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Carol Meet Second-R Feature BY JIM HANEY Sports Editor The Big One is tonight. Carolina's sophomore sensations, a team that has surprised just about everybody, will meet the Tar Heels of UNC in the Charlotte Coliseum in the first game of the North-South Doubleheader. Game time is 7:30. The Tar Heels are the second eanked team in the country. All five of their usual starting lineup have played in the final round of the NCAA basketball champion ships. They are an experienced crew. Coach Frank McGuire has called them the biggest college basketball team he's ever seen. Their front line could be made up of 6-11 Rusty Clark, 6-10 sopho more Lee Dedmon, 6-9 Bill Bunting or 6-5 Charlie Scott, All-American candidate and Olympic standout. The Tar Heel backcourt could consist of three-year starter Dick Grubar; Eddie Fogler, a v e r y Last Look A Sportsb By BILL This weekend Coach Fra: into the unfriendly confine: Gy~necocks' final appearance Doubleheader. Infamous, bE South Carolina schools (Clem this momentous event as mo rather than a friendly gamn tinguished neighbors of the To date, South Carolina sp 'lemson has fared even wor The doubleheader was ir brainstorm of the legendary Case, and the then head me: McGu ire. While the Charlotte Colis money-making attraction. ti Case and McGuire did not down to the "bandbox" Field Clemson. So now South Carolina is exodus is-of all people-F originally helped set up the While the shoe is undoul McGuire has ample justifical thing, South Carolina now I the Charlotte structure in siz Thus UNC and State need nc loss-a physical loss, yes-f: Also, McGuire wishes to g on a "home and home" basis. court," Charlotte is still in Carolina fans, North C'aroline Carolina atmosphere. In oth. even up a few odds. As for Georgia Tech, wlt next year, our heartfelt con< block is waiting. limta I S Wo anked Ta fIeight Ar adept ball-handler; Gerald Tuttle, Jim Delaney or Scott, who plays the backcourt as ably as he plays on the front line. McGuire will field his u a u a starting five of Toni Owens, John Ribock, Bob Crenins, BiUly Walsh and John Roche, unless of course something unexpected happens. The Tar Heels are known for their pressing defense. They have enough depth so that they can af ford to commit the fouls that a pressing team will make. The Tar Heels' defense may, in fact, be their strong point. Granted they lead the ACC in team offense with an average out put of 92.9 points per game, but many of the UNC baskets come on fast breaks that result from steals and forced turnovers. The Tar Heels play a tight man to-man with tenacity, and they are a difficult t c a i to play a con trolled offensive game against for that reason. On the other h a n d, the Tar Staff Photo by Chip Gallaway t North-South MADDEN ak McGuire leads his charges of North Carolina for the in the infamous North-South cause by this time the two son and USC) must look upon re of a "guillotine in waiting" e of roundball with the dis north. orts a 6-14 record in the affair; se. augurated 11 years ago-the N. C. State coach, Everett ator at North Carolina, Frank eumi would provide a sure-fire ie underlying fact was that w'ish to bring their ball clubs Houses of South Carolina and pulling out. And leading their rank McGuire, the man who guillotine. >tedIly on the other foot now, ion for wanting out. For one as a coliseum that surpasses e, capacity, and even elegance. longer fear taking a financial nancial, no. et two such crucial games back D)espite the so-called "neutral North Carolina, with North referees, and a general North er words it's time for USC to o will replace the Gamecocks ilolnce o out The chopping aces lfpac r Heels id Speed Heels are primarily a running team. They love to fast break, and they usually can with Clark, Bunt ing and Dedmon clearing the re bounds to spring the break. The Gamecocks have been very successful in stopping a running game thus far. They completely shut off Wake Forest's fast break in the teams' meeting in Columbia. The key to cutting off the break has been Walsh. Playing outside in the Gamecocks' zone defense he has been able to get back down court fast enough to s I o w the charge in every game so far. Further, the Gamecocks h a v e not faced a team that could dom inate the boards well enough to make the running game w o r k. They must keep the taller Heels from controlling the boards if they are to control the game's tempo. The press is another matter for the Gamecocks to reckon w i t h. They have been reasonably suc cessful operating against the press all year. In recent games they have b e e n scoring against the press, finding the open man when double-teamed and suffering from few turnovers. Carolina is the ACC defensive leader, allowing their opponents an average of only 65.2 points per game, but they are last in team offense with a 71.7 per game out put. The Tar Heels generally have all five starters scoring in double figures. Scott is among the leading scorers in the conference, hitting the mark for about 22 points ir every outing. Bunting is scoring at a 19.4 ratx and Clark at a 14.7 rate. Bunting is also the conference leader ir field goal accuracy, hitting ovej 60 per cent of his shots. Grubar, the man most likely to be fouled in the latter stages of the game if the Gamecocks are be hind, has a free throw percentage of over 80 per cent. On the USC side of the coin, Roche is likely to be handling the ball in the latter stages if the Gamecocks are ahead. If the Tar Heels are forced to foul him, he'll carry the same 80 per cent ac curacy rate to the line. Terry: 'It Fe Gamect BY JIM HANEY Spors Editor "It felt real goodl." That's how Tommy Terry de scribed his layup that had pushed the Gamecocks' score to a fat 101 against the Clemson Tigers Mon (lay night. When the horn sounded endling the game the scoreboard readl 106-79. Terry was quick to spread the glory to his teammates. "It's al ways a thrill to win, even when we don't get to play," lhe added qiuickly, "and that was a pretty good pass from Pat, too," refer