Banner Graphic, Volume 13, Number 122, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 January 1983 — Page 4

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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, January 29,1983

Going head-to-head with taller Terre Haute South competition under the boards Friday night, Greencastle's Bill Shuee wasn't about to

Mac Murray in town Saturday DePauw frontline work bruises Blackburn

By DAVID RAWNSLEY DPU Sports Information Director The final score Friday night only had DePauw University up by 13 points, but in every other aspect the Tigers beat Blackburn College by much more. The 82-69 verdict sent DePauw's record up to 8-7, including a sparkling 5-1 slate at home. DePAUW LED by as many as 25 points on three occasions in the second half, the last time at 72-47 with 7:31 remaining. Only a late Blackburn flurry against DePauw's reserves made the final score relatively close. A look at the numbers shows how dominant the Tigers were. With the frontline of Joe

Clovers bedevil Van Buren strategy

By PAT REILLY Banner-Graphic Sports Writer CLOVERDALE-Combining deadly free throw shooting, rebounding and mental preparedness with Chad Tucker’s 32 points and Jerry Neese’s 26, Cloverdale defeated Van Buren 78-57 in a nonconference high school basketball game Friday night. “For the first time since Eminence we were mentally prepared to play,” coach A 1 Tucker said after the Clovers raised their record to 9-5. “We got a quick jump on a team that likes to move the ball.” VAN BUREN coach John Memmer agreed. “Their press hindered us. They doubled our offensive rebounding, which means they had good scored and third shots at the basket,” Memmer said. Cloverdale held only a 19-12 lead at the end of the first quarter. Tucker found the range early and accurately hit four-for-four from the field and one-for-one from the free throw line m the first quarter. Neese added eight points, while Billy Albright and Tom Lucas scored all of the Blue Devil points by hitting three field goals each. The second quarter Cloverdale opened up a more comfortable lead as the Devils were

Alabama topples No. 1 UCLA

• LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mike Davis hit two free throws after being intentionally fouled with 10 seconds left to lead unranked Alabama to a 70-67 upset over top-ranked UCLA in a nationally televised college basketball game Friday night. ; The Crimson Tide, which never trailed in the game, led by 16 points early in the second half before UCLA began a furious comeback. Michael Holton’s layuD with 35 seconds

Dixon. Dave Hathaway and surprise starter Craig McAtee leading the way with a combined 22-29 shooting, the hosts shot a scorching 59.6 per cent from the field. The total was 66 per cent (33-50) when the score was 72-47. The three frontliners also outrebounded the entire Blackburn 16-15. with Dixon getting eight. As a team. DePauw pulled down 31 rebounds. "For a few three-to fourminutes stretches it was the best we’ve played in two years,” praised DePauw coach Mike Steele. “We played aggressive defense and got some steals, particularly from Ted (Rutan) and Phil (Wendel), then kicked the ball in well to

outscored 18-9. The rebounding dominance of the Clovers proved too much for Van Buren during the period. Cloverdale pulled down 13 rebounds to Van Buren’s three. “WE TRIED TO open it up a little in the third (quarter),” Memmer said. “We wanted to get the ball and run. We tried to make them run our game.” “We were a little disappointed at the beginning of the third quarter,” Tucker said. “We were a little flat. We were outscored by four in the third.” Bob Speedy opened the quarter with a free throw for the Clovers, Tucker and Albright exchanged field goals twice, then Albright was fouled on his second field goal and converted the free throw. BRIAN WOOLDRIDGE hit a field goal for Cloverdale at 5:37, which was the last Clover points until the 2:34 mark of the period. The Blue Devils scored eight points during that time, moving within nine, 44-35. Neese broke the scoring silence for the Clovers and they ended the quarter with a 51-39 lead. In the final period of play, the Clovers only scored six field goals, but came up with 27 points for the quarter by hitting 15 of 18 free throws. The game ended 78-57 when Wooldridge took a

