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IF YOU ASK ME. iapgt A man is getting along in years when he pays Sf ,; m°re attention to the food than he does to the waitress. T^sr. Two former CIAA basketball standouts will 5&£?-■ likely perform in next month’s NBA All-Star Game. The latest report from the league’s official computer center in St. Paul, Minn, lists Earl Monroe and Bob Dandridge among the top vote getters. A former Norfolk State star, Dandridge is presently 700 votes ahead of Rick Barry for one of the starting forward positions and Monroe, the Winston-Salem State superstar is running third behind Walt Frazier and Dave P Bing for the guard posts. Local sports enthusiasts will be interested in knowing that Reggie Harrison, the player who turned the Super Bowl around for the Pittsburgh Steelers, has family ties in the Charlotte area. According to Charles Camp, Harrision is the son of Summy Harrison who lived on Moretz Avenue and Jefferson Davis St. for a number of years. The Harrisons have numerous relatives and friends in the Charlotte area. Camp stated. Bet you didn’t know that between 17 and 20 million Americans are injured each year while participating in athletics. me uusmess community in tne Hampton, va. area will laugh all the way to the bank one million bucks richer following next month’s CIAA Basketball Tournament at the Hampton Coliseum. League officials are predicting a crowd of 10,000 fans who, they believe, will spend an average of $50 a day during the three-day event. We know some Cats who’ll blow that much on joy juice. The Golden Bulls, who will encounter high scoring Virginia Union here Saturday night, are shooting 91.2 points a game to rank third in CIAA team offense. Virginia Union is second with a sizzling 99.1 mark and unbeaten Virginia State is breezing along in first place with a-lofty 99.6 scoring average. J.C. Smith is last in field goal „ percentage shooting and the Bulls, having given ** up 94.3 points an outing are not listed among the {top teams in team defense. r South Carolina State has signed Orangeburg itWilkinson kicker Malcolm Montgomery Jr. to a ! Rlo'WtJiWr gfant-in-aid. Said head coach Willie Jeffries. “We feel that he will strengthen our ?' kicking game which we rely on and which is so i vital to any football team,” Had you noticed that only six of the basketball ’ teams in the CIAA are playing above the 500 j percentage mark? Or that North Carolina A&T i State has fallen to the no. 4 position among the ; nation’s top-ranked basketball teams? The : Braves of Alcorn A&M have taken over the top j rung, with Tennessee State and Kentucky State | in close pursuit. • j Virginia State, which leads the CIAA with an j unblemished 9-0 record, is listed in ninth place, • but Norfolk State which is second in its own • conference, is ranked seventh. The Touchdown Club of Washington, D. C. has : contributed $650 to the Howard University base i ball team. The donation will enable coach Chuck | Hinton to purchase a batting cage for the Bison’s : oreseason training. List Livingstone coach Willie Porter among r those who are upset with the officiating in the CIAA. “We get bad breaks from the officials all i the time.” Porter said. “I’m not trying to make any excuses but we just don’t seem to get the same calls at our end of the court as the other teams do at theirs.” 9 > Porter is also disappointed in his team’s play thus far this campaign. Livingstone, following a 98-80 setback to front-running Winston-Salem, <^_is0-4jn_the conference and 2-8 overall. A&T s Sinclair Corbett Leads MEAC Rebounders By h.arl Mason Special To The Post Durham -- A few of the leaders exchanged positions but for the most part the statistical leaders remained the same in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference according to the weekly basketball stat istics released Monday from the conference office. Floyd Monroe of North Carolina Central took over the field goal shooting percentage lead from Willie Brown of South Carolina State who dropped to .589 hut Brown's mark dropped from (167 to .573. Kon Johnson of A&T ranks • third-infield goal accuracy with a .540 mark. Janies Sparrow of A&T continues to lead the scores in the conference w ith a comfor table 23.7 average Freshman John Harrell of North Caro lina Central remained a dis tant second with an 18.4 aver age followed by Vadnay Cotton of Howard with an 18.2 average and Eric Evans of Morgan State with a 17.9 average. Sinclair Corbett of A&T continues to lead the rebound ers with a 14.6 average while Carl Green of South Carolina State remains in the number two spot