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Western Carolina scrapbook, 1955-1956

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  • Catamount Cajjers Meet ACC In Second North State Test J« Western year, has height to spare again could be the iding factor in the game since; ••.ill foe Monday the Catamounts are sadly lacking il « o'clock in Breese gym la rebound power, here. Center Bill Wilson is the tallest. And this game could prove the man on the Western Carolina club/ "I the season for Coach He stands 6-4. Forward Bill Bowef -it's charges. They meet is 6-3. The other stjejmaare a£ Atlantic Christian's Bulldogs who under six feet tall. They are forum the conference championship ward Tony Migiaolo and guards season. Ronnie Swartzel and Bobby Hol- e Bulldogs soundly trounced combe. Catamounts twice last year A preliminary game will pit the ,cck- Western Carolina Javvee* against !inj to .iwnjjo these defeats. the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs at 6 ^Hc Christian, one of the o'clock, ■■ui in the circuit las' Catamounts EdgeC-N Five, 84-83 JEFFERSON CITY. Tenn.. Dec 1 i»v-Forward Tony Magialo sank 29 points tonight for Western Carolina, which edged Carson-Newman 84-83 and spoiled the losers' first basketball game of the season. The thriller was neck-and-neck all the way, with the lead changing hands several times Western Car-( olina led 40-38 at halftime. Magialo topped Carson - New-. man's scoring star, center Jack! Cate. by six points in taking scoring honors. Arnold Mellinger was third high, with 19 points for the losers, while; Jack Bowen, Western's center, scored 17. The Catamounts will open their North State Conference competition at Cullowhee Saturday night, meeting Catawba College. A preliminary game between the j Kittymounts and Asheville-Bilt- more College will get under way Catawba's team will include several veterans and a few new men. one of whom will be Jerry | stale AAA ( Migiaolo Leads! WCC To Victory ACC Rallies For Victory Over Cats CULLOWHEE, Dec. 6-Atlantic Christian's Bulldogs rode center John Marley's hot point-making spree into the lead with three minutes remaining here tonight to defeat the Western Carolina Catamounts, 75-71. Marley, the Bulldogs' 6-11 center, found the bucket for only nine points in the first half but crammed in 19 more in the final 10 minutes of play to total 28 for the night. Forward Kim Buchanan and guard Bill Widgeon were ACC's big guns in the first half. Buchanan got all of his 14 points in that period and Widgeon scored 10 of his 16 before the intermission. The Bulldogs jumped off to an early lead and held a 43-30 command at halftime. TJheVthe ,tide turned- With r°ny Migiaolo, Ronnie Swartzel and Bill Bowen leading the at- tacK, the Catamounts scored 15 points in the first four minutes of the second half to bring the Catamounts into the lead. They thpnLreihTlsh this marSin «ntU the final three minutes of play ton °nneinf Was Western Carolina's M?«iP nt '£?n Wllh 19 markers Migiaolo added 13 and Swartzel Ed McLean and Herb Huehp* teamed up with 18 and 17 Mints respectively to lead the WCC ne? wSh10 ^ Wi" °Ver ^d- ner-webb in the preliminary game. ATI. CHRISTIAN <75) FG FT PF TV . CULLOWHEE, Dec <? t™„ ^ Migiaolo, flashy' Western clro£l° w ^ Catawba M°W , mtfaTi&k r &ita in^tstTnT, * JSU-- Conference victory ^g^^ ^bara4Mi«°S I the Catamounts' J '""easing, hf asTh°eUtmemeanrIed.t0 4 £h\e%%\^Jf hJ Rard^^Sd 16 while Migkoln ™ ms added Out hit f„rP S'Vfr'.'M [respectively " P™^, JMcZeaS^r^Sr^6',^! | Jayvees to a 7n« , ™4 Carolina the Asheville-BiltnL Ct?,ry over fa was the seconJ ^ re BuH*>*s, forAshev^iC0?rCUtiVe,ossl CATAWBA (73) •"—— - FG FT PF TP ? »-2 0 "j HI Williams! f 31 30-28" 26' FS° 3? PP TPI In
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