ring to the pass from Pat Clark that set up his basket and gained an assist for Clark. The first 99 points the Game cocks scored against Clemson had been surprisingly easy. With 10:37 showing on the first-half clock the Tigers had managedl to score six points on a jump shot by D)ave Thomas, a layup by Curt Eckard andl( two free throws. Carolina's sidle of the scoreboard had been more active. With Tom Owens terrorizing the (Clemtson offenise under the basket and John Riblock snatching up everythuing the Tigers were able to loft over Owens' 6-10 roadblock, the Gamiecocks had raced to ai 32-6 lead. Owens, operating as the "one" in Carolina's 2-2-1 zone dlefense, balttedl down shot after shot until the Tigers were almost afraid to putt the ball into the air. When they didl shoot they missed, and Rihock wouldl as often as not grab the rebound long enough to flip a pasn to Billy Walsh and the Tar Cremins Drives ( Tourney Ronnie Collins of USC's 1963-64; team ho01ds four North-South rec ordls. He attempted 27 field goals in 1964 again'st UNC for one re ord, and he made 16 of them for another record. He also made 14 of 14 free throws in the 1963 meet rt Real Good' )cks Toj Gamecocks would be off to the races. They pulled off fast break after tast break in the opening h a I f with John Roche usually sticking the ball in the basket when thev got to the other end of the court. Bob CrPnmins pretty well sum marized the situation. "The big (difference was height," he said. "If they'd had a big man it would have been a different ball game. We have a lot of resp)ect for Clem son, they hustled." The Tigers were playing with out their center, Richie Mlahaffey, w~ho dlid not dIress for the game because of a shoulder injury he dlevelop)ed while recovering f r o m the flu, and his absence obviously hurt their ice-cold shooting offense. Thomas d id begini h ilit i ng enough of his outside jump shots in the second half to finish the game with 27 points, b,ut by the time he warmed up his shooting hand the straiuns of "Tiger Rag" were more of a lament thani a ral lying cry. Coach Frank MlcGuire readily agreedl that the Tigers missedl Ma haffey. lie also had praise for Ribock, who had 19 points and 14 rebounds. "H1is shooting was better tonight,'' he commentedl. "'It proves it's a five-man team," M(-Guire adIdedl, obviously p)leased with having his starting five score in double figures. Owens led every body with 29 points andl 15 re bounds. Walsh had 19 P 0 i nl t s, Cremins had 10, Roche had 15 and reserve Corky Carnevale added 7. (Clemson went into a desperate press in the second half, hut the G.amecocks had more s u e c e s s Heel mor Staff Pnote by Momet soenstell )n UNCs Grubar Records Ing with the Tar Heels for tho record for most free throws made His two-game point total of 5 in 19641 is third high In the, dou blhae'V itr n i w ga ettlo 4. fedgasmd tackr t soelxy Ehd to b Rpenithfncords ingll withh ar Hwes or toe anEcard fo hmostef thesan Oweeaer itr nis to Toy 1W 01 Williford, Pace 'Pat BY STEVE CRICK | Staff Writer Carolina will meet N. C. State's on again-off again Wolfpack at 9:00 Saturday night in the grand finale of the North-South Double header. If the two teams are fortunate enough to find themselves through all the smoke that will most prob ably be settling on the floor of Charlotte's Coliseum, the 1968-69 Gamecocks will try and do what the '67-68 Gamecocks couldn't do: beat the Wolfpack. State brings a 12-7 overall rec ord to Charlotte in addition to a' 5-4 conference record. The last con querors of the Wolfpack were the North Carolina Tar Heels, who demolished State 85-62 in Raleigh earlier in the week for a two-game sweep of the Pack. The Wolfpack, as in the days of the legendary Everett C a a e, coach at N. C. State in the fifties, like to run when they can. They lost a running match to Wake Forest Jan. 11, 88-79, but led most of the way. They will probably have trouble getting off their fast break because of a lack of board strength to combat Tom Owens and John Ribock. One of the brighter spots in State's season was a 77-74 win over oft-beaten Duke at Durham. The hero of t h a t evening and many others was Vann Williford who finished with 29 points and three steals. Williford, the 6-6 junior who played his high school ball with UNC's Rusty Clark at Fayetteville, N. C., will bring a 23-point per I game scoring average into the game. Williford heads the State de fense, which is second in the con ference behind Carolina's, and he is presently in third place in the scoring department of the ACC. Aiding Williford is Joe Serdich who is helping the Pack along with an overall 13.8 average. Dick Braucher will be the Wolf - pack floor leader. The 6-4 senior - guard was on the Parade Magazine prep All-America team that fea tured UCLA's Lew Alcindor. Braucher has been something of gainst C defender under the basket with Ri hock coming at him from one side, and Owens coming at him from the other. The scoreboard lights on t h e is Over Tigers In E iight; Ight Serdich Ok Attack a disappointment to State, but he may find himself yet. Braucher's running mate in the backcourt will probably be sopho. more Al Heartley. Rick Anheuser, a transfer from Bradley Univer sity, may start in the front court. Anheuser, at 6.6, has been a pleas. ant surprise for Coach Norman Sloan this year. The other State starter will like ly be Nelson Isley, a left-handed shooter subject to hot streaks in which he can single-handedly break a game open. State has used a very well-dis ciplined offense in the past. Most Sloan teams seldom take bad shots from the floor. Sloan and State are still remembered for t h e i r 12-10 victory over Duke in the semi-final round of the ACC Tour nament last year. State is unlikely to use such a drastic slowdown this year, espe cially against Carolina, but when two masterminds like Sloan and McGuire get together, most any. thing can happen. Williford lemson Carolina side kept reaching for 100. Carolina is now 15-3 and 8-1 in the ACC. Clemson is 5-13 overall and 1-'7 in the ACC. arlier Battle