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By JOE OWENS DePauw University Sports Information Director The 20th ranked DePauw University men’s basketball team jumped out to a quick 12-0 lead and never looked back as they breezed to an easy 95-56 triumph over Rose Hulman in the Neal Fieldhouse Tuesday evening. The victory increased the Tigers’ season record to 20-5 and their home game win streak to 35. The win was the 75th career victory for coach Mike Steele and marked only the second occasion that a DePauw basketball team has won 20 games in one season. Last year’s squad compiled a 25-5 record on their way to a third place national finish. “I WAS PLEASED with the way we came right out after Rose Hulman from the beginning,” Steele stated. “We played hard and with intensity the entire game.” After DePauw scored the first 12 points of the contest, Rose finally got on the scoreboard with 16:54 remaining in the opening half to cut the margin to 12-2. The 10-point spread was the closest the Engineers came all evening. The Tigers'

15th win too easy for Cubs By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Have you ever heard of a coach who didn’t want an easy victory, but instead to be pushed right into the fourth quarter? Greencastle High School basketball coach Doug Miller wasn’t completely satisfied with the 86-51 rout over Rosedale Tuesday night at McAnally Center. It sends the Tiger Cubs into Friday night’s regular-season finale with a 15-4 record, but... “IT WASN’T THE kind of ball game I was really wanting,” Miller said. “We needed to go against someone who was going to make us do some things. Quite frankly we didn’t have to really execute well. We were able to get shots about every position we wanted shots. ’ ’ No, after being off since the Feb. 8 victory at North Putnam Miller wanted some competition for his Tiger Cubs and didn’t get it from the now 6-12 Hotshots. They just weren’t too hot right from the very start. Jay Hopkins opened Parents’ Night with four Greencastle points and the closest Rosedale got was 4-2 when Ron Harrison started a 20-point effort. However, the Tiger Cubs scored the next 12 points, taking a commanding 16-2 lead. GREENCASTLE ENTERED THE second period leading 28-4 after hitting 14-of-21 shots, most from inside 15 feet during the first eight minutes. “It was tough for everybody to stay interested,” Miller said of some early second-quarter concentration problems. By halftime the Tiger Cubs had their 11th home victory of the year wrapped up. They took a 42-18 lead into the intermission and led 63-35 when the fourth quarter opened. “It was just a mismatch,” Miller said. “The only good thing about it was it did get us some scrimmage time against some people other than ourselves ” THAT WAS ALSO the reason Miller didn’t pull the starters out of the game eajgjin the fourth quarter. He did turn to Krisfaelson and Doug Hedrick in the first half and third quarter, and that was to get them some playing time, looking ahead to next week’s sectional. “Because of the long layoff we went with our people a little longer tonight and I didn’t do that certainly to run up the score or anything, it was just we needed the court time,’’Miller said.

Knights have too much height for Clovers; Lakers next foe

By DEREK DOEHRMANN Banner-Graphic Sports Writer CLOVERDALE- Visiting Northview led at all the stops as they knocked off a scrappy Cloverdale team 83-65 in a hotly contested high school basketball Tuesday night. The Clovers, who play their final home game of the season Wednesday night against Shakamak, fell to 7-11 on the year, but not before giving it their best shot against their taller guests. They were within seven points with less than four minutes to play. THE FIRST HALF advantage went to the Knights from Northview. Cloverdale coach Mark Barnhizer felt this was the key factor that cost the Clovers as the Knights shot 64 per cent from the field in the first half giving them a 40-28 lead at the half. Keeping the Clovers in the first half were some jumpers from 5-9 senior guard Sonny Stoltz, who scored 14 of his season-high 18 points in this stretch. Both teams traded scoring streaks in the third period. Northview started to widen the gap early, butthe Clovers refusedl to fold. They cut the lead to 12 points, but then