with, a 13.7 average. Monroe moved up one spot from fourth to third in the rebounding department with a 11.9_ average. Eric Evans dropped from third to fourth with a 11.6 average. Morgan State’s Billy Newton continues to lead the free throw shooters having made 44 of 46 from the charity line for a.957 marksmanship. Terry Mclnnis of A&T has moved up to the number two position with a .864 mark. North Carolina Central leads the conference in scor ing with an average of 87.6 points per game. League-lead ing North Carolina A&T and South Carolina State are waging a battle for the runner up spot. The Aggies are scoring 85.54 points per game while S. C. State is scoring at the-rate of 85.45. Morgan State is the top de fensive team yielding 64.2 points per game while A&T ranks second with a 77.2 aver age. South Carolina State contin ues to lead in team rebounding with a 57.1 per game average. A&T stands number two in the team rebounding department with a 48.6 average. Morgan State continues to lead in free throw shooting. The Bears have converted 173 of 235 free throw attempts for a .730 accuracy. Howard is ranked second with a .679 mark. South Carolina State tops the list in field goal shooting with a .484 shooting percent age. A&T is second with a .474 mark.___ Tom Paulin, Thomas Blue, Trojans Lead CIAA Statistics Richmond, Va. - Tom Paulin, Winston Salem State's scoring Demon, and Thomas Blue. Elizabeth City State's scoring and defensive whiz and Virginia State College _ dominate the Central Inter collegiate Athletic Association's statistics, according to information re leased today by the C1AA Service Bureau. Paulin, a slender 6-1 shot maker, continues his torrid scoring pace. The Newark, New Jersey senior, has scored 275-points in ten games for an average of 27.5 on 67 attempts n_V. mjkzi etui uigere Down Raleigh Quintet, 86-74 The Berean Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Chruch's basketball team won their fourth straight by downing the Raleigh SDA Church five 86-74 before an overflowing crowd at the East Mecklenburg High School gym last Saturday night. Jumping off to a quick 15-2 lead, the Berean Cagers found themselves trailing the vistors 41-31 at the half. However, early in the third quarter Berean’s tight zone defense put the visitor’s scoring in a deep-freeze for eight minutes while moving to a 12 point lead on the strength of Reginald Thompson’s 16 point out-burst and then coasting on to their fourth straight win against no losses. ■ 1 and 57 conversions. Blue, a hulking 6-8 giant, is the CIAA rebounding leader with an average of 16.7 caroms per contest. The tal ented sophomore from Wilson. N. C. is also the second best scorer in the league with a 26.7 game scoring average. Blue has a good scoring touch as .attibuted by .631 field goal percentage. j Virginia State College, coached by the modest Harold Deane, leads in team offense with a 99.6 game average, team rebounds with 64 recov eries a game and the Trojans have the widest scoring mar gin with a plus 19.5 mark. VSC’s John Board is second in rebounding with a 15.1 game average and forward Doward Tisdol is the league's fourth best scorer with a 23.4 game mark. Needless to say, their efforts augment the Tro jans' attack. St. Augustine's College, improving all the time, is the leader in team field goal per centage with a fine .610 aver age and the Falcons also lead in the free throw percentage with a .710 percentage. The Falcon's Wade Brooks is the league's individual free throw leader with a fine .931 per centage. Hampton Institute, struggl CIAA SCORING LEADERS Pt. Ave. Paulin, WSSU 275 27.5 Blue, ECSU 267 26.7 Cunningham, NSC 240 24.0 Tisdol, VSC 117 23.4 Epps, Liv. 192 21.3 Lewis, JCSU 246 24.6 ing to reach the .500 marie, is the league s best defensive team with a tough 70.9 points Week in_ BASKETBALL WHERE THEY PLAY THIS WEEK HIGH SCHOOLS FRIDAY East Mecklenburg at West Garinger at West Charlotte South Mecklenburg at Harding Independence at Olympic Meyers Park at North TUESDAY North at East Mecklenburg West Mecklenburg at Garinger West Charlotte at Harding South at Independence Olympic at Myers Park THURSDAY Delaware State at Morgan FRIDAY N.C. A&T at Winston-Salem. SATURDAY S.C. State at N.C. A&T Virginia Union at J.C Smith N.C. Central at St. Augustine's Delaware State at Howard Lincoln at Maryland-ES MONDAY N.C. Central at Gardner-Webb Delaware State at Coppin St. WEDNESDAY Virginia State at J.C. Smith Howard at Lincoln HOW THt.Y STA1SD ME AC TEAMS CONK ALL v r aat " L W. L Morgan State 4 0 JJJ Delaw are State , ~ S C. 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