Welcome Back, Trotter
Former Deac
returns to Winston
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE ' '
Basketball fans in Winston-Salem did more than wel
come the Harlem Globetrotters to the city last Friday.
Most people were also welcoming a former Wake Forest
basketball star back.
Antwan Scott, former Deac and second-year Globe
trotter. made his first visit to the Joel in more than four
yean; when the Harlem Globetrotters entertained a packed
house at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum last week. And he
definitely made the best of his visit.
"Ah man, this feels good." Scott said. "This is the first
time I've gotten to play on this court in a while. I mean,
I've seen a few games, but this was my first time back
here to play. I had a lot of fun. This was a blessing to get
a chance to come back here and play. This is very special
to me because I was here for four years. This was my fam
ily here at Wake."
Scott had to be a little nervous hn front of the old fans.
He hadn't performed in front of anyone in this area in
quite a while. It seemed only natural to have butterflies
heading into the opening tip-off.
"There were no butterflies or anything like that," Scott
said. "This is what I do. I didn't have much butterflies
even when I played here. 1 came out and played, dunked
and got the crowd excited, and that's what I'jn doing now.
To be honest, this is easy for me. I'm just glad to have the
opportunity to come back and play."
Scott definitely played well. He finished with 28
points to lead the Globetrotters to a 68-40 victory over the
New York Nationals, the Globetrotter traveling team.
Many of the Globetrotters did an excellent job entertain
ing the audience, but it was clear the night belonged to
Scott. The crowd cheered louder after each of his scores
and watched him a little harder than they did the rest.
"Hey. this was his (Scott's) night." said Chris Richard
son, second-year Globetrotter and former UNLV star.
"That's my home boy. We made this team together and
everything. But this was his night. Antwan is from here. 1
felt like he gave the crowd something to look at. He had
Some nice dunks tonight."
Not only did Scott execute some nice dunks, but he
also had the privilege of scoring the last points of the
game. That came in the form of a jaw-dropping, tw o-hand
windmill dunk moments before the final horn sounded.
Red. white and blue graffiti shot from the backboard as
Scott hung on the rim after the dunk.
"This was just an all-around good night for all of us,"
Scott concluded. "It was great to see the fans here. Win
ston has the best fans."
Robinson added: "The fans here are very energetic.
This is a really nice crowd. They're really into the game,
and that's what we like."
New York National player Lee Bethea said: "The
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Photo by Brace Chapman
Antwan Scott, former Deac and second-year Globetrotter, hangs upside down from the rim after he scored the
final points of the game at the Joel Coliseum last Friday. Scott played basketball for WFU from 1 999 to 2002.
Whom
are you
picking?
I FROM THE I
HUDDLE
Anthony
Hill
The Final Four is finally
here.
San Antonio is going to be
on fire this weekend when the
ITniv?r.
sity of
C o n -
necticut
plays
Duke,
and
Okla
homa
State
goes up
P a u I Krzyzew?ki
Hewitt's
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
Which teams are you all
picking to win? I know what
game I don't want to see. and
that's a possible match-up of
Duke and Georgia Tech. I
mean. ACC fans see that game
at least two times a year. That
wouldn't be the most exciting
game for us to watch. I would
n't mind watching Duke bump
heads with Oklahoma State or
Georgia Tech playing UConn
again. Remember, the Yellow
Jackets gave the Huskies their
first loss of the season. And
that's also the game that made
people realize that Georgia
Tech may be for real this sea
son. And they've proven to be
just that.
Not too many people are
giving them a chance to win it
all this year, though. Even
though they've beaten a num
ber of good teams to be in the
See Hill on B3
Lady Ram
bowlers to
compete for
NCAA title
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The Winston-Salem State
University bowling team will be
Caldwell
compet
ing for a
national
champi
onship
next
week.
The
eight
team field
compet
ing for the
inaugural
NCAA
national collegiate bowling cnam
pionship was announced last
week by. the National Collegiate
Women's Bowling Committee,
and the WSSU Lady Rams were
selected to compete
"To get a bid from the NCAA
to compete for a national champi
onship is a great honor," said
WSSU Athletics Director Dr.
Chico Caldwell. "It goes to show
you what just a few dollars of
scholarship money did for us. We
were able, this past year, through
the generosity of the scholarship
given to us by Comfort Suites of
Winston-Salem to aw ard a schol
arship to our women's bowling
team. With that scholarship, we
were able to retain a great bowler
in LaToya Deschamps. and with
the strong supporting cast that
coach Kay has assembled, we
were able to achieve a level of
success that we could not have
possibly imagined this season, in
Sec Bowlers on B 1 1
Back in Form
PR Photo
Serena Williams returned from an eight-month layoff to compete in the Nasdaq- 100
Open in Key Biscayne, Fla., this week. Williams sported her f/ wonder women" outfit, as
she calls it, during her quarterfinal victory. She'll face ileni Daniilidou in the semifinals
today.
WFU sprinter Mike Loyd was one of four Deacs to record
regional qualifying times over the weekend.
Wake runners
compete well
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The Wake Forest track and
field team split up and competed
at two different meets last Friday
and Saturday. Most of the team
traveled to N.C. State for the
Raleigh Relays while six athletes
made the cross-country trip to
Palo Alto, Calif., for the Stanford
Invitational. Mike Loyd, Anna
Sherman and Anne Bersagel each
recorded regional qualifying
times in their events over the
weekend.
Loyd placed 1 1 th in the I IO
meter hurdles with a regional
qualifying time of 14.35 at the
Raleigh Relays. Sherman also
competed in Raleigh and placed
second overall in the 800-meter
event with a time of 2:09.53.
Bersagel was one of the six Deacs
who traveled to Stanford, where
she finished fifth in the 5.000
mcter ran with a qualifying time
of 16:24.57.
Other Deacons turning in
impressive performances over the
weekend included Diane Ander
son, who placed fifth in the 200
meter race and I Oth in the 400
meter race at Raleigh. Cassy
Richards finished seventh in the
women's long jump, and Caitlin
Dempsey placed fourth with a
time of 18:15.81 in the unseeded
5.000-meter run.
Four Wake Forest relay teams
also recorded top- 10 finishes. The
women's 4x800-meter team
placed third, and the 4x1, 500
meter team came in fifth. On the
men's side, the Deacs' 4x800
meter squad recorded a third
place finish, and the 4x1 00-meter
team came in ninth overall at
Raleigh.
The Demon Deacons will
return to action on Saturday when
they travel to Atlanta for the Yel
low Jacket Invitational.
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