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49ers Win DIAC Tournament
Basinger Named MVP
Anthony, Turpin Excel
Season Ends on Sweet
Note With 49ers on Top
For those who have somehow
avoided being enlightened as to
the adventure of the UNC-C
basketball team this past
weekend, the 49ers ventured into
Greensboro and returned with the
ultimate - the Dixie Conference
tournament championship. Below,
in capsule form, are the details of
the three victorious games that led
to this prize.
In the opening round on
Thursday night, UNC-C met with
UNC-G, a team that the 49ers had
defeated twice during the regular
season. The third confrontation
proved no differently as UNC-C
raced to a 79-61 victory behind a
big second half splurge.
Pete Donahue evolved as the
chief architect of this win as he
scored 15 of his 19 points in the
Champions.
Let that most splendid word
endlessly flow from the mouths of
all the UNC-C students and
reverberate among the confines of
this campus.
Even the very sound and image
of it suggests authority,
dominance and supremacy. The
one intrinsic fact of the whole
matter is this:
The 49er cagers are number
one, king of the hill, chairmen of
the board.
These appellations were earned
this past weekend in Greensboro
as UNC-C swept to three victories
and the Dixie Conference
tournament championship. In so
doing, the 49ers erased the
disappointment that accompanied
their regular season tie for second
and definitively proved their
superiority.
Nevertheless, no team is
beyond evaluation. The time
seems appropriate to judge the
successes and disappointments of
this championship squad.
Pluses:
- A balanced scoring attack the
entire season. All five members of
the starting five averaged in
double figures with each one
capable of breaking the game
open.
- The development of a sturdy,
resistant defense that allayed the
fears that many held before the
season concerning this facet of the
49er game.
- The flourishing of Jim Turpin
and Bob Lemmond in the second
half of the season. After
disappointing early in the
campaign, Turpin steadied his
shooting eye to finish with a 52
per cent average and Lemmond
rebounded and played defense
with the aggressiveness that lay
dormant in him for so long.
- Of course, the tremendous
play of Ben Basinger and Pete
Donahue. Basinger led the team in
scoring and rebounding and
proved to be the 49ers most
potent force in the tournament.
Donahue played consistently
excellent defense in addition to
wielding a hot offensive hand with
his dazzling array of moves.
- The highly underrated play of
Jerry Anthony. Easily recognized
as the team leader, Anthony often
exerted a steadying influence
upon the team while on the floor
that proved invaluable in most of
the team’s victories. His abundant
contributions to the team were
recognized, fortunately, with his
selection to the all-tournament
team.
- The swift progress of two
freshmen, Norris Dae and Jerry
Franks. The duo displayed poise
and potential in coming off the
bench to gain valuable experience.
Minuses:
- Poor foul shooting which cost
the 49ers a few games this season.
- Very erratic ball handling.
Unquestionably, there were games
lost as a result of numerous
turnovers in key situations during
games.
- Inability to hold leads. This
ultimately reverts back to the ball
handling miscues.
^ - The loss through graduation
of Jerry Anthony and Bob
Lemmond. They will be sorely
missed next season.
Of course, praise must be
heaped in the direction of the
49er mentors, head coach Harvey
Murphy and assistant coach Larry
Bostian. These two combined
their coaching talents to become
chief executioners of the losers
complex that had hounded
UNC-C for all too long.
APO and Sophomores
Share Intramural Basketball Lead
After two full weeks of play,
the APO “Lovers” and the
Sophomores are on top of the
intramural standings. In the first
week of play, the Sophomores
defeated the Freshmen and APO
was victorious over the Nads.
In the season’s tipoff game, the
Sophomores came out on the long
end of a 53-33 score. Due to
numerous turnovers by the
Freshmen and some hot shooting
by the Sophomores’ Doug
Robertson and Phil Rimer, the
upperclassmen were able to build
an early lead and were never
headed.
Leading all scorers was
Robertson, who had 18 points,
closely followed by Rimer with
15. Top scorer for the Freshmen
was Skip Bennet who had 10
points.
In the second game of the week
APO “Lovers” defeated the Nads
52-37. APO built an early lead
and enjoyed a seven point margin
at halftime due primarily to the
offensive punch of APO’s Jerry
Overcash and Mike Wade. In the
second half Dick Latty joined
Overcash and Wade in an offensive
barrage that stretched the lead to
as much as 20 points. The sticky
zone defense thrown up by APO
on most occasions limited the
Nads to one shot per possesion
and held high scoring Devan
Brown to 14 points.
