Banner Graphic, Volume 12, Number 90, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 December 1981 — Page 8
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Cincinnati needs NCAA-record seven overtimes to turn back Bradley
(c) 1981 Chicago Sun-Times PEORIA, 111. 74 minutes and 57 seconds. Then Doug Schloemer threw in a 16foot prayer of a shot and Cincinnati beat Bradley 75-73 with three seconds to spare in an NCAA record seven overtimes. "We could have done it easier earlier,” Ed Badger, the Bearcat coach, said Monday night. Which was easy for Badger to say. He was on the sidelines waving his arms, expending brain power, and sharing 34 timeouts with Bradley’s Dick Versace. It was a television director’s dream for commercials if nothing else. Four Cincinnati players went 63 minutes and Bobby Austin, who was supposed to be taking the Bearcats’ clutch shots, went 73 minutes. A regulation college game is 40 minutes, and they tacked on 35 minutes with seven 5-minute overtimes. Bradley’s David Thirdkill, Donald Reese, Willie Scott and Voise Winters played all 35 overtime minutes, and Mitchell Anderson got away with only 66 total minutes because he fouled out. Reese went 73 minutes, missing two because he angered Versace sufficiently to get dragged off the floor by the arm for a couple of early minutes.
Top two all set for Saturday collision
Bv JOHN NELSON AP Sports Writer North Carolina remained No.l and Kentucky held down the N 0.2 spot in The Associated Press college basketball rankings released today, setting up a rare regular-season meeting of the nation’s top two teams next Saturday in New Jersey. The Tar Heels and Wildcats each bring unblemished records into their nationally televised game at the new Meadowlands Arena. North Carolina, which has held down the No.l spot in the AP poll since before the season began, pushed its record to 5-0 with a 59-36 victory over Rutgers last Saturday at Madison Square Garden. The Wildcats, meanwhile, defeated Jacksonville, 107-91, and previously unbeaten Seton Hall, 98-74, to win their own invitational tournament over the weekend. Kentucky is 6-0. Coach Dean Smith’s Tar Heels received 46 first-place votes and 1,178 points in balloting by a nationwide panel of 60 sports writers and broadcasters. Kentucky, still playing without the services of the injured Sam Bowie, received 10 first-place votes and 1,140 points. Wichita State, 6-0, and Virginia, 8-0, each moved up one notch, to third and fourth, respectively, and Minnesota, 5-
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1, leaped from eighth one week ago to fifth. Last week, Louisville was third, but the Cardinals lost 62-56 to Oregon State in the Suntory Ball in Tokyo on Sunday, dropping to eighth. Wichita State defeated Pan American 118-65 last week and drew 1,065 point with two firstplace votes. Virginia got one fir-st-place vote and 1,021 points after beating Chaminade 75-59 last week and Hawaii-BYU, 11884, on Monday. Minnesota drew the attention of pollsters by clobbering Marquette last week, 76-54, at Milwaukee, polling 917 points. However, Monday night, Minnesota lost to Kansas State 62-52. Rounding out die Top Ten were Arkansas, 6-0; San Francisco, 7-0; Louisville, 5-1; Missouri, 6-0, and lowa, 6-1. The Top Twenty By The Associated Press The Top Twenty teams in The Associated Press college basketball poll, with fir-st-place votes in parentheses, season’s record and total points. Points based on 20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7 -6-54-3-2-I:l.North Carolina (46) 5-0 1,178 2. Kentucky (10) 6-0 1.140 3. St. (2) 6-C 1,065 4. (1) 8-0 1,021 5. 5-1 917 6. Arkansas (1)6-0 760 7.San Francisco 7-0 735 8. Louisville 5-1 732 9. Missouri 6-0 622 10. lowa 6-1 585 ll.lndiana6-l 537 12. 7-0 490 13. 475 14. 6-1 471 15. 4-2 411 16.0regonSt. 5-1 377 17. Georgetown 7-2 304 18. Houston 7-1 182 19. 37 20. 6-1 82
Chargers prove it's better late than never
