Banner Graphic, Volume 10, Number 148, Greencastle, Putnam County, 26 February 1980 — Page 9
sports
Wabash last stop for Tiger seniors
The DePauw University basketball team closes out its season Wednesday with a trip to archrival Wabash College in Crawfordsville. Game time is 7:30p.m. A capacity crowd is expected to be on hand as the Little Giants gun for their 20th win against four defeats, the best record since the 1921-22 team was 21-3 and won the national championship WASBASH, winners of 13 of its last 14 games, has already qualified for the NCAA Division 111 Great Lakes Regional Tournament which begins Friday at Wittenberg University in Springfield. Ohio. The Little Giants face 25-2 Wittenberg in the opening round while Ohio Northern faces Calvin College of Michigan. Wabash will have plenty of incentive going for it Wednesday as the Little Giants seek to avenge a 77-75 loss to the Tigers Dec.BinGreencastle. The Little Giants have just one change in the lineup since that loss. Six-foot-one junior guard Scott Boone, averaging 7.7 points, has replaced Cloverdale graduate Greg Neese, a junior reserve, averaging seven points. The other starter in the Little Giant backcourt is 6-2 sophomore Mike Holcomb,
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Greencastle Girls Basketball team senior captain Susan Lezotte (left) and coach Kathy Pieper explain to Greencastle Optimist Club president Jack Waldron and the rest of the organization what it's like to go to the IHSAA
Bartow's plan backfires
VCU is assured tournament berth
By KEN RAPPOPORT AP Sports Writer The Virginia Commonwealth basketball team proved to be no passing fancy but actually a bunch of fancy passers. “I think our players did an excellent job of moving the basketball with some fine passing the best passing we’ve had all year,” said Ram Coach J.D. Barnett Monday night after a 105-88 upset of Alabama-Bir-mingham in the championship game of the Sun Belt Conference playoffs “Whatever they threw at us,” added Barnett, ‘‘we were able to handle because of our passing and our intensity ”
scoring nine points per contest. TIIE BULK OF the Wabash scoring and rebounding comes from up front Leading in both categories is 6-8 sophomore center Pete Metzelaars, scoring at a 19.1 point clip while pulling down 116 rebounds per game. Metzelaars is also No. 1 in Division 111 field goal accuracy, having connected on 71 per cent of his tries. Starting at forwards at 6-4 junior Kevin Benefiel and 6-3 junior Steve Kobold, averaging 12.2 and 11.1 points, respectively. Benefiel is also second in rebounding, pulling down 7.5 boards per outing. As a team. Wabash is averaging 86.2 points per game and was ranked seventh in last week’s Division 111 poll for scoring offense. THE DePAUW Tigers have also been hot in the past four weeks, having won eight of nine games. The Tigers, 8-7 after losing to Division I Butler, have rocketed to a 16-8 record, the best mark of any DePauw team since the 1967-68 team also went 16-8. Wednesday’s game in Crawfordsville will mark the conclusion of a brilliant career for DePauw senior guard Jeff Bibbs. Bibs, who will be playing in his 100th game as a Tiger, is DePauw’s all-time career
The title gave the Rams an automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs, the first club to officially gain a position in the 48team field “I thought we’d win, I thought we had enough,” said AlabamaBirmingham Coach Gene Bartow. “I thought if we took it to them they would tire. I think the reverse happened.” VCU survived two preliminary games to get to the finals, including a previous 74-72 upset over regular-season champion South Alabama. Meanwhile, Houston, Texas Tech and SMU won as they started the Southwest Conference playoffs Monday night Houston
scoring leader with 1.602 points. The Indianapolis native is averaging 22.7 points, good enough for 15th in the latest NCAA Division 111 scoring statistics. Bibbs is ably backed up in the scoring department by 6-7 senior forward Kirk Kitzinger, averaging 16.6 points while pulling down a team high 11.3 rebounds. The third player scoring in double figures for the Tigers is 6-1 senior guard Matt Holliday, averaging 10.3 points. ALSO EXPECTED to start is 6-5 senior center Bo McDougal and 6-7 freshman forward Tom Sevier, each averaging seven points McDougal is also second in rebounding at 6.1 boards per game. Wednesday’s game will also be the final one for two other DePauw seniors, guards Tim Mundy and Jeff Hodge. Mundy has been the team’s sixth man throughout the season while Hodge has also seen considerable playing time. An upset win by the Tigers Wednesday would give DePauw its most wins (17) since the 192122 team was 17-3. AN ADDED feature in Wednesday’s game will be the halftime show by the Pacemates, cheerleaders for the NBA Indianapolis Pacers.
