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Show Page 8, DIXIE SUN January 14, 1983 r Dixie with 3:27 to plav when Rebel center Rich Gremillion missed a slam dunk and was assessed a technical for hanging on the rim. Gremillion said of the missed slam, I tried to slam it too hard and it hit The the back of the bracket. mistake by Gremillion may have been an advantage for Dixie as the embarrassed center refused Ricks a score inside the final few minutes. Anderson made the technical shot and Ricks had the ball out of t r 1 - V, bounds. After running some time off the clock, Anderson hit a 15 footer lead with awarding Ricks a 74-71 :57 to A seconds few later play. Baucom made two free throws cutting Ricks lead to one, 74-7Possibly the most important play of the game came when Dixies Robert Maxwell stole the ball and made a fine pass to Wes Hymas, who made the basket and was fouled. The Gym went into a frenzy. Hymas missed the free throw but the Rebels led with 0.53 remaining. Seconds later Ricks Anderson was fouled and went to the free throw line. He made one of two free throws to even the score at 75. Then came the main event. With ten seconds to play the ball was inbounded to the Rebels point guard Maxwell. Maxwell took the ball up court and passed into the middle to center Gremillion, who in turn quickly passed to Baucom, who was all alone on the left wing. Baucom shot and made the winning basket. 1 & 75-7- tP 3 4 John Baucom shoots a lay-u- p break on last weekends game. on a fast Coach Neil Roberts had praise for freshman Robert Maxwell and Dan Bell for their maturity on the floor. Roberts says this could be the win that makes the Rebels a tough team to beat. 1 T I Rebel forward, John Baucom, goes up for Rebel squad won the game a shot against a tough Ricks defense. The 77-7- 5 by Tom Wittig This was the best game Ive seen in my life, including all the great games I saw in high school, said one Dixie student. An older Dixie fan said, I havent felt so much intensity and excitement since my mother-in-lamoved to Texas 10 years ago. the DixieRicks Yes, indeed, game last Friday night was a great one. All the intensity brewed into one enjoyable game, and for Rebel fans the foam came to the top when John Baucom hit a 17 footer with a second to play. Baucom said of his shot, I thought it was long. Im just glad it went in. Everyone has to take credit for the win though. It was a super effort. The first half displayed strong play by both teams. There were few turnovers while each team played scrappy defense and executed their offense well. The halftime score was $ X 40-4- In the second half, the Rebels 60-5lead with 12:02 left in the game. The lead didnt last long thanks to Ricks Jeff Anderson. Anderson made two with 7 :00 to play and gave his team a built a 66-6- uh-xv- yi 2 lead. A hit a K4-V minute later Dixies Baucom tying the game at 67. Anderson then made a jumper two minutes later to give Ricks a two point advantage. The situation looked dull for IV t ( 0 'V t 'X - fiXt 9 . 1 m Dan Bell, forward on the Rebel squad, puts up Ricks College Vikings. a shot on last weeks victory over the |