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Howie Shannon Returnee Ten By DAVID DRAFFIN Sports Writer Rebounding from a 15-13 season that earned them not only the Middle Atlantic Conference University Division title but also a berth in the NCAA playoffs Temple University will have four of the starting five players back. Head coach Harry Litwack will start his 19th season as head coach with an excellent chance of repeating as champions. The only starting letterman lost was Tom Wieczerak a 6-2 guard with a 15.8 scoring average. Although his loss will be hard to overcome two rising sophomores from the freshman squad show great promise. They are Scott Asay who stands 6-0 and has a 20.4 scoring average and Chris Johnston who also stands 6-0 and has a 14.3 scoring clip. GAMEC( WE NOWI "GAMECOCK Deep, Rich-te * GARNEl Ideal Ch~ Gamecock Fans * Wall to wall ins IGeneral A *Joe To * 2024 Two Notchs Rd. Top I retur By nOUG WILLIAMS Sports Writer With no crippling loss by virtue of graduation, Virginia Tech could be much improved from the 10-12 team of last season. Returning are the top five scorers of last year and a trio of sophomores that could mean the difference between mediocrity and excellence. s key aple Owls inese upstarts will join an ex perienced varsity squad that has better than average rebounding height. "We should be a little tougher under the boards because our big men now have varsity ex perience," commented Litwack. Tinkertoy-built Lee Tress is one of the trio of big men. He stands 6-7 and was the leading rebounder with 11.2 per game. His scoring average of 15.1 marks him as a man to watch. Ollie Johnson and Jim Feneli are the other two of the trio. They stand at 6-5 and 6-4, respectively, and between them have a 9.6 rebounding average. Ollie Johnson and John Richardson, who stands 6-3, both are forwards that could either make or break a game with their board bounding defense and their versatile offense. )CK FANS 0 IAVE IN STOCK g SHAG CARPET xtured two-toned 0 0 & BLACK a >NYLONS -istmas Gifts for * and Carolina Students $59"95 9' x12' 0 *109" allation also available0 S ~rts Floorse co - owner 252-1943 **ee**h.RA. 1ve Sc n for I "We have the personnel to play several different types of defen se," said head coach Howie Shannon. "We'll be versatile enough to do a lot of things which we haven't been able to do in the past." Last year's team was sophomore laden, so the added experience will be helpful. Charles Lipscomb, a 6-6 junior, will operate in the pivot. Lipscomb led the team in rebounding last season, hauling in an average of 10.4 per game. He will be sharing the board duties with sophomores John Payne, 6-6, Allen Bristow, 6-7, and Mike McKelvy, 6-8. Bristow is almost a sure starter at one of the forward spots, while the presence of Payne and redshirt McKelvy will undoubtedly aid the reboun ding game. The scoring chores may fall into the hands of one person, 6-1 senior guard Loyd King. King averaged 19.3 points per game last season, and according to Shannon, "There aren't too many any better than him." Wayne Lockett will probably join King in the backcourt. He may get some competition from juniors Bill McNeer and Randy Minix. McNeer was the team's fourth highest scorer in 1969-70, averaging 9.3 points per contest. The only other spot that is almost entirely up for grabs is that of Bristow's mate at forward, Tommy Trice, who scored 10.3 points a game last year, and Darwin Pippin, both juniors, will try to avoid the pressure put oi them by sophs McKelvy and Payne. Tech's offense started off rathei anemic last season, hitting on13 63.5 points per game in the earl going. lut a reshuffling of th starting five eventually upped tha average to 81 by the end of th orers VPI season, and the five that raised the scores are all returning. "Even though we didn't shoot well as a team (42.1), I was pleased with our overall defense, and I think both departments will im prove this season," the Tech mentor said. Last year, the Gobblers averaged 72.7 points in each contest, while yielding 73.0. Packed froi tUSC's John Ribock getsI a Gamecocks win over the Te South Caroina National Bank LNN Lloyd King is behaimd alocked from behind in the mple Owls.