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4 —LEVELLAND-HOCKLEY CO. NEWS-PRESS, Wednesday, January 13, 1988—
BEAT DUNBAR 53-44
Lobos prevail Monday night
By MITCH WORD
News-Press Sports Writer
The Leveiland Lobos retain-
ed their top spot in District 1-4 A
action Monday night as they
pounded the Dunbar Panthers
63-44 at the Dunbar High School
gymnasium.
Leveiland stands alone atop
the district standings with a
perfect 6-0 mark, while their
season record advanced to 12-8.
Dunbar fell to 7-13 and 2-5 in
district action.
“We played real hard in the
second half. I was pleased with
our pass-and-cut offense, and
did real well with our zone trap,
which I think was the difference
in the ballgame,” Leveiland
coach Mark Weir stated.
Leveiland fought early in the
game as Kenneth Jackson
struck the first paydirt for the
Lobos as he bombed in from the
outside to give Leveiland an
early 3-0 advantage. Dunbar
returned the favor with two
consecutive scores of their own
to take a 4-3 lead with 6:10 left
in the opening stanza.
Following a basket by Scott
Moore, Dunbar scored five
straight points to take a 9-6
margin with 3:38 left in the
period. After the squads traded
baskets, Leveiland reeled off
five consecutive points on a shot
and free throw from Moore and
PASS-AND-CUT-Levelland Lobo Teddy Latham, right, looks for
the ball after running the pass-and-cut offense during Monday
evening’s game with the Dunbar Panthers. Latham had gotten
past Dunbar’s K.B. Hawthorne, left, but was denied the ball.
Latham would go on, however, to score 12 points in the Lobos’
53-44 victory. (Staff Photo)
a shot from Teddy Latham as he
stole the ball and went in for an
uncontested layup at the end of
the first period with Leveiland
on top 12-11.
The teams battled back and
forth throughout the second
period, and Leveiland found
themselves down 23-22 as the
teams went to the dressing room
at the half.
In the third period, Level-
land took the floor running and
never looked back. Jackson and
Dennis Cunningham made two
quick baskets to make the score
26-23, which were followed by
baskets from Dunbar’s John
Elliott and Keith Palmer, giving
Texans
falter
Monday
Playing a physical
the Panthers the lead once
again. Not to be denied, howev-
er, Moore went to the basket for
a shot and sank two free throws,
giving Leveiland a 30-27 mar-
gin.
Palmer sank a three-pointer
to knot the score at 30-30, but
the Lobo defense went to work
and denied Dunbar any scoring
opportunities for the remainder
of the period, while Latham
bombed from the outside, Cun-
ningham worked inside, and
Moore completed 4 three-point
play with six seconds left on the
clock to give the Lobos a 38-30
advantage going into the final
quarter.
Leveiland continued to dom-
inate the Panthers in the final
quarter, as Moore and Latham
combined for six more unan-
swered points, giving the Lobos
a 44-30 lead with 6:13 remaining
in the game. Dunbar finally got
back on the scoreboard with
5:36 left in the game on a pair of
free throws from James Young,
but Leveiland clung fiercely to
their lead as they kept their
game district mark untouched,
which was “on the level of the “If it weren’t for the missed
NBA,” the South Plains College free throws, and the missed
Texans drew their second con- layups, I would say otherwise
ference loss of the young sea- we played a near-perfect half in
son, falling 66-57 to nationally the second half. I was real
ranked Odessa College Monday pleased with the effort our guys
in Odessa. had,’’Weir stated.
The Texans are 1-2 in confer- Leveiland was led in scoring
ence and 11-5 on the season by Moore with 22 points, follow-
while Odessa remains undefeat- ©d by Latham with 12 points,
ed with a 4-0 conference record Young and Palmer each had
and 16-2 on the season. The nine points for the Panthers.
