Lees McRae College - Ontaroga Yearbook (Banner Elk, NC)

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Joey Whisnant lays up a basket and center, Ron Burrell muscles in for a shot as Matt McCargo looks on and top right, David Hester twists and turns for a lay-up against Haywood Tech. Lower left, Ed Timmons can ' t understand how the ball got down there, and Jeff Wilson looks just as shocked. Danny Wallace (34) blocks a shot typical of the Bobcat action in Williams Gym.

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Matt McCargo stuffs one against Wilkes Community College while Elvis Pressley and opponent demonstrate a new ballet step. At left, leading scorer Morris Thompson shows championship form. The WCJCC did not have a dominating team this year and not since 1970 has this occurred. After Gardner-Webb assumed four-year status and pulled out of the con- ference, Anderson College began to dominate for seven or eight years. But this season the topsy turvey league had seen any team on any given night, knock off the front run- ner. Spartanburg Methodist split with Anderson, Lees-McRae downed North Green- ville but lost to Spartanburg. Brevard split with North Greenville and Spartanburg. There was a three way tie for first place. The Bobcats were considered the best last place team ever in the league. With a 1-7 conference record the Bobcats averaged 87 points a game for a new offensive record. They averaged better than 60% from the floor after Christmas, and freshman Morris Thompson arose as a conference star, averaging 20 points a game. He got ample support from two promising freshmen, David Hester and Edward Timmons. Danny Wallace Doug Hyatt Jeff Wilson 172 Basketball

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BOBCATS POINT TO NEXT YEAR Morris Thompson led the team in scoring with an 18.9 average in 25 games. David Hester in 27 games was second in scoring with a 15 point average and nine rebounds a game, followed by Ed Timmons with a 14.9 shooting average. Jeff Wilson had a 10.2 average to round out double figure scoring for the Bobcats. Following Thompson and Hester in the rebound department were Matt McCargo, Jeff Wilson and Ed Timmons. Timmons and Hester were the top percentage shooters from the floor. Hester hit 59% and Timmons 55%. Wilson shot 54%, McCargo 51%, Thompson 50%, and Burrell 46%. Burrell would be the only sophomore to be lost from this group of outstanding players. Freshman Jeff Wilson did everything for the Bob- cats: defense, offense, team work. Here he demonstrates his shooting ability and his rebounding ability. He was probably the purest shooter on the team. At far right. Ed Tim- mons. who spent most of his time above the basket, as he demonstrates the easy dunk. Below right, Morris Thompson knew only one thing and that was to score . . . and he did it well for the Bobcats, leading them all season. These talented freshmen were responsible for the 1979 Lees-McRae team setting a new offensive scoring record with an 87.1 average for the year. The old record was held by the conference cham- pionship team of 1955 who averaged 84.5 points per game. 174 Basketball