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CLARK PANTHERS, MARCH 19, 1951, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Clark Mauls Xavier
To Win Third Place
In SIAC Tournament
Five hours after falling by nine
points to Florida the Panthers re
turn to Logan Hall to meet Xavi
er University who had lost to Mor
ris Brown by three points four
(rours earlier.
Xavier came into the game with
their second team starting, facing
Lowe, Burress, Turmon, Phillipte,
and Trice.
Piling on the coal after Xavier
had picked up a four point lead,
Avery Burress began throwing on
point after point for a total of 18
points when the game ended. Bur
ress scored from all angles With his
unique “hook” shot and scored
more this game than in any other of
the season.
Xavier was out-classed from the
early stages of the game and at
times the Panthers held 30 and 32
point leads.
Robinzine, who had scored over
25 points in an earlier game was
able to score only three times on
free throws. Thompson who scored
13 points for the “Gold Rush” was
high point man for the losers.
As in the other games the entire
squad saw action. Robert Phillips
Panthers Top
Lane College In
Quarter Finals
In the second game of the quar
ter-finals the Panthers met Lane
College in what was destined to be
one of the most thrilling games of
the entire tournament. The men
from Jackson, Tennessee were of
the impression that they should be
seeded ahead of the Panthers -tneir
opinion was soon to be changed.
The game started out in slow
fashion with Lane scoring the first
two baskets. The first half was
Lane’s all the way with Bonds, Jer-
negan, and Guice scoring 8 points
each toward what was soon to be a
usual did their scoring to keep the
lost cause. Lowe and Turmon as
Fanthers in the game, but it was
Lowe who made four points in less
than one minute to bring the Pan
thers within two points of Lane
when only seconds remained. Then
with 15 seconds left in the first half,
Trice at the half court line sent the
ball toward the goal for the tally
that sent the Panthers ahead 26-25.
From then on it was Clark all the
way.
Coming into the second half tha
Panthers led by Avery Burress and
James Trice eased slowly farther
ahead as Bonds and MeMehon did
their utmost to tie up the score.
By this time it was definately
clear that the fans were not for
Clark but despite their cries for
Lane retaliation the Tennesseans
were unable to come behind as
Coach Epps used his entire bench
in defeating Lane for the second
time this season, 59-52.
Panthers Out score
Tournament Foes
The Panthers scored 245 points
in four games for an average of 61.5
points per game while their oppon
ents scored 202 points for an aver
age of 50.2 points per game.
Roman Turmon scored 97 points
in four games for an average of
24.1 points per game. Turmon was
named “All SIAC” Second Team
Center. Turmon was also top scor
er of the tournament.
played his last game with the Pan
thers—and what a game it Was.
Phillips will certainly be missed
next year. Perhaps we’ll be miss-
more than Phillips, Lowe, Ellis and
others may be gone next season.
Roman Turmon scored his 97th
point of the tournament in this
game and set the mark for scoring
in the 1951 Tournament.
Eppsmen Eliminate
Alabama A & M
In Final Round
Going into the game highly favor
ed according to comparative rec
ords the Clark Panthers soon
proved that they were a team to
watch in the tournament. Ala
bama A & M was, of the three
Clark Tournament victories, the
easiest won, by far. What tension
there might have been among the
Clark players was done away with
during the first few , moments of
the game as A & M soon fell behind
a shower of points by Roman Tur
mon who scored nine of the twelve
points made by the Panthers dur
ing the first quarter. At half time
the score read Clark 31-A & M 13.
The second half began with the
Alabama team scoring first and
seemingly coming to life. This how
ever, Was the extent of the Ala
bamian’s brilliance for Lowe came
into his own and hit the hoops for
twelve points during the second
half. In the guard spots Bob Phil
lips and James Trice held the
Bama forwads at bay and allowed
only long shots. Blaine Waynes
went in for Turmon during the sec
ond quarter and scored two points
toward the Panther cause as did
William Powell and Alfred Ellis.
The entire team played in this first
contest w(ith everyone scoriftg ex
cept Leon Carlton and Freddie
Jackson.
So effective was the Panther de
fense that the score with 13 minutes
remaining in the game was 47-15.
Turmon
Tournament
High Scorer
Rammin’ Roman Turmon rammed
in 97 points in the SIAC Tourna
ment to be named “All Tournament”
second team center as Clark left
three teams defeated in the first
round, quarter finals, and consola
tion game to win third place in the
Tournament.
Scoring records for the four
games played by Clark College in
the SIAC Tournament.
FG FT Totals
Lowe
23
13
59
Ellis
7
0
14
Burress
14
4
32
Powell
1
0
2
Turmon
39
19
97
Waynes
2
0
4
Phillips
4
4
12
Jackson
1
0
2
Trice
7
8
22
Carlton
0
1
1
98
49
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President Brawley presents third place trophy to Captain Bob Phillips at Logan Hall
after the Panthers had defeated Xavier. Looking on is Coach “Sonny” Epps. Left to right;
Avery Burress, Leon Carlton, Freddie Jackson, Bennie Lowe, William Powell, James Trice,
Alfred Ellis, Blaine Waynes, and Roman Turmon.
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Panthers Fail
In Semi-Finals to
Florida A & M
The Panthers were unable to
maintain their half-time lead in the
Florida A & M game on Saturday,
March 10, and fell in the last quar
ter of this semi-finals contest at the
hands of the Rattlers, 57-66.
