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THE BANNERGRAPHIC January 8,1992
Are Tigers ready to shoot?
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor A coach once said that basketball players in Indiana are bom with their shooting hand cocked. He obviously had not seen the DePauw Tigers play. OFFENSE, NOT defense or passing, has been DePauw’s trouble from the opening game right through last Saturday’s 63-60 loss to Illinois Wesleyan. The Tigers are shooting just 47.7 percent overall from the floor and 37.6 percent from three-point range. The lack of perimeter scoring has allowed opponents to concentrate on the inside scoring of Moose Hecko, the sixth leading scorer in DePauw history. Hecko is averaging 15.1 points per game. As he prepared the Tigers for Thursday’s 7:30 p.m. home game with Purdue Calumet, coach Royce Waltman was also preparing them to shoot the ball. “THE SCORERS DON’T get themselves in position to score,” Waltman said. “We pass up a lot of
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Clovers pin Owen Valley
CLOVERDALE Cloverdale doesn’t wrestle too many duel meets. The Clovers’ schedule is dominated by Saturday tournaments. A duel meet is special, especially when the opponent in nearby rival Owen Valley. Winning seven of the 13 weight classes, and two matches in less than minute, Cloverdale defeated Owen Valley’s Patriots 36-31. “I thought it would be pretty close. We proved to be strong in the lower weights and they came back in the upper weights,” Cloverdale coach Dave Kiley noted. Cloverdale won everything from 112 pounds to 135 points and Owen Valley won every matches from 171 pounds to heavyweight. Travis Hoffa and Tim McKenna shared quickest pin honors for Cloverdale. Hoffa pinned Shamus McPhee in 49 seconds at 119 pounds and McKenna pinned Chuck Willen in 49 seconds at 125 pounds. Chad Koosman and Jim Harrison are 12-2 on the year. Koosman scored a 17-1 technical fall over Eric Reynolds in
South defeats West Vigo
The South Putnam High School swimming team opened 1992 with a victory Tuesday night, winning the event of the meet to pull out a 92-89 victory over the visiting West Vigo Vikings. South’s Eagles are now 2-3. South led 84-83 going into the final event. The Eagles needed a first to secure the win. The 400freestyle relay team of Neil Johnson, Gerrit Thompson, Trent Boswell and Aaron Phillips won in 4:24.44 The relay topped an outstanding meet for Thompson. He turned in lifetime best times while winning the 200-IM (2:15.39) and 500-freestyle (6:16.77). “Gerrit had a real good meet,” coach Joe Condon said.
Panthers down Clovers
MONTEZUMA Riverton Parke outscored Cloverdale 23-4 in the second quarter Tuesday night en route to a 67-37 nonconference win in high school girls baketball. Cloverdale, now 3-8, trailed just 20-15 the end of the first quarter, but were out of the contest 43-19 at halftime. The Clovers outscored the Panthers 14-10 in the third quarter, but couldn’t break the 20-point barrier. “We played pretty good defense,” Cloverdale coach Cris Isenbarger said. “I was not displeased. They did not give up and you have to give them credit for that with the kind of season
DPU alumni play Thursday
