Mark Wienbarg

B Y N U M B E R No. Name Position Height Class Hometown 5 . . . . . Mike Brow n ...... G u a r d ...... 5 - 8 ...... F reshman . . . . Gainesville, Fla. 11 . . . . . Bruce Patton-Roark . Forward . . . . 6 - 5 ...... J u n i o r ...... Ft. Myers, Fla. 12 . . . . . M a rlo n J o n e s ...... G u a r d ...... 6 - 2 ...... S en io r ...... Gainesville, Fla.

15 . . . . . M ik e O x f o r d ...... G u a r d ...... 5 - 1 0 ...... F re sh m a n . Dawson, Ga. 2 0 . . . .. W alt W e b b ...... Forward . . . . 6 - 6 ...... S en io r ...... Elberton, Ga

21 . . . . . Terry Sw inson ...... G u a r d ...... 6 - 2 ...... Freshman . . . Flomerville, Ga.

3 0 . . . . . Anthony Bryant.... . Forward ... . 6 - 6 ...... S en io r ...... Pahokee, Fla. 3 2 . . . . . L eo n J o n e s ...... Forward . . . . 6 - 6 ...... S en io r ...... Watkinsville, Ga.

33 . . . . . W illie W a lto n ...... Forward . . . . 6 - 5 ...... Sophomore . . . Largo, Fla.

3 4 . . . . . Mark Wienbarg .... . Forward . . . . 6 - 7 ...... Freshman . . . . Jacksonville, Fla. Anthony Bryant BY NAME Name No. Position Height Class Hometown M ik e B r o w n ...... 5 . . .. . Guard . . . 5 - 8 ...... Freshman . . . . Gainesville, Fla.

Anthony Bryant.... . 30 ...... Forward . 6 - 6 ...... S en io r ...... Pahokee, Fla.

L e o n J o n e s ...... 32 .. .. Forward . 6 - 6 ...... S en io r ...... Watkinsville, Ga.

M a rlo n J o n e s ...... 12 . . . . Guard . . . 6 - 2 ...... S en io r ...... Gainesville, Fla. Mike O xford ...... 15 . . . . Guard . . . 5 - 1 0 ...... Freshman . . . . Dawson, Ga.

Bruce Patton-Roark . 11 . . . . Forward . 6 - 5 ...... J u n i o r ...... Ft. Myers, Fla. Terry Swinson ...... 21 . . . . Guard . . . 6 - 2 ...... Freshman . . . . Homerville, Ga. W illie W a lto n ...... 33 . . . . Forward . 6 - 5 ...... Sophomore . . . Largo, Fla. W a lt W e b b ...... 20 . . .. . Forward . 6 - 6 ...... S en io r ...... Elberton, Ga. Mark W ienbarg ...... 34 . . .. . Forward . 6 - 7 ...... Freshman . . . . Jacksonville, Fla. Leon Jones Willie Walton

Marlon Jones Mike Oxford Bruce Patton-Roark Terry Swinson 2 Athletic Staff Position — Name Telephone (Area Code 912) Faculty Athletic Representative Office Flome Dr. Joe Gore...... 333-5778 242-3462 Associate Athletic Directors Mike Cavan...... 333-5844 247-5117 Secretary — Debbie Yarbrough___ 333-5844 244-4391 Contents Tommy Thomas...... 333-5890 242-2577 Secretary — Kathie Gardner...... 333-5890 247-7247 All-Time Stat Leaders...... 14 PE/Athletics Department Head Assistant Coach...... 5 Dr. John Merriman...... 333-7161 242-8612 Athletic Director...... 18 Secretary — Ann Bagley...... 333-7161 242-8737 Game Information...... 19 Baseball — Tommy Thomas...... 333-5890 242-2577 GSGSmMes.-.-,ft,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..... Assistant — Kip McLeod...... 333-7161 242-2415 Head Coach...... 4 Basketball (Men) Memo to Media...... 19 James Dominey...... 333-5890 242-0752 O pponents...... 12 Assistant — Rick Stukes...... 333-5890 333-0925 Outlook...... 6 Basketball (Women) Overall Record...... 15 Charles Cooper...... 333-5890 244-5979 Players...... 8 Assistant — Sherry Haskin...... 333-5890 247-2620 Cross Country President...... 18 Paul DeGrood...... 333-5890 Record Against Opponents...... 16 Equipment — Larry Lampert...... 333-5844 244-7188 Results, Statistics, 1985-86...... 7 Football — Mike Cavan...... 333-5844 247-5117 Rosters...... 2 Golf — Nicky Balanis...... 333-5890 247-4033 Schedule...... 20 Softball — Ruth Shuman...... 333-5890 Scoring Leaders...... 15 Sports Information — Steve Roberts .. 333-5890 244-6560 Support Staff...... 5 Graduate Assistant — Kerry Wildes . 333-5890 242-5105 VSC...... 18 Tennis — John Hansen...... 333-5890 244-4790 Trainer — Jim Rudd...... 333-7161 686-5177 Basketball Staff Sports Outlets NEWSPAPER: Athletic Director...... Tommy Thomas Valdosta Daily Times — Robert L. Bradley, Sports Editor, Sports Information Director...... Steve Roberts Mike Colombo, Sports Writer, Blair Dickinson, Sports Head Coach...... James Dominey Writer. Assistant Coach...... Rick Stukes VSC Spectator — Brian Clancy, Sports Editor Graduate Assistant...... Kerry Wildes Florida Times-Union — Ray McNulty, College Writer, Rick Trainer...... DaveZammit Danis, College Writer. Atlanta Constitution — Earnest Reese, College Writer Managers...... Mike Patrick Atlanta Journal — David Davidson, College Writer John Coleman Macon Telegraph — James Palmer, College Writer Statisticians...... Patsy Wildes Albany Herald — Paul McCorvey, Sports Editor Frank Wiley RADIO: Stations WVVS, WGAF, WAAC, WJEM, WGOV, WVLD, WLGA, Valdosta General Information TELEVISION: Station WVGA, Valdosta, Channel 44 — Keith Murphy, Name...... Valdosta State College Sports Director Location...... Valdosta, Georgia Station WALB, Albany, Channel 10 — Ducky Wall, Sports Founded ...... 1906 Director Enrollment...... 6700 Station WCTV, Tallahassee, Fla., Channel 6 — Bob Warren President...... Dr. Hugh C. Bailey Sports Director Colors...... Red and Black Nickname...... Blazers On the Cover Home Court...... Physical Education Complex Valdosta State’s All-Conference players Leon Jones and Seating Capacity ...... 5350 Marlon Jones, are pictured on the cover. Jones and Jones were Conference...... Gulf South chosen to this year’s preseason All-Conference team and are being counted on to lead the Blazers to successful 1986-87 cam­ National Affiliation ...... NCAA II paign. The cover was designed by Bill Malone who is a 1974 1985-86 Record ...... Overall: 15-12; GSC 8-8 graduate of VSC. Photos were taken by Ken Klanicki. 3 HEAD COACH JAMES DOMINEY

