CATS OPEN SEASON WITH 62-39
WIN OVER CARSON-NEWMAN EAGLES
CULLOWHEE ? Bob McGinn,
showed the way as the Catamounts
.of Western Carolina openecT" their
basketball season last Thursday
night with a lop-sided 62-29 vic
tory over the Carson-Newman j
Eagles of Jefferson City, Tenn. Mc
Ginn hooped 18 points as a proc- j
lamation to all that he will be in!
the race for North State scoring
honors. He also was a standout
as a floorman both offensively and
defensively.
With the game only five min
utes old Bob Tate hit a free throw i
that gave the Cats a 9-8 le d and
they were never headed. M:d
way of the first half they led 14-12,
which was the closest the Eagles|
got to the flying Catamounts from
the first five minutes on, but sev-_
eral quick baskets by Tate and
McGinn shoved the McConnellites
out front by 29-18 at halftime.
During the last half the Cats
tightened up their defense and'
hogged all the rebounds to push
the score more and more until
the final whistle found them out
front by 62-39.
Both clubs were fast and han
dled the ball well. The Cats
opened up a dazzling style of
floor play and passing that kept
the Eagles guessing throughout
Coach Tuck McConnell used the
two team system, continually al
ternating his first and second t
strings until in the last few min
utes he put in his third string to
finish the ball game, and they fin
ished it going away. During the
final 10 minutes the Cats hit 20
consecutive points before the
Eagles scored their last five.
In the 7 o'clock prelim nary the
Sylva Woodmen of the World edg
ed the Catamount Jayvees 32-31.
With three minutes to go and the
WOW's out front by 29-28 a quick
basket by J. C. Aikens gave the
Woodmen a three point lead which
they retained while James Scruggs
of the Cats and Bill Cooper of
the WOW's hit free throws. Then
the six-foot, six-inch Scruggs
intercepted a Woodman pass at
ihe center line and broke for the
basket to score nnd bring the
Cats up to 32-31 behind the
WOW's. One minute to go! Coop-I
er fouled Scruggs and the blonde'
giant had a chance to tie up thej
ball game with his free throw. He ^
missed. Max Rhodes took the re- (
bound for the Cats, turned around.
l nd was hacked on the arm by'
Hal Wilson. Another chance to'
i te up the game, but Rhodes piss
ed and the final whistle sounded,
before either team could score.!
Aikens led the Woodmen with 10
*
points while Scruggs marked 16
for the losers.
"The linups:
WOODMEN (32) WCTC "B" (31),
F?Aikens 10 Williamson?F|
F?Cowan 6 Martin 7?F
C?Bryson 7 Pardue 3?C
G?Cagle 4 Rhodes?G;
G?Wilson Roster 3?G
Subs:?WOW: Martin 4^-<^ooper
1: WCTC: Bryson, 2, ScruggsNLfi^
Tilley.
WCTC FG FT PF TP
McGinn, f 7 4 3 18
Fountain, f 3 117,
Williamson, ? 0 0 0 Ol
Tate, f 4 119
Tomberlin, f 1 0 2 2!
Martin, f 0 0 0 0
V. Rhodes, c 4 2 3 10
White, c 0 10 1
Pardue, c 0 0 10
Pressley, g 5 1 3 11.
Lane, g r 0 ; 2 0 2
M. Rhodes, g 0 D 0 0
Collins, g 0 1 0 1!
Carter, g 0 0 0 0
Gloyne, g 0 0 2 0
Foster, g 0 1 0 1
24 14 16 62
CAR.-NEWMAN FG FT PF TP
Netcher, f 2 2 4 6
Heacker, I 1 0 V 2
Dew, f 0 0 0 0
McCoy, f 0 1 4 1 \
Allen, f 110 3
Bean, 1 5 0 4 10\
Catamounts Subdue Guilford
Quint, 50-44 In NSC Game
Tate And McGuinn
Lead Locals To
First Conference Win
CULLOWHEE?Paced by , their
two point-happy forwards, Bob
I Tate and Bob McGinn, Coach Tuck
McConneil's Catamounts oi West
ern Carolina established them
| selves as one of the top ranking
quints in North Carolina Monday
night as they outfought the Guil
ford Quakers by a 50-44 score in
a North State Conference game.
