Conference season promises excitement By Chronide Staff on South Carolina State isn't game) and is No. 2 in scoring (20.S to finish in the three, Basketball in the Mid-Eastern expected top ppg). Newcomer Juan Mason is also the Bulldogs are showing that they making his presence felt, averaging Athletic Conference figures to pro¬ shouldn't be counted out vide fans with of thrills and just ninerebounds a contest plenty because all of their *89 starters Delaware State has fire¬ excitement the time a ample by league completed their college careers last in Tom was champion is crowned in early power burly Davis, who March. spring. last season's MEAC Player Of The Coach Alexander's crew has In the Cy Year. Davis is scoring at a 17.8 early going, Coppin State, a lot of new faces, and are and South Carolina they pro¬ points a game clip and guard Morgan State, ducing early, as evidenced by their Emanuel Davis contributes State .500 ball or better (13 ppg) played 99-98 overtime win over Grambling as an outside shooter. against outside competition. of the SWAC. Delaware State and Florida A&M, Florida A&M has gotten off to a Travis Williams, a junior for¬ sluggish start. The Rattlers have two teams picked to finish high in ward has started the season with a Chess Is Bad! Check It Out! the in the been inconsistent. But they can't standings pre-season rush. Williams, who was the MVP fault the of Giles have off to a slow start. play guard Terry the of chess. He'll learn polls, gotten in the '89 MEAC Tournament, leads who many consider to be Wednesday nights, But as for the top three, things (14.5 ppg) best to out is what makes an the league in rebounding (11.3 a a top-shelf defensive ace. Willie Booker, FAMU coach place hang exciting aren't going badly at all -- and this at the Salvation Army game . the strategy ana is especially true of Coppin, a team Club. The And ne can that has a solid chance to Boys' Chess competition. capture meets at use these skills in other the conference regular season and Basketball Club there 6:30 tournament championships. Standings p.m. It's for anyone areas of his lift, too. The Eagles made headlines who's a member of the These games are super- recently when they upset Maryland, Conf. Overall vised cness 70-63. In addition, has State Boys' Club and is will- by adult Coppin Coppin 0-0 5-3 If son defeated Creighton (66-60) and Morgan State .-0 3-3 ing to work hard at de- players. your barely lost to Ball State (66-61) his brain needs a ride, it can be South Carolina State 0-0 3-3 .. veloping power after falling behind by 22 points in Maryland-Eastern Shore 0-0 3-4 and can commit to regu- arranged, the first half. Last season, Ball State lar So if son is won Delaware State 0-0 2-3 Wednesday night your willing 29 games. , ^ to Coppin has benefitted from play¬ Howard University 0-0 2-5 classes. make the commit- tenacious defense. have Bethune-Cookman 0-0 1 -4 , T. . ment, the coaching is ing They If you want your son to I held opponents to 68.9 ppg and 41.8 F4oridaA&M 0-0 1-5 _ free. All that is needed is be let us in- percent shooting from the field. North Carolina A&T 0-0 1 -5 . challenged, a Boys' Club member- Offensively, they shoot 46.5 percent troduce him to the game ship and determination. from the field. Incidentally, the Eagles lead the league in those three "Check out this opportunity". categories. Call Bradley Mack at 727-7387. Coppin brings an excellent brend of speed, power and finesse to the wmmmm.mmm.mmmm court. Guard Reggie Issac (21.4 ppg), Larry Stewart (15.8.ppg) and Phil Booth (11.5 ppg) rank among the MEAC scoring leaders. Stewart, by the way/averages 9.9 rebounds a GM'sHOT IN DECEMBER. contest and is the best field goal percentage shooter in the confer¬ ence (61.1 percent). Point guard Larry Yarbray is at the head of the MEAC class in assists, dishing out COME FEELTHE HEAL 6.3 a night. Morgan has been up and down in the early going. But the Bears are Red-hotdeals at every GMDivision .- expected to be in the thick of the .ace by the time the dust finally set- Lies. Damone Williams (16.8 ppg) and James McCoy (13 ppg) carry CHEVROLET the brunt of the offense for MSU. While defending league champi- "TheLast GreatDeals ofthe Decade" Wrestling From Page C1 PONTIAC! in just being good. His desire is that The Rarias become top-notch "All-OutExcitement Close-Out" all the way.tFor tliat reason, the coach has decided that his squad will undergo more rigorous twin¬ ing when they return from Christ¬ mas vacation next week. Going back to the basics, he explained, OLDSMOBILE is one method that can assure that his team will be fit physically and "NewGeneration Sell-A-Bration" mentally for an eight-week string of mat action that will start .on Jan. 9 when the Rams host Wilkes Community College in a dual match at the C.E. Gaines1 Center. BUICK "We're going to go through a series of two-a-day workouts," "Buick's GreatAmerican QualityDays" Fair said. "This will help the team to refocus on our objectives. I feel that (as we got into the December f&ii .' \ \ -*<¦ part of the schedule), we may .V- v' have looked at our credentials too much and stopped doing the CADILLAC things that helped us get where we are new. It's really a matter of The Terms, working harder than anybody else LuxuryofSpecialMonthly if you want to be better than any¬ Cadillac body else.". Style» For Rams matsmen, early January will closely resemble pre¬ season work-outs. 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