Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 150, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 March 1984 — Page 5

Any of four teams could win Great Lakes Regional

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor As though intentionally paired, the opening games of the NCAA Division 111 Great Lakes Regional Friday night at DePauw University’s Lilly Center will match teams of similar styles. No. 1 ranked and 22-0 Hope College takes on 23-6 Heidelberg College at 7 p.m. in the tournament opener. No. 9 ranked Capital puts its 22-5 record against 11th ranked and 21-4 tournament host DePauw in the 9 p.m. game. Game times are the same Saturday night for the consolation and championship contests. “I THINK CAPITAL and our selves are very similar and Heidelberg and Hope will be similar,” DePauw coach Mike Steele said of the Great Lakes Regional Field. Capital, the first team in at least 12 years to win both the Ohio Athletic Conference season race and tournament in the same year, is a methodical half-court basketball team like DePauw. Hope and Heidelberg will give fans whiplash going up and down the court. DePauw and Heidelberg have just one similarity and that could make both teams better during the tournament - they lost their last games. The Tigers were embarrassed 77-62 at Wabash College, while Student Princes were beaten by 10 in the OAC championship

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Anticipating a very physical contest with Capital Friday night, DePauw's practices have been pretty physical under the basket. Senior forward Steve Strup (left) tries to make it tougher to get the ball in-

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game by Capital. ‘‘l THINK Oil kids are just anxious to play after we played so poorly against Wabash,” Steele said of the loss that dropped them in the poll. “The kids are just anxious to play a game and prove to themselves they’re a much better team than we played at Wabash.” The Tigers had their worst shooting day of the season while taking the worst defeat in three years. Coach Steele noted that was the second straight bad game for them. “Really it’s just the last week we didn’t play real well and we beat Rose at Rose, which a lot of people don’t do, even though we didn’t play real well,” the coach noted. Practices have been very intense this week and not just because of the loss. “I think they understand it’s not just another game. They understand it could be a once in a lifetime opportunity for some of them,” Steele said of playing in the NCAA tournament. AND IF DePAUYV doesn’t play well it could be all over real quick. Capital has experienced a season much like

side to the posting Joe Vanderkolk, while Craig McAtee puts pressure on from behind. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).

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the Tigers’ - surprising. Contrary to earlier reports, coach Dave Grube lost four starters off last year’s team that finished runnerup to Wittenberg in the Great Lakes Regional. DePauw also lost four starting seniors. It was supposed to be a rebuilding year of sorts for both teams. “They’re a real well coached team, that’s probably the biggest thing they have going for them,” coach Steele said of the Crusaders’ 10th year coach. “They have four new starters, they lost some seniors, but they have a great system.” THAT SYSTEM HAS produced a balanced and physical basketball team. Five different players have led Capital in scoring, paced by 6-5 forward Darrin Blackford’s 14.9 points per game average. Eric Morrison, a 6-3 forward, averages 12.4 per game and is “a great athlete,” according to Steele. Center John Thompson is the player that bothers the DePauw coaching staff. “He’s much stronger than anyone Wabash had and Wabash really hurt us

inside,” Steele said of the 6-6 player who averages 8.7 points and five rebounds a game. Wabash’s physical and aggressive style took DePauw completely out of its game plan, something that is unlikely to happen again soon. For this reason Steele is expected to stick with seniors David Hathaway and Juan Aponte, both 6-4, at forwards and sophomore Phil Wendel and freshman Scott Lewis at guards. However, 6-6 sophomore Joe Vanderkolk could get the starting call at center, being closer to a power player than 6-6 junior Craig McAtee. OHIO WESLEYAN is the only common opponent between DePauw and Capital. The Tigers scored a 76-63 victory over the OAC school during the first annual DePauw Invitational. The Crusaders split with them, losing the first meeting 57-52, but winning the second 57-55 in overtime. Blackford scored 16 points for Capital and Thompson pulled down 11 rebounds in the second game. The Great Lakes Regional appears to be the strongest in the country and tradition would certainly support that. Last year’s tournament runnerup (Wittenberg) came out of the Great Lakes and the year before the NCAA champion (Wabash) traveled the route. Hope appears to be the odds on favorite for the semifinal berth and by the number of fans coming out of Holland, Mich., that feeling has plenty of support But Steele says any of the foui - teams could win the title because all are good and strength of schedule might show up. THE FLYING Dutchmen won 22 straight games by outscoring their opponents by an average of 19 points per contest. The fifth undefeated Michigan Intercollegiate Conference champion in the last 25 years has a balanced offense with four players carrying double-figure averages. Junior Chip Henry leads Hope with a 17.1 scoring average. The 6-5 forward is followed by 6-8 senior center Jeff Heerdt at 11.7 points per game and 6-4 junior forward John Klunder at 11.5 points. David Beckman, a 6-1 junior guard, averages 11 per night. Senior Todd Schuiling is the point-guard responsible for passing the shots around. Seventh year coach Glenn Van Wieren has a 106-51 career record. BECAUSE OF THE severe weather very little is known about Heidelberg. The Student Princes have seven lettermen back from last year, including 5-10 guard Jerry Buccilla, a three-year letter winner, who was just named Ohio Athletic Conference player of the year this week.

