Michigan Tops Duke as Vacendak, Verga Lead Duke
Michigan rallies from 13 down to beat fifth-ranked Duke 86 79 behind Cazzie Russell 21 points and two late three pointers. Vacendak 23 and Verga 16 pace Duke with Russell and Buntin key for Michigan. Rebounds favor Michigan 48 32 as Duke's Tregoning Hack Tison Marin add double digits.
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Durham
N. C
Michigan
Duke
Wolverines
Steve Vacendak
Bob Verga
Verga
Oliver Darden
Cazzie Russell
John Thompson
Vacendak
Russell
Bill Buntin
Darden
Buntin
Larry Tregoning
Hack Tison
Jack Marin
UNC Rips Gamecocks 82 71 in ACC clash
North Carolina rallied with eight straight points in the final two minutes to beat South Carolina 82 to 71 in Columbia. Billy Cunningham led UNC with 23 points as four Tar Heels reached double figures. Ray Respass, Bob Lewis and Tom Gauntlett also contributed. Attendance was 3,200.
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Columbia
S. C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Gamecocks
Gary Gregor
Bill Brown
Tar Heels
Billy Cunningham
Tom Gauntlett
Cunningham
Tar Heel
Bob Lewis
Ray Respass
Gaunt
High Point YMCA Team Wins 109-89
High Point YMCA trounced Mayodan 109 to 89 to remain unbeaten. Led by Sewell with 19 and Smothers with 19, the winners pulled away in the second half. Mayodan trailed 44 45 at halftime as Dixon Smothers, Bullins and Dickson added double figures.
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High Point
YMCA
Mayodan
Winstonie
Bais MaDerment
Siamelee Sewell
Dale
Eenge Dickson
Neetle-Deaeh Glavedad
Tim Smothers
Chuck Bullins
Brown
St Joseph’s Upsets Davidson At Palestra
St Joseph’s Pa outscores and outrebounds a tougher Davidson squad to win 77 64 in the opening game of a basketball doubleheader at the Palestra. Bill Oakes leads with 22 points while Cliff Anderson dominates the boards and adds 21 points. Davidson shot 31 percent to St Joseph’s 38 percent.
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Philadelphia
St. Joseph’s
Davidson
Wildcats
the Palestra
St. Joseph's
Ford
Hetzel
Teague Marcon
Goukass
Chapman el
McKenna
HPC Runner Wins Long Road Race
LEXINGTON Virginia Lewis Farlow of High Point College won the Buena Vista to Lexington road race ahead of a 60 runner field. Farlow finished six and a quarter miles in 35 01 9, beating Walt Caldwell of Virginia road runners by about 10 seconds as he held a several stride lead late and sped past Lexington’s Nelson Street.
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Lexington
Lewis Farlow
High Point College
Buena Vista
Grif Balthis
Ith
Farlow
Sophia
Walt Caldwell
Virginia
Nelson Street
Generals Beat Rockets 5-1 to End Skid
Greensboro Generals snap a four game losing streak by defeating the Jacksonville Rockets 5-1 in Greensboro. Don Davidson scored twice as Greensboro protects its lead in the Eastern Hockey League standings.
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Glen Bitters
Greensboro
Greensboro Generals
Jacksonville Rockets
Rockets
Don Davidson
Wireless, Hand Named Top In Carolinas Conference
Wireless led Elon to the conference crown with 1322 total yards and 13 touchdown passes earning 31 firsts in 37 ballots. Hand from Appalachian ranked second among backs with 824 yards, while Appler of Catawba placed as a top tackle in the Carolinas Conference honors process.
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Southern Wireless
Wireless
Larry Lawing
Tom Brown
Lenoir Rhyne
Gene Appler
Catawba
Virginia Edges Maryland On Meyer's Last-Second Layup
Virginia beat Maryland 61-59 as Bernie Meyer hit a last moment layup after a five second final play. Maryland’s Gary Ward led with 24 points while Jay McMillen scored 16 for the Terps and Mac Caldwell added 15 for Virginia.
