I rophies " reflect on Lucas' court success
by Gene Upchurch
Staff Writer -
DURHAM John Lucas has always been
a good athlete. And the dining room in his
parents home is lined with trophies to prove
it.
The inscription on one of the trophies
reads "North Carolina Athlete of the Year
1975 Finalist." Lucas looked at the trophy
and said, "1 don't remember getting this
one ... oh yeah, that's the year David
Thompson won it."
And Lucas continues to be a good athlete.
His college basketball record and the record
of the University of Maryland basketball
team proves it. The 6-3Vi senior is a two-time
all-American and has held spots on the first
team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and
first team All-ACC tournament. Lucas was
the leading scorer for the Terrapins last year,
averaging 19.5 points per game. So far this
season, he is averaging 19.7 points per game.
Since Lucas was a freshman, the Terrapins
have compiled an 83-14 overall record,
including a 13-2 record so far this season
while ranked no. 3 nationally.
Lucas is also an outstanding tennis player.
For the last three years, he has played the no.
1 position for Maryland and has won ACC
tennis championships twice, once in singles
and once in doubles.
Lucas was a heavily recruited high school
basketball and tennis player, and chose to go
to Maryland because of Lefty Driesell.
Lucas' freshman year was the first year
freshmen were allowed to play varsity sports,
and he played on a team that included such
stars as Tom McMillen and Len Elmore. But
the pressure of being a freshman playing on a
team with such big names didn't bother
Lucas. Lucas played in 30 games that year
and averaged 14.2 points per game.
"Pressure is a thing that never bothered
me. My talents speak for themselves. A lot of
things you get credited for you don't deserve.
A lot of things you get blamed for you don't
deserve," Lucas said in an interview during
semester break.
"You have to work for everything you
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want. McMillen and Elmore have fingers
just like I've got. And nothing beats hard
work."
Lucas' respect for Driesell goes back to the
time the two met.
"Coach Driesell shook my hand straight
up he didn't use the black handshake. A lot
of coaches that recruited me seemed to think
that the proper thing to do was to use the
black handshake because 1 was black. Coach
Driesell didn't think that. He's a very honest
individual," Lucas said.
Driesell is one of the most controversial
and colorful coaches in America and has
gained a reputation for breaking chairs and
lockers
It is "an experience in itself Lucas said, to
play for Driesell.
"He's a winner. He's the hardest working
individual I've ever seen. I'd give an arm and
Wrestlers test Navy
Carolina wrestlers, coming off a victory
last Tuesday over previously undefeated
N.C. State, challenge ninth-ranked Navy
and 13th-ranked Clarion Saturday
afternoon in dual matches in Annapolis,
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Carolina defeated State 19-15, despite
injuries that have hampered Scott and Chris
Conkwright, Dave Casale and Carl
Hoffman. The win gives Carolina first place1
in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Imps blast
J. V.s, 96-63
Duke started five varsity members and
Carolina never started hitting as the Blue
Imps routed the Tar Babies 96-63
Wednesday at Durham in a junior varsity
game.
Harold Morrison, who later played a
few minutes in the varsity contest with
Wake Forest, led the Blue Imps, scoring
22 points and pulling down 13 rebounds.
Bruce Bell added 12 more points and
three others scored ten as Duke shot 49.3
per cent from the floor.
Ged Doughton led the Tar Babies with
14 points, followed by Randy Wiel with
1 3 and Archie Shaw with 1 2. Carolina hit
only 20 of 71 field goal attempts to finish
with a dismal 28.2 per cent.
Duke led the whole game, but Carolina
stayed within six points throughout the
first half until a final spurt put the Blue
Imps up by 14, 46-32, at halftime.
Wiel picked up his fourth foul only 10
seconds into the second half and sat out
much of the remainder of the game. Duke
outscored UNC 32-14 at one point of the
second half.
Grant Vosburgh
Club sports
Bowlers s
The UNC Men's Bowling Team defeated
N.C. State last Saturday in Raleigh, 4500
4346, to avenge an earlier loss to the
Wolfpack. Dave Wilkerson led the Tar Heels
for the second week in a row with a 195
average and a high game of 214. The men's
team is now 3-1.
. Carolina's Women's Bowling team split
two three-game matches against State. UNC
won the first as Linda Williams and Connie
Hutchins each bowled a series-high 461, but
State fought back to take the second, 2197
2158. The women have changed to bowling two
UNC Wrestling Coach Bill Lam indicated
he's in doubt about the starting status of the
Conkwrights Saturday.
