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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, February 12,1985

Marian first opponent in tough week for Tigers

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor It would be pretty tough for the NCAA Division 111 Tournament Selection Committee to overlook a 21-5 or 20-6 basketball team that finished third in the tournament last year. DePauw University could finish the regular season with just such a record. But it’s up to the Tigers to make sure the record is just that much of an eye-catcher, which intensifies the final five games at Lilly Physical Education and Recreation Center, and especially the three games in the next four days. DePAUW WILL BEGIN the NCAA Division 111 tournament bid stretch drive Wednesday night as host to Marian College at 7:30 p.m. Lindenwood from St. Loujs visits Friday night at the same time and Saturday the Tigers get their long-awaited rematch with Washington University of St. Louis in another 7:30 p.m. game. “Every game is a key game now,” pointguard Phil Wendel said after Monday’s practice. “We’ve just got to take them one at a time.” Marian and Lindenwood, especially, are mental challenges, while Washington will take care of itself since that is one of the five opponents to beat DePauw. BUT THIS IS THE third time DePauw has played Marian this year. The Tigers defeated Marian 81-65 when Tim Vieke scored 14 points and Joe Vanderkolk 12 in the championship game of the DePauw Invitational. Vanderkolk erupted for 25 points the second time around and the Tigers rolled to a 80-63 win in Indianapolis. It would be so easy for the Tigers to overlook Marian. “They could, but I hope they won’t. I think our guys understand we can’t afford to overlook Marian, it doesn’t matter how many times we’ve played them,” coach Mike Steele said. “We know Marian is like 12-10 and two of their losses have been to us. We know Dave Mahurin is a good player. ” MAHURIN, THE 6-8 center from Terre Haute South High School, scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the last meeting of the two teams. “He’s a big strong kid. He’s as good as any inside player we play against,” Steele said. Guard Mike McKenzie netted 12 points and passed out three assists for Marian and freshman guard Darren Fish scored 12 points. DePauw has had good success at keeping Joe Rosswurm in check on the offensive end, but in the last contest the 6-0 senior managed to pass out four assists.

Slaney to run after recovery EUGENE, Ore. (AP) Mary Slaney will be sidelined for three to six weeks with a muscle tear in her right calf, the Eugene middle distance runner’s coach said Monday night. The former Mary Decker is in Los Angeles, with her husband, Richard Slaney, said her coach, Dick Brown, in an interview from his home in Eugene. He said she would return home Thursday or Friday. “She tore some muscle fibers in the lower part of her right calf,” Brown said. “It is not a very serious injury... and she was planning on taking some time off anyway. She will get her rest and plans on running the same outdoor schedule as she had. Ms. Slaney suffered the injury in the U S. Olympic Invitational track and field meet Saturday in East Rutherford, N.J., during the women’s 1,500meter race with just over two laps remaining.

Warsaw climbs to No.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Top-ranked Marion continued to pull away from the field in the weekly Associated Press high school basketballl poll, while defending state champion Warsaw climbed to the No. 3 spot on the strength of its victory over previously undefeated East Chicago Washington. Marion, 17-0, picked up three first place votes from last week in being selected the state’s top team on 21 of 23 ballots by the AP’s statewide board of sportswriters and broadcasters. That gave the Giants 454 of a possible 460 rating points. Warsaw, 17-1, gained two spots after its 78-72 decision over East Chicago Washington. The loss knocked the Senators, also 17-1, two positions to fourth with 18-1 Fort Wayne Northrop moving from third to the runner-up slot. Marion was one of only two teams to maintain the same position as last week. Princeton, the state's only othe.-un-defeated team at 17-0, held the Nil position and Received one vote as the Sl Eas S t Chicago Washington edged L&M by

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Steele isn’t worried about a starting lineup. Wendel, the team’s leading scorer at 10 points a game, and David Galle, with a string of double-figure outings going, will probably be on the floor. After his 25-point game against Marian the last time around Vanderkolk may also get the starting assignment. "I’M NOT CONCERNED so much about who starts as what they do when they get in there,” Steele said. One of the DePauw regular-nine players who has seen less playing time of late is Vieke. The 6-1 gunner was the team’s leading scorer 12 games into the season, just nine games back. He’s struggled of late, as his perimeter shots just aren’t falling and in DePauw’s role play scheme ' that’s what he’s supposed to contribute. “I think he’s pressing a little bit. He’s working real hard. I have no qualms there and Neal Ogle has played real well for us. Timmy will get his chance. He’s worked hard today. He’s been real good, real positive about what’s going on. He’d obviously like to play more, but so would a lot of kids,’’Steele said. PLAYING AT HOME down the stretch is an obvious DePauw advantage. The Tigers have won 31 straight at Gaumey Neal Fieldhouse. “Early in the game against Taylor, the crowd was intimidating them as much as our defense was intimidating them,” cocaptain Brent Ehrman said of shutting out

Alford is named Big Ten player of week

CHICAGO (AP) - Indiana’s Steve Alford, recently benched by Coach Bob Knight, has been named Big Ten basketball Player of the Week by The Associated Press for his contributions in two road victories.

