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Show SPORTS ,18 - DIXIEiSUN ST. no dilferent from anybody JOE'S continued from PACE else 17 ' contact The rest of it is just natural Thex clidnt used to let me play on the playgrounds in Chester because I was so small, but then they saw what I could do I think a lot of playing point guaid is instinct" 'There must have been 35 relatives and friends there, and they kept bringing these vats of food,' Martelli said They asked me where our first game was next year I said, at Colorado Pete Nelson, Jameer s dad, gets up and says, Im going1 Who's going with me9' Right then I had a pretty good idea we were going to get Jameer" Barrett and Brown are solid point guards at Seton Hall and Connecticut, respectively Cook played one year at St Johns and entered the NBA draft, disastrously He is curdeal with rently on a Portland Marlelli called the Chester coach after the Pennsbury game You told me he was good, you didn t tell me he was great," he said He pledged to himself that he would sign Nelson, and he kept looking m the stands for other coaches They were chasing the more famous high school point men - Omar Cook, Andre Barrett, Taliek Brown "Martelk and stuck with each other," Nelson said "Some big1 ger schools showed up at the end, like Temple and Villanova and UMass I liked the atmosphere here I m just a regular student who plays basketball, not just Nelson Delonte a 4 junior from suburban Washington, is Saint Joe s next All American Against Xavier he hit all 18 shots he tried, from field and foul line, and scored 33 Hes left handed and outspoken It s West, Martelli showed up for the home visit Nelsons mother is a school administrator His dad works at the shipyards m Mai cus Hook The two dnorced and are remarried but come together for Jameer y WEDNESDAY, 6-- called him when we were recruiting him and he said he was going to the park - to practice, not play," Martelli said "Not all players love the game like him I really think Delonte is one of the 20 or 30 best players in the country, but I don't think you can convince people that St Joseph's has two of those " "1 The Hawks win their games m college basketball's neutral zone, the space between the three-pom- t lines They hit 41 5 of their bombs, rankpercent ing fourth in Division I Their opponents hit 28 5 percent Against Temple, the Hawks hit s 20 of 36 Five of them have tried at least 50 bombs this year and all are three-pointer- shooting over 37 percent, Chet Stachitas is at 52 8 1 They spread out like strangers and find each other like brothers, and they play defense like bounty hunters "We believe in ball pressure," Martelli said That goes for the receiver as well as the passer Blake Stepp (of Gonzaga) gave us a great compliment We beat them m New York and he said he'd never been so tired after a " game The agnostics, and there are a few, must concede that Samt Joe's is 2 1 against Gonzaga over the past three years However, they cite two cracks m the Hawk's beak One is the Atlantic 10, which is ranked ninth m conference RPI But Richmond won at Kansas, Xavier (3-- m the conference) beat Cincinnati, and won the Maui Dayton Invitational Dayton and Samt in conference Joseph's are will meet and here Wednesday FEBRUARY 1 " 32 To his astonishment, Mar is often asked if it wouldnt advisable to lose a before with a idea is play I ga the NCAAs "We loss," he said "But to win every tune don't understand idea that losing helps G " guys play to win 11 c, i And when the Hawks bi Villanova last week, the s dents and fans filled the 3,2' seat fieldhouse No big dt except the game was Villanova Here, they set up 1 screen TVs and watched together At Samt Joe's there's little ta of March and much talk of tl moment They still chant, T Hawk Will Never Die," but R now they just smile and nia vel at how long he has ma aged to stay Up There It's not easy bemg perfect 5 9-- 0 The other is the beef deficit Samt Joe's has a shot blocker in Dwayne Jones and a good defender in John Bryant, but it risks getting pounded inside Martelli volunteers that Gonzaga didn't have a healthy Ronny Turiaf when it lost to the Hawks Dayton has two skilled 'bigs" and did beat the Hawks twice last year The conference tournament is in Dayton 1976 Indiana (32-0- ) becomes the la. college basketball team to fi. ish the season undefeated It Hoosiers win the nation., championship by defeatir Michigan m the NCAA fma. 86-6- 8 1991 (30-0- ) is the last colleg basketball team to finish tli regular season undefeated loses to Duke m the NCA. Tournament semifinals, 79 7 and fmish 34 UNL.V 1 2004 Stanford (20-0- ) (20-0- ) are and St the Joseph remainin. unbeatens SOFTBALL continued from FRONT "We pretty well We Central) played (against struggled early hitting the ball, but by the time we went through our lme-uthe second time around we settled said down," Simkins Olson -- the winning pitche for the Friday matchup slipped a single past Pima infield to score Heathe1 Barney from third bast and give the Rebels a 4 edge p Dixie State's catch up tendencies arose again in the Rebels' edging of Phma CC Pima went up on DSC before scoring its sec "It's hard to travel, play seven games, and come out undefeated." 4-- 3 ond run when a runner scored from first base on a throw mg i error The Rebels rallied behind clulch hilling Irom then pitching stall Dixie Slate tkd th(' contest at three rcn'ir i ' ( n ni i, i j i ii l,i fnl q t 1 i r.tyi.t t c jd (iniwutMiiurow. i j ii t'HSinilyWjVr'ryiy1 a Ik n Ashu iii ot it w i Randy Simkins DSC Softball Head Coach Rebel pitcher Amy Sauti allowed Iwo l uns on lie hits in DSC s tie The Rebels capped tli bv beami South Mountain CC 6 0 aiui touinamen! |