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Chargers, bristling with confidence after winning a battle that seemed lost, are already mapping the big assault. “We’ve got the soldiers. Just take us to the beachhead,’’ growled tough-minded John Woodcock, a defensive star in San Diego’s do-or-die 23-10 National Football League victory over the Oakland Raiders Monday night. The playoff-clinching victory, made possible when Chicago upended AFC West leader Denver 35-24 on Sunday, has San Diego, 10-6, thinking Super Bowl after claiming a third con-
Bradley players slumped exhausted in the dressing room while Versace told them he loved them and was proud of them. Anderson said it was hurt feelings, not fatigue. "I’m not tired,’’ he said. “It’s just hard. We tried to hang in there, and nothing fell our way.” The Braves (5-3) contributed to things not falling their way. They missed clinching foul shots after Reese’s two successive baskets gave them a 59-55 lead with 88 seconds left in regulation time, again with a two-point edge with 12 seconds left in regulation, and in three of the overtimes. Only 26 points were scored in the 35 added minutes. Four of the overtimes produced only two points apiece, the third was scoreless, the fifth was 4-4, and the deciding seventh was 2-0 Cincinnati. Versace said it was the rare good shots allowed by the defenses, not all those timeouts and coaching lectures, that could make the most confident player too careful. “We’re good shooters, not brick-throwers,” he said. “You could have cut the intensity with a knife. The shot that won the game was lucky. And I would have called it lucky if our guy had made it. Voise almost got him.” Schloemer didn’t argue that, and he was fresher than most, playing a mere 17Vi* minutes, as well as smarter than most, ac-
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secutive AFC West title. In fact, Hank Bauer, San Diego’s gung-ho special teams leader, sees a lot of the 1980 Raiders in the 1981 Chargers, who were 6-5 five weeks ago. “This team has really come together now. There is a closeness, a unity. It sort of reminds me of Oakland last year,” said Bauer, referring to Raiders’ storybook finish. Oakland overcame a dismal start to become the first wildcard team ever to win the Super Bowl. Quarterback Dan Fouts, who set three all-time NFL passing records in the victory despite a season-low total of 222 yards
Howe asks 'why' as Hornets top AP's rankings
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Undefeated Indianapolis Howe is the top-ranked high school basketball team in Indiana but their coach things the No. 1 rating belongs elsewhere. “Indianapolis Cathedral and Indianapolis Washington are two highly talented teams,” said Hornets' Coach James Thompson “Cathedral is much bigger than us and Washington is stronger. We’re not playing up to our capabilities. I’m disappointed in our play thus far.” Thompson said his Hornets, undefeated in seven games, have not played like the best team in Indiana and that he doesn’t worry about polls. “Polls are great for the community and the school, but they really help get everybody up for you,” he said. “However, our players aren’t cocky and I don’t
passing, lauded the Chargers’ much-maligned defense. “They’ve been bad-mouthed all year...(but) they played their hearts out,” said Fouts, whose only TD pass of the game, a 29-yard strike to Charley Joiner, gave San Diego a 17-3 halftime lead. Fouts finished the season with 360 completions in 609 attempts for 4,802 yards, breaking the alltime marks he set last year. But it was an electrifying 28yard run by rookie running back James Brooks got the Chargers off to a 7-0 start. “We needed that to get us fired up,” said Brooks, who
think the top ranking will hurt us.” The quick start is no surprise to Thompson, who had a successful debut guiding the Hornets last season in compiling a 26-3 mark and finishing second in the Indianapolis semistate. “We don’t have a superstar,” he said. “I believe in the team concept with all five players making contributions all over the court.” Seniors Lawrence Hayes and Marx Clark are leading a balanced scoring attack with about 17 points per game. Greg Cheatham, who had an 18 point average last season, is third but Thompson said he’s satisfied with his overall play. "He’s more of a complete basketball player. His point total is down but he’s passing better and playing better defense," Thompson said.
