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By WENDELL REDDEN Glob* Sports Editor Missouri Southern State College, with only one starter returning from last year’s 23-10 club, tips off the 1981-82 season at home tonight, meeting NAIA ~t)istriet 16 foe Harris-Stowe College of St. Louis in a 7:30 p.m. game.Harris-Stowe has won four of five starts thus far and returns ; its leading scorer and rebounder from the 1980-81 squad. Coach Edd Williams’ nine-man squad . includes three veterans and six underclassmen.Percy Brown, 6-foot-5 senior forward who led Southern in ; scoring last season with a 12.2 —average, is the lone regular back but don’t shed any tears for head coach Chuck Williams- and the Lions just yet.; Three other players who saw ; considerable action are returning, and some talented newcomers are expected to form a solid nucleus as the Lions bid to repeat as champions in the Central States Intercollegiate Con-■ ference.Southern returns seven letter-men, including Brown. The other veterans are Kicky Caver, 6-3 ’ . senior forward who ranked sec-- ond in scoring (10.9) last year;** senior guards Stan Coleman andHod Shurtz, junior center Willie “Sweet Pea” Rogers, and sophomores Carl Tyler and Randy ^iKriewall.rr Caver, the 6-7, 215-pound Rogers, and Tyler will join Brown in the starting lineup. Virgil Parker, a 6-foot transfer •from State Fair Community Col - lege, will team with the 6-1 Ty-Cl4er at guardThree other transfers are expected to see considerable ac-*~4ion. Greg Blissit, 6-foot transfer —from Jefferson County Juco, and Jim Waid, 6-5 transfer from Illinois Central Community College, can play either guard or forward. l-en Lacefield, 6-9, 230-pound transfer from Illinois Central, will back up Rogers in the pivot.Jeff Jones, 6-foot guard, James Parks, 6-4 forward, and Shaun I^Page, 6-5 forward from Joplin McAuley, complete the, roster. Parks and Jones are products of Macon Southwest High School, a perennial powerhouse in Georgia.Williams said the Lions have good experience inside but lack players with varsity experience at the guard positions.‘‘Carl (Tyler) played some as our third guard last year, but he’ll be used in a different role this year,” Williams said. “He’s going to run the ball club. We have good talent at the guard positions and they’ll gain experience in our games before Christmas. Hopefully they’ll get the things done that the coaching staff wants done.”Tyler showed good penetration in directing Southern’s junior varsity at Crowder College last week and in a varsity scrimmage at Northeastern Oklahoma AM in Miami He scored 28 points and doled out 10 assists in the Crowder test.Parker was a prep standout at Kansas City Central, has great shooting range and plays tough man-to-man defense Blissit is another pure shooter as is Waid.“I feel that there are several things that we need to improve on,” Williams said. “The scrimmage games are fine; they give us an opportunity to play ever-one, but we’re at a point where we need to play someone for keeps.”Harris-Stowe, which dropped a 95-85, three-overtime thriller to Culver-Stockton Monday night, bounced back Tuesday to defeat Columbia College for its fourth win. The Hornets also own wins over Park College, Lincoln Christian and Logan Chiropractic College.Jay Ousley, 6-1 senior, led the Hornets in scoring last year, while 6-5 senior Ron Banks was the top rebounder.Harris-Stowe is expected to start the 6-1 Ousley and 6-3 Ray Taylor at forwards, the 6-5 Banks at center and 5-8 Alan Thomas and 6-1 Keith Slater at guards.“Our reports show that Harris-Stowe is a fast-break oriented club, but may have more discipline in their half-court setup.” Williams said.“A couple of things concern us. First, they will have played five games before playing us, and second, you’re always concerned about the season opener.Williams recalls last year’s opener against School of the Ozarks. The Lions were sluggish and dropped a 69-62 decision to a spirited Bobcat club.Southern and Harris-Stowe met for the first time here last season with the Lions claiming a 96-70 victory.Southern Cagers Face Harris-Stowe In Season OpenerRule Change Eliminates Jump BallIf you arrive late at Missouri Southern’s Robert Ellis Young Gymnasium tonight and miss the opening tip of the Lions’ season opener with Harris-Stowe College, you won’t see another one.Not unless the game goes into overtime.Eliminating the center jump is one of the changes in the college basketball rules this season.After the center jump the teams will alternate taking the ball out-of-bounds on all jump balls.The rulesmakers are permitting use of movable runs this season and have legalized the stuff or dunk shot in pre-game warmups.Many colleges, however, do not have the collapsable rims and will ban the dunk shot in warmups.“Although our district (NAIA District 16) has approved the dunk, we don’t have the movable rims here,” said Southern coach Chuck Williams. “Our conference ( Central States Intercollegiate) won’t permit the dunks in warmup so it could cause a problem if we do it in district games. It’s a technical foul to dunk in our conference.”The dunk or stuff shot, a favorite of fans, is permitted in both NAIA District 16 and CSIC games.The rulesmakers have moved to protect the player who isknocked off balance while attempting a layup or stuff shot. A player, fouled in the act of dunking or shooting a layup while the ball is in the cylinder and in contact with his hand, may grasp the rim to prevent an injury.Other changes:All technical fouls charged to bench personnel shall be assessed to the head coach. Three technical fouls and the coach isejected.A coach will be confined to the bench. A coach cannot go {last the last seat on the bench unless he’s going to the scorer’s table. And he’s not permitted to argue with an official on the way to, or at, the scorer’s table.LEAPING INTO ANOTHER BASKETBALL SEASON (FROM LEFT). . .are Missouri Southern lettermen Willie Rogers Ricky Caver, Stan Coleman, Rod Shurtz, Carl Tyler, Percy Brown and Randy KriewallGlob* Photo/VINCE POSATI
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Joplin Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Wed, Nov 18, 1981
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