then went on to outscore Rose Hulman 2110 including eight straight points from sharp shooting guard Tim Vieke, who finished the game with 10. The Tigers held a comfortable 54-30 lead at intermission led by 13 first half points from freshman Mike Connor. The 6-6 Indianapolis native finished the night with a game high 17 points and eight rebounds. “Mikedid a nice job of crashing the boards and not committing unnecessary fouls,” Steele said of Connor, who was called for only two fouls. THE ENGINEERS, NOW 7-18, committed 16 turnovers in the first half and 26 for the game. “Defensively we took them out of their offense early in the game,” Steele added. “We never quit, we kept working hard on both ends of the court the entire game. Even when I put the junior varsity players in they gave 100 per cent at all times and that was after playing an entire JV game.” The DePauw junior varsity squad defeated St. Joseph’s 88-69. Phil Wendel, the Tigers’ leading scorer, contributed 15 points, four assists and two

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Greencastle had its second highest offensive night of the year without Mike Cooper reaching his average, or really having a good night. David Rushing led the Cubs with 18 points, followed by. Hopkins with 17, Cooper 14, David Murphey 10 and David Smith 10 to celebrate his birthday. MURPHEY LED GREENCASTLE’S commanding 51-36 rebounding advantage with 11 boards and Cooper had nine, as well as 10 assists. Hedrick came off the bench to grab eight rebounds. “I was disappointed in some aspects of the game, primarily it was the foul line,” Miller said. “We’re shooting 70 per cent on the year, we go just barely over .500 (1222). I think there again it’s somewhat of a concentration factor.” In fact the Tiger Cubs shot nearly as well from the floor, hitting 53 per cent (37-70)

Stoltz fouled out with 3:06 left in the third stanza and the Clovers hit a run of bad luck handling the basketball. AT THE END of the third quarter the score was 60-42 in favor of Northview and it appeared that the lights were fading on the Clovers. However, Cloverdale refused to throw in the towel as they came out very hard in the fourth quarter, forcing three straight Northview turnovers on their first three possessions. Very patiently, the Clovers kept slashing away at the deficit, pulling within nine points (62-53) at the 5:08 mark. The Clovers kept trying even harder, and cut the lead to 64-57 when the roof fell. THE OFFICIALS MADE a call against Cloverdale that many people in the stands thought was very questionable. After calling in a timeout, Barnhizer and the other Clover coaches expressed their views to the officials they saw things differently and assessed the Clovers a technical foul. The Knights took advantage of the situation by scoring the next 10 points against a flustered Cloverdale team. Both teams then emptied their benches in the

DePauw ranked 20th

1. Nebraska Wesleyan 19-3 2. Colby Maine 21-2 3. Otterbein, Ohio 20-2 4. Potsdam St., N.Y. 23-2 5. Augsburg, Minn. 20-4 6. Salisbury St., Md. 20-4 7. Widener, Pa. 20-5 8. Hope, Mich. 19-3 9. Wittenberg, Ohio 22-3 10. North Park, 111. 21-4 11. Alban, Ga. 20-3

rebounds while connecting on a perfect seven-for-seven from the field. “Phil really helps us when he shoots well,” Steele said, “because when he shoots well he puts more pressure on the defense by being able to pass off and score.” ROSE HULMAN SCORED the first bucket of the second half before the Tigers reeled off 10 straight points. Sophomore Scott Lewis came up with two steals and

