University of Texas Pan American - El Bronco Yearbook (Edinburg, TX)

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Sports Numero Uno Surprising everyone-except, possibly, themselves-the Pan American University basketball players set the U.S. sports wires on fire in l975. Coach Abe Lemons expected to have a rebuilding season with a mostly junior team fone senior startedl that never had played as a unit. So he scheduled 15 road games versusjust I2 at home. We're about five years ahead of schedule, Lemons moaned when the Broncs promptly put it all together and won 18 of their first 19 games. It was a happy moan, however. I've never had a team play as well on the road, said Lemons, who was coaching his 20th season of major-college basketball. The Broncs won 10 of their first ll road tests. After losing a disputed 70-68 heartbreaker at TCU in Fort Worth, the Broncs reeled off 17 straight wins as the PAU year- book reached its deadline. Marshall Rogers ranked in the top IO nationally with his 26- points-plus scoring average. Gil- bert King gained the top 10 nationally by averaging 14 rebounds. And star playmaker guard Jesus CChuyj Guerra, averaging nine assists per game, might have ranked No. l nation- ally, except the NCAA hadn't got around to keeping assists sta- tistics yet. All three Bronc statis- tical stars are juniors in 1975. Julies Howard, the 6-foot-7M big man and the teamas only senior, gave the Broncs muscle under the boards and near 10 rebounds against taller men.

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,Air I- 1f U ,1- i '-I. .ng in ll Mi x A , EE M ,.4' -1 Basketball 1974-75 PAU OPP. SMU 78 60 TCU 68 70 Mexico City U. 121 62 Mexico City U. 112 53 UT Arlington 85 61 Arkansas St. U. 71 70 Tulsa U. 76 70 Rice U. 83 81 Lamar U. 85 77 Hawaii U. 91 76 Hawaii U. 94 74 Arkansas St. U. 89 73 Lamar U. 94 83 UT Arlington 80 75 Texas A8zI 89 56 Hardin-Simmons U. 95 62 Georgia So. U. 1 10 83 Georgia St. U. 64 62 Georgia Tech. U. 80 73 S.C. Baptist 109 81 Texas A811 1 19 85 Hardin-Simmons 82 75 Air Force 66 90 Denver U. 73 66 U. Southern Miss. 97 78 Trinity QTXQ 1 I 1 61 Mexico City 106 92 a. Front Row: John McDowell, Bobby Byrnes, Jesus fChuyJ Guerra, Arnoldo fPizzaJ Vera, Gil- bert King. Second Row: Julies Howard, Cris Garcia, Marshall Rogers, Eddie Gonzales, Arnold Stamps, Willie Rimmer, Steve Washing- ton, Ray Harton, Jerry Williamson. 113