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By The Associated Press The Associated Press Top 20 Indiana high school boys' basketball teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through games of last Saturday and rating points (460 possible): I. Marion (21), 17-0,454 2 Ft. Wayne Northrop, 18-1,384 3. Warsaw, 17-1,360 4. E.Chicago Washington, 17-1,285 5. L&M (1), 18-1,284 6. Princeton (1), 17-0,251 7. Indpls Ben Davis, 19-2,217 8 Frankfort, 16-1,172 9. Indpls Manual, 17-1,161 10. Noblesville, 16-1,123 11. Bloomington South, 16-2,97 12 Muncie South, 16-2,70 13. Muncie Central, 14-3,54 14. S.Bend Clay, 14-3,32 15 Owen Valley, 14-2,25 16 Oak Hill, 16-1, 24 17 Anderson, 13-5,20 (tie) Gary Roosevelt, 14-4,20 19 Valparaiso, 13-4,17 20. Huntington North, 12-5,10 Others with three or more rating points, lis'ec alphabetically: Columbus North, Jeffersonville Kokomo, Loogootee, South Bend Adams, Westview

a single rating point for fourth place, 285284. L&M, which received the other firstplace vote, slid to fifth. A 70-59 loss to Columbus North was costly to Bloomington South, which tumbled four positions and out of the Top 10. That resulted in Indianapolis Ben Davis,

Taylor for the first eight minutes. “Other Division 111 schools aren’t used to playing in front of crowds like we’re getting at DePauw.” And the crowd Wednesday night will be watching a team that is trying to keep not only a homecourt winning tradition going, but also a tournament tradition alive. •*1 THINK WE proved ourselves last year and even though we haven’t been rated I think they’ve got respect for what we did last year,” Ehrman said. “It’s just up to us and if we go out and play well we can beat any of the teams coming in here.” Monday’s practice was the first in three days. After beating a good 19-6 Taylor squad, Steele gave the Tigers some time off knowing things are going to get pretty heated down the stretch “I think our intensity level has been the same for four years," Steele said. “Our first group was as good as any we’ve had in how hard they worked and their intensity. It should be easier for last year's team and easier for this year's team because they’ve got something to shoot for. Two years ago, that team won 11 straight late in the year and was pretty good. “WHEN YOU GO through it one year and you go through it another, then you just get in the habit of doing it.” DePauw will try to continue the habit Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. at Lilly Physical Education and Recreation Center.

Alford, a 6-2 sophomore from New Castle, Ind., had 51 points, 11 reboun ds and seven steals as the Hoosiers beat Wisconsin 58-54 and Northwestern 78-59.

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Frankfort, Indianapolis Manual and Noblesville each rising one spot apiece to seventh through 10th, respectively. Bloomington South is 11th this week. The biggest fall from last week was recorded by Gary Roosevelt, which plunged five spots to a tie for 17th after its 82-62 pounding by unranked Crown Point. Muncie South climbed one spot to 12th. Muncie Central gained two places to 13th by bouncing back from its 62-60 loss to New Castle with victories over Anderson

Moscrip and Miller honored

NEW YORK (AP) - A former Stanford standout and a Notre Dame star from the Knute Rockne years are among four deceased players named to the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame. James “Monk” Moscrip, who played on the famed “Vow Boy” teams of the 1930 s at Stanford, and Fred Miller, a captain of one of Rockne’s teams in the 19205, were named Monday in an announcement

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For at least eight DePauw University Tigers, playing under pressure to make the NCAA Division 111 Tournament and then play in the tournament itself is nothing new, they did it last year. When the Tigers go for their 32nd straight homecourt win Wednesday night at Lilly Center

Knight says benching improved Alford

CINCINNATI i AP> ball Coach Bobby Knight says he wouldn’t hesitate to again bench his Hoosier starters and start freshmen in their places if he thought the team needed to be shaken up “I think Steve’s play has been immeasurably improved since being benched,” Knight said Monday night during an interview broadcast on Cincinnati radio station WLW. “I still believe, and I would be the first to tell you, that it was tougher on me to bench him than it was on Steve. And I thhik Steve would be the first to tell you, he's learned a lot from the experience.”

Madison Heights and Lebanon. Anderson, upset by Kokomo 67-66, dropped three places to share 17th. South Bend Clay advanced three spots to 14th and Owen Valley moved ahead one notch to 15th. Oak Hill, which set a school record of 14 consecutive victories when it defeated Southwood last week, stepped ahead three places to 16th. Valparaiso moved from 20th to 19th and Huntington North fell from 18th to 20th despite winning its only game last week.

by the Foundation’s chairman of the board, Vincent dePaul Draddy. Also named were Don Holleder, an end-quarterback at Army from 195355 and Steve Suhey, a Penn State guard from 1945-47. They will be inducted in special oncampus ceremonies at a home football game this fall and will be formally saluted at the Foundation’s 28th annual Hall of Fame Awards dinner Dec. 3 in New York.

veterans (front row, from left) Neal Ogle, Scott Lewis, Phil Wendel, Tim Vieke (Back row, from left), Brent Ehrman, Craig McAfee, Joe Vanderkolk and David Galle will be seeing a lot of playing time. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).