1 The Quakers hold a previous!
61-59 victory over the Hanes Hos
iery five of Winston-Salem who
before that had beaten N: C. State's1,
crack quint by three points. That i
puts the Catamounts in the position
of the,-team to beat in the North
State Conference.
The game began like wildlife;
with the score being tied four dif- j
ferent times in the first three
-minutes. The Cats went ahead j
with four minutes gone on Bob Mc- ,
Ginn's field goal and were never,
coKfght by the desperate Quakers j
who staged a last half comeback,
that kept ?the fans on their feet. |
^^tfS~Tate literalry caught afire
in the first half splitting the net!
from any position to lead the Cats
to a 31-17 halftime lead. But the]
Quakers came back strong from
the first of the last half and grad- 1
ually cut down the Cat lead until >
with 3 minutes remaining ? in "the
game they were trailing by only
six points.
Things went hog-wild during
the last three minutes as the Cats
froze the ball time after time from
the fighting Quakers. Then with
the final whistle, the 1,500 jubi
lant fahs flowed onto the court to
pound the backs of the victorious!
Shipley, c
Johnson, c
Wo'.fenbnrger, c
G. Wade, g
Blanc, g
Levi, g
Walker, g
J. Wade, g
0 0 10
114 3
2 0. 1 4
10 12
10 0 2
0 0 10
1113
112 3
v 16 7 24 39
Officials: Munday and Clark.
Catamounts. i
A couple of interesting facts
were gained from a glance through
the Guilford scorebook. In the
Quakers' 61-59 triumph over
Hancs, their ace guard. Jase Ralls
bucketed 18 points and their crack
forward. Jack Chatham hit 15.
Tonight Ralls was held to 7 and
Chatham managed to squeeze out
a field goal in the filial two "in'in
i.tcs of tiie game for two points.
f
Tate was high man for the Cats
with 16 pv hits, 12 in the lirst half.1
McGuinn came in second with 12'
i.ncl Veo Rhodes got 10. Dick Hall,1
G.:ilf< rd >cvond string forward,1
led the losers with 10.
In the prelim game the Cata- (
mount "B ' squad rolled to a 04-22 i
victory over the Highlands Am-j
erican Legion team. James Scruggs, j
six-foot, six-inch center, paced the
B team for the second straight
time with 10 points:
The lineups:
WCTC 4 B" (64) P
Martin 8 F
Williamson 8 F
Pardue 4 C
Rhodes 7 G .
Foster 6 G
Subs: WCTC "B"
Highlands(22)
Batv 21
Thompson 21
Littleton 4
Crisp 4
Wright
Bryson 2,
FG FT PF TP
Dockery 4, ^luder 3, Scruggs 10,
Cagle 2, Norton 4, Tilley 4, Glance
2. Highlands: McDowell 2, R.
Potts 4, E. Potts 1, J. Potts 2,
Munger 1.
The lineups.
WCTC ' '
McGuinn, f
Fountain, f
Tate, f
Tomberlin, f
Rhodes, c
Pressley, g
Lane, g
Collins, g
12l
2
16
0
10'
h
0,
3 i
18 14 21 501
Guilford
Chatham, f
Mann, f
Johns, f
Hall, f
Venable, c
Wright, c
Ferrell, g
FG FT PF TP
10 3 2
0
0
7
10
6
4
1
CATS DROP 70-42
Game "to Wofford
SPARTANBURG, S. C. ? The
C, tamounts of Western Carolina
Carolina Teachers College invad
ed the Wofl'ord college campus
Friday night and were humbled
70-42 by the towering Terriers in
a non-confcrcnye basketball, tilt.
