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COMMERCE JOURNALPage 9t?OTlostAngelo StateEast Texas Slate* University's “Cardiac Kids*’ will »force their heart-slopping basketball act on the home folks Saturday- when the Lions host Angelo Stale in a 7::?0 p.m. fray at the ETSU Ficldhousc.Seven . of KTSUs 13 games-lhree victories and four losses-have been decided in the last two minutes and it's caused coach Jim Gudgcr to start taking his troubles home.Such was llie cast* Saturday after a 68-66 loss to Tarlclon Stale.Harrowed, distraught and beside himself. Gudgcr tuld his wife Betty that. he haled to bring his problems home but that he just couldn't understand his team’s performance that night.“Well, honey. she said. “You've still got me.“Betty. he answered, a few hours earlier I'd have traded vou for a field goal.' Two’ of / ETSU’S last-minute victories have come at homo in Lone Star Conference wins over Southwest Texas and Texas AI-Against Angelo Stale, the Lions .will be seeking their sixth consecutive home court victory, and fourth LSC win of the season.. ETSU is 3-2 in the LSC fur I bird place and 6-7 for the season.-ASli comes to Commerce wilh a 2-2 l,SO Chart and -t-9 mark fur the season.The Hams split with the Lions last season, each team winning at home. This year, both teams are improved.Biggest addition for Phil George’s Rams is junior transfer Steve Foster, averaging 16.5 points per gamelo lead sophomore’ teammate J.D. Koehn «15.5J in' the scoring category., The Hams have one olher player' in double figures in junior Hoy Moore US.Ki.Lott and Koehn are the leading rebounders wilh 8.0 and 7.9 respectively;And as usual. George has-his cngers at the lop of the; free throw category. No. less’ lhan four Hams are hitting' better than 72 per cent of . their charily tosses.The Linns wilt be led by; sophomores O'Neal Tarrant, and Hugo Cabrera. • - ;Tarrant, a 5-10 guard from Brooklyn* fCanarsieif N.Y.. is the leading ETSU-: scorer, with 21.7 points pert game, fourth best in the* conterence. \ *Cabrera, a 6*7 wing frpm^ New York (Brandcisi. N.Y.V^ has upped his scoring aver--* age to 10.K points per game, 3 alter scoring a season-high ? 2b points against Tarlclon. Cabrera is averaging 6.91 rebounds per touting. *Forward Nate Granger ■*continues to rank high in *LSC scoring and rebounding 3stats. The 6-6 Newark *(Weequabic), N.J., freshman 7is eighth in scoring at 16.Sand fifth in rebounding at *IT ‘ ¥•*Hounding out the ETSU starters against ASU will be J freshman forward Pat Laue, • 6-8 from Dallas (Bishop I Lynch), averaging 9.8 points j per game; and senior center J Dean Thomas, averaging 7 * rebounds per game. ZAfter Angelo., the Lions will host Sul Boss Monday f at 7:30'p.m. before taking ^ the road against LSC new- * comer Abilene Christian ; next Thursdav. -
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Commerce Journal
Commerce, Texas, US
Thu, Jan 17, 1974
Page 9
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