Banner Graphic, Volume 21, Number 163, Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 March 1991 — Page 8

THE BANNERGRAPHIC March 15,1991

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Pacers hit free throws in fourth quarter to win

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) The Indiana Pacers certainly didn’t have their best shooting night of the season. But given repeated opportunity from the free-throw line, the Pacers succeeded when they had to. While Detlef Schrempf scored a team-high 23 points, Indiana withstood a furious fourth-quarter rally Thursday night en route to a 107-103 victory over the Sacramento Kings. INDIANA LED 81-66 after three quarters, but the Kings outscored the Pacers 21-11 to begin the fourth quarter. Sacramento eventually rallied to trail by 2 points on several occasion in the waning minutes. The Kings, however, were forced to foul in desperation, and Indiana maintained its advantage at the free-throw line while breaking a three-game road game losing streak. The Pacers, who improved to 823 on the road and 30-33 overall, outscored Sacramento 35-12 at the free-throw line, including 10 of 12 in the final 2:49 of the game and eight straight in the final 30.4 seconds.

IU survives Chanticleers, Penny

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The final scores at the NCAA Southeast Regional weren’t big surprises. The scorers were. ! All the higher-seeded teams won their games Thursday, although second-seeded Indiana had to survive a scare to beat Coastal Carolina 79-69. : THE THIRD-RANKED Hoosiers got the typical 17 points from Calbert Cheaney but had to overcome a remarkable second half by Brian Penny. Penny scored 34, a career high, including 25 in the second half when he hit all 10 of his shots. '• In Pitt’s 76-68 overtime victory over Georgia, the sixth-seeded Panthers were struggling from outside until freshman Tim Glover came off the bench and hit four 3pointers to spark a second-half rally. Glover played 18 minutes after having played only 37 all season. A COUPLE OF players stood out by not scoring. Harold Miner had 16 points eight below his

Syracuse, Purdue out in first round

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) Historically speaking, Richmond’s upset of Syracuse has no equal. But it’s only second-best in the eyes of coach Dick Tarrant. Richmond never trailed Thursday in a 73-69 victory over the No. 7 Orangemen in the opening round of the East Regional. It marked the first time that a 15th seed beat a second seed since the tournament went to a 64-team format. TARRANT WAS ELATED, to be sure. But he insisted that the monumental upset takes a back seat to the time his Spiders eliminated then-defending national champion Indiana from the 1988 tournament. “When we beat Indiana we beat a whole mystique,” he said. “We had tremendous publicity not only around the country but around the world. I don’t think anything can be top shelf over that. But this is

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South Putnam High School swimming and wrestling teams were honored during the Winter Sports Awards Program on Wednesday night. Boyd Goodson (left) was named MVP of the swimming team. Rob Brown (center) was named

“IT TURNED OUT OK,” Indiana coach Bob Hill said. “They had to foul us and we are the second-best free throw shooting team in the league. Chuck (Person ) missed a couple of free throws, but we got to the foul line.” Antoine Carr scored a game-high 26 points for Sacramento, which shot 65 percent in the fourth quarter. Lionel Simmons added 19 points and a team-high 10 rebounds for the Kings, who dropped to 1614 at home and 17-44 overall. Reggie Miller added 20 points, Micheal Williams contributed 19 points, and LaSalle Thompson grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds for Indiana. BOBBY HANSEN SCORED on a 3-pointer to tic the game 62-62 with 4:53 left in the third quarter. But Indiana outscored Sacramento 19-4 to end the period and lead 8166 entering the final period. “We had an 11-point lead when the whole complexion of the game changed,” Kings coach Dick Motta said. “We just became too complacent Our energy is there, but good teams just go for the jugular.”

