Banner Graphic, Volume 19, Number 105, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 January 1989 — Page 5

DePauw runs out of lead in loss to lUPUI

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor DsPauw University let one slip off the hook Saturday afternoon at Lilly Center. Twice the Tigers led by six and eight points, but when the final buzzer sounded the lUPUI Metros took an 85-79 victory back to Indianapolis. THE GAME BOILED down to shot selection and tempo. Once ahead by 31-23 in the first half and 48-42 in the second, the Tigers took some poor shots and played the uptempo game the Metros wanted. “I thought in the first half we tried to go too quick,” DePauw coach Royce Waltman said. “We didn’t play very tough at times we found ourselves behind and then those occasions in both halves when we found oursleves ahead we didn’t play very smart “We had a seven-point lead (3225) in the first half and started racing up and down the floor with iL That’s our fault,” the coach explained. IF DEPAUW HAD controlled the tempo more lUPUI’s Todd Schabel, Jesse Bingham and Greg Simmons wouldn’t have been much trouble. Schabel scored a 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the flow, . including 4-of-4 from three-point ; range. Bingham scored 17 points ; on 6-of-13, and Simmons hit 7-of- : -11 for 17 points. The Metros jumped out to a 15-7 ; lead, a technical foul on Waltman ! ; for yelling at the officials, adding : three-points one free throw and : a field goal on the possession to ‘ *he margin at 13:44 in the first half. * Four minutes later though the . Tigers went ahead 18-17 with an .11-2 run. Brett Hecko started it with a pair of free throws, followed by two-pointers from Brett Crist, Kevin Lenz and Tim Frey and capped by a three-point bomb from Troy Greenlee at 9:33. A MINUTE LATER Greenlee hit another three-pointer to tie the game 21-21. Greenlee had 10 points for the game. Crist, who had a game-high 22 points and five assists, started a 102 run that put DePauw into its first eight-point lead, 31-23, with 5:28 remaining in the first half. The point-guard stole the ball and hit two free throws, then a field goal and two more free throws. Frey added another pair and Hecko hit a

Cougars pull together for victory

By GREG NEESE Bahner-Graphic Sports Writer MONTEZUMA Some things are beginning to really take shape in the northern part of Putnam County, as evidenced by North Putnam’s 62-50 victory over Riverton Parke Saturday night in a nonconference high school basketball game. Using a well balanced, unselfish attack, Cougar coach Jim Brothers led his troops to their most impressive performance this season. “I WAS EXTREMELY pleased with our defensive effort. We helped out and reacted well in situations,” Brothers praised. “I feel good about what happened here tonight.” And he should, for not only was the defense making positive things happen, but the offense displayed a great deal of finesse by consistently finding the open man for a highpercentage shot. The Cougars shot 55 percent (27-55) for the game and limited the Panthers to 40 percent (19-46). The play by several Cougars was impressive. Chad Wehrman, the game’s leading scorer with 17 points, provided the initial excitement for Cougar fans, as he was red

Owen Valley spoils Greencastle’s conference opener

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor SPENCER When two basketball teams that desperately need a win meet it becomes more than just a conference game. That may have been the reason why, after conferring with assistants and talking to the media, Greencastle High School basketball coach Doug Miller sat alone in the visitors dressing room at Owen Valley High School. Owen Valley won Saturday night’s West Central Coneference game 69-66 when Rob Dittemore

