Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 131, Greencastle, Putnam County, 31 January 1985 — Page 9

Clovers, Eagles out of sectional

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor EMINENCE-After just one night of play in the 10th annual IHSAA girls state basketball tournament only one Putnam County team remains and that team didn’t play Wednesday night. Monrovia rallied behind the 31-point performance of Nancy Maple to end Cloverdale’s season 45-35 in the opening game of the Eminence sectional and 19th ranked Mooresville ousted South Putnam 70-31 in the second game. GREENCASTLE TAKES A 14-3 into Thursday night’s 6:30 p.m. game with tournament host Eminence. Mooresville puts its 17-1 record on the line against 5-11 Monrovia in the 8 p.m. contest. The two semifinal winners play for the Greencastle regional berth and sectional championship at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night. “We got outplayed tonight,” a disgusted Cloverdale coach Greg Hammond said after Monrovia avenged a 61-50 regularseason loss. “They’re good and I knew they would be.” After leading 15-10 in the first period the 8-10 Clovers got into a s'ee-saw battle with the Bulldogs in the second and third quarters. Debbie Mann converted a Shari Craig steal into a field goal and a 19-17 Cloverdale lead with three minutes left in the first half and only a missed Monrovia free throw allowed the Clovers to lead 19-18 at halftime. MAPLE, WHO SCORED 14 first half points, netted all but two of Monrovia’s third quarter points and tied the game 2121 with five minutes on the clock. There were five lead changes before the Bulldogs took a 28-27 lead into the fourth quarter when Pam Carter hit two free throws with seven seconds left in the third period. Mann and Tammy Price scored buckets for Cloverdale as the lead exchanged handes four more times in the first three minutes of the third quarter. But with about five minutes left the Bulldogs went ahead 32-21 and when the Clovers failed to score on their next two possessions, Carter scored again to give Monrovia a 34-31 lead with 4:15 to play. The Bulldogs gradually started pulling away, as the Clovers started rushing their shots and playing one-on-one basketball during those final minutes. Mann led Cloverdale with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Senior Sharon Garret scored six points and grabbed one rebound in her final game as a Clover. SOUTH PUTNAM COACH Dave Flora was “pleased with the offense the first half” but his team still trailed the taller, stronger and more skilled Mooresville

Boilermakers beat lllini by playing smart

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - “Because we couldn’t match up man for man I think our kids took it to them and it was good for them,” Purdue Coach Gene Ready said after the Boilermakers shocked Illinois’ Big Ten basketball leaders 54-34. “We’ve got kids who want to win, and we just came back and played hard,” Ready said Tuesday night. “We wanted to run them and then be patient if the fast break wasn’t there, and that’s what we want to go with the rest of the year. “I’ve been happy with this group of players. They worked hard coming back from a loss.” Illinois trailed the entire game as Purdue notched its 200th victory at Mackey Arena. The Illini went into the game leading the

Coach just being honest with him, Alford says

NEW CASTLE, Ind. (AP) - ndiana University sophomore Steve Alford says his benching by Coach Bobby Rnight “was in my best interest” and that Rnight told him “he would do it again if he had to.” Rnight’s decision to bench Alford the team’s leading scorer and other starters and play just freshmen and senior center Uwe Blab in a nationally televised loss to Illinois on Sunday touched off a storm of protest. But Alford, a member of Rnight’s Gold Medal-winning 1984 U.S. Olympic team, says he respects Rnight’s decisions. “I think a lot of people have blamed Coach but Coach is honest,” said Alford. “No where else in the country could I average 19 points and get benched for a game. And I’ve got to respect that of him. I’ve got a coach who is honest with me when he isn’t pleased with me.” “I think Coach knows what’s expected of me and has awfully high standards for me as a player.” Alford said late Wednesday. Rnight has said he is satisfied with Alford’s scoring, but dissatistified

