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Somehow one got the feeling Saturday night
when Donald Helton threw up his first attempt....
and missed the basket...that the struggle for the
championship of the 30th-CJAA Basketball Tour
nament was not going'to be just an ordinary
game.
"It was fe,t fron> the beginning that if Winston
Salem State s flashy Rams were going to defeat
Norfolk State’s massive Spartans, they would
have to do so on the long, looping shots of Donald
Helton and the soft jumpers of Thomas Paulin.
. .This talented pair led the Rams past Virginia
State in Thursday nights opening round and they
were instrumental in the Rams’ one-point win
over Elizabeth City in Friday night’s semi-finals.
However, Paulin sustained an injury Friday
night and was not available to assist Helton with
the firing from outside.
..Clarence Gaines inserted George Gibson, 6-1
sophomore in Paulin’s position and the native of
Philadelphia, Pa. responded beautifully, hitting
seven of the Rams' first 12 points and keeping
them in the fighting until Helton warmed up.
..Norfolk State, which bounced Fayetteville
State Thursday night and Johnson C. Smith the
next evening, was also having troubles. They
couldn't get their outside game working and they
were having problems with Stenson Conley,
James Pegues and Carlos Terry who performed
better than expected off the boards.
. .Winston-Salem showed signs of cracking near
the end of the first half when they lost a slim lead
and fell behind, 34-31, with little more than two
minutes to play. The Spartans were up by seven,
43-36, at the halfway point.
..They, however, had to contend with the
coaching genius of Clarence “Bighouse” Gaines
and the sparkling play of his hustling cagers.
Fittingly, it was Helton who led the second half
comeback. The speedy Charlottean hit a pair of
free throws to effect a deadlock at 69 with 4:45 to
play, and, after Terry caged a basket, another
charity point by Helton gave Winston-Salem a
shakey 72-71 advantage a minute later.
. .The Rams battled through 73-73 and 76-76 ties
and four exchanges of the lead before Eugene
Cunningham put the Spartans ahead for good
with a jump shot from the baseline with only six
seconds showing on the clock.
..The victory slipped through “Bighouse’s ”
grasp in the fading moments when his Rams lost
their sparkle. Winston-Salem committed two
crucial turnovers in the final 30 seconds that
proved disastrous.
..The final results gave Norfolk State its sixth
championship in the storied history of this famed
meet. Charlie Christian won his second straight
“Most Outstanding Coach” award and it was the
sixth time since 1968 that the Norfolk State,
basketball team has taken the trophy back to
Virginia.
. .Cunningham was awarded the “Most Valuable
Player” trophy for his sensational play through
out the meet. He was also named to the “all
Tournament” squad, along with Melvin Burns
and Raymond Epps of his team, Helton and
Paulin of Winston-Salem, George Cooper and
Derek Wallace of Johnson C. Smith and Charles
Carr and Thomas Blue of Elizabeth City.
..Blue was given the “Most Inspirational Play
er” trophy.
Whips Morgan 70-65
A&T Captures MEAC Championship
Baltimore. Md.-North
Carolina A&T fought off a
determined rajly by Morgan
State in the lastjtwo minutes to
defeat Morgan. 70-65 in tfie
finals of the 4th annual Mid
Eastern Athletic Conference
Tournament here Saturday
night at the Baltimore Civic
Center.__.
• Senior Allen Spruill scored
21 of his game-high 29 points in
the second half as A&T added
the tournament title to its
visitation championship. The
tournament victory for the
Aggies marked the third time
in four years the Greensboro
City cagers have won the
coveted tournament title.
A&T carried a 36-30 halftime
lead to the dressing room at
intermission but the two
teams came back int he se
cond half to give the 9.674
spectators a real show in the
second half.
■ With Spruill at the helm, the
Aggies, skippered by Warren
Reynolds, had to pull out all
stops in the last two minutes of
the game. Morgan was able to
tie the score at 59, 61 and 63
but the Bears were never able
to get the upper hand in the
championship game.
..James Sparrow broke Mor
gan's last chance when he
scored two baskets in the last
two minutes. The two baskets
RON JOHNSON
...“All Tourney” choice
d\ ine New v ork freshman
gave A&T a four-point cushion
at U7-«:i and .Morgan w as never
able to overcome this advant
age in (he waning moments.
In addition to his 129 points.
Spruill also had 111 rebounds to
lead A&T in this department
also. Sparrow finished the
nigtit->vith is points.
.. Morgan's All-American
center Marvin Webster was
named the “Most Valuable
Player" in the tournament but
the College Division "Player
of the Year" a year ago onlv
scored 13 points but collected
21 rebounds in a losing effort
against A4T. The lop scorer
for Morgan in the champion
ship game was Billy Newton
with IT.