AT DEPAUW UNIVERSITY Metro* FG-FGA FT-FTA R PF TP Bingham 6-13 4-7 2 3 17 Reedus 4-11 2-2 8 1 10 Fisher 5-9 0-0 5 4 10 Schabel 7-9 3-4 4 4 21 Simmons 7-11 2-2 2 4 17 Foster 1-2 0-0 0 1 2 Wright 2-5 1-2 4 0 5 Teepe 1-1 1-2 4 0 3 Long 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Team 0-0 0-0 10 0 Totals 33-62 13-19 30 17 85 Tigers FG-FGA FT-FTA R PF TP Greenlee 3-11 1-2 5 2 10 Hecko 5-11 7-9 8 3 17 Lenz 6-16 3-3 9 4 15 Brownell 1-2 2-2 5 4 4 Crist 8-14 6-8 3 1 22 Mangas 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Frey 2-4 0-1 2 3 4 Murphy 3-3 1-2 3 2 7 Sheppard 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Team 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 28-61 20-27 35 19 79 Halftime score: DePauw 36, lUPUI 35. 3-Polnt FG: DePauw 3-9 (Greenlee 3-8, Crist 0-1), lUPUI 6-10 (Schabel 4-4, Simmons 1-3, Bingham 1-1). Turnovers: DePauw 13, lUPUI 13. Assists: DePauw 15 (Brownell 7), lUPUI 11 (Simmons 4). Technical foul: DePauw bench. 10-footer on the baseline to cap the run. Even though the Tigers were ahead, they allowed the Metros to set the tempo. “We think we play better if we’re playing a faster tempo and it’s a way we’re comfortable playing,” lUPUI coach Bob Lovell said. AND DEPAUW’S SHOT selection was not good. “We have some good outside shooters and they need to take their shot, but when we’ve got a lead like that, now we can be much more selective,” coach Waltman said. “We can wait and get what we want. ‘Those several possessions there, we took quick shots two or three times when they were having real trouble guarding us inside.” Between shooting 56 percent (15-28) from the floor and DePauw’s quick shots, the Metros overcame 11 first-half turnovers to trail just 36-35 at halftime. lUPUI’S QUICKNESS became a bigger factor in the second half. “We tried to tell the kids to spread thefloor out and may be not go as quickly to the hoop as they have been in the first half,” Lovell said. By starting their offense higher and wider on the floor, lUPUI created more cutting lanes and more problems for the DePauw defense. “With several of their kids we didn’t take away their cuts very well,” Waltman said. Still, DePauw took a 48-42 lead at 16:51 in the second half when

At Riverton Parke Cougars FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Barker 7-10 2-3 1 4 16 Barnhart 3-4 1-13 6 7 Smith 3-6 1-3 3 7 7 Wehrman 7-14 1-4 4 6 17 Hartman 1-4 1-2 4 3 3 Clodfelter 3-5 0-0 12 6 Laahley 1-2 0-110 2 Gough 0-1 0-0 110 Wilson 2-3 0-0 2 6 4 Team 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 Totals 27-49 6-14 20 38 62 Panthers FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Ptan 0-3 1-4 3 4 1 Davis 1-2 1-3 3 5 3 McFall 5-10 4-5 1 7 14 O’Neal 4-13 2-6 2 6 10 Wood 5-10 3-5 2 6 14 Clements 3-6 0-2 116 Todd 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 Adams 0-1 0-0 3 2 0 Team 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 Totals 19-46 11-25 15 33 50 SCORE BY QUARTERS NORTH PUTNAM 19 29 47 62 RIVERTON PARKE 13 28 41 50 3-Polnt FG: North Putnam 2 (Wehrman 2), Riverton Parke 1 (Wood). Turnovers: North Putnam 23, Riverton Parke 19. JUNIOR VARSITY Riverton Parke 41, North Putnam 33 North Putnam Davis 11, Smith 6, Pipes 6, parent 4, Godwin 4, Mendenhall 2 Riverton Park Blackketer 12 Ratcliff 6, Lawson 6, Virostko 6, Atkinson 5, Wood 3, Rector 2, Memmer 1. hot in the first quarter, scoring 13 points. AJ. BARKER HIT 7-of-10 shots from the floor and 2-of-3 at the free throw line for his first

scored a bucket and free throw with five seconds left. IT WOULD BE easy to point to back to back steals and layups by Owen Valley’s Tim Wallace in the final 1:12 as the deciding factors in Greencastle’s sixth straight loss. Greencastle led 64-62 and had possession of the ball when Wallace picked Nick York’s dribble on back to back possessions and scored layups to put Owen Valley ahead 66-64. But Greencastle had other chances to pull this one out after Scott Rehlander hit two free throws to tie