On the eve of his 16th season at Valdosta State, James Dominey is anxious, a little nervous and very excited...much like he has been 15 other times. But there is one big difference from the years in Blazer basketball’s immediate past, the years since VSC joined the rough and tumble . This year Valdosta State has been picked by league coaches to finish second in the conference race behind Troy State, by far the highest pre­ season ranking the Blazers have enjoyed. In the four years of GSC play Valdosta State has had only moderate successes, finishing fourth twice and playing for the conference tournament championship once. With a solid group of veteran players returning, the Blazers look strong on paper, and that’s how pre-season rankings are made. “ Yes, the coaches have put the monkey on our back to a certain extent,” Dominey said, “ and that is a compliment to our program. It presents a great challenge to the coaches and players. It will take tremendous commitment on all our parts, which is what I expect. I can’t accept anything less.” Dominey learned early as a player that there are no short­ cuts to success. He was an outstanding prep player at Vienna High School where was team captain his senior season in 1962, averaging 28 points a game and earning a scholarship to Nor­ man Park Junior College. THE DOMINEY RECORD He enjoyed two productive seasons on the junior college level and went on to where he started 1971-72 18-8 .692 Won GIAC Championship 1972-73 17-8 .680 Won NAIA Area 25 Tournament; for two years for the nationally-ranked Stormy Petrels. Reached 2nd Round in Nationals After graduating from Oglethorpe, he took a graduate 1973-74 15-11 .577 2nd in South^Atlantic Conference assistantship at Middle Tennessee State University where he 1974-75 15-12 .556 2nd in South Atlantic Conference— - 1975-76 15-13 .536 3rd in South Atlantic Conference earned the master of education degree in 1967. One year of 1976-77 23-6 .793 Won SAC Championship; high school coaching preceded his joining the Valdosta State 3rd in South Regional staff in 1968 as an assistant. Three years later he became the 1977-78 18-8 .692 3rd in South Atlantic Conference 1978-79 20-8 .714 Won SAC Championship; school’s fourth head coach. 2nd in South Regional In the 15 seasons which have rolled by since then, Dominey 1979-80 18-9 .667 Won SAC Championship and the Blazers have had many more good times than bad. 1980-81 18-8 .692 Won SAC Championship 1981-82 14-12 .538 2nd in South Atlantic Conference There have been only two losing seasons. Four Dominey- 1982-83 14-15 .483 4th in Gulf South Conference coached teams won the old South Atlantic Conference title. 1983-84 10-17 .370 8th in Gulf South Conference His 15-year record stands at 244-160, a winning percentage 1984-85 14-13 .519 4th in Gulf South Conference 1985-86 15-12 .556 5th in Gulf South Conference of .604 and an average of more than 16 wins a year. TOTAL Improving that winning percentage will be tough. In addi­ 244-160 .604 tion to the 16 conference games, the Blazers play Division I Florida State on the road and talented intrastate Division II schools Columbus and Albany State home and home. There are no breathers. DOMINEY THUMBNAIL “ The Gulf South Conference is as tough a Division II Born: Sept. 10, 1944 (age 42) league as there is in the country,” he said. “ We have 16 of Hometown: Vienna, Ga. our 26 regular season games against teams in our conference. Education: Vienna High School; Norman Park Junior College (AA degree, 1964) The league has great balance from top to bottom. Everybody Oglethorpe University (BS Ed. degree, 1966) is tough at home, and the teams which are successful are the Middle Tennessee State University (MEd. degree, 1967) ones who can win on the road. Coaching Experience: Middle Tennessee State, graduate assistant 1967; Dykes High School, Atlanta, head coach, 1968; “ I don’t know if we can win the league title or not, but Valdosta State College, assistant coach, 1969-71; head coach, I’ll be very disappointed if we don’t have a lot to say about 1972, present. who does win it.” Religious Affiliation: Baptist Family: Wife, Monica; two children, Leigh, 17, Andrea, 15. 4 lege and was a guard on ASSISTANT the 1977 and 1978 teams COACH at Auburn University at Montgomery, where he RICK STUKES received a degree in . physical education. He was on high school Rick Stukes is beginning his first season as the staffs at Central of Mon­ top assistant coach at Valdosta State, and the tgomery and T. R. Miller 31-year-old Decatur, Alabama native has already in Brewton, Ala., before made a positive impact on the Blazer program. going to North Alabama He was head coach James Dominey’s first to work on his master’s choice when the assistant’s job came open last degree, which he earned spring, and Dominey is confident Stukes will be in 1981. He was the top a great help to the basketball program, especially assistant at Columbus for two seasons before go­ in the all-important area of recruiting. ing to Louisiana State as a physical education in­ “Rick’s primary responsibility will be in the structor in 1984. Last season he was an assistant recruiting area,” Dominey said. “ Recruiting re­ coach at Georgia Southern. quires a great deal of time. Rick has the reputa­ “ Rick is an experienced recruiter who has been tion of doing a thorough job of evaluating talent involved with recruiting on the Division I and II and spending the time and energy necessary to get levels,” Dominey said. “ He is also a very likeable the job done.” individual, who has impressed the players and our As a player, Stukes was a member of two state fans. I’m very happy to have him as my top aide.” playoff squads at Alabama Christian Junior col­ Stukes is single.

SUPPORT STAFF

L EE G R E E N KERRY WILDES JIM RU D D Asst. Coach Graduate Assistant Head Trainer

DAVE ZAMMIT MIKE PATRICK G R E G C O O P LARRY LAMPERT Basketball Trainer M anager Public Address Equipment, Video 5 OUTLOOK

With three starters returning and a solid recruiting year behind them, Valdosta State’s Blazers are looking forward to the 1986-87 campaign. GSC Pre-Season All-Conference Team Coach James Dominey, beginning his 16th season at VSC, 1. Marlon Jones, Valdosta State expects his troops to make a run at the Gulf South Con­ 2. Leon Jones, Valdosta State ference championship. Opposing coaches feel the same way 3. Tamp Harris, North Alabama — ranking the Blazers second in the pre-season conference coaches poll. One reason for the high expectations is the 4. Gerald Glass, Delta State return of 6-6 senior forward Leon Jones, who led the team 5. Anthony Barger, West Georgia in scoring and rebounding last year. Another reason is the return of another Jones, 6-2 senior GSC Pre-Season Basketball Poll guard Marlon Jones, who missed last season when he broke 1. Troy State his foot in the Blazers’ first game. The Jones’ boys have 2. Valdosta State been named to the all-GSC team a total of five times, three for Marlon and twice for Leon. Both have scored more than 3. North Alabama 1000 points in their VSC careers. The two have been selected 4. Jacksonville State to this year’s pre-season all-GSC squad. 5. UT-Martin The third returning starter is 6-5 sophomore Willie 6. West Georgia Walton, who turned in a solid freshman season a year ago, averaging 10.2 points and 6.1 rebounds a game. Dominey 7. Delta State called Walton’s rookie campaign “ statistically, the best 8. Livingston overall freshman performance we’ve had in several years.” 9. Other returning lettermen at 6-6 seniors Walt Webb and Anthony Bryant. Webb has scored more than 450 points in his career, averaging 5.8 points a game last year. Through Mike Brown is an exciting 5-8 point guard from Buchholz a rigorous weightlifting program, the 180 lb. forward has High School in Gainesville, Fla. Dominey feels Brown added some strength and power to his game and is expected should be able to run the offense as a freshman and could to contribute greatly to this year’s success. Bryant, a junior develop into one of the better point guards in the conference. college transfer last season, saw limited playing time. He Sharing the playmaking duties with Brown will be Mike is expected to see more action this year, providing depth to Oxford, a 5-10 freshman with outstanding shooting ability the Blazers’ front line. from the three-point range. He is another in the long line Dominey expects the returnees to provide some valuable of VSC players from Terrell County High School (Dawson) leadership. “ Having three starters who have been through which includes former All-Americans Willie Oxford (Mike’s a tough Gulf South Conference schedule should give us an uncle) and Eddie Brown. advantage. I’m hoping these players will play with a great The fourth freshman is Mark Wienbarg, a 6-7 forward deal of confidence both early in the season and in the con­ out of Fletcher High School in Jacksonville, Fla. He is a ference race.” good shooter from the 15-20 foot range, but will probably With only five returning lettermen, Dominey is counting see most of his playing time under the basket where the on this year’s newcomers to contribute right away. The Blazers could be lacking in depth. strong cast of signees includes one junior college transfer The 26-game schedule features two tournaments before and four freshmen. Dominey describes this as “ one of our the new year, a meeting with Division I Florida State in better recruiting years in regard to talent.” Tallahassee in December, and of course the rough and tum­ “Since we need some immediate contributions from our ble 16-game GSC schedule beginning in January. The newcomers, we were hoping to sign a few more players with Blazers must play 15 of the 26 regular season games on the junior college experience. Our freshmen are very talented, road. but it might be too much to ask of them to contribute dur­ Coach Dominey knows the importance of the 11 games ing the early part of the season.” played at home. “ We lost only two home games last year, The juco transfer is Bruce Patton-Roark of Fort Myers, but that made a big difference in our season. Had we won Fla., who averaged 16 points a game at DeKalb South Com­ those two games, we would have hosted the first round of munity College two years ago. The 6-5 forward has a great the conference tournament. As it was, we didn’t qualify for shooting touch from the three-point range, and could see the post-season tournament at all. This year, we must win some playing time at the shooting guard position. all of our home games.” Terry Swinson, a 6-2 guard who led Clinch County The Gulf South Conference has had five different cham­ (Homerville) to an undefeated regular season last year, heads pions in the past five years. “ That group does not include a talented group of freshmen. He’s a good scorer, plays very Valdosta State” says Dominey, “ and this could be our solid defense, and has extraordinary leaping ability. year.”

