Howard Post First NCAA 1 Win
oy v_ureion jonnson
Special To The Post
When the Howard Univer
sity basketball team clapped
and ran onto their homecourt
(or a season opener against
Catholic University last Mon
day - night, little did Bison
Coach A.B. Williamson realize
that the applause foresha
dowed history in the making.
As the final buzzer sounded
and Howard stumbled from
the hardwood with a 78-74
achievement over the cross
town rival Cardinals, the Bi
sons-claimed their first NCAA
Division I victory over a non
conference team. * —t
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Noteworthy? Maybe. Signi
ficant? Only time will tell.
Howard and other teams in
the Mid-Eastern Athletic Con
ference eased into the highest
NCAA college basketball clas
sification in 1974. That was the
same year MEAC champion
Maryland-Eastern Shore put a
scare into NIT officials by
whipping Manhattan College
and nearly toppling Jackson
ville University in the second
found of that classic.
Since then Black colleges,
MEAC institutions and Ho
ward, have been dealt an
overwhelming number of de
feats in trying to cope with the
uaiismon 10 me Dig lime.
In the basketball hotbed of
Washington. D C., Coach Wil
liamson has assembled a rep
resentative team in his second
season; one holding potential
to win their first conference
championship. But football,
not basketball, is the league's
forte. And an ME^C basket—
ball title would only be orna
mental, like putting a Merce
des emblem onto a Vega.
As evidenced in the Catholic
game, Howard has a fine
supporting cast but no super
star to support. Junior college
transfer John Smith scored 14
points, hauled down nine re
bounds and fed three assists to
complement all-conference
forward Gerald Glover. The
junior from Atlanta responded
with 18 points. Both capitaliz
ed on the new NCAA dunking
allowance with crowd-chill
ing, gravity-defying slams.
The centers proved capable
as 6-9 sophomore John Mullen
and 6-8 junior Mike Nettles
contributed 13 and 10 points
respectively. And while the
guards are still inconsistent,
they are no longer consistently
bad. Washington, D.C. pro
ducts Angelo Council (Dunbar
High) and Gerald “Tub” Gas
kins (Eastern High) demon
strated an ability to move the
uan mrougn iramc. Last sea
son the Howard backcourt
rarely got pass the opponent's
basket.
"We-'ve got a young ball
club," says Williamson, whose
15-man roster includes three
seniors. Only one starts.
"What we did get against
-Catholic was a mature perfor
mance from Smith. He'll help
our younger players as the
season progresses."
The Western High (Wash
ington) product played an ex
ceptional all-around game.
And the Bison cast for the
season should be enhanced by
another D.C. gem, 6-10 center
Dorian Dent (Ballou High),
when he suits up in the second
semester.
And there are bound to be
more fluid performances than
Monday's opener when fresh
man guard Nathaniel Speight
(MVP in Baltimore, Md., Sou
thern High, 75-76) begins to
draw up to 20 minutes of
playing time coming off the
bench.
After upcoming bouts with
Hampton Institute and Dela
ware State College, the Bisons
will find out how much they
really need a “super star."
The University of Buffalo,
Robert Morris College and the
University of Wisconsin-Mil
waukee, all Division I entries,
serve as pre-Christmas "bit
time” tests.
Following a 9-19, 1975-76
campaign sliced with whop
ping losses to the University of
North Carolina, Southern Cali
fornia and other heavy
weights, Howard’s current
cage edition should be ready
to climb up to the next rung
of the ladder to competitive
ness in Division I respectabili
ty
In the meantime, William
son will be looking for that
super star, that David Thomp
son, that Scott May who can
fire to a team and give it lofty
goals. Time will tell.
Dexter Feaster Named
To State’s All-Star Team
The most feared passing
combination in the Mid-East
ern Athletic Conference, Ells
worth Turner and Dexter Fea
ster both of North Carolina
AAT, have been named to the
coveted Greensboro Daily
News All-North Carolina foot
ball team.
Turner, who holds nearly
every Aggie passing record,
completed 153 of Z73 passes for
2046 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Turner is the first passer in
the history of the MEAC to
pass more than 2,000 yards in
a single season.
Feaster, a senior from Char
lotte, North Carolina, caught
49 passes for 775 yards and
four touchdowns. His recep
tion and yardage totals are
MEAC records.