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Greenlee turned a Brad Brownell pass into a three-pointer. TO BATTLE THE Metros’ quickness the Tigers played back a step on defense. Then Schabel started shooting and hitting threepointers. “We could maybe give a step, but they knocked in almost every three-point shot they got,” Waltman said. The Metros hit 3-of-4 from trey land in the second half. Schabel’s second three of the half tied the game 54-54. Things were starting crumble. The Metros’ quickness was becoming a greater factor. Crist drove the lane for a bucket and foul resulting free throw to give the Tigers a 6158 lead with 10:47 remaining. It was their last lead.

double-figure game of the year and a season-high 16 points. Brock Barnhart, playing his first full varsity game, let everyone know Saturday night that he wants to play. The 6-3 sophomore grabbed six rebounds and connected on 3-of-4 from the field and 1-of-l at the free throw line. Jeff Smith rolled a few heads in grabbing a game-high seven rebounds and scored seven points. Jeff Wilson also cleared out a few bodies with his six rebounds and four points. BUT OFTEN TIME it is not the guy who gets the most points or rebounds that has the biggest impact on a game in a critical situation. It is the guy who goes unnoticed setting up others’ shots, or forcing the opponent out of its game plan. Jason Hartman was that person for North Putnam and his critical time came in the third period. With Wehrmen going to the bench with four fouls at the 6:30 mark of the third period, Hartman took charge. Within the next 3:20 of play, Hartman provided the Cougars with two excellent “thread-the-needle” assists, a

the game 66-66 with 19 seconds left. The Tiger Cubs had five players between the ball and Dittemore, but somehow that high pass got there and the shot was open. Greencastle could have won it at the free throw line. The Tiger Cubs, who had connected on 34-of-45 (76 percent) in their previous two games, hit just 11-of-20 free throws (55 percent). TTie Tiger Cubs’ effort at both ends of the floor was something of a consolation to Miller. “Our effort tonight was the best it’s been since the county classic. I thought our

AT 9:54 SCHABEL launched a three-pointer from the left side. As it went through the net, Frey, blocking out after the shot, knocked Schabel to the floor. The bucket tied the game 61-61 and since the foul came after the shot, lUPUI got the ball again. Bingham bingoed and lUPUI was ahead for good 63-61. While the Tigers remained a threat over the final nine minutes, staying within three and four points for six minutes, they never tied the score or led again. DePauw, now 7-4, goes on the road for the next two games. The Tigers travel to Taylor University on Tuesday and to 17th ranked Centre on Saturday.

bucket and three steals, igniting the Cougars into their biggest lead of the game, 45-37, with 3:10 left in the quarter. BARKER OPENED THE fourth quarter with four points and Paul Clodfelter made a steal and layup to put North in the driver’s seat for good. Riverton Parke, crying the blues at the free throw line all year, was unable to convert the front end of three consecutive bonus situation, securing the victory for North Putnam. “If we could learn to hit our free throws we might be able to win,” Riverton Park coach John Memmer said. “You won’t win many games shooting less than 50 percent as a team from the line.” For Riverton Parke, Jack McFall and Brent Wood led the charge with 14 points each. Chad O’Neal was the only other Panther in double figures with 10. North Putnam climbs to 3-5 on the year, while Riverton Park dropped to 2-7. The Cougars travel to North Montgomery on Friday night. Riverton Park won the junior varsity game 41-33.

kids really, really did play hard this week. I thought our effort stepped up a notch from what it had been,” Miller said. PETE HUBER GOT his shooting eye back, hiting 12-of-19 shots from the floor for 28 and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds. However, Rehlander, with 13 points, was the only other Cub in double figures. Owen Valley moved into the game’s largest lead, 22-16, in the first two minutes of the second quarter. But the Tiger Cubs rallied with a good full-court defense to take a 33-30 halftime lead.