cording to Badger. “He’s a senior, a good kid who does a good job,” said the coach. “He’s a 3.5 student in computer science who goes where he belongs and does what he’s supposed to do.” “When it kept going, I felt I wouldn’t play until the sixth overtime,” said Schloemer. “When I went for the shot, a guy (Winters) flew at me hard. I saw a blur go by and ducked under and just concentrated on the basket. And pronated my arm.” Pronated? “Followed through,” said the the student whose 4.4 scoring average was only slightly better than his computer science average. Bobby Austin, one of the veterans who was supposed to be taking Cincinnati’s critical shots, dragged the Bearcats (7-1) from behind with three successive late baskets and then with the tying basket with three seconds to go in regulation time. The old Division I record of six overtimes was held by two games, one in 1955 when Minnesota beat Purdue, 59-56, and the other in 1953 when Niagara beat Siena, 88-81. In games involving the nation’s ranked teams. No. 4 Virginia routed Brigham Young-Hawaii 118-84; Kansas State upset No. 5 Minnesota 62-52; No. 9 Missouri walloped Youngstown State 9760 and No. 12 Alabama trimmed Biscayne 94-63. All-America center Ralph Sampson put in 30 points and
broke five tackles on the spinfilled sprint. Rolf Benirschke, a Raider reject four years ago, added field goals of 24, 27 and 39 yards to put a stop, at least temporarily, to Oakland’s Monday night dominance. Now 18-2-1 in Monday night games, it was the Raiders first loss in 15 prime time outings, dating back to 1974. The loss saddled the Raiders, 7-9, with their first losing season since 1964 and allowed San Diego to become the first team to sweep the tradition-rich rivalry since 1965. To offset their injuries and San Diego’s aerial firepower,
Howe and once-beaten Anderson Highland divided 16 of the 18 first place votes in this week’s Associated Press high school boy’s basketball poll and the Hornets captured the top spot by a single point. Howe compiled 325 of a possible 360 rating points in becoming the fourth team to lead the poll in as many weeks. Highland, which dropped a triple overtime battle with Anderson Madison Heights for its only loss in eight starts, moved from third to second as last week’s leader, Indianapolis Cathedral slipped four spots. South Bend LaSalle, defeated only by Highland, was a distant third with 221 points. The Lions, 6-1 with a one-point loss to Highland, edged N 0.4 Anderson by one point. Cathedral, knocked from the undefeated list 64-62 by In-
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Aponte leading Tigers, but his best day was 99-point night in Puerto Rico
DePauw University’s new head basketball coach, Mike Steele, would just like to see his current leading scorer and rebounder, Juan Aponte, live up to his “potential.” Unfortunately, it may not be possible, for Aponte was one tough hombre in Puerto Rico where they still talk about his 99-point outburst against Antiloes Military Academy. THE 6-3, 190-POUND FORWARD for Providencia High School hit 47 of 57 shots from the field and missed an incredible 100 points only because he sank but five of 14 free throws. “I was really off,” he admitted, talking about the free throws, of course. Juan’s team, which finished the season 14-1, won the game, 157-36. The 99 points gave him Puerto Rico’s best one-game mark that season. Or perhaps for all seasons. He isn’t even sure. “Forty-seven points was the highest any high school player had scored that season,” Juan recalled before a Tiger practice. “I scored 20 in the first quarter and 18 in the second quarter. I had 38 points at halftime and everybody just started passing me the ball all the time After the game I was so happy. When I went home my mother asked how we did. I said, ‘We won.’ ‘Did you do well?’ she asked me. I said, ‘I did okay.’
the Raiders deployed five defensive backs much of the game. “If we threw the ball we’d be playing into their hands,” said Chargers’ Coach Don Coryell. "By being more balanced, we were able to throw the ball when we had to.” The Raiders lost starting quarterback Jim Plunkett to a flu-like ailment early in the game, forcing coach Tom Flores to go with Marc Wilson, who had a badly sprained thumb. San Diego won the AFC West on the basis of having a better intradivision mark (6-2) than Denver (5-3).
dianapolis Washington last week, was followed by Marion. The Giants remained sixth with victories over Blackford and Fort Wayne South. Evansville Bosse, which received the remaining two first place votes, climbed to seventh, while Indianapolis Washington, 7-1, used the victory over Cathedral to move from 11th to eighth. New Albany, Indianapolis Pike and Lafayette Harrison, all members of a rapidly shrinking list of undefeated teams, were next. New Albany slipped from seventh to ninth after winning close battles with Bedford-North Lawrence and Evansville Reitz. Pike, 8-0, climbed two notches after bombing Carmel 86-49, while Harrison moved up three spots to 11th. Alexandria, knocked from the
snared 16 rebounds to pace Virginia over BYU-Hawaii. Othell Wilson added 19 points for the Cavaliers, as Coach Terry Holland substituted freely throughout the game against the NAIA team. Ed Nealy scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Kansas State over Minnesota. Kansas State Coach Jack Hartman credited junior center Les Craft with playing a pivotal role, even though he didn’t score any points. Craft held the Gophers’ 7-foot-3 center Randy Breuer to 12 points, 11 under his average. “Les did a great job on Breuer,” Hartman said. “And the rest did an equally good job of supporting him. The only way to stop Breuer is not to let him get the ball.” Ricky Frazier scored 16 points and grabbed four rebounds to lead Missouri over Youngstown State. The victory was Missouri’s 24th consecutive victory at home, a school record. Eddie Phillips had 22 points and 11 other Alabama players broke into the scoring column as the Crimson Tide defeated Biscayne College. Alabama, 7-0, went into the dressing room at halftime with a 48-28 lead, and the game was never close after that. Elsewhere, Howard Carter scored 23 points as Louisiana State coasted past Texas-El Paso 71-59.
