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Show GAME ONE la game No. 1 of the National Junior College Basketball Championship in Hutchinson, KS, the Dixie College Rebels defeated Essex County College from Newark, NJ in the first round of tournament play. The score ended at this just happened to be the lowest scoring game for a single team since 1981, and the second lowest combined score in the history of the vt;Vv7 72-4- 0, tournament. h er 6. nt 'VJv 19-1- 3, three-pointe- rs 32-2- coast-to-coa- 1 -y Rudy Vtilliams reaches for the as he sky puts down the dunk over Indian Hills James Zimmerman(21). Williams was named to the team along with 1 1 other players from different schools. Stories by: Loni K. Johnston Photos by: Courtney Gressmen Came two Game No. 2 brought defeat.. The Rebels fell ti reigning, and now three time National Junior Cc Basketball Champions Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa, IA, The first five minutes of the game was a teeter-to- tt scoring. Dixie would score and Indian Hills would ar right back. At 15:47, starting freshman Maurice Baker three-pointto take Dixie to the lead 11-' A minute and later Jim Roban drained his own three le Dixie's increasing r? 14-But wait, Fred House had to get in on the action a mi and half later with his trey. Cory Hightower and T 4c Robbins each scored for the Warriors, but Dixie's K drove the lane for two taking tine score to 4 Coursey 11:31 remaining in the first half. Indian Hills kept the artillery coming and I staying wi five promts of Dixie. Roban received two fouls in one m . umM ie sixth place Dixie Rebels gather f together before giving him three fouls before tire half, at the NJCAA tournament in KS. a p made for steal a lay-uHutchinson, Coursey making the score 3 However the Warriors had double dunks in the final minu1 34ME THREE the half by Terry Black and Robbins giving Indian Hills the Game No. 3 came to Dixie on Thursday night against Southern time lead of nion State Community College from AL. Only :45 seconds Wadley, Five minutes into the second half; Dixie found themst nto tire game, Khalid Coursey drove tire baseline for the score, "Mo" behind by ten points Kidder called a time-oto pu inker sank two and Rudy Williams also scored, this gave team in a zone and kindly informed the referee that the) he Rebels tire early 2 lead. are a physical team ya know it? A Roban r, twt From then on it was all Dixie. At 12:24 Coursey gave up the ally-to- p two free throws by Roban and a drive to Fred House for the jam. The half ended with the Dixie lead 37-- 8 by Coursey madt one-poigame At 6:31 Lawhorn converted a three-poiplay makinf Jim Roban started out the second half with a bang, he nailed a trey score 64-6But after a missed Dixie lay-uand the War, the Rebels with only :19 seconds into the half. Rico Westbrook scored ability to sink their free throws, the Rebels were in a worl for the Bison's, but Dixie controlled tire floor. Coursey hurt and defeat, losing cored from beyond the arc, Vance Lawhom took an offensive charge at We played all right, but we failed to execute in cei 07 in the game followed by a basket. spots," Williams said. Coursey also said, "We should have i Roban scored another two with 5:03 left in the game. "Sammy" We missed a couple shots, Rudy missed some and I mt 'lelessa took an offensive charge, Stanford Klain hit a baseline jumper, some but we took good shots and ie roof was raised and the rest is played to the plan." history. The Rebels took tire win Williams led all scorers with 17 points and five rebou pectfully putting Southern Union out of the tournament Roban had 15 points with five boards, Williams scored 12 points. House and Lawhom each added 11, Coursey had Lawhorn added 10, Baker had six, with House and nd Roban finished with nine. Melessa each with three. 