average but made only 7of 27 shots in Southern Cal’s 75-72 loss to seventh-seeded Florida Slate. Kansas guard Terry Brown, averaging nearly 17 points per game, scored just two against New Orleans. But the third-seeded Jayhawks were still able to win, 5549. Saturday’s second-round games will have Indiana (28-4) playing Florida State (21-10) and Kansas (23-7) going against Pitt (21-11). INDIANA APPEARED TO have things well in hand with a 5843 lead in the second half. Then Penny began knocking down everything in sight, including five 3-pointcrs, to bring the Chanticleers back. At one point, he scored 17 straight points for his team. “What could I do?” Indiana coach Bob Knight said. “We threw defenses at him. He made two or three shots with guys all over him. “They were able to get him the ball and he knocked it in. I didn’t have a rifle handy.”

another great feather in our bonnet, I must say.” Curtis Blair scored 18 points and Terry Connolly added 14 for the Spiders (22-8), who will next face Temple, a 80-63 winner over Purdue, on Saturday. MIK KILGORE SCORED 25 points making Bof 11 field-goal attempts and all six of his free throws and Temple (22-9) shot a season-high 65 percent to dispatch the Boilermakers (17-12). Saturday’s other second-round game at Cole Field House will match Oklahoma State against North Carolina State. Oklahoma State got 21 points and 17 rebounds from Byron Houston in a 67-54 victory over New Mexico, and N.C. State advanced by putting six players in double figures in a 114-85 rout of No. 25 Southern Mississippi. SYRACUSE (26-6) HAD a

MVP of the wrestling team after advancing to the semistate and freshman Robert Miller received the mental attitude award. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields)

Bill Wennington hit a shorter jumper to give Sacramento a 36-25 lead with 8:30 left in the second quarter the Kings’ biggest advantage of the game. BUT INDIANA responded with a 12-2 run to narrow its deficit to 38-37 on Chuck Person’s layup with 4:08 left before halftime. The win also helped Indiana in its chase over the idle Atlanta Hawks in the Central Division. INDIANA (107) Person 7-16 3-6 18, Thompson 2-5 1-2 5, Broiling 0-2 0-0 0, Fleming 1-2 0-0 2, Miller 6-10 8-8 20, M.Williams 4-9 11-13 19, Schrempf 8-12 7-7 23, Smits 4-8 5-7 13, Sanders 3-8 0-0 7, McCloud 0-3 0-0 0, K. Williams 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-75 3543 107. SACRAMENTO (103) Simmons 8-14 3-4 19, Carr 12-22 2-5 26. Wennington 3-8 0-0 6, Sparrow 6-15 1-1 13, Hansen 614 0-0 13, Frederick 2-4 0-0 4, Causwell 3-6 0-0 6, Les 3-7 6-8 14, Dawson 1-2 0-0 2, Calloway 0-2 00 O.Totals 44-94 12-18 103. Indiana 19 32 30 26 —lO7 Sacramento 25 21 20 37 —lO3 3-Point goals son 1-3, Miller 0-1, McCloud 0-1), Sacramento 316 (Les 2-5, Hansen 1-6, Sparrow 0-5). Fouled out Carr. Rebounds Sacramento 51 (Simmons 10). Assists (Simmons 6). Total fouis Technicals Carr, Schrempf. Attendance — 17.014.

PENNY WOUND UP 13-of-15 from the field. His second-half display helped the Chanticleers (24-8) cut Indiana’s lead to 66-63, but Damon Bailey made a 3-pointer with 2:10 remaining to stretch it to six and Coastal got no closer than four after that. “We did not come here to get a moral victory,” Chanticleer coach Russ Bergman said. “We came here to get a victory. The second half we played like we’re capable of playing. In the first half, our players just weren’t completely there mentally.” Pitt’s starling guards, Sean Miller and Jason Matthews, weren’t really there in the first half, and that allowed Georgia to work on bottling up Brian Shorter in the lane. Shorter was held to two first-half points. THEN, WITH 15:13 left in the second half, coach Paul Evans inserted Glover, who had scored only 14 points all season. Glover had taken just one shot since Dec. 15. when he went 3-for-3 against

chance to pull even in the closing seconds, but Billy Owens and Michael Edwards both missed 3pointers and the Orangemen were ousted from the first round for the first time since 1978. Tarrant said he referred to the Indiana game when prepping his players at their pregame meal hours before the Syracuse matchup. “I said to the kids, ‘lf in 1988 a No. 13 seed can beat the defending champions and a team that had just won the Big 10, why can’t a No. 15 seed beat a No. 2?,’” he said. TEMPLE, MEANWHILE, proved that it has more than stellar guard Mark Macon in its arsenal. Of course, Purdue coach Gene Keady knew that all along. “We told our players that Kilgore is the best player on the team,” Keady said. “Macon gets all of the attention, but we knew we had to stop Kilgore.”

