The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 12, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 11, 1969 Page: 4 of 6
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THE WAR WHOOP
December 11 1969
Page 4
Goatropers Corral Indians; Wildcats Next
McMurry I nskttball iccortl
tmcl t 1 i as of this writinr
mI Hit Indians ht itinf South
wt tcin inl losing to Midwestern
tv. (l iiid Hardin Simmons once
I i 1 1 match with Midwestern
1 Ui i n in Wichita had the same
ic ilt us tht st ison opener for
If li I ( only this time Mid
v.i t n didn t need on ovtrtimc
I r i I t" down the Maroons i!0
li w Hit eld Cowbos mid In
1 r tttine I ist Siturdiy night
ii I 1 i Coimty Cohstum us the
M M i tanI'd with II SL
I It mi v is tht saint ns in
I tl i hor t opt ras too ns the
( U s rm the Redskins inlo
I v ' I cunmd tin m
i 110
I ( t Ml I 1 1 V t
HH. V'. ' jirWmKk
BUB1 i"RlH
urcirng accuracy of Bill Starks
and the rebounding of Cliff Har-
ns antl Curlty B nlej in Raining
their first win of the young sta
son The game was marred by 45
foul und 10 lurnovcis Hid the
Indians been ible to cash in on
more turnovers they might lmo
ovtrcomc tht tremendous height
tnd board strength of the Pokes
II SU provided the Indians with
numerous 'conng opportunities
especially in the second half but
tht Wornois tould not hit the
shots
Tht Cowbojs put up u zone dt
ftnse tint shut off most of the
McM offt nsive point production
I he bij' gun for the Methodists
w s c.u!iid Randall Caussty who
I u kt ed 27 p' nti while pi ying
l lfht r ft n i mt He
was followed in double figures by
Johnny Ray Watson with 16 and
Willie Nelson with 14
The first 10 minults of play be-
longed to the Indiuns as the Wnn
glcrs couldn t find the nnrk Our
side owned a four point lead 12
8 six minutes into the first hilf
due to a deliberate type game
based upon taking the sine shot
But at tiie midpoint of the fust
stanza the Cowboys gained the
advantage for the first time 19 18
on a basket b Hains
The Purple upped the bulge to
10 points 33 3 on the led hot
shooting of Stnrks who hit buck-
ets all aiound the ftco throw cu
tie Long rantt artillery by Ntl
son and Caus ey slightly narrow
ed the gap but the C wboys re
tired to tnc drc ing rtoms at the
half leading 47-39
While Ktn Maynard or Lash
LaRue or Gabby Hayts or who
ever he was did his rope tricks
McMurry fans wondered how the
Tribe might be ible to grab some
rebounds away from the towering
Pokes
But the Baptists took ovtr
where they left off and although
they provided tht Indians with
several golden opportunities the
Tribe repeatedly blew its chance
to slice the enemj lead
McMurry narrowed the lead
with 11 minutts left in the game
by drawing to ta 01 but tht half-
court zone thiown up b tht
II SU team and the War Party s
own cold streak prevented tht
Maroons frr m scoring another
f eld goal unt 1 15 econds remain-
ed in tlie clash
The Cowboys created a chasm
between the two teams by forg-
inj a 21 point lead 91-70 with
four minutes left to play McM
managed to narrow the final gap
to 19 The count would have been
much worse if Hardin Simmons
had hit any free throws They
chased in on only nine of 20 op-
portunities while the Indians
canned 28 of 37 chanty tosses
McMurrj will try to better its
season mark tonight when it tan
gles with the ACC Wildcats in one
of those annual free for-alls The
war wil be staged in Tavlor Coun
ty Coliseum at 7 30 p m
The Redskins go into the con
test owning a four game victory
string over the Purple and White
The Methodists have swept both
f imes the last two seasons from
the Hill dwellers
R ndall Caussev will have a
i put it o i to live up to in that
h not failed to score it lea t
20 r t ii riv McMurrv game
t on The Sweetwater sen
i 1 ason hifch of 34 which
n d ( mist Midwt'tein in
t r n t pener The other
inn off ve guns for tie In
1 v rc Wille Nel'tn w th n
115 pjint p fame mark and
J l i It iv W itson wh i? hit
i 12 8 m rkeis a t rtt The
Irit t n l mi ii vc ii i Id f 3 I
fc cc t c thrv e tl I
i i I t i (i rtr tent
ui t
Randall Caussey 6 3 senior guard
from Sweetwater is making a
strong bid for all conference and
national honors this season Mc
Murry s loading scorer Caussoy
will carry a 25 point per game
average into tonight s contest with
ACC
BEAT
THE
WILDCATS
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The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 12, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 11, 1969, newspaper, December 11, 1969; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth104107/m1/4/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McMurry University Library.