“She couldn’t believe I scored 99 points. Nether could I.” JUAN SAID HIS FEAT resulted in several media interviews and several offers to play semi-pro ball in Puerto Rico, where he grew up in Rio Piedras. Instead he came to DePauw at the suggestion of a high school classmate already on the campus. Aponte, as a sophomore, is leading the 2-3 Tigers with a 13.2 scoring average and 8.4 average on the boards. His high as a starter this year has been 23 in a win over Millikin University, a game in which he also had 13 rebounds. He had 31 in a JV game last season at Rose-Hulman. Aponte and the Tigers will get their next test Dec. 28 when they meet Centre College in a twoday tourney at Otterbein College. Even getting to that tournament won’t be routine for Aponte, who plans to go home for Christmas. However, through coach Steele's connections, his star has secured a precise travel itinerary which will return him to Indianapolis just before the Tigers’ team bus hits town en route to Ohio. Now that’s teamwork.
NFL playoffs set NEW YORK (AP) The San Diego Chargers are the final team to qualify for the National Football League playoffs. Thanks to Monday night’s 23-10 victory over the Oakland Raiders, the Chargers locked up the American Conference West title and earned a berth in the playoffs against the Miami Dolphins on Jan. 2. The Chargers will face the AFC East champions in Miami at- 5 p.m., EST, following a game between Dallas, the National Conference East champion, and Tampa Bay, winner of the NFC Central. The other conference semifinal games will be played on Jan. 3. In the opener at 1 p.m., the winner of next Sunday’s AFC wild-card game between the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets will be at Cincinnati, winner of the AFC Central Division. The second game, at 5 p.m., will have the winner of the Dec. 27 NFC wild-card game, either the New York Giants or Philadelphia Eagles, at San Francisco.
undefeated list in a 66-63 loss to Anderson Highland on Friday, fell fr6m 10th to 12th. Undefeated Plymouth made the biggest stride since last week. The Marshall County school was in a four-way tie for 20th last week and is N 0.13 this week. In other changes, N 0.14 Jeffersonville climbed two positions, No. 15 Evansville North advanced three places and Fort Wayne Elmhurst tumbled from ninth to 16th. Fort Wayne Wayne moved from 20th to 17th. Undefeated Loogootee, which was also in the deadlock, is 18th this week while Lafayette Jeff retained the No. 19 ranking. Anderson Madison Heights, 13 last week, fell from the Top 20 after suffering its third loss. The only new member of the poll is N 0.20 Madison, off to its best start since 1961.
Ind HS Poll Table By The Associated Press The Associated Press Indiana high school boys’ basketball Top 20 teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through games of lasi Saturday and rating points (360 possible): 1. Indpls Howe (8), 7-0.325 2. Anderson Highland (7) 7-1,324 3. S.Bend LaSalle, 6-1,221 4 Anderson, 7-2,220 5. Indpls Cathedral, 6-1,190 6 Marion, 7-1,179 7. Evansville Bosse (2), 7-0,175 8. Indpls Washington, 7-1,158 9. New Albany, 6-0,144 10. Indpls Pike, 8-0,108 11 Lafayette Harrison, 7-0,56 12 Alexandria, 6-1,53 13. Plymouth, 7-0,51 14 Jeffersonville, 7-2,46 15 Evansville North, 4-0.44 16 Ft Wayne Elmhurst, 6-1,42 17 Ft. Wayne Wayne, 5-1,34 18 Loogootee, 7-0,30 19. Lafayette Jeff, 6-2,20 20. Madison. 7-0,16 Others with five or more rating points, listed alphabetically: Anderson Madison Heights, Connersville, E.Chicago Roosevelt, Gary Mann, Homestead, Mich.Oitv Rogers, Muncie South, Portage, S.Bend Clay, Terre Haute South Editor s Note: This will be the final poll of 1981 There will be no Indiana high school poll next week The next poll will be released Tuesday, Jan 5