6 M5C FINAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS

RECORD: W-15 L-12 GSC RECORD: W-8 L-8 (HOME 9-2: AWAY 3-9: NEUTRAL 3-1) NCAA I: 1-2; NCAA II: 11-10; NCAA III: 0-0; NAIA: 3-0

NAME G 3P FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT REB AVG PTS AVG A TO BLK S MIN

L. Jones 25 0 144-231 .623 120-174 .690 222 8.9 408 16.3 9 66 10 15 806 Conley 27 31 154-290 .531 56-72 .778 59 2.2 395 14.6 102 70 4 32 808 Parker 27 0 138-235 .587 65-85 .765 141 5.2 341 12.6 6 48 14 8 609

M. Jones 2 1 10-17 .588 3-4 .750 1 0.5 24 12.0 0 1 0 3 24 Walton 27 0 99-168 .589 77-108 .713 166 6.1 275 10.2 27 45 12 34 782 Collins 25 4 66-148 .446 53-74 .716 47 1.9 189 7.6 11 36 5 10 356

Binn 27 2 72-156 .462 39-58 .672 55 2.0 185 6.9 87 67 0 36 790 Webb 27 3 58-125 .464 38-51 .745 90 3.3 157 5.8 21 35 5 14 441 Jessie 6 0 7-13 .538 7-10 .700 2 0.3 21 3.5 1 4 0 0 25

Latson 26 0 32-65 .492 19-44 .432 29 1.1 83 3.2 53 62 2 29 508 Bryant 22 0 23-45 .511 10-19 .526 52 2.4 55 2.5 5 12 3 1 227 Mitchell 17 3 11-34 .324 14-18 .778 8 0.5 39 2.3 17 14 0 2 149

Team Rebounds...... 99 Deadball Rebounds : VSC 61 Opponents 56 v s c 27 44 814-1527 .533 501-717 .699 971 36.0 2172 80.4 339 460 55 184 5525 OPP: 27 74 809-1773 .456 393-545 .721 957 35.4 2085 77.2 261 377 88 217 5525

INDIVIDUAL HIGH MARKS: TEAM HIGH MARKS: Points — 33, Conley vs. UT-Martin Points — 135 vs. Edward Waters* FGA — 19, two players tied FGA — 89 vs. Edward Waters FT — 11, Conley vs. Columbus, UT-Martin FG — 53 vs. Edward Waters FTA — 14, L. Jones vs. Delta State FTA — 40 vs. Georgia State FT — 11, L. Jones vs. Troy State, Delta St. FT — 29 vs. Troy State Rebounds — 14, two players tied Rebounds — 52 vs. Edward Waters Assists — 10, Binn vs. UT-Martin Assists — 21 vs. two teams Turnovers — 7, two players tied Turnovers — 27 vs. Troy State Steals — 5, Conley vs. UT-Martin Steals — 17 vs Edward Waters * New record RESULTS: 135, Edward Waters 79 (400) H 70, Mississippi Col 50* (600) H 70, Southern Tech 59 (700) H 90, Troy State 87* 3 ot (2000) A 67, Georgia Southwestern 66 (1000) N 79, Livingston 70* (1000) H 69, Columbus 66 (1000) N 55, ALBANY STATE 59 (300) A 99, GEORGIA STATE 103 ot (500) A 90, WEST GEORGIA 99* (1000) H 70, BOSTON COLLEGE 95 (1000) N 77, Delta State 72* (750) H 55, Central Florida 46 (1500) A 87, MISSISSIPPI COL 98* (550) A 83, Columbus 63 (200) N 68, LIVINGSTON 70* (1000) A 50, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 51 (300) A 108, UT-Martin 95* (1000) H 77, JACKSONVILLE STATE 79* ot (2500) A 80, JACKSONVILLE STATE 84* (1000) H 74, NORTH ALABAMA 81* (1500) A 90, Troy State 80* (1100) H 89, Albany State 82 (900) H 71, DELTA STATE 82* (2500) A 78, West Georgia 71* (2550) A 79, UT-MARTIN 105* (4000) A 113, North Alabama 93* (1100) H * Gulf South Conference Games 7 LEON JONES

Senior 6’6” 220 lbs. 32 Forward Watkinsville, GA Team’s Most Valuable Player for the past two seasons...member of VSC’s 1000-point club...named to All-Conference team each of the past two seasons...led team in scoring last season...led team in rebounding and field goal percentage the past two seasons...has the best career FGVo in VSC history...grabbed 14 rebounds, made 10 of 12 from the floor, while scoring 25 points against Troy State last year...selected to this year’s pre-season All-Conference team...scored in double figures in 19 of 25 games. Dominey’s Comments: “Every good thing has been said about Leon and they’re all true. He is what Valdosta State basketball is all about He gives max­ imum effort. He’s a physical player who excels at re­ bounding. Leon is liked and respected by everyone who knows him. His teammates unanimously voted him captain. He is easily one of the best to ever play at Valdosta State and deserves a championship senior season.” CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB AVG PTS AVG A TO BLK s 1983-84 27 83-138 .601 59-95 .621 174 6.4 225 8.3 12 45 5 15 1984-85 27 151-267 .566 111-165 .673 259 9.6 413 15.3 7 69 4 28 1985-86 25 144-231 .623 120-174 .690 222 8.9 408 16.3 9 66 10 15 Totals ,79 378-636 .594 290-434 .668 655 8.3 1046 13.2 28 180 19 58

MARLON JONES

Senior 6’2” 180 lbs. Guard Gainesville, FL Redshirted last season due to broken foot...member of All-Conference in each of his first three seasons...named to this year’s pre-season All- Conference team...led team in scoring during sophomore and junior years...member of VSC’s 1000-point club...7th all-time leading scorer at VSC. Dominey’s Comments: “ Being the only experienced guard indicates how valuable Marlon is to the success of the team. Having to sit out last season with an in­ jury should make him even more anxious to excel as a senior. He’s an explosive offensive player. A great senior season would establish Marlon as one of the best to ever play at VSC.” CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB AVG PTS AVG A TO BLK S 1982-83 29 199-396 .503 58-73 .795 100 3.4 456 15.7 42 46 8 24 1983-84 27 218-457 .447 57-80 .713 82 3.0 493 18.3 61 58 6 42 1984-85 27 182-410 .444 66-91 .725 119 4.4 430 15.9 45 40 6 55 1985-86 2 10-17 .588 3-4 .750 1 0.5 24 12.0 0 1 0 3 Totals 85 609-1280 .476 184-248 .742 302 3.6 1403 16.5 148 145 20 124 8 WILLIE WALTON

Sophomore 6’5” 225 lbs. 33 Forward Largo, FL Played in every game last year as a freshman.. .chosen to All-Tournament team in both pre-season tour­ naments last year...ranked 1st among this year’s returnees in assists, blocked shots, and steals last season...Co-MVP at Largo H.S. during senior year on a team that went 23-5...led the Pinellas County Conference in rebounding that season with an average of 14.4 per game...named to All-County team during senior year. Dominey’s Comments: “ Willie had an outstanding freshman season. The normal improvement from freshman to sophomore should elevate him to another level of play. He’s a confident player who has the physical tools to bang inside. Willie could have an excellent sophomore season.” CAREER STATS Year______G FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB AVG PTS AVG A TO BLK S 1985-86 27 99-168 .568 77-108 .713 166 6.1 275 10.2 27 45 12 34

WALT WEBB

Senior 6’6” 180 lbs. Forward Elberton, GA Has played in every game each of the last two seasons...went 9 for 11 from the floor and 5 for 5 from the free throw line to score 25 points vs. Jacksonville State last year...grabbed 14 rebounds vs. Edward Waters last season...MVP at Elbert County H.S. during senior year and led team to a 22-0 regular season...chosen to All-Athens Area team as senior in high school. Dominey’s Comments: “ Walt shows early signs of reaching for something special as a senior. He con­ tinually adds size and strength through a weight pro­ gram. Walt is a versatile player who can be effec­ tive around the basket and on the perimeter. Walt is tremendously liked and respected by teammates and coaches.” CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB AVG PTS AVG A TO BLK S 1983- 84 25 34-78 .436 12-18 .667 42 1.8 80 3.3 10 16 1 8 1984- 85 27 93-196 .474 44-63 .698 122 4.5 230 8.5 30 66 8 20 1985- 86_____ 27 58-125 .464 38-51 .745 90 3.3 157 5.8 21 35 5 14 Totals 79 185-399 .464 94-132 .712 254 3.2 467 5.9 61 H7 14 42 9 THE PLAYERS

