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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1964
Page
61
High Point Central and Greensboro Grimsley meet for the Central 4-A basketball title at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Greensboro Coliseum with a 6 p.m. jayvee opener. Winners claim the conference crown and top seeding for the state tournament.
Duke, ranked fourth, routed Maryland 84 to 63 in Durham to seal first place in the ACC regular season and secure top seeding for the tournament. Jeff Mullins scored 27 and Jay Buckley 24 as Duke dominated the boards 52-27 and Mullins moved to 1,664 career points.
North Carolina battled back from a 10 point deficit but NC State controlled the game with a deliberate offense. Pete Auksel led State with 15 points and 13 rebounds while Billy Cunningham was held to 17 points as UNC shot 29.5 percent to State’s 48.8 percent.
Elon College NC broke Western Carolina’s zone defense and pulled away to defeat the Catamounts 73 to 67 on Saturday night. The AP report notes the shift in defensive style and the final score from the road matchup.
Davidson defeats The Citadel 86 78 to clinch Southern Conference regular season title. Fred Hetzel scores 38 with 28 in the second half, Dick Snyder 23, as Davidson finishes 9 2 in league play and 21 3 overall. Citadel ends 4 8. Baumann and Hartley tally 14 each.
Wake Forest shot 60.8 percent to beat South Carolina 76 59 in Columbia. Bob Leonard led Wake Forest with 22 points while Ronnie Collins and Bill Yarbrough paced South Carolina with 21 and 14 rebounds respectively as the Deacons built a double digit halftime margin.
Paul Goldsmith and Richard Petty lead a 46 car lineup for the Daytona 500 as Chrysler and Plymouth dominate the top spots. Ford and Dodge compete for pole position amid weather concerns and fuel strategy debates. The race offers over 100000 prize dollars and factory prestige as teams plan for four or five refueling stops.
High Point Panthers ended a 12 year jinx by defeating Lenoir Rhyn Bears 44-41 to clinch the Carolinas Conference championship. The victory improves their league mark to 14 wins in 16 games with key late plays from Al Trombetta and Phil Garrison sealing the win.
Barry Smith got a late basket then Trombetta hit both ends of a one and one with 21 seconds left to give the Panthers a five point lead at 44 39. Ed Miastkowski scored 19 for the Bears as Garrison led Panthers with 16 and Bill Fallin added nine. The Bears had previously beaten the Panthers and controlled the game with disciplined defense.
High Point earned a spot in the NAIA District 26 playoffs with a 44-41 win over Lenoir Rhyne. The four team field includes the Carolinas Conference tournament winner and the two best district records, with Erskine already in and High Point at 15-2 holding the second best mark.
In a cautious battle both teams use tight man to man defense. LA builds an early lead on Neill McGeachy’s corner shot, but the Bears rally to trail 15-13 at halftime with shooting struggles for both sides.
At Daytona International Speedway a rain delayed NASCAR modified race ran 79 laps before darkness stopped the event. Tiny Lund edged to victory in a tight finish while 11 cars were tangled in a fourth corner pileup injuring Lee Roy Yarbrough and others. Yarbrough suffered a fractured ankle and was hospitalized after his car collided with another.
In Greensboro North Carolina AP reports pairings for the Carolinas Conference tournament first round to be drawn this afternoon. Dr Earl Ruth of Catawba College will chair the session. The top four regular season teams will be positioned for the Wednesday opening in Lexington.
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