Banner Graphic, Volume 13, Number 112, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 January 1983 — Page 6

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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, January 18,1983

UCLA No. 1 over Indiana

Points, not votes, decide top spot

LOS ANGELES (AP) - UCLA basketball, the most successful program in college sports history, had been in a relative decline since Coach John Wooden retired in 1975. But the Bruins are back. With an 11-1 record under second-year coach Larry Farmer, UCLA jumped from fifth to first in The Associated Press Top Twenty college basketball poll this week. It marks the first time since February of 1979 that the Bruins, who won 10 NCAA championships in a 12-year span during the 1960 s and ’7os, have been ranked No.l. UCLA became the fourth team to hold the top spot this season and the rapid move up the rankings came on the heels

Free throw line is DePauw's spot

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Plditor DePauw University basketball coach Mike Steele has created practice pressure and it is paying off at the free throw line. Through five games, the Tigers are leading the nation, all divisions, not just Division 111, in free throw shooting and point-guard Ted Rutan is ranked ninth. NCAA statistics do not include DePauw’s last five games. THE TIGERS WILL try to improve upon their free throw shooting and 5-5 record Tuesday (tonight) in a 7:30 p.m. college basketball game at Lilly Center against Manchester. Admission is free to the public. DePauw connected on 64 of 78 free throw attempts for 82.1 per cent in the first five basketball games of the season. Second place in the Division 111 rankings is Concordia. Minn, at 79.7 per cent. The top free throw shooting team on the Division II level is Mississippi College at 77.1 per cent and Dayton tops Division I at 81.4 per cent. The shooting has not dropped off much since those five-game statistics were stacked against

South girls beat Clovers again

South Putnam has played Cloverdale three times already in high school girls basketball and there is still the chance they will play again in the Eminence sectional. For the third time South defeated Cloverdale 47-28 Tuesday night at South Putnam High School in the WCC meeting between the two. They first met in the consolation game of the Mooresville Tournament, then again in the championship game of the Putnam County Tournament.

Greencastle girls lose contest at Tri-West

LIZTON-Hitting their free throws dowrn the stretch, the defending West Central Conference champion Tri-West Bruins defeated Greencastle 5546 Thursday night in high school girls basketball action. The Tiger Cubs played the

Auburn learns too late Vanderbilt was opponent

By KEN RAPPOPORT AP Sports Writer The Auburn basketball team was playing Vanderbilt, but thinking “Kentucky,” according to Coach Sonny Smith. “We left our game in Kentucky in the first half,” Smith said, referring to Saturday’s upset of the Wildcats. The poor first-half play Monday night put the Tigers into a hole from which they never ; recovered and the new Top Twenty team lost a ' 64-62 decision to Vanderbilt as a result of it. “It was a case of us getting too far down in ; the first half and overextending ourselves to catch up,” said Smith, whose 20th-ranked I'Tigers trailed 43-28 at intermission. The Auburn comeback fell short, however, when Vanderbilt’s Ted Young sank a 15-footer 1 with 57 seconds left. Auburn actually led, at 5855 with about seven minutes remaining on a ’ field goal by Odell Mr"' “or

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of losses by last week’s top three teams Memphis State, Virginia and St. John’s. The Bruins received 22 firstplace votes and a total of 1,099 points in the weekly balloting by a 57-member national panel of sports writers and broad-

TED RUTAN Over 90 per cent

other Division 111 schools. The Tigers have hit 79.4 per cent, 135-170, in 10 games, an improvement over last year’s 70 per cent. •WE’VE WORKED ON it a little differently,” Steele said explaining the practice pressure situations. It’s a relatively simple idea, that after a long practice session, when the players are tired, they pick a shooter. If that shooter hits a free throw, or free

“WE’VE PLAYED THAT team too many times,” South coach David Flora said. “We jumped out to an 8-0 lead and just didn’t work.” After leading 8-0, the now 13-2 Eagles took an 8-3 lead into the second period, but led by only one point, 16-15, at halftime. Cloverdale’s Debbie Mann scored 10 of her 18 game total during the second quarter. South took a 30-28 lead into the second period and scored a lot of inside baskets when the Clovers came out of their zone