ANTHONY O A TERRY BRYANT O U BRUCE 1 1 SWINSON CLASS Senior PATTON-ROARK CLASS Freshman HEIGHT 6-6 HEIGHT 6-2 WEIGHT . 175 CLASS Junior WEIGHT 175 POSITION Forward HEIGHT 6-5 POSITION Guard HOMETOWN Pahokee, FL WEIGHT 200 HOMETOWN Homerville, GA POSITION Forward Named Player of the Year in the Nicknamed “ Clyde” ...saw limited HOMETOWN Ft. Myers, FL Valdosta area...selected to the All- playing time in his first year after State team for all classifica­ transferring from Cisco (TX) Junior Junior college transfer from DeKalb tions...chosen to play in the Georgia College. South Community College...averaged 16 points and 7 rebounds per game on North-South All-Star game...named Dominey’s Comments a team that went 33-3 two seasons Player of the Year in the Waycross area...MVP at Clinch County H.S. in “ Clyde has the experience and ability ago...named Honorable Mention on Basketball Weekly’s Junior College both junior and senior years... to add much-needed depth. He should All-American team...originally signed averaged 21 points and 13.5 rebounds see more playing time than last season. with University of South Florida to lead Clinch Co. to a 27-1 record last An 85” arm span should make him ef­ before transferring to DeKalb South. season. fective on the boards and on defense. He’s one of those nice guys who is easy to like.” Dominey’s Comments Dominey’s Comments “Pure shooter. Bruce is made to order Career Stats “Terry is an outstanding athlete with for long range three-point baskets. He tremendous leaping ability and good did not play basketball last season, so Year G FG-FGA PCT quickness. He should make us must he should show rapid improvement 1985-86 22 23-45 .511 more effectively defensively. He has during this adjustment period of play­ the necessary ability to be a great FT-FTA PCT. REB AVG ing again. He is expected to push for player at Valdosta State. Terry must a starting position.” 10-19 .526 52 2.4 play a major role on this team for us to seriously think about winning big.” PTS AVG A TO BLK 55 2.5 5 12 3

10 THE PLAYERS

MARK MIKE MIKE WIENBARG OXFORD 11 BROWN CLASS Freshman CLASS Freshman CLASS Freshman HEIGHT 6-7 HEIGHT 5-10 HEIGHT 5-8 WEIGHT 180 WEIGHT 150 WEIGHT 170 POSITION Forward POSITION Guard POSITION Guard HOMETOWN Jacksonville, FL HOMETOWN Dawson, GA HOMETOWN Gainesville, FL

Averaged 16 points per game as a Chosen Most Valuable Player for Ter­ Named captain and Most Valuable senior last year for Fletcher H.S....had rell Co. High School as a junior and Player during senior year at Buchholz 45 blocked shots...averaged 9.3 re­ as a senior...averaged 20 points per H.S....led team in scoring (18.6 per bounds per game...tallest member on game during senior season...named game), assists (9 per game) and steals the squad...perform s very well MVP in prestigious 1985 Kentucky (4 per game)...selected to All-County academically. Fried Chicken Invitational tournament team and was runner-up for MVP in in Albany, GA...nephew of former the Gainesville area. VSC standout Willie Oxford. Dominey’s Comments Dominey’s Comments Dominey’s Comments “Mark has the talent to be an outstan­ Mike has been an early surprise. He “ Mike was recruited to play as a ding player. He’s an excellent shooter has a quiet but effective approach to freshman and he has not disappointed and a great leaper. Establishing a win­ the game. Mike takes pride in his game anyone. He’s an exciting player who is ning playing pace and developing as all VSC players from Terrell Coun­ capable of doing everything required physically should bring tremendous ty have done in the past. He is decep­ of a point guard. He thoroughly enjoys improvement to his game. Mark has an tively quick, could start, and will playing.” excellent attitude and “ fits” the pro­ definitely get considerable playing gram at Valdosta State extremely time.” well.”

11 BLAZER OPPONENTS

Location: Albany, GA 1985-86 Record: Nickname: Golden Rams Series with VSC: 7-6, VSC Enrollment: 1953 SID: ALBANY STATE Affiliation: NCAA II Phone: (912) 439-4671 Conference: SIAC Head Coach: Oliver Jones COLLEGE Athletic Director: Dr. W. A. Campbell Jr. Phone: (912) 439-4654 Athletic Phone: (912) 439-4754 Record at ASC: Fieldhouse: Sanford Hall (2000) First Meeting: 70-68, VSC Colors: Blue, old gold Last Meeting: 59-55, ASC

Location: Columbus, GA 1985-86 Record: 15-12 Nickname: Cougars Series with VSC: 29-14, VSC Enrollment: 3900 SID: Ellwood Moyer COLUMBUS Affiliation: NCAA II Phone: (404) 568-2446 Conference: Independent Head Coach: Herbert Greene COLLEGE Athletic Director: Herbert Greene Phone: (404) 568-2204 Athletic Phone: (404) 568-2204 Record at CC: 97-41 (5 years) Fieldhouse: W oodruff Gym First Meeting: 84-74, VSC Colors: Red, white, blue Last Meeting: 83-63, VSC

Location: Cleveland, MS 1985-86: 23-8, 11-5 Nickname: Statesmen Series with VSC: 4-4 Enrollment: 3600 SID: Jody Correro DELTA STATE Affiliation: NCAA II Phone: (601) 846-4677 Conference: Gulf South Head Coach: Steve Rives UNIVERSITY Athletic Director: Dr. Brad Hovious Phone: (601) 846-4461 Athletic Phone: (601) 846-4300 Record at DSU: First year Fieldhouse: W alter Sillers (4000) First Meeting: 91-83, VSC Colors: Green, white Last Meeting: 82-71, DSU

Location: Tallahassee, FL 1985-86 Record: 12-17 Nickname: Seminoles Series with VSC: 14-0, FSU Enrollment: 22,000 SID: Wayne Hogan FLORIDA STATE Affiliation: NCAA I Phone: (904) 644-1060 Conference: Metro Head Coach: Pat Kennedy UNIVERSITY Athletic Director: C. W. Ingram Phone (904) 644-1060 Athletic Phone: (904) 644-1060 Record at FSU: First year Fieldhouse: Leon Co. Civic Center (12,500) First Meeting: 86-66, FSU Colors: Garnet, Gold Last Meeting: 106-61, FSU

Location: Jacksonville, AL 1985-86 Record: 19-8, 10-6 Nickname: Gamecocks Series with VSC: 11-4, JSU Enrollment: 7000 SID: Mike Galloway JACKSONVILLE STATE Affiliation: NCAA II Phone: (205) 231-5377 Conference: Gulf South Head Coach: Bill E. Jones UNIVERSITY Athletic Director: Jerry Cole Phone: (205) 232-5535 Athletic Phone: (205) 231-5365 Record at JSU: 232-100 (12 years) Fieldhouse: Mathews Coliseum (5500) First Meeting: 82-71, JSU Colors: Red, white Last Meeting: 84-80, JSU

Location: Marietta, GA 1985-86 Record: 7-21 Nickname: Fighting Owls Series with VSC: First meeting Enrollment: 7000 SID: Bret Campbell KENNESAW Affiliation: NAIA Phone: (404) 429-2984 Conference: GIAC Head Coach: Phil Zenoni COLLEGE Athletic Director: James “Spec” Landrum Phone: (404) 429-2984 Athletic Phone: (404) 429-2984 Record at KC: 7-21 (1 year) Fieldhouse: College Gym Colors: Black, gold First Meeting

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Location: Livingston, AL 1985-86 Record: 9-18, 3-13 Nickname: Tigers Series with VSC: 5-5 Enrollment: 1600 SID: Dee Outlaw LIVINGSTON Affiliation: NCAA II Phone: (205) 652-2661 Conference: Gulf South Head Coach: Rick Reedy UNIVERSITY Athletic Director: Jim Pate Phone: (205) 652-9661 Athletic Phone: (205) 652-9661 Record at LU: 17-37 (2 years) Fieldhouse: Pruitt Hall (1500) First Meeting: 96-88, LU Colors: Red, white Last Meeting: 70-68, LU

Location: Clinton, MS 1985-86 Record: 10-18, 4-12 Nickname: Choctaws Series with VSC: 5-3, MC Enrollment: 3600 SID: Norman Gough MISSISSIPPI Affiliation: NCAA II Phone: (601) 925-3239 Conference: Gulf South Head Coach: Dr. Doug Hines COLLEGE Athletic Director: John Williams Phone: (601) 925-3341 Athletic Phone: (601) 925-3341 Record at MC: 128-142 (12 years) Fieldhouse: A. E. Wood Coliseum (3500) First Meeting: 97-73, VSC Colors: Old gold, blue Last Meeting: 98-87, MC

