Banner Graphic, Volume 10, Number 151, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 February 1980 — Page 7

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ALLISON LEER Cub guard

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By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Three members of second year conference champion Greencastle and a total of eight Putnam County players, head the all West Central Conference girls basketball team, as selected by the nine league coaches, EARNING ALL-CONFERE-NCE honors from Greencastle were Allison Leer, Susan Lezotte, and D’Anne Brown; from North Putnam were Shar George and Jeri Storm; from South Putnam were Janet Sutherlin and Darla Ellis and from Cloverdale was Laura Roach.

111 has one game and Buckeyes between it and Big Ten crown

BLOOMINGTON. Ind. <AP) The Big Ten basketball championship hinges on the final game of the season here on Sunday, a matchup between Ohio State and Indiana that Wisconsin’s Bill Cofield says should go to the Hoosiers. “I think Indiana should beat Ohio State,” said Cofield, whose Badgers were hammered 61-52 by an admittedly tired Indiana team on Thursday night. “There’s no question they should win it here. I said all along that if it came down to Ohio State at Indiana at the end, Indiana would win the Big Ten,” Cofield said. Wisconsin beat Ohio State twice and Indiana once this year, but when the chips are down. Cofield said, “I’d hate to have to come down to the last game of the season with everything riding on the game and play here.” Led by freshman Isiah Thomas with 18 points and senior Mike Woodson with 16, Indiana raised its Big Ten record to 12-5 and its overall mark to 19-7. The Badgers had four players foul out—including Claude Gregory, who led all scorers with 21 points—and fell to 7-10 in the conference and 15-13 for all games “We played very, very hard,” Cofield said. “It’s just that we were playing a great team that’s good enough to win the Big Ten and perhaps the national championship.” Hoosier Coach Bobby Knight said he hadn’t had time to even think about Sunday’s battle with the ninth-ranked Buckeyes on national television. But he does know that the 13th-ranked Hoosiers need a little rest. “One of the worst thing you can do from a coaching standpoint is overwork your kids,” Knight said. “We just worked too damn long this week. On Sunday, we worked with the kids who don’t play a lot and then with everybody for two hours on Monday. We practiced one hour, 45 minutes Wednesday, and that’s 45 minutes too much.” Indiana was outscored by two field goals but sank 25 of 28

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SUSAN LEZOTTE Cub forward

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Other all-confererice selections included Cascade’s Vicki Willoughby, Tri-West’s Julie Burkhart, Owen Valley’s Kelly Cooper and Edgewood’s Debbie Hamilton and Teresa Lavender. For Leer and Lezotte it was the second year in a row they’ve

workout. The New York Mets had pitchers and cathers going through workouts Tuesday. (AP Wirephoto).

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DANNE BROWN Cub center

been selected to the squad. LEER, GREENCASTLE’S junior point guard, averaged 12.9 points per game while shooting an accurate 56 per cent from the floor. She passed out four assists per game and came up with three steals and managed to hit 76 per cent of her free throws. Lezotte canned 13.3 points on her average night, along with grabbing 8.1 rebounds per game as forward for the conference champion Tiger Cubs. Lezotte, who was all-regional and all-semi-state, hit 44.2 per cent of her shots from the floor. Brown earned all-conference

Two left in race

free throws to just 12 of 17 for the Badgers. Indiana’s Mike Woodson managed only three field goals, all in the first half, but added 10 free throws. “The game wasn’t two minutes old and I was kicking myself. We looked very lethargic,” said Knight. “I said this morning we were three strokes ahead of the sharks, and tonight the sharks almost overtook us.” The Hoosiers built a 10-point lead in the first half and main tained a 31-27 advantage at halftime before the Wisconsin sharks closed in. A seven-point Badger spurt, capped by Wesley Matthews two free throws and a basket by Joe Chrnelich gave Wiscon sin a 42-39 lead with 12 minutes remaining. Chrnelich fouled out two minutes later, and Indiana’s parade to'the free throw line began. Gregory, Matthews and Larry Petty all fouled out later, and the Hoosiers scored 16 of their final 22 points from the foul line.

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SHAR GEORGE Cougar guard

honors for the first time, averaging 9.2 points a game and 8.1 rebounds. The six-foot center also shot 45 per cent from the floor and was known more for her defense than scoring. NORTH PUTNAM’S George was unofficially the WCC’s leading scorer with a 16.7 point per game average for the Cougars. George played both forward and guard for coach Glenda Bolton and averaged five rebounds and five assists per game. Storm was involved in a tie with Cascade’s Willoughby for an all-WCC position. While leading North Putnam’s fast-

