Jones County Junior College - Lair Yearbook (Ellisville, MS)

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1423 LO 1358 The Jones Junior College Lady Bobcats had a tough season with a 6-14 record, but the wom- en's season was not without its share of excite- ment. The Lady Cats were outscored for the season only 1,423 to 1,358 which called for many close ballgames during the season. As a matter of fact, the Lady Bobcats could have had a winning sea- son if the last five minutes of a few games had come out differently. At times the Jones women displayed a high cal- ibre of play. There was the time during the year when the Lady Cats exploded for 105 points against the CO-Lin team that had beaten Jones earlier. The Lady Cats also lost games they should have won, as to Pearl River on Jones' home court. Jones played south division powerhouse Gulf Coast three close games, losing to Gulf Coast at Gulf Coast, but the Lady Cats played Gulf Coast into overtime here in Ellisville and in the south division tournament the Lady Cats lost to Gulf Coast by two points, 5856. Although Jones started the season with 11 players, after Christmas they were down to 8 players, and because of injuries, Jones played a few games with six players. Surely the limited bench of Coach Richard Rivers affected his team place. Jones finished the season with eight players which included Karen Myrick, Nlary Joyce How- ard, Karen Cooley, Lisa Fleming, Sharon Barnes, Vickie McDonald, Candis Trigg, and Madelyn Folkes. Both Nlyrick and McDonald finished the season in the top 20 in scoring in region seven CNliss., Kentucky, and Tennesseej Barnes led the team in rebounds. Rivers lost only two players because of gradua- tion, Cooley and Howard. i l Karen Myrick, in a crowd of defenders goes up for a shot. Lisa Fleming dribbles down court Efcwzeo. 3 23W 'I .1 if idx 1 i Coach Richard Rivers is pictured with Karen Myrick, Karen Cooley, Vickie McDonald, Deborah Bester Mary Howard Madelyn Folkes, Lisa Fleming, Candis Trigg, Candy Massengale, Brenda Craft, Sharon Barnes and Wanda Palmer 84 X Girls Basketball

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The men's basketball team here at JC faced its share of ups and downs during the year. Under Ford Turner's second year direction, the Cats finished the regular season with an 11-11 mark and lost in the first round in the south state tournament. The 1 1- 12 record does not indicate the dedication of the eight players, Oscar Blakely, Michael Samuels, Dale Shelby, h . t Randy Terry, Howard Ducksworth, Lon Billings, Keith In Moreland, and Ray Walters, who finished the season. C a a Jones started the year with 15 players but due to grades, personal problems, and other factors only the i e above mentioned eight finished the season. As of Jan. 11, only two of the above eight were starters but soon after- l wards starting forward Tim Nichols left the team because of sickness and with one game left in the regular season two starters quit. Blakely, Shelby, and Ducksworth, who were all previ- ously much played substitutes, started the final games along with original first teamers, Terry and Samuels. Although Jones lost in the first round of the division tournament to Pearl River, the Cats put on a show in the losing effort which made all Jones fans on hand proud. Going into the game, most people felt that Jones had about the same chances as the Shah of Iran did in his contest. Jones was playing with a depleted team and besides that, the Cats were facing Pearl River on their court. At home Pearl River had one of the tougher teams in thedivision. Jones made up a 19 point deficit in the game and finally lost it in overtime, 106-103. Jones players and fans went back home in defeat but they went home with their heads held high, as they should have been. At times during the year, it looked as though the Cats would repeat last year's feat of south division champions. But Coach Turner was the first to point out that Jones didn't possess any more talent than other teams in the league. Turner and the players felt, as equal as the league was in talent, that if the Bobcats played together as a team and stopped costly mistakes, they could take the over-all title. Jones never put that combination together for an expanded period of time, but at times, for brief periods, the Cats looked like champions. One instance was a confi- dent Alabama team called Patrick Henry Junior College, who came into Jones fresh off of a 21 point victory over Jones only five days before. At home, Jones promptly gave the Alabama folks a 31 -point beating and sent them back home to Alabama with their first loss of the season. On their own court, the Cats were champions, losing . only two games, but the Cats could manage only three Don Lewis 1431 hits on a iump shot for the Cats. victories on the road. ' Q' ,E r, Coach Ford Turner is pictured with Ray Walters, Howard Ducksworth, Michael Samuels, Timmie Nichols, Danny Pulley, Cornell Wilkins, Oscar Blakely, Don Lewis, Kennith Johnson, Dale Shelby, Kevin Thigpen, Keith Morland, Randy Terry, Lon Billings and Don Sellers. Basketball I 83

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