Banner Graphic, Volume 13, Number 105, Greencastle, Putnam County, 10 January 1983 — Page 6

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Pursell free throws decide game

Tiger Cubs win fifth straight

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor SPENCER-Riding the crest if a four-game winning streak, most would have expected Greencastle to be on top of its game going into Saturday night’s West Central Conference high school basketball contest at Owen Valley. Greencastle was anything but sharp during the 51-50 victory oVer the Patriots. But still the Wet remains the Tiger Cubs have won five straight, are 7-3 for the year and 2-0 in the conference. The Cubs host Edgewood in a WCC game Jan. 14. FOR THE SECOND time this season Tracy Pursell hit crucial tree throws to win the basketball game. The 6-0 senior forward who hit a critical free throw to beat North Vermillion dropped in two with eight seconds left Saturday night to secure the win. “I don’t have any excuses for the way we played tonight, none,” an obviously disappointed Greencastle coach U.S. hasn't improved enough yet INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Americans didn't dominate the U.S. Swimming International championships. However, the coach of the U.S. National team says they have improved since the last world championships. Birgit Meineke of East Germany emerged as the individual star of the competition. The 18-vear-old Meineke captured her third gold medal and set her second world short- . course record with a time of 53.99 seconds in the women’s 100-meter freestyle Sunday. Earlier in the competition, she won the 50-meter freestyle and set a world mark in the 200freestyle, breaking her own world record. Meineke’s two world records were among six set by the East German women in the threeday meet at the Indiana University Natatorium. The records are for short-course, or 25meter, pools. Cornelia Sirch. a 16-vear-old ;.East German, set a world ; record Sunday in the 200-meter ybackstroke with a time of "2:07.74, breaking the mark of ;’2:08.54 she set last month. Her teammate, Kristin Otto, who won the 100-backstroke on Saturday, finished second in the >2OO with a time of 2:08.65. Meineke. Otto. Sirch and Carmela Schmidt later set a world record in the 400-freestyle relay • with a time of 3:41.74. That broke the former 3:43.88 set by the United States nearly five -years ago. The second-place -U.S. 'A’ team also set an American record Sunday with a time of 3:42.80. Although no team scores were kept, the United States won gold medals in 16 events as compared to 12 for East Germany.

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Doug Miller said. “We were coming off a good victory last night (Friday), we were emotionally in a very good state of mind and then to come out and simply struggle. I don’t have any other way to say it.” For the fifth time in 10 games, Greencastle won on free throws. Owen Valley had three more field goals (23-20) than the Cubs, but didn’t shoot, or hit, as many free throws. While the Patriots hit on four of five attempts, Greencastle made good on 11 of 15 (73 per cent). THE CUBS COULD have, and by coach Miller’s admittance, should have, put this one away in the late stage of the third and early part of the fourth quarter. After leading 24-22 at halftime, Brian Richards passed out two of his team high five assists to put Greencastle up by a fourpoint margin twice. The Cubs held that cushion until Pursell rebounded his own missed shot and scored on the board for a six-point, 34-28 edge. Coach Jerrill Vandeventer packed his Patriots into a tight

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zone to prevent Greencastle penetration, but once ahead six, coach Miller decided to spread the Cubs out and use up some time. Greencastle scored four more points in the quarter and went up by eight, 36-28, when Jon Duncan capped a 12-point performance with a pair of free throws, but it also allowed the Patriots to regroup. “WE SIMPLY WENT to it to get them out of the zone. I really don’t think it was a factor in the game at that point, because we ran some time off the clock, but we really didn’t increase our lead any and they were able to get back into their game plan. It really wasn’t an effective move for us.” Miller said. Owen Valley cut Greencastle’s lead to two points in the first 90 seconds of the final period. Tony Judy hit a field goal and Pursell two free throws to put Greencastle back in by six, 42-36. The Cubs held a five-point margin when the last minute started and were up by three with 14 seconds left.