Location: Florence, AL 1985-86 Record: 18-9, 9-7 Nickname: Lions Series with VSC: 6-5, UNA Enrollment: 5200 SID: Jeff Hodges UNIVERSITY OF Affiliation: NCAA II Phone: (205) 760-4595 Conference: Gulf South Head Coach: Bill L. Jones NORTH ALABAMA Athletic Dir.: Bill L. Jones and Wayne Grubb Phone: (205) 760-4396 Athletic Phone: (205) 760-4396 Record at UNA: 224-117 (12 years) Fieldhouse: Flowers Hall (4000) First Meeting: 110-101, UNA Colors: Purple, gold Last Meeting: 113-93, VSC

Location: Martin, TN 1985-86 Record: 18-10, 9-7 Nickname: Pacers Series with VSC: 6-3, UT-M Enrollment: 4300 SID: Lee Wilmot UNIV. OF TENN. Affiliation: NCAA II Phone: (901) 587-7630 Conference: Gulf South Head Coach: Tom Hancock A T MARTIN Athletic Director: Ray Mears Phone: (901) 587-7660 Athletic Phone: (901) 587-7660 Record at UT-M: 78-39 (4 years) Fieldhouse: Pacer Arena (7000) First Meeting: 98-84, UT-M Colors: Orange, blue, white Last Meeting: 105-79, UT-M

Location: Troy, AL 1985-86 Record: 14-13, 8-8 Nickname: Trojans Series with VSC: 9-7, TSU Enrollment: 3800 SID: Tom Ensey TROY STATE Affiliation: NCAA II Phone: (205) 566-3000 Conference: Gulf South Head Coach: Don Maestri UNIVERSITY Athletic Director: Robert E. Stewart Phoen: (205) 566-3000 Athletic Phone: (205) 566-3000 Record at TSU: 61-50, (4 years) Fieldhouse: Sartain Hall (3600) First Meeting: 80-55, TSU Colors: Cardinal, gray, black Last Meeting: 90-80, VSC

Location: Carrollton, GA 1985-86 Record: 21-8, 11-5 Nickname: Braves Series with VSC: 44-20, VSC Enrollment: 6100 SID: Dan Minish WEST GEORGIA Affiliation: NCAA II Phone: (404) 834-1465 Conference: Gulf South Head Coach: Roger Kaiser COLLEGE Athletic Director: Roger Kaiser Phone: (404) 834-4068 Athletic Phone: (404) 834-4068 Record at WGC: 326-130 (16 years) Fieldhouse: PE Building (3500) First Meeting: 92-80, VSC Colors: Red, blue Last Meeting: 99-90, WGC 13 ALL TIME STATISTICAL LEADERS

Team in a Single Game Individual in a Season Most Points Scored — 135 vs. Edward Waters, 1985* Most Points Scored — 742 by Eddie Brown, 1979. 132 vs. Armstrong State, 1979 Highest Scoring Average — 26.5 by Eddie Brown, 1979. Most Field Goals Scored — 57 vs. West Georgia, 1972 Most Field Goals Scored — 312 by Bobby Ritch 1966. GIAC championship game. Most Field Goals Attempted — 721 by Pete Smith, 1969. Most Free Throws Scored — 38 vs. Armstrong State, Most Free Throws Scored — 156 by Eddie Brown, 1980. 1979 Most Free Throws Attempted — 190 by Willie Oxford, 1971. Most Rebounds — 73 vs. Columbus College, 1975. Best Field Goal Percentage — .649 by Don Reason, 1974. Largest Combined Score 222 (VSC 132, Armstrong Best Free Throw Percentage — .862 by Bob Lamphier, State 90), 1979. 1967. Fewest Points Scored — 29 vs. Oglethorpe, 1960. Most Rebounds —- 407 by Bryan Phillips, 1967. Fewest Points Scored by Opponent — 32 by Shorter, Best Rebound Average — 13.7 by Pete Smith, 1969. 1964. Most Consecutive Free Throws — 30 by Tim Dominey, 1972. Largest Victory Margin — 73 vs. Bristol, 1980, VSC 116-43). Individual in a Career Largest Defeat Margin — 69 vs. Florida State, 1972, Most Points Scored — 2502 by Eddie Brown, 1977-81. (FSU, 134-65). Highest Scoring Average — 23.4 by Eddie Brown, 1977-81. Individual in a Single Game Most Field Goals Scored — 1009 by Eddie Brown, Most Points Scored — 46 by Eddie Brown vs. Arm­ 1977-81. strong State, 1979. Best Field Goals Percentage — .594 by Leon Jones, 1983-A (378-636). Most Field Goals — 20 by Bobby Ritch vs. Jackson­ ville, 1966. Most Free Throws Scored — 484 by Eddie Brown, 1977-81. Most Free Throws — 14 by Hansel Faulkner vs. Berry, Best Free Throw Percentage — .834 by Bob Lamphier, 1960; 14 by Bob Anderson vs. LaGrange, 1962; 14 by 1965-1968 (201-241). Willie Oxford vs. LaGrange, 1971. Most Games Played — 116 by Mike Terry, 1964-1968. Most Rebounds — 25 by Tiny Hodge vs. Madison, 1974 Most Games Started — 116 by Mike Terry, 1964-1968. Most Assists — 16 by Steve Cronic vs. Armstrong State, 1979. 2000 Point Club Name Games Points Avg. Years Team In a Season Eddie Brown 107 2502 23.4 1977-81 Most Points Scored...... 2591 in 1967 Highest Game Average...... 91.8 in 1979 1000 Point Club Most Field Goals Scored...... 1,006 in 1979 Name Games Points Avg. Years Most Field Goals Attempted...... 2,130 in 1968 Willie Oxford 104 1914 18.4 1969-73 Best Field Goal Percentage...... 534 in 1981 Ivey Hubbard 108 1783 16.5 1979-83 Most Free Throws Scored...... 599 in 1967 Bobbie Ritch 93 1684 18.1 1963-66 Mike Terry Best Free Throw Percentage...... 765 in 1962 116 1599 13.8 1964-68 Kenny Alston Best Rebound Average...... 47.3 in 1973 77 1446 18.8 1971-75 Marlon Jones 85 1403 16.5 1982-A Longest Winning Streak...... 16 games in 1962 Don Reason Longest Losing Streak...... 11 games in 1957 72 1393 19.3 1972-75 Ozzie Pierce 93 Most Times Scoring 100 Points...... 8 in 1979 1230 13.2 1976-80 Tim Dominey 72 1193 16.6 1970-73 Most Games W on...... 27 in 1967 Tommy Conley 104 1165 11.2 1982-86 Highest Winning Percentage...... 895 in 1962 (17-2) Mike Perry 77 1127 14.6 1961-64 * Three-point field goals included Leon Jones 79 1046 13.2 1983-A 14 SCORING LEADERS BY YEARS