to go tied the game 67-67. Alabama seemed ready to wait for one final shot when Rod Foster intentionally fouled Davis. Foster tried to tie the game but missed a 15-foot jumper and Alabama got the rebound. The Bruins fouled Buck Johnson, who connected on one free throw to give Alabama a threepoint victory. Alabama, 11-6, was led by Bobby Lee Hurt with 23 points

let this rebound slip his grasp. The rugged Tiger Cub senior came off the bench to pull down three boards as GHS fell to the Braves 55-42 at

the big men. “We have to remember that this was a pretty good team we beat tonight,” Steele said. Blackburn came into the game with a 9-3 record and four straight wins. McATEE FLOURISHED in his starting role, only the second of his college career. The former Washington High School standout scored eight early points to help DePauw to early leads of 26-10 and 32-12, then tightened up the inside defense with three blocked shots. The 6-8 sophomore finished the game with 18 points on 8-9 shooting and grabbed five rebounds “The guards recognized the situations early in the game,”

rebound and hit the field goal only a tick away from the buzzer. Tucker led both scoring and rebounding with 32 points and 17 rebounds. Neese added 26 points and five rebounds to the tally. “TEAMS ARE trying to prepare more to stop Chad and Jerry,” Tucker said. “It is getting tough for them to get the job done for us.” But there are other Clovers to help the cause. “Bob Speedy handled the ball a great deal tonight,” "Tucker said. “He only had four turnovers. but he had 10 assists. He played very steady ball for us. He has become rather stable and consistant for us.” The Cloverdale varsity picked up another victory in the evening opener, defeating the Devils 38-30. VAN BUREN (57) Albright 9 2-4 3 20, Lucas 3 1-5 4 7. Horn 6 1-2 4 13, Lunsford I 1-1 2 3, Robertson 3 0-0 5 6, Yocom 1 04) 0 2. Elwell 0 04) 2 0, Morris 2 2-3 3 fi. TOTALS-FG 25 FT 7-15 PF 23. CLOVERDALE (78) Welty 1 2-3 3 4. Tucker 13 6-6 2 32. Speedy I 3-4 3 5, Neese 9 8-11 0 26, Shrum 0 2-2 5 2, Wooldridge 3 1-237, Kennedy 0 0410 0. Cundiff 0 04) 00, Samuels 00-1 00. Archer 0 2-2 0 2. Lucas 0 04) 1 0. TOTALS-FG 27 FT 24-31 PF 17. REBOUNDING VAN BUREN (19)- Lucas 7, Albright 1. Horn 2. Lunsford 3, Robertson 4, Yocom 2. CLOVERDALE (36)-Tucker 17. Neese 5, Shrum 4, Speedy 3, Welty 2, Wooldridge 2, Samuels 2, Kennedy I. Score by Ouarters VANBUREN 12 21 39 57 CLOVERDALE 19 37 51 78

and Ennis Whatley with 20. The Brums, whose record fell to 13-2, were led by Kenny Fields’ 15 points and Ralph Jackson’s 14 points. It was UCLA.’s first loss since it was defeated by Maryland 80-79 on Dec. 23 in double overtime. Alabama jumped out to a 6-0 lead at the beginning of the game. The Bruins were able to tie it at 16-16, but the Tide responded with six straight

Terre Haute. (Banner-Graphic photo by Tracy Proctor).