Jerry Overcash took game
honors with 15 points, followed’
by Brown’s 14.
The second week of play saw
the Sophomores demolish the
Engineers 65-24, and APO defeat
the Freshmen 43-34.
The Sophomore - Engineer
game was no contest from the
beginning. The Sophomores took
control from the tap and rode
balanced scoring to a 21 point
halftime lead. The tempo of the
second half remained unchanged
and the Sophomores stretched the
lead to the final 39 point margin.
Game honors went to Donald
Morgan, who had 17 points.
Teammate John Robertson had
13.
In last week’s final game, APO
defeated the Freshmen 43-34. The
“Lovers” took a seven point lead
and were able to rely on a
balanced scoring attack to
maintain the margin. Early in the
second half the Freshmen pulled
to within three points but the
rally fell short as APO began to
pull ahead in the final ten minutes
and establish the final nine point
margin.
For the second week in a tow,
Jerry Overcash was the leading
point man for APO. He had 14
points. High man for the
Freshmen was Jerry Springs, who
also had 14.
The leading scorer in the
league, based onfigures from two
games, is Doug Robertson of the
Sophomores. He is averaging 15.5
points per game. APO’s Jerry
Overcash, averaging 14.5, is a
close second.
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second half. Ben Basinger, setting
the standard he was to follow in
the ensuing two games, threw in
20 points to share game high
honors with UNC-G’s Bruce Shaw.
Friday night UNC-C discovered
themselves encountering another
hometown team, Greensboro
College, a team that handed the
49ers a loss in Greensboro but
subsequently were stampeded by
UNC-C’s greatest offensive display
of the season, 113-85.
After a rather lackluster first
half featuring a tight defensive
battle, Donahue once again
engineered a second half 49er
explosion, collecting all of his 12
points in the period. All five
starters scored in double figures in
this contest with Jim Turpin
garnering 8 out of his 10 points in
the second half.
But coming to the forefront
again as the 49ers dominant force
was Basinger, pacing the team
with 17 points and 12 rebounds.
With the championship on the
line Saturday night, UNC-C met
St. Andrews. The two teams had
split the regular season games, the
49ers winning the first one at
home after falling behind by 14
points and St. Andrews claiming
the second meeting in convincing
style.
In the first half, the 49ers
opened up as much as a 13 point
lead and led 26-13 with eight
minutes left. But St. Andrews
chipped away at the lead behind
Gary Linn to draw to within four
at halftime, 33-29.
UNC-C increased its halftime
margin to 37-29 after only a
minute of the second half but was
unable to hold on to the lead. St.
Andrews stormed back to go
altead with 8:30 left in the half,
61- 59.
But the games top scorer with
32 points and eventually
recognized as the “Most Valuable
Player” in the tournament, Ben
Basinger put in a jumper with
7:30 left to make the score read
62- 61 and give the 49ers the lead
that they carried to the
conference championship.
Individually, of course,
Basinger played brilliant
Tournament basketball. The 6-6
forward totaled 69 points for a 23
point game average and was
devastating on the boards.
Jerry Anthony, a classy guard
finishing out a fine career at
UNC-C, joined Basinger on the
all-tournament squad with 34
points and invaluable ball
handling and team leadership.
Junior guard Jim Turpin
contributed 37 important points
with the aid of his deadly
shooting eye. Junior forward Pete
Donahue amassed 36 points and
led the 49ers to their first two
tournament victories.
For 6-7 senior center Bob
Lemmond it was the same script.
No headlines but simply the
respect of his fellow players and
those close to the team who
appreciated the increasingly
effective job that he performed
this season with every game.
Winning Stats
Now that UNC-C has won the
DIAC title, a brief glance at the
season’s statistics seems in order.
The 49er’s won 9 of 19 with a
game average of 73.3 points. And
at that it was close: the opposing
teams averaged 72.9 points against
the 49er defense.
The 49er’s averaged 45.1
percent of field goals and 44.2 of
free throws attempted. Jerry
Anthony averaged 10.8 a game
during the season. Bob Lemmond
9.9, Pete Donahue 12.1, Jim
Turpin 11.5, and Ben Basinger
15.4.
Individual one-game high marks
for the season went to Pete
Donahue with the most field goals
and points in a game (16 and 33
against Greensboro), Jerry
Anthony with the most free
throws (13 against UNC-G) and
Bob Lemmond with the most
rebounds (16 against N.C.
Wesleyan). Ben Basinger led
rebounding with an average of 9.4
during the season, followed by
Bob Lemmond’s 8.4 and Jerry
Anthony’s 7.3.
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