Season Player Games Points Avg. Season Player Games Points Avg. 1985-86 Leon Jones 25 408 16.3 1960-61 Homer Chambliss 22 328 14.5 Tommy Conley 27 395 14.6 Doug Winters 22 311 14.1 1984-85 Marlon Jones 27 430 15.9 1959-60 Buck Ethridge 22 373 16.9 Leon Jones 27 413 15.3 Hansel Faulkner 18 260 14.4 1983-84 Marlon Jones 27 493 18.3 1958-59 Jerry Studdard 23 496 21.6 Lee Green 27 389 14.4 Buck Ethridge 22 330 15.0 1982-83 Ivey Hubbard 29 499 17.2 1957-58 Jerry Studdard 10 233 23.3 Marlon Jones 29 456 15.6 A1 Stevens 12 155 12.9 1981-82 Ivey Hubbard 26 575 22.1 1956-57 A. J. Jarvis 15 220 14.7 Ben Mackey 26 397 15.3 Doug Parrish 13 181 13.9 1955-56 Barney Purvis 10 211 21.1 1980-81 Eddie Brown 26 606 23.3 Gene Gray 10 127 12.7 Ivey Hubbard 26 506 19.5 1954-55 Bill Long 5 92 18.4 1979-80 Eddie Brown 27 694 25.7 Barney Purvis 5 84 16.8 Ozzie Pierce 27 399 14.8 1978-79 Eddie Brown 28 742 26.2 Overall Record Ozzie Pierce 28 455 16.3 Year Won Lost Pet. Coach 1977-78 Bruno Caldwell 22 445 20.2 1955 2 3 .400 Walter Cottingham Eddie Brown 26 460 17.7 1956 2 8 .200 Walter Cottingham 1976-77 Bruno Caldwell 28 515 18.4 1957 2 13 .133 Walter Cottingham Mark Patrick 28 484 17.8 1958 3 11 .214 Walter Cottingham 1959 11 9 .550 Gary Colson 1975-76 Jackie Manuel 28 458 16.4 1960 9 15 .375 Gary Colson Mark Patrick 26 408 15.7 1961 18 6 .750 Gary Colson 1974-75 Kenny Alston 22 542 24.6 1962 17 2 .895 Gary Colson Don Reason 27 475 17.6 1963 14 8 .636 Gary Colson 1964 15 6 .714 Gary Colson 1973-74 Don Reason 26 640 24.6 1965 16 4 .800 Gary Colson Tiny Hodge 26 364 14.0 1966 24 5 .828 Gary Colson 1972-73 Willie Oxford 23 440 19.1 1967 27 8 .771 Gary Colson Tim Dominey 23 450 18.0 1968 23 10 .697 Gary Colson 1969 18 11 .621 Jim Melvin 26 474 18.2 1971-72 Willie Oxford 1970 19 11 .633 Jim Melvin Tim Dominey 26 472 18.1 1971 15 10 .600 Jim Melvin 1970-71 Willie Oxford 25 499 19.9 1972 18 8 .692 James Dominey Tim Dominey 23 306 13.3 1973 17 8 .680 James Dominey 1969-70 Willie Oxford 30 505 16.8 1974 15 11 .577 James Dominey 15 12 .556 James Dominey Marty Lehmann 30 440 14.7 1975 1976 15 13 .536 James Dominey 1968-69 Pete Smith 29 702 24.2 1977 23 6 .793 James Dominey Jimmy Dorsett 29 405 13.9 1978 18 8 .692 James Dominey 1967-68 Mike Terry 33 571 17.3 1979 20 8 .714 James Dominey Bryan Phillips 33 370 14.5 1980 18 9 .667 James Dominey 1981 18 8 .692 James Dominey 1966-67 Bryan Phillips 35 492 14.1 1982 14 12 .538 James Dominey Mike Terry 35 438 12.5 1983 14 15 .483 James Dominey Bob Lamphier 31 389 12.5 1984 10 17 .370 James Dominey 1965-66 Bobby Ritch 29 732 25.2 1985 14 13 .519 James Dominey Letson Plant 27 342 18.2 1986 15 12 .556 James Dominey 1964-65 Bobby Ritch 20 364 18.2 Totals 479 300 .615 Letson Plant 20 266 13.3 1963-64 Bobby Ritch 23 421 18.3 Coaches Records Mike Perry 23 415 18.0 Coach Years Record Pet. 1962-63 Mike Perry 24 347 14.3 Walter Cottingham 1954-58 9-35 .204 Wally Summers 23 299 13.0 Gary Colson 1958-68 174-73 .704 1961-62 Doug Winters 21 330 15.7 Jim Melvin 1968-71 52-32 .619 Mike Perry 21 330 15.7 James Dominey 1971-86 244-160 .614 15 RECORD AGAINST OPPONENTS

Won Lost Won Lost Alabama-Huntsville...... 2 0 LaGrange...... 26 12 Alaska-Anchorage...... 1 1 Lincoln Christian (111) ...... 1 0 Albany State...... 7 6 Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.). . . . 1 0 Anderson (Ind.)...... 0 1 Livingston (Ala.)...... 5 5 Appalachian State...... 1 0 Macalester (Minn.)...... 1 0 Arkansas-Monticello...... 0 1 Madison (Va.)...... 1 0 Armstrong State...... 25 10 Mars Hill (N.C.)...... 1 0 Athens State (Ala.)...... 1 0 Memphis State...... 0 1 Auburn-Montgomery...... 1 3 Mercer...... 1 1 Augusta...... 16 9 Middle Tennessee State ...... 0 1 Augustana (111)...... 1 0 Millersville State (Pa.) . . . 1 0 Ball State ...... 1 0 Mississippi College...... 3 5 Baptists (S.C.)...... 6 0 Mississippi Valley State ...... 1 0 Berry...... 31 3 Montevallo (Ala.)...... 1 1 Bethune-Cookman (Fla)...... 1 0 Morris Brown...... Birmingham Southern (Ala.)...... 1 0 . . . 1 1 Biscayne (Fla.)...... 0 1 Mount Union (Ohio)...... 1 0 Boston College...... 0 1 Newberry (S.C.)...... 0 1 Bradley...... 0 1 New Orleans...... 0 1 Bristol (Tenn.)...... 1 0 North Alabama...... 5 6 Brockport State (N.Y)...... 1 0 North Georgia...... 15 9 Buffalo State...... 1 0 North Park (111.)...... 1 0 Capital (Ohio)...... 1 0 Oglethorpe...... 13 20 Central Florida...... 4 3 Oklahoma Baptist...... 0 1 Central Iowa...... 0 1 Oral Roberts...... 0 1 Central State (Ohio)...... 0 1 Palm Beach Atlantic...... 2 0 Clinch Valley (Va.)...... 1 0 Pembroke State (N.C.) ...... 0 1 College of Charleston (S.C.)...... 6 0 Pfeiffer (N.C.)...... 1 1 Columbus...... 29 14 Piedmont...... 29 9 Covenant (Tenn.)...... 1 0 Pikeville (Ky.)...... 0 1 Cumberland (Ky.)...... 1 1 Quincy (111.)...... 1 1 David Lipscomb...... 1 0 Quinnipiac (Conn.)...... 1 0 Delta State...... 4 4 Randolph-Macon (Va.) ...... 0 1 Drury (Mo.)...... 1 0 Rollins (Fla.)...... 4 1 Earlham (Ind.)...... 0 1 Eckerd (Fla.)...... 1 0 Roosevelt (111.)...... 1 0 Edward Waters (Fla.)...... 4 0 St. Bernard (Ala.)...... 2 0 Elizabeth City State (N.C.)...... 0 1 St. Leo (Fla.)...... 5 0 Emory & Henry (Va.)...... 2 0 Savannah State...... 1 2 Findlay (Ohio)...... 1 0 Shippensburg State (Pa.). . . . .2 0 Fisk (Tenn.)...... 1 0 Shorter...... 27 9 Flagler (Fla.)...... 4 0 Siena Heights (Mich.)...... 1 0 Florida...... 0 1 Southern Tech...... 12 1 Florida International...... 2 3 Southwest Missouri State. . . . .0 1 Florida Memorial...... 2 0 Stetson...... 0 1 Florida Southern...... 8 13 Tampa...... 6 10 Florida State...... 0 14 Taylor (Ind.)...... 1 0 Florida Tech...... 2 0 Tennessee Tech...... 2 1 Frederick (Va.)...... 1 1 Tennessee Wesleyan...... 1 1 Friendship (S.C.)...... 1 0 Tiffin (Ohio)...... 1 0 Georgetown (Ky.)...... 3 0 Troy State (Ala.)...... 7 9 Georgia...... 0 1 Tuskegee Institute (Ala.). . . . . 2 0 Georgia College...... 1 0 UNC-Charlotte ...... 1 0 Georgia Southern...... 8 21 UNC-Wilmington...... Georgia Southwestern...... 14 5 . . . 3 0 UT-Chattanooga ...... 1 Georgia State...... 14 2 . . . 2 Grace (Ind.)...... 1 0 UT-Martin...... 3 6 Greenville (111.)...... 1 0 Valparaiso (Ind.)...... 0 1 Guilford (N.C.)...... 1 1 Virgin Islands...... , . . 2 0 Hanover (Ind.)...... 1 1 West Florida...... 4 3 Hawthorne (Ind.)...... 1 0 West Georgia...... 44 20 Jacksonville...... 1 12 West Liberty State (W.Va.) . . 1 0 Jacksonville State (Ala)...... 4 11 Western Carolina...... 1 0 Kentucky State...... 1 1 Western Illinois...... 1 0 Kentucky Wesleyan...... 1 1 Westmar (Iowa)...... 1 0

