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North Putnam's Chris Lyons has the rebound, but South Putnam's Todd Branson (24) and Brian Meek (right) aren't ready to back off. Lyons came off the bench to score 16 points and grab seven rebounds

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Tiger Cubs stop Northview in McAnally shootout

By CHRIS KNAUER Banner-Graphic Sports Writer There must be something about McAnally Center. For the ninth time this season Greencastle chalked up a high school basketball victory on its home court, beating the Northview Knights 72-68. THE WIN BOOSTED the Tiger Cubs’ overall record to 13-3. Northview, the consolidation of Brazil, Staunton and Van Buren high schools, dropped to 6-7. “I was pleased with the fan support tonight,” Greencastle coach Doug Miller said of the “Pack McAnally” night promotion. “They were really a part of the game.” It was not an easy win for the Tiger Cubs. The Knights never trailed by more than 10 points at any point and the score was tied 35-35 at halftime. “They (Northview) have had close ball games before,” Miller said, “and they stuck it to us right from the start.” NORTHVIEW COACH Jim Buell felt his team had a defensive letdown. “We tried

19th-ranked Owen Valley tops Cloverdale

CLOVERDALE - Craig Whitaker I scored 24 points and Cloverdale held Greg Wright seven points under his average, but 1 that wasn t enough to beat 19th-ranked ! Owen Valley Friday Night. The Patriots ran their record to 10-2 for the year with a 66-50 victory over the host I Clovers, now 5-9 : COACH MARK BARNHIZER’S Clovers I fell behind 19-10 in the first quarter and never recovered, as Owen Valley pulled a I little farther away each period. The Patriots took a 54-34 lead into the fourth •" quarter.

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as the Cougars pushed the Eagles to the limit before losing 54-53 Friday night. Meek scored 13 points and had 12 rebounds in South's effort. (Banner-Graphic photo by Tracy Proctor).

uneffectively to shut Mike Cooper down. At the same time, we couldn’t hold the other four on the floor,” Buell said. Cooper contributed a game-high 24 points to lead the Tiger Cubs. After 16 games and 321 points, his average now is 21.6 per game. “It was definitely an offensive ball game,” Miller said. “I thought both teams were having problems running an effective defense.” Cooper helped the Tiger Cubs quickly take control of the opening minutes, putting four points on the board before Northview’s Chip Morris hit a field goal two minutes into the game. Following a Jay Hopkins jump shot it was Cooper for the next several minutes with David Smith and Hopkins chipping in points in the final minute. The Tiger Cubs controlled the first quarter 20-12 at the buzzer. FOR THE FIRST three minutes of the second stanza Greencastle worked on holding a lead that soon was 29-19 at 5:10. However, several Greencastle fouls soon

“We gave up second shots in the first quarter and after that we played even with them,” Barnhizer said of the effort by his much shorter Clovers. While 6-1 Mark McLean was Cloverdale’s tallest player, Owen Valley started the likes of 6-7 Mark McCallum at center with 6-5 Greg Wright and 6-5 Shawn Parrish at forwards. WHILE THE CLOVERS did limit Wright to 16 points, Parrish scored 12 and Bryan Burkholder 11 for Owen Valley. “I think we did a fairly good job tonight,” Barnhizer said of the defensive

Crowd largest ever on a college campus

32,520

By JOHN NELSON AP Sports Writer The count in the Carrier Dome was a record 32,520. The count for Dwayne “Pearl” Washington was 25. The count on the scoreboard was Syracuse 92, Villanova 79. And the count for the Orangemen was two in a row. Washington, Syracuse’s sophomore guard, led six teammates in double figures as the Orangemen won for the second straight time over a ranked team. The ninth-ranked Orangemen, who beat No. 2 Georgetown 65-63 Monday night at the Carrier Dome, played before the largest crowd ever to witness a basketball game on a college campus. The attendance figure broke a two-year-old record of 32,382.