Eagles defeat Wildcats for sixth victory

By MIKE BECK Banner-Graphic Sports Writer CLINTON “Man, what a great game. That was what you call a defensive struggle.” Those were the first words from South Putnam basketball coach Kieth Puckett after his Eagles defeated South Vermillion 51-49 for a weekend sweep. THE VICTORY improved the Eagles’ record to 6-3 and dropped the Wildcats to 7-4. “That was the best defense we’ve seen all year, but I just told the kids ‘you’re where you are because your defense was better.’ It was such a good game,” Puckett said. “The officials did a good job of letting the kids play. Our interior defense has come so far since Christmas.” THE EAGLES TOOK the opening tip and got five shots at the basketball before rclinguishing possession at 6:49 and when the Wildcats’ Ed O’Bradovhich scored at 6:38 they trailed 2-0. Then Chris Fossi scored at 6:03 to make it 4-0. Undeterred, the Eagles reeled off 12 straight points. Mitch Trusty hit three baskets, Mike Trusty two and Jason Haltom one, to put South Putnam ahead 12-4. South Vermillion called timeout and sent in three substitutes in to stem the tide. Fossi scored again but Tege Lewis scored for South Putnam to close out the quarter 146. LEWIS HAD REPLACED center Jeremy Sadler at 5:04. “Do you remember that Lewis was our point-guard last year?” coach Puckett pointed out in reflecting on his “improved interior defense.” The Eagles continued to shoot better than the Wildcats early in the second period. A Lewis three-point play followed by a Steve Blaydes’ free throw (lost the second free throw on a lane violation) gave South Putnam its biggest lead of the game,-27-14, with 3:48 left in the first half. THEN IT WAS the Wildcats’ turn, as they scored the final seven points of the quarter, cutting the Eagles’ lead to 27-21 at halftime. Both teams came out the third quarter very tight They combined for only nine turnovers in the first half, but each committed seven in the third quarter. South Vermillion’s Todd Hutson finally broke the ice with two free throws at 4:50 to make it 27-23. Mitch Trusty and Blaydes responded for the Eagles to run the South Putnam’s lead to 31-23. “ I thought the little spurt off the half-court trap to extend the lead to eight points and give us a little cushion was crucial, as well as our ability to hit the free throws at the end to seal it,” coach Puckett said. BLAYDES HIT A bucket with 49 second left to send South Putnam into the fourth quarter leading 36-29. Mike Trusty scored first to give the Eagles a 38-29 lead. The Wildcats had cut it to 38-34 when the slender Blaydes grabbed an offensive rebound in traffic and scored while being fouled. It was a

Sports schedule

Tuesday DePauw University at Taylor University, 7:30 p.m., basketball. Hanover College women at DePauw University, 7 p.m., basketball. Fountain Central at Greencastle, 6:30 p.m., swimming. North Montgomery freshmen at Greencastle, 6:30 p.m., basketball. South Putnam girls at Clay City, 6:30 p.m., basketball. Cascade at South Putnam, 6:30 p.m., wrestling. Cloverdale at Terre Haute South, 6:30 p.m., wrestling. Wednesday Greencastle freshmen at Owen Valley, 6:30 p.m., basketball. South Putnam at West Vigo, 6:30 p.m., swimming. South Putnam at West Vigo, 6:30 p.m., wrestling

Greencastle, 2-6 overall and 0-1 in the WCC, will host the 5-4 Edgewood Mustangs on Friday night at McAnally Center. At Owen Valley Tiger Cubs FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Huber 12-19 3-5 0 9 28 Rehlander 5-10 3-4 1 2 13 Bowen 3-7 1-2 2 5 7 Barnett 2-9 4-6 3 4 8 York 2-3 0-0 3 2 4 Greenawald 1-3 0-3 2 1 2 Covert 2-7 0-0 2 2 4 Sutherlin 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Team 0-0 0-0 7 0 0 Totals 27-58 11-20 13 32 66 Patriots FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Pyle 2-11 2-2 2 5 6 Denham 6-13 0-0 4 10 12 Winders 7-11 4-4 3 9 18