Conference All Games W L Pet. W L Pet. Ohio State 12 5 706 20 6 .769 Indiana 12 5 .706 19 7 .731 Purdue 10 7 . 588 17 9 .654 lowa 9 8 .529 18 8 .692 Minnesota 9 8 .529 16 10 615 Michigan 8 9 .471 15 11 .577 Illinois 8 9 . 471 18 11 .621 Wisconsin 7 10 412 15 13 536 MiehiganState 6 11 .353 11 15 .423 Northwestern 4 13 .235 9 17 ,346 Thursday’s Results Ohio State 64, Purdue 60 Indiana 61, Wisconsin 52 lowa 83, Michigan 67 Minnesota 87, Michigan State 73 Illinois 90. Northwestern 66 Sunday’s Game Ohio State at Indiana

Duke tops N.C. State : i Blue Devils get job done early

By KEN RAPPOPORT AP Sports Writer It’s been an up-and-down season for the Duke Blue Devils. But Thursday night they were up —way up. “I thought we played the best we’ve played in a while,” said Coach Bill Foster after a 68-62 victory over 19th-ranked North Carolina State in the Atlantic Coast Conference playoffs. “We got off to a good start and we were very effective offensively” That they were. Actually, the final margin wasn’t indicative of the way Foster’s team controlled the game. With Gene Banks scoring 24 points and Mike Gminski 22, the Blue Devils led by as many as 19 points before giving the Wolfpack clusters of points in the waning moments. “We more or less spotted them 20 minutes, and when you do that against a team of Duke’s talent, you put yourself in a hole," said North Carolina State Coach Norm Sloan, whose team fell behind by 12 points at the half. “I just wish we played 40 minutes the way we played the last 20 minutes.”

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JERI STORM Cougar guard

break most of the time, “Stormy” averaged 10 points and 7.5 rebounds per outing. SOUTH PUTNAM’S Sutherlin earned her second straight berth on the all-conference team. The forward-guard scored 10.2 points per game along with shooting 41 per cent from the floor. She also grabbed 6.2 rebounds a game, while handing out two assists and coming up with three steals. Ellis joined Edgewood’s Hamilton and Lavender and Cloverdale’s Roach as one of four sophomores to make the all-conference squad. The forward-center led the

Purdue Buckeyes beat Boilermakers in must win situation and head for Indiana

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Kelvin Ransey believes his ninth-rated Ohio State team proved something with its 6460 triumph over Purdue that kept them tied for first place in the Big Ten basketball race with Indiana. “When we realized we’d beat Purdue here, it was a great feeling,” said Ransey after his team defeated the Boilermakers here for the first time since 1973. “We proved some things tonight. A lot of people thought we couldn’t win here, but it was a game we had to win.” The victory sends Ohio State against Indiana in a nationallytelevised game at Bloomington between the coleaders in the final game of the Big Ten race. Two free throws by Ransey with 19 seconds to play just about clinched the victory. The> came one second after Purdue had a costly turnover as it failed to pass the ball in within the 5-second limit. Purdue had gained the opportunity to try and tie the game at 62 when Ohio State had failed to inbounds the ball. Herb Williams and Clark Kellogg sparked Ohio State past the 18th-rated Boilermakers. Both scored 19' points apiece. Williams had 12 rebounds and Kellogg pulled in 11 to give the Buckeyes a 47-35 advantage. “They beat us on the boards, especially in the first half,” said Purdue Coach Lee Rose. “The putbacks ( layups after an offensive rebound) really hurt us. Kellogg played great...especially on the offensive board.” Joe Barry Carroll had 11 rebounds and 17 points to lead Purdue in both categories. However, the 7-foot-l senior center made only 6 of 16 shots from the field. Jim Smith, Ohio State’s 6-9 junior forward, had the job of defending Carroll for most of the game. “I thought Jimmy Smith was magnificent,” said Ohio State Coach Eldon Miller. “Smith was supposed to put Joe Barry Carroll as far from

The Blue Devils, a team that already has lost eight games, thus earned a berth in tonight’s ACC semifinals against 10thranked North Carolina, a 75-62 victor over Wake Forest behind Mike O’Koren’s 26 points. In Thursday night’s other quarterfinal games, seventhranked Maryland nipped Georgia Tech 51-49 on Albert King’s jump shot with four seconds left in overtime and No. 17 Clemson defeated Virginia 57-49 as BillyWilliams and Larry Nance each scored 14 points. The ACC tournament was one of several postseason league playoffs that continued to blossom in college basketball this week. In the Southeastern Conference playoffs, second-ranked Kentucky, No 5 Louisiana State, Alabama and Mississippi all won opening-round games. Sam Bowie scored 19 points to lead Kentucky to a 69-61 victory over Auburn LSU registered a 95-82 decision over Florida as Ethan Martin scored 20 points and Howard Carter 19 Eddie Phillips' 27 points triggered Alabama over Mississippi State. Cecil Dowell hit a layup

