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Crist drawing special attention around ICAC

When Brett Crist was named ICAC player of the week for his 29-point performance against Taylor and 22 against Hanover, it only confirmed what some league coaches were thinking, and some saying, about him. “He’s the best I’ve seen (in the league) so far,” Hanover coach Dr. Michael Beitzel said after last week’s loss to DePauw. “Ricky Miller (of Manchester) is a real good. I think Crist does more to make his teammates better than Miller.” Another Crist fan comes to Lilly Center Saturday when the Franklin Grizzlies take on the DePauw Tigers in a 3 p.m. game. Admission is free. “I really like him,” coach Kerry Prather said after Crist scored 25 against against his Franklin Grizzlies three weeks ago. “He’s a great kid for one thing, but I really like him as a player. “He’s harder than hell to guard and we tried a little bit of everything strategy wise. I thought we did about as god as job as we can do on Crist” DePauw’s 5-11 junior goes into Saturday’s critical ICAC battle with a 19.7 scoring average, second in the league to Rose-Hulman’s Britt Petty. His 16 points in the victory at Wabash gave him 980 career points, one more than 1986 graduate Phil Wendel, and made him the school’s 14th all-time leading scorer. Franklin comes into DePauw leading the ICAC (by percen-

Cloverdale’s wrestlers are regional contenders

With seven sectional champions and eight wrestlers in the field, the Cloverdale High School wrestling team has a shot legitimate shot at winning the Crawfordsville-IHSAA Wrestling Regional Saturday. Cloverdale, the three-time sectional team champion, will have sectional champs Chad Koosman at 112 pounds, Dean Williams at 125, Kevin Shew at 135, Mark Canull 145, Scott Holmes at 152, Chris Phelps at 160, and Steve Kaufman at 189, plus 119-pound runnerup Steve Carrell in regional competition at the Crawfordsville High School gym. After winning the Greencastle sectional last week for the third straight year, coach David Kiley admitted the Clovers could contend for the regional crown. “I think that is definitely a possibility,” Kiley said. “The personnel we’re going into the tournament with, depending on how the draws g 0... we’ve got a shot at it anyway.” Shew, Phelps and Kaufman will also be trying to repeat last

Jones delivers big game for IU

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Lyndon Jones used his recent assignment on the Indiana bench to good advantage. The junior, a frequent starter who had played only five minutes in three previous games for the No. 22 Hoosiers, started Thursday night in Indiana’s 85-61 Big Ten victory over Minnesota. He scored a career high 21 points. “EVER SINCE I’VE been playing basketball I’ve been starting and playing a lot,” Jones said. “Even if I wasn’t playing well we have a lot of talent on this team, and if you’re not playing well you’re going to sit down and watch. And I think that’s good because it makes you get better.” And he was better. Coach Bob Knight said so. “I started him because he played better” said Knight “I thought he played like we should expect him to play. He was very talkative, gave good leadership, did a good job at both ends. He played like he ought to play.” Jones made eight of nine shots, including all three 3-pointers, and both free throws. THE HOOSIERS SHOT 54.1 percent, including 62.8 percent in the second half. Wisconsin shot 44.2 percent.

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tage points over Taylor) with a 7-1 record and 14-5 overall mark. While DePauw’s Moose ■Hecko remains atop the ICAC rebounding at 8.9 per game, Franklin’s 6-7 Scott Roberts (8.5) and Chris Conoley (8.3) are second and third, respectively. Franklin comes into DePauw leading the ICAC in scoring offense, field goal percentage and free throw percentage. However, The Grizzlies are seventh in scoring defense. DePauw is third in the league in scoring offense and third in scoring defense. Only Taylor and Rose-Hulman have held opponents to a lower scoririg average. The Tigers are also third in field goal percentage and fourth in free throw shooting percentage.

year’s trips to the New CastleIHSAA semistate. South Putnam, the sectional runnerup team, will have Mark Fox at 130 pounds, Donnie Shilling at 135, Mike Harris at 171, Rob Brown at 189 and Bob Burton at heavyweight in the regional. Sam Ray, regional runnerup last year, leads Greencastle’s entry list. Along with Ray at 119 pounds, Scott O’Hair at 112 pounds, Shawn Glover at 125, Shane Thomas at 140 and Chris Trivett at 152 will represent the Tiger Cub program. Robert Walker, at 103 pounds, is North Putnam’s lone regional entry. First, second and third places advance to the New Castle-IH-SAA semistate. Action begins at Crawfordsville High School at 10 a.m. The second session is scheduled for 1:30 p.m., the consolation finals at 4 p.m. and the championship round at 5 p.m. Admission is $3 per session or $5 for a season ticket

