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The Panther
February 5, 1980
“And what do you two think you’re doing? - That’s what
the referee seems to be saying to Clark College’s Harvey
Giddens (1.) and James Harthey (r.) in game against
Morris Brown College which Clark won 83-71. (Photo by
Tyraun Patterson)
MBC Dunks CC
BY AL REID
Panther Reporter
Three Hawks Chosen as All-Stars
BY VEVERLY Y. BYRD
Panther Sports Editor
Sports
WELCOME TO 1980
The Panther Sports staff
would like to welcome the
Clark College family back and
hopes that the 1980 school year
is prosperous for each of you.
ALL-CONFERENCE
TEAM NAMED
Congratulations to Lamar
Smith, Charles Cheek, Carlton
Gibson and Charles
McPherson for being selected
to Division III of the SIAC All-
Conference team.
Smith was the only player to
be selected for the first team
defense as tackle. Johnny
Pellman, a tackle also, and
flanker, Medrith McCrary
were chosen for the second
team defense.
Cheek, Gibson and
McPherson were all selected to
first team offense.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WELCOME TO ATLANTA
With the departure of Terry
Furlow to Utah, the open spot
on the roster of the Atlanta
Hawks was filled by free agent
center Sam Pellom.
The 6’9 Pellom scored 10
points by hitting all five field
goals he attempted in the 142-
120 victory over San Antonio
in his debut.
The Panther Sports Staff
welcomes you to Atlanta.
1979 Outstanding
Professionals
The year 1979 has come to an
end leaving hopes that the
eighties will bring some sort of
championship to Atlanta
teams. But seventy-nine had
its moments of glory and that
leads to the Panther Picks for
the “Best of ’79.”
Most Outstanding Team
The Atlanta Hawks who.
finished with a 46-36 record
and brought the playoff to
Atlanta.
Most Outstanding Athlete
Phil Neikro of the Atlanta
Braves, tied with brother Joe
Neikro for the National
League’s winningest pitches -
won 21 games with an ERA of
3.39, pitched 44 games for 342
innings and struck out 208
players.
Most Improved Athlete
Wallace Francis of the
Atlanta Falcons as wide
receiver was voted by the
Falcons as Most Valuable
Player.
Most Outstanding Rookie
William Andrews, third
round draft choice of the
Atlanta Falcons who rushed
239 times for 1,023 yards for
three touchedowns and caught
38 passes for two touchdowns.
Most Outstanding Coach
Hubie Brown, coach of the
Atlanta Hawks.
On January 22, the Morris
Brown Wolverines defeated
the Clark Panthers 83-71 in
Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference basket
ball action at the John H.
I^ewis Physical Education
Center.
For Panther fans not only
had they had to battle heavy
rains just to see the game, but
they also waited not five
minutes, but one hour and
forty-five minutes before the
game officials even showed up.
But what ever the case was it
did not manage the upset the
Wolverines at all.
The contest began quickly as
Clark scored two baskets to ob
tain a 4-0 lead, the only such
one they would have for the en
tire night. But a poised Morris
Brown team lead by senior
point guard Paul Delaney
came back to take a com
manding 34-14 lead with 9:03
remaining in the half. Delaney
who was academically
ineligible the first half of the
season took out his frus
trations on Clark by tossing in
14 points and dishing out six
assists.
At the half with Morris
Brown leading 38-23 it was
clearly obvious that the Pan
thers had to get their act
together before it was too late.
For the Panthers had only
managed to pull in ten
rebounds compared to twenty-
four by the Wolverines. It was
now visible the lengthly
pregame delay had possibly
effected the Panthers
performance thus far.
However the Panthers did
show signs of a lot of character
as they managed to cut the
halftime deficit of fifteen
points to a mere six points as
sophomore Harvey “Goose”
Giddens scored on a
breakaway slam dunk with
9:06 remaining in the game to
put the score at 54-48, Morris
Brown. But the Wolverines
own version of Earvin
Johnson, Paul Delaney got his
“magic show” rolling again as
he helped the Wolverines to
score ten unanswered points in
a radius of three minutes and
seventeen seconds. Delaney,
cont. on page 10
On February 3, Atlanta
Hawks fans will have a lot to
cheer about as John Drew, Ed
die Johnson and Dan
Roundfield will represent the
Central Division leaders in the
National Basketball As
sociation All-Star Game in
Landover, Md.
Drew and Johnson will be in
starting positions with Julius
Erving of the Philadelphia
76’ers at forward, Moses
Malone of the Houston
Rockets at center, and George
Gervin of the San Antonio
Spurs to complete the starting
team at guard.
Roundfield was selected by
the Eastern coaches after
finishing third in the All-Star
voting behind team mate Drew
and Erving of the 76ers. “The
Doctor” topped all Eastern
forwards with 180,260 votes
followed by Drew with 126,006
and Roundfield with 61,465.
Drew represented the Hawks
in the 1976 All-Star Game
when the coaches voted him to
the team. However, the last
Hawk players to be voted on
the team by the fans were Lou
Hudson and Pete Maravich
who were starters in the 1974
game.
“It's a great thing to be
picked for the game,” Drew
said. “I just appreciate what
the fans in Atlanta did in vot
ing for me and Eddie and in
voting for Dan Roundfield,
too.”
Hawks guard, Johnson,
finished with 149,678 votes,
second to Gervin, the top vote
getter, with 286,463. Another
Hawk player, Armond Hill
finished third among Eastern
guards with 132,288.
The five other players to be
selected by the coaches for the
Eastern squad were
Washington's Elvin Hayes;
Boston’s Dave Cowens, Larry
Bird and Nate Archibald; and
Michael Ray Richardson of the
New York Knicks.
The Western starting team
will consist of forwards Mar
ques Johnson of Milwaukee
and Adrian Dantley ot Utah;
center, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
of Los Angeles; and guards
Ervin “Magic” Johnson of Los
Angeles and Lloyd Free ot San
Diego.
MBC player rebounds over Reginald Townsend (42)
and Blair (34). Photo by Tyraun Patterson