Price to join Greyhounds

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Jim Price and Indiana Central University couldn’t get together two years ago when he graduated from Cloverdale High School, but they have on the second go-around. Coach Bill Keller has offered the Rend Lake Junior College sophomore a scholarship to play basketball for the NCAA Division II school. According to Price it is a standard scholarship, paying tuition and fees while he majors in math and minors in computers. “I LIKE THE coaching a lot, I like the campus and the people seemed like my kind of people,” Price said in a telephone interview from the Illinois school. Coach Keller could not be reached, but the sports information department said the Greyhounds stand 11-15 with two games remaining. There are seven seniors on this year’s ICU team, but three starters will return next year, including 6-B center Mike Yeater who leads the team with a 16 points per game average and 6.9 rebounds. Also returning will be 6-1 point-guard Tom Downard and fifth-year senior forward

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Top ranked teams still idle because of weather

By The Associated Press Play has began at 17 sites in the Indiana boys’ high school basketball tournament, but weather-related postponements kept the three top-ranked teams in the state idle. No. 1 Michigan City Rogers will wait until tonight to face New Prairie, and No. 3 Noblesville is scheduled to play Sheridan today. Both Rogers, 22-0, and Noblesville, 20-0, had been scheduled to play Wednesday night but the games were postponed. No. 2 Anderson won’t make its sectional debut until Friday, thanks to the weather-caused postponements. No. 14 Washington Catholic was the highest ranked team in action Wednesday. The Cardinals defeated North Daviess 75-67. In other games involving ranked teams, Elkhart Memorial, tied for 20th in the last Associated Press poll, defeated Concord 82-61, and South Bend St. Joseph’s, also tied for 20th, beat Mishawaka 79-58. Rob Steimel scored 27 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Washington Catholic to its 19th victory in 21 games. Three other Cardinals also scored in double figures. Indiana High School Basketball Boys Sectional Postponements By The Associated Press Wednesday's Games Anderson Anderson Highland vs Alexandria, ppd toFri. Anderson Madison Hts vs Anderson, ppd. toFri. Blackford Eastbrook vs Blackford, ppd. toThurs Brownsburg Mooresville vs Brownsburg, ppd. to Fri. Plainfield vs Danville, ppd to Fri. Calumet Lake Central vs Crown Point, ppd. to Thurs. Highland vs Munster, ppd. to Thurs. Carmel Noblesville vs Sheridan, ppld. to Thurs. Hamilton Southeastern vs Carmel, ppd. toThurs. Columbus Columbus East vs Hauser, ppd. to Thurs.

JIM PRICE New Greyhound

Jeff Crabtree. Keller told the 6-4 Price he would play either the second, or off-guard, position or small forward. “Right now I don’t know how much I’ll be playing, but hopefully a lot,” Price said. HE DIDN’T KNOW how much he would be playing at Rend Lake either but has finished as the No. 8 scorer in the school’s history. Price led the 25-7 Warriors with a 16.3 points per game average this vear, while also pulling down