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Cloverdale High School honored its girls and boys basketball teams during Thursday night’s Winter Sports Awards Program. From the girls team (front row, from left) Jennifer Burcham was named “Most Improved Player,” Nikki Smith received the mental attitude award and Monica Koosman was named the “Outstanding Offen-

Robert Morris. If he was rusty, it didn’t show. He made two 3-pointers in a 13-3 run that helped Pitt overcome a 10point deficit and tie the score. His third long-range jumper brought Pitt within a point, and his fourth gave the Panthers a 59-58 lead with 6:14 to play. GLOVER WOUND UP making four of six shots and scoring 12 points. COASTAL CAROLINA (69) Dunkin 4-14 2-2 11, Lesaine 1-4 2-2 5, Cheatam 1- 0-0 2, Dowdell 5-13 2-2, Penny 13-15 3-4 34, Foster 1-5 0-0 3, Williams 0-3 0-1 0, Poll 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-57 9-11 69. INDIANA (79) Anderson 8-12 6-6 22, Cheaney 7-15 2-2 17, Nover 4-6 7-8 15,G.Gtaham 1-2 1-2 3, Meeks 0-3 2- 2, Bailey 3-9 2-3 9, P.Graham 2-5 5-6 9, Reynolds 1-2 0-2 2, Jones 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-55 25-31 79. Halftime 3-point goals Coastal Carolina 10-20 (Penny 5-6, Dowdell 2-7, Dunkin 1-2, Lesaine 1-2, Foster 1-2, Williams 0-1), Indiana 2-6 (Cheany 1-2, Bailey 1-2, G.Graham 0-1, P.Graham 0-1). Fouled out None. Rebounds Coastal Carolina 29 (Lesaine 7), Indiana 39 (Cheaney 14). Assists Coastal Carolina 15 (Dowdell 6), Indiana 18 (Medes 6). Total fouls Coastal Carolina 25, Indiana 12. Attendance— 18,217.

The Boilermakers simply couldn’t do it. CHRIS CORCHIANI scored 25 points and had 11 assists as N.C. State (20-10) handed the Golden Eagles (21-8) their worst loss of the year. “That was just a great performance. We couldn’t play any better,” said Wolfpack coach Les Robinson. TEMPLE (80) Kilgore 8-11 6-6 25, Strickland 5-9 0-1 10, Hodge 3-3 0-2 6, Carstarphen 7-9 2-3 18, Macon 6-12 6-6 19, Harden 0-0 0-0 0, Spears 1-1 0-0 2, Lovelace 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-46 14-18 80. PLRDL'E (63) White 3-7 1-3 7, Oliver 8-19 0-0 21, Riley 4-6 0-0 8, Painter 2-5 0-0 4, Barrett 1-2 4-4 6, Stanback 1-3 2-3 4, Darner 3-5 0-0 8, Trice 2-3 0-0 5. Total! 24-50 7-10 63. Halftime Temple 43, Purdue 27. 3-point goals Temple 6-10 (Kilgore 3-4, Carstarphen 2-4, Macon 1-2), Purdue 8-17 (Oliver 5-10, Damer 2-3, Trice 1-2, Painter 0-2). Fouled out Trice. Rebounds Temple 23 (Strickland 5), Purdue 24 (White 13). Assists Temple 14 (Kilgore 5), Purdue 15 (Trice 3). Total fouls Temple 11, Purdue 16.

