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SPORTS
the Maroon Tigers should
become strong contenders for
a possible second consecutive
division championship, and
lofty pursuits like the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference championship
won't be too far out of reach.
By Joe Carlos
Sports Editor
Well, it's here. The 1998-
99 basketball season is
underway at Morehouse - in a
big way - as the Maroon Tigers
won their first two games. The
team, a perennially recognized
powerhouse in the SIAC, has
throughout, but the Maroon
Tigers led by senior and
preseason all conference
forward Justin Miller, and
junior guard Mike Bonner
squeaked by the competitive
Valdosta State team.
"It felt good. To get over
that first win of the season,
makes all the others easier."
Philip Asbury/ STAFF
Junior Micheal Bonner points the way fro the Tigers.
been predicted by the
conference coaches to finish
the season as Co-Champions of
their division.
Friday night before a
raucous and spirited crowd,
the Maroon Tigers defeated the
Valdosta State Blazers, 70-69.
The game was close
Miller commented.
"It was important to get a
game that we could gel as a
team with the freshmen and
without Mike and Kenny."
Miller added.
The team suffered a big
loss when senior forward
Mike Harris was injured
during the off-season. Playing
without him at the outset of
the season presents a change
in the team's approach to the
games. However, Miller
disagrees.
"There is obviously added
pressure without Mike &
Kenny, but with players like
[Jerone] Dodd and [James]
Teague, we're going to be
alright."
Sophomore forward/
center Dodd and junior
forward/center Teague will
help provide leadership on the
young team, which has six
new freshmen.
"We all have to learn to
step up and assume a new
leadership role." Miller adds.
Saturday night, the
Maroon Tigers kept their
winning ways going as they
played host to Augusta State,
and won 75-71. Morehouse,
who had a 46 to 26 halftime
lead, was outscored in the
second half 19 to 45 by a
scrappy Augusta State team.
During the second half,
Augusta State had numerous
offensive rebouqd^ and put
backs.
"They (Augusta State)
played hard in the second half,
but you'll see that as the
season goes on, and as we
mature as a team, many of the
freshmen that we have coming
off of the bench will learn how
to play under pressure," said
Miller. "And our twenty point
halftime leads will extend to
thirty and forty point leads."
Answering the call down
the stretch, Morehouse staved
off the offensive barrage of the
red hot Augusta State team
Shaun Spearman/ STAFF
Morehouse's Intramural flag football program has enjoyed
a surge in popularity this fall. Squads were made up of
students from Robert, DuBois, and other on-campus dorms/
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with the help of talented
reserves like freshman guard
Blake O'Farrow.
O'Farrow's perimeter
scoring provided an offensive
and emotional lift for the
Maroon Tigers and the
Morehouse faithful in
attendance.
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weekend that most of us will be gone for Christmas break is
almost criminal. Morehouse-CIarkis as big a rivalry as Army-
Navy, Harvard-Yale, and UCLA-USG Unfortunately, the
February game is at their place, but either way, it will have
ramifications on the final outcome of the season, and will
wild, heated, disputed or fun to be at than Morehouse vs.
Morehouse vs. Tuskegee
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our oldest rivals in,
them in October, "Any time, any sport, any place, we will win
fact that this year's game is on a Tuesday, don't be surprised if
red and gold is in abundance at the Olympic Arena.
A fast start for the men in maroon