65-7- 2. Maurice "Mo" Baker opened the schooling session with a only :20 seconds into the game. After a trey by Sam Melessa, a right-hoo- k in the key from Rudy Williams, a steal by Khalid Coursey and a sweet jam by Vance Lawhom, the Rebels were up 13-With 8:50 left in the first half, Lawhorn completed a three-poiplay off a foul and Williams scrapped to get a loose ball sliding into the drums set up near the baseline of the court. With the Rebs up by six,, never fear, Jim Roban was there. Roban drained three in two and a half minutes taking Dixie to a 2 half-tim- e lead. The second half began with excitement, at 19 47 Roban hit another trey, Coursey scored for two points and Williams scored also. At 16:22 Williams attacked with is right-hoo- k one more time and Coursey went for a lay-uDixie bounced back from a slump with a slam by Lawhorn at 12:57. House also made a run scoring six points in four minutes which included a dunk. Lawhorn, Williams, and Blaine Durrant each hit key shots. With three minutes remaining in the game, Lawhorn had a putback for two points and a reverse jam. Sid Catlett hit a three to seal Essex's thirty-tw- o point fate Williams led the pack with 16 points and six rebounds. Lawhorn had 15 points, Roban pulled down six boards and scored 12 points. House and Baker each had six rebounds with House scoring eight and Baker seven. Coursey added six, Catlett and Melessa each scored three, and Durrant had a two points. In the second half we played good offensively and defensively. We did end up with 21 turnovers which is not characteristic of this team, we usually average eight or nine.. We need to just calm down and execute," Kidder said. "We played piss poor. Dixie did a good job of taking us out of our precise plays and patience on the court," Essex Head Coach Melvin Knight said. three-point- GAME FOUR Game No. 4, tire final game for Dixie of tire tournament and tire season, was against Meridian Community College st p. 72-4- 0. er 6. , 8. yj 19-1- 1 tip-of- 35-3- 3. 39-4- 9. ut s, 6-- three-pointe- nt 52-5- 3. nt 6. p, three-point- 65-7- 2. 11-- three-point- 19-1- r. 1 34-4- 0. three-point- 41-4- 49-4- S.- -x 51-5- 5. 59-6- 3. IN liOlR MCE MEIUDIA N ! ! At 127 Roban was fouled and sank both free throws, Fred House shows his high flying skills as which gave Dixie the one point advantage However Ronald Murray was fouled and made both of his free shots as he dunks over Meridians Jamal Brown(23). welL In the following time out Coach Kidder told Iris team The Rebels lost this game 'Ok, were gonna win the game, we're gonna win tire game," and continued to set up tire play. Tilings didn't work out quite as planned. Meridian's pressure defense stole a Dixie pass and the win by one point 73-7- 74-73- 73-7- 4 4 Soyoye led all scores with 21. Roban led Dixie with 19 points. Baker had 12 points with six rebounds and four assists. House also had 12 points with four boards. Lawhom added re, Williams had eight, Melessa scored seven, 63-4- BELOW: Head Coach COLLEGE from Meridian, MS. Within tire first five minutes of tire game, tire Rebels jumped out to an 6 lead. "Sammy" Melessa drained a trey followed by Jim Rohan's and Vance Lawhom's two. Tajudeen "TJ" Soyoye from Nigena scored for Meridian taking tire score to With 4:47 remaining in tire first half, the Eagle's Nyah Jones scored with a dunk that tied tire game at 26 a piece. Dixie took the lead after a janr from behind tire basket by Lawhom, but Meridian scored to tire tie tire game again. Coursey and Roban each scored for Dixie aird Meridian followed dose behind, so at intermission, tire score was knotted at 34. Meridian exploded in tire second half taking tire lead At 16:06, Lawhom scored two points and Melessa drained another advancing tire score to Soyoye scored on a tip in and at 15:04 Fred House made a three pointer. Two minutes and 19 seconds later. Baker hit a hey to tie the game At 11:38 Williams went up for tire Siam and was intentionally fouled by Jones. Melessa shot tire tednrical free o throws sinking and taking tire score to Baker came alive with six points in the next minute and a half. House and Roban also scored to bring Dixie within four, UTAH SHttj ?, caii ir Jeff Kidder preps his team in a time out. Kidder led the Rebels to a 27-- record. LIFE: r 9 YOU COULD START YOUR PAPER THE NIGHT BEFORE ml sHU gsi yowr full ihret horns of slztp. kinko's '5 AAC830 and services sary by location C19Q9 Kinko's. 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