The last of Greencastle’s 21 turnovers for the night led to Greg Wright’s 10th point of the fourth quarter and 14th of the night, putting the Patriots within one, 49-48. Owen Valley fouled Pursell on the Cub possession and the senior responded to the pressure situation. EACH TEAM HELD four point leads in the first half. The Cubs hit five of their first seven shots and led 8-2 with 5:34 in the first half. Duncan scored eight of his 12 in the first quarter on four of five perimeter shooting from the wing. Owen Valley tied the game 1010 and took a brief 12-10 lead in the final minute of the first quarter. Greencastle led 14-12 when the second eight-minute period opened but was in the hole 18-14 with 5:52 left in the half. The Cubs went into a 24-22 halftime lead when Richards turned a Bill Shuee steal into two points. Richards and Duncan led Greencastle’s balanced attack with 12 points each. Richards

One quarter does not a game make

By MIKE OWENS Banner-Graphic Sports Writer BAINBRIDGE-After racing to a 24-16 first quarter lead. North Putnam appeared ready to capture its first win of the high school basketball season. However, the Cougars lost their shooting eye and eighth straight game of the year to Fountain Central 75-52 Saturday night. “WE CAME OUT very in tense in the first quarter. Our execution was good and our of sense was providing us with some good open shots and we were hitting them," North Putnam coach Phil Myers said after the non-conference loss. The now 0-8 Cougars hit 56 per cent (9-16) from the floor the first eight minutes. John Copner and Dan Nelson got the Cougars off to a good start with seven and six points, respectively. Fountain Central, 2-8 now-, came out the second quarter more aggressively and slowly worked its way back into the game. North managed only two field goals, but held on for a halftime tie, 28-28. “IN THE SECOND quarter we just quit running our offense and started forcing some bad shots. Our lack of confidence began to show and we just never got back into the flow of the game,” Myers said. Both teams ended the first half shooting below 40 per cent. North hit 39 per cent (11-28) and Fountain Central 34 per cent (11-32). Fountain Central outscored North 12-4 in the second period. Fountain Central outscored North 14-7 in the first four minutes of the third quarter and never looked back. The physical play of the Mustangs and poor shot selection by the Cougars built the Mustangs lead to 11,4635, by the end of the period.

All home games free in January DePauw loses fourth straight

HUNTINGTON-Maybe DePauw University should try coming from behind instead of getting out to a lead. The Tigers saw a 10-point first half lead disappear Saturday afternoon during an 83-77 loss at Huntington. DePAUW FINALLY plays a home game at Lilly Center Tuesday night. The now 3-4 Tigers square off in a 7:30 p.m. game against 13-2 Tri-State, a squad composed primarily of NCAA Division I transfer players. The last time DePauw won was Dec. 1 at Lilly Center against Illinois Wesleyan. Since then the Tigers have dropped four straight and Saturday was the third consecutive time they have blown a lead. “We don’t play the same

also pulled down a game-high eight rebounds and passed out five assists. Shawn Wood led Owen Valley’s scoring with 20 points and Wright finished with 14. “I’M CERTAINLY happy we won the basketball game, but I don’t have to worry about what I’m going to work on next week in practice,” coach Miller said. “I think there is plenty for us to do next week in preparation for Edgewood and to become a better basketball team.” Coach Jeff Miller’s Greencastle junior varsity is 6-4 after the 52-41 victory Saturday night. GREENCASTLE (51) Pursell I 5-6 2 7, Shuee 2 1-12 5, Richards 6 A-0 4 12. Inman 3 2-3 2 8, Duncan 5 2-2 0 12, Smith (11-2 1 1, Judy 3 0-1 0 6, Hess 0 0-010, Rushing 0 0-0 0 0. Totals-FG 20 FT 11-15 PF 12. OWEN VALLEY (50) Wright 6 2-3 2 14, Woodall 2 0-0 14, McCollum 1 0-0 4 2, W ood 10 (Ml 0 20, Tucker I 2-2 2 4, Spear 3 0-0 2 6. Terrell 0 0-0 2 0. Totals-FG 23 FT 4-5 PF 13. Rebounding GREENCASTLE (26)-Richards 8, Pursell I. Inman 4. Duncan 4, Shuee 3, Judy 2, Smith I. OWEN VALLEY (13)-Wood 5, Wright 3, McCollum 2, Spear 2. Tucker I. Score by quarters Greencastle 14 24 38 51 Owen Valley 12 22 32 50