Knight attributed Indiana’s success to “pretty consistent play in the first half at both ends of the floor. We hadn’t done that too often this season.” After trailing 6-4, Indiana (14-4, 4-4 Big Ten) took control with a 17-7 burst led by Jones with eight points and Eric Anderson with six rebounds. THE BADGERS (11-10, 2-7) closed to 25-20 with 5:10 left in the first half on a rebound basket by Willie Simms. But Indiana scored nine straight points over the next three minutes and led 34-22 at halftime. “Tonight’s victory was the biggest one of the year,” said Anderson who finished with 13 points. WISCONSIN (61) Simms 4-9 5-6 13, DJcnes 10-14 3-6 23. Tompkins 3-4 0-0 6, Hisle 3-9 1-2 8, Good 3-10 22 11, Douglas 0-0 0-0 0, Tortmann 0-1 0-0 0, Locum 0-3 0-0 0, Ellenson 0-2 0-0 0, Harrell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-5211-16 61. INDIANA (85) Anderson 5-13 3-3 13, Cheaney 7-10 5-7 20, Lawson 0-4 0-0 0, LJones 8-9 2 -2 21, Leary 0-3 0-0 0, P.Graham 2-4 0-0 5, Nover 1-2 3-4 5, Reynolds 1-4 0-0 2 , G.Graham 4-6 0-1 9, Meeks 0-0 0-0 0, Robinson 5-5 0-0 10, Oliphant 0-1 0-0 0 .Totals 33-61 13-17 85. Halftime—lndiana 34, Wisconsin 22. 3-point goals—Wisconsin 4-13 (Good 3-6, Hisle 1-4, Locum 0-3), Indiana 6-12 (LJones 3-4, G.Graham 1-1, P.Graham 1-2, Cheaney 1-2, Oliphant 0-1, Leary 0-2). Fouled out —None. Rebounds—Wisconsin 29 (Simms 7), Indiana 33 (Anderson 10). Assists—Wisconsin 13 (Hisle, Good, Douglas, Ellenson 2), Indiana 13 (Reynnolds 4). Total fouls— Wisconsin 17, Indiana 12. A—16,498.

Clovers vs. Tiger Cubs for title

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor CLOVERDALE Cloverdale and Greencastle were 1-1 against each other this season. Saturday, on that same Cloverdale High School court, they play for all the marbles in the 7:30 p.m. championship game of Cloverdale-IHSAA Girls Basketball Sectional. CLOVERDALE EARNED its first sectional championship game berth in at least 10 years Thursday night with a 49-38 tough victory over Eminence. Greencastle defeated Mooresville for the first time since 1979, the 49-47 victory sending the Tiger Cubs into the sectional championship game for the first time since 1985, according to coach Glenn Hile. Both teams had tough semifinals. Greencastle expected a tough game from Mooresville, but Cloverdale was not expected to have nearly as much trouble with Eminence, a team it beat 92-44 earlier. “I POUNDED IT into their heads, ‘We got to be prepared. We’ve got to make it happen. It doesn’t just happen,”’ Cloverdale coach Greg Hammond said. Hammond tried to get Cloverdale into the final without playing leading scorer Monica Koosman. She suffered a mild ankle sprain in practice Wednesday. And it appeared the Clovers would do it. Sparked by Mendy Parker and Jennifer Burcham, they roared from an 11-10 first-quarter deficit into a 31-20 halftime lead. Parker scored seven of her 17 points in the period and Burcham netted six of her seven points. EMINENCE DIDN’T quit at halftime. The Clovers went scoreless the first 5:40 of the third period, plus Parker picked up her fourth foul. The Eels closed to within five before Nikki Smith scored the first Cloverdale points of the period. With Parker in foul trouble and Eminence attacking the ball, coach Hammond brought Koosman in to run the delay game. The Clovers hit 10-of-18 free throws in the final period to hold off the Eels. WITH MOORESVILLE leading 22-20 at halftime, Greencastle adjusted its offense to get Jenny Black open. But Mooresville also adjust and Greencastle center Laura Ledbetter erupted for 20 of her 28 points in the final two quarter of

