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Thursday-October 30,1997 Lady Braves have high hopes for new season Chris P. Bailey Assistant News Editor After suffering through two dismal seasons, the Lady Braves basketball team is going into this season with an optimistic attitude. “In our early season sched ule, you may not see the im provement in win-loss record because of the people we play, but we are a better basketball team than this time last year,” stated Head Coach Craig Roden. While he is optimistic, the Lady Braves have a lot of un knowns ahead of them. Among these concerns is the fact that, of thirteen players, seven are new to the team. KawannaMangruen, a 5-foot 9-inch forward, and Danielle “ WARMUP YOUR WINTER BIRKENSTOCK GERMAN FEET WEST .GEORGIA OUT§fffERS, .INC. ■m **' : %■ ; •:v % " , pesgrf "-;r t"*?’ ■ *y|r smtf 1001 MAPLE Sf CAPPQLLTO*/ GA 30117 PHONE 770 832 8200 FAX 770 832 0770 Spears, a 5-foot-6-inch guard, are two transfers that will join five freshman who are expected to see action this year. Mangruen is tranferring from Wallace State Junior College where she was named All-re gion in 1997. Spears comes from Wallace State, however, she will be red-shirted this year. Joining Spears as a red-shirt will be freshman center, Joshephine Jones, who will bring size and strength to the team. Also expected to get limited playing time will be a host of fresh man led by Alexandra Harvey, a5- foot-4-inch guard, and Brandi Robertson, a 5-foot-6-inch guard who is expected to contend for time at the wing position due to her superior outside shooting. Sports While this number of new players would normally cause worry, a strong nucleus of play ers from last year’s squad led by seniors Tonya Jackson and Latonya Jonesare also returning to the Lady Braves. Jackson, a 5-foot-7-inch guard, returns this year after setting a school record last sea son for most steals. Coaches are hoping she will develop more consistency in her shoot ing game so that she may have a chance at All-GSC Honors. When talking about his guard, Roden stated, “Tonya is the best defensive player in the Gulf- South Conference. In 14 con ference games, she held the opponent’s leading scorer be low her average 13 of the 14 times.” Playing point guard again this year will be Jones, a5-foot-lse nior from Chicago. Coach Roden is planning on shaping the team’s style after her speed. “Jones is in great physical -—q tphight! pg ~~JZ and fV&OCtIOM ffmentA to the itudenh Su the itudent&.„ Jij |lilL _ , jyjk U4IA pip Come join 7th Sign Productions in association with Spyro Gyro every Thursday night for U£IA! Dance , all night with DJ Maze as he spins your conscious away. Witness spectacular sight and sound for a j totally EUPHORIC experience! 1 ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ Admission: $4.00 to students with College ID £♦ ♦♦♦ 10:00 P.M.-2:00 AM. | 1022 MAPLE ST • 836-0872 ■ 'tTff kb. w I. uvvruo/ Xm JMgjr Perpetual Motion Bicycles, Inc ==r4jpfn WO2 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30tt7 770 - 834 - FA S T condition and she worked hard in the offseason. She’s prob ably the quickest guard in the league. We’ll probably play a 'style better suited to her quick ness, so she should have a better season.” Also returning from last year’s squad is Karoline Casey, a 5-foot-9-inch sophomore guard, Monica Brown, a 6-foot forward who started most of last year, and Gina Johnson, a 5- foot-11-inch forward. Casey is The Braves rage on in Mississippi Daniel S.Stansbury Sports Editor The West Georgia Braves Foot ball Team travelled to Cleveland, Mississippi to take on the States men of Delta State on Saturday, Oct. 25. Despite being out gained on the expected to miss some time due to a recent injury, but coaches are looking to the others to step up big this year. Brown is expected to have a good season this year. She started the past two years and averages ten points a game over her career. Perhaps more im portant, though, is her 53 blocked shots. The Lady Braves begin their season at home November 14 versus Savannah State. ground and in the air, the team held on to win 28-9. The defense came up big when necessary, picking off five Delta State passes and returning one 51 yards for a touchdown. Neither team scored in the first half until Delta State kicked a field goal in the final seconds to take a 3- Olead. West Georgia then scored the only points of the third quarter when quarterback Toby Strange threw a 28 yard touchdown pass to Roscoe Pounds. Delta State opened the fourth quarter with a touchdown. West Georgia soon countered when Strange again hit Pounds for a touch down pass, this (me a 74 yarder. Three minutes later, Brent Daniels punched the ball into the end zone from one yard out to give the Braves a 12 point lead. Reggie Lewis scored the final touchdown of the game when he returned an interception 51 yards. The win upped West Georgia’s recoidto6-lontheyear. The Braves return home this weekend, Nov. 1, to take on West Alabama for Home coming. Page 11