16 GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE STATISTICS

GSC BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS Rebounds Average Season: 16.2 Learnest Martin, Troy State (471 in 29 games)...... 1971-72 Year School Conf. Final Coach Career: 13.3 - Coleman Crawford, North Alabama (625 in 47 games)...... 1973-75 1971-72 Delta State 19-8 Jack Waters 1972-73 SE Louisiana 12-2 21-7 E. W. Foy Assists 1973-74 Northwestern State 11-2 21-9 Tynes Hilderbrand Game: 19 - Sonny Charpentier, Nicholls State...... 1978-79 1974-75 Northwestern State (tie) 9-4 13-13 Tynes Hilderbrand Season: 275 - Sonny Charpentier, Nicholls State (28 games)...... 1978-79 Jacksonville State (tie) 9-4 19-6 Bill E. Jones Career: 737 - Sonny Charpentier, Nicholls State (84 games)...... 1975-79 1975-76 Nicholls State 11-2 22-4 Don Landry Assists Average 1976-77 North Alabama (tie) 11-5 22-6 Bill L. Jones Season: 10.2 - Sonny Charpentier, Nicholls State...... 1977-78 Troy State (tie) 11-5 15-14 Wes Bizilia Career: 8.8 - Sonny Charpentier, Nicholls State...... 1975-79 1977-78 Mississippi College 13-3 22-7 Doug Hines 1978-79 Nicholls State 15-1 21-7 Don Landry TEAM RECORDS 1979-80 Jacksonville State 9-3 20-5 Bill E. Jones Single Game 1980-81 North Alabama (tie) 9-3 22-9 Bill L. Jones Jacksonville State (tie) 9-3 22-8 Bill E. Jones Most Points 1981-82 Livingston 10-2 20-10 Ed Murphy One Team: 155 - Delta State vs Baptist Christian (155-49)...... r. 1982-83 1982-83 Tennessee-Martin 11-3 21-10 Tom Hancock Allowed: 134 - Troy State vs. Livingston (98-134)...... 1971-72 1983-84 North Alabama 10-4 27-7 Bill L. Jones Both Teams: 232 - Livingston vs. Troy State (134-98)...... 1971-72 1984-85 Jacksonville State 16-0 31-1 Bill E. Jones 1985-86 Delta State 11-5 23-8 Ed Murphy Fewest Points One Team: 11 - Delta State vs. UT-Martin (11-17)...... 1982-83 Both Teams: 28 - UT-Martin vs. Delta State (17-11)...... 1982-83 1985-86 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM Field Goals Made: 71 - Delta State vs. Baptist Christian (155-49)...... 1982-83 Kembrell Young, MC Carl Brown, DSU Tim Criswell, WGC James Burkley, DSU Attempted: 108 - Mississippi College (made 50) vs. LeTourneau (115-92) .. 1976-77 Sherman Rowe, WGC Keith McKeller, JSU Percentage: 78.0 Jacksonville State (32 of 41) vs. Livingston (94-76)...... 1980-81 Dennis Garrett, TSU Pat Williams, JSU Free Throw s Leon Jones, VSC Marcus Glass, UTM Made: 43 - North Alabama vs. Delta State...... 1982-83 Attempted: 60 - North Alabama vs. Delta State...... 1982-83 Percentage: 100.0 - Jacksonville State vs. Livingston (14-14)...... 1979-80 GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (min. 10 att.) 100.0 - Jacksonville State vs. Auburn-Montgomery (14-14) . . 1980-81 Points Scored Rebounds Game: 48 - Larry Wilson, Nicholls State...... 1978-79 85 - Northwestern State vs. SW Texas...... 1974-75 Season: 730 - Larry Wilson, Nicholls State...... 1978-79 Assists Career: 2,569 - Larry Wilson, Nicholls State...... 1975-79 26 - Delta State vs. North Alabama...... 1985-86 Points Average Season: 28.1 - Larry Wilson, Nichols State...... 1977-78 SEASON Career: 25.7 - Larry Wilson, Nicholls State...... 1975-79 Points Field Goals Attempted 2,774 - Jacksonville State (32 games)...... 1984-85 Game: 36 - Charles Jackson, Livingston vs. SE Louisiana (made 14).... 1972-73 Points Average Season: 568 - Larry Wilson, Nicholls State (made 312)...... 1978-79 Offense: 87.8 - Livingston (2,019 in 23 games)...... 1971-72 Career: 2,035 - Larry Wilson, Nicholls State (made 1, 059)...... 1975-79 Defense: 57.4 - UT-Martin (1,779 in 31 games)...... 1981-82 Field Goals Made Rebounds Game: 21 - Larry Wilson, Nicholls State...... 1978-79 1,443 - Jacksonville State (32 games)...... 1984-85 Season: 312 - Larry Wilson, Nicholls State (att. 568)...... 1978-79 Career: 1,059 - Larry Wilson, Nicholls State (att. 2,035)...... 1975-79 Field Goal Percentage 55.9 - North Alabama (841 of 1,505)...... 1983-84 Field Goal Percentage Game: (min. 10 attempts) Free Throw Percentage 100.0 - Gerald Glass, Delta State (13-13)...... 1985-86 75.3 - Mississippi College (302 of 401)...... 1975-76 Season: (min. 150 attempts) 75.0 - Maurice Stafford, North Alabama (198-264)...... 1983-84 Assists Career: (min. 400 attempts) 667 - Jacksonville State (32 games)...... 1984-85 66.6 - Maurice Stafford, North Alabama (379-569)...... 1982-84 Gam es Won Free Throws Made Consecutive: 31 - Jacksonville State (31-1)...... 1984-85 Consecutive: 33 - Todd Smyly, Jacksonville State ...... 1980-81 Most: 31 - Jacksonville State (31-1)...... 1984-85 Game: 19 - Otis Boddie, North Alabama (att.2 3 )...... 1977-78 Percentage: 96.9 - Jacksonville State (31-1)...... 1984-85 Season: 196 - Melvin Allen, Jacksonville State (att. 248)...... 1984-85 Gam es Lost Career: 463 - Melvin Allen,Jacksonville State (att. 595)...... 1982-85 Consecutive: 15 - Delta State (5-21)...... 1973-74 Free Throws Attempted Most 23 - Troy State (1-23)...... 1977-78 Game: 23 - Otis Boddie, North Alabama (made 19)...... 1977-78 Season: 248 - Melvin Allen, Jacksonville State (made 196)...... 1984-85 INTRACONFERENCE RECORDS Career: 595 - Melvin Allen, Jacksonville State (made 463)...... 1982-85 DSU JSU LU MC UNA UTM TSU VSC WGC Free Throw Percentage W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L Game: (min 15 atts.) 100.0-Randy Albright, Jacksonville State (16-16) . . 1980-81 Delta State 9-18 13-11 14-13 7-18 18-13 14-12 4-4 4-1 100.0 - Melvin Allen, Jacksonville State (16-16)...... 1983-84 Jacksonville State 18-9 18-11 18-6 20-12 20-9 23-7 9-2 3-2 Season: (min. 75 atts.) 90.1 - Randy Terry, Livingston (82-91)...... 1980-81 Livingston 11-13 11-18 11-15 11-18 16-12 9-19 3-5 1-3 Career: (min. 200 atts.) 83.5 - Larry Wilson, Nicholls State (451-540) . . . 1975-79 Mississippi College 13-14 6-18 15-11 9-14 15-13 12-11 5-3 1-3 North Alabama 18-7 12-20 18-11 14-9 16-12 19-10 4-5 2-2 Rebounds UT-Martin 13-18 9-20 12-16 13-15 12-16 14-13 6-3 2-2 Game: 41 - Learnest Martin, Troy State...... 1971-72 Troy State 12-14 7-23 19-9 11-12 10-19 13-14 2-7 2-2 Season: 471 - Learnest Martin, Troy State...... 1971-72 Valdosta State 4-4 2-9 5-3 3-5 5-4 3-6 7-2 3-1 Career: 1,318 - Marvin Sales, Troy State...... 1974-78 West Georgia 1-4 2-3 3-1 3-1 2-2 2-2 2-2 1-3