Bruins even 8-8 through the first period, but fell behind 26-19 in the second. Tri-West led 39-30 when the final period opened. GREENCASTLE closed the gap to four points, but was forced to foul to gain possession and the Bruins hit their free

The Commodores battled back to tie the contest at 60 on a basket by James Williams and a three-point play by Phil Cox with 3:20 remaining. The teams traded baskets before Young put in his game-winning shot. Cox led four Commodores in double figures with 17 points. Darrell Lockhart, Charles Barkley and Mosteller each had 16 points for Auburn. “I was scared to death down the final few minutes,” said Vanderbilt Coach C.M. Newton, “but I’m glad our players weren’t. Our guys didn’t panic down the stretch and really executed our delay game to perfection in the last minute.” In other games involving the nation’s ranked teams, No. 7 Virginia tripped Georgia Tech 6652. No. 11 Kentucky stopped Florida 70-63, No. 14 Houston walloped Texas Tech 98-73 and 15thranked Syracuse rolled past Boston College 102-85.

casters. In the extremely close balloting, UCLA finished only eight points ahead of runner-up Indiana, fourth last week after being No.l earlier in the season. The Hoosiers, 12-1, collected 29 first-place votes seven more

throws, practice is over. Just like a game, a player hits the free throw and DePauw wins. If he misses and they lose, or in case of practice, they continue to workout. “We’ve probably shot less free throws this year than last in numbers, but we’ve shot more in game like situations,” Steele compared. Rutan should be higher in the individual rankings now. The senior from Columbus North High School has hit 29-of-32 for 90.6 per cent through 10 games. His number nine ranking through five games is based on a 90.9 percentage, or 20-of-22. Freshman Tim Walsh of Williams College leads all Division 111 shooters at 100 per cent, 12-for-12. THE LEADING SCORER in the country is also on the Division 111 level. Shannon Lilly of Bishop College is averaging 39.7 points per game after nine contests. Alabama A and M’s Danny Dixon leads the Division II scorers with a 35.9 average through seven games and South Florida’s Charlie Bradley is carrying a 30.0 average his sophomore year to lead all Division I scoring.

defense against the delay offense late. “If we would have been content to lay back in a zone the score would have been closer, but you have to go out and try to win the basketball game,” Cloverdale coach Greg Hammond said. LEA ANN TONEY led South’s balanced offense with 16 points, most of which came during the second half. “Lea Ann just took what she wanted. She made her own points late in the game,” Flora praised. Kim Zeronik followed with 11 points

throws. Kim Sheldon paced Greencastle with 16 points and 10 rebounds and was the only Cub in double figures. Sheldon also had four steals and two assists. Tri-West was led by Kathy Woodall, unofficially the WCC’s

than UCLA but only 1,091 points. UCLA replaced Memphis State as the No.l team after the Tigers were upended by Virginia Tech 69-56 last Monday night. Memphis State, 12-1, bounced back with an 80-63 vic-

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hitting five-of-five from the floor. Mann was Cloverdale’s only double figure scorer for the third straight game. The freshman guard hit 18 points and over the last four games is carrying an 18.2 scoring average. “She is so aggressive on offense, she gets a lot of rebounds and steals and puts them back up and she is not afraid to get the ball and take a shot out there,” Hammond praised. Cloverdale did win the junior

leading scorer with a 17 points per game average, who scored 23 points. Julayne Chaney scored 13 points. TRI-WEST WON the junior varsity game 28-24. GREENCASTLE (46) Sheldon 5 6-7 5 16, Gossard 3 0-0 3 6, Henderson 2 0-0 4 4, Evers 0 2-2 2 2, Murray 2 1-2