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JANET SUTHERLIN Eagle guard

WCC girls squad

Eagle rebounding with a 6.6 average, while scoring a team high 14.7 points per game and shooting 41 per cent from the floor. Sutherlin also averaged three steals per game for the ball-hawking Eagle defense. CLOVERDALE’S Roach, at times, was the most dominating center in the WCC this season. Roach, at 5-10, averaged 11.8 points per game, while shooting 43 per cent from the floor and grabbed 10 rebounds a game. While the first and second positions in the WCC remained the same, the rest of the league was a real dog fight. Owen Valley defeated all but Green-

as time expired to provide Mississippi with a mild 76-74 upset over Tennessee. “Mississippi took us out of everything we wanted to do." said Tennessee Coach Don DeVoe. “They outscrapped us, and their defense early in the game set the tempo. ” The results set up a semifinal round tonight pairing Kentucky against Mississippi and LSU against Alabama. In first-round games of the Big East tourney, David Russell scored 17 points as eighthranked St. John’s defeated Providence 48-44; Eric Floyd contributed 22 to pace 20thranked Georgetown over Seton Hall 60-47 and Connecticut whipped Boston College 79-68 behind Mike McKay’s 21 points. Connecticut earned a berth in tonight’s semifinals against Syracuse. St. John’s will face Georgetown in the other semifinal contest. In the Missouri Valley Conference, West Texas State defeated Creighton 82-67 and Bradley beat Wichita State 6860. The winners will play Saturday in the MVC tourney finals.

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DARLA ELLIS Eagle forward

Player Julie Burkhart Allison Leer Susan Lezotte Kelly Cooper Laura Roach Shar George Darla Ellis Debbie Hamilton Teresa Lavender Janet Sutherlin D’Anne Brown Jeri Storm* Vicki Willoughby* * Tie in voting

castle. Edgewood and Tri-West, but the Bruins slipped in the last conference game of the season

the basket as possible, stay behind him and don’t give up rebound position,” Miller explained. “We depended on our outside people for help, rather than front him and expect help from the frontside.” Ohio State, 12-5 in league action and 20-6 overall, moved ahead for good as it outscored Purdue 11-2 during a four-min-ute span of the second half. The surge began with Purdue holding a 48-44 edge alter a Drake Morris basket. Smith tied the game at 48 midway in the half and Carter Scott put his team ahead for good at 50-48. A free throw by Williams, who had 11 of his points in the second half, and two more by Ransey put Ohio State ahead 55-50 with 5:58 remaining and Purdue never drew closer than two points. Both teams had poor shooting nights, but each coach credited the other’s defense for the statistic. Ohio State was 24 for 69 from the field (.348), while Purdue hit on 39 percent of its shots (23-59). “We’ve been having good defensive consistency down the stretch,” said Miller. Purdue, 10-7 and 17-9, goes against Michigan State on Saturday in the conference finale for both teams. Eddie Johnson had 25 points and Mark Smith 24 for Illinois, now 8-9 in the conference and 18-11 overall. Celler-dwelling Northwestern is 4-13 and 9-17. Steve Krafcisin tossed in 23 points and pulled down nine rebounds as lowa sailed past Michigan. lowa is now 18-8 for the sesason. Michigan is 8-9 and 15-11. Kevin McHale and Darryl Mitchell combined for 50 poits to lead Minnesota over Michigan and keep the Gophers tied with lowa at 9-8 in the Big Ten. Minnesota is 16-10 overall. Michigan is 8-9 in the conference and 15-11 overall.

In the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference, Pacific downed Cal State-Fullerton 70-58 behind Scott McLaughlin’s 19 points; San Jose State whipped UCSanta Barbara 73-66 as Wally Rank scored 28 and Francois Wise tallied 22 and pulled down nine rebounds as Long Beach State topped UC-Irvine 64-56. In the East Coast Athletic Conference playoffs, lona and St. Peter’s both won to advance to Saturday’s Metropolitan New York-New Jersey playoffs. lona defeated Siena 76-70 as Jeff Ruland scored 26 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked five shots. St. Peter’s defeated Fordham 64-47 as Jim Brandon scored 25 points and collected 10 rebounds.

Clovers to light fire The Cloverdale Adult Booster Section is staging a sectional bonfire and pep rally on Tuesday near the Cloverdale High School baseball diamond The rally will begin at 7; 30 p.m. and features the varsity basketball team, under the direction of coach A 1 Tucker. The vent will move indoors if there is inclement weather.

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In the ECAC Northern Division, Glenn Consor hit four free throws in the last 64 seconds to give Boston University an 83-79 victory over Rhode Island and Holy Cross defeated Maine 73-67 as Ronnie Perry scored 17 points. a Elsewhere, 12th-ranked Brigham Young whipped Hawaii 107-82 behind Devin Durrant’s 27 points; Isiah Thomas scored 18 points to trigger No. 13 Indiana past Wisconsin 61-52; a 21-point performance by Don Collins led Washington State to a 71-58 upset of 15th-ranked Arizona State ind Herb Williams and Clark Kellogg scored 19 points apiect as ninth-ranked Ohio defeated Purdue 64-60

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