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I Indians plan protest, C7 NBA Insider, C7 Tech women, C8 NCAA rules, C8 C6 SATURDAY January 4, 1992 Rapid City Journal Sports Elway: Broncos will bank on defense again today's W1L Second round Atlanta Falcons at Washington Redskins, 10:30 a.m., CBS Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos, 2 p.m., NBC sota when he took off on a quarterback draw, eluded a blitzing linebacker, broke Joey Browner's attempted tackle and lowered his shoulder and ran over cornerback Audray McMillian at the 3. Indeed, for many opponents, it is the unexpected that makes Elway so feared. They figure he's least dangerous in the pocket running a routine play. But let him draw a play in the dirt, or get out on the flanks and direct traffic as if in a sandlot game, and look out! The Oilers, of course, have noticed. "He likes to play that street ball See Redskins on page C8 By The Associated Press DENVER Recent playoff appearances have seen the Denver Broncos accumulate such totals as 38, 37 and 34 points.

John Elway isn't counting on that to continue, though. Denver hasn't scored 30 points in a game since the season opener against Cincinnati. Even though Elway remains capable of jaw-dropping plays, this Bronco team is dominated by defense. "I don't anticipate us going out and scoring 30 points," Elway said as the Broncos wound up preparations for today's divisional playoff 5,5211 cEneeir Thrillers' 8tifo straight home wm going through that 5-11 season, but in the long run I think it's made me a better quarterback." Even with that philosophy, Elway still managed to throw for 3,253 fcr it i (if r'" ef yT fll eyes to the damage turnovers can cause. We had a lot of turnovers late in games that lost games for us.

Now I know I have to pick and choose when to take a shot It was difficult adding 12. Farmer collected 10 of his points in the first period as the Bandits sneaked past the Thrillers, 31-27, for their single quarter point of the contest. But the Thrillers edged back in the second quarter, 29-21, for a 56-52 halftime lead. "We came out in the first half and played exceptional defense, especially in that second period," Basnight said. "We just had momentum from that point on." The Thrillers forced 10 Bandit turnovers and nabbed eight steals in the first half.

They finished the contest with 15 steals and forced the Bandits into 19 miscues. Add to that, the Thrillers as a team finished the game with 29 assists, 18 the product of Craig Neal's seeing-eye passes, as Rapid City took a decisive edge in both offensive and defensive categories. "The last four games (the team play has) felt good," Basnight said. "Everybody's trying to look for that extra open man. When you play like that, See Thrillers on page C7 to 2 draft state that any of the existing active players on the Jammers' roster may still be sent back to the Bakersfield franchise at the end of the season.

This clause would not affect the Thrillers' selections because neither has played for the Jammers this season. DISPERSAL DRAFT SELECTIONS 1, Yakima Sun Kings: Conner Henry, Golden State II, Tyrone Hill; 2. Rockford Lightning: Scott Meenfs, Jervis Cole, Reggie Owens; 3, Columbus Horizon: Sam Williams, Mike Yoest, Stetfond Johnson; 4, Albany Patroons: Mark Tillmon. L.A. Lokers Levertis Robinson; Fort Wayne Fury: Kelvin pshaw, Andrew Patterson; 6, Sioux Falls Skyforct: Tank Collins, Bobby Parks, Aubrey Boyd; 7, Birmingham Bandits: Leonard Allen, Michael Polite, Freddie Banks, 8, Tri-City Chinook: Chris Childs, Alan Bannister.

9, Grand Rapids Hoops: Chancellor Nicholas, Golden State 10, To'so Zone: Michael Tail, David Wood; 11, Vf Falls Texons: Grand Rapids 5th or 6th rouiv "it Croft pick; 12, Ropid City Thrillers: Kevin Pritchard. Tod Murphy; 13. Oklahoma Citv Cavalry: Ben McDonald, Dwavne Washington; 14, Omaha Racers: Tony Massop, Bo Kimble; 15, La Crosse Catbirds: Ken McClory, Kelby Stuckey; 16. Quad City Thunder: Darwin Cook. Terry Ross.

Note: An oppearlng after the NBA teom denotes the CBA team has rights to those players whose names begin with the letters A-L; "II" denotes the rights to plovers M-Z. game against Houston. "I'd like to think we could, but we've relied on our defense all year, and it will probably be the same type of thing in the playoffs." Elway has reined in his gambling instincts at quarterback this season. The Broncos' offensive philosophy has become: Don't maki mistakes. Let the defense dictate the tempo.