Steele continued. “We had a big advantage underneath the bucket and the guards worked to get the ball inside.” Rutan finished with a seasonhigh 10 assists and Wendel finished with a career-high seven, totals that seemed to bear out the coach’s observations. Dixon teamed with McAtee to give the Tigers their early lead, scoring 10 points in the early going and doing a standout defensive job on Blackburn ace Ike Dodd. Averaging 18 points and 13 rebounds going into the game. Dodd did not score until the Tigers were up by 20 and only ended up with four points and three rebounds. DePauw will host McMurray

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Certainly living up to his name, Bob Speedy is quick to make a leaping save for the Cloverdale Clovers Firday night, knocking the basketball off a Van Buren player and back out of bounds. Speedy

points and went on to a 35-25 lead at halftime. The Tide players wore black patches on their left shoulders in memory of former Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, who died on Wednesday of a heart attack and was buried earlier Friday. UCLA football coach Terry Donahue led the 12,574 crowd in a moment of silence before the t game began.

in a 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon contest before traveling to Rose-Hulman Tuesday night. The Lilly Center game is the last of the free January home games. DePAUW (82) Dixon 7 1)41 l) 14. Hathaway 7 04) 3 14, McAtee 8 2-2 3 IS. Rutan 1 2-2 I 4. Wendel 5 2-2 0 12, Aponte 3 0-0 4 6. Ehrman 4 04) 0 8. Notestine 0 04) 2 0. Strup I 041 1 2, Huser 0 0O 0 0. Ogle 0 04) 0 0. \ anderkolk 0 2-2 I 2. \ an Pell I 04)0 2. Truax 0 0410 0. DaerrOO--0 0 0-TOTALS-FG 37 FT 8-8 PF 15. BLACKBURN (69) Dodd I 2-3 0 4. Pauline 4 1-4 0 9. Mixsavage 4 2-2 3 It). L. Chatman 8 2-2 0 18 Nelson 7 041 I 14. W . Chatman 2 04) I 4. Bobbin 4 04) 2 8, Tucker o 04) 10. Rikas 0 04) 00. Harmsoo4) 00. TOTAIS-FG 31 FT 7-11 PF 8. REBOUNDING DePAUW (31 (--Dixon 8, McAtee. Aponte 5. Hathaway. Ehrman 3. Wendel 2. Rutan. Notestine. Van Pelt I. Team 2. BLACKBURN (151-Dodd 3. L Chatman. Bobbin 2. Pauline. Nelson. W Chatman. Rikas. I, Tram 4. HALFTIME SCORE: DePauw 34. Black burn 23. Technical foul: Blackburn bench.

contributed five points as the Clovers raised their record to 9-5 with a 78-57 victory. (Banner-Graphic photo by Rick Combs).

Saturday DPU opponent falls to Wabash 6749 CRAWFORDSYTLLE, Ind. (AP) Merlin Nice scored 23 points and 14 rebounds to lead Wabash to its 67-49 nonconference college basketball victory over Mac Murray Friday night. Andre Robertson added 15 points for the Little Giants. Ferdinand Lamar and Danny Himes both scored 10 points apiece for Mac Murray. The Highlanders, 9-7, scored the first basket of the game, but Wabash, also 9-7, ran of 12 straight points and never trailed after that. Wabash led 34-22 at the half.

Close not enough for Tiger Cubs

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor TERRE HAUTE-If the team that played the best always won in high school basketball Greencastle would have another victory. Terre Haute South defeated Greencastle by a deceiving 5542 final score Friday night in a non-conference game. The loss sends Greencastle into Saturday’s West Central Conference game at Monrovia with an 8-6 record. THE FINAL 13-point margin was the game’s widest. Greencastle had the 11-2 Braves down 12-9 at the end of the first quarter and it was late in the third period before South’s lead hit double figures. Greencastle stayed within six and eight points of the Braves until the final half minute and made quite an impression on both coaches. “A coach enjoys seeing a game plan carried out and I thought Greencastle carried out their game plan. We couldn't break them." South coach Pat Rady said. "The pressure didn't get to them. They handled it well and I think this is a credit to Doug Miller. I think he did a tremendous job of getting the kids ready to play a certain game.” Coach Miller was not the least bit unhappy with his squad, despite the third straight loss. “It was our best effort of the season as far as maintaining our posie. I’m extremely happy with the kids because we had a game plan, we stuck with the game plan and Terre Haute South had difficulty in getting us out of that plan." Miller said. ON PAPER THIS game was not supposed to be that close. South, who has won all 12 games with Greencastle, had the impressive record, the home-court advantage and was just coming off an outstanding victory over Terre Haute North. Greencastle, on the other hand, was