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Connersvllle Union Co. vs Connersville, ppd. to Thurs Laurel vs Cambridge City, ppd. to Thurs. East Central Milan vs Batesville, ppd. toThurs. East Noble Fairfield vs E.Noble, ppd toThurs W.Noble vs Central Noble, ppd. toThurs Elkhart JimtownvsPenn.ppd toThurs North Wood vs Northridge, ppd to Thurs. Evansville Ev Reitz vs Ev Central, ppd to Fri Ev. Harrison vs Ev Bosse, ppd. to Fri. Floyd Central Borden vs Graceland Christian, ppd. to Thurs Lanesville vs N Harrion, ppd. toThur Fountain Central Covington vs Attica, ppd. to Fri. N. Vermillion vs Turkey Run, ppd. toFri. Franklin Central Indpls Scecina vs Franklin Central, ppd toThurs Frankfort RossvillevsTipton, ppd. toThurs Clinton Central vs Tri-Central, ppd to Thurs. Garrett Howe Military vs Hamilton, ppd to Thurs Garrett vs DeKalb, ppd to Thurs. Greensburg N. Decatur vs Greens burg.ppd to Thurs. Greencastle N. Putnam vs S. Putnam, ppd. to Fri Greencastle vs Rockville, ppi to Fri Greenwood Center Grove vs Whiteland, ppd to Thurs. Huntington Huntington North vs Wabash, ppd to Thurs. SouthwoodvsNorthfield,ppd toThurs White's vs Homestead, ppd to Thurs Indpls Ben Davis Indpls Pike vs Indpls Ben Davis, ppd to Thurs Indpls Hinkle Indpls Tech vs Indpls Arlington, ppd to Thurs Indpls Cathedral vs Indpls Chatard. ppd toThurs Jay County Jay Co. vs Union, ppd toThurs Randolph Southern vs Winchester, ppd toThurs. Kankakee Valley Kouts vs Lowell, ppd toThurs Rensselaer vs Kankakee Valley, ppd. to Thurs. Kokomo Kokomo Haworth vs Kokomo, ppd to Thurs. Western vs Northwestern, ppd. toThurs Lafayette Carroll vs Delphi, ppd. to Thurs. Lafayette Jeff vs W.Lafayette, ppd to Thurs. Logans port Pioneer vs Peru, ppd. to Thurs. Caston vs Maconaquah, ppd. to Thurs. Marion Mississinewa vs Oak Hill, ppd. to Fri. Marion Bennett vs Marion, ppd. to Fri. Martinsville Edgewood vs Eminence, ppd. to Fri. Martinsville vs Montrovia, ppd. to Fri. Michigan City Westvdle vs Mich. City Marquette, ppd toThurs. Mich. City Rogers vs New Prairie, ppd. toThurs

6.5 points per game. The Rend Lake season came t to a close last Friday night when Southeastern Illinois defeated them 59-51 in the opening round of the Section IV tournament. Price scoreci a team high 14 points and grabbed five rebounds in his final performance as a Warrior. While helping Rend Lake to a 47-20 record over the last two years, Price has scored 716 career points, averaging 10.7 points per game. He was second on the Rend Lake squad as a freshman in minutes played and duplicated that feat this year while pacing the Warriors in scoring, free throw and field goal shooting and rebounding. INDIANA CENTRAL is a member of the expanding Great Lakes Conference with Bellarmine, ISU-Evansville, Kentucky Wesleyan, Lewis, St. Joseph’s and Ashland. Next year lUPU-Ft. Wayne will be a conference member. Kentucky Wesleyan is currently ranked second among NCAA Division II schools and Lewis is 19th.

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Muncie Muncie Burris vs. Muncie South, ppd. to Thurs. Yorktown vs. Cowan, ppd. to Thurs. New Castle New Castle vs Hagerstown, ppd. to Thurs. Blue River vs Knightstown, ppd. to Thurs North Juds on Winamac vs W.Central, ppd. to Thurs. Culver vs Knox, ppd. to Thurs. Paoli Orleans vs W. Washington, ppd. to Thurs. Salem vs Springs Valley, ppd to Thurs. Plymouth Bremen vs Plymouth, ppd. to Thurs. Culver Military vs Argos, ppd. to Thurs. Princeton Wood Memorial vs. Gibson Southern, ppd. to Friday New Harmony vs. Princeton, ppd. to Friday Seymour Brownstown vs Austin, ppd. to Thurs. Jennings Co. vs Seymour, ppd. to Thurs Shelbyvllle Morristown vs Shelbyville, ppd to Thurs South Bend SB LaSalle vs Mishawaka Marian, ppd. to Thurs SB Clay vs SB Washington, ppd. to Thurs. Southport Indpls Park-Tudor vs Indpls Attucks, ppd. to Thurs Southport vs Indpls Perry Meridian, ppd. to Thurs South ridge Forest Park vs Perry Central, ppd. to Thurs. South Vermillion Montezuma vs Brazil, ppd. toFri Clay City vs vs Rosedale, ppd. to Fri. Switz City Bloomfield vsShakamak. ppd. to Thurs Unton vs Worthington, ppd. to Thurs. Terre Haute Terre Haute South vs Union, ppd. to Thurs. Terre Haute North vs W Vigo, ppd to Thurs. Triton Tippecanoe Valley vs Triton, ppd to Thurs. Tri-County N. White vs Frontier, ppd. to Thurs Twin Lakes vs S.Newton, ppd to thurs. Valparaiso Morgan Twp vs Hobart, ppd. to Thurs Wheeler vs Washington Twp., ppd to Thurs.

Thursday's Games Franklin Central Indpls Marshall vs Indpls Roncalii, ppd. toFri. Warren Central vs Indpls Lutheran, ppd. toFri. Indpls Ben Davis Speedway vs Indpls Brebeuf, ppd. to Fri. Indpls Washington vs Indpls Ritter, ppd. toFri. Indpls Hinkle Indpls Broad Ripple vs Lawrence North, ppd. to Fri. Lawrence Central vs Indpls N.Central, ppd. toFri. New Castle Tri vs Northeastern, ppd to Fri. Shenandoah vs Richmond, ppd. toFri. North Judson LaCrosse vs N. Judson, ppd. to Fri. Oregon-Davis vs S.Central, ppd. to Fri.

