Volume 6, Number 18 
     
    
   
   
    
     by:Matthew Beardsley, 
     
     Sports Editor 
     
    
   
   
    
     Streaks 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sports and streaks go hand 
     
     in hand, Winning streaks, losing 
     
     streaks, personal streaks, streaks 
     
     of all kinds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The UPEI Basketball teams 
     
     have some very impressive streaks 
     
     of their own. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The UPEI Panthers and Lady 
     
     Panthers have not lost at home 
     
     since February of 1986. They 
     
     went undefeated all last year at 
     
     home and so far this year the 
     
     same trend is holding true. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The UPEI Panthers faced 
     
     their toughest test of the sea- 
     
     son when they hosted the Aca- 
     
     dia Axemen Sunday at Alumni 
     
     Gym. The Axemen along with 
     
     the St.F.X X-men were tied with 
     
    
   
   
    
     the Panthers for first place in the 
     
     AUAA with 30 points. 
     
    
   
   
    
     As expected the years largest 
     
     crowd piled into every nook and 
     
     cranny in Alumni Gym. Fans 
     
     were waiting to get into the gym 
     
     at 11 o’clock, two hours before 
     
     the women’s game. 
     
    

    
     The gym was tense with antic- 
     
     ipation as the teams took to the 
     
     floor knowing full well just how 
     
     much was riding on the game. A 
     
     Panther victory would give UPEI 
     
     a solid hold on first place as they 
     
     had only suffered one loss on the 
     
     year whereas both Acadia and 
     
    
   
   
    
     St.f.X. had three. 
     
     The Panthers bolted out to 
     
    
   
   
    
     start the game led by Curtis 
     
     Brown who stole the ball numer- 
     
     ous times to race down the court 
     
     for layups which gave UPEI the 
     
     early lead. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Panthers Sweep Acadia 
     
    
   
   
    
     UPE!I’s Peter Gordon (34) launches a shot against the Acadia Axemen Sunday at the Alumni gym. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     UPEI was able to maintain 
     
     that lead for the entire first half 
     
     as they continually were able to 
     
     hit from the outside and inside 
     
     and never let Acadia get within 5 
     
     points. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Panthers were also pleas- 
     
     antly surprised with the play of 
     
     Peter Gordon who played despite 
     
     a rather large and cumbersome 
     
     splint on his left hand to pro- 
     
     tect an injured finger. Gordon 
     
     showed no obvious ill effects as he 
     
     scored 18 points on his usual way, 
     
     fad away jumpers, driving hang- 
     
     ing moves under the basket and 
     
     of course when Acadia fouled him 
     
     he was lethal from the line. Gor- 
     
     don shot 7-7 from the line and 
     
     is leading the conference in foul 
     
     shooting at 91 
     
    
   
   
    
     However the day belonged to 
     
     Brown. The fifth year guard took 
     
     control of the game and never let 
     
     the Panthers sag. He hit cru- 
     
     cial shots when he was called on 
     
     and was a major force in push- 
     
     ing the ball upcourt. Brown had 
     
     some very big steals none big- 
     
     ger than in the second half when 
     
     he stripped Clive anderson of the 
     
     ball and went in for the layup 
     
     when Acadia was threatening to 
     
     get back in the game. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Brown also hit five tense free 
     
     throws late in the game when 
     
     Acadia was fouling hoping to get 
     
     back in the game. Brown was 
     
     smoking in the first half when he 
     
     did some serious gunning to score 
     
     16 first half points and help give 
     
     the Panthers a 38-31 half-time 
     
     lead. . 
     
    
   
   
    
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