North misses chances in final seconds

Eagles survive Cougar scare

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Coach Bill Brothers got almost everything he wanted Friday night from the North Putnam High School basketball team. Showing good patience offensively, three Cougars scored in double-figures as the coach said they needed and defensively they allowed only 54 points. But still the Cougars go into Saturday night’s home West Central Conference game against Monrovia with only one victory. SOUTH PUTNAM PREVENTED North Putnam from giving Brothers the one thing he wanted most - victory. Backed into a corner by the Cougars’ best performance since early in the season, the Eagles successfully defended the Putnam County Bucket 54-53 and gave the seniors a pleasant memory of their final home game. As so typical of Putnam County basketball rivalries, one became the key number, both on the scoreboard and on the floor. One play with six seconds left on the clock, or even one of the seven free throws the Cougars missed might have changed the outcome. “Everybody on the floor tonight played extremely well,” Brothers said after the 13th loss. “They did what they had to do and we shot well because we were patient. We let the shots come to us.” NORTH GAVE SOUTH everything they could handle and the Eagles did handle it to raise their record to 7-10 overall and 4-2 inWCCplay. “I think we played tired,” coach Bill Merkel said of his Eagles. “We probably went as hard this week in practice as we have in a long, long time and primarily we did that because we knew North Putnam was coming in and we wanted to play aggressive. “But we wanted to get some things done this week in practice and we went extremely hard and I thought that showed a little bit tonight,” the coach explained. NO, MERKEL DIDN’T take North lightly, but he was looking a little farther

put Northview in a bonus free-throw situation. The Tiger Cubs saw their lead whittled by the Knights’ 7 of 10 free throws from the line and their own inability to hit the basket. Trailing 35-31 with less than a minute left in the half, Northview ’s Morris fired in two field goals, including a mid-court shot at the buzzer, to tie the score at 35. “WE WERE CONTROLLING the field goal shooting but they were on the stripe just enought to get back into the game,” Miller said. Hopkins made sure the Tiger Cubs never trailed by hitting the first field goal of the second half. Soon Greencastle built a steady five-point cushion which lasted through the end of the quarter, 55-50. Northview’s Mike Butts made a dent in the deficit with a three-point play off a Greencastle blocking foul, setting the score at 64-63 with 3:15 remaining. HOWEVER, THE CUBS were able to rebuild a safe lead following two David Smith field goals and two free throws apiece from David Murphey and Cooper.

effort against Wright. “That kid is a good player. He scored some points, but he also did some other things. He passed the ball well tonight.” Whitaker was the game’s leading scorer with a season-high 24 points. The junior point guard scored eight field goals and eight from the free throw line. “CONSISTENTLY, I SEE him every night, but he’s controlled every point guard he’s played against. He’s played about as well as any point guard in this area,” Barnhizer said. “We’ve asked him to do a lot of things for us and he’s done a

in Carrier Dome see Syracuse win again

“Obviously, they got their, transition game going, and the Pearl once again was just fabulous,” Coach Rollie Massimino of 18th-ranked Villanova said. The victory gave Syracuse a 14-3 record, while Villanova was 14-5. Both clubs are 63 in the Big East Conference, led by topranked St. John’s with an 8-0 mark. Syracuse used a fastbreak offense to go on a 14-8 run that gave the Orange a 55-40 lead with 13:36 to play. Villanova cut the lead to five points with 6:40 left on a pair of free throws by Ed Pinckney, but that was as close as the Wildcats could get. Rafael Addison added 21 points for Syracuse, and center Rony Seikaly, a freshman from Greece, had 10 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks. Pinckney had 23 points. In the only other game Friday night in-

down the road during practice. “North Putnam has been in a lot of good ball games, they just haven’t found a way to get over the hump. Tonight is a perfect example again. They had an opportunity and didn’t take advantage of it,” Merkel said. Actually North had two opportunities to at least tie during the final 20 seconds. Mike Marsteller stole the ball out of North’s 2-2-1 full-court zone press with 21 seconds left, but Ron Kiger could hit just one of the two free throws. Chris Colvin’s seventh rebound of the night afforded North another chance. The Cougars worked the clock down to six seconds, then took a timeout to set the final play. As Kiger released the inbounds pass Marsteller cut toward the bucket, allowing the ball to sail untouched out of bounds, giving South possession. “I DON’T HOLD anything against him because if he wouldn't have shut Greenlee down we wouldn’t even have been in a situation to win that game,” Brothers said of Kiger’s outstanding defensive effort. After scoring 15 first-half points to keep South ahead 14-9 in the first quarter and 3125 at halftime, Greenlee scored just four second-half points. Merkel had the sophomore on the bench much of the third quarter. “Troy, I thought, was forcing some things,” Merkel explained. “We were getting people posted and he was missing the people inside a little bit.” BUT THROUGH THE first half it was Greenlee who kept the foul-plagued Eagles ahead of the determined Cougars. Forward Brian Meek and center Greg Phillips each picked up two fouls in the first quarter and Merkel pulled them off the floor to prevent them from getting the third so early in the basketball game. “That stretch right there really hurt us,” Merkel said. North got hurt early by foul trouble when point guard A 1 Gray was whistled three times in the first 4M> minutes. “A 1 Gray set the tone for us tonight,” Brothers said, praising the patience the junior displayed.