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Charlottesville
Bernie Meyer
Virginia
Maryland
Jay McMillen
Meyer
Gary Ward
McMillen
Terps
Mac Caldwell
Meyier
ACC
Clemson Turns Back Georgia in 72-60 Victory
Clemson Tigers edged Georgia 72-60 as the Tigers endured a four and a half minute scoreless second half stretch before finishing with eight straight points in the final minutes. The Tigers led 34-25 at halftime, while Georgia shot 60 percent in the second half but could not swing the game.
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Clemson
S.C
Tigers
Georgia
Wake Forest Tops NC State In 86 80 Victory
Wake Forest defeats NC State 86 to 80 at Memorial Coliseum. The Deacons benefited from early one and one foul trouble for State and closed the game with strong free throw shooting while State struggled in the first half and fouls.
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Paul Shinn
Winston-Salem
State
Wolfpack
Wake Forest
Deacons
Everett Case
Wees
Anary
Len
F.G. F
Reb. PF
Lakins
Mattocks
Moffitt
Wake Forest F.B. Ec Am PF
Altengarten
Wake
Phil Fox
Ralph
Stewart Leads HPC Past Campbell 66 54 In Home Win
High Point College Panthers beat Campbell Camels 66 54 as Stewart led with 20 points and Neel 15 points 10 rebounds. HPC built an 8 0 start and held the lead, while Campbell dropped to 1 3 on the season. The game featured fouls and rough play with HPC shooting 35.9 percent to Campbell 45.8 and 52 39 rebounds favoring HPC.
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High Point
Kirk Stewart
HPC
Steve Tatgenhorst
Campbell
Bob Etheridge
Dave Bult
Bennie Dean
Jimmy *Tordan
Elmer Horton
Bill Hodges
High Point College
Panthers
Camels
Rockville
Bennie Joy
Jimmy Jordan
Ampbell
Neel
Stewart
Jordan
Etheridge
Sealhel
Tom Quinn
Xkekek Campbell
F.G
Bull Etheridge
Ssi Yencho
Wish
Dean
Willett
Davis
F.G. F.T. Reb. P
Targenhorst
Lambert O
Wall Sri
Lew Hartzog
Bill Strickland
Xwekwkk
Jacobs nets 25 as Charlotte College routs Wesleyan 98 60
Charlie Jacobs scores 25 points to lead Charlotte College to a 98 to 60 win over North Carolina Wesleyan Saturday night. Ronnie Robinson adds 19 and Tommy Gilliam 15 for the victors while Dave Bradey tops Wesleyan with 22.
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Charlotte College
Charlie Jacobs
North Carolina Wesleyan
49Ers
Jacobs
Ronnie Robinson
Tommy Gilliam
Dave Bradey
Reynolds Stars Dominate Top Prep Balloting and Awards Night
Winston-Salem's R. J. Reynolds stars Tom English and Jim Waller led the 4A back and lineman vote in a coaches poll for an American Business Club awards banquet honoring high school and college players. Ed Wireless of Elon and Larry Hand of Appalachian State joined them as top honorees for the Carolinas Conference.
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Ed Wireless
Elon
Larry Hand
Applachian
High Point American Business Club
High Point Club
Bill Tate
Wake Forest
R. J. Reynolds
Winston- Salem
Tom English
Jim Waller
Appalachian State
Southern Furniture Exposition
Reynolds
Sr Cad Aiece
Wan Bop Ye
Ed Hicklin
Greensboro Grimsley
Frank
Leonard
Tim Morgan
Winston-Salem Gray
Morgan
Steve Smith
Lexington
Bob Russell
Frank Murphy
Rod Kivett
Greensboro
Page
Ted Philpott
Bucky Kester
al Richburg
Don Burton
Bill Higgins
Burlington
Jack Underwood
Jimmy Cannon
Richburg
AB Cub
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Morrison
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