FOUR AGGIES GAIN ALL
MEACHONORS
Four members of the North
Carolina A&T football team
gained first team All-Confer
ence honors.
Quarterback Ellsworth Tur
ner, receiver Dexter Feaster,
defensive end Lucien Nibbs,
and linebacker Jearold Hol
land were selected to the
Dexter Feaster
T ...Gains another honor
all-star team.
Other Aggies gaining all
conference recognition in
cluded center Joe Bloomfield,
guard Ron Aiken, punter
Hornsby Howell, Jr., tight end
Coy Holland, defensive tackle
James Merrick, and defensive
back Howard Barnhill.
In addition to gaining All
Conference honors, Turner
was selected as the confer
ence’s “Offensive Player of
the Year.”
Jet tries Lands JNew Honors
ORANGEBURG, S.C.—Willie
Jeffries of South Carolina .
State College, who led his
team to a 0-1 record this
season, has been named South
Carolina Coach of the Year. It
marked the second time in
four years that the Bulldog
mentor has received the ho
nor. In 1973, his first season as
a head coach, Jeffries became
the first Black to receive Pal
metto State Coach of the Year
honors.
The recognition was the
third such honor this year
received by Jeffries, who has
compiled a 32-10-2 record in
his four years as a head coach.
Earlier, the S.C. State grad
uate was picked as the top
coach in NAIA District 6, the
fourth consecutive time he has
won that honor, and he and
Hank Lattimore of Morgan
State who led their teams to a I
co-championship of the Mid
Eastern Athletic Conference
were named co-coaches of the
year in the league.
Jeffries’ Bulldogs will go
against Norfolk State Dec. 11
in the Bicentennial Bowl at
Richmond, Va.
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Willie Robinson, a native of Charlotte, N.C. and a graduate ot
West Mecklenburg High School, is the best defensive guard
on the North Carolina A&T basketball team this fall.
Robinson is a sophomore and is expected to see considerable
playing time during the 1976-77 season.
WBTV To Carry UNC-VPI Game
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The basketball game be
tween the University of North
Carolina and Virginia Tech
will be seen on WBTV, Satur
day, December Uth at 8 p.m.
Armed with three members *
of the U.S. Olympic team,
Charlotte’s Walter Davis, Phil
Ford and Tommy LaGarde,
the “Tar Heels" of Carolina
are pre-season favorites to
win the A.C.C. Championship.
However, Dean Smith’s cele
brated team may find Virginia
Tech “Globblers" a worthy
foe with the returning 6 foot 10
center, Ernest Walmsley and
shooting star, Duke Thorp in
their starting lineup. Their
»•»< wuvii, Uliut IVU mvu , mu
be remembered for leading
his Tulane team to four over
times with the "Tar Heels”
last season.
The Carolina-Virginia Tech
game will be played in Roan
oke, Virginia with Bill King,
Sports Driector of WDBJ, pro
viding the play-by-play.
Read the Charlotte Post
each week.
QAA Selects Corley, Grimsley
Defensive tackle Konaia
-Corley and center Chet Gmn
slev of Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity were named to the
All-CIAA Football Team, an
announcement last week said.
Corley, a 290-pound senior,
gained the coveted honor for
the second straight year. It
was the first appearance on
the honor team for Grimsley,
235-pound junior.
While the lowly Golden Bulls
were placing two players on
the 24-man squad, Virginia
Union University, a team that
finished well-back in fourth
place in the conference's final
football standings, put six men
on the All-CIAA Team.
Virginia State, another
team that didn't do well this
past season, followed with
four while Norfolk State,
which won the conference
championship for the third
straight year, was represent
ed by three players. Living
stone, Fayetteville State and
St. Paul's had two each and
Shaw, Hampton and Winston
Salem each had one player
named to the team.
James Woodson, senior
wide receiver from St. Paul’s
College, was named to the
team for the third consecutive
ycai nr euueu me year wim
51 receptions for 618 yards and
five touchdowns. Dexter Cur
ry of Norfolk State, quarter
back Sam Cosby of St. Paul’s
and defensive back Maurice
Franks of Fayetteville State
joined ^orley as the players
makmg^lhe squad for The
second straight year.
Cosby, wjio led the league in
total ottense with l.faoi yards
for a creditable 151.3 yards
per game averaged, won out
over Steve Graeff of Norfolk
State and Russ Seaton of
Hampton.
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