Cougars in sectional title game

By AMY-MAE MILLER Banner-Graphic Sports Writer DOVER “We’ve never won any and we come over here and win two in a row,” North Putnam girls basketball coach Doug Rose said Thursday night after his Cougars grabbed their second victory ever in the Western Boone-IH-SAA, defeating the Southmont Mounties 49-45. North Putnam plays for the sectional championship at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night against the 17-2 Lebanon Tigers. Lebanon was the, winner of the first sectional contest of Thursday evening. They defeated the Crawfordsville Athenians 63-29. North Putnam fans can join a caravan from to high school to Western Boone Saturday at 6 p.m., according to Athletic Director Herb King. ROSE, AS IN Wednesday’s win over Western Boone, thought it was the Cougars’ half-court trap that won the game for them. “They (the Mounties) just couldn’t solve it, and once we got ahead we stayed ahead,” the Cougar coach said. “The girls just rose to the occasion. The senior leadership was just unbelievable from (Susan) Games, (Kelly) Bryant, (Kay) Phipps, and Chris Martin who didn’t play that much. But on the bench she was the leader.” North fell behind early in the first quarter and struggled to a fourpoint deficit to trail Southmont 128. In the second period, though, the Cougars forced a few key turnovers and drew some fouls that led to point-earning freethrows. Then with 1:35 remaining in the half, Heather Kiger hit a three-point jumper that gave the Cougars their first lead of the ball game. THE TWO TEAMS battled back and forth for the remaining seconds of the half. Although ahead 23-20 at halftime, Rose said that the Cougars’ problem was that they weren’t executing an offense. “We were just making one or two passes and taking a quick shot early in the

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Cloverdale’s Denise Atkins dives for loose ball in victory over Eminence

CLOVERDALE-IHSAA GIRLS BASKETBALL SECTIONAL At Cloverdale H.S. Game No. 3 Cloverdale Clovers 49 Eminence Eels 38 Clovers FG-FGAFT-FTA PF R TP Atkins 4-8 0-0 3 2 8 Janssen 2-5 1-3 1 10 5 Smith 2-4 2-2 2 7 -6 Parker 6-10 4-6 4 4 17 Pennington 2-10 0-1 1 2 4 Burcham 1-7 5-7 1 10 7 Koosman 0-0 2-6 10 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 Totals 17-44 14-25 13 39 49 Eels FG-FGAFT-FTA PF R TP Murrell 9-23 1-3 4 8 19 Hine 0-1 0-2 17 0 Burnett 1-6 0-0 2 7 2 Benge 4-10 3-4 5 5 11 . Baley 1-8 0-0 4 2 2 Vize 2-3 0-0 4 0 4 Graves 0-1 0-0 3 10 Team 0-0 0-0 0 7 0 Totals 17-52 4-9 23 37 38 SCORE BY QUARTERS CLOVERDALE 10 31 35 49 EMINENCE 11 20 28 38 3-Polnt FG: Cloverdale 1-2 (Parker 1-2), Eminence 0-0. Turnovers: Cloverdale 23, Eminence 24. play. Mooresville played a diamond-and-two defense the first half, using a chasers on Black and Ledbetter, while playing the others in a zone. “I think what they wanted to do

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first half,” Rose said. ANOTHER OF NORTH’S concerns was Mountie forward Kerrie Moore, who scored 10 points against North Montgomery Wednesday. The Cougars, however, took her completely out of the game in the second half. “All we did was to go to a little match-up on her. It was

