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W. Va, State Repeats as National Negro Champion By Defeating NC Eagles, 60-53WAMIHNtiTt)N hit. - Wirrtl Vl4- luM driullciik u? 111-El, Wii*. im.-Lrsi Usirc. wu.\ lr.gh .*.« I»r Uzi#lt;*nRiniu vStnie cIIcrc Salurdi.y won wlicu Harolil Hunter tosi.ed f.vn with 13 pant-..the Colored Intereollegiutc Atf,la- baskels tQ put lhe aUead. Cliton Jo5, Fr;da,- to w. va.'Inn ^ Clarence (Bump) Clark then led State 53-50. Virginia State lost toI top-seeded Nortn Carolina college ‘-Jnrenc'' luump; t-uint men iea craV* ro’le^e 80-4860-53 in the finals of the annual * rally for the Yellow Jackets, rs0*m ‘-aron-.a coueee 00-40.I trm%«n*irv»r»rxt , . , , , , , Writ N. C. t«U*cr 'ill; tournament. who forged ahead and stayed in o k w. pi. g ff5.pi.I It was the second straight year.the lead. . w::*m ? 2 : 2 a .k t 3 0 2 *for the West Virginia Yellow Jack- Virginia State college defeated Sr!££:V I ? I ? vSS=7 * ' « s i n (ets to win the tourney aiul vie-' Virginia Union 72-64 m a consola- ; . 0 r 0 : '.v.rr c . 1 24. 4;tory came in a final five-minute; tion match between Friday's semi- f. ■ , * ““L'iJ! I ; \ ° 3rally after the lead had switched final losers. Leroy Banks, state as::*.i»ni s z : :» - v.-ar:.ck * i i o a10 times. The North Carolina La- center, who tallied 20 points, broke E:,'r * ’ „5 \„:1glesi led at the half, 31-26. 6-G tie after four minutes of play Toi*i k ic jg «# t©i*i i* w stEarl Enty, Guard, and Earl to put his team ahead. *“*' *:'jrA Ca?o;:r-* zz' v;- v#Lloyd, 6 foot 4-inch center, paced: Banks was high scorer for State. ‘prnotud Jouj-_ w. v*. ce* cc:ia s.,the West Virginians, scoring 16; Ray Crittenden, State guard, was, and 13 points, respectively. The second high with 15 points. Don Hu^VrV Herr-W HArrey.*
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Charleston Daily Mail
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Sun, Mar 20, 1949
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