for the night. The Hotshots shot 32 per cent (21-66) from the floor. GREENCASTLE’S JUNIOR varsity goes for a winning season Friday night at Crawfordsville. The Tiger Cubs stand 10-9 after scoring a 48-44 victory over Rosedale. ROSEDALE (51) Craft 4 0-1 4 8, Harrison 10 0-1 3 20, Marietta 10-10 2, McKiilop 2 1-2 3 5, Callecod 3 04 1 6, A. Pinegar 0 1-2 0 1, Hendrixon 1 04 0 2, R. Pinegar 0 4-4 2 4. Wood 0 34 2 3. TOTALS-FG 21, FT 9-15. PF 15. GREENCASTLE (86) Hopkins 8 1-2 2 17, Smith 5 04 2 10, Murphey 4 2-4 2 10, Rushing 6 64 3 18, Cooper 7 0-1 1 14, Nelson 3 2-5 2 8, Hedrick 2 04 3 4, Durham 2 1-2 2 5, Hanson 0 04 0 0, Winders 0 04 0 0. TOTALS-FG 37, FT 12-22, PF 17. REBOUNDING Rosedale <36>-Craft 11, Harrison 11, R. Pinegar 4, Hendrixon 3, Wood 2, Marietta 1, McKiilop 1, Callecod 1, Team 2. Greencastle (SD-Murphey 11, Cooper 9, Hedrick 8. Durham 5, Smith 4, Rushing 3, Nelson 3, Hopkins 2, Winders 1, Team 5. QUARTER SCORING Rosedale I 17 *®- 5 * Greencastle 28 14 21 2346

final two minutes as Northview extended their advantage to 18 points at the final buzzer. Mike Butts had a terriffic game for Northview, the 6-5 center scoring points and pulling down 11 rebounds against his smaller opponents. He received help from 6-0 guard Scott Elwell, who popped in 17 points. FOR CLOVERDALE, 5-9 playmaker Craig Whitaker continued to play well, as he scored 15 points, while Rob Mann added 10, picking up the slack when Stoltz fouled out. Bryan Scott chipped in eight points and led the Clovers on the boards with nine rebounds. NORTHVIEW (83) Buell 2 2-2 I «. Butts 8 7-11 3 23. Elwell 5 7-9 5 17. Grigsby 3 4-4 I 10, Morris 5 2-2 2 12, Sampson 11-213, Slack 4 0-1 3 8, Szymanski 0 4-4 I 4, Yocom 0 0-0 0 0. TOTALS-FG 28, I* T 27-35, PF 17. CLOVERDALE (65) Mann 2 6-6 3 10, Whitaker 7 1-2 3 15, McLean 0 2-3 0 2. Williams 3 0-0 4 6, Stoltz 8 2-2 5 18, Scott 1 «-« 3 8, McCormick 0 0-0 10, Jenkins 0 0-0 0 0, Kempt 1 4-6 0 6. TOTALS-FG 22. FT 21-25, PF 19. REBOUNDING Northview (30)-Butts 11, Morris 4, Slack 4, Buell 3, Elwell 3, Grigsby 2, Sampson 1, Szymanski 1, Yocom 1. Cloverdale 9. Kempt 5, Stoltz 2. Whitaker 2, McLean 1, Williams 1. QUARTERSCORING Northview 20 20 20 23-83 Cloverdale 16 12 14 23-65

12. Trenton St., N. J. 21-4 13. Clark, Mass. 17-5 14. Centre, Ky. 17-5 15. Lycomming, Pa. 17-4 16. Washington and Jefferson, Pa. 17-4 17. North Central, 111. 17-5 18. William Patterson, N.J. 18-6 19. LeMoyne-Owen, Tenn. 18-6 20. Tie, DePauw and 20-5 Wisconsin-Whitewater 16-7

converted them into points and Craig McAtee added four of his 10 points. McAtee, a 6-8 senior center from Washington, hit five of his six shots from the field and pulled down eight rebounds. The Tigers completely dominated the game as they shot 55 per cent from the field making good on 54-of-82 shots and outrebounded the Engineers 41-to-22. DePauw stole the ball from their opponent