Ricky Stokes scored five points during a 13-0 spurt that erased a six-point, second-half deficit and helped carry Virginia over Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech, riding a 20-point flurry from Mark Price, held a 40-34 lead with 15:12 remaining before the heavily favored Cavaliers made their move. Othell Wilson sank two free throws and Craig Robinson scored off the baseline before Stokes converted a three-point play on a driving layup with 11:51 remaining to give Virginia the lead for goochat 41-40. Ralph Sampson, who led the Cavaliers with 18 points, drilled in six free throws after that, and Rick Carlisle also added six points as the Cavaliers won handily. “I think in the second half we played great defense,” said Virginia Coach Terry Holland. “I don’t know what the final was, but they couldn’t have had much more than 22 points in the half.”

tory over Cincinnati, but still slipped to sixth in this week’s poll with 810 points, including one first-place vote. Rounding out the top five this week are N 0.3 North Carolina, which is 12-3 and was No. 11 last week; N 0.4 Arkansas, 13-0; and N 0.5 Nevada-Las Vegas, 13-0. If the 1983 Bruins resemble the Wooden-guided teams who dominated college basketball for more than a decade, it’s no mistake. Farmer, 31, played under Wooden at UCLA during 197073, a period when the Bruins went 89-1. He still calls Wooden simply “Coach.” The school’s fourth head basketball coach since Wooden retired, Farmer said his

varsity game 20-19. SOUTH PUTNAM travels to Brazil Wednesday and Cloverdale journeys to McAnally Center to play the Greencastle Tiger Cubs in a non-conference game. CLOVERDALE (28) Evans 0 1-2 2 1, Sublet! 0 1-3 0 1, Hughes 0 00 5 0. Garret! 0 0-0 0 0. Mann 8 2-3 3 18, Schwonieyer 0 0-0 0 0. Sharp 2 2-2 1 6, Reid 1 0-1 0 2. TOTALS-FG 1! FT 6-11 PF 11. SOUTH PUTNAM (47) Zeronik 5 1-1 4 11. Toney 7 2-23 16. Landes 2 1-2 4 5, Gould 2 0-0 3 4. Flora 4 0-0 2 8. Williams I 0-0 0 2, Staley 0 1-21 1. TOTALS - -FG 21 FT 5-7 PF 17. Store by Quarters Cloverdale 3 15 22 28 South Putnam 8 16 30 22

0 5, Stouder 1 1-2 1 3, Durham 2 0-0 4 4, Maines 1 0-2 1 2, Duncan 0 0-0 10, Braden I 0-1 1 2. MacPhail 1 0-0 0 2. TOTALS -FG 18 FT 10-16 PF 22. TRI-WEST (55) Woodall 8 7-11 3 23. Schultz 0 2-2 22, Coons 2 2-11 1 6. Chaney 6 1-2 2 13. Nelson 5 0-0 3 10. Woods 0 0-0 10. Alexander 0 1-2 0 I. TOTALS-FG 21 FT 13-28 PF 13. Score by Quarters Greencastle 8 19 30 46 Tri-West 8 26 39 55

Actually it was only 20 as the Cavs took advantage of a 6:06 scoreless drought by the Yellow Jackets. “I think in the first half we were either a little flat or a little uptight, but let’s give Georgia Tech credit for creating those problems,” Holland said. “We got tired late in the game,” said Coach Bobby Cremins of Tech. “They really wore us down. Virginia is a great team. They played their game and we didn’t maintain our composure when it counted. This team is learning.” Mel Turpin scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half as Kentucky came from behind to defeat Florida. Turpin had four points during an 11-0 scoring run that gave Kentucky a 61-56 lead with 5:02 remaining. “I really can’t explain how we did it, except for just going to Melvin, and he did an exceptionally fine job for us,” said Kentucky Coach Joe B. Hall.

