The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 March 1968 — Page 3

Monday, March 11, 1968

The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

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CUBS SURPRISED BY WARRIORS, 73-66

By FRANK PUCKETT, JR. Banner Sports Editor Greencastle's Tiger Cubs were shot out of the IHSAA tourney saddle Saturday afternoon in the first game of the Lafayette Semi-State basketball tournament by little upsetminded North Miami’s Warriors, 73-66, before a capacity crowd of 14,123 Hoosier sports fans. Miami, the smallest school to reach the state tourney’s final sixteen, leaped into a surprising 15-4 first quarter lead against the cold shooting Cubs, bent to the pressure of Greencastle's hustling pressing defense for the next two and onehalf quarters and then broke the game with eight straight free throws in the last two minutes. Greencastle, boasting a Western Indiana Conference Championship, led only at the start of the contest 4-2 after the two teams missed their first 13 attempts from the field and just for a moment 49-48 at the end of the three quarters and then again at 53-51 in the opening minutes of the final period. Coach Dave McCracken, realizing his cold shooting team had hit only two shots the entire first quarter, slapped the Cubs' full court press against North Miami as early as midway through the first stanza. It took about two quarters for the press to have much effect on the Warriors, but they finally yielded at the close of the third eight-minute quarter and Greencastle moved to a 49-48 lead. When Greencastle took to the floor in the final quarter they settled back into a zone and Miami once again leaped to a five point advantage with only four minutes left in the game. The Cubs spurted back to a 5351 lead, but eight consecutive free throws by the Warriors summed things up. The Warriors’ coach, former Putnam County high school star and coach, Jerry Lewis, had done his homework against McCracken's pressing tactics. When the Cubs first went into the full court press Lewis called time out, sent 6-3 senior Richard Moyer after the first inbounds pass, Moyer hit a man coming down the sidelines and the press was broken. Little 5-8 Jay Frye turned

i the crowd on with his third period heroics when he got 16 of his 18 game points. John New made over a dozen steals on the press, and Pete Norris got a late start but unloaded for 20 points. Terry Ross accumulated 16 points with 7 of 21 from the field and 2 of 2 from the line. North Miami, a Miami County Consolidation, was charged with ten third quarter errors and for a short time it appeared that the Warriors might be nearing the end of the tourney trail. But 6-6 center Bob Pontius, led four North Miami players in double figures with 18 points and played a great defensive game, hit all three fourth quarter shots and North

Miami nailed it down in the last two minutes. Pontius was equalled by Richard Moyer’s 18 points, Mike Skinner’s 15, and 10 from Mike Coffing. Pete Norris, 6-2 Tiger Cub forward, scored 20 points in the last three quarters to head the Cubs’ comeback. ! Greencastle connected on 26 of 74 attempts from the field while Miami blistered the nets for 28 of 52 tries. From the foul line Greencastle had 14 of 20 and the Warriors were 17 of 22, getting only one free throw the first half. Errors went to Miami, 19-17.

Greencastle

FG FT PF 1 —

New

0-1 4

Norris

4-6 20 j

Ross

2-2 16 1

Irwin

0-0 4 !

Frye

6-6 18

Monnett

1-2 1 i

Dunn

1-1 3 |

See

0-0 0 !

Totals

14-18 66 :

North Miami

FG FT PF

Skinner

5-5 15

Moyer

0-1 18

Pontius

4-7 18

Coffing

4-6 10

Walter

04) 8

Jones

4-4 4

Totals

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Greencastle 4 18 27 North Miami 15 18 15 Fouled out—none. Total fouls—Greencastle Miami 11.

DePauw Drops Two In IVCAA Meet

17-66 25—73 16, N.

DePauw s basketball Tigers wrapped up their 1967-68 season with a 16-8 mark and a pair of last-second heartbreakers in the Great Lakes NCAA regional this weekend in Normal, 111. The finale wasn't quite as the ICC co-champs had hoped it would be, but as many of the 13,600 who saw the two nights of action felt, it’s entirely probable that Elmer McCall's young squad will return. DePauw went down to the final three seconds Friday night losing to nationally third ranked Illinois State, 83-81. Twenty four hours later the Tigers dropped an 86-84 consolation verdict to South Dakota State after losing a chance to tie the game with six seconds left. In addition to the considerable respect the squad harvested in what must have been the tightest of the NCAA’s eight College Division regionals, the Tigers came out with some individual honors. Tom McCormick, who got 56 points in the two games, was one of five players named to the all-tourney first team. His teammates were Jerry Newsom, who helped lead Indiana State to 101-96 and 98-93 wins over South Dakota and Illinois State;

