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BILL JOHNSON
SAY YOU SAW IT HERE.
Young Jerry Fitch, Johnson C. Smith Univers
ity’s basketball coach, was the happiest man in
the Smith gym late Saturday night. His young
basketball team had soundly whipped North
Carolina Central and Jerry had received the
good news that his Bulls had been officially
selected to compete in the 31st CIAA Basketball
Tournament in Hampton, Va. this weekend ...
And Fitch was deservedly proud.
The young man expressed in private nis wishes
for meeting Norfolk State in the First Rounds
rather than Virginia State, who up to Saturday
night, was leading the conference nothern divis
ion standings.
Fitch gets his wish ... He will send his quintet
against the Spartans Thursday night in the final
game of the first rounds. Fitch didn’t bother to
say why he’d rather oppose Norfolk State than
Virginia State. At the time, it appeared rather
odd since Virginia State has lost five of its last
seven encounters while the Spartans were com
ing on strong in the last two weeks.
Then, too, Smith has a better record against
Virginia State than it has againist Norfolk in
tournament play. They have gotten the best of
the Trojans in two of three clashes while losing
four of six to the Spartans.
TOURNAMENT HOGWASH. CIAA experts
say Winston-Salem State is the team to beat in
the 31st tournament ... Morgan State gets the
nods in the MEAC tournament in the Greensboro
Coliseum this weekend. This reporter, who has
survived long odds for a number of years in a
number of endeavors without very much suc
cess, predicts Virginia Union will make things
tough for the teams in the CIAA and North
Carolina A&T isn’t about to be embarrassed
before its home folks in Greensboro...
Did you know that Johnson C. Smith has not
fared well in the CIAA dribble-derby in past
years? The Golden Bulls have been knocked out
of the meet in the first rounds on eight occasions
enroute to a 14-24 record.
J. C. Smith which has qualified for 19 previous
tournaments, has reached the semi-finals seven
times and has advanced to the finals on only four
occasions. Cal Irvin took them to the champion
ship game back in 1952 before losing to Virginia
Union and earning for himself the tourney’s
“Most Valuable Coach” award. Eddie McGirt
guided the Bulls to the finals against Winston
Salem State in Winston-Salem in 1961 and
William McCullough piloted them against Cal
Irvin and A&T in the title game in 1964. Joe
Alston was the man at the helm when the hot
Bulls excited the largest turnout in CIAA tourna
ment history before Norfolk State cooled them
off in 1974.
A letter from Robert Simmons informs that
all seniors interested in playing football at
Central Piedmont Community College next Fall
should contact him at 373-6751, or Adres Byrd at
373-6560 or 373-6859. Mr. Simmons says you must
be registered at CPCC to be eligible to compete.
w Incidentally, the CPCC Football Club will start
spring practice Monday afternoon at the Pearl
Street Park near Charlottetown Mall. The
session begins at 6 p.m. and continues til 8
o’clock.
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tJost s Flayer UJ Week
Robert Lewis Keys Bulls'
Prolific Offensive Attack
by James Cuthbertson
Post Staff Writer
Coach Jerome Fitch was
understandabley elated after
Saturday's 99-88 victory over
the North Carolina Central
Eagles in Hartley-Woods
Gymnasium on the campus
of Johnson C. Smith Univers
ity.
The Golden Bulls of the
Central Intercollegiate Ath
letic Conference were putting
their see-saw record of 7-9 in
the league against an Eagle
team from Durham who are
sixth in the seven team Mid
dle Eastern Athletic Confer-)
ence <MEAC).
The Bulls had never de
feated the Central team since
Fitch has been coach.
Coming to town with rookie
sensation Ed Roper, a form
er Independence High School
star and a Charlotte Post All
County First Team member
last season, the Eagles ex
pected to leave again with a
victory.
But the rampaging Bulls
had other plans in mind and a
big key in their menacing
defence and prolific offensive
attack was this week's Char
lotte Post Player of the We
eek, 6-6 240 pound Robert
Lewis.
At the latest ^IAA~statis
tics tally, Robert Lewis has
tallied.512 points for a 25.6
average that ties him with
Elizabeth City’s Thomas
Blue for scoring honors. He
scored 44 against Hampton
and 16 against NCC last
week.
Lewis is in the enviable
position of becoming only the
second Golden Bull ever to
top the individual point pro
duction in the conference.