basketball semi-state as a challenger. The Optimist Club honored Greencastle's first sectional and regional champion during its regular Tuesday morning breakfast. (Ban-ner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).
defeated Rice 92-80; Texas Tech walloped TCU 71-52 and SMU edged Baylor 86-83. In the start of the East Coast Conference playoffs, LaSalle beat Drexel 87-76; Hofstra nipped American University 70-69; Delaware routed West Chester State 98-75 and Rider tripped Lehigh 89-77. Sixth-ranked Oregon State, the only Top Twenty team in action Monday night, took a shaky 52-51 decision over California. Danny Kottak and Edmund Sherod scored 22 points apiece to lead VCU’s triumph The Rams built a 10-point halftime lead into 22 points shortly before the end of the game.
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The Student Union Award for individual athletic excellence became another first for DePauw University senior guard Jeff Bibbs Saturday. DePauw's all-time leading scorer was presented the award by Jeff Heise of the Student Union Board prior to Satur-
Irish to get shot at No. 1 and undefeated DePaul
By TOM CANAVAN Associated Press Writer After 38 years at DePaul, Coach Ray Meyer is just two games away from his first undefeated regular season. But there are some people in South Bend, Ind., who would like to spoil it. And they will get their chance. DePaul, the unanimous
Rob Williams scored 34 points to pace Houston over Rice. “Williams is really a superb player,” noted Rice Coach Mike Schuler. “He is the most difficult guard in the conference to defense. We also had some crucial turnovers that hurt us. And their quickness hurt us, too.” Thad Sanders came off the bench to score 18 points as Texas Tech beat TCU. The Red Raiders had trouble shaking the Horned Frogs for much of the first half, when they held a 31-27 lead, but took charge after intermission and led bv 18 points withß:29toplay. Dave Piehler scored 18 points
day's game with Huntington. It was only the thfrd time in the 12 year history of the award that it was presented and the first time ever to a basketball player. The first two recipients were football players. (Ban-ner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).
choice for the top spot in The Associated Press college basketball for the sixth consecutive week Monday, will meet 14thranked Notre Dame at South Bend Wednesday night. The Blue Demons, 25-0, were named on each of the 58 firstplace ballots and received a perfect score of 1,160 in the voting by a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters. But its support will be less than unanimous when it plays Notre Dame at the Athletic and Convocation Center a place where many an unbeaten team h; s fallen. The Center is where the Irish snapped UCLA’s NCAA-record 88-game winning streak and handed an undefeated and top-ranked San Francisco team its first defeat in 1977. The game may also mean a little more to Notre Dame. The Irish lost only one home game last season to DePaul and naturally they would like to avenge that loss. DePaul closes its regular season Saturday against Illinois State. Kentucky and Syracuse both moved up a notch and took over the N 0.2 and 3 positions, respectively, as Louisville, ranked second last week, slipped to N 0.4 following a loss to lona. The Wildcats, who nipped fif-th-ranked Louisiana State 76-74 in overtime Sunday, received 1,070 voting points. The Orangemen, who posted triumphs over Niagara and Boston College last week, got 1,019 points, while Louisville picked up9o4. Louisiana State edged Oregon State for the N 0.5 position by a mere four points, 833-829. Maryland, which captured the tough Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title last week, picked up two places in this week’s poll, jumping to N 0.7 with 805 points. St. John’s, ranked seventh last
and Brad Branson added 15 to power SMU over Baylor. Terry Teagle, the Bears’ sophomore sensation, scored a career-high 34 points. Michael Brooks scored 33 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as LaSalle beat Drexel; Hofstra edged American on Steve Brawley’s field goal with two seconds left; Ken Luck’s 24 points paced Delaware over West Chester State and Rider beat Lehigh as Vaughn Coats scored 21. Ray Blume and Rob Holbrook scored 12 points apiece as Oregon State held off California The victory boosted Oregon State’s mark to 15-2 in Pae-10
