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Continued From Page 7our half and half game. He works both ways.''Due to pressure from Blacksburg s Joe White, found little employment on the inside- JJfthe lane with White at his elbows and settled for his final 20 of30 points on fpltowup shots mostly. , M .“I was just trying to keep the ball away famhim, admitted a smiling White, “because I knew-I couldn t stop him from scoring. He can really shoot that thing. .Blacksburg's total defensive,performance left plenty ofimnressious on Vicars. ' .“This Is one of the better defensive teams we ve ever seendown here, he said. “They did a good job helping each other outflOne of the Indians’ prime defensive advantages came under the boards where they pulled down 31 missed shots tothe Blue Devils 21 recoveries. ^“Look at that.,.-the skinniest player in the world got nine rebounds,” laughed Man Steve Fuller who threw in 18^Losing the rebounding battle was nothing new for Gate City. The Blue Devils did it in their last four games and came out on top in three of those. The difference this time was shooting ■ ■Blacksburg scorched the nets like potential state cham*. * pions with a 60 per cent accuracy. Gate City magged to connect on a respectable 49 per cent of its shots. The Indians will get an opportunity to continue the shooting spree this Thursday against Dan River in the state semifinals in: Charlottesville.“Shooting was the difference, said Vicars. “Hieir shotswent in and our shots didn’t.” .Actually, Fugate beefed up the Blue Devil shooting average as he sank 13 of 22 floor attempts. White said it best,“AH I could do was hope he would cool off. .Fuller showed eyen more respect for the Blue Devil forward who has played since he wasa freshman. “He's a really smart player, praised the Indian forward. “He does everything well. He has a good shot and he can move on theinside. He just doesn’t make any mistakes.”Life on the court may never be the same for Vicars without Fugate, He readily adfoiitted the importance of his talentedathlete. . ' .“Sure, we'll miss him, said the coach. Our offense centers around him. I mean, will Blacksburg miss Sidney SneD when he graduates? .. ,The Importance of both players became evident in theclosing minutes of this game. After SneU left with a gash overhis right eye with 2:47 remaining, Gate City began cutting into an U point Blacksburg lead. A comeback looked inevitable as the Blue Devils cut the margin to seven in lessthan a minute, . - At~ Then the Gate City-demiae^atiM^ Fiigflte fouled out with . 1:03 remaining and with him all of the Blue Devils’ hopes for a berth in state play faded.
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Radford Times Journal
Radford, Virginia, US
Sun, Mar 06, 1977
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