The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Volume XVI, Number 42 Charlotte, North Carolina Monday, February 16, 1981
Fiery 49ers Hand
Rose 73-56 Defeat
By Pat Weiss
and Debbie Miller
Carolina Journal fetaff Writers
With the fans shouting “Welcome
home Lee,” the clock ticked down to
the final seconds of the game as
UNCC annihilated the University of
South Florida, 73-56, Sunday at the
Charlotte Coliseum.
It was an emotional win for the
49ers for several reasons. In their last
13 games, the 49ers only defeated
Georgia State,the doormat of the Sun
Belt Conference. This particular game
placed additional pressure on the
team to defeat former UNCC head
coach Lee Rose and his team.
In a win described by Coach Mike
Pratt as one “they (the 49ers) needed
more than anyone else in the whole
world.” The 49ers “told themselves
they were going to win,” he added.
The key to the game was the 49ers
ability to jump ahead early. They hit
seven of their first eight field goals,
and never gave up their lead.
Freshman forward Melvin Johnson
scored UNCC’s first two baskets to
fouled by USF forward Vince
Reynolds.
The 49ers then forced a lane viola
tion by USF’s John Grant as Ward
missed the free throw. Seven seconds
later Ward hit from the key to make
the score 20-8.
The 49ers held their biggest lead
with 8:50 remaining in the half as
sophomore forward Tyrone Stephens
scored on a jumper to put UNCC up
by 14.
UNCC and USF exchanged per
sonal fouls during the final seven
minutes of the first half, diminishing
the 49ers lead to five, 34-29.
The second half opened with USF
center Willie Redden scoring from the
baseline on a turnaround jumper to
cut the 49ers lead to three.
UNCC called a time out at 13:09 as
USF came within one point.
“I had to call time out because they
were knocking at the door and I had
to let the guys know we weren’t going
to let them in,” Pratt said.
UNCC’s Johnson hit a baseline
jumper to increase the 49ers lead to
Photo By Debbie Miller
Donnie Koonce, named most valuable player,and coach Mike Pratt celebrate the win over Sun
Belt Conference opponent South Florida Sunday, 79-53.
Accreditation Process
put the 49ers up by three. Then,
senior guard Donnie Koonce took a
pass inside from junior guard Phil
Ward at 16:57 on the clock, putting
the 49ers up by five.
After the Bulls guard Tony Grier
scored on a layup, Ward scored from
the wing and sophomore center
Lawrence Furlow scored from the
lane to increase the 49ers lead to
seven.
At the 14:52 mark, senior center
Roland VanDenBergh, scored on a
jumper to bring the score to 12-3.
With 12:28 remaining in the first
half, Ward scored on a layup and was
three, and VanDenBergh drove the
lane and was fouled by Redden. It
was Redden’s third foul of the game.
“Bird” missed the one and one, and
USF’s Lewis Shepherd pulled down a
crucial rebound.
Shepherd was fouled by Stephens
and made both free throws to bring
the Bulls to within one. Koonce
answered with two points, as Redden
received his fourth personal foul with
ten minutes left. Stephens was in
jured on the play and was out for the
remainder of the game.
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Begins With Evaluation
By David E. Griffith
Carolina Journal Campus Affairs Editor
UNCC is currently
engaged in a massive
self-evaluation.
Dr. Robert Mundt,
Self-Study Steering
Committee chairperson,
says the study should
reveal “where we (the
university) ought to be
going. The report will be
an accurate picture of
Photo By Debbie Miller
Cathy Allred of Phi Omicron looks for a healty carnation to sell Commuter Cafeteria Friday in hopes of keeping forgetful Valen-
Irene Clodfelter. The sorority sold the flowers in front of the tines’ out of trouble.
the university.”
The Southern Associa
tion of Colleges and
Schools, (SACS), re
quires re-accreditation
every 10 years, the
study is a part of that
process. According to
Mundt, UNCC has never
had a comprehensive
self-study, because the
school was very young
during the last evalua
tion.
“You have to be in
pretty bad shape to not
get re-accredited,”
Mundt said. “Even
when a school has pro
blems SACS usually
gives them some time to
correct it. They don’t
suddenly drop a school’s
accreditation.”
However, the self-
study is not being
treated as if it were just
a formality. The commit
tee plans to produce a
final, coherent report
that should be a guide to
UNCC’s future.
“We’re on a relatively
short schedule,” Mundt
said. “Appalachian
State University spent
three years on their self-
study, but Chancellor
Fretwell has targeted
the UNCC report for 18
months after its initia
tion. It's going to be a
big but short effort.”
One of the major pur- -
poses of the study is to
define a generalized core
of information that all
UNCC students should
possess.
The SACS manual re
quires an evaluation fo
the following aspects for
accreditation purposes:
organizations and ad
ministration, education
programs, financial
resources, faculty,
library, student develop
ment services, physical
resources, special ac
tivities, graduate pro
grams and research.
The Steering Commit
tee has representation
from faculty, Board of
Trustees, student body,
alumni and staff. In ad
dition the committee
welcomes all input.
Dr. Norman Schul,
Special Assistant to the
Chancellor is managing
the self-study program.
Schul says the study is
divided into “a universi
ty wide study,” the six
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