Despite two Northview field goals and a free throw it was enough to give Greencastle the final margin of victory. Both teams had 53 attempts from the field for the night. Greencastle connected on 28 for a 53 per cent while the Knights hit 29 for 55 per cent. Northview won the junior varsity contest 54-42 over the Tiger Cubs. The Tiger Cubs will host the Terre Haute South Braves Wednesday night. The junior varsity match will start at 6 p.m. instead of the usual 6:30 p.m. GREENCASTLE (72) Hopkins 6 0-0 2 6, Smith 6 4-13 16. Nflson 0 0-1 10, Murphey 2 5-8 3 9. Cooper 10 4-6 3 24, Rushing 4 3-3 3 It, Hwlrich 0 0-0 0 0. Totals - EG 28, FT 16-22, PE 14. NORTHVIEW (68) Elwrll 4 3-5 4 11. Slack 10-112, Grigsbv 7 0-0 I 14, Sampson 0 0-0 10. Buell 5 2-3 4 12, Morris 7 3-14 17, Butts 5 2-2 2 12. Totals - EG 29, ET 10-15. PE 17. REBOUNDING GREENCASTLE (29) Hopkins 5, Smith 1, Murphey 9, Cooper 10. Rushing 4. NORTHVIEW (24) Elwell 4, Slack 0, Grigsby 5. Sampson I, Buell 5, Morris 4, Butts 5. QUARTERSCORING Greencastle 20 15 20 17-72 Northview 12 23 15 18-68

lot of things for us.” Cloverdale got 10 points out of Bryan Scott, but that was all of the double-figure scoring. Owen Valley also won the junior varsity game 47-40. OWEN VALLEY (66) Wright 8 0-0 2 16. Wilhoite 0 0-0 1 0. Rice 2 0-0 4 4, Burkholder 5 1-3 2 11, McCollum 3 1-4 3 7, Horn 1 0-0 0 2, Parrish 6 0-1 I 12, Porter 0 2-30 2, Vargo2 0-fl 2 4, Taylor 0 0-0 30, Johnson 4 0-0 28 - Totals EG 31, FT4-11, PE 20 CLOVERDALE (50) Scott 3 4-6 2 10. Mann 4 0-1 2 8, McLean 0 0-1 2 0, Stoltz 3 0-0 1 6, Whitaker 8 8-11 3 24, Williams 1 04) 1 2, McCormick 0 00 0 0, Novak 0 0-0 0 0 - Totals FG 19, FT 12-19, PE 11

volving a ranked team, No. 11 North Carolina defeated The Citadel 83-62 in Charlotte, N.C. Today’s schedule included five Top Ten teams. St. John’s, 16-1, coming off consecutive victories over Syracuse, Georgetown and Providence, returned home to play Connecticut in the Big East Conference. Also, Virginia Tech is at No. 3 Memphis State in the Metro Conference; No. 7 Oklahoma plays Oklahoma State; eighthranked Georgia Tech, coming off a loss to North Carolina State, plays No. 17 Maryland in the Atlantic Coast Com ference, and No. 10 Michigan plays at Wisconsin in the Big Ten. The other games today involving ranked teams had Furman versus North Carolina

“And Owen Copner did a good job when he had to move to point when A 1 got into foul trouble.” THE EAGLES TOOK a 14-9 lead into the second quarter, but Ryan Wehrman tied the contest 14-14 with a three-point play and a big-league pass from Chris Lyons. However, once Merkel put Meek and Phillips back in the game the Eagles spurted into a 22-14 lead by taking control of the boards. That’s when North’s third scorer, the one coach Brothers has been looking for, stepped forward. After Wehrman brought the Cougars to within four, Lyons hit the first of eight field goals in a 16-point relief effort. “We got Chris Lyons, Ryan Wehrman and Chris Colvin all to score for us tonight. That turned the ball game around for us,” Brothers said. BUT STILL SOUTH led 31-25 at halftime. South’s big concern at that point had to be Meek’s three fouls. “I told the kids at halftimS, i don’t care how we play as long as we win,’ ” Merkel said. Wehrman closed the game to 31-29 by scoring the first four points of the second half, but a Mark Sutherlin steal and layup broke the ice for South with 5:40 left in the period. North narrowed the margin to 40-39 with 23 seconds left in the period before Meek gave the Eagles a 42-39 lead going into the fourth quarter. Just seven seconds into the final period Meek picked up that critical fourth foul and without him the Cougars could battle even on the boards. LYONS CONNECTED ON his fifth consecutive shot from the perimeter to give North its first lead since the 3:27 mark of the opening quarter. Merkel took a timeout to reorganize and put Greenlee back in the ball game and North’s 43-42 edge didn't last long. “We kind of got in a hurry again,” Brothers said of the two possessions where the Cougars didn’t score. “If we had come down and been a little more patient...” Sutherlin put South ahead for good at 444.3 and David Varvel extended the margin