How would you like to coach a basketball team that has three All-Americans, years of playing experience and players standing 6-7 and 6-6? Marvin Long, founder of “Marvin’s” restaurant, will get that opportunity Thursday at 5:30 p.m. when the DePauw junior varsity plays the DePauw Alumni basketball team at Lilly Center. Admission is free. Long will coach the alumni team that will include DePauw’s all-time leading scorer and AllAmerican Brett Crist, 1987 AllAmerican Dave Galle and 1984
good shots, and when we pass up pretty good shots on the perimeter, then it becomes more difficult to get the ball to Hecko in scoring position. “Our shooters don’t come off
the 125-pound match and Harrison wasn a 8-4 winner over Stan Frank at 160 pounds. Cloverdale goes to the South Vermillion Invitational on Saturday. Tuesday at Cloverdale Cloverdale 36, Owen Valley 31 103 Ryan Shimkui, OV, tech, fall (16-1), Josh Hoffa, C. 112 Travis Hoffa, C, pin :49, Shamus McPhee, OV. 119 Tim McKenna, C, pin :49, Chuck Willen. OV. 125 Chad Koosman, C, tech, fall (17-1), Eric Reynolds, OV. 130 Shawn Ashworth, C, pin 2:58, Robert Bevington, OV. 135 Richard Bennett, C, maj. dec. 17-6, Gary Taylor, OV. 140 Edwin Roadnick, OV, tech, fall (193), Bart Cassida, C. 145 Jason Riddle, OV, pin 5:34, Chad Combs, C. 152 Chris Kaufman, C, pin 5:27, Elisha Stout, OV. 160 Jim Harrison, C, 8-4 dec., Stan Frank, OV. 171 Sam Temples, OV, pin 1:10, Charles Hutcheson, C. 189 josh Temples, OV, 8-5 doc., Kevin Boatwright, C. HWT Scott Miller, OV, pin 1:53, Clifton Gamer, C. Junior Varsity Cloverdale 25, Owen Valley 0 112 Jason Carrell, C, 11-9 dec., Pat Bonar, OV. 119 Travis Rambo, C, tech, fall (16-1), Matt Willen, OV. 140 Walter Feller, C, pin 1:30, Keith Edwards, OV. 152 Chris Cress, C, tech, fall (15-0), Dave Dixon, OV. 160 Don Vandermoere, C, pin 2:36, Bill Bonar, OV. HWT Chuck McCune, C, by forfeit.
South will host Southmont on Thursday in a 6 p.m. meet. Tuesday at South Putnam South Putnam 92, West Vigo 89 200-medley relay nam (Mike Grimes, Gerrit Thompson, Jeremy Asbury, Aaron Phillips); South Putnam; West Vigo. 200-freestyle Johnson, SP; lan Stewart, SP. 200-IM Grinley, WV; Berkley, WV. 50-freestyle Phillips, SP; Trent Boswell, SP. Diving SP; Gilbert, WV. ioO-butterfly Jeremy Asbury, SP; Dan Coffin, SP. 100-freestyle Phillips, SP; Trent Boswell, SP. 500-freestyle SP; Isham, WV; Neil Johnson. SP. 200-freestyle relay South Putna; West Vigo. 100-backstroke SP; Chad Evens, SP; Berkley, WV. ioO-breaststroke WV; Kerry Miles, SP; Williams, WV. 400-freestyle relay nam (Neil Johnson, Gerrit Thompson, Trent Boswell, Aaron Phillips); West Vigo; West Vigo.
they’re having.” Michelle Lewis led the Clovers with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Tuesday at Riverton Parke Cloverdale 15 19 33 37 Riverton Parke 20 43 S 3 47 Cloverdale Kirby 0 1-2 3 1, Lewis 5 3-5 1 13, Smith 2 3-4 0 7, Simpson 1 0-0 2 2, Pickens 0 0-0 3 0, A. Raney 0 0-0 1 0, J. Raney 0 1-2 1 1, Monnett 0 0-0 1 0. Wade 10-0 12, Wright 0 0-0 2 0, Scott 1 0-0 3 2, Sipe 4 1-2 2 9. Totals FG 14, FT 9-15, PF 12, TP 37. Riverton Parke Nickle 2 0-0 1 4, Montgomery 2 1-2 3 5, Ann Delp 3 2-2 4 8, Ball 8 5-9 1 21, Qoghom 7 2-5 1 16, CarroU 3 0-0 2 6, Smith 0 1-2 0 1, Amy Delp 0 2-4 3 2, McMullin 2 0-0 14. Totals FG 27, FT 13-24, PF 17, TP 67. 3-PL Field Goals: None. Rebounding: Cloverdale 23 (Lewis 12, Sipe 6), Riverton Parke 25. Turnovers: Cloverdale 34. Junior Varsity Score: Riverton Parke 33, Cloverdale 11.
