THE CAROLINIAN
RALEIGH. N C . SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1972
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SHAW RESERVES- These are two of the top reserves for the Shaw U
niversity fßears and will be ready to enter the lineup Saturday night if
necessary. Alan Brathway, left, and Charlie Bell, right are likely to see
.action in the Capital City Doubleheader slated for Dorton Arena.
FALCON KF eOl'NT.Cr’is Pritchett grabs .1 rci-sm.: ' ' Au
gustine’s in the Falcons’ game against Hampton Institute last Satur
day night in the Finery Gymnasium. Daniel Orie (32) tries to take the
ball away for Hampton. The Falcons’ William Fleming and Wayne Britt
(50) of Hampton watch the action.
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Falcons Meet Barber Scotia At 7 \
Shaw Tangles With Elizabeth City
BY EARL MASON
The site has been changed but the excitement will be the same come
Saturday night when the third of four Capital City Doubleheaders will be
held at the Dorton Arena rather than at the Broughton High School Gym
nasium as originally scheduled.
St, Augustine’s will tangle
with the high scoring Barber
Scotia Sabers in the 7 p.m.
opener and the Shaw Uni
versity Bears will meet the Eli
zabeth City Vikings in the night
cap in an important CIAA strug
gle.
The Sabers coached by Aldon
Coefield, are one of the highest
scoring teams in the area av
eraging better than 102 points
per game. Barber Scotia car
ried a 7-2 record into the game
against Gardner-Webb this
week.
The two loses for the Sabers
have been to Gardner-Webb and
Guilford College. Barber Scotia
dropped a 113-98 decision to
Guilford and was on the short
end of a 116-102 score to the ex
plosive Gardner-Webb quintet,
one of the two teams to beat
St. Aug.’s.
John Steele, the highly tutor
ed backcourt performer for the
Sabers is averaging 30 points
per game to lead the scoring . He
is followed in the department
bv Garcia Howard with a 17
point per game average.
Falcons And Bears Rank At lop
Os Conference, Despite Defeats
Despite conference defeats
last week, Shaw and St. Au
gustine’s still rank at the top
of the Southern Division of the
CIA A basketball standings as
the conference schedules get
tighter and the teams start
thinking about the top four posi
tions in the league for the con
ference tournament scheduled
the last of February.
Both teams have four games
scheduled within the next week
but for the Bears, three of
these games will be in the con
ference while the Falcons have
two league opponents on their
card for the week.
Shaw.’ and St. Augustine’s bath
have three games scheduled for
the home court beginning with
the Saturday night Capital City
Doubleheader at Dorton Arena.
The Falcons meet Barber Scotia
in the first game of the twin
bill at 7 p.m. and the Bears
tangle with the Vikings of Eli
zabeth City in the nightcap.
Coach Harvey Heartier’s
surprising quintet will play host
to the Vikings Friday night at
Dorton Arena in a very im
portant conference game at 8
p. m. Bobby Vaughn’s cagers
have been hot and cold this
year but put it together for a
complete game against Shaw
last Saturday night.
The Aggies of A&T will be
in town Monday night to battle
the Bears at Dorton Arena.
Even though this is a noncon
ference contest, anytime these
two teams meet on the hard
wood, the game is always
a struggle.
The top scorers for the Ag
ALL EYES eyes seem to belookire;
up in this photo as the players battle for a re
bound. Alvin Smith (20) of Shaw fights to gain
possession of the rebound with Rudolph Peele
and Randolph Lessiter of Norfolk State. Shaw
won the game 86-84.
LONGEST PASS
Charley Young and Pat Kors
nick teamed together for the
longest pass play tor the N.
C. Slate Wolfpack last season,
a 61-yardor against Wake Fo
rest,
The top rebounders for the
Sabers are Joe Powell-with an
18 points average while Howard
is pulling off 17 caroms per
contest.
Other starters for Barber
Scotia are Larry Garvin and
Michael Ward. Two additions
to the squad this week will
make the Sabers that much
stronger. Marvin Hart and A rtis
Linebarger became eligible this
week at the start of the second
semester and will add depth
to the Saber line-up.
Coefield’, who has scouted the
Falcons against Gardner-Webb
this season, state, “we are
looking forward to a tough game
with them. They have a good
ball club and we consider them
as one of the strongest teams
in the ClAA,'’
Harvey Heartly’s surprising
Falcons are in the thick of
the Southern Division confer
ence race. St. Augustine’s be
gan the week with a 7-2 over
all slate and a 5-1 league re
cord.
