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tttv T'V'yV I Ytf tt WiTyV 11 7 -7 'i 'j i TTmT Lexington Herald SPORTS Lexington Ky Friday Morning March 21 1975 Oregon By KICK BAILEY 01 tin MaraM SUM DAYTON Ohio The last time Indiana played Oregon State the Boosters scored 48 points and lost to the Beavers 61 By halftime in their game here last night IU had 48 points to 27 Nolo contendre as some one once said By game's end Indiana was ahead 8171 and ready to meet Kentucky in Saturday's Mideast Regional championship game The Wildcats subdued Central Michigan 90-73 In last night's opening game- Now back to first half that awed the capacity crowd In Dayton Arena and assured 1U its 31st consecutive win of the season Add three wins from last season and the total is 34 straight without a loss Arizona State Wins Arizona State defeated Ne-vada-Las Vegas 84-81 to advance to the championship game of the West Region at Portland Ore There were several reasons why Indiana wasted no time with i ry Oregon State Such as: Kentucky's Lorry Johnson drives around -Central Michigan's Dennis Parks in last NCAA Mideast Regional in Dayton 9073 and face Indiana Saturday pm for the regional championship Photo by Martin Jessee) County which dll not work No matter After i Chippewa goal Flynn slipped an assist to Givens Johnson Robey and Givens followed that np with goals Big UK Lead What it aU meant is this: Fourteen Kentucky points Jto only two by its foe Elapsed time--was less than three minutes The UK lead wu M- 66 with only 2:30 showing on the Dayton Arens dock Grabbing Lopsided Victories By BICK BAILEY Of TRu HornM Staff DAYTON Ohio The pass which signifies good things for the Kentucky Wildcats failed When Mike Flynn threw the hall toward Kevin Grevey and the basket he threw it away Flynn was property repentant afterward But not too much you understand Because Kentucky followed its usual pattern of brilliant basketball for a few minutes tong enough to subdue pesky Central Michigan 90-73 in the Mideast Regional semifinals here lest night Failure of the fob pass notwithstanding For those who may not know such a play is the same thing as when Red Auerbach the former pro coach lit his when another Boston win was assured Tlmlag Right But timing was right Because the Wildcats were in the process of finally putting away the stubborn Chippewas who were not at all awed by their highly regarded foe In fact CMU had fought from an 11-point deficit (55-44) with some 15 minutes left to a 70-66 disadvantage Then the man-tman defense asserted itself by forcing three straight CMU turn overs Which in turn led to baskets by Jack Givens Rick Bobey and Givens again In leu -than a minute Kentucky had six straight point a 76-66 lead and the (M) FG FT 41444 4 1-t 11 Ft 1-1 4-17 MI 44 7-11 1-1 4-1 44 A TP 4 I 4 11 I 11 I 17 1 I 1 11 VIS 4 4 1 I 5 I I 1 It Luc Warfare Hwklns Totals CENTRAL MICHJGANJ7I) ATP 1 4 17 i ii i ii i i 4 5 I 4 4 4 IS Draks McElruy NsundtiaM Davis Halmlnk Parks Alexander Kaadlns McClain Glretto Totals II 4M 1-1 Ml 41)11 I Ml 4 1-1 44 4 I-1 41 41 1 41 44 I II 41 Mi IMS 17 11 44 Kantockv Canlral MHRIsan Officials Emfa VHtoartt anS Lav Soriano Alt 114SS On The Move Central unafraid to drive for the -basket drawing the fouls and hitting 18 of its 20 free throws On the other hand Its defense took up garbage collecting picking up the loose balls under the Johnson Central basket and flipping them out on the break Leading 49-25 at the half Knott came roaring back on a Herbie Stamper driving layup But then Johnson Central mounted its only real threat Using Steve LeMaster's outside shooting and ability to drive on the wavy Knott defense and getting good inside shooting from Jack Wiroman Johnson sliced the Knott lead to 55-36 with 5:04 left in the quarter Herbie Stamper then picked up his fourth foul with 3:20 left and went to the bench -with 27 points With 1:55 left Jack Wireman had hit four free throws and Steve LeMaster added a driving layup to make it 61-49 -But Mullins and Williams combined to up the lead to 65-51 and Johnson could come no closer Mafe 72 Elizabethtown 49 Male had to survive three uprisings before finally The Cats won at 2:10 (Staff 25 And Joe Hall the winning coach said: ran wdl against their press I think that was the turning point of the game When they started to press ws ran out and got the jumper It mads us quicker Especially with playeis like Jack Givens finding his shooting eye for 10 of his 12 (See UK Page 31) A Rebound Tractor) Price Famous Ota Jay IS and Under Dancing Lets of Company No Boozs Male disposing of pesky E-town Proving to be too much for its foe on the boards Male ripped in 58 per cent of its field goal attempts to own the game told my players at the half that they always expect to blow these teams out by 40 said Male coach Wade Houston told them these teams are here for a purpose They hgd to be good to get here and I told them not to take them lightly Obviously we did at Never Trailed And yet Male while having its problems still did not trial after the