Knight, whose Hoosiers are 14-7 overall and 6-5 in the Big Ten. said he hasn’t regretted his decision to bench his starters and replace them with freshmen in a recent conference game against Illinois, despite second-guessing by Indiana fans. “Given the same set of circumstances tomorrow, I'd start those four freshmen again,” Knight said. “To me, you’re involved in a season-long thing. I may have let the thing go a game longer than I should have.” The coach said his decision to start the freshmen sent a clear message to his regular starters that he wanted them to sharpen their play a.id that, otherwise, he

Tucker's 21 points

leads Butler win

By The Associated Press “St. Louis is awful tough when they get you up four late in the game, but I thought we made a nice comeback to get us the victory,” Butler Coach Joe Sexson said after the Bulldogs’ 66-61 Midwestern City Conference basketball victory. Forward Chad Tucker scored a gamehigh 21 points for the Bulldogs Monday night. Xavier tripped Evansville 83-63 in another MCC game, and Valparaiso captured a 66-55 Association of Midcontinent Universities victory over Wisconsin-Green Bay. Butler built nine-point leads twice in the first half, 21-12 with 9:09 to play and 36-27 with 15 seconds remaining. The Bulldogs led at halftime 36-27 as Michael Burt held the Billikens leading scorer Luther Burden to six points. “It wasn’t as consistent a defensive job as I would’ve liked,” Sexson said. “Burt did a good job on Burden in the first half. But in the second half he did just what he did to us in St. Louis and got them the lead.” Burden, a 20.4 scorer on the season, scored 36 points in the first meeting between the two clubs Jan. 14. St. Louis won 71-54. He had 20 points Monday to lead the Billikens in scoring. Darrin Fitzgerald, who finished with 14 points, gave Butler the lead for good on a 20-footer with 4:23 to play, 58-56. St. Louis Coach Rich Grawer said, “I thought the difference was that in St. Louis Burden went to the line seven times and tonite he didn’t shoot one free throw. How do you explain that? We just were inept on offense and defense right from the start.” Bulldogs is 13-8 for the season and 6-5 in the conference. St. Louis is 12-10 and 6-5. In Cincinnati, freshman guard Byron Larkin scored 22 points to lead Xavier. The hosts put on a six-point spurt at the end of the first half to grab a 34-28 lead and ran off 10 unanswered points early in the second half. Xavier is 13-7 and 6-5. Evansville fell to 11-12 and 3-8. Evansville got 19 points apiece from forwards Richie Johnson and Bubby Mukes. Jim Stuevey scored 17 points to lead Valparaiso. The visiting Crusaders were in front 29-18 at intermission after Green Bay converted only 32 percent of its shots from the field. Valparaiso finished with 65 per-

would be willing to continue playing the freshmen. Knight, who agreed to be interviewed on WLW’s “Sportstalk” show on the condition that he did not have to take on-air telephone calls from listeners, said he objects to basketball players who simply view college as a stop-over on the way to a professional basketball career. “What 1 think most kids in college have is either an illusion or a delusion that college basketball is just a stop on the way to playing pro basketball,” he said. “My approach simply is, if you’re going to come here, education has to be important to you. If not, you’re not going to like it here.”

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CHAD TUCKER Nets 21 points cent to Green Bay’s 42 percent. Valparaiso is 7-13 and 3-6. The Phoenix, led by Richard Sims’ 16 points, are 3-17 and 1-7. ST. LOUIS (61) Norman 5-8 9-11 19, Jansen 0-2 0-0 0, A 1 Matiin 2-4 0-14, Lenard 4-80-08, Burden 10-17 0-0 20, K Williams 3-4 0-0 6, Hudson 1-4 04) 2, R. Williams 1-2 00 2, Brown 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 24-499-12 61. BUTLER (66) Tucker 9-12 3-4 21, Gallahar 6-11 1-2 13, Haseley 3-5 4-5 10, Fitzgerald 7-16 0-0 14, Burt 2-4 2-2 6, Beam 0-0 0-0 0, Gilbrethoo 2-4 2, Jonesooo-00, HooverOOOOO. Mackey 00000, Harper 00000. Totals: 27-48 12-17 66. Halftime—Butler 36, St. Louis 28. Fouled out—None Rebounds—St Louis 22 (Norman 7), Butler 26 (Haseley 11). Assists-- St. Louis 11 (Burden), Butler 15 (Fitzgerald, Burt 4). Total fouls -St.Louis 19 Butler 14. A— 1 209

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