Poineers 43-22 at halftime. Deanne Sharpe scored 10 of Mooresville’s first 12 points, as the Pioneers threaded the South Putnam zone defense repeatedly for inside shots. Kim McKinney briefly tied the game at 2-2, but the defending sectional champions scored eight more points before Kim Burdge took the ball right to Mooresville’s all-state candidate Carrie Henderson for a basket. Mooresville took a 20-10 lead into the second quarter and while freely substituting, ran the margin to 21 points, 43-22, by halftime with its fast break going. The Pioneers led 58-24 after three quarters and the margin never got closer than that during the last 16 minutes of play. SOUTH’S PROBLEM WAS the third quarter, where it committed seven turnovers to Mooresville’s two. McKinney, a sophomore, led the Eagles with 10 points, while Ratcliff, also a sophomore, pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds. Senior Kim Burdge scored eight points in her final high school basketball game and senior Wendy Swanson closed with a four-point performance for the 2-15 Eagles. SOUTH PUTNAM (31) Ratcliff 10-2 4 2, Swanson 2 0-0 0 4, Burdge 4 0-2 3 8, Gould 0 0-0 4 0, McKinney 4 2-3 4 10, Berry 2 1-13 5. Broadstreet 0 0-0 0 0, Hassler 0 0-3 2 0, Hood 0 0-1 0 0, Miller 0 0-0 0 0, Moore 0 0-0 10, Young 0 2-2 1 2. TOTALS-FG 13, FT 5-17, PF 22. MOORESVILLE (70) Deanna Sharpe 7 1-2 0 15, Dianna Sharpe 0 0-1 2 0, Henderson 8 1-2 1 17, McKinley 3 2-2 2 8. Butruin 6 0-0 3 12, Weis 0 0-010, Ash 2 1-4 0 5, Griffith 40-158, Johnson 0 0-2 2 0, Minks 00-000, Nolte 01-201, Rickett I 2-5 0 4. TOTALS--FG 31, FT 8-20, PF 16. REBOUNDING South Putnam (34)-Ratc!iff 11, Hassler 5, Berry 4. McKinney 4, Miller 3, Moore 2, Broadstreet 2, Burdge 1, Swanson 1, Young 1. Mooresville (38)-Henderson 9, Dianna Sharpe 4 V McKinley 4, Johnson 4, Deanna Sharpe 3, Weis 2. Butrum 2, Griffith 2, Minks 2, Nolte 2, Rickett I, Team 2. QUARTER SCORING South Putnam 10 12 2 7-31 Mooresville 20 23 15 12-70 CLOVERDALE (35) Schwomeyer 10-0 12, Price 3 1-2 1 7, Sharp 1 0-0 3 2, Garrett 2 2-2 3 6, Mann 5 6-12 4 16, Receveur 0 0-0 20, Craig 0 2-2 0 2. TOTALS-FG 12, FT 11-18, PF 17. MONROVIA (45) Carter 3 2-2 3 8. Powell 0 0-0 10, Fisher 0 0-3 3 0, Maple 13 5-11 3 31, Martin 1 2-2 0 4, Lahrman 0 0-0 0 0, Cliver 10-12 2, Patrick 0 0-0 0 0, Hurt 0 04) 0 0, McClure 0 0-0 0 0. TOTALS-FG 18, FT 9-19, PF 12. REBOUNDING Cloverdale (32)-Mann 11, Sharp 7, Receveur 4, Schwomeyer 2, Craig 2, Garrett 1, Team 2. Monrovia (40)~Fisher 12, Carter 7, Martin 5, Cliver 5, Maple 3, McClure 2, Team 6. QUARTERSCORING Cloverdale 15 4 8 8-35 Monrovia 10 8 10 17-45 Braves No. 19 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association Top 20 gymnastics teams: 1. Homestead u. Crown Point 2. Lawrence North 12. Jeffersonville 3. Merrillville 13. Ft. Wayne Concordia 4. Ft. Wayne Snider 14. Bloomington North 5. Chesterton 15. Valparaiso 6. Columbus North 16. Portage 7. Terre Haute North 17. Perry Meridian 8. Ft. Wayne North 18. Martinsville 9. Ft. Wayne Elmhurst 19. Terre Haute South 10. Carmel 20. Ft. Wavne Northrop