All-American David Hathaway. Also playing for the DePauw alumni team will be Troy Greenlee, a 1991 DePauw grad and current assistant coach and his 1991 classmates Tim Frey and Steve Rutherford, as well as Tim Vieke, who played on the 1984 NCAA Final Four team and Jim Sandgren, now on the Greencastle High School coaching staff, and Randy BiederstedL After the junior varsity contest with the alumni, DePauw’s varsity will play Purdue Calumet at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
screens ready to shoot and our inside guys do not post up deep in the lane. We’re just a little bit soft on our cuts and our positioning and preparing ourselves to score,” Waltman added. In practice the Tigers have con-
Patriots pull away from Cubs
By STEVE HELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor SPENCER minutes, the Greencastle liger Cubs went from an elite group of West Central Conference contenders to a large group hoping Owen Valley loses to either North Putnam or Edge wood. The Owen Valley Patriots outscored Greencastle 22-4 in the final 3:26 Tuesday night for a 74-50 victory that pushed their overall record to 12-1 and WCC record to 7-0. The Tiger Cubs’ first conference loss dropped them 7-2 overall. GREENCASTLE TRAILED 43-31 going into the fourth quarter, but applied a full-court press that forced Owen Valley turnovers and created scoring opportunities. Laura Ledbetter hit two free throws, stole the ball and scored a layup and Karen Emberton stole the ball hit a 14-foot jumper in the lane to cut the margin to 45-40. OV’s Amy Hackworthy and Darcy Redenbaugh hit four free throws to maintain that buffer over the next 90 seconds. The Cubs trailed only 52-46 with 3:26 to play when Amber Asher, who led Greencastle with 19 points, hit two free throws. The Cubs didn’t again for 216minutes, while the Patriots rocketed to a 71-46 advantage. THREE PLAYS KNOCKED Greencastle out of this one. The Tiger Cubs were pressing and down only eight points, when a Patriot pass went sailing out of bounds. The closest official ruled a Tiger Cub had touched the ball. OV maintained possession and Hackworthy hit two free throws that increased the margin to 10 points. Greencastle Tuesday at Owen Valley Owen Valley Patriots 74, Greencastle Tiger Cubs 50 Tiger Cube FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Billman 1-3 0-2 12 2 Ta. Regnier 1-2 0-0 3 1 2 Sibbin 0-6 0-0 4 5 0 Asher 5-17 9-9 4 1 19 Ti. Reginer 1-3 2-2 3 2 4 Ledbetter 5-20 8-10 4 14 18 Emberton 2-3 1-2 4 2 5 Gacsko 0-1 0-0 0 4 0 Detro 0-0 0-2 12 0 Team 0-0 0-0 0 6 0 Totals 15-55 20-27 24 39 50 Patriots FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Redenbaugh 7-17 7-8 3 6 22 Mullis 8-13 3-6 3 12 19 Hackworthy 4-7 6-9 3 6 14 Roy 1-7 0-0 2 4 2 Noel 1-5 3-5 4 3 5 Schopmeyer 3-8 2-2 13 8 Anderson 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 Bowen 2-5 0-0 13 4 Team 0-0 0-0 0 7 0 Totals 26-64 21-30 17 45 74 SCORE BY QUARTERS GREENCASTLE 13 20 31 50 OWEN VALLEY 16 31 43 74 3-Polnt FG: Greencastle 0-3 (Asher 0-2, Ledbetter 0-1), Owen Valley 1-5 (Redenbaugh 1-2, Roy 0-2, Schopemeyer 0-1). turnovers: Greencastle 18, Owen Valley 11. JUNIOR VARSITY Greencastle 41, Owen Valley 21 Greencastle Detro 14, Bode 9, Gamer 5, Zimmerman 4, Mowrer 3, Wager 2, Gad 2, Hecko 2. Owen Valley Moen 6, Bagley 4, Strohl 4, Davis 3, Mobley 2, Nail 2.