Acres leads team INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Mark Acres, a 6-foot-ll junior who led Oral Roberts to the Midwestern City Conference basketball championship, has been chosen for the allconference first team. Joining Acres on the first team were Alfredrick Hughes, a 6-5 junior, and Carl Golston, a 5-9 sophomore, of Loyola. Hughes also was named conference player of the year. Rounding out the first team were Tim Mcßoberts, a 6-5 senior from Butler and Keith Gray, a 6-2 junior from Detroit. The second team consists of Sam Potter of Oral Roberts, Richie Johnson of Evansville, Jeff Jenkins and Victor Fleming of Xavier, and Luther Burden of St. Louis. Butler’s Joe Sexson and Oral Roberts’ Dick Acres tied for coach of the year. The selections announced Wednesday were made by a vote by sports writers and broadcasters. Commissioner found NEW YORK (AP) Baseball’s 15-month search for a new commissioner apparently will end Saturday when Peter V. Ueberroth, head of the Lo 6 Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, will be named to succeed Bowie Kuhn. According to published reports, later confirmed by two sources close to baseball, Ueberroth was selected by a search committee to replace Kuhn, whose 15-year term expired today. Another source told The Associated Press that all 26 club owners have been called secretly to meet on Saturday in Tampa, Fla., at which time the committee, headed by Milwaukee Brewers owner Bud Selig, will “name their man.” The New York Times said owners agreed last summer to accept the decision of Selig’s committee, so the election of Ueberroth was viewed as a formality.

lUistoo good for Purdue WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind (AP) a loss to Michigan State, took it out on No. 11 Purdue, Hoosier Coach Bob Knight said. The Hoosiers stunned Purdue 78-59 in a Big Ten Conference basketball game Wednesday night. “I didn’t think we were very competitive in our game Sunday (against Michigan State) at Bloomington,” said Knight. “I wanted to see that when we came in here we were as competitive as we could be.” Guard Stew Robinson led the way for Indiana Wednesday, hitting a career-high 22 points. He scored 16 points in the second half as the Hoosiers pulled away from a 36-34 halftime lead. Robinson scored eight points and Uwe Blab had four as Indiana outscored Purdue 14-4 to take a 50-38 lead with 13:50 left in the game. Blab scored 18 points for Indiana and held Jim Rowinski, Purdue’s leading scorer, to six points. Rowinski entered the game averaging 15.2 points per game. Purdue Coach Gene Keady said “It was one of those games where your worst fears come to reality. Indiana played a great game tonight.” “Robinson came into the game at a time when we needed some movement and some freedom,” said Knight of his sophomore guard, who did not start the game. “We started Robinson in the second half and he played very well.” Purdue rallied to within seven points behind the scoring of Mark Atkinson, who got the Boilermakers’ first 12 points of the second half. Indiana then took control of the game from the free throw line. .In the final 7:50, the Hoosiers hit 20 of 24 free throws to clinch the victory. Purdue, relying on the long-range shooting of guard Curt Clawson in late in the game, made only one free throw in the second half.

Freshman guard Steve Alford had 12 points for Indiana. Ricky Hall, Steve Reid and Clawson each scored 10 points for Purdue. The Boilermakers’ only lead of the night was at 26-24 in the first half. Robinson then entered the game and hit three consecutive field goals, including one at the first-half buzzer, to give Indiana the lead at halftime. INDIANA (78) Thomas 2-2 0-0 4, Meier 4-6 1-2 9, Blab 713 4-6 18, Alford 2-7 8-9 12, Dakich 3-5 0-1 6, Robinson 8-9 6-6 22, Franz <H) <H) 0, Simmons 1-1 5-6 7, Witte 0-0 <M) 0. Totals 27-47 24-30 78. PURDUE (59) Atkinson 8-15 4-4 20, Eifert 0-1 (H) 0, Rowinski 2-4 2-2 6, Hall 3-10 4-610, Reid 5-13 <W) 10, Bullock 1-41-2 3, Clawson 4-10 2-2 10, Gaddis 0-0 04) 0. Totals 23-57 13-16 59 Halftime—lndiana 36, Purdue 34. Fouled out—None. Rebounds—lndiana 28 (Blab 8), Purdue 25 (Atkinson 6, Bullock 6). Assists-Indiana 13 (Dakich 4), Purdue 18 (Reid 6). Total fouls—lndiana 16, Purdue 21. A—14,123

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