Eagles rally by Vikings

By DAVE RAWNSLEY Banner-Graphic Sports Writer TERRE HAUTE-Baseball is the sport that laid claim to the saying “It’s never over until the last out” or better yet “It’s never over until it’s over.” South Putnam might make their own stake on the immortal saying, though, after defeating West Vigo 61-59 in Terre Haute Wednesday night. The visiting Eagles scored the final 13 points of the contest, holding West Vigo scoreless over the last 3:44 of play, to eek out the victory. The final result was so sudden and unexpected after West Vigo dominated virtually the entire game, that players and fans from both sides stood after the game as if to say “Did that really happen?” EAGLE GUARD Troy Greenlee made the big shot for South Putnam, hitting a 15foot shot from the left baseline with 28 seconds remaining to give the Eagles a 6059 lead, their first lead since the second quarter. Wes Evans hit a free throw after the buzzer for the final 61-59 margin. Even after Greenlee hit his clutch shot to cap the Eagles’ comeback, West Vigo had two chances to steal the victory back. Viking guard Don Blair missed the front of a one-and-one with 12 seconds remaining but South Putnam lost the ball out of bounds. Viking Jeff Sell was left with the final shot for the home team after a scramble for a loose ball, and the senior guard sank it from 15 feet, only to have it taken away by a charging call when Evans stepped in front of him. The call, a gutsy one to take a victory away from the home team with 3

North right on schedule

By CHRIS KN AUER Banner-Graphic Sports Writer ROACHDALE-Although not always true, it was the opposite of a known physics law - what is down must come up. You might think that doesn’t make sense unless you ask North Putnam coach Bill Brothers about his team’s 64-50 win over the visiting Fountain Central Mustangs Tuesday night in non-conference highi school basketball action. “WE ARE GOING up day-by-day,” the Cougar mentor said. “We’re starting to peak at the right time hoping to reach the pedestal next week.” The win boosts the Cougar record to 3-15 for the season. Other than the score, the Cougars peaked in many statistic categories, including one that has plagued the squad throughout the season - field goal shooting. North blistered the nets by connecting on 26-of-42 attempts for 62 per cent. “FOR ONCE THOSE shots just began falling in,” Brothers commented. “It was balanced scoring from everyone including the bench.” Senior Ryan Wehrman led the Cougars with 22 points and nine boards. Junior Chris Lyons was right behind with 18 points and Chris Colvin with 10. The other major category North controlled was rebounding. The Cougars outdid the Mustangs 27-24 with balance rebounding. That shook a few heads in the stands considering the starting Mustangs averaged six feet tall to North’s 5-10. “IT WAS JUST plain and simple,” Fountain Central coach Kevin Sims said. “We were outhustled out there.” Pre-game honors for senior night set an emotional tone for the Cougars in their last home game. According to Brothers it was an incentive. “Tim McAfee, Ed Lasley, and Ryan Wehrman played their hearts out tonight,” Brothers said. “It gave some drive to the rest of them.” Colvin, Lyons, and Wehrman delivered the first quarter for North Putnam fans flawlessly. After Lyons put two on the scoreboard only 15 seconds into the game North never trailed. Then all three starters combined for 14 points while the Mustangs were held to 11 for the stanza.

14 times while committing only 10 turnovers themselves. Rose Hulman made only 22-of-48 (45 per cent) shots from the field. Steele was able to play all 16 players in the rout, and 14 of them scored. Sophomores Dave Galle and Lewis and junior Joe Vanderkolk added eight points apiece. Lewis dished out five assists while junior Neal Ogle came off the bench to score two points and hand out a game high six assists. NOT A SINGLE Rose player scored in double figures as the Tigers displayed a fine performance of team defense as they shut down any offensive threat the Engineers may have had. David Plantz and Brad Kiess, the Engineers two leading scorers, were held far below their season average. Plantz, the team’s leading scorer and second leading rebounder who entered the game averaging 13.5 points and five rebounds per outing, was limited to only five points during the contest and did not pull down a single rebound. Kiess added only eight points, five below his season average.