opening tipoff effective when we get the ball Inside and our guards doing that at Houston explained we won by 23 You can't expect to always win by were overpowering and said E-town coach Ray VenciU one of the better Male teams played against Their outside shooting is better than any other Male team although not as aggressive on the -But the statistics tell a different story While Male may have been lax In other areas including defense at (See KNOTT Page 39) Buries State to the Koosiers return mstch with Kentucky at 2:10 Saturday afternoon OesOON STATS 0) ar a srara NmI I 4 Tdur 4-1 4 I a 4 4 a 4 411 4 I 14 WW 4 7 MHtor 40 14 I 4 I I 4-7 seas DmM I 1 Runyon 1 1 4 HomoMoy 41 1-1 I 1 VMM SMS 744 17 II 71 INDIANA (H) APS TO 4 IS IS 8 1 0 a 0 a a 1 a a WllkortMi Sudinor i a a is 4 4 5 14 1 1 a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 4a LatkmnkJ Groan ADornwnv May AhMoW Wiamon Crows Karmtor Totals loSlona Knott Record By LARRY BARNES Of Tlw HtraM Stiff LOUISVILLE Knott County Central averaging a regular season four-point defeat at the hands of Johnson Central pumped away for 60 per cent field goal accuracy to swamp its foe 88-68 in the opening game of Session Four of the State Tournament In the nightcap Louisville Male got 21 points from Bobby Turner 19 from Darryl Griffith and 14 from Kevin Anderson to thwart a big Kara from Elisabethtown and wind up with a 72-49 walk-sway The two schools meet tonight at 9 pm in the quarterfinals Getting 29 points from Herbie Stamper and 20 from Wendell Williams Knott Central kept its foes off the boards and used Its fast break to perfection 'while routing the 15th Region champs got a good shooting said Knott Central a George Francis usually been over 50 per cent in shooting for most of the season But then we run up against a big Club like Male this year" So what happened In the third quarter when Johnson Central threatened to wipe out a 24-point Knott lead? got foul trouble and should have been intercepted Those passes had they been Intercepted could have turned the game around (or really killed us on the boards They got a lot of second shots and kept us from getting uhl Johnson Central coach tiifjij Wendell Wallen were forced to shoot outside and we weren't hitting Knott Co 88 Johnson Centrai 68 Knott Central played a sometimes methodical sometimes racehorse type of game Led by Herbie 12 points in the first quarter Knott built a 26-13 lead It did so easily almost effortlessly Using the muscle on the boards supplied by alternating centers- Joe Stamper and Sherman Day along with Greg Ratliff Knott began whipping the ball out on a devastating fast break When the break didn't work the Patriots were content to pass the ball around the outside eyeing its big men working around the basket until someone broke 'free Then 'the pinpoint passes of guards Marty Mullins and Wendell Williams firand their mark usually to Herbie Stamper for the score 1 Knott Unafraid Knott also appeared KNOTT CO CENTBAL INI top player Lonnie Shelton playl 7:21 That's how tongit took him to be charged with four personal fouls He played 4:14 more in the second half before No 5 ended his evening with a total of only seven points By intermission Indiana was shooting 647 per cent Forward Steve Green was even better than that lie was seven of eieht from the field and scored 17 points He finished 14 of 19 and had 34 Center Kent Benson was seven for at the break and had IS points He wound up 11 for 18 with 23 points 181 IU Streak Actually Oregon State wm trailing only 22-20 midway 'through the first half With 1 6:25 to play the Beavers were -behind 30-24 Five minutes later the score was 48-25 which breaks down to an 18-1 IIoosier surge Aterward Beaver coach 'Ralph Miller was saying: whole issue was settled in the first half when we did not play well for the last 10 minutes Of course we were handicapped by Sheldon being on the bench I thought a couple of the finds were rather questionable fMrA Indiana is a much better team now than the one we beat last year a year older and a year smarter and (Quinn) Buckner is much better not doing things differently but their execution has really Green So Good And winning coach Bobby Knight was saying: thought we went from patient to impatient to patient in the first half If I knew why Steve Green was so good I would make three or four kids Just as Knight turned his attention Rick Robey takes a rebound in last night's NCAA Mideast Region game against Central Michigan Looking on is Dan Roundfield (32) and James McEIroy (14) UK won the game' 90-73 (Staff Photo by Martin Jessee) 1 IN CHEVY CHASE Sports Lineup NtHIfF Williams Mullins Stvrtlll Hill Csmbs 7 LaMantar Wiraman Wlrcman Blanton Jsl Blanton StursHI LaMsstor Ctwto Tartar Tatato Kaatt C4 CanHM 17 IS-SS JstoNaa Canlral tt 14 17-14 Total Fouls: Knott Ca Cantrsl Hi Jetwnon Cantrsl FsutoS Out: Ratliff Wiraman KENTUCKY COLONELS UTAH OTARS MONDAY MARCH 24 7:30 PM MEMORIAL COLISEUM Tictili Oa Sill Mmorfaf CaOina Mn Bn Sal llaa-Sfu 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