17 VALDOSTA STATE COLLEGE

Valdosta State College, which first VSC PRESIDENT opened its doors to students January 2, 1913 as the South Georgia State Normal College for young ladies, is a multi­ purpose unit of the University System of HUGH C. BAILEY Georgia. Valdosta State College has firmly established itself as The beautiful, south Georgia college of­ one of the state’s leading institutions of higher learning fers undergraduate degree work leading to since Dr. Hugh C. Bailey became the school’s sixth presi­ the Associate of Applied Science, the dent on July 1, 1978. Associate of Arts, the Bachelor of Arts in The 57-year-old Berry, Ala., native believes in 13 major programs, the Bachelor of academic excellence and athletic excellence and has add­ Science in 9 major programs, the Bachelor ed programs in both areas to further enhance the attrac­ of Science in Criminal Justice, the tiveness of Valdosta State to prospective students. In his Bachelor of Science in Nursing, the eight-year tenure, enrollment has increased more than any Bachelor of Science in Education in 7 ma­ other school outside metropolitan Atlanta as Valdosta jor programs, the Bachelor of Business State continues to serve an ever-increasing geographical area. Administration in 6 major programs, the Dr. Bailey considers athletics to be an integral part of the total picture of Valdosta State and stays completely informed concerning developments in the entire athletic pro­ Bachelor of Fine Arts in 5 major pro­ gram. He promoted the initiation of a football program at VSC five years ago, and grams, and the Bachelor of Music in 2 ma­ when it was overwhelmingly approved by student referendum he gave it his full support. jor programs. Dr. Bailey came to Valdosta State from Francis Marion College in Florence, S.C., Graduate degrees offered are in English, where he was vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college. He went to history and mathematics, the Master of Francis Marion from Samford University in Birmingham where he joined the faculty Science with majors in psychology and of the Department of History and Political Science in 1953. He was at Samford for sociology, the Master of Business Ad­ 22 years, the last five as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. ministration, Master of Public Ad­ He earned the A.B. degree from Samford in 1950 and his master’s and Ph.D. degrees ministration, Master of Science in Nurs­ from the University of Alabama in 1951 and 1954 respectively. He is a member of ing, the Master of Music Education, and numerous civic and professional organizations and has published more than 25 articles the Education Specialist in 9 major in various professional journals. He is also the author of six books. programs. Dr. Bailey is married to the former Ahleida Joan Seever of Mobile, Ala., and has New baccalaureate and graduate degree two daughters, Debra Jane, a freshman at the , and Laura Joan, programs are added from time to time to a junior at . meet the needs of the population served by the college. ASSOCIATE A special act of the Georgia Legislature ATHLETIC DIRECTOR established the institution of higher lear­ ning in 1906. It was not until 1911, however, that the state appropriated TOMMY THOMAS $30,000 for one building and equipment. The city of Valdosta, enthused over the The man in charge of every intercollegiate sport at idea of having a college in their city, gave Valdosta State except football is Tommy Thomas, who a campus of 60 acres and $50,000 in was named one of two associate director of athletics last money. In 1912, the future of the institu­ March. tion was assured when the Legislature Thomas, who has gained national recognition as one granted it adequate annual appropriation of the winningest college baseball coaches in the coun­ for maintenance. try, will continue that job in addition to overseeing eight In 1922, the school’s name was chang­ other men’s and women’s sports at the college. “ There’s no question this job presents many ed to Georgia State Womans College and challenges, and I look forward to meeting those a four-year program leading to the challenges,” Thomas said. “ I have always supported the total sports program at Valdosta bachelor’s degree was authorized. In 1950, State, and now I am trying to provide the kind of leadership which will take the pro­ the Board of Regents made the college gram forward.” coeducational and also changed the name Thomas, 45, is generally recognized as one of the top baseball coaches in the coun­ to Valdosta State College. try, no matter what level. He will begin the 1987 season with a career record of 698-314, a winning percentage of .690 over 19 years. Sixteen of his 19 teams havejeached post­ season play, and seven teams have made it to the national tournament with the 1979 team winning the national championship. It follows that Thomas has been the recipient of numerous individual awards and honors. Following the national title year, he was named National Coach of the Year for NCAA Division II by the American Baseball Coaches Association. On six occa­ sions he has been named the top coach in the south atlantic region. MSC Thomas, an outstanding player at Valdosta State with a .316 career batting average, received the BS degree from VSC in 1962 and the MST degree from Georgia Southern College in 1967. He is single. 18 M S C GAME INFORMATION

TIME OF GAME: All varsity home games begin at 7:30 PUBLICITY AND TICKETS: Send all requests to Steve p.m. EST. If a preliminary game is played, it will begin at Roberts, Director of Sports Information, Valdosta State 6 p.m. College, Valdosta, GA 31698. PLACE OF GAME: The new physical education com­ PLAYING COURT: The floor runs east and west with plex (capacity 5350) is located on the west end of the VSC dimensions of 94 by 50 feet. campus. Ample dressing room facilities are available for PLAYERS’ BENCHES: Benches are located on the south both teams. side of the court on either side of the scorer’s table. Visitors TEAM COLORS: Valdosta State wears white with red sit on the east side of the scorer’s table; VSC sits on the west numerals at home, and black with red numerals on the road. side. Home uniforms are trimmed in black. Road uniforms are trimmed in white. Players’ numbers are the same on both RADIO: A phone line is available for one visiting radio station. The line is free to Gulf South Conference members. uniforms. A $50 fee is charged non-conference radio visitors. TIMING AND SCORING: Official time is on the STATISTICS: Both teams will be supplied shooting and scoreboard clocks located in all four corners of the arena. rebound statistics at halftime of each game. Complete Valdosta State provides timer and scorer. There is room at the scorer’s table for the visitor’s timer and/or scorer The statistics, including box score, will be supplied to both teams, press, radio, television and scouts following the game. scorer’s table is located on the south side of the court at midcourt. PROGRAMS: A program containing complete rosters with numbers, name, position, height, class and hometown is available to fans at no charge. MEDICAL ATTENTION: Valdosta State’s trainer will be on hand for all games; a doctor will always be in attendance. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact Steve Roberts, Sports Information Director; James Dominey, Head Coach; Rick Stukes, Assistant Coach or Tommy Thomas, Athletic Director. VSC ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT’S PHONE NUM­ BER: (912) 333-5890. HOME PHONE NUMBERS: Steve Roberts, 244-6560; James Dominey, 242-0752; Rick Stukes, 333-0925.

MEMO TO THE MEDIA

Steve Roberts Sports Information Director All members of the Press are welcome to all Valdosta State College basketball games as guests of the VSC Athletic Department. If there is ever any information you need, please call me, Steve Roberts, Sports Information Director, at home. That number is (912) 244-6560. Leon Jones at Work 19 1986-1987 BLAZER SCHEDULE

NOVEMBER

23-24...... Sunday, Monday...... SOWEGA INVITATIONAL...... Albany, G A ...... T.B.A. (Georgia, Southwestern, Albany State, Ft. Valley St., VSC) 30...... Sunday...... Albany State...... Valdosta...... 2:00 p.m. % DECEMBE1R 15...... Monday...... Kennesaw...... Valdosta...... 7:30 p.m. 20...... Saturday...... Florida State...... Tallahassee, FL...... 7:30 p.m. 29-30...... Monday, Tuesday.... .COLUMBUS INVITATIONAL...... Columbus, GA...... T.B.A. (Columbus, Montevallo, Albany State, VSC)

JANUARY 3...... Saturday...... UT-Martin*...... Martin, TN ...... 7:30 p.m. 5...... Monday...... Delta State*...... Cleveland, MS...... 8:00 p.m. 8...... Thursday...... UT-Martin*...... Valdosta...... 8:00 p.m. 10...... Saturday...... Jacksonville State*...... Valdosta...... 8:00 p.m. 12...... Monday...... Troy State*...... Troy, AL...... 8:00 p.m. 15...... Thursday...... Livingston*...... Livingston, A L ...... 8:00 p.m. 17...... Saturday...... Mississippi College*...... Clinton, MS...... 7:30 p.m. 22...... Thursday...... West Georgia*...... Valdosta...... 8:00 p.m. 24...... Saturday...... Delta State*...... Valdosta...... 8:00 p.m. 26...... Monday...... Columbus...... Columbus, GA...... 7:30 p.m. 29...... Thursday...... Troy State*...... Valdosta...... 8:00 p.m. 31...... Saturday...... Livingston*...... Valdosta...... 8:00 p.m.

FEBRUARY 5...... Thursday...... West Georgia*...... Carrollton...... 7:30 p.m. 7...... Saturday...... Mississippi College*...... Valdosta...... 7:30 p.m. 9...... Monday...... North Alabama*...... Valdosta...... 8:00 p.m. 12...... Thursday...... Albany State...... Albany...... 7:30 p.m. 16...... Monday...... Columbus...... Valdosta...... 8:00 p.m. 19...... Thursday...... North Alabama*...... Florence, AL...... 8:00 p.m. 21...... Saturday...... Jacksonville State*...... Jacksonville, A L...... 8:00 p.m. 26...... Thursday...... GULF CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT#...... T.B.A...... T.B.A. * Gulf South Conference Games # GSC Tourney concludes on Saturday, Feb. 28; Top 4 teams make tourney field

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