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95-71 Margin

Deacons Whip Cavaliers

By Randy Wert
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Just like everyone else in the
dog-eat-dog Atlantic Coast
Conference, the Cavalier couriers
are finding out that there is really
no place like home. The latest
proof came at Winston-Salem's
Coliseum where a vindictive bunch
of Wake Coliseum where a
vindictive bunch of Wake Forest
Deacons caught the Cavaliers
without their advantageous "ACC
atmosphere."

With their 86-81 University Hall
pasting fresh in their minds, the
Deacon's led by probable
conference Player of the Year
Charlie Davis, and strongman Gil
McGregor, outshone the Wahoos in
every department except foul
shooting to post a 95-71 conquest.
Davis popped in 11 field goals and a
foul throw for 23 points while

McGregor tallied 18 points, but
more importantly, grabbed 11
rebounds, blocked several shots and
generally intimidated Virginia's
inside game with his 6-7, 240-lb.
frame. Senior forward Neil
Pastashok added 17 points and 6-5
junior Rich Habeggar threw in 14
and nabbed eight stray shots, proof
of the great balance of the Deacon
ball club.

Barry Parkhill, held to two
points in the first half by Davis and
mini-guard Bob Rhoads, exploded
for 19 after the intermission to take
the game honors for the Cavaliers.
Bill Gerry could add only three
points to his 13 point first half
performance to finish with 16, and
Scott McCandlish, harassed
throughout the game by McGregor,
managed only five of 17 field goal
attempts for fourteen points but
swiped a dozen rebounds.

Tenacious man to man defense
by Wake Forest forced 18 Wahoo
turnovers as the Deacons ran off
ten straight points to go ahead 16-4
as Davis, McGregor, and Pastushok
took turns firing in jumpers over
and amidst the Cavaliers' usually
formidable zone. Virginia cut a 19
point lead to 14 for the half as
McCandlish connected at the
buzzer.

Looking like they were
determined to pull it out, the
Cavaliers came out shooting after
the locker room rhetoric with Pistol
Parkhill showing the way. But with
Wake back in a 3-2 zone defense,
the Wahoos' shooting wasn't quite
competitive with their opponent's
50 percent clip. Although
converting 23 of 28 tosses from the
charity stripe, the Cavaliers could
not hit more than 38% from the
floor The home team also dominated
the board game, hauling in nine
more missed shots than did
Virginia.

The loss dropped Virginia to 6-4
in the league, but they are still
hanging on to their precarious
second slot in the standings. The
Cavaliers, 14-5 overall, will have a
week to seethe over the upset, and
Coach Bill Gibson will be having
restless nights until he finds the key
to his club's road jinx before
invading Duke's Indoor Stadium
this coming Saturday evening.