The AP Top Twenty By The Associated Press The Top Twenty teams in the Associated Press college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records and total points. Points based on 20-19-18-17 16-15-14-13-12-11-10 -9-8-745-5-4-3-2-1: 1 DePaul (58) 25-0 1.160 2. Kentucky 264 1,070 3. Syracuse 24-2 1.019 4 Louisville 26-3 904 S.LouisianaJSt. 21-5 833 6.Oregon St. 24-3 829 7 Maryland 21-5 805 B.St. John’s, NY. 23-3 748 9 Ohio St. 19-6 628 10 North Carolina 20-6 580 11 Missouri 224 528 12 Brigham Young 224 436 13 Indiana 18-7 391 14 Notre Dame 20-5 374 15. Arizona St. 20-5 330 16 Weber St 24-2 276 17. Clemson 19-7 175 18. Purdue 17-8 172 I 9 . No rt h Carolina St. 20-6 162 20 Georgetown, DC. 21-5 159
week, fell to No.B with 748 points while Ohio State and North Carolina rounded out the Top 10. The Buckeyes, ranked 11th last week before victories over Northwestern and lowa, collected 628 points, and the Tar Heels ranked eighth last week before losing to North Carolina State received 580. Missouri advanced two notches in the poll and headed the Second Ten. Brigham Young was 12th followed by preseason favorite Indiana, Notre Dame, Arizona State, Weber State, Clemson, Purdue, North Carolina State and Georgetown, D.C. Last week’s Second 10 was Ohio State, Clemson, Missouri, Brigham Young. Purdue, Weber State, Duke, Arizona State, Indiana and Washington State. North Carolina State and Georgetown returned to the poll after absences of several weeks. They replaced Washington State, which dropped a 80-66 decision to UCLA last week, and Duke. The Blue Devils, who held the No.l ranking for four week’s this season, were crushed by North Carolina 96-71 last week as their record fell to 19-8
play and 25-3 overall. LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Head football coach Rex Dockery of Texas Tech laughs when lie recalls his debut as a coach in September of 1978. His team journeyed to Ixis Angeles to play Southern California and checked into the L.A. Coliseum for a workout the day before the game. "We weren’t supposed to be too good and everyone knows about the great tradition of the Trojans.” Dockery said. " There was an elderly guard stationed at the ramp which led to the field and our players went by him with the coaches bringing up the rear. As we passed him, he shrugged and muttered: Is that all you've got?' "
February 26,1980, The Putnam County Banner Graphic
Highland voted No. 1 before sectional draw
INDIANAPOLIS (AP> - Shortly after 7 o’clock tonight, there’s going to be six teams breathing collective sighs of relief with the news they won’t have to face top-ranked Anderson Highland in the first round of sectional tourney play. One team, of course, will have to meet the unbeaten Scots in the eight-team Anderson sectional. And it could be NoB Madison Heights or N 0.9 Anderson, both of which lost to unbeaten Highland earlier in the season. “You always care,” Anderson Coach Norm Held said of the state tourney draw, to be conducted tonight at the Indiana High School Athletic Association office here. “I’d like to draw somebody! thought we could beat, but realistically, the chances are pretty good that we’re gonna have to play one of them (Highland or Madison Heights), and the chances are good we’ll have to play both of them. “The only thing I don’t want is playing Highland and then Madison Heights back-to-back, like we did last year .” The Indians, of course, survived sectional play last year and advanced to the state finals before losing to Muncie Central in the championship game This season, Anderson won its first six games and was ranked No.l before losing to Highland in December. “We had a one-point game with them before, and I’d like to think we’ve improved,” Held said of the prospect of meeting Highland in the tournament. “You’ve got to play the best sometime. If they’re the best. I’d just as soon play and get it over.” In their first meeting. Highland got five free throws in the closing seconds to edge Anderson 59-58. “I don’t think there’s any question (about as a motivating factor),” Held said. “If we were to play Highland, both teams will be ready to play. It’s a great rivalry, and we haven’t forgotten the circumstances around which we lost the first time.” As for tonight’s sectional pairings. Held said: “I’ve looked at this a dozen times, and it’s going to be an exciting draw. Certainly it (the draw) will have a lot to do with who wins the sectional. It will be difficult for any of the three to beat the other two back-to-back.” Madison Heights and Anderson were the only changes among the top nine teams in this week’s Associated Press poll. The first seven teams, headed by unbeaten Highland, New Albany and Argos, were the same as a week ago. Highland’s Scots, No.l for the fourth straight week, received 13 of 19 first-place votes and 366 of a possible 380 rating points from AP’s statewide board of sports writers and broadcasters. New Albany received three votes for No.l last week but managed only two firstplace ballots this time, totaling 320 rating points. Argos, whose 20-0 record is the best in the state, picked up one additional first-place vote that had gone last week to Highland. But Highland gained