coaching philosophy is solidly grounded in on what he learned under his old coach. “Our program now is pretty much the same as it was back *hen.” Farmer said. The AP Top Twenty The Top Twenty teams in the Associated Press college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records and total points Points based on 20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. I.UCLA (22) 11-1 1,099 2,lndiana (29) 12-1 1,091 3.North Carolina (3 12-3 865 4 Arkansas (2) 13-0 850 5. Nevada-Las Vegs 14-0 815 6. Memphis St. (1) 12-1 810 7. 12-2 805 B.St. John’s 14-1 804 9. Louisville 13-2 750 lO.lowa 11-2 571 11. 11-3 518 12 Missouri 12-2 456 13. 10-2 450 14 Houston 13-2 435 15. Syracuse 12-2 249 16 Minnesota 11-2 184 17. Virginia Tech 14-1 171 18.0klahoma St. 12-1 126 19, 11-4 115 20. 10-3 96 Manual tops No. 1 Cathedral By The Associated Press For the second time this season, Indiana’s top-ranked high school basketball team, Indianapolis Cathedral, has lost to Indianapolis Manual. The 17th-ranked Redskins did it again to the Irish Monday night in the opening round of the city tourney, 89-66. By The Associated Press The Associated Press lop 20 Indiana high school basketball teams, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through games of last Saturday and rating points (400 possible i: 1. Indpls Cathedral (15), 12-1. 386 2. Evansville Bosse (3), 9-0.360 3. Mich City Rogers (21,9-0,330 4. Evansville North, 8-1,236 5. Elkhart Memorial. 10-1,218 6. New Castle, 10-3,202 7. Anderson Highland, 10-1,166 8. Gary Roosevelt, 10-2.142 9. E.Chicago Roosevelt, 11-1.114 10. Indpls Ben Davis. 9-1.94 11 Marion, 9-3,83 12. Muncie Central, 9-1,76 13 Anderson, 9-3.73 14. Ft Wavne Snider, 9-2.32 15. Attica'l2-1,28 16. Washington, Ind , 10-1,26 17 Indpls Manual. 9-2.19 18 Indpls Arlington, 9-2,17 19 Gary West, 9-3,16 20 (Tie'Connersville, 10-1.11 Gary Wallace. 7-3.11 Others with five or more points, listed alphabetically: Evansville Harrison, Fort Wayne South. Glenn. Lake Station, Mooresville, Triton Central. It was the only Indiana high school game involving ranked teams. Tonight Arlington, 9-2 and No. 18 in this week’s Associated Press poll, plays its first-round game in the city tourney against Ritter. Howe plays Roncalli and Chatard battles Attucks in the other games tonight. Northwest edged Washington 54-52 'and host Tech downed Scecina 64-54 in the other Monday games. Manual, 10-2, will play Broad Ripple Wednesday. “Manual played the best game that anybody has played against us this year,” Cathedral Coach Tom O’Brien said. “They have outstanding talent.” John Page led the Redskins with 22 points, including a 13point, second-quarter flurry in which he sank six straight field goals. The 12-2 Irish were led by Shelton Smith with 26 points. Manual led at halftime 38-27. N 0.2 Evansville Bosse risks its unblemished (9-0) record tonight against Evansville Harrison, while N 0.4 Evansville North, 8-1, entertains Castle. No.B Gary Roosevelt, 10-2, pays Gary Mann, and No. 10 Indianapolis Ben Davis, 9-1, meets Indianapolis Pike in the Marion County Tourney.

