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Defending regular season champion Clarke Crew and last year’s playoff champion No Names aretied for first in the Men'b Open Basketball League as the season reaches the midway point# '. Both are unbeaten with 7-0 re? cords. They meet Sunday, February 16, at the Pulaski Armory, 4p.m.Clark’s surpassed the century mark the second time this season with a 108-67 victory against Pepsi Cola.*Jerome Brown poured in 37 and Charles Arnold 21 to lead Clark’s.Byron Johnson added 16, Mark Ward 12, Bobby Hunter and Steve Marcus 10 each.Johnson netted three treys.Carl Rogers led Pepsi’s effort with 21 points. Brian Underwood added 13 and Greg Allen 10.Clark’s got a better test, from Satellite Services but came out on top 87-71 as Ward fired in 21 points and Jerome Brown 20.Sam Poindexter and Hunter both scored 14 and Marcus 13.Ronnie Horton scored 24 and Joey Bower 17 for Satellite Services.The No Names stayed unbeaten with a 100-67 triumph over Woody’s as Patrick Lawson had a season high 42 points with eight treys.Derrick Arnold and Tim Barnette both scored 16 and Richard Rollins 14.Bob Millirons and Donald Max-# i , lt;well combined for 49 of Woody’si •. w •total.In the season biggest upset so far Pepsi Cola edged Creative Images 68-66 on Greg Allen’s lane shot at the buzzer that fell through.Pepsi came back from a 15-point second half deficit as Allen finished with 25 points. Brian Underwood chipped in 18, Mike Williams 12 and Garry Marion 10.Scott Vest scored 17, Kenny Hanks 16 and Bobby Easter 14 for Creative, which saw its five game . unbeaten.string end.Pepsi held Angelo Webb, the league’s second leading scorer, to just four points.Creative had beaten Woody’s86-68 their previous game with Wabb leading a parade of fivedouble figure scorers with 21. .Mike Flynn had 18, Ronald . Covey 14, Greg Vest 13 and Hanks 10.For Woody’s Millirons netted 25, Maxwell 22 and, William Butler 16.Stevens Funeral Home turned back Rt. 100 Auto Sales, 61-45 as Dennis Shrewsberry scored 20 and Gene Dillon 14.Anthony Barnes led Auto Sales with 10 points in their lowest offensive output of the season.Electroplate Rite topped Satellite services 78-67 as Danny Conner had a game high 28 points and hit seven second half free throws,Leo Akers added 18 points, Tom Mattox 16 and Terry Smith 15.Leading SS was Robert Dalton with 22 points and Ronnie Horton■ ■ with 18,EPR rallied from a six point halftime deficit to defeat Stevens Funeral Home 67-53 in a battle of higher ranking teams.Shrewsberry nailed 36 points to lead all scorers and move within 29 points of becoming - the first player in league history to score 3,000 points, He now had 2,971 career points.But Danny Conner hit for 23 points and Terry Smith 20 to lead EPR, which outseored Stevens by20 in the second haE' 1Coca Cola ended a four game losing skid with a 58-50 win against Fairfax Gang.Paul Mezza hit for a team high 37 points and was the only Cokeplayer in double figures,Mike Austin led Fairfax with 19points, John Franklin had 11 end Doug Franklin 10.Rt, 100 Auto edged Coca Cola, 58-55 as Barnes drilled home 24 points.Brad Golden and Mezza bothscored 15 to lead Coke.Satellite Services topped Fairfax Gang, 66-44 behind Don Ratcliffs 13 points.Joey Bower and Fred Cox both hit 12 points and Keith Blackburn 11.»Standings;Clark’s Crew 7*0, No Names 7-0, Creii- . tive Images 5*2, Stevens Funeral Home 5*2, Electroplate Hite 4*3, Pepsi Cols 3*3,Rt. 100 Auto Sales 3*4, Coca Cols 2*5, Satellite Services 2*5, Woody’s 0*7, Fairfax Gang 0*7.Leading Scorers:Dennis Shrewsberry 28.3, Patrick Lawson 25.2, Jerome Brown 22.6, Bob Millirons 21.2, Danny Conner 21.3, Paul Mem 20.9, Angelo Webb 20.6, Mike Flynn 20.3.* .■ •
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