Yonkus earns 3rd straight berth DePauw junior Pat Yonkus qualified for the NCAA Division 111 wrestling tournament for the third consecutive year after defeating the three opponents he faced in the 177pound weight class at the Midwest Independent Regionals at Wabash College Friday and Saturday. \ onkus, now’ 27-1, competes in the national tournament Friday and Saturday at the U S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. DePauw placed third in the eight-team competition with 35 1 j points behind champion MacMurrav (83) and runnerup host Wabash (74 3 4). The fourth through eighth positions were taken by University of the South (33 : G), Rose-Hulman (22 1 D. Washington University (17). Maryville (14) and Auror (11). Three other DePauw wrestlers placed third in the competition Hal Dewsnap (Greencastle product) in the 119pound category. Joe O’Leary at 134 pounds and Dave Taylor at 150 pounds, all took third place finishes in the two-day competition
The Associated Press Indiana high school basket hall poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through games of last Saturday and rating points <3BO possible): 1 Anderson Highland (13). 19-0 366 2 New Albany <2). 19-0. 320 3 Argos (.3 1, 20-0. 267 4 Marion. 18-2. 255 5 Andrean. 18-1. 207 6 S Bend Clay. 18 2. 196 7 Indpls Broad Ripple. 20-2. 165 8 Anderson Madison HLs. 16-3. 153 9 Anderson. 16-3. 11l 10 Valparaiso, 17-2. 90 11 l.oogootee, 19-1. 61 12 Kokomo, 16-3. 53 13 Tipton. 18-1. 44*2 14 S Bend LaSalle, 15-4, 42 15 Whitko. 19-0, 38 16 Ft Wayne Northrop, 15-3, 36 17 Terre Haute South, 16-4. 35' 2 18 Ft Wayne Dwenger <1). 15-4. 29 19 Ft Wayne South. 164, 27 20 South Spencer 16-3. 14 Others receiving voles, listed alphabetically: Boone drove. Clarksville Providence, Clinton Central, Flkhart Memorial. Ft Wavne North. Gary Emerson. Gary Roosevelt, Heritage Hills. Indpls Pike. Kankakee Valley, Logansport. Richmond. Shakamak. Washington
the one that New Albany lost. So Argos ended up with three votes for No.l this week and 267 rating points, just eight points ahead of N 0.4 Marion. Although its position was unchanged. N 0.5 Andrean closed the gap behind Marion significantly. Andrean, which was idle last week, polled 207 points, up 30 points from the last poll, with the same number of ballots counted. Also showing an increase in points, but not in the rankings, were N 0.6 South Bend Clay and N 0.7 Indianapolis Broad Ripple South Bend LaSalle, which was eighth last week, lost by two points to unranked Plymouth and fell to 14th. Fort Wayne Northrop, which was ninth before a 20-point humiliation by Fort Wayne Dwenger. plunged seven spots to 16th. The victory moved Dwenger (15-4) into the Top 20 in the No. 18 position, with one vote for first. Out of the rankings this week was previously unbeaten Kankakee Valley, which was 13th before losing by three points to Michigan City Rogers. Madison Heights rose two spots to eighth and Anderson jumped three places to ninth in place of LaSalle and Northrop. Rounding out the top 10 is Valparaiso, up one spot to 10th. The next three teams received a considerable increase in support, with Loogootee rising three places to 11th and Kokomo and Tipton climbing four spots each to 12th and 13th. respectively. After that is LaSalle, followed by No. 15 Whitko, unbeaten and unchanged from last week, and Northrop. Elsewhere. Terre Haute South jumped two places to 17th, followed by Dwenger and Fort Wayne South, down one spot to 19th WHITE IS INTENSE LOS ANGELES (AP) - The coaching staff at Southern California is unanimous in describing Heisman Award winner Charles White as a young man who was a cocky freshman but has matured into a poised senior. However, that’s off the field. On the field where his lightning rushes into the line helped the Trojans post a 17-6 victory over Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, White is something else again. “White is a wild man out on the field, even when he is not carrying the ball,” Coach John Robinson said. “It’s a great treat to watch Charlie then. It’s as though he wants to make up for not carrying the ball by knocking down every opponent on the football field."
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