seconds left in the game, also looked to be a correct one. THAT THE EAGLES even had a chance to win the game was fortunate. Said coach Bill Merkel, “Our concentration and execution were just terrible for most of the game. We spent most of our time standing around watching before we realized that we were probably going to lose. “After the first half, I would have considered packing our bags but we were only down by three points,” Merkel added. Indeed, the Eagles’ mentor may actually have thought about starting the bus; his team didn’t come out of the locker room after halftime until West Vigo was lined up for the tip. Only poor West Vigo foul shooting -- the Vikings were 4-12 in the first half en route to a 13-27 performance at the stripe - and a strong performance by the Eagles’ reserve forward Greg Phillips kept the margin to only 28-25 at half. Phillips had nine points and four rebounds after Brian Meek went to the bench early in the second quarter with three fouls. GREENLEE SPARKED A quick 10-2 spurt early in the third quarter with two long jumpers and a pair of free throws to tie the score at 35-35. But just as they had in the first half, the Eagles relaxed, especially on defense, and West Vigo came back with a 16-4 run over the last three minutes of the third quarter and the first two minutes of the fourth stanza to take a seemingly commanding 51-39 lead. The lead still seemed secure at 59-48 with 3:44 remaining. Todd Branson then hit a long jump shot for South Putnam and Meek followed with three quick baskets to

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RYAN WEHRMAN: 22 points, 9 rebounds

THE SAME THREE combined once again early in the second quarter to build North’s lead. Three Mustang turnovers in the first two minutes of the stanza allowed each three to add two more points to North’s total. By 6:35 North was up 20-11. While North continued its offensive attack, defense still clamped down on Fountain Central’s scoring. “They mixed up the defenses quite a bit in the first half,” Sims said. When halftime rolled around the Cougars had outscored the Mustangs 19-11 for a 33-22 lead. FOUNTAIN CENTRAL HAD a big opportunity to change the halftime score considering the Mustangs were 4-of-18 from the stripe. That included missing the front of six one-on-one attempts. “That was a big turnaround on the freethrow line,” Sims said. Lyons, Wehrman, A 1 Gray, and Mike Marsteller each had two fouls and Colvin had three at the beginning of the second half.

February 20,1985, The Putnam County Banner-Graphic

DePauw will close out the regular season on Saturday as they host rival Wabash College at 3 p.m. “OUR SENIORS HAVE an opportunity to finish their careers with two victories over Wabash in one season. That hasn’t happened too often in the past,” Steele says. The Little Giants, now 13-10, will attempt to gain revenge against the Tigers for an 81-66 DePauw victory at Crawfordsville in January. ROSE HUI.MAN (56) Fletcher 2-2 04 1 4, Kiess 3-7 2-2 0 8. Lund 2-2 1-1 1 5. Homer 2-8 04 0 4, Wehrley 0-1 04 0 0, Re» 3-3 1-10 7, PlnnU 2-7 1-1 1 5, Wheeler 0-1 2-2 0 2. Urbanek 4-7 1-2 2 4. Underwood 2-3 4-4 1 8, Bentley 2-7 04 3 4. TOTALS-FG 2248. FT 12-13, PF9. DePAUW (95) Connor 7-15 3-5 2 17, Galle 4-5 04 2 8. McAtee 54 04 2 10. Lewis 4-7 04 2 8, Wendel 7-7 1-2 0 15, Ehrman 34 04 3 6. Vieke 5-15 04 1 10, Ogle 1-1 04 0 2, Vanderkolk 4-7 04 1 8, Grelwe 1-1 1-1 1 3, Daniel 1-5 04 1 2, Falotlco 1-1 04 0 2. Wiles 0-1 04 0 0, Sandgren 1-1 04 0 2, Adams 1-2 04 0 2, Kraus 04 04 0 0. TOTALS-FG 45-82. FT 54. PF 15. REBOUNDING ROSE HULMAN (22)-Kiess 4, Underwood 4, Rea 3, Land 2, Urbanek 2, Bentley 2, Homer 1, Team 4. DePAUW (41)-Connor 8, McAtee 8, Galle 4, Ehrman 4, Greiwe 4, Lewis 3, Wendel 2. Ogle 2, Vanderkolk 2, Daniel I, Sandgren I, Kraus 1, Team 1. Halftime score: DePauw 54, Rose 30. Turnovers: Rose 24, DePauw 10. Assists: Rose 7 (Kiess 2), DePauw 22 (Ogle 4).

