forest has been all about learn
ing how things work. I'm disap
pointing in a sense, but I've also
enjoyed it."
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fall to Wolfpack in ACC matchup
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Jy SAM DAVIS
jhe Chronicle ?
* Chhrlene Curtis, Wake Forest
women's basketball coach, could
feel the game slipping away from
her team. However, there was lit
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*le she could do to prevent the
gap from widening as the Lady
peacons dropped an 85-60 ACC
tame to North Carolina State on
unday afternoon.
The Lady Deacons, who fell
to 6-12 overall and-2^1n the con
ference, stayed close to the Wolf
pack in the first half and then
made a run after intermission to
get N.C. State's lead down to nine
points midway through the sec
ond half. But the Wolfpack's ath
leticism was too much for the
Deacons down the stretch.
Tynesha Lewis, who led the
Wolfpack with 22 points, helped
her team o on a 10-0 run to put
the game out of reach. Lewis
used her speed and quickness in
the open court as the Wolfpack
grabbed a commanding lead and
rolled to its victory.
"Tynesha Lewis is a good
player," Curtis said. "Overall I
thought their quickness causes us
some problems. When they
stepped up their defense and
turned up the defensive intensity,
we had some major problems."
The Wolfpack, who advanced
to the Women's NCAA Final
Four last season, came into the
game in need of a victory. N.C.
State, which lost several key play
:rs from last year, was 3-5 confer
:nce and 9-8 overall coming into
the game.
"We were up against a good
team," Curtis said. "They have
ost some games against some
good teams, but they're still a
good team."
The Deacons, coming off
three consecutive losses, came
out and played hard from the
outset. They showed few signs of
the lopsided losses that they
dropped to Florida State and
Clemson, 80-57 and 78-38,
respectively.
"Defensively, we did a good
job," said Curtis, whose teams
held the Lady Wolfpack to only
33 points in the first half. "But
then all of a sudden they got into
their transition game and got
their big lead."
For the first eight minutes of
the second half the Deacons
played evenly or might have got
ten the better of the Wolfpack.
The Deacons used a lot of energy
to close the gap from 17 to nine
points. But the Wolfpack went to
its deep bench and turned up the
pressure against Wake Forest as
it scored 52 second-half points.*
"For us, that's sort of how we
are as a team," Curtis said. "We
have to expend a lot of energy
and our skills have to get better.
They are also experienced."
Unlike their games against
Florida State and Clemson, Cur
tis said her team was focused and
ready to play. r
"I thought we were prepared
and gave a good effort," she said.
"I thought we got something
positive out of the game. In bad
games there are lessons that we
learn that are important."
Just as the Lady Deacons
showed that they can compete
with established programs in the
ACC in sotjie areas, they still
have to catch up in others.
"We have some pieces of the
puzzle," Curtis said. "Now we
have to get the others. We're in
the best conference in America,
we're playing against the best
players in America. Unless wie
can go out and recruit enough
players in one year, it's going to
be a process that we have to go
through.
"You're never happy when
you are losing," Curtis added.
"But we're making progress. The
players are practicing so much
better: They're more intense and
they now have a better under
standing of what they need to do
for us to improve."
^yLtLoan
*
Curtis pointed to tbe play of
Alisha Mosely and 6-4 pivot
player LaChina Robinson as an
example of the Lady Deacons ?,
progress. Robinson, a freshman,
came into the game averaging 5.6
points, but had a team-high 15
points.
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