.. :.J.-. \ . • • 1-I" The Bisons cou ld not seem to come out ahead of UAM and dropped another close one 85-78. The roundbailers made another good fi rst half showing agai nst the league leading Ti gers of Ouachita with a score of 3838 at the half, but fell again in the second hal f . With the combined efforts of Stan Eckwood and Tim Flatt scori ng 49 points and David Baker' s team high of 20 rebounds. the Bisons took their second AIC win w ith a victory over Arkansas Co ll ege. Late in the season, the roundballers were overpowered by the Henderson State Reddies w ith an 83-69 loss. However, the Bisons made a good showi ng at the last home game as they played a consistent ballgame against the Arkansas Tech Wonderboys, taking the victory 81-72. The roundbailers then lost their last game by a close margin of 59-54 to UAM. Coach Bucy believed the team's problems were psychological. " This has been a very disappointing year. We got off to a good start by defeating some very good nonconference teams but then we lost our confidence when we began A IC compet ition. We were a very young ball club but it was also psychological too ." " I don't know of any college team in the nation that had as much inexper ience as we had ," Bucy cont inued . "We had very good talent on our team but our players hadn't played as a team before and that is what hurt us ." " But we can 't make any excuses . We shoul d have won more games than we did but we j ust cou ldn 't jump on the opportunity to w in several t imes, " Bucy concl uded. Team member Stan Eckwood said , " This is a rebui ldi ng year and naturally we would lose a few games. In nonconference games, we have a better record than most of the A IC schools . Next year, we shoul d have the best team ever at Harding. We had a good team this year but we had no Butch (Gardner) ." So the roundballers concluded a 919 year. Maybe it can be bl amed on inexper ience . Next year will tell. Basketball • 203
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