NORTH WAS outscored 16-0 from the 2:25 mark of the third period to the 5:16 mark of the fourth period. The Cougars went from a 42-35 deficit to a 5835 hole in the five-minute drought. Balanced scoring by Fountain Central spelled the Cougars' fate. The Mustangs had five players in double figures: Neil Bowman 16, Tom Trusty 15, Terry Blankenbeckler 15, Kirk Booe 13 and Brad Krout 12. Sophomore Ryan Wehrman had 13 and Nelson 12 to lead the Cougar attack. NORTH ENDED THE game shooting 37 per cent (19-51) from the floor, compared to Fountain Central's 48 per cent (33-69). North committed 14 turnovers to the Mustangs' seven. North won the battle of the boards 33-30. Todd Strader and Kerry Kurtz pulled down eight apiece for North. “We just couldn t play under control after the first quarter. The game became very physical and we just didn't adapt to the situation. I don’t think Fountain Central hurt us defensively, we just quit executing our offense and forced up some bad shots," Myers said. North Putnam did manage a split for the night, as the junior varsity won 71-44. FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (75) Bou mail 7 2-2 2 16. Throckmorton 2 (Ml 4 4. Blankenbeckler 7 l-il 2 15, Krout fi 0-0 4 12. Booc 5 3-5 I 13. Trusty 6 3-8 2 15, Allen 0 0-0 0 0. Lawson 0 0-0 0 0-Totals FG 33 FT 9-18 PF Ifi. NORTH PUTNAM (52) Copner 2 3-3 0 7. Krutz 2 2-2 3 6. Strader 2 1-1 3 5, Nelson 6 0-0 3 12, Wehrman 4 5-9 2 13, Eaton 2 0-1 2 4. Colvin I 1-2 2 3, McGaughey 0 0-0 1 0. Ensor 0 2-2 0 2-Totals FG 19 FT 1423 PF 16. Rebounding Fountain Central (30) Bowman 9. Throckmorton 5, Blankenbeckler 3, Krout 2, Booe 3, Trusty 8. North Putnam (33) Copner 6, Kurtz 8. Strader 8, Nelson 2, W'ehrman 5, Eaton 4. Score by quarters Fountain Central 16 26 46 75 North Putnam 24 28 35 52

when we get a lead,” coach Mike Steele said. “Against Huntington we made three straight turnovers and not the aggressive turnovers that you sometimes can accept, once we went up by 10. It’s the third straight game that’s happened.” DePAUW TOOK AN early 2414 lead, but now 5-6 Huntington rallied to lead 37-36 at halftime. The Tigers battled hard in the second half but were forced to foul to get the ball. Huntington shot 36 second half free throws, making 27, while sinking only 10 field goals. Huntington starting guards, Greg Kline and Greg Glancy, netted 25 and 32 points, respectively. Gregg Notestine turned in his best game of the season for DePauw with 19 points. Joe

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Eminence may have knocked Cloverdale's Keith Welty (4) out of the way, but Chad Tucker managed to grab the rebound and scored two of his game total 35 points. The 6-6 senior scored the career high total

Tucker and Neese nearly beat Eels

By PAT REILLY Banner-Graphic Sports Writer CLOVERDALE-When a team has three players in double figures, hits 75 per cent of its free throws and produces between 16 and 23 points in three quarters, one would expect that team to win. But expectations change when the other team has two players who produce 66 points between them. THAT HAPPENED between Cloverdale and Eminence Saturday night as Chad Tucker and Jerry Neese fell only one point short of defeating the Eels by themselves. The rest of the Clovers produced the needed scoring to defeat Eminence 9467. “If you want one turning point, I guess Jerry Neese and Chad Tucker sum it up kind of nice." Eminence coach Kelly Simpson said. “I’m glad they are plavinc for us and not the opposition," Cloverdale coach A 1 Tucker said of the dynamic duo. BY THE END of the first quarter of play, the Clovers held a 16-10 lead over the visitng Eels. Tucker scored 11 of the Cloverdale tally. Neese got a slow start in the first period as he could only hit two of his field goal attempts.

Dixon continued his solid play with 16 points and a career high 16 rebounds, seven on the offensive end. Dave Hathaway chipped in 12 points, all in the first half. STEELE HASN’T given up. “I still have a lot of confidence in the team and I think they have confidence in themselves. There are just a few adjustments we have to make and everyone constantly has them on their minds. Maybe we would be better off if we all just went out and dominated some team to get all the thinking out of our systems,” Steele said. Things won’t get easier Tuesday, in fact, they might get tougher despite the homecourt advantage. “Tri-State may be the best team we face all year.” Steele said. “They’re very big

to lead Cloverdale to its fifth straight win of the season. The Clovers now stand at 7-4 going into Friday night's game at Southmont. (Banner-Graphic photo by Tracy Proctor).