cut the lead to 59-56 with 1:15 remaining. Reserve guard Brian Pickens picked up the rebound after West Vigo missed a free throw, their fifth straight miss at the line in the last three minutes, and drove the court for a layup and a 59-58 margin. A West Vigo turnover on the inbounds play set the stage for Greenlee’s last second shot, and West Vigo’s last second disappointment. GREENLEE FINISHED AS the game’s leading scorer with 16 points while Meek picked up 14, including 10 in the fourth quarter. Meek also pulled down a gamehigh 14 rebounds as South won battle on the boards 40-39. Bob Gilmore led West Vigo with 14 points while Sell chipped in with 13. South Putnam will wrap up their regular season at Edgewood on Friday night before advancing to the sectionals against Cioverdale next Wednesday. The Eagles are now 8-12 on the season, West Vigo drops to 5-12 on the year with one game remaining. The South Putnam JV team also pulled out a narrow victory, edging West Vigo 4241. Terry Freeman led South Putnam with 10 points. SOUTH PUTNAM «1> Meek 5 4-5 5 14, Branson 3 0-2 3 4, Hutcheson 4 0-0 3 0, Greenlee 5 4-4 4 14, Varvel 1 2-2 1 4, Chadd I 04 0 2, Evans 0 1-2 01, Phillips 4 1-2 30, Pickens 10-222, Sutherlbi 2 3-5 1 7. TOTALS-FG22-55, FT 17-26, PF 22. WEST VIGO (59) Junker 2 0-2 24. Sharp 2 24 2 6. Gilmore 6 2-5 4 14. Sell 4 5-7 4 13, Shelter 1 04 1 2, Harris 1 04 2 2. Selvla 10401, Horsley 0 04 0 0. Massey 1 04 0 2, Elkins 3 34 3 4, Blair 20-11 4, Veils 01-2 21. TOTALS-FG 23-51, FT 13-27, PF 21. REBOUNDING SOUTH PUTNAM (40)-Meek 14. Branson 8. Phillips 7, Pickens 3, Greenlee 2, Sutherlin 1, Varvel 1, Chadd 1, Team 3. WEST VIGO (39)-Junker 8. Sharp 8. Sell 5. Gilmore 5, Shelter 3. Blair 2, Elkins 2, Horsley 1, Voils 1, Team 4. QUARTER SCORING South Putnam 10 15 12 24-41 West Vigo 14 14 15 14-50

WHERE AS NORTH had been dishing the punishment out in the first half, Fountain Central returned it in the third quarter. Led by center Tom Trusty with six of his game total 22 points, the Mustangs delivered a balanced offensive attack to capture the stanza 20-18 points. However, North still held a 51-42 lead when the last quarter began. Foul problems had eased up for the Cougars by the time of the final buzzer. North’s junior varsity also became a winner over Fountain Central 46-40. NORTH PUTNAM (64) Gray 2 1-2 2 5, Copner 00-0 00, Colvin 5 0-1 4 10. Kigrr69-t 00, Marsteller 1 0-0 22, Lasley 2 0-0 34, Lyons 8 2-71 IS. McAfee 1 0-0 3 2, Wehrman 8 6-10 4 22. Greeson 0 1-211. Spires 00-0 00. TOTALS-FG 27. FT 10-23, PF 18 FOUNTAIN CENTRAL ($0) Carlson 1 0-2 1 2. Ward 0 0-0 30. Pool 4 1-429, Trusty 11 2-1 5 22, Mullens 0 0-0 00. Krout 6 3-5 3 15, Davenport 0 t-l 11, Roberts 10-12 2. TOTALS-FG 22. FT 6-22, PF 17. REBOUNDING NORTH PUTNAM (27)-Gray 0. Copner 1. Colvin 4. Klger 0, Marsteller 3. Lasley 3. Lyons 5. McAfee 2, Wehrman 9. Greeson 0, Spires 9. FOUNTAIN CENTRAL <24>~Carlson I. Ward 5, Pool 2. Trusty 11, Mullens 0. Krout4. Davenport I, Roberts 9. QUARTERSCORING North Putnam || it ig 13-94 Fountain Central u n 29 S-tt

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