Funderburke makes Buckeyes better
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) I-awrence Funderburke said it was worth the wait. So did the Ohio State crowd of 13,276 at St. John Arena. Funderburke, playing his first college game in more than two years, contributed seven points, three rebounds and three blocked shots as seventh-ranked Ohio State rode a powerful defensive showing in the second half Tuesday night to a 62-46 victory over No. 9 Michigan State. “THAT WAS MOST definitely
centrated on cutting hard, coming off screens harder and coming off screens looking to shoot. “COACH HAS BEEN been working me a lot of practice about looking to score more, looking for my opportunities, especially lately,” guard Todd Seifferlein said. Seifferlein leads DePauw at 16.9 points per game. “In the last few days I’ve been working on coming right off down screens prepared to shoot,” the junior said. ICAC Basketball Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball at a Glance School ICAC Pct. Total PcL Franklin 0-0 .000 9-1 .900 Rose-Hulman 0-0 .000 8-3 .728 DePauw 0-0 .000 7-3 .700 Wabash 0-0 .000 6-4 .600 Hanover 0-0 .000 5-8 .385 Anderson 0-0 .000 2-12 .143 Manchester 0-0 .000 1-11 .083 Wednesday Wabash at Rose-Hulman Thursday Purdue-Calumet at DePauw* Franklin at Manchester • Denotes non-conference game
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Greencastle’s Jamie Sibbitt (33) battles Owen Valley’s Devonne Mullis (32) for a rebound while Tina Regnier (3) holds her position. Owen Valley’s Donna Roy had her hands up waiting for
Hackworthy then scored an inside bucket and Greencastle was called for a foul. She missed the free throw, but the Cubs didn’t have Devonne Mullis blocked off the boards, and the 5-11 sophomore put the rebound back, running the margin to 60-46. THE PATRIOTS WERE already up 65-45 when the third play happened. As Redenbaugh released the first free throw of a one-and-one, a Tiger Cub knocked her down while trying to block out. The free throw rattled through, Greencastle was charged with a deadball foul
the most nervous moment of my career,” Funderburke said of the standing ovation he received when he first stepped on the court with Ohio State trailing 12-8 with 13:41 left in the first half. Funderburke, a former Columbus high school star, played six games with Indiana before quitting the team in December 1989. The 6-foot-9 sophomore completed course work during the next year before enrolling at Ohio State one year ago. Funderburke’s contributions
Tigers of 1991-92 Won 7, Lost 3 (ICAC 0-6, homecourt 4-0, on road 3-3, neutral 0-0) Tlaers G-S FGM-FGA PcL FTM-FTA Pct. R ATO TP AVG Todd Seiffedein 10-10 48-97 .495 54-68 .794 18 23 24 169 16.9 Brett Hecko 10-10 56-111 506 39-60 .650 103 19 24 151 15.1 Dave Ferrell 10-10 30-59-46 .508 14-19 .737 52 10 21 78 7.8 Neal Watson 10-1 24-48 .500 1-3 .333 9 5 3 63 6.3 Ericßruksch 10-10 13-30 .433 16-24 .667 25 41 18 42 4.2 Mark Burgher 10-3 16-45 .356 4-6 .667 15 9 13 42 4.2 MikeDamel 10-5 18-40 .450 4-7 .571 14 9 13 41 4.1 Scott Thompson 104) 11-22 500 7-11 .636 32 3 8 29 2.9 Travis Nelson 8-1 11-25 .440 5-9 556 19 4 7 27 3.4 Craig Johnsen 8-0 9-14 .643 2-2 1.000 7 2 6 20 2.5 Zach Phelps 6-0 4-6 .667 3-3 1.000 3 2 0 12 2.0 Troy Noam 8-0 2-6 .333 3-6 .500 2 5 1 9 1.1 Jim Giesen 4-0 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 3 0 2 8 2.0 Kirby Brafford 2-0 2-4 500 0-2 .000 3 0 0 4 2.0 RonDanieJson 2-0 