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Show I WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, OCTOBER 16, 1980 Basketball Workouts Begins, Remodeling Year For Wildcats Pre-Seas- e Escandon is the second leading assist leader and third leading scorer for St. John's averaging 18 points and 7.5 assists last year. Flageolle was considered the sleeper of the year" in Colorado by one scouting service, after averaging 17 points and 13 rebounds a game for Denver North High, leading them to their first tournament berth in ten years, but may be a year away from his potential. WE HANE probably the toughest schedule weve had since I've been here, and thats KENT SMITH, out of Vin- cennes Jr. College, was on coached by former Wildcat basketball great, Dan Sparks. Kent averaged 17 points and nine rebounds a game last season as a sophomore. He is lightning quick and is a pure shooter, especially off the run. Richard Escandon (6-and Carl Flageolle are both ) freshmen this season at Weber State. ESCANDON WAS the point guard and the plavmaker for powerful St. Johns Bosco High in Lakewood, Calif. e (6-9- By KEITH DUNCAN sophomore i build and his shooting ability will remind Wildcat fans a lot of David Johnson. DOUG HARRIS (6-from W enatchee Valley JC in Maybe the winning pamor-am- a that has been so characteristic of Weber State basketball teams has finally rubbed off on the football team. Whatever it is, it is working. ts Washington, comes to Weber State with some impressive credientials. He averaged 22 points and nine rebounds a game, leading his team to the state junior college champion ba- ship. He has strong body lance and is extremely tough under the basket. was the Lewis Griffin (6-leading scorer in his junior college league last season, aver aging 26.8 points per game for Sheridan JC in Wyoming. Lewis has enough ballhandling the point guard position as well and is a great jumper. skills to play saying a lot after last season." McCarthy said. "We have Penn, St. Johns, Rhode Island. Utah and Utah State on the road, plus Utah State, Brigham Young and Long Beach State at home, so our preseason schedule should really get us ready for the con ference play. We may have better ovei all speed and quickness on tlm year's team, but it will be a matter of putting the right five players on the Door and that s what practice i. for." n ! mu WITH ALL the winning excitement that has enveloped this years Wildcat gridiron team, fans may have to divide some attention to the basket-bal- l workouts that begin this week for the 1980-8Weber State basketball team. For the first time in three 1 v; seasons, the roster shows many new and unfamiliar faces. Gone are four starters and a top reserve from last team year's that 26-won the school's third straight Big Sky Conference title and made its third straight appearance in the NCAA playoffs. lif record-breakin- HEAD COACH Neil McCarthy, entering his sixth season, looks at this year as a remodeling" year, rather - than a rebuildingone. I'm looking at this season with some guarded optimism," said McCarthy. We have a good tradition at Weber State and weve built a sound, fundamental program. This season is a remodeling, rather than a rebuilding year for us. We didnt lose all our players. WE DID lose the hub of the ballclub, Mattinson was a fulltime starter and Harper was voted the top reserve in the league last season, so we may be torn down a little, but if we can remodel and implement the new players, we should be fairly solid, but a bit inexperi- enced." The areas McCarthy sees as a problem are at center, where he lacks a legitimate big man, and the point guard position. THE POINT guard and the center sports will be critical for us this season, McCarthy said. We have Tim Doolan returning for his senior year, but he was out most of last season with a knee injury. The only other two point guards we have are both new this season. Lewis Griffin out of Sheridan Jr. College and freshman Rich Escandon, both are excellent players, but it will take them time to learn the system and get used to the other players. The returning centers of last years team are Steve Condie (6-and Brian Devincenzi letter-ma- n Condie is a two-yewho has been backup to Richard Smith for two seasons, so he knows the system. IFamtastic Savings tram Every OegnarUmenf Iftoom Room living Dining Room 2 FREE HARPER, THE long- - bomber, was named the top reserve in the Big Sky Conference last season with a 7.4 average off the bench, Harper averaged nearly 20 minutes a game, but did not start once. 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Davison was the leading er on his JuCO team last ion with a 21 .0 average and K Save up to $250 range outside, but is an aggressive rebounder inside as well. SEVEN NEW faces dot the Wildcat lineup this season, five of them are junior college transfers, which is unusual for a Wildcat team. We had specific needs we had to fill coming into this season, said McCarthy. We pursued junior college players and high school players to fill those needs and we ended up getting the junior college players as opposed to the high school players, though we did sign two promising freshman candidates. So it was just a matter of who did and did not sign on the dotted line. J Famous Sealy Value Collins, and has excellent . Reg. $1295 only Posturpedic Mattress (6-6- (6-4- ). 1 $ With Every Sofa Sold (6-7- ). CONDIE HAS good jumping ability and is a better than average shooterfrom 15 feet. 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