Newspaper Page Text
Basketball Preview...
Braves hope transfer players can fill voids
By Gid Rowell
Staff Writer
Returning only one starter from
last year's 10-17 season, the West
Georgia Head Basketball Coach
David Laton hopes that several in
coming transfer players can provide
the spark offensively for a success
ful season.
“We will be a totally different
team this year, and I think we’re
going to be better, “ Laton said. “I
will still use the same coaching phi
losophy this year but with a different
kind of team."
If you look at our team last year
(10-17,3-13 in theGSC), we always
Braves take on Soviets tonight
By Rob Goldsmith
Sports Editor
The Soviet Red Army team repre
senting the Republic of Kazakhastan
will take on the West Georgia Braves
basketball team in a pre-season ex
hibition game tonight at 7:30 p.m. in
the HPE gym.
The game is part of the Soviets
52-school collegiate basketball tour
throughout the United States.
Be-Be Kids rock BSU 26-0
By Rob Goldsmith
Sports Editor
Led by Barry Calhoun’s four
touchdown passes, the Be-Be Kids
came alive in the second half to
1111
HU WILL SET YOU
FREE FROM
HIGH PRICES!
-Picture Frames
-Formal Accessories
10% STUDENT DISCOUNT
McEVER'S AWARDS
213 BRADLEY STREET - CARROLLTON
played hard , but we just couldn’t
shoot the ball that well. We’ 11 also be
more up-tempo, offensively and de
fensively. We have the talent, we
just have to see how we play to
gether,” Laton said.
Lone returning starter Willie Scott
leads the group of Brave returnees
along with Walter Hicks and Ashley
Phillips. Scott, a 6-2, 165-pound
senior point guard, averaged 5.6
points and 2.7 assists per game last
year. Hicks, a 6-3,195-senior guard,
and Phillips, a 6-2, 180-pound
redshirt junior guard, gained con
siderable playing time as reserves
last year.
Newcomers Brian Moten, a 6-5,
The Soviet Red Army team was
formed on the base of the 12th Sport
Army Club in 1975. The team has
earned berths in the European Cup
Championships the last two seasons.
It also won the All-Union Cup in
1988.
Team members include Igor
Tikhonenko, a member of the
Olympic champion team of the XXIV
games, two prize winners in the
World and European Champion
ships; Yuri Zhukanenko and Oleg
The game started slowly, as nei
ther team could get anything going
offensively early on. It wasn’t until
the Be-Be Kids' Doug Gibson inter
cepted a BSU pass that the momen
tum began to swing.
195-pound, transfer from
Westchester Community College
and Lance Reinhard, a 6-3, 180-
pound transfer from the U.S. Naval
Academy lead the list of transfers.
Other transfers expected to con
tribute are Kendrick Eskridge, a 6-5,
195-pound, transfer from South
Suburban Junior College; Winston
Shepard, a 6-6,220-pound, transfer
from the University of Texas; Owen
Webb, a 6-8, 190-pound, transfer
from Paris Junior College; and David
Shelton, a 5-11,160-pound transfer
from Cleveland State Jr. College.
The Braves will open the regular
season at the Coca-Cola Classic in
Savannah on Nov 22-23.
Meletshenko; and two silver medal
ists of the European Championships,
Igor Grachev and Denis Petenyev.
“They are big and they can shoot,”
said West Georgia Head Coach,
David Laton. “We’ll definitely have
our hands full.”
It will be the Braves' first and
only exhibition game before the
season opener on November 22 at
the Coca-Cola Classic in Savannah.
“We would love to have all the
students come out and support us,”
said Coach Laton.
Mike Kennedy in the endzone to
give the Be-Be Kids a 6-0 lead, but
the PAT failed.
The Be-Be Kids threatened to
score again late in the half, but the
drive was killed when BSU’s Mike
Robinson intercepted a Calhoun pass
in the endzone. The half ended with
the Be-Be Kids holding a slim 6-0
lead.