Big Ten at 6-2. The loss dropped Illinois to 17-5 overall. Purdue is 5-4 and 14-5. “We did’t want to give Illinois the cheap shots,” Keady said. “If you can find a guy who plays better at each end of the court than Mark Atkinson, I’d like to see him.” Purdue fashioned a 10-point lead early in the first half at 21-11. Illinois cut the lead to 23-19 with 3:30 remaining. A basket by Jim Bullock and two free throws by Mack Gadis left the hosts in charge at halftime 27-19. Keady said, “Rebounding sure has surprised me. We used a lot of different defenses tonight. We had to.” Purdue stretched its lead to 16 points, 4529, with 5:10 left. Illinois scored only five points in the last six minutes of the game. Bullock led the winners with 18 points. Atkinson added 13.

with his defense and leadership. Alford agrees. “He made a statement to me that good players can do a lot of good things for themselves,” said Alford. “But great players can make their teammates better. That’s something I’ve had to work on and that I am continuing to work on.” He said his parents, Sam and Sharan Alford, have given him support during this week’s controversy. His father is head basketball coach at New Castle High School, where the younger Alford was Indiana’s 1983 Mr. Basketball. “They haven’t called and said, ‘Hey what’s going on down there.’ Mom knows what’s going on because she’s married to a coach. She knows what’s happened. She doesn’t need any explanations. And dad doesn’t need any explanations because he’s a coach.” Alford said he knew nothing more about the dismissal of forward Mike Giomi other than he was dropped for academic reasons, as Rnight has said. He also said Indiana is “in no way” out of the Big Ten race despite its 3-4 conference record. IU is 11-6 overall.

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Cougars are ousted

By CHRIS KNAUER Banner-Graphic Sports Writer DOVER-Was it a black cat or did they all walk underneath a ladder after the third period? Only Lady Luck knows what happened to the lady Cougars, as North Putnam was dropped 52-39 by the sectional favorite and host Western Boone Wednesday night. DESPITE THE LOSS, the Cougars set a season record of 12-6. “That record is going to give our future players something to shoot for,” North Putnam coach Bill Bays said. Coach Bays was still smiling after the game. “I could have been happier with a win, but I’m just as pleased with the way our girls played,” he said. “We played well for 3M> quarters but turnovers in the fourth hurt us,” he continued. “If we just could have handled the ball.” BEFORE THAT FATEFUL fourth quarter, the game was going in the Cougars’ direction. A slow star in the first quarter set North behind 13-8. The Star’s 3-2 zone defense was effectively keeping North’s leading scorer Jodi Pickel from doing any damage. However, they received a surprise from the Cougar bench by way of Jodi Ferrand with six points. Combined with scoring from the other starters Heidi Blocher, Jannetta Sinnet, Diane McMurtry, and Jana Buser, North

Illinois was led by Anthony Welch and Doug Altenberger with eight points apiece. “In my 30 years of coaching I’ve never seen such inept playing,” Illinois Coach Lou Henson said. “It’s not so bad to shoot bad. That will happen from time to time. But when you play bad in all other phases of the game, it’s embarassing. ILLINOIS (34) Winters 1-6 04) 2, Welch 4-1104) 8, Montgomery 1-31-4 3, Douglas 2-3 04) 4, Altenberger 4-10 04) 8, Meents 3-5 1-2 7, Wvsinger 1-2 04) 2, Norman 04) 0-1 0. Haffner 0-4 04) 0. Totals: 16442-734 PURDUE (54) Bullock 8-12 2-3 18, Atkinson 5-10 3-313, Littlejohn 24 34 7, Gaddis 0-5 2-2 2, Reid 2-10 (H) 4, Lewis 1-7 44 6, Mitchell 1-21-2 3, Robinson 04) 04) 0, Stephens 04) 0-10, Arnold 04) 000, Fisher 0-11-21. Totals: 19-5116-2154. Halftime—Purdue 27, Illinois 19. Fouled out—Wysinger. Rebounds—lllinois 30 (Altenberger 8), Purdue 36 (Bullock, Atkinson 9). Assists—lllinois 9 (Douglas 3), Purdue 14 (Reid 5). Total fouls—lllinois 19, Purdue 13. A-14,123.