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At Clinton Eagle* FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Mit. Trusty 5-15 3-5 3 6 13 Mik. Treaty 6-11 0-2 3 8 12 Sadler 0-1 0-0 10 0 Blaydes 4-7 6-6 13 14 Haltom 1-4 0-0 14 2 Lewia 3-6 2-2 2 3 8 Slaton 1-2 0-0 12 2 Mutters paugfa 0-1 0-0 0 10 Flora 04) 0-0 0 10 Team 04) 04) 0 0 0 Total* 20-47 11-15 12 27 51 Wildcat* FG-FGA FT-FTA P R TP Grange 1-7 3-4 7 3 5 Hutson 1-6 4-4 3 5 6 O’Bradovich 5-7 0-0 1 2 10 Lucas 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 Fo«si 3-11 1-10 6 7 Smith 5-5 3-3 0 2 14 Francis 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 Turehi 3-6 0-1 2 3 6 Overpeck 0-2 1-2 2 4 1 Team 04) 04) 0 0 0 ToUls 18-48 12-15 13 26 49 SCORE BY QUARTERS SOUTH PUTNAM 14 27 36 51 SOUTH VERMILLION 6 21 29 49 3-Polnt FG: South Putnam 0, South Vermillion 1 (Smith). Turnovers: South Putnam 13, South Vermillion 17. JUNIOR VARSITY South Putnam 49, South Vermillion 48 South Putnam Dorset! 17, Collins 13, Robinson 8, Robertson 4, Priest 3, Williams 2, Macy 2. South Vermlll hm Boesch 12, Scott 11, Avenatti 8, Shearer 8, Clarkson 6, Gerth 2, Farrington 1. big play to stop a run and put the Eagles back up 41-34. The Wildcats weren’t through though, as they started another run at 4:15 and seven points later, at 2:02, trailed 45-43. WITH 45 SECONDS left in the game, Puckett called timeout to discuss the options and final strategy with Mitch Trusty at the free throw line for a one-and-one. Trusty hit both free throws for a 4743 South Putnam lead. The Wildcats’ Fossi scored and was fouled. As Puckett tried to get another timeout, the Eagles were called for their second lane violation and Fosse was given his free throw with the lane unoccupied. Sensing a robbery in the making, the fans, who had witnessed the clock repeatedly blinking off and being re-set this quarter, became extremely vocal. Puckett finally got his timeout and actually had a small grin on his face inspite of the turmoil. THE WILDCATS FOULED Blaydes, who hit both shots with 16 seconds left to give the Eagles a 49-46 edge. Then Fossi was called for a critical over-and-back violation with six seconds on the clock. Blaydes was fouled again and again made two with four seconds to go. Steve Smith, who came off the bench to lead South Vermillion with 14 points, hit a three-point bomb at the buzzer for the final 5149 score. South Putnam committed only two fourth quarter turnovers, one of them was a dead ball, five-second violation, which doesn’t turn it over in the open court “WHAT CAN I say? We took care of the ball,” Puckett said. “We did everything we could do tonight (Saturday).” The South Putnam junior varsity won a 49-48 come-from-behind game. Travis Dorsett scored 17 points and Jim Collins 13. South Putnam goes after its seventh win next Friday night at home against Clay City.

Pemberton 3-6 1-2 3 1 7 Cordcr 6-11 0-1 3 4 12 Crum 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Wallace 3-4 0-0 0 1 7 Dittemore 3-6 1-2 12 7 Team 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 Touts 30-62 8-11 16 36 69 SCORE BY QUARTERS GREENCASTLE 16 33 49 66 OWEN VALLEY 18 30 47 69 3-Polnt FG: Greencastle 1-3 (Huber 1-2, Covert 0-1), Owen Valley 1-2 (Wallace 1-1, Pemberton 01). Turnovers: Greencastle 12, Owen Valley 16. JUNIOR VARSITY Owen Valley 55, Greencastle 35 Greencastle Harlan 10, Pankralz 9, Kendall 8, Resner 4, Steadmon 2, Pearson 2 Owen Valley Campbell 12, T. Winders 10, B. Winders 8, Chocs cm an 8, Stogsdill 6, Kay 5, Durbin 4, Hamilton 2

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