coming in with two straight losses as a big-time underdog. The senior-dominated Greencastle squad, however, rose to the occasion though in grand style, more fitting of victory than defeat. Center Brian Richards scored 10 points and pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds. Forward Tracy Pursell paced the balanced Cub offense with 12 points and Todd Inman scored 10, along with controling the game's tempo with outstanding backcourt leadership. Though a slower team, Greencastle successfully spread the game out on the offensive end, forcing South to defending the entire area. Using back cuts to the basket and looking for the open man, Greencastle patiently disected the Braves’ defense, not only through the first quarter, but throughout the game. PURSELL’S 15-footer not a minute into. the game put Greencastle ahead 2-1 and with Inman’s three-point play at the 5:40 mark gave the Cubs a surprising 6-1 lead. Greencastle led 12-9 at the end of the first period, and if not for missing opportunities to score five more points at the free throw line, the margin could have been larger. South took its second lead of the night at 13-12 with 6:22 left in the first half. The lead exchanged hands twice before the Braves went ahead 17-14. But Pursell lobbed a pass inside to Richards for two points, then Tony Judy, making his first start of the year, triggered a fast-break basket to Pursell to put Greencastle back into an 1817 lead. RICHARDS’ third field goal of the quarter gave Greencastle its final lead at 20-19. When the Cubs missed a bonus free throw opportunity South was able to gain a three-point margin that held up at halftime. 25-22. One two-minute stretch in the

Danville streaks send Cougars to 12th straight loss

By MIKE OWENS Banner-Graphic Sports Writer DANVILLE-Using its size and torrid shooting from the field, Danville easily gunned down North Putnam. 80-44. in Friday night's high school basketball game. The Cougars, now 0-12, found the going rough from the outset. Brain Clark scored 10 points in the first quarter for Danville and the Warriors led 20-6 at the end of the period. TWO QUICK buckets by the Cougars at the start of the second quarter cut Danville's lead to 10. The Warriors, now 93, seemed to lose a little intensity in the period and the Cougars were able to keep within striking distance. North was able to outrebound the taller Warriors 10-7 in the second quarter, with John Copner, Jeff Eaton and Scott Bullerdick battling hard for the Cougars. “Our shooting still suffered in the first half, but our strong defensive play in the second period kept us relatively close in the game," coach Phil Myers said. ANY HOPE OF closing the gap in the second half was quickly erased, as Jon Rader sprung loose for two layups in the first minute of the third quarter for Danville. The Warriors went on to score the first 15 points of the period before Dan Nelson hit a jump shot with 4:18 remaining, to make to score 46-19. Danville put on another outburst and scored the next 11 points and led 57-19 with still two minutes to go in the third period. The Cougars scored the next three points. A basket by Kevin Burdine closed out the third period with Danville completely in command, 59-22. The fourth quarter was almost a complete standoff.