Fields' Findings

Freshman guards cornerstone for DePauw's future By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Ideally, a coach likes to break underclassmen in any sport into the starting lineup slowly behind experienced upperclassmen. Coach Mike Steele appears to have this system going at DePauw University. If the two weekend basketball games are any indication, freshmen Phil Wendel and Tim Vieke should be ready to step into starting assignments next year after seniors Ted Rutan and Gregg Notes tine graduate this spring. EACH PLAYED A key role in the two victories. Friday night, DePauw snapped a five-game losing streak behind Vieke’s college career-high 17 points against Washington University. Saturday afternoon, Wendel scored 18 points and passed out six assists against Maryville College. Their performances didn't surprise Rutan, last year’s MVP. “They’re not your normal freshmen because both of these kids come from top-notch high school programs,” Rutan pointed out. “They were on the last two state championship teams.” That’s right. Wendel earned the prestigious Trester Award as the starting point-guard for Plymouth High School last year. Vieke started on the 1981 Vincennes Lincoln High School state championship squad for coach Gunner Wyman. “THEY’VE PLAYED IN front of 18,000 at Market Square and going through the sectional, regional, semistate and state championships gives you that mental toughness,” Rutan. the starting point-guard on the 1977 Columbus North state finalist, said. Rutan got to play in the backcourt with both over the weekend. Senior classmate Notestine has been benched for a week by a knee injury. Friday night was the first game in 24 yars he did not start. “Playing with Phil, he handles the ball pretty well. He is pretty much of a point-guard, so it lets me get involved in the patterns a little more, and really we’re a quicker team offensively,” Rutan compared. ‘“NOTES’ (NOTESTINE) IS more of a big guard and shooter. And when he is in there, I really work to get ‘Notes’ his shot. When Phil is in there we can both work into the offense.” That was fairly obvious Saturday. All of the guards were more involved in the offense and moved more freely. “We have three freshman guards that are real good. Neal Ogle is also a good freshman guard and Jeff Van Pelt, who will be a senior next year, he's a good guard. I think our guards coming up for the next few years are real good," Rutan said. WITH THE RUTAN-NOTESTINE combination there is only one ball handling guard on the floor - Rutan. Notestine is there for his shooting and rebounding, plus the fact he plays smart basketball and is definitely a leader. Wendel and Vieke are interchangeable at the point. Both played the point in high school, but the role was different. The six-foot Wendel’s job was to get the ball to teammate Scott Skiles, now playing for Michigan State. “In high school I played the point and I looked to shoot the ball all the time,” Vieke explained. “It’s been a little adjustment playing the off-guard, but I'm getting to like it.” OF LATE, VIEKE HAS spelled Notestine because of his shooting ability and the playing time had brought him along. “I’m getting to play more and more used to being out there on the playing floor and getting calmed down, relaxing and just shooting the ball,” the 6-1 economics major said. Vieke matched his five-game total point production during the first half of Friday’s 17-point performance. His 13 first-half points helped DePauw gain a 22-point halftime lead Tim’s sevengame totals show him shooting 51 per cent from the floor, a perfect one-for-one at the free throw line, with five assists and a like number of steals. His scoring average is a deceiving 5.3 points per game. Although he has played before 18,000 at Market Square Arena Wendel was tight in his first start Friday night. “Yesterday (Friday) when I got my first start, I really wasn’t looking for it (the shot) that much. Today I relaxed more and started looking for it,” Wendel said. THE MOST OBVIOUS difference in the Tigers with Wendel in the lineup with Rutan is on defense. Those tw’o gnats can drive the opposing backcourt to tears, not to mention causing bad passes and passes to the wrong side of the court. “You’re putting a very quick aggressive, smaller guy in for a bigger guy, who is a shooter, but not very quick,” Steele said, “that’s the difference.” Steele has been looking for that sixth man, a player who can come off the bench and make things happen, changing the flow of the game. Notestine could become that player during the second half of the season when his knee heals. THE 6-3 LEFTHANDER is a streak shooter. His 10-point per game average is third on the team in scoring. He is shooting 52 per cent from the floor and 91 per cent at the free throw’ line. Notestine is intelligent and knows the game and his experience off the bench would definitely be to DePauw's advantage in changing the game’s tempo.

Price playing well INA, 111.--Jim Price scored 13 points in Rend Lake College’s 53-47 victory over John A. Logan College and netted 11 in a loss to Southeastern Illinois. The Cloverdale High School graduate hit four-of-six from the floor and a perfect five-for-five against Logan, a team that was previously unbeaten in Great Rivers Athletic Conference. Price also scored the final two points of the game, hitting a pair of free throws with 2:18 remaining to secure the victory. The 6-4 forward had an off-night against Southeastern Illinois. He hit only three-of-eight from the floor, but five-of-sevenatthe free throw line for 11 points. Sports schedule Wednesday Greencastle at Owen Valley, 6:30 p.m., wrestling South Putnam girls at Brazil, 6:30 p.m., basketball

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