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...explosive tandem of Bill Carey and Brian Banks, the Crimson hopes to stave off a repeat of last year's 86-78 shellacking at the hands of B.C. in the final. In that contest, the Eagles' Wilford Morrison swarmed the Crimson defense with 31 markers and Bob Carrington clicked for 27. Cyrus Booker netted 20 points and Carey shot 9-15 from the floor to supply the Crimson's fireworks. This season, Carey has been scoring at a 17 point-per-game clip while Banks has carded a 13.8 average and scoured the boards for close to 14 rebounds...
...Eagles' arsenal features a frontline of home-grown talent labeled "the Boston three," composed of 6'6" leading scorer Carrington, Bill Collins, and Morrison. Despite its national ranking at the outset of the season in Sports Illustrated, B.C. has felled only two first-division teams in the course of the campaign, as its big time illusions have gone poof. B.C.'s fastbreak has been marred by sloppy ballhandling and the one-guard offense has yet to jell. After its most recent loss, an 88-70 drubbing by Villanova, one basketball pundit quipped, "B.C. opened a bakery to sell turnovers...
...trio of Boston-bred seniors who have been monopolizing the winter sports pages since they were about sixteen. Captain Bill Russell Collins, at 6 ft 10 in., is the backbone of the Eagle defense. He's joined by high school cohorts Will Morrison and Bobby "Smooth" Carrington, a Keith-Wilkes-type-22-points-a-game cornerman...
...this core, along with sophomore guard Jeff Bailey, which led the Eagles to their 21-9 record last year. But that, unfortunately for the Crimson, just covers the "alum", for Carrington and company also boast of a corps of freshmen who can put the ball in the hoop quicker than you can say All-American...
...failure of the biracial meeting to face up to the issue of Butler Young's death has made the boycott's organizers even more determined. That determination is perfectly evident at Carrington's Market in Byhalia. Before the boycott, sales ran $30,000 a month. Today they are less than $6,000 a month...