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Scott-Led Tar Heels
Face Cagers Tonight

By Robert Byron
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Charlie Scott, possibly the nation's
number one college basketball
player, invades University Hall
tonight along with the rest of his
fifth-ranked North Carolina team.

Both the Tar Heels, who open
their conference season tonight,
and the Cavaliers, who suffered
their second conference defeat
Saturday night, seek their first
league victory.

The task of defending North
Carolina's conference crown, which
they have worn for the last three
seasons, falls into the hands, primarily,
of Scott. The Tar Heels will
be hard-pressed to stave off the
attack mounted by South Carolina,
due to the loss of five outstanding
seniors, including Dick Grubar and
Bill Bunting, now playing in the
ABA, both named to last year's
All-ACC team.

While being named to four
all-American teams last season,
Scott led the Tar Heels not only to
the conference championship, but
to the Eastern Regional NCAA
championship by hitting the winning
basket at the buzzer against
Davidson, and to a fourth place
rating in the nation.

Averaging 22.3 points last
season and leading the team in
assists with 108, as well as ranking
third on the team in rebounds, gives
ample evidence for Sports Illustrated
labeling Scott as possibly the
best all-around basketball player in
the country.

Assisting Scott in the back court
are two senior guards, captain
Eddie Fogler and Jim Delaney. As a
starter last year, Fogler was second
only to Scott, in assists with 107.
Though only averaging 5.1 points a
game, Fogler is best known for his
slick ball-handling and fine defensive
work. Delaney isn't considered
to be a great scoring threat, either,
averaging fewer points than Fogler,
but is recognized as an excellent
playmaker, as well as a hawk on
defense.

In the front court, along with
Scott, are 6-10 junior Lee Dedmon
and 6-5 sophomore Bill Chamberlain.
The job of replacing last year's
third-leading scorer for the Tar
Heels, Rusty Clark, goes to Dedmon,
who last year averaged 8.7 a

game while pulling in 221 rebounds.
Filling in for the injured
Clark in a game last year, Dedmon
hit for 26 points, a feat that is most
amazing, considering he didn't start
playing basketball until his junior
year in high school.

Filling out the starting five is
last year's leading rebounder for the
frosh team, Chamberlain, who also
averaged a respectable 20.2 points a
game, second best on the team. In
the Tar Heels' only defeat of the
season, against number one ranked
Kentucky, Chamberlain helped
close the gap in the waning
moments of the game.

Coach Dean Smith's record to
date finds the Tar Heels standing
with a 3-1 record. In the season
opener against Florida Southern,
Scott poured in 27, Dedmon hit for
23 and the Tar Heels won 86-75.

North Carolina also won easily
against Mercer but it was another
story against the Wildcats of Kentucky.
Scott scored 29 points but
Dedmon got into foul trouble and a
late Heel rally failed as Scott and
company lost 94-87. Finally, North
Carolina trounced Florida State,
86-75, behind Scott's expert leadership.

Virginia's work is cut out for
them. The Cavaliers' must contain
Scott as an offensive and defensive
threat, Dedmon must be prevented
from moving inside, and Chamberlain
must be contained as he drives
up the middle. These tasks will fall
on the shoulders of the mainstays
of Virginia's defense, Chip Case,
Scott McCandlish, Kevin Kennelly,
and Bill Gerry.