In the second half, the Be-Be
Kids simply took control of the game,
rolling up 20 second half points while
shuting down the BSU offense.
Early on, Barry Calhoun hooked
up with Shawn Turner for a quick
touchdown strike, and after the two
point conversion, led 14-0.
The Be-Be Kids defense contin
ued to hold the BSU offense in check
and on their next possession, Calhoun
found Turner again in the endzone to
give them a 20-0 lead after the failed
PAT.
The Be-Be Kids were not through
yet; they would score once more on
a touchdown pass from Calhoun to
Gerald Mapp, giving the Be-Be Kids
a 26-0 victory. With the win, the Be-
Be Kids move into the playoffs, while
BSU finishes its season at 3-4.
The West Georgian-Wednesday, November 13,1991
Lady Braves look to
continue winning tradition
All-GSC player
Flowers leads
experienced squad
By Gid Rowell
Staff Writer
Under the direction of Jane
Williamson, the West Georgia
Lady Braves seek their fifth
straight winning season behind an
experienced and talented squad.
With four returning players
with valuable game experience
and a host of new transfer talent,
the Lady Braves prepare for an
other successful season.
Anchoring the Lady Braves is
Gulf South Conference Freshman
of the Year and All-Conference
player, Gina Rowers. Flowers, a
5-11 guard/forward, averaged 20
Jurney has Braves
on the right track
By Doug Clark
Staff Writer
West Georgia head football coach
Ron Jumey’s mettle was tested last
year, but he and his players stuck it
out after a disappointing 1-10 sea
son. Now, however, the team ap
pears to be headed for its first win
ning season in nine years, holding a
5-5 record going into the final game
of the season.
When it comes to winning sea
sons and winning in general, Jurney
"The players here are
totally committed, and
they believe in this
program."
—Ron Jurney
believes that persistence is impor
tant. He believes that no other
blessing, be it talent, genius, skill or
whatever, is enough to be a winner.
Jurney credits his mother for instill
ing this conviction in him.
“My mother was always real
adamant, she said Tf you don’t do
something right, don’t do it Be per
sistent’” said Jurney.
Jumey’s mother, who raised him
and his four siblings by herself in
points and six rebounds per game
and also led the team 14 times in
scoring last year.
Alison Armstrong who was
second in assists and fourth in
scoring last year, returns to the
backcourt as the only senior.
The third leading scorer,
freshman post player Schwanda
Walker, and sophomore guard
Shunda Barkley will provide
experience and depth to the Lady
Braves' team.
Topping the transfer players
joining the Lady Braves is
Demetric Dominick-McLester, a
5-5, guard from Emanuel Junior
College. Incoming transfers
Taßeon Kelsey from Emanuel
and Iris Brown from Reinhardt
are expected to contribute.
The Lady Braves season will
open with Augusta College, Nov.
27 at 7:00 in the H.P.E. Building.
Aberdeen, Miss., is the person who
Jumey credits as being his greatest
inspiration.
Another inspiration to Jumey is
one of his players. Senior running
back Louis Lomax, says Jumey, is
the personification of the never-say
die attitude that he tries to instill in
all of his players.
“Louis is a good example of what
it takes to win,” says Jurney.
“Whether we wind up with a win
ning season or not, people like him
are winners. He’s been here for four
years and didn’t start, but he stuck
with it. He’s played with a lot of
pain. I’ve never seen a player stick
with it like him.”
Sticking with it when the future
looks bleak is exactly why the Braves
are experiencing their dramatic turn
around this year. It is players who
don’t quit that, Jumey says, are the
reason for the 180 degree change.
“The players here this year are
totally committed,” said Jumey.
“They believe in this program. That’s
the bottom line.”
With a win next week at Lane, the
Braves' total commitment will
manifest itself in WGC’s first win
ning season since 1982.
This winning season would be
the product of Jumey’s intense per
sistence and his demand for it from
his players. The turn around would
be the result of persistence.
9