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Greencastles David Smith (23) drew a crowd everytime he touched the basketball Friday night. The sixfoot senior forward scored 16 points

at Charlotte, No. 12 Tulsa at Indiana State, No. 13 DePaul at Louisville, No. 14 Oregon State at Stanford, No. 15 Lousiana Tech at Northeastern Louisiana, Utah State, at No. 16 Nevada-Las Vegas, No. 19 Kansas at Nebraska and South Alabama at No. 20 Alabama-Birmingham. Second Ten Center Brad Daugherty scored 18 points and had 12 rebounds, and North Carolina led by as many as 22 points in easily beating The Citadel. The Tar Heels, 15-5, led 45-27 at halftime. North Carolina’s biggest lead came at 56-34 with 13:31 to play. The Citadel cut it to 67-55 with 4:52 to go, but the Tar Heels then went into a delay. Regan Truesdale led The Citadel with 24 points. Unranked Arkansas, which plays No. 2 Georgetown

to 46-43 with a pair of free throws. THIS GAME APPEARED to be over with 2:11 left to play and South ahead 52-45 after Sutherlin hit two more free throws. Wehrman wasn’t ready to quit though, netting a three-point play to get the Cougars back within four, 52-48. That’s when Colvin went to the hoop, and with 1:25 left to play the Cougars were within a bucket of South, 52-50. Meek’s 12th rebound of the night triggered a fastbreak and Greenlee scored South’s final field goal on a layup. GREENLEE’S 19 POINTS topped all scorers in the game and Meek finished with 13 for the Eagles. Wehrman led North with 18 points, followed by Colvin and Lyons with 16 points each. South won two key statistical battles on the court. Led by Meek’s 12 rebounds, the Eagles outrebounded the Cougars 34-27, Colvin and Lyons pulling down seven each. The other area was free throw shooting. South hit 10 of its 15 attempts and North only five of 12. NORTH SHOT CLOSE to a season-best at 49 per cent (24-49) from the floor. South hit 43 per cent (22-51) from the floor. South Putnam won the junior varsity game 49-38 behind Chris Sullivan’s 13-point performance. Dale Greeson led North with 12. The Eagles travel to Brazil Feb. 8 to play the Northview Knights. NORTH PUTNAM (53) Wehrman 8 2-5 2 18, Colvin 7 2-4 1 16, Marsteller I <M> 4 2. Gray 0 0-0 3 0, Copner 0 0-0 0 0, Lyons 8 0-0 2 16, Kiger 0 1-3 31 - Totals FG 24, FT 5-12, PF 15 SOUTH PUTNAM (54) Meek 6 1-3 4 13. Branson 10-0 12, Phillips 3 1-2 2 7, Greenlee 8 3-4 1 19, Varvel 3 2-2 3 8, Sutherlin 1 2-2 2 4, Kvans 0 04) 0 0, Pickens 0 04) 0 0, Hutcheson 0 1-201-Fotals FG 22. FT 10-15, PF 13. REBOUNDING North Putnam (27) - Colvin 7, Lyons 7, Wehrman 6. Mar>teller 3, Kinger 3, Team 1. South Putnam (34) - Meek 12, Branson 6, Phillips 6, Sutherlin 3, Greenlee 2, Varvel 2, Hutcheson 1, Team 2. QUARTER SCORING North Putnam 9 16 14 14-53 South Putnam 14 17 11 12-54 Turnovers: NP 15, SP 14 JV score: SP49, NP3B

to help the Tiger Cubs defeat Northview 72-68 at McAnally Center. (Banner-Graphic photo by Tracy Proctor).

at Landover, Md., on Sunday, got 21 points from Charles Balentine and held off a late rally to beat Texas A&M 58-53 in a Southwest Conference game. Texas A&M cut a 12-point Arkansas lead to five with 3:48 to play, but the Aggies could get no closer. In another SWC game, Dennis Nutt scored 22 of his 28 points in the second half to help Texas Christian beat Houston 85-80, ending the Cougars’ 43-game home winning streak. Making his first start of -the season, Greg Grissom hit four free throws in the final 10 seconds to help TCU. In a two-overtime game, Southern Cal took over the Pacific-10 Conference lead with a 78-77 victory over UCLA. Derrick Dowell scored 24 points and had 21 rebounds for the Trojans, who are 12-5 and 6-2 in the league. UCLA is 9-8 and 6-3.