Knight to start Blab, Alford and freshmen

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Indiana Coach Bob Rnight, who in a week benched six upperclassmen, left two at home for a road game and then kicked one off the team for academic reasons, says “very shortly we’ll see the results” of his decisions. One of the benched players, sophomore guard Steve Alford, an Olympian and Indiana’s first freshman most valuable player ever, is back in the starting lineup for tonight’s game with lowa. It’s the Hoosiers’ first game at home since their troubles began with three losses in as many games on the road. The Hawkeyes have a 16-4 season record and with their 5-2 Big Ten mark are tied for first with Michigan. Rnight still is sticking with his revised lineup, using three freshmen with Alford and senior center Uwe Blab tonight. Blab and six freshmen played against Illinois Sunday, losing 52-41. Alford, a member of Rnight’s gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team last summer, is the Hoosiers' leading scorer with a 19.5-point average. The rest of Rnight’s lineup, released by the school’s sports information office, includes freshmen forward Rreigh Smith, who will be making his first start and is averaging 1.2 points a game; forward

smothered the basketball under the hoop Wednesday night and while doing so eliminated Cloverdale from the sectional field. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).

rolled away, 20-12, for a 28-25 halftime lead. BEGINNING WITH THE second quarter, and throughout the rest of the game, turnovers were a major problem for the Stars. Western Boone had 30 turnovers to North’s 21. “I have never had a better bunch of girls,” Bays commented. “There was never a bit of quit in any of them.” JANNETTA SINNET LED the way for the Cougars with 15 points. “She turned in an awfully good performance,” Bays said. “Jana Buser played excellent after being sick the past week. ” She had six points. Senior forward Heidi Blocher pulled in 10 of North’s 30 boards. The Stars had 29 rebounds. NORTH PUTNAM (39) Blocher 2 1-2 4 5. Ferrand 3 0-0 16, Sinnet 5 5-7 2 15, Stranger 1 1-2 0 3, Pickel 0 1-2 3 1, Gough 0 0-0 0 0, McMurtry 1 1-3 2 3. Griffin 0 0-110, Buser 3 0-1 2 6, Fulwkter 0 04) 0 0, Marsteller 0 0-0 0 0. TOTALS-FG 15, FT 9-19, PF 15. WESTERN BOONE (52) Zellers 5 0-1 4 10, Garriot 0 04) 4 0. Reed, T. 10 5-9 1 25. I.eedy 4 04) 1 8, Morgan 2 5-6 5 9, Reed. R. 0 04) 2 0, Johnson 0 04) 2 0. Bailey 0 0-0 0 0, Chambers 0 0-0 0 0. Bledsoe 0 04) 0 0, Swain 0 04) 0 0. TOTALS-FG 21, FG 10-16. PF 19. REBOUNDINGS NORTH PUTNAM (30)-Blocher 10, Ferrand 3. Sinnet 6. Stranger 0, Pickel 6, Gough 0, McMurtry 4, Griffin 1, Buser 0, FulwiderO, Marstellero. WESTERN BOONE <29)-Zellers 8, Garriot 1, Reed. T. 6, Leedy 6, Morgan 4, Chambers 0, Bailey 1, Bledsoe 0, Swain 0, Reed, R. 0, Johnson 3. QUARTERSCORING North Putnam 8 20 7 6-39 Western Boone 13 12 9 18-52

Big Ten Conference Overall W L Pet. W L Pet. Michign 5 2 .714 13 3 .813 low 5 2 .714 16 4 .800 Illinos 6 3 .667 17 5 .773 Ohio Slat 4 3 .571 12 4 .750 Minnesot 4 3 .571 11 6 .647 Purdu 5 4 .555 14 5 .737 Indian 3 4 .429 12 5 .706 Michign St 3 4 .429 12 5 .706 Wiscnsn 1 6 .143 10 7 .588 N’westrn 1 6 .143 512 .294 Wednesday's Result Purdue 54, Illinois 34 Thursday’s Games Michigan at Northwestern Michigan State at Wisconsin lowa at Indiana Minnesota at Ohio State Saturday's Games Michigan State at Northwestern Michigan at Wisconsin lowa at Ohio State Minnesota at Indiana

Greyhounds edge Bulldogs

By The Associated Press Jeff Crabtree hit a basket at the buzzer, giving Indiana Central a 60-59 college basketball victory over Butler. Crabtree finished with 21 points Wednesday night. Jamie Raley hit a free-throw with 14 seconds remaining, giving the Greyhounds a 58-57 lead. Butler went in front 59-58 on a layup by Dave Gilbreth with six seconds left. Indiana Central clinched the victory when Crabtree tossed in a layup at the buzzer. Darrin Fitzgerald led Butler with 19