Terrier captain Wally Dean was
top nian in the scoring bracket
w.th 1(J pomts while his teammate
Fred Powers came in with la.
Featuring two men Mx-fect
six inches tall and several more
over six-feet, the Terriers were at
the advantage over the Cats ail
tile way. Wofford gFabbed the
lead with a quick basket and was
never overtaken by the Ca's. A
minute before the half, the Cats
pulled up to with n one point of
the Terriers at 19-20 but quick
baskets by Hof l'meis'er. Powers
and Riddle gave the South Caro
linians a 26-19 advantage and a
basket by Burt Lane of the Cats
made the intermission score read
26-21.
Five minutes after the l;is!
began the Terriers pushed the.r
lead to 42-24 and were gone with
the wind.
Bob McGinn was top man for
the Cats for the second straight
night, scoring 10 points. Vco
Rhodes was next with 8.
The lineups: -
WCTC (42) WOFFORD (70)
F?McGinn 10 Stone 6?F
F?Tate 6 Dean 9?F
C?Rhodes 8 Cothran 6?C
G?Pressley 5 Powers 15?G
G?Collins 1 Clark 8?G
Subs: WCTC?Fountain 3, Wil
liamson, Tomberlin, White 3, Lane
4, Carter, Gloyne 2. WOFFORD?
Kennedy 4, Taylor, Riddle 4, Hoff
meister 3, Morgan 1, Patton_2,
Mabry, Stewart 2, Woodham.
Officials?Pruett and Brown.
Hansard, g 0 111
Ralls, g 2 3 2 7
Lawhorne, g 3 0 2 6
16 12 19 44
Officials: Chambers and Clarl
WESTERN CAROLINA MATMEN
FALL TO APPALACHIAN 38-0
A mighty squad of wrestling
men from the hills of Boone sub
dued the fighting grapplers of
Western Carolina by a 38-0 count
at Cullowhee last Tuesday night
as both teams initiated their 1948-'
4CJ season.
The Catamounts, mostly new.
inexperienced men. were no match
fi1 !* the Appalachian Mountaineers
who have won fur themselves the
name of onei of the best in the
South duiing the past few ye rs.
Appalachian won six o: the e ght \
matches by falls, one by an injury
default and one by points. In one
of the most exciting matches of.
the evening Don Thame-, (\ ta
m>?unt co-rapt in la") poundi r. |
fell to Appalachian's York in 1:10
of the third period alter h-adim,
on po nts throughout the first t<!
periods 8-(>. Another hair-raiser
came later in the 17") po'.md class i
which Bo/.o Burleson of W. C. 'os4 ;
to Long of Appalachian on points
(5-5. Burleson had a 5-4 edge with
less than a minute to go and held
the advantage over Long" but the
sturdy Mountaineer moved like*
lightning when a Burleson hold,
si pped, pulled out from the bot
tom* ?.?".d went behind the Cata
mount for two points which proved
to be the winning margin.
The results:
Team Points
App. W.C.
121 -Waynick, App, pinned
M.irco, WC in .45 or the
second 5
128?Ward, App, won by
injury over Heath,
W. C. 5
136?Younce, App, pin
ned Hallyburton in 2:31
of the first 5
145?Sellers, App, pin
ned Arney in 2:35 of
second 5
155?York, App, pinned
Thames in 1:10 of the
third 5
16."j?Tumick, App. pin
iud McCracken in 2:54
ol the first 5
175?Lung, App, out
pointed Burleson fj-5 3
He. i\y weight ? Davis,
App. pinned LuQuire
in :55 ol the first 5
Total 38 0
CITY LEAGUE STANDINGS
Team Won Lost
Terrell's 1 0
Veil's 1 0
Boodleville 10
American Legion 0 1
Webster 0 1
Woodmen 0 1
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