CLOVERDALE-IHSAA GIRLS BASKETBALLSECTIONAL At Cloverdale H.S. Game No. 4 Greencastle Tiger Cubs 49 Mooresville Pioneers 47 Tiger Cubs FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Ward 6-11 1-6 3 3 13 Black 0-1 3-4 2 7 3 Ledbetter 12-22 4-6 2 12 28 Irwin 0-0 2-2 2 2 2 Peters 0-0 1-2 11 1 Lancaster 0-0 0-0 12 0 Weaver 1-1 0-0 112 Team 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 Totals 19-35 11-20 12 30 49 Pioneers FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Clipp 4-15 3-4 4 2 11 Weber 5-12 1-2 3 1 11 Jones 2-10 3-4 4 12 7 Kober 1-2 0-0 2 1 2 Merriman 5-12 4-4 4 5 14 Lundy 1-1 0-0 14 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 Totals 18-50 11-14 18 29 47 SCORE BY QUARTERS GREENCASTLE 6 20 35 49 MOORESVILLE 12 22 34 47 3-Point FG: Greencastle 0-0, Mooresville 0-0. Turnovers: Greencastle 22, Mooresville 15. was take away our rover offense,” Greencastle coach Glen Hile said. “We designed an offense at halflime to get Jenny the ball and they (Mooresville) took away a player from Laura.”

their second game in IHSAA girls basketball tournament play. The victory puts the Cougars into Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. sectional championship game. (Banner-Graphic photo by Gary Goodman)

almost like a box-and-one only we didn’t follow her through anywhere,” Rose said. In the third quarter, North moved the ball more and involved more people in the offense. Rose said this also wore Southmont down some. GAMES OPENED THE half for the Cougars with a three-pointer to push North’s lead to 26-20.

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Black did not take a single shot from the floor in the second half, while Ledbetter hit 8-of-ll shots. Greencastle hit 7-of-10 from the floor in the third quarter to take a 35-34 edge into the fourth quarter. NATALIE WARD pushed the Cubs into a 37-34 edge in the first minute of the fourth quarter and Ledbetter hit two free throws. When Mooresville went into a fullcourt press scored with ease, Randy Weaver netting a layup beind the defense. Greencastle got free throws from Ledbetter, Peters and Black down the stretch to hold off Mooresville. And Mooresville missed three shots inside 10 feet in the final 30 seconds, Kim Irwin grabbing a crucial rebound for the Cubs to prevent a fourth. Guard Lisa Merriman led the Pioneers with 14 points, while forward Maureen Weber scored 11 despite sitting out the second quarter with three fouls.

Then, with 10 seconds left in the period, Games sank another twopointer to make the score 35-29. At the buzzer, though, Southmont guard Cindy Tress hit three from the top of the key to pull the Mounties within three points, 3532. THE FOURTH QUARTER brought several baseline drives by the Mounties, but they weren’t able to make baskets out of all of them. The Cougars finished the game with Bryant shooting 100 percent (4-4) from the line. WESTERN BOONE-IHSAA GIRLS BASKETBALL SECTIONAL At Western Boone U.S. North Putnam Cougars 49 Southmont Mounties 45 Cougars FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Asher 2-5 0-0 2 0 4 Phipps 3-8 2-2 18 8 Foley 1-2 4-4 4 3 6 Games 4-10 4-6 3 4 14 Bryant 2-5 4-4 0 2 9 Kiger 2-8 1-2 3 0 6 Martin 1-1 0-0 0 1 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 Totals 15-39 15-18 13 21 49 Mounties FG-FGAFT-FTA PF R TP Thompson 2-2 0-0 0 2 4 Moore 6-12 1-3 3 7 13 Tress 4-7 1-4 3 11 9 Remley 4-8 0-0 4 2 9 Huckstep 2-5 0-0 0 3 4 Zimmerman 0-3 0-0 2 1 0 Smiley 2-4 0-0 2 2 4 Rusk 1-1 0-0 2 0 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Totals 21-42 2-7 16 29 45 SCORE BY QUARTERS NORTH PUTNAM 8 23 35 49 SOUTHMONT 12 20 32 45 3-Polnt FG: North Putnam 4-5 (Games 2-3, Bryant 1-1, Kiger 1-1), Southmont 1-2 (Remley 12). Turnovers: North Putnam 16, Southmont 19. North Putnam postpones game ROACHDALE The North Putnam’s varsity and junior varsity boys basketball games at Monrovia, scheduled for Saturday night, has been postposted to Tuesday night, according to North Putnam Athletic Director Herb King. The game has been postponed because the North Putnam girls basketball team will be playing in the Western Boone-IHSAA Sectional championship game at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The Cougars take on defending champion Lebanon.