SOARING high in the air, Danny Craw fights far a rebaund during the Bisans' Thanksgiving Day victory aver lillie Rock University. BASKETBALL SWASHBUCKLING Ned Baaz streaks in for 0 lay -up against John Brawn, showing the smooth style thot makes him one of the top guords in the Ale. Arch-rivals fall as cagers end up fourth in Ale DRAWING a bead on the basket Bison captain, Vernon Rogers prepares 10 fire in two more poinlS on his way 10 becoming the highest scorer in Harding's history. 88 Playing on the road during tJ,e second half, the Bisons fell from a first-place tic-with Ouachita to a fourth -place tie with H endrix. The season was completed with a 11 -7 r ecord in conference play and a 14-12 overall tabulation. Drawing a bye in the first round of th~ AIC tournament, the Bisons defeated Arkansas College in the quarter-finals before falling to Ouachi ta , the tournament champions, in the semi-fin als. Vernon Rogers, a leading scorer in the AIC, was duly honored by the conference in being sel ected as center on the All-AIC first team . ed Boaz merited a place as guard on the AIC second team. Rogers, a senior. made new patterns in tJ'e scoring and rebounding records of Harding. His average ranked above the 20-point mark. Boaz was the sparkplug of the team and he never seemed to run down. The Bisons will have to fill some big gaps next year after losing seniors Vernon Rogers, Ernie Patton, Bryan Jacobs, Sam Casey, and Ryan Touchton, but juniors Ned Boaz and Gary Goss, plus· a good junior varsity team, promise a bright future.
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