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Grambhag's Tigers brought t o «bow to
town Monday night a t PSU. playing in
the first annual PSU cfeaafe the Tigers
Central Washington team from the E ver
green C o n fe re e « . « -5 1
Grainbling, the victim of numerous
first half turnovers, finally solved the
soar p re** employed by the tough Wash
ington team, and behind the steady
scoring of T e rry Sykes and powerful
board w ork of A lb ert Davis, pulled away
frem C entral Washington. The 6 7 f a *
ward-center Sykes, who enjoyed a nine
t o 15 shooting night, also hauled down 11
rebounds.
W hen asked about his team's tu rn
overs. in the first half Coach Hobdy
replied. "W e're young and w e will make
mistakes, but I'm not w orried."
A fte r the Portland State Classic Coach
Hobdy w ill take h it Tigers into the valley
to
a Thursday night encounter with
D ick H arter's Oregon Ducks and a live
meeting in the p it
W hen naked if he was ready t o the
"p it* the Coach replied. "W e’ve played in
some snake pits of our own in our
Conference, w e ll he ready." Grambling. I
don’t think, can possibly be prepared (or
w hat they’re about to receive is Eugene.
The fans there, as one U C L A player put
i t are simply scary.
Gram bling had 29 turnovers Monday
againat Central Washington, but was able
to overcome by shooting a to rrid .563,
and againat the Ducks one just has to
believe that good defense w ili not allow
th at kind of marksmanship. And the
Ducks to p ity defense.
Grambiing overcame a seven paint
deficit in the feat five minutes to post a
eome-from-behind 75-74 victory over the
Portland State Viking*.
In winning. Grambiing becomes the
first champion in the brand new Viking
led by Center T e rry Sykes, who hit the
ing. and 6-6 to w a rd A1 Davis who had
another strong rebounding night.
"W e grew up tonight as a team ." an
elated Fred Hobdy declared. "w e could
have died out there but we fought hack.*
i W illia m * the nation s leading
scorer with a 14.5 average fall victim to
cold shooting, and a double teaming
Grambiing defense.
The V iking had a 6 6 5 6 lead w ith 5 5 0
left in the game and must have had
visions of sugar plums dancing in their
heads. But. Grambiing. obviously, was
not ready to play Santa Claus and refused
at that point to give the Viks a Christmas
present by folding.
Sykes was bald to four points in the
first h a lt but exploded t o 16 in the
second including the 20 f t game winner.
Freeman had a shot at the game
winner when he let go w ith a 25 footer
that wont around the rim and o u t James
Cunningham tipped in the rebound, but
not before the final burner bad Bounded.
Coach Hobdy says we just let Freeman
know how our boys play defense down in
our country. Now it's on to Eugene where
Grambiing w ill t o e
U niversity of
Oregon, and we know bow they play
defense down there. I t should be interest
ing. In the consolation game L A . State
downed Central Washington 81-72.
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This w rite r w ent on to say that Dave
could do things the other tw o co uldn't. . .
and th at if the injured Tw ardsik had been
available the Blasers instead of bowing
would have triumphed.
Dave is obviously good, and for sure he
Hollins and Davis in the t o e after they
played so hard, and so weiL I can't
understand it.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his Laker
teammates shattered Portland's 22 win
streak at borne, w ith a 118 to 109 victory
Sunday night. I t was a beautiful game
and one the Blazers need not be ashamed
of losing. F or on thia night. L A . could
have soundly trounced most anyone in
the N B A . or the whole world far that
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m atter. Jabbar was tough. W h a t else can
you aay. I must admit I was beginning to
wonder, but now I'm convinced be is the
mast dominate force in the game. Same
people have a tendency to downplay his
scoring ability as M r. Pasero says.
"Jabbar is only the beat a t scoring." Don’t
believe th at one minute.
Kareem's presence is always felt when
he's in the middle. H e is a great shot
blocker, so great in fact, th at the only
reason he doesn't lead in th at category is
because moot aren't foolish enough to
challenge him. and when they do he
respond* and soon, very soon the m e *
aage is received.
Jabbar seems always around when
there's a w in streak going, and seems
ever w illing to put an end to it.
January 9th. 1972. before 10,746 a t th e
M ilw aukie arena and a to t fees I tefe viaaon
audience the Bucks stopped the longest
win streak. S3 wins, in the history of the
N B A in stopping the L A . Lakers 120-104.
A ll K areem did in th at ana waa to score
39 point*, grab 20 rebounds, and dish out
5 assists Not too shabby for a guy that's
know only for his searing.
Portland’s Trailblasers feeding the Pa
eifie Division by 2 ‘A games beat Kansas
C ity Tuesday night a t M em orial Coliseum
99-94. I t was the Blasers' 8th consecutive
win over K .C . dating back to 1974.
Ex-Benaoo and U C L A star Richard
Washington played very w ell scoring 30
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points in 30 minutes of playing time.
Washington's play prompted Ramsay to
aay. "Richard has improved and is a fine
player.” Washington, when he m ature*
and overcomes the foul problem that
seem* to plague him now. w ill be a fine,
fine player.
Richard scared 12 first half pouts, and
9 in the second for a fairly consistent
nights work. H e w u 9-16 from the Boar
and 3-4 from the free throw line.
The Blazer's first half waa lethargic
and the fans, accustomed now to bettor
play, grew restless midway through the
Down 54-53 a t halftime Ramaay. ob
viously concerned, opened the second half
w ith Hollins and Gross on the bench. K.C.
quickly increased th eir fend from 2 paint*
to 12. hitting 5 unanswered basket*
before D r. Jack called tim e out with just
2 minutes gone in the third quarter. K.C.
got some hot aaeond half shooting from
guard Ron Boone, who scored 17 p o u t*,
after having just four a t half tune.
Portland’s Bill W alton fed all scorers
w ith 24 points and 17 rebo u nd * Big Rad
ia tough. K inase C ity bad a tw o game
winning streak snapped Sunday night in
Lus A n g eles. . . Richard Washington fed
Kansas* C ity in both scoring. 19 p o in t*
and rebounds, 14. in the Sunday night
game. Washington has moved into the
starting lineup and appears on h it way to
challenging for Rookie of the Year
Citizen of the Week
Bill W alton lead* the league in re
bounding with 16.4 per game to 14.8 for
runner-up Kareem A b dul-Jabbar. . . he is
first in blocked shot* w ith 8.41, a contest
to 3.13 for Abdul Jabbar . . . he is tied for
16th ia scoring and he is ninth in field goal
accuracy at .551.
Lionel Hollins continues to rank third
in the N B A in steal* with an average of
2.61. Hollin* abo continue* to play tough,
harassing defense.
Maurice L u c a * playing hurt contri
buted 19 badly needed point* and 16
rebound*. Lucas continue* to impress.
Portland next m eet* Seattle in back to
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