A senior physical educa
tion major, the versatile
Lewis who plays center, for
ward and guard comes to
JCSU from Danville Virgin
ia's George Washington High
School. He carries the Golden
Bulls banner to the Hampton
Coliseum in the hopes that
JCSU will survive the com
Kuotni J-.EW1S
...Top CIAA performer
petitive CIAA tournament as
the King.
Other stars included ... Ron
Littles of Garninger who pull
ed down 36 points and 16
rebounds in a loss to Olympic
and 25 points in a victory
over West ...Roderick Fuller
of Harding who scored 26 to
beat North and 23 to beat West
Charlotte...Graylon Wallace
of North whose 16 points a
gainst East clinched a tourn
ament berth for the Vikings
... Gerald McAfee whose 22
points against Harding and
13 against East lead a balan
ced scoring attacks for the
Vikings ... Ondrg Richardson
of Olympic who has been
named by Basketball Weekly
as one of the top high school
players in the South scored
21 and 16 respective victories
over Garinger and Myers
Park which have established
the Trojans as a threat for
the tournament crown ...
Everything man Gene Harris
w ho scored 26- and 21 in .
Olympic’s victories.. Jack
Planter of Independence.
Michael Grant of East and
Reggie White of South Meck
lenburg who lead their teams
last week.
Jerry r itch Optimistic About Team s Chances
Coach Jerry Fitch of the
Johnson C. Smith University
Golden Bulls is optimistic
about his team's chances in
the Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference's (CIAA)
tournament opening in Hamp
ton, Virginia.
“We stand a good chance of
winning the tournament,”
-said Coach Fitch of his team
who finished 7 and 9 overall
and 11 and 13 overall.
In the 9 p.m. game the Bulls
will take on Norfolk State’s
Spartans who finished second
in the CIAA at 12 and 4 in the
conference and 18 and 6 over
all.
“Our chances are very
good." he reiterated reflecting
back on JCSU’s 86-85 near
miss during regular season in
Norfolk.
The team lead bv all CIAA
performers Kobert Lewis and
Kobert Terry will leave Char
lotte Wednesday morning at
7:30a.m. for a six and one half
hour drive to the Chesapeake
area. They will arrive.at 2
p.m. just in time for a 4 p.m.
practice session at the Hamp
:on Roads Coliseum.
Last year they upset Vir
ginia Union to advance to the
semifinals and this year "we
don't intend to dissapoint our
large followers from Char
lotte.
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Winston-Salem State Enters
Tournament With Hot Streak
n uisiuii MR'in coacn Big
house Gaines and his CIAA
Southern Division Champion
ship Rams vow that the 1976
CIAA Tournament is not to be
a replay of the 1967 Tourna
ment although many of the
ingredients may be the same
Like 1967, the Rams will
enter the 1976 Tournament to
be played in the beautiful
Hampton Roads Coliseum be
ginning on Thursday,
February 26 riding a 20-game
winning streak with an un
blemished record in confer
ence play. But unlike 1967
when the Rams lost in the
semi-finals to A&T State, they
are determined to go all of the
way this time
The Rams, all healthy at
this time, are rated Number 2
by the Mutual Black Network
basketball poll. They will en
ter tournament play with a
zj-J overall record and 16-0 in
conference play Gaines'
cagement are likely to meet
Saint Paul's or Elizabeth City
was their first opponent in
tournament play
The Kams will rely mainly
on the play of Tom Paulin.
Carlos Terry and Don Helton
who have already been nom
inated ALL NAIA District 26
and who were pre-season
choices for A11-C1AA Paulin is
the team's leading scorer,
averaging 24 9 points per
game and second in rebounds
with 10.5. Terry leads the
team in rebounds with 14.6 and
is second in scoring with 15.8
per game Helton, the team
point man, averages 12 9 buc
kets per game
The above trio will get help
from Melvin Garrett who
scores at a 12.5 pace. Mike
Brown at 9.1 and Stenson
Conley at 6.6. Both Brown and
Conley are also strong under
the boards In reserve will be >
Pete Martin, George Gibson,
Marco Dillard, David Blizzard
and Dal id Harold
The Hams are looking be
yond the CIAA Tournament .
As Southern Division Cham
pions. they will have the home
court advantage in the NAIA
District 26 Tournament which
they hope will serve as a
prelude to another trip to
Kansas City and a national
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