Butler’s NIT foe will be shorthanded LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) Wyoming’s Cowboys will be shorthanded when they take on Butler University in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament tonight. Coach Benny Dees decided Thursday to bench guard Paris Bryant for academic reasons. “THE PLAYERS IN our program must understand the importance of academics,” Dees said. “We will not tolerate a total disregard of their responsibilities in this area.” Bryant, who averaged 13.1 points for the Cowboys (19-11) since transferring from Walker Junior College at Jasper, Ala., last year, started five games for Wyoming this year and played in each of the 30 games. Against Butler the Cowboys face the nation’s top free-throw shooting team, as the Bulldogs have hit 78.6 percent of their foul shots.

sive Player." From the boys team (back row, from left) Brent Branneman was named ‘Teammate of the Year” and “Outstanding Offensive Player,” Gary Cooper received the “Outstanding Defensive Player” award and Ryan Ford was named “Most Improved Player.” (Ban-ner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields)

DePauw basketball banquet set for March 24

DcPauw University’s 20-6, NCAA Tournament qualifying men’s basketball team and its five senior members, will be honored at 5 p.m., March 24 with a awards banquet at the Student Union Building. Tickets for the banquet arc $8.50. Reservations for the banquet are necessary and fans should phone their RSVP to 658-4951 by March 20.

Nealon going for third title, Kenyon for eighth

GAMBIER, Ohio Carrie Nealon, a 1988 Greencastle High School graduate, ii a twotime defending national trying to help Kenyon College win its eighth straight national title in the NCAA Division 111 Swimming and Diving Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. Nealon, a two-time defending champion in the 1,650-frcestylc, will compete in the 200 freestyle, 500-freestlc and, of course, the 1,650-frecstyle. Over the last two years, Nealon has won eight AllAmerican honors. In addition to winning two individual titles, she has also been on the winning 800-frcestyle relay team for the last two years. The junior also won the Carl A. Weiant Award in 1989 as the team’s most promising freshman. Kenyon is seeking its eighth straight NCAA Division 111

Eagles close with victory

The South Putnam Junior High wrestling team closed its season Thursday night with a 63-33 victory over Southmont. The Eagles finished with a 5-4 overall record and finished third in the West Central Conference Junior High Wrestling Tournament. Scott Gorham, at 11-0, and John Furby, at 9-0, went un-

Putnam County Sports Friday Cloverdale Alumni-Faculty Basketball Game, 7 p.m. 7 p.m., Cloverdale High School. Saturday Greencastle Youth Baseball League-DePauw University baseball clinic, 1 p.m. at DePauw’s Walker Field, free. Reelville Little League sign-up, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Rcelsville Fire Station. Roachdale Youth League, baseball and softball, sign-up 10 a.m. to noon, at Optimist Club building. Greencastle Babe Ruth Baseball League sign-up, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wal-Mart. Putnam County Girls Softball League sign-up, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wal-Mart Bainbridge Baseball Youth League sign-up, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at Bainbridge Lions Club. Sunday DePauw at Wabash, 1 p.m. doubleheader, baseball. 1 uesday Putnam County Junior High Girls Basketball Tournament: 6 p.m., Greencastle at Cloverdale 6 p.m., South Putnam at North Putnam

This will be the final function as a DePauw basketball player for seniors Brett Crist, Troy Greenlee, Brad Brownell, Tim Frey and Steve Rutherford. They have compiled a record of 80 wins, 30 losses (a winning percentage of .727), won a conference championship, won NCAA regional and sectional championships and finished runncrup in the 1990 national tournament.

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CARRIE NEALON In NCAA championships

Swimming and Diving team championship. The cross country team from California State University at San Luis Obispo ranks first with nine straight title from 1982 to 1990.

defeated for the Eagles. John Schilling was 10-1 and Greg Swason 8-1. Gorham led the team with nine pins and Furby had eight. Gorham’s nine-second pin was the fastest of the year. Schilling led the Eagles with 15 takedowns and Gorham had 14, according to coach Mark Wildman.