Texans' other conference loss The Lobos travel to Pampa
has come from nationally ranked Friday for a contest with the
MEET THE
TEXANS
Soufk
TERESA ___ i
PRUITT
Freshman Wing
from Big Spring
Teresa Pmttt, 5-4 freshman wing
from Big Spring, led Big Spring
High School to its drat ever girls’
district baaketball championship. In
the process, Pruitt captured third
team AH-State honors and was nam
ed her team’s MVP. A tremendous
Jumper who possess uncanny
quickness, she averaged 12 re-
bounds a game. An accurate shooter
who averaged 23 points a game, she will be able to contribute to the
Lady Texans’ scoring attack. A great all-around athlete, she was the
district champ in the 400 meters and finished fourth at the regional meet.
A social sciences major, she is the daughter of Leroy Phillips and Wilma
Pruitt of Big Spring.
WJCAC ACTION THIS WEEK
SPC Texans Host Clarendon College
Thursday, January 14,1988
Women Play at 6:00 p.m.
Men Play at 8:00 p.m.
Texan Dome
Men’s Game Broadcast Over KLVT Radio
-E-B-O-U-N-D-Sundown Roughneck Don Huffman, 10, grabs a
ibound during a district clash with the Whitharral Panthers last
riday. Looking on is Whitharral’s Greg Amalia, 4. Sundown won
te contest 58-57 on a last-second shot b
uffman scored 12 points in the contest. (Staff 1
shot by Mark Morgan,
ff Photo)
New Mexico Junior College.
“It was a very physical
game,’’ said SPC head coach
Ron Mayberry. “We played
very hard. We made mistakes
but we played very hard and
played very good defense.”
The game was a close one
with SPC holding a 50-49 lead
with about three and a half
minutes left on the clock before
Odessa broke open a command-
ing lead. OC scored a three-
pointer, then stole the ball from
SPC for a two-point slam dunk,
and then stole it again for
another three-point play to forge
a 58-50 lead over the Texans.
“All that happened in the
space of about 30 seconds,”
said Mayberry. “And we ran
out of time.”
The Texans hit 26 of 50 from
the field for 52 percent, but
went to the free throw line only
one time^in the entire game
where they-’earned one point.
Odessa hit eight of 11 free
throws.
Donnell Hayden led the Tex-
ans in scoring with 22 points,
and Keith Stewart had 14 points
and eight rebounds.
The Texans split a pair of
road games over the weekend at
the Western Oklahoma Classic
in Altus, falling to host school
Western Oklahoma 84-81 in the
opening game of the classic.
SPC then came back to domi-
nate Rose State College of
Oklahoma City 108-76.
Mayberry said the Texans
played good defense against
Western but could not generate
sufficient offense to win the
game. “Wejust didn’t make the
plays we need to make and had
the opportunity to make,” he
said.
Hayden again led SPC
against Western, hitting 21
points. Stewart had 15 points,
and Joseph Ankum scored 18
points.
Against Rose State, Hayden
chalked up 28 points, while
Stewart scored 13 points and
Earl McKinney scored 10
points.
The Texans host Clarendon
College Thursday at 8 p.m. in
Texan Dome. Like the Texans,
Clarendon is 1-2 in conference
play and 6-8 on the season.
“Clarendon had a better
team than they have had in past
years,” said Mayberry. “In fact
I think they have the best team
they’ve had since I’ve been
here. We’U be treating them
with respect. It will be a good
game.”
Fitness laps
begin Tuesday
Fitness laps at the South
Plains College Natatorium begin
Jan. 19, according to Pam Bur-
nett, Natatorium director.
Interested persons can swim
laps from noon - 1 p.m. Tues-
days and Thursdays through
May 12. Cost is $20 a person.
For more information, con-
tact the Natatorium or Continu-
ing Education Office at 894-
9611. *
Harvesters, beginning at 8 p.m.
What do you call that little metal or plastic tip on the
end of your shoelace? An aglet, say the experts.
Closing Notice
The Following
Hockley County Banks
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Will Be Closed
Monday, January 18th
For
Martin Luther King, Jr’s
Birthday,
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We Will Re-Open For Business As Usual At 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19
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