The contest opened with Florida
leading off on two quick goals by
Pittman and Bostic and a Florida
lead of 8 points at the end of the
first quarter. This period saw Tur
mon and Lowe miss shots that us
ually make for Panthers points.
Early in the second quarter the
Panthers, led by Tunmon who scor
ed 11 points during the period, knot
ted the score at 15-15 but were soon
once again out-scored by the fast
moving Rattlers who piled on a 20-
15 lead before the Panthers could
get their wits together. This 5
point lead was short lived though
for just as quickly as Florida had
gained the lead the Panthers, with
Trice at the helm, knotted the score
once more at 20-20. From then it
was all the Rattlers could do to
keep 5 points behind.
At half time the hard playing
Panthers had piled on an 8 point
lead over the dumbfounded Rattlers
who had not expected such brilli
ant play by the Eppsmen. But sure
ly they could not have expected an
easy time.
When the second half began the
Panthers returned to the court con
fident of victory and assured that
they would face either Xavier or
Morris Brown in the finals. Their
confidence was quickly turned to
distress, for before they could make
Claflin Wins SEAC
Tournament Crown
Claflin University of Orange
burg, South Carolina, triumphed
over Savannah State College in the
finals of the SEAC Tournament at
Claflin’s Gymnasium on Saturday,
March 3rd, to win the conference
championship 63-50.
The Georgians who held the
Carolinians at bay throughout the
first half were unable to stave off a
second half rally and fell by a
shower of goals in the last few
moments of the game. The men
from Georgia had the opportunity
at least to tie the count in the last
few moments with free throws but
missed their chance and let the
Carolinians escape with the con
ference crown.
Paine College of Augusta took
third place honors.
a single point, before even the
mighty Turmon, who had scored 15
points in the first half, could regis
ter a goal the Rattlers had come
surging back to turn the Panther
lead into history. Turmon finally
Lose To
In an overtime period that fea
tured everything including prayers
by supporters, the Panthers man
aged to defeat the Fort Valley
Wildcats 73-67.
The scoreboard changed with
every shot as both teams made bet
ter than 42 per cent of their field
goal attempts.
The score, with seconds left in
the game, was 63-63. Turmon was
in control of the ball. Realizing the
remaining time Turmon, from 25
feet from the goal let go with a
tally that registered but was nulli
fied as the time keeper claimed the
regulation period had ended be
fore Turmon released the ball. The
spectators yelled, whistled, and did
tricks with their mouths in accord
ance with the decision or against it.
However this did not change the
situation one way or the other and
the players went to their coaches to
concentrate on strategy to be used
in the overtime period.
The Wildcats registered three
points before the Panthers could
get started. Captain Phillips took
advantage of the remaining time
and cooled off the situation. Once
the Panthers closed the gap they
were never behind. Turmon hit for
four points and immediately after
ward registered his fifth personal
foul as did Burress soon after. This
proved to be of no help to the Wild
cats’ cause as Patterson, Ellis and
Carlton kept playing the same
game, and when the final whistle,
blew the Panthers were ahead
73-67.
The Clark Panthers played per
haps their best game of the season
on Friday night, February 16th,
when they met Tuskegee’s Golden
Tigers, but despite their brilliant
performance the Panthers fell by
one point to the highly rated
Tigers.
In the first period the Panthers
took an early lead when Bennie
Lowe and Roman Turmon hit the
hoops for four points and from the
looks of things in those few mo
ments the Panthers were on their
way to an easy victory. Leroy Por
ter, Tuskegee star, found the range
started hitting again and Lowe hit
for 10 points, but it was too late.
Bostic, Pittman, and Irwin did the
damage and when the final whistle
sounded the Panthers had fallen
Tuskegee Institute
in the middle of the first period
and from the left corner of the
Logan Hall court kept the Tigers
in the running; and at half-time his
efforts tore the Panther lead down
to three points. The half-time
score, in Clark’s favor, was 32-29.
During the second half the two
quintets played so close a game
that spectators forgot that they
had seats and stood throughout this
the final period.
Unfortunately the Panthers lost
the services of “Doc” Turmon who
went out by the foul alley with
six minutes left in the game.
With three minutes of play re
maining the score read 64-64.
Jackson, Waynes and Phillips con
tributed five points to the cause
while Porter operated for Tuske
gee to the tune of six points from
the left side of the court and put
’Skegee ahead 70-69. The game
ended with the ball in ’Skegee’s
possession and Clark behind at the
final whistle by one point.
A Letter To
The Editor
Dear Editor:
I believe that loyalty to one’s
school is important to the school
and the student.
Most young men and women of
college age should have a thor
ough knowledge of loyalty to their
school or the institution they might
be attending.
However, it is found that most
students do not really display a
true sense of loyalty to their school.
Loyalty to one’s school means far
more than cheering at football and
basketball games. It means acting
at all times in a way to avoid dis
crediting or injuring the good name
or the property of the institution.
I think if more students would
understand and try to be more loyal
to their school, America and Amer
ica’s students would enjoy a better
school life.
(Signed) Helen C. Bentley
66-57.
PANTHERS’
CORNER
By William (Fuzzy) Breeding
Eppsmen Out-Score Fort Valley,