Steve Eyl, who has started twice this season and is averaging 3.1 points; and guard Delray Brooks, a starter in five previous games with a 3.9 average. Blab is averging 15.6 points a game. lowa Coach George Raveling, Rnight’s assistant in the Olympics, is telling his team to ignore the the controversy. “I told my players it’s like a fight at the neighbor’s house. You hear the fight, but you don’t go marching over there to break

North going for bucket at South

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor If you’re going to own the Putnam County Bucket then you had better be prepared to defend it. South Putnam will be doing just that for the first time since taking it away from Greencastle last week when it plays host to North Putnam in a West Central Conference high school basketball game Friday night. North Putnam should be sky high for a big weekend of basketball after having last weekend off because of severe weather conditions and because of this week’s opponents. Not only do the Cougars play their 6-10 county rival Friday, but Saturday night 1-12 Monrovia visits North Putnam for a WCC game. “WE’RE LOOKING AT it as we could win two ball games this week,” North coach Bill Brothers said. Greencastle entertains Northview in “Pack McAnally” night. All elementary school children accompanied by a paying adult will be admitted to the game free, as coach Doug Miller attempts to get more vocal support from a usually quiet crowd. Cloverdale goes looking for an upset Friday night when 19th ranked Owen Valley brings its 9-2 record to town. SOUTH PUTNAM ENTER’S Friday night’s homecourt season-finale with some high hopes. “It’s a crucial ball game for us because if we win we stay in contention for the conference title and we get to keep the county bucket until next football season and let the footballers see if they can hold on to it,” coach Bill Merkel said. Naturally when two county teams play you toss out the records and even a homecourt advantage. It’s especially true with these two teams. Recall, if you will,- last year’s game, North got it’s only victory of the year 72-69 before South went on to win the sectional. In the 1981-82 season South was headed for a 14-7 mark, but one of those seven losses was a triple-overtime 71-63 setback against North. And maybe the all-time great matchup came in the 1980-81 season when the Cougars took an 8-5 record up against an 0-12 flock of Eagles, only to get beat 7067. “THE TWO KIDS we’ve got to key on are Wehrman and Colvin,” Merkel said of Ryan Wehrman and Chris Colvin, North’s two leading scorers. The 6-0 Wehrman brings a 11.9 scoring average into the game after an outstanding 24 points night against Cloverdale. The 5-11 Colvin comes in with a 10.8 average, but hasn’t been in double-figures for three games now. “We feel like we’ve got more (scoring) than that on ocassion,” Brothers said of the Cougars’ two-man attack. “We’ve had other people play well on given night, we just haven’t had a game where we have more than two people play well. “WE JUST HAVE to be consistent on our end scoring. People say you pick up your offense with defense. You can still pick up your defense if your offense gets going and right now our defense needs a shot in the arm,” Brothers said. Just as the Cougars will have to work hard Saturday night to contain Monrovia’s Kurt Everett and T#vor Remster, they’ve got to know where South’s Troy Greenlee and Brian Meek are Friday night. “They’re going to score theirs. We’ve just got to make sure nobody- else has a big game,” Brothers said. Greenlee enters Friday’s contest with a 17.1 scoring average after fouls him to little playing time and nine poiiHbt Avon. Meek brings a 14.3 average inmhe game, as well as being South’s top rebounder. Monrovia stands 1-12, the lone victory

points, followed by Chad Tucker with 17 and Dave Gilbreth with 13. , Raley added 20 points for Indiana Central. Indiana Central is 8-9 and Butler is 11-6. Andy Miller hit a jumper from the left side of the free throw line with one second left as Franklin shaded Wabash 61-60. Franklin, 8-12, was paced by Brian Lee with 19 points. Miller finished with 17, and Mike Hackett had 12. Steve Cox led the Little Giants with 14.

it up. You just stay in your own house. “You have a disadvantage anytime you play Indiana at Bloomington,” Raveling said. “They are going to play hard, play good defense and have a sold-out arena. I don’t really see that the meaningful factors have changed.” Mike Giomi, a former starter, was dismissed from the squad for failing to meet Knight-imposed academic standards tyat are more strict than those of the