The starting line-up for the
gies on he season is Elmer
Austin. He gets plenty of help
In this department from Wil
liam Harris and A1 Carter.
The leading scorers for the
Vikings of Elizabeth City are
Holland Moore, Leonard Car
michael and Glen Wendle; .
Next Thursday, both teams
will see action with Shaw play
ing host to Fayetteville State
at the Dorton Arena and the
Falcons paying a return visit
to Barber Scotia in Concord
in a non league outing. The Bron
cos’ attack is spearheaded by
Michael Sneed and Far! Mc-
Neill. With William Monroe re
turning to the line-up the sec
ond semester, Coach Thomas
Reeves is expected to give some
teams a run foi their money
in the second half of the sea
son.
A high scoring game is ex
pected Ln Concord between Bar
ber Scotia and the Falcons.
The Falcons are scoring bet
ter than 95 points per game
while the Sabers have been
over the century mark in most
of their game.
The Emery Building will be
the site for the game next Fri
day night between the Falcons
and the Livingstone Blue Bears
starting at 8 p.m. This is a
return match between these two
league opponents and Living
stone will be out to get re
venge for the 103-99 defeat
suffered to the Falcons Dec
ember 6.
The Falcons divided a pair of
conference games last week
losing to Norfolk State in Nor
folk, 115-97 last Tuesday and
turning back a determined
LONGEST PUN
Willie Burden, sophomore
running back for N. C. State
last season, had the longest run
from scrimmage last year. The
Enloe High School product raced
81 yards for a touchdown a
- Clem son.
Falcons will be composed of
All-CIA A Curtis Pritchett, Wil
liam Fleming, Lacy Flintall,
Charles Montague and Lloyd
Merriman. Pritchett is the top
scorer for the Falcons aver
aging better than 19 points per
contest.
Elizabeth City has been a hot
and cold team this season but
the Vikings always present a
problem for the opposition. One
of the biggest wins for Bobby
Vaughn's team was a 103-88
victory over the Bears In
Elizabeth City last Saturday.
So the Bears will be out to eet
even with Elizabeth City in this
game Saturday night.
Holland Moore and Leonard
Carmichael team to give the
Vikings one of the strongest
backcourt teams in the league.'
They get plenty of help from
a frontline consisting of Glen
Windier, Walter Carter ar.c
Charles Hatcher.
George Blair will go with a
unit composed of Kelly Utley,
Hay Haskins, Jackie Smith, Al
vin Smith and Paul Kelly.
Hampton team in an overtime
46-40 last Saturday night in
the Emery Gymnasium.
Curtis Pritchett led the scor
ing with 13 points Ln the win
over Hampton but it was a lay
up by William Fleming which
tied the regulation game at 38-
38 and sent the contest into the
extra five minutes. Walter Mar
tin was the top scorer for the
Pirates with ‘a dozen, points.
George Blair’s Bear won two
league battles last week before
dropping a decision to Eliza
beth City last Saturday. Shaw
got revenge for the CIAA tourn
ament loss suffered to the
Spartans of Norfolk by defeat
ing them 86-84. Ray Haskins
triggered the win with 28 points
and Jackie Smith added 21
points. Rudolph Peele was the
top scorer for Norfolk with 31
markers.
Jackie Smith rammed in 33
points to lead the Bears to a
96-75 win over Hampton last
Friday night in the Spaulding
Gymnasium. Smith also
grabbed 14 rebounds. Daniel
Orie was the top scorer for
Hampton with 18 points,
Elizabeth City led 49-41 at
halftime but increased this lead
in the second half enroute to
a 103-88 win over the Bears
last Saturday in Elizabeth City.
Haskins tallied 26 points and
Jackie Smith 25 against the Vik
ings.
Holland Moore led the scor
ing for the Vikings with 24
points while Glen WUidley added
23.
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TO START-Lloyd Merriman will ;>•" onr of the
starters for St. Augustine’s SaiurTu p: ML when
the Falcons meet the Barber Scotia Sabers in
a nonconference game at Doric:> \rena. Mer
riman has been a starter to” fh*- Falcons
throughout, the season.
GOOD BLOCK-Robert Smith <22) • Shaw ,
University makes a big defensi. • v <s he
blocks a shot attempted b\ W:i; > '< •-u igblood
of Hampton Institute. Shaw’ . smith
watches the action.