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 2 1 2 4 2.0 Brady Harvey 4-0 1-3 333 2-2 1.000 1 1 1 4 1.0 Patrick Huse 2-0 0-5 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 0 2 1.0 Team Rebounds ♦ 0-6 .000 0-0 .000 36 0 0 0.0 DePauw 10 250-524 .477 158-226 .699 345 135 144 705 705 Opponents 10 222-521 .426 102-150 .680 284 122 157 590 59.0 Three-Point FG DePauw 47-125, .376 (Seifferlein 19-43, .442; Ferrell 4-9, .444; Watson 14-31, .452; Burgher 6-22, .273; Phelps 1-2, .500; Danid 1-5, .200; Noard 2-5, .400; Bmksch 0-1, .000; Nelson 0-2, .000; Harvey 0-2, .000; Huse 0-3, .000. Opponents 44-137, .321. Steals DePauw 77 (Bruksch 26, Seifferlein 16, Hecko 10, Ferrell 8, Burgher 5, Watson 3, Noard 3, Nelson 2, Johnson 2, Thompson 1, Brafford 1); Opponents 81. Tigers Game-By-Game DPU Opponent Opp. High Pts. High Rebs. 86 Washington (St. Louis) 63 Seiffedein 29 Hecko 9 65 Centre 44 Seifferlein, Ferrell 10 Hecko 11 44 at Miami of Ohio 66 Seiffedein 14 Hecko, Ferrell 5 53 at Indianapolis 57 Seiffedein 17 Ferrell 10 62 at Earlham 37 Hecko 12 Hecko 16 112 at Webster 77 Hecko 24 Hecko 10 76 Aurora + 59 Seiffedein 19 Hecko 13 70 Marian* 56 Seifferlein, Hecko 15 Hecko 15 77 at Thomas More 68 Seiffedein 26 Hecko 12 60 at Illinois Wesleyan 63 Seifferlein 18 Hecko, Ferrell 8 • Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference games + DePauw Invitational Tburnament game
the ball to fly free, but a foul was called to stop the action. Owen Valley, 12-1, pulled away from Greencastle in the final 3:26 for a 74-50 WCC victory. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields)
and Redenbaugh hit three more free throws. Greencastle coach Glen Hile said the score was indicative of the game or the Tiger Cubs’ effort. “I was really pleased for 316quarters,” Hile said. “I don’t think we’ve played that hard this year.” “A break here and there and we have them.” GREENCASTLE, PLAYING for the first time since the Putnam County Tourney on Dec. 29, shot only 27 percent (15-55) from the floor. Owen Valley, playing its second game since the holiday
paled next to those of Jim Jackson, who had 17 points and team highs of four assists and nine rebounds. But his presence portends good things for the Buckeyes, Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote said. “I THINK Lawrence Funderburke gives them a new dimension, an inside player who has quickness and finesse,” Heathcote said. “He played well at both ends. He wasn’t dominant ... but he might be the missing link that could make them more than a good team and into a very good team.”
break, shot 41 percent (26-64). “We did not get into our offense very well, but this is the first time we have played anybody that could challenge us,” Hile said. Ledbetter had one of those allaround games. The 5-11 senior scored 18 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked three shots. Greencastle’s junior varsity is 81. The Tiger Cubs defeated Owen Valley 41-21 with Mandy Detro netting 14 points. Greencastle will host North Putnam Thursday in a WCC contest.
Ohio State coach Randy Ayers said he was relieved Funderburke’s debut was behind him. “I’m glad it’s over,” Ayers said. “There was too much attention on Lawrence’s first game. I’m glad that’s behind us.” Each time Funderburke touched the ball, the capacity crowd went wild. “HIS PRESENCE WAS felt,” said Ayers. “He’s an athlete that can be a force on defense and he’s a skilled player that can handle the ball inside on offense.”