"I'm sure that wrestling State aggravated
their shoulders some, and it's tough to decide
whether to risk further injury or hold them
out to let them heal," Lam said.
If the Conkwrights do start, they'll wrestle
in only one of the matches, with Rocky Wing
replacing Scott at 118 pounds and David
Breece starting for Chris at 134 in the other.
Dave J uergens and Tim Reaume will
wrestle at 142, Hoffman and Joe Ryan 167,
and Casale and Bucky Gaudreau 190.
Starting both matches will be Curtis
Rudolph (126), Jeff Reingten (150), Mike
Benzel (158), Dean Brior (177) and Dee
Hardison (Hwt).
Carolina's next home match is Jan. 29
against East Carolina.
The UNC women's gymnastics team
will open its 1976 season tonight in Boone
against Appalachian State University. Joan
Healy and Lynn Swisher will compete for the
Tar Heels in the demanding all-around
category, doing routines on the uneven bars,
balance beam, vaulting horse and floor
exercise.
Sophomore Teresa Trice is favored in the
balance beam and floor exercise, two events
she won at the state meet last year.
Each team is allowed to enter a maximum
of six girls in each of the four events.
The gymnasts' first home match is
Wednesday, Jan. 28 in Carmichael.
UNC's women cagers attempt to keep
their unblemished record intact tonight
when they meet Winthrop College in Rock
Hill, S.C. The Heels, 5-0, will also play
the University of South Carolina Saturday
in Columbia, S.C.
Winthrop has compiled a 3-1 record this
season while the Gamecocks are 2-4.
Carolina has four scorers averaging in
double figures, with Cathy Shoemaker
leading the team averaging 16 points per
game. Courtney Peck follows with 12 per
game and Linda Matthews and Cathey
Daniels each average 11.
trike State
three-game matches instead of the
customary five-game match in order to
become eligible for the National Bowling
Council tournament at the end of the season.
The public is invited to watch UNC's next
home match, Saturday, Jan. 24 against the
University of Virginia. The match is set for 1
p.m. on the Union bowling lanes.
Carolina's ice hockey club team will
travel to Atlanta Jan. 31 where it will play
two games in three days. They will take on
Georgia Tech Friday, Jan. 30 in the Omni as
a preliminary to the Atlanta Flames-Boston
Bruins game, then they will face Emory
University on Sunday.
Photo by Bob Parker
a leg for Coach Driesell anywhere, on or off
the basketball court. Driesell is the best
coach in America."
Driesell has had a great influence on
Lucas' attitude and his career. An example
of this, Lucas said, was the Maryland game
against N.C. State last year in the ACC
tournament. Maryland was down 17 points
with four minutes left in the game.
"Coach called us over to the bench and
said, 'Let's go, we've waited long enough.'
Everyone just looked at one another and
thought 'He must know something we don't
know.' With four seconds left, we were one
point ahead. But State came back with a big
play to win the game."
Lucas and Driesell share a common
goal to win the national basketball
championship.
"You go places to achieve goals. The
reason I didn't leave college to turn pro was
because my goal in college was to win the
national championship. There's no sense in
deviating from any goals you set."
Lucas said that it is fun to compete against
teams from this area. He said that he gets real
satisfaction when Maryland beats Carolina,
Duke or N.C. State. In fact, his best
performances last year were against N. C.
State and Carolina when he scored 30 and 3 1
points, respectively.
One thing Lucas remembers most vividly
about playing against Carolina in
Carmichael Auditorium was the crowd.
"I remember last year when we
(Maryland) were up 27 points, the Carolina
crowd kept cheering. Carolina cut our lead
down to 18 points and the cheering got
louder and louder.
Lucas would like to- play both basketball
and tennis professionally after he graduates,
and was recently drafted by Hawaii of World ,
Team Tennis. But he is also interested in
college coaching, and would like to apply to
a major university for a coaching job.
"I think you should do what you do for
love. You shouldn't do anything for money.
You should always do it for love, whether
you're a pusher or a pimp or a businessman."
When a young athlete asks Lucas for
advice on how to become a star, Lucas tells
him that not everyone can be a great
basketball player.
"It just doesn't work out that way. That's
why it's important to get a good education.
"Hard work is important. You can achieve
anything with hard work."
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