Eminence kept coming at the Clovers in the second quarter, but by the end of the eight minutes fifteen points separated the two teams. Neese was definitely on his game as he hit all five of this field goal attempts. and Tucker missed only one of his five shots. Brian Wooldridge added five points for the Clovers as he hit two field goals and one free throw. “It was much more wide spread than I anticipated," Tucker said. “One of the determining factors is that Eminence played last night and had to play hard. In the second half they gave out.” "WE HAD A ball game against Cascade last night,” Simpson said. “We were a little bit tired. But that isn’t an excuse. Cloverdale beat us. They are just better.” The second half saw Cloverdale expand its lead. Eminence’s balanced scoring of the first half was reduced as foul trouble hit the Eels. Twenty second-half fouls sent three Eel starters permanently to the bench. Ed Hicks, who led the Eels with 20 points, left the game with three minutes left to play. Tucker w'ent to the bench often in the contest, but the fourth quarter was played

and like to throw the ball out and run with it. We need a great effort, but I think it will be a tremendous game.” Steele also announced the Sensations from the Cloverdale Dance Workshop will perform at halftime of Tuesday night's game. ALL GAMES IN January are open free to the public. Along with Tri-State, DePaaw will

Sports schedule Tuesday Tri-State at DePauw. 7:30 p.m., basketball Brazil girls at Greencastle, 6:30 p.m., basketball Fountain Central at Greencastle, 6:30 p.m., swimming Greencastle at Plainfield. 6:30 p.m., wrestling Owen Valley at North Putnam, 6:30 p.m., wrestling Cascade at South Putnam, 6:30 p.m., wrestling T.H. South at Cloverdale, 6:30 p.m., wrestling

predominantly with fresh personnel. “WE WERE ABLE to work a lot of people in the game,” Tucker said. “It became very physical. But were very pleased overall.” Another telling factor came in the area of rebounding. Cloverdale picked up 44 rebounds to 28 by the Eels. Tucker led both teams with 17. “Cloverdale is an excellent ball club.” Simpson said. "They are probably better than the record shows.” THE WARNING IS probablyjustified as the Clovers stand 7-4 on the season. The opening game of the evening was also a Cloverdale victory. The junior varsity Clovers won 37-24. EMINENCE (67) \nderson I 3-4 3 5. Kukman 3 0-0 5 6, Hicks 8 4-7 5 20. Porter 8 2-3 5 18. Gore 4 6-6 4 14, Leonard 0 0-0 0 0. Greene 1 0-0 1 2, Tudor 1 0-0 1 2. Fidler 0 0-0 3 0-Totals FG 26 FT 1520 PF 27. CLOVERDALE (94) W’eltv 1 2-2 1 4. Tucker 15 5-10 2 35. Speedy 2 0-2 1 4. Neese 13 5-6 1 31, Shrum 2 4-9 4 8, Kennedy 0 0-0 0 0, Cundiff II 0-0 0 0. Samuel 1 0-1 2 2. Archer 1 3-6 0 5. Lucas 0 0-0 0 0. Wooldridge 2 1-1 4 5-Totals FG 37 FT 20-35 PF 15. Rebounding Eminence (28) Anderson 8, Greene 3, Kukman 2. Porter 6. Gore 1, Hicks 8. Cloverdale (44) Kennedy I, Weltv 4. Tucker 17. Speedy 1. Neese 6, Cundiff 2. Samuels 3. Archer I. Shrum 6. Wooldridge 3. Score by Quarters Eminence to 26 44 67 Cloverdale 16 41 65 94

host Washington University Friday night and Maryville in a 3 p.m. game Saturday. DePAIW < 77 > Dixon fi 4-4 5 Ifi. Hathaway 6 0-0 4 12. Huser 2 0-1 2 4. Notestine 8 2-1 3 19. Kutan 0 2-2 4 2. Ehrmann 4 0-t 28. McAlee 3 2-14 8. Wendel 3 0-0 5 «. Ogle 1 0-0 1 2. Vieke 0 0-0 10, Aponte 0 0-0 1 0. Totals--FG 33 FT 1 1-16 PF 32. HINTINGTON <B3> Yentes R 4-R 4 tfi, luderwood 1 3-7 2 7. Price 1 fi-7 5 8. Glancy 8 fi-9 4 22, Kline 9 7-9 I 25. Bruner 3 0-0 1 6. Harris 0 1-201. Tolals-FG 28 FT 28-39 PF 17. Halftime score: Huntington 37, DePauw 3R.