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Parkhill Clings To Slim Lead
As Scoring Battle Thickens

By FRAN MARKON

Virginia's Barry Parkhill still
holds down first place in the
ACC scoring race but,
according to statistics released
yesterday from conference
headquarters in Greensboro, he
now has two serious
challengers.

N.C. State's Tommy
Burleson and Maryland's Tom
McMillen, a pair of little fellas,
are within one point of the
Cavaliers' star. Parkhill's 21.9
average is good for .5 lead over
Burleson and a .7 advantage
over the Terp. If Parkhill's lead
holds up he will probably win
the title with the lowest
average in 13 years.

North Carolina players
dominate the percentage
categories with Tar Heel
forward Bobby Jones sinking
field goals at an ACC-record
.713 clip. If Jones can
continue his near-flawless
marksmanship he will become
the first ACC player ever to
finish over seventy per cent.

Par Heel captain Dennis
Wuycik is the league's best foul
shooter with an 86 per cent
accuracy mark. Top Cavaliers
in these categories are Jim
Hobgood, tenth in field goal
percentage (51 per cent), and
Parkhill, a similar tenth in foul
shooting with a .742 average.

The ACC's tallest player,
the 7-4 Burleson, is also the
leading rebounder, pulling
down more than 14 errant
shots per game. Duke's Alan
Shaw is second at 12.2 and the
Wahoos' most recent savior,
center Scott McCandlish, is in
fifth place with a 9.4 average.

The standings show Virginia
on top with an 8-2 record
trailed closely by North
Carolina, the Cavs' next
conference opponent. The
Hurryin' Heels have a 7-2 tally
but if they look over their
shoulders they can spy Lefty
Driesell's renascent Maryland
Terrapins, now 6-3 in league
play.

Big games this weekend
include Saturday night's
Virginia-North Carolina clash
in Chapel Hill and a game
between Maryland and Duke
that afternoon in Durham.