January 31,1985, The Putnam County Banner-Graphic

Cascade one up in WCC Team and records WCC Total Cascade 5-1 10-5 Owen Valley 4-1 O' 2 Greencastle 5-2 12-3 Danville 4-2 6-6 South Putnam 3-2 6-10 Tri-West 2-2 4-6 Edgewood 1-3 2-10 North Putnam 0-4 1-12 Monrovia 0-5 1-12 Cloverdale* -- 5-8 •Suspended from WCC competition. FRIDAY Northview at Greencastle North Putnam at South Putnam* Owen Valley at Cloverdale Mooresville at Cascade Rockville at Fountain Central Edgewood at Monrovia* Zionesville at Danville Southmont at Turkey Run Avon at Tri-West SATURDAY Monrovia at North Putnam* •WCC games

coming against Bethesda. Tuesday night the Bulldogs were burned 102-40 by Indian Creek. GREENCASTLE TAKES A 12-3 record into Friday night’s nonconference home game with 6-6 Northview. The Knights have not played since Jan. 19 because of the severe weather conditions. They routed Rockville 74-54 in that contest. Coach Jim Buell has played with his lineup of late. After going with seniors Scott Elwell, Chip Morris, Mike Butts, Chris Grigsby and Eric Slack early, the coach has turned to a younger five in recent games. Elwell and Morris, starters at Van Buren before the consolidation last year, led the Knights with a 13 points per game averages FOLLOWING TUESDAY NIGHT’S victory over Cloverdale, coach Doug Miller will undoubtedly be working on Greencastle’s passing. The Tiger Cubs committed 21 turnovers in that game mainly by passing the basketball. Mike Cooper continues to lead Greencastle’s scoring with a 21.4 average, followed by David Rushing at 13.3. Jay Hopkins has tossed in 12.6 points per game to date and David Smith just under 10. While David Murphey averages just under seven points per game, he has turned into a strong rebounder, grabbing 11 against Cloverdale and 13 against Cascade. Greencastle is off Saturday night, but will host Terre Haute South next Wednesday. The junior varsity game begins at 6 p.m., 30 minutes earlier than usual. CLOVERDALE JUMPS FROM the frying pan into the fire, so to speak. After losing 55-39 to Greencastle Tuesday night, the 5-8 Clovers play host to 19th ranked Owen Valley, 9-2 so far. One advantage Cloverdale might have is Owen Valley has played only one game in the last three weeks. They didn’t play at all last weekend. Greg Wright still leads the Patriots with a 23-points per game average, followed by Shawn Parrish at 14 points an outing. There in could be Cloverdale’s problem. COACH JOHN HECKMAN is expected to start a lineup that includes the 6-5 Wright and 6-5 Parrish at forwards with 6-3 Mark McCollum in the pivot. “We had trouble matching up with anybody because of our size. It just gets, worse,” Clover coach Mark Barnhizer said. “If we shoot the ball then I think we’ve got a chance to beat Owen Valley, if we don’t shoot the ball well, then we’re not going to beat Owen Valley,” the coach said, simpifying the matter.

university or the NCAA. Giomi started 11 games and was the team’s leading rebounder. Winston Morgan, left home with Giomi from the Illinois trip, practiced Tuesday and is expected to be in uniform against lowa. Morgan, a starter in nine games, has not played since Jan. 19, when Indiana lost at Ohio State. Knight, 11-6 overall in his 14th season with Indiana and 3-4 in Big Ten play, has used 11 different starting units this season. Of 15 players on the roster, all but Smith and freshman center Magnus Pelkowski have started at least one game. Only Blab and Brooks have played in every game. Knight’s shakeup has stirred heavy criticism in Indiana, as well as attention in Las Vegas, where bookmakers have been hesitant about posting a betting line on the Indiana-lowa game. “Unless we get something definitive, I would be reluctant to put up a line in this case because I don’t know if those players are going to play, how long they’re going to play or how they will feel mentally after being benched,” said Sonny Reizner, manager of the Castaways Race and Sports Book. “I don’t want to put out a line and have to try and figure out his (Knight’s) thoughts and the players’ thoughts. If I did use it, I would use it very apprehensively.”

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