"With the way our defense has played this year, I've concentrated on avoiding mist ikes," Elway said. "There are times when you feel you have to make things happen, but most of the time I'm thinking, 'Don't force "1 think last year helped open my 2E Bandits .....90 110 Birmingham Bandits 31 11 11- ft Rapid City Thrillers 17 11 23-110 Birmingham Bandits Wade Mark 3-7 0-0 9, Michael Cutright 3-11 0-0 6. Richard HoIIis 5-11 3-4 13, Chris Collier 0-1 0-0 0, Jim Former I II 3 5 19, Eric Johnson 3-4 1-1 7, Skeeter Henry 3-110-0 4. Eugene McDowell 5-1 2-4 11 Lorry Houzer 1-5 1 I 5. Oave Popson 4-15 S-S 13.

Totals 36-90 15 23 90. Rapid City Thrillers Craig Neal 0-4 0-0 0, Perry McDonald 2 710 11, Larry Robinson 710 0-0 14. Nate Johnston 5-11 6 7 16. Keith Smart Ills 2 2 24, RoD Robbms 0 2 04 0. Nikito Wilson 5 8 2 4 12, Irving Thomas 4-7 2-4 10, Stanley Brundv 3 4 0-0 6.

Jarvis Basnight 9-11 2 2 20. Totals 4675 21 29 115 Quarter points Rapid Citv 6, Birmingham 1 Threeooint goals-Wade 3 5. HoIIis 0-1. Former 0-2, Henry 0-2, Neal 0-1 Robinson 2-3. Johnston 0-1, RobbtnsO-l FG percentages Birmingham 40 0 (36 901, Rapid City 61 3 144 75) Redounding-Birmingham 39 (McDowell, Holds 8), Rapid Citv 50 (McDonald 11) Assists-Birmingham 13 (Wade 7), Rapid City 29 (Neal 18) Turnovers Birmingham 19, Rapid City 18 Total fouls Birmingham 22, Rapid City 18 Technical fouls-Hollis (unsportsmanlike conduct), Johnston (unsportsmanlike conduct), Rapid City (delay ot game, twice), Birmingham (delay ol gome) Officials Rob Robinson, Tim Donoghy land Pritchard Murphy Pritchard started for Kansas in its 1988 NCAA championship season.

He was the second round pick of the Golden State Warriors in 1990-91, and at one stretch last year, was 33 of 31 from the line. The Thrillers coaching staff said it expected Pritchard to be drafted between the first and fifth round of the dispersal draft. "Kevin is an excellent basketball player. He can play both point guard and off guard, but once again, we might not see him until next season," Musselman said. "At this time, we are not looking to bring in any players.

We're happy with the 10 guys we have on our team right now. This is part of the reason we drafted NBA players and not players looking to play for us right now." The NBA guaranteed contract date is Jan. 7, and Pritchard's status with the Celtics is uncertain until the contracts are settled. Legal stipulations in the Bakersfield CBA basketball: Rapid City at Wichita Falls (KOTA 1380) 6:05 p.m. Boys basketball: Thomas More vs.

Douglas Sophs, Roosevelt Gymnasium, 1 p.m. Women's basketball: Minot vs. Moorhead 1 p.m., Black Hills vs. Jamestown 3 p.m., S.D. Tech vs.

Mount Marty 5 p.m., Goodell gym. Prep volleyball: R.C. Central at R.C. Stevens, Heier gym, 2 p.m.; Spearfish at Douglas, Whitehead Auditorium, 2 p.m. Boxing: Rapid City Boxing amateur card at Mother Butler Center.

right yards and 13 touchdowns, with 12 interceptions, this season. He also rushed for 258 yards on 54 carries and a career-high six TDs more than all other AFC quarterbacks combined. He's the only player in NFL history to pass for more than 3,000 yards and rush for more than 200 yards in seven straight seasons. And make no mistake: He's still capable of that improbable, improvised play that leaves fans and foes alike shaking their heads in admiration. Like the 60-yard, across-the-field heave for a 71 -yard gain to Mark Jackson to beat Kansas City.

Or the 17-yard scoring run against Minne basketball in the last five minutes of the game when it was crunch time." Aaron Manning sank nine of 10 field goals and scored 23 points. Joe Divis added and Mjtt Burgess 15 for BHSU. The Yellow Jackets also controlled the boards in the closing minutes with Manning grabliing eight to lead Yellow Jackets rr-bounders. Cory Otterdahl scored 12 points and ICarnest Monette and Tyrone Koss each added 10 points for Dakota State. Mount Marty hit 12 of 22 3-point shots in its victory.

Roy Johnson had 20 points and 21 rebounds, Jeff Wolfgram 19 nil in Williams 16 tor th; Kloyd J. iii.so:s 29 points to go with 16 rebounds and Chris Al-tenburg 20 for Huron. CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINAL South Dakota Tech 41 53-94 Mow. lie 44 40 84 S.D. Tech-Mike Soiler 1 S-e Mitch Slusarski -i at 1 1 6-40 CUSTER Custer raced to a 00-16 halftime lead and went on to claim a 116-40 Black Hills Conference basketball win over Douglas Friday night as 12 players scored for the unbeaten Wildcats.