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Illinois States’ Little All-Amer-ican Jerry McGreal and his playmater George Terry, plus the Dakota Jackrabbits’ gifted 6-7 Guy Mackner. In Friday night's opener the Tigers had to overcome a 60-52 State lead in the second half to charge back into contention. A little used zone defense helped get the job done. The Tigers finally went ahead on McCormick’s shot, 67-65, but State came back to tie it at 67,68, 70 and 71 before DePauw spurted. Jim Jackson hit a 15-foot hooker and then came right back with a pair of short shots from the right side to blast DePauw on top 77-71 with 3:56 left. McGreal cut it to 77-73 and Steve Arends popped in a long one to make it 77-75 with 3:02 left. Seconds later Arends stole a midcourt pass and tied the game with 2:26 to go. Tiger guard Dave Browning took the heat off some by hitting from 20 feet, but Arends scored again to tie the game 79-79 with 1:45 left. DePauw’s third crusial error in four minutes handed the ball right back to State and George Terry hit his 31st and 32nd points at the 1:30 mark. McCormick converted two free throws 17 seconds later to deadlock the game at 81-all and State called time. The 24-2 Redheads, who hadn’t lost in spacious Horton Fieldhouse, stalled until 18 ticks remained. When time came back in McGreal and Terry played pitch and dribble. Finally Terry drove around the right side of the key and let fly on an off-balance one-hander. It dropped in perfectly, DePauw called time. With two seconds left Dave Browning lofted a long pass upcourt to McCormick. He and two Redbirds went up for it in a mad scramble. Someone hit it—the officials decided it was McCormick—and State was awarded the ball, preserving the hosts victory. Terry finished high for both teams with 34 points. McCorMick got 31, McGreal 22, Tom McGurk 17 and Jim Jackson 18. DePauw, with Jackson getting 19 big rebounds, outbounded the birds, 63-59. Neither team shot praticularly well, but they shot a lot. State hit 33 of 84 for .393. DePauw made 34 of 95 for .358. DePauw had 18 chances at the line and made 13. State hit 17 of 22. South Dakota State, which entered the tourney 19-6, champion of the North Central Conference and 1963 NCAA national winner, was DePauw’s consolation opponent. The Jackrabbits, like DePauw against Illinois State, chased Indiana State

to the wire Friday night before losing in the final moments. South Dakota opened up a 3325 lead on DePauw in the first half before the Tigers tied it at intermission, 51-51. The lead changed hands seven times before ties developed at 70, 72, 74 and 76. At this point all-tourney selection Mackner, a 210-pound-er, hit six points and burly forward John Thomas scored to plunge Dakota out-frount 84-76 with 2:37 to play. The Rabbit’s last two points were the result of Tom McGurk’s fifth personal. DePauw called time out and set McCormick up for a layup that made it 84-78. Dennis Womeldorf converted Dave Browning’s personal but Dale Barrett scored with 1:38 left to pare the margin to 85-80. Barrett came back with a steal and fed fast-breaking McCormick who hit a layup. That made it 85-82 with 1:16 left. Since Dakota wasn’t in the 1-1 Jackson fouled Mackner to get the ball. He missed it but the strategy failed when Dakota got the rebound. So Barret fouled Vern Schoolmeester with 46 seconds left. Schoolmeester also missed but this time it was the 1-1 and DePauw got the rebound. Browning took it down and dumped in a 14-footer for an 85-84 deficit with 36 seconds left. Having to fight the 1-1 now Browning fouled Thomas. He missed. But Dakota’s luck persisted on the rebounds. So McCormick had to foul Thomas with seven seconds left. He hit the first and missed the second and DePauw got the rebound with six seconds remaining. DePauw called time. Dave Browning threw the ball into the backcourt to Barrett. But he couldn’t find McCormick in the traffic and had to dribble across the time line. He still couldn't find McCormick so he whipped the ball to reserve Dick Tharp who had replaced McGurk. The bullet-like pass sped through Tharp’s hands and into the crowd. Dakota took over with two seconds left under the DePauw bucket for the win. Mackner was high for the game with 26 points. McCormick scored 25 while McGurk had 17, Browning 15, Barrett 11 and Jackson 10. Mike O’Connell, who saw little action during the two-day shoot because of illness, got six points in relief. The Jackrabbits hit 35-74 for .467. DePauw shot .438 on 3273. South Dakota outrebounded DePauw 49-44. DePauw will put its togs away now until it opens up the 196869 season with N.I.T. entry Villanova University in the Palestra in Philadelphia next December.

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Greencastle Backers Travel By Caravan To Game

Frye Cornered By Miami Warriors

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Ross Bangs Away With Two Points

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John New Gets An Open Shot

Tiger Cub Cheering Block Looked Mighty Sharp