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SPORTS
by michael mcculley
Last year at this time, the
49ers were 3-0. They went 5-0,
too, until a team from
Sewanee picked up a two-point
victory.
This year has promise still,
a disappointing early season
performance has necessitated
some vigorous drills, coaching
toughness,” and a renewed
search for the winning formula.
The season opener, a 106-63
''whitewash over game but weak
Tusculum College, didn’t do
^e 49ers any good. We could
We won that one blindfolded.
The team loosened quickly,
scored at will, and looked
Polished and poised for a
disciplined season. Maybe the
"on was too easy.
On the first road game, the
d9ers found the going tough
gainst Austin Peay, an Ohio
}^alley Conference team that is
much-improved over last
yoar,” according to Coach
Poster. It was an uphill battle
much of Saturday night, with
mue’s pinpoint buckets and
mames’ 9 individual rebounds
■seeping the 49ers near the win.
^ few costly turnovers, a cold
hee-throw hand for everybody
" and a sad loss by one point
"'as the result, 74-75.
. Still, the 49ers played well;
was certainly not a
humiliating loss, nor a decisive
defeat. Mentally, you would
mink the team would be up
the next game, ready to
l®h into an aggressive core;
"ofortunately, such wasn’t the
story.
Monday night, playing their
‘hird game in as many
“Cations (perhaps a problem),
the 49ers debuted this year in
n"® Coliseum against a
Mississippi State team which
jy^s picked to be second or
mird in the SEC. A pitifully
|mall crowd was there (2,180)
“ see our worst defeat since
,'ll Foster took over the
^sketball reins. It’s a loss
hcither he nor the team will
““n forget. Nor should they.
, Prom the tip-off to about
l'"® minutes left in the first
hlf, the 49ers kept their cool
2«:-
SiuS
Disbelief. The few faithful
went home, shocked a little
that UNCC could get pushed
around like that. The team
GYr^^\SIUM SCiEDUT.E FO». FQtksCTTJ^ULED RECPEATIOM TPiE
Pecember, .1971
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and played ball: controlled,
disciplined defense and an
aggressive, methodical offense.
We were up 20-13. The starting
five (Boggs, Black, Thames,
Blue, and Dae) made contact,
with the Bulldogs and the
boards. Then, suddenly, it
happened.
Jeff Watkins, a transfer from
Texas A&M, came in for the
Bulldogs. He shot the eyes out
of the net, passed for some
quick lay-ups, and sparked the
State team to outscore the
49ers 17-10. It was 30-30 with
3:43 left in the half. They
were playing good ball, but
UNCC’s defense was sagging,
too, getting beat at their own
game. The Bulldogs pressed
hard and the 49ers couldn’t
find an open man.
The half ended, with UNCC
on the short end of a 38-32
score. Oiir field goal percentage
(41.9%) and free-throw
percentage (54.5%) weren’t that
bad; Mississippi was just better.
We had out-rebounded them
(19-13) and were hitting the
boards. The only statistic that
pointed up the turn-around:
turnovers UNCC, 8; Miss. State,
3.
The second half was a
disaster. Free throws in the
one-and-one didn’t drop. Blue
was farther back from his
“spot,” missing the shots and
getting open only rarely. The
contact got rougher and the
49ers dicin’t survive it well. We
just didn’t look poised and
disciplined and quick and
agressive. We weren’t. We lost
the second half, and the game,
87-68.
Blue’s 20 and Boggs’ 19 led
the 449ers, while All-SEC guard
Jack Boulclin h had 16 for the
Bulldogs, with sparkplug
Watkins getting 15 for the
night.
went to a dressing room with
a coach who was visibly
disappointed. A lot of things
still need to be done, and
Foster plans to have drills and
sprints and plays and picks and
shooting and defense, defense,
defense pressed hard into the
minds of his team.
1-2. We’re down, but it’s
not out and the season is a
baby yet. Saturday night (9
p.m., WIST, 1240 kc) it’s a
once-ranked Oklahoma team,
away. Four games, four
different places. We can’t count
on familiar settings to win for
us.
We can count on a team,
now eleven strong, who do not
quit, who do not like to lose,
who will not be humiliated
again.
We’ve got too much talent,
too much ability, too much
training to stay down. Look
for the upswing. It’s coming.
The 49ers’ll work hard, and
practice, and learn the meaning
of tough and strong and
consistent. And they’ll be
itching to teach that
lesson-of-the-game to everybody
they meet.
Toppling
106-63 win
Tusculum
Karate club
A karate club has been
chartered on campus. The club
(NKR-UNCC) is open to all
members of the University
community and provision has
been made to allow membership
to persons not a part of the
University.
John Markham, the Black
Belted instructor, holds practice
meetings every Tuesday and
Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. in
the wrestling room of the gym.
Anyone interested in joining
should contact John Markham,
extension 452, or Diane Witner,
extension 407.
by Charlie peek
It was only the best of
times for the 49ers in their
season opener against Tusculum
College Dec. 1, as they
wolloped the Pioneers 106-63.
Before a home crowd of
over 1800, most of them
students, the Green and White
did almost everything right. But
still, there was a standout who
will be remembered for a time
to come. Robert Earl Blue, a
sophomore from Concord, N.C.
broke UNCC’s single game
scoring record with 37 points,
tossing in 14 field goals and 9
free throws. The previous
record being held by Jerry
Lawrence (1967) with 36
points.
Bluels 6’6”, 160 lb. frame
floated around the Pioneers’
defenses and seemed almost
able to score at will, dropping
in soft jump shots and going
high for the banks. He grabbed
six points in only a little over
a minute after the tip-off and
sent the unusually boisterous
crowd roaring.
Racing up and down the
court, fast breaking, driving for
the layups, the 49ers appeared
to be a durable team.
They often dazzled the
Pioneers with sheer speed. With
man-to-man coverage, they
double-teamed in the backcpurt
causing a ' phenomenal amount
of steals and turnovers.
Rebounding was shared by all
the 49ers, as was scoring, and
everybody seemed able to do a
little bit of everything.
Early in the game the
starting lineup of Blue, Sloan,
Black, Boggs and Thames built
up leads of 6-1, 10-1 and 18-1.
Senior guard Jerry Boggs
was another 49er hi^ scorer
hitting on long jumpers and
leading the fast break attempts
with,! 15 points. Chris Black,
the other starting guard, got
11, and Norris Dae, noticeably
absent for much of the game,
brought home 9 points.
Harold Thames spearheaded
the rebounding chores with 7,
but rebounding in general was
a team duty with 5 players
getting 5 rebounds each and 2
players getting 4.
With such a “track-team”
start the 49ers had built a
52-27 lead at the half and
almost the whole bench saw
action.
With 10 minutes left in the
game, and the home team
rolling along as strong as ever,
the crowd started yelling for
Richard Guffy to get in the
game. With 5:18 left he did
and converted one free throw
and grabbed two rebounds to
the delight of his fans.
The failure of the PA
system to come across with the
national anthem and the
repeated persistance of the
scoreboard lights to go out
didn’t dampen the crowd’s
enthusiasm noticeably. They
were loud and happy.
It was a banner night for
UNCC, and it looks like Coach
Bill Foster will receive plenty
of support for this year’s
squad.
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