The Cavalier daily :: Friday, February 9, 1973 :: University of Virginia Library

Saturday afternoon the
Demon Deacons of Wake
Forest invade University Hall
for a regionally televised
rematch of their game with the
Cavs played in Winston-Salem
two months ago.

Coming off an 84-71 loss to
Duke Wednesday, Wake badly
needs a win against Virginia to
escape the ACC cellar which it
now holds sole possession of
with a 1-5 conference mark.

Two months bring a lot of
changes and, if anything, the
Cavs have increased their
advantage during the interim.
Sam Jackson, the leading
Deacon rebounder early in the
season, and a major factor
under the boards in the first
game against the 'Hoos, has
since quit the team because of
"personal reasons."

With Jackson's departure
freshman Lee Foye has worked
his way into the starting lineup
and is averaging 7.2 points and
a team-leading 8.1 rebounds
per game. A 6-6 jumping jack,
Foye should provide an
interesting matchup with Wally
Walker, whose increased play
in the Virginia lineup has
greatly improved the 'Hoos
shooting since the first game
between the two teams.

The rest of the Deacon
front line consists of 6'9"
center Pat Kelly and 6'6"
forward Mike Parrish. A senior,
Kelly is the only regular on the
Wake team shooting over 50
per cent, but he is also taking
less than four shots a game.

Parrish, the leading scorer
on the front line, was
instrumental in keeping the
earlier game against the 'Hoos
even in the first half as he
pulled down eight rebounds
before intermission.

With a mediocre front line,
Wake's only bright spot is the
backcourt, where Tony Byers
and Eddie Payne make up what
is by far the highest scoring
guard combination in the
conference as the two of them
account for more than half of
the Deacon's points.

Byers' 24.3 scoring average
ranks second in the conference
as the 6'2" transfer from
Vincennes Junior College is the
leading offensive guard in the
ACC. Against the 'Hoos in
Winston-Salem, Byers came
into the game averaging 30
points and was held to 14 on
Al Drummond's tight defensive
work.

Drummond later
commented that "Byers was
good, but I decided to
challenge him and make him go
to his left where he isn't quite
as good." With his defensive
ability, Drummond may be
able to regain his starting berth
for another meeting with
Byers.

The other member of the
Deacon backcourt, Payne is
averaging 14.6 points in
addition to being one of the
to assist men in the ACC.

Willie Griffin, the leading
scorer on the team last year,
provides a strong replacement
as either a forward or guard.
After averaging nearly 16
points a game last year, Griffin
has been relegated to the bench
and really only sees spot action
this year.

Cavalier coach Bill Gibson
has said that Wake Forest "has
great one on one players."
Keeping this and the Deacons
long range bombing in mind,
the Virginia mentor may opt to
use the three-two zone defense
that proved so effective when
he unveiled it in the second
half of the game in
Winston-Salem.

Deacon coach Carl Tacy
said afterwards, "the zone
dictated the tempo of the game
and forced us to play their
game. When (Barry) Parkhill
hit those three shots in a row,
it broke us; we were never able
to come back."

Parkhill had 22 points in
that game and seemed to be
hitting from everywhere on the
court as he and Jim Hobgood
riddled the nets from outside.

Gus Gerard, who had a
sub-par performance in the
earlier game, is coming off a
good game against Navy and is
primed to victimize the slower
Deacons.

Bob McKeag and Andrew
Boninti will both probably
play a good deal tomorrow.