middle of the third quarter essentially decided this basketball game. The Cubs got within two, 28-26, when Pursell turned an Inman steal into two points. Down by two, the Cubs tried to continue controling the tempo outside South’s zone defense. The official warned Greencastle to force the action since it trailed, and the Braves came up with the turnover. BUT ON THE return possession, Greencastle dropped back into a zone and with 3:03 left in the quarter received a technical foul for not forcing the action, as South refused to attack the Cub defense. The free throw increased the margin to three points, but the Cubs were victimized by South’s quickness on the next three trips down court as the Braves moved out to a 36-26 lead. Scoring only two points in the last 4:50 of the third period, Greencastle trailed 36-28 when the fourth quarter opened. The Cubs got within four, 38-34, with 6:32 left in the game w-hen Pursell scored off a steal. But back-to-back steal by South center Dennis Funkhouser inflated the lead to nine. OVER THE FINAL two minutes South milked the clock with a delay offense and hit it s" free throws to hold off the Cubs*. Greencastle did win^-Hhe junior varsity game. Jeff Miller’s team stands after the 35-34 win over Terre Haute South. f s GREENCASTLE (42) Pursell 6 0-0 112, Sm>*.Vl 1 0-0 4 2. Richards 4 2-3 3 10. Inman 3 4-4 4 10, Judi 1 0-1 2 2, Shuee 0 0-1 0 0. Duncan 1 0-0 0 2, Hess 0 2-2 0 2, Rushing 1 0-0 2 ‘2. TOTALS-FG 17 FT 811 PF 16 TERRE HALTE SOLTH (55) Ulen I 2-2 4 4. Mills 1 3-5 1 5, Funkhouser 2 6-7 2 10. Reed 5 1-2 3 11, Ltlev 8 3-4 3 19, 'cuff 3 0-0 1 6. Nolan 0 0-0 0 0, Mail 0 0-0 0 0. Dooley 0 00. Keohane 0 0-0 00. Wann 000 2 0. TOT VLS-FG 20 FT 15-20 PF 16. RESCINDING GREENCASTLE (22>—Richards 12. Shuee 3, Smith 2, Pursell 1. Inman 1. Judy 1, Duncan I. Rushing 1. TERRE HALTE SOITH (20)-Miils 5, l lies 4. Reed 3. Funkhouser 2. Nolan 2. Wann2, Allen 1. Dooley I.

Ryan Wehrman scored 10 points to lead the way in the fourth period for the Cougars, but it w as too little, too late. THE COUGARS placed two players in double figures. Wehrman had 12 and Kerry Kurtz 10. Danville had three players in double figures. Clark leading the way with 20. Rader had 19, and Burdine 10. Kurtz and Copner led North in rebounding with six each. Burdine gathered in 10 to lead the Warriors. “As far as we came last week at Cloverdale, we went just the opposite direction tonight.” Myers lamented. “In the third quarter tonight we just became frustrated and when that happens it just makes it hard to comeback. "Our shooting dictates what w'e do defensively, and hitting as poorly as we are we just couldn’t zone as much as we would have liked to. Danville's size and physical play was just too much for us throughout the game," Myers said. DANVILLE HIT 33-52 from the floor for the game for a hot 63 per cent, compared to North’s 18-58 for 31 per cent. Danville also won the rebounding battle 35-24. The Warriors completed a perfect night, as the Cougars dropped the junior varsity game as well, 56-28. DANVILLE (80) Clark 9 2-6 3 20. Rader 8 3-3 3 19. Burdine 3 4-6 2 10. Moore 3 0-0 16, Meßoberts 3 0-0 0 6, Farmer 2 3-5 3 7. Rutledge 1 04) 2 2, Ritchie 1 0-0 4 2. Webb 3 2-2 0 8. TOTALS-FG 33 FT 14-22 PF 18. NORTH PUTNAM (44) Copner 1 04) 4 2, Kurtz 5 04) 2 10. Strader 0 45 4 4. Nelson I 0-1 2 2, Wehrman 5 2-2 0 12. Ensor 0 04) I 0. Eaton 3 1-2 3 7. Bullerdick 2 1-3 3 5, Colvin 1 0-2 2 2, Horton 0 04) 0 0. TOTALS-FG 18 FT 8-15 PF 21. REBOUNDING DANVILLE (35)—Clark 5, Rader 5. Burdine 10, Moore 5. F’armer 6. Rutledge 3 W ebb 1. NORTH PUTNAM (24)-Copner 6. Kurtz 6. Strader 2, Nelson 2. Eaton 2. Bullerdick 4. Colvin 1, Horton 1. Score by quarters DANVILLE 20 31 59 go NORTH PUTNAM 6 17 22 44