..In the consolation game
Howjid ran away—wnh—nr
89-78 victory over Delaware
State. \ adnay Cotton scored
28 points for the Bison while
Sam Shepherd tallied 32 in a
losing cause for Delaware
State.
..Named to the first team
All-Tournament team were
Webster. Spruill. Shepherd.
Ron Johnson of A&T and Kred
Simmons of Delaware State.
I.isted on the second team
were Newton. Angelo Council
and \ adnay Cotton of Howard.
Pat Kdvvards of Morgan and
Sparrow.
..Warren Reynolds of A&T
was named Coach of the
Tournament while Howard
won the team sportsmanship
award for the fourth straight
year.
...Morgan advanced to the
finals having beaten Mary
land-Kastern Shore in the
opening round. I2I-«H and
Delaware Slate in the semi
finals. 78-72. A&T received a
first round bye but the Aggies
defeated Howard in the semi
finals. 92-78.
Ten of the 12 Morgan State
plavers scored in the rout of
Maryland-Kastern i^iore..
FrirEvanslallied 23 points
while Webster added IS pornls
and 19 rebounds in the victory.
Cedric Koane scored 17 points
for I'MKS. the defending
—Tournament champion.
In the semifinal game
against Delaware State. Mor
gan had to pull out all stops in
the victory. Webster scored 22
points and grabbed a like
number of rebounds in addi
tion to blocking nine shots
against Delaware Stale.
Shepherd was the top scorer
for the Hornets with20 points.
Kon Johnson had 26 points
and 1(1 rebounds in the Aggies'
78-74 win over '- Howard.
( otton. Gerald Glover and
Dwight Nettles each scored 15
for Howard.
.- In first round games. Dela
ware State broke away from
Noriks Carolina Central in the
last five minutes and went on
to knock N'CCl out of the
tournament. 77-57. Howard
held off South Carolina State.
92-87 in the second game of the
dav in the first round. Morgan
completed the first dav of
action with its onslaught of
I'MKS.
snepnera poured in 22 points
in the victory over North Caro
lina Central. Robert l.itlle had
15 points in a losing cause for
the Kagles.
l ouncil scored 25 points and
Cotton 24 as Howard held off S.
C. Stale. Alex Barron and
Harry Nickens each scored 28
points for S. C. State in a
losing cause.
Salvation Army Boys Win Midget Championship
By James Cuthbertson
Post Staff Writer
If you hear a bunch of
twelve-olds around the city,
hollering, "We’re the
Champs”, stand up and give
them accolades because the
Queen City has a team that
can stand up and be counted
as a champion of the two
Carolinas.
.. The Salvation Army Boys
Club Midget Team, made up
of young men ages nine
through 12 swept through a
regular season and three
tournaments with a 19 and 0
record.
..The team captured a first
place regular season title in
the Hawthorne Center league
being led by Johnny Kdwards
a 12-year-old who averaged
15.5 points per game and 10
rebounds per game and
Bryant McKnight a 12-yearold
who averaged 15 points per
game and 14 rebounds. They
are both seventh graders at
Quail Hollow Junior High
School.
..Representing Hawthorne
Center in the city -w ide tourna
ment. they defeated Third.
Ward Center li7 to 20 in the
first round. Tuskaseegee Park
3(> to 15 in the second round
and Kurle \ illage Center 37 to
2!) in the championship game
of the city tournament.
The team which has no
home gvm practices on an
outdoor court at the X2K West
Trade St. center or downtown
at the Salvation Army Temple
on Poplar Street. A new gym
at the Poplar Street Facility is
in the planning.
. .The victories in the city wide
tournament gave them the
option of representing the
Queen City in the state
community centers tourna
ment or in the Salvation Fast
West tournament. They
choose the later.
.. In the western sectional held
in Spartanburg, S. C.. they
defeated l.owell (12 to 2(1,
Greenville. S. C. I!) to 35 and
Anderson. S. C. 42 to 22 to win
the championship. Stars Ed
uards and McKnight scored II
and 2fi points respectfully.
..In the linals in Gastonia,
they defeated High Point 45 to
29 in the semifinals and
Greensboro 52 to 20 in the
championship game to be
crowned champions of the two
states.
• They placed three men on
the five man all-tournament
team. Edwards who scored 20
points in 2 games and IK re
bounds was named to the team
along with McKnight who
scored 29 points and 25 re
hounds and George Corbett
who scored 22 points and 14
rebounds.
The other members of the
team were David Berry.
Carry Hart, and Edward
Glaney. "They could beat
most of the junior high junior
varsities around town," said
athletic director and coach of
the boys, Frento Burton.
.."They had a height advant
age over most of the teams we
played." Burton added saying
that MeKnight is ti feet zero.
Berry is five feet seven inches,
five feet eight inches, and
Corbett was five feet five
inches.
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