Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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B-Teamers Have Strong Finish The MUS B-Team directed by first year coach Tom Radford, proved to be one of the best in recent years as it rolled to a 16-7 season ' s record. Led by the 10.1 and 9.8 point per ganne scoring of John Dillon and Frank Crawford and the phenomenal 82% free throw shooting of Steve Thomp- son, the team improved with every game and eventually ended the sea- son with 10 straight wins. The B-Teamers opened the season by rolling over Bishop Byrne 65-37 behind Dillon ' s 12 points. Next was a disastrous encounter with White Sta- tion which saw the Owls fall 41-22. MUS was then put down for the sec- ond straight time in a 53-40 loss to Colliervitle. Bouncing back quickly, the team soared with three consecutive wins over Wooddale 53-45, Ridgeway 42- 27, and Whitehaven 46-22, but the Owls were brought back down with a 43-38 loss to Bolton. The Owls then clobbered German- town 56-36, only to lose to Collierville 52-43 a week later. They opened the new year with a convincing 31-22 win over Oakhaven, but then proceeded to lose three straight, including a close 43-41 decision to Wooddale. The other two were the CBHS 61-46 and to Westwood 49-38. Coming off their worst losing streak, the Owls embarked on a 1 game win- ning streak to end the season. The highlights of this span would have to be the two wins over East by scores of 53-35 and 59-38. The other wins were 56-32 over Bishop Byrne, a 55-20 kill- ing of Harding, a 52-46 win over Mun- ford, and a 51-50 squeaker over Ra- leigh. The B-Team closed the season by beating Westwood 63-41, Harding 48-34, Messick 53-41, and Whiteha- ven 56-35. (front row) Ashley, Thompson, Vick, Praston, Rudolph. 2nd row) Dillon, Sellers, Bedford, Briggs, Akers, Adams. 90 B Team Basketball

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Opposite page (left): Opponent shoots tree throw, (below) Ivins gets stutfed. This page: (upper left) Varner goes up for two against Collierville. (lower left) Beasley Wellford strains to see around opponent, (upper right) Coach Peters advises Ivlns and Varner. (lower right) Hal Wellford attacks. Basketball — 89

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. j )) ! 1 i .i. pfi2 k ? ' !» i 1 1 1 1 f 4 Season s Recorc MUS 65 Bishop Byrne 37 MUS 77 White Station 41 MUS 40 Collierville 53 MUS 53 Wooddale 45 MUS 42 Ridgeway 27 MUS 46 Whitehaven 27 MUS 38 Bolton 43 MUS 56 Germantown 36 MUS 43 Collierville 52 MUS 31 Oakhaven 22 MUS 41 Wooddale 43 MUS 46 CBHS 61 MUS 38 Westwood 49 MUS 56 Bishop Byrne 32 MUS 55 Harding 20 MUS 52 Munford 46 MUS 53 East 35 MUS 51 Raleigh 50 MUS 63 Westwood 41 MUS 48 Harding 34 MUS 53 Messick 41 MUS 59 East 38 MUS 56 Whitehaven 35 This page: (top) Thompson guns against Harding. Op- posite page: (top) Ashley leads fast break, (bottom) Preston drives for two. B Team Basketball 91