Custer's 6-foot-7 center Jay Steele and point-guard Derek Ballard led the winning Wildcats with 18 points each followed by Paul Schaffer with 16, Lance Luitjens 15 and Tom Carda 10. "Ballard had his best offensive effort of the year," said Custer coach Larry Luitjens. "We had a great inside game with both Steele and Schaffer dominating the inside." Custer connected on 45-70 field goal attempts with Ballard hitting four 3-pointers. The Wildcats outrebounded the Patriots 47-19 with Schaffer grabbing eight for Custer. Douglas' Brian Raney hit five 3-pointers and scored 21 points.

Custer extended its overall record to 7-0, and 2-0 in the conference. Douglas dropped to 0-3 in the conference and 0-5 for the season. Custer travels to Sturgis i.ext Friday and Douglas plays at Lead Tuesday. Douglas 3 16 32 40 Custer 29 60 91 116 Douglas Steve Isaacs 2 0-0 4, Alvin Iron Cloud 11-2 3, Pollett 0 2-7 2, Darren Vance 1 (Ml 3, Corey Douglas 0 0-0 0, Kevin Bowman 1 0-0 2, Walton 2 1-3 5, Brian Raney I 0-0 21, Go be Perceval 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-1 0. Totals 15 4-14 40.

Custer-Lance Luitiens i 12 IS, Jay Steele 2-2 IB, Paul Schaffer 7 2-3 16, Lane Ostenson 3 1-1 7, Derek Ballard 6 2-2 18, Tom Carda 3 4 5 10, Louie Bordeaux 4 1-1 9, Joson Virtue 2 2-2 6, Jim Tullo 2 0-1 5, Mark Lyndoe 1 0-0 2, Rusty Woodward 1 I- 2 3, Jason Lempke 2 2 4 7. Totals 45 18-25 116. 3-point gools-Roney 5, Vance, Luitiens 2, Ballard 4, Tullo, Lempke. FG percentages-Ooug 26 (15-56), CUS 64 (45-70). Re-bounds-Ooug 19, Cus 47 (Schaffer I).

Turnovers Doug 28. Cus 13. Total fouls Doug 20, Cus 12. Fouled out None. Ofliclals-Tieszen, Stevens.

Attendance 1,203. 'B' game Custer won. 4 4 4 15. Rusty Kocon 4 2 2 It. Jeramv Spicer 1 0 0 2.

Derek Knapp 8 5 6 21, Aaron Carlson 0 4 4 4, Jay Peppel 1 00 3. Mickey Barutft 2 0 0 5, Rob Christensen 4 3 5 II, Steve Gngjs i 9, Marc PiwkoOOOO Totals 29 2B-33 94. Mayville Cedric Wealherspoon 12 2 8 26, Wade Gni.de 1 2 19, Kyjn Flanagan 4 12 10, Neil Stt'Mes 3 2 2 8. Kevin Kemp 3008, Brent Baldwin 2 6, Juev Rowlings 2 0 0 4, Chris Nelson 1124, Richie MillsOOOO lotuls 35 7 16 84. 3 point gouls -Grinde 2, Flonouon, Kemp, Baldwin 2, Nelson, Kocun 2, Slusarski 3.

Sailer, Baruth. Peppel FG percentaies-SOT 40 29 21, Muy 1J5 741. Ri-bounds-SDT 46 ICtinstensen 121, May 3 (Weathersuoon 141. Turnovers 12, May II Total louls-SDT 16, May 21 Fouled out -None Officials-Yellow Robe, Johnston, icdler. Attendance 00 CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL Black Mills State 32 42-4 lunula State 31 34 65 Black Hills State-Matt Burgess 041 IS, Jue Oivis82 4 19, A.J.

Ecker I 00 2. Shane HimeOOO 0, Ryan Hiavoson 0 0-0 0, Morio Williams 3 0 0 5. tldon Marshall 2 1-2 6. lorn Weaver I 00 2. Kurt Folhergill 0 0 0 0, Wode Wilkinson 0 00 0.

Jack Ecker 0 2 2 2, Aaron Mannina 9 S4 23. Totals 29 1014 74. Dakota State Earnest Monette 4 2 2 10. Cory Otterdahl 4 2 3 12, Tyrone Ross 4 2-2 10. Isaac Clark 4 0 19, Kevin Smith 3 04 Pred Fleming I 0 0 3, Mike Moran 0 00 0, Ken Wright 0 0 0 0, Matt LuBne 0 00 0.

