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Western Carolinian Volume 45 Number 19

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  • THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/February 7, 1980 page 21 WCU to face Marshall. VMI Cats' road trip most important yet Don't pinch Coach Steve Cottrell this week. If the last two weeks have been a dream, Cottrell wants to sleep a few more weeks. His WCU basketball team is the hottest thing in the Southern Conference as the league's nine teams head into the last two weeks of regular season play. The Cats won their fifth straight game Saturday night and it was their seventh victory in the last eight games before the largest crowd into suddenly inadequate Reid Gymnasium in nine seasons. Lady Cats split two The old adage goes "you win some, you lose some, and some get rained out." For Western Carolina's women's basketball team that old cliche really came true as Lady Cats lost a 90-63 decision to Carson-Newman Tuesday night and had their home court bout with arch-rival Appalachian State snowed out on Thursday. The loss to C-N was the fourth in a row for Western and dropped the team's record down to a break-even 9-9 mark. The Lady Eagles, who defeated WCU 75-68 early in the season at Cullowhee, pulled out to a 49-36 lead at halftime, as Western had another poor shooting night, canning only 20 of 52 shots from the floor for 39%. The Cats were led by 20 points from Beth Crisp and 17 from Cindi Saltz with Glenda Harris pulling down 12 rebounds. Last week's heavy snow in Boone kept the Lady Apps from coming to Cullowhee for Thursday's big game. Western was seeking to revenge a pre-Christmas, 88-83 loss at Boone, a game where the Lady Cats led by as many as nine points in the last eight minutes ol the game. The game will not be rescheduled. Western's next game was held February 4 at Mars Hill, with the Lady Cats travelling to Winthrop College for the Winthrop Invitational Tournament to be played this weekend. The Lady Cats return home February 13 for a battle with East Tennessee State at 5 p.m. for the last home game of the season. A standing room only plus crowd estimated at 4,400 watched Cottrell's Cats bury arch rival Appalachian State in the second half and win going away by a final 61-42 count. The Cats have four regular season games remaining, all in the conference. Two of those games will be on the road - at Marshall this Saturday and at V.M.I, next Monday - and two will be played in Reid Gymnasium - East Tennessee State (Feb. 13) and U.T.-Chattanooga (Feb. 16). The Cats will have a few days off before departing Friday morning on the most important road trip of the season. They will face Marshall in Huntington, West Virginia, Saturday at 2:30 p.m. before atiNBC-TV regional audience and a sellout crowd of over 6,500 in Huntington's Memorial Field House. The logjam in and around second place in the conference standings is expected to be broken up as the result of Saturday's and Monday's games in Huntington, West Virginia and Lexington, Virginia. Western Carolina, Marshall and UT-Chattanooga are all tied for the second spot in the conference regular season race with 7-5 records and VMI is within striking distance at 6-7. Furman has already clinched first place in the regular season standings with its 11-1 record. UT-Chattanooga faces VMI Saturday evening just alter the Catamounts' game with Marshall. Monday, WCU and UT switched sights with tin: Cats taking on VMI in the "Pit," with the Mocs going up to Huntington for their tangle with Marshall. Those four games are expected to clear up the picture- as to who will claim the other three host spots for the first round of the Southern Conference championship tournament. The top four teams in regular season play will have the important home court advantage for the first round play on February 23. Cottrell labels the upcoming two game road trip as the most important his team has faced this season. "We are playing outstanding basketball, but this is still a very young basketball team and young basketball teams can really cool off under the pressure they are going to face in these next two games. Television, the hostile crowds at Marshall and VMI and two good basketball teams might be too much for us to handle," he warns. "This road trip presents us with a tremendous opportunity to challenge for second place. A split of these upcoming two games would leave us in good position for a first division finish, but we are not going up there to split. . .we are going for a sweep," he lidded Tum to Page 24, please. Indoor track shows well at UT The indoor track team ran well for the second consecutive week at the University of Tennessee All-Comers Meet at Stokely Athletic Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, Saturday, February 1. The Cats were led by outstanding performances in the distance running events, with freshman Sam Shirley placing third in the two-mile run at 9:33 and a fifth place showing by Alan Moss in the 880-yard run. Also doing well for the Cats were Vernon McRae first place 48'lVi triple jump (his best individual effort yet) and Eddie McGill's 22'll'/2 effort in the long jump, good for fourth place. The Cats had an overall team effort with distance runners Jeff Simpson, Dennis Francis, and John Costello, along with jumpers Tracy Barnettc and Anthony James doing well. Mike Thorpe, number one in the conference in the 60 yard dash, Jonathan Goines and George Wait also helped the Catamount cause. The meet was a preparation for next week's trip to Chapel Hill for a four-way meet with UNC. Duke and Wake Forest. The Tar Heels are heavy favorites in all events but Coach Paul Jones feels good about the Cat's chances. "We'll really find out what sort of track team we have. This will be a real challenge but we'll work hard to do our best." BETTER BUYS AT 11 mu j i m 09 7%oz. Box Morton's Donut Holes - Devils Food, Yellow or Honey Wheat 58* 11 oz. Eggo Frozen Waffles 59* 64oz. Carton Minute Maid Orange Juice $1 200 count Box Scotties Facial Tissue 55* 8 pack (16oz. bottles) R.C. Cola $1" plus Bottle Deposit 103/»oz. can Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup 51b. bag Pillsbury Flour 89* 4/$l 00 Pork Chops Family Pack 99* Per Pound Center Cut $139 Per Pound Loin Cut $1" Per Pound 8oz. Jar Taster's Choice Instant Coffee Reg. or Decaffeinated $4" lib. Bag Bag Carrots 19* Fresh Green Cabbage 10* Per Pound Market Style Bacon 69* Per Pound Sale Prices Good Thru Feb. 12, 1980 — Free — One Single Roll Hy- Top Towels with $15°° or More Food Purchase NOTICE STORE HOURS: Friday - 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday - 1 p.m.-6 p.m. WINNING TICKET NUMBERS for $50 each 350485 356649 351218 396844 351402 409950 Numbers expire at 8P.M. on Saturday, February 9. I9S( Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Sat. - 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
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