Duon McFodden 3 1-1 7, Pat Winter 2 00 4, Maurice Peterson 112 3. Totals 26 1 11 65. 3 point goals-Oivis, Burgess 3, Marshall. Williams, Otterdohl 2, Clark, Smith, Flemina. FG P.

tentaeeS-BHSU 56 (29 52), OSO 51 (26 51). Rebounds-BHSU 27 (Manning 8), OSO 15. Turnovers-BHSU 14. DSU 12. Total fouls-BHSU 13.

DSU 16. Fouled out -None. Officials-Kapl-tan. Long, Schater. By Delbert Thompson Journal Sports Writer The Rapid City Thrillers boosted their home-victory streak to eight before 5,521 fans with their 115-90 rout of the Birmingham Bandits Friday night at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center.

The 25-point win for the Thrillers, highlighted by a 6:34 stretch in the fourth period where they held the Bandits scoreless, gives them a 13-9 record. And the six quarter points garnered improves their quarter-point total to 91. Seven Rapid City players broke into double-digits led by Keith Smart's 24 points and Jarvis Basnight's 20. Nate Johnston and Larry Robinson, six coming on 2-for-3 three-point shooting, added 16 points each. Nikita Wilson followed with 12, newcomer Perry McDonald had 11, and Irving Thomas 10.

Birmingham falls to 11-14 with 8 1 '2 points. The Bandits were paced by Jim Farmer's 19 points. Richard HoIIis and Dave Popson had 13 points apiece with Eugene McDowell Thrillers After three days of litigation, Rapid City has picked up the rights to former Bakersfield Jammers Tod Murphy and Kevin Pritchard. The Bakersfield franchise of the Continental Basketball Association folded on Dec. 31, leaving its players and their rights entangled in a dispersal draft.

The Thrillers chose the rights to the Minnesota Timberwolves' Murphy and the Boston Celtics' Pritchard. Murphy, a 6-foot-10 center out of UC-Irvine, is a three-year NBA veteran. He played for the CBA's Albany Patroons under Bill Musselman in 1987-88. Murphy played in 22 games for the Timberwolves, shooting 50 percent from the floor, before being placed on injured reserve on Thursday. "Tod proved he can play in the NBA, however, due to changes in Timberwolves personnel, Tod could be the odd-man-out next season.

Right now he's in the last year of his guaranteed contract," said Thrillers coach Eric Musselman. Musselman said he was pleased to obtain the rights of two outstanding players, even though the Thrillers drafted 12th among 16 teams. Pritchard, a 6-3 guard who started for the 1988 Kansas NCAA champs, appeared in 11 games for the Celtics this season, averaging 80 percent from the line for 4 2 points per game. He is currently on the Celtics' injured reserve list TV Sportsj NFL football: Falcons at Redskins, CBS, 10:30 a.m.; Oilers at Broncos, NBC, 2 p.m. Golf: Ben Hogan Invitational, ESPN, 3 p.m.

College basketball: Oklahoma at Massachusetts, ESPN, 6 p.m.; Tulane at Louisville, PSN, 8 p.m. NBA basketball: Clippers at Hawks, TBS, 5:30 p.m. U.S. Olympic Gold: Figure skating, TBS, 8 p.m. Hockey: at Denver, PSN, 5 p.m.

Journal photo by Jim Holland Birmingham's Larry Houzer (45) watches as Thriller Nate Johnson's arching layup falls through for a HairdrocEteirs gain SD1C finals; Yellow Jackets play for fifth MADISON South Dakota Tech and Sioux Falls College will meet at 9 (CST) tonight for the championship of the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference men's basketball tournament. Tech defeated Mayville State 94-84 in one semifinal game Friday night. Sioux Falls upset Dakota Wesleyan 103-75 in the other. In the consolation round Friday, Mount Marty defeated Huron 84-76 and Black Hills Slate stopped Dakota State 74-65. Derek Knapp was 8-12 from the field and finished with 21 points for Tech.

Rusty Kocon added 16 and Mitch Slusarski 15 for Tech, which trailed 44-41 at halftime. Tech took advantage of Mayville's foul troubles to hit 28 of 33 charity tosses. Cedric Weatherspoon led Mayville with 26 points and 14 rebounds. Wade Grinde added 19 points. Sioux Falls shot 45 percent from the field, was 27-31 in free throws and 12-24 in 3-puint shooting in downing Dakota Wesleyan.

Lance Winter led four double-figure scorers for the Cougars with 1'aul Johnson added 17. Dakota Wesleyan, which shot 36 percent from the field, was led by Scott Morgan with 32 points and 12 rebounds. DWU was 16-28 in free throws and SOX men 3-22 from 3- point range. In today's consolation games, Dakota State takes on Huron at 1 p.m. Mount Marty will play Black Hills State at 3 and Mayville will face Dakota Wesleyan at 7.

"We didn't take care of the basketball down the stretch last night, but we did this time. We managed to maintain our composure and stave off a rally," said BHSU assistant coach Doug Steward. "The key to the game was taking care of the.