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ii iqi -ty i Feb. 26, 1981 SECTION Wesleyan defeats Millikin By Jim Barnhart Paragraph sports editor Paced by Greg Yess' 37 points and 16 rebounds, Illinois Wesleyan University clinched' third place in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin basketball race with a 94-80 victory over a game but outmanned Millikin team at Fred Young Fieldhouse Wednesday night. Yess made his first eight shots and Wesleyan, as a team, shot 60 percent from the field before a Seniors Night crowd of 1,800 people. The Titans finished their regular season schedule with a 15-10 mark and an 11-5 conference record. Millikin, which could have tied IWU for third by winning, finished its campaign with a 14-12 record and a 9-7 conference mark.

The decision was not easy for Wesleyan which ran up a 24-14 lead only to have Millikin score 10 straight points to force a tie. Wesleyan gained a 43-39 half time edge and then busted it open with nine straight points in the first two and one-half minutes of the second half. Wesleyan led by 21 points with 10:11 to play but Millikin kept clawing and came as close as 11 points in the late going. "It was really a pleasing way to end the home season," said Wesleyan coach Dennis Bridges. "We didn't intend to but a few nights we sent the crowd home sad.

They stuck with us and it was a nice reminder to them of what we can do. "I think the key was that we played well enough on defense to get into our break. And we had some fantastic fastbreaks. We broke their press as well as you can break a press. "When we didn't have the break we showed good patience and attacked if A OX- A their zone as well as we have for a month." Bridges said he never expected Millikin to quit and Joe Ramsey, the Big Blue coach, was pleased with his team's effort.

"We got off to poor starts each half," said Ramsey. "But I'm proud of the fact that we didn't give up. We've been playing flat mentally; that's why we decided to push the tempo. It was a go-for-broke kind of attitude." Wesleyan, which had a 24-8 rebounding edge in the first half, finished with a 41-29 lead, including team rebounds. "At the half, I told the kids that Wesleyan had scored more baskets because of the rebounds off the defensive boards," said Ramsey.

"Their fastbreak did not lead to that many layup baskets." Wesleyan finished the game with the five seniors Terry Edlen, Dave Welch, Mike Hills, Joe Bothe, and Greg Umland on the floor. Millikin shot 43 percent from the field but did have two less turnovers than Wesleyan, which admitted to 21. Wesleyan's accelerated start had the Titans sinking seven of their first eight shots and zooming to a 14-6 lead with 15:27 left in the first half. "Yess had a great night and played the boards well as usual," said Bridges. "Dunning (Millikin sophomore Wayne Dunning) is a real fine player and very physical.

You have to work hard on him inside. I thought our team defense did a good job." Yess has 521 season points which puts him seventh on the Wesleyan all-time list where he's tied with Fran Conlee. ILLINOIS WESLEYAN FG FT RebPFTP Yess 16-21 5-7 16 4 37 Clements 4-8 2-2 3 3 10 3-5 0-0 5 5 6 Gregurich 2 2 0 Edlen 5-8 4-4 3 3 14 Billington 1-2 0-0 0 1 2 Welch 5-9 4-4 0 1 2 Umland 0-0 1-2 4 2 1 2-3 2-2 6 3 6 Hills 0-0 2-2 112 Bothe 1-2 0-0 12 2 Totals 37-62 20-23 38 26 94 MILLIKIN FG FT RebPFTP Dunning 9-20 4-5 7 4 22 Kupish 2-7 7-8 7 2 11 Sams 7-12 0-0 3 3 14 Jackson 1-5 0-0 0 5 2 Patton 1-5 2-2 13 4 Boykin 3-9 0-3 2 3 6 Goodrich 5-8 9-12 3 3 19 Sanders 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 Totals 29-67 22-30 23 23 80 Illinois Wesleyan 43 5194 Millikin 39 41-80 Wesleyan's Junior Varsity defeated the Millikin Jayvees, 78-64, in the preliminary game. IWU Jayvees Millikin J.V. fg ft fg ft Fruendt 12 0 Jones 0 0 Kuffel 5 0 Jackson 3 2 Thomas 4 0 Lawrence 2 0 Wall 4 0 Sarff 2 1 Judson 5 0 Pieper I 0 Finerty 0 0 Holland 1 1 Crawford 1 0 Jones 2 0 Marquardt 0 0 Durley 4 0 Bone 1 0 Coyne 3 0 Murray 1 0 O'Malley 1 0 Roth 6 0 Kraemer 8 4 Harris 1 0 39 0 28 8 IWU Jayvees 40 38 78 Millikin Jayvees 32 32 64 Fouled out: None Team fouls: IWU Jayvees, 13; Millikin Jayvees, 14 Heyworth, host win at Clinton Wesleyan's Kent Schneider (54) tires to I In uri nnrl 1 1 b'o shot by Wayne Dunning of Milli-Kjp, Up, ana Up kin in fjrst.half action Wednesday night.

(Pantagraph Photo by Nancy Holding). At Roanoke At Pontiac lllini Bluffs tops El Paso with rally Flanagan, Pontiac reach semifinals GAMES TODAY 6 30 m. Central Catholic vs. Wapella I 00 p.m. Clinton v.

Heyworth By Randy Kindred CLINTON Well, that's the way the ball bounces out. At least that's the way it bounced for Tri-Valley and LeRoy high schools here Wednesday night in the first quarter of their respective first-round games in the Clinton Class A Regional Basketball Tournament. And by the time each had persuaded the ball to bounce into the basket rather than out of it, No. 2-seeded Clinton had disposed of stubborn Tri-Valley, 73-60, and Heyworth had thumped LeRoy, 78-61. Clinton Tri-Valley managed to make just three of 19 shots from the field in the opening quarter, which saw Vikings' standout Ryan Roberts make just two of 11.

The Vikings, who trailed 12-8 after one quarter, warmed up to a seven for 15 shooting performance in the second period and trailed by just two points (31-29) at the half. But Clinton, which raised its record to 14-11, took control of things in the third quarter, outscoring the Vikings, 8-2, at the start of the period for a 39-31 lead. Don Billingsley, who had been in bed with the flu since Sunday, scored eight of his 19 points in the third quarter to spark Clinton. The Maroons blew the game open in the early stages of the fourth quarter, using a 11-4 spurt to open up a 62-45 lead. "What killed us was the first quarter," said Tri-Valley coach Ken May, whose team ended the season with an 11-12 record.

"That's the worst we've shot all year. Ryan never misses some of those shots he missed in the first quarter." Clinton coach Tom Gramkow admitted his team was fortunate to be ahead at the half. "We were lucky to be where we were at the half," he said. "Roberts was off and it was a good thing. "Billingsley was off a little in the beginning, but he came on and played well the second, half.

And Hamblen (center Darrel) also played well the consecutive Gridley turnovers late in the third quarter to break from a 33-30 lead to a 37-30 advantage at the end of three quarters. Pontiac then outscored Gridley, 6-2, in the first two minutes of the fourth quarter for a 43-32 lead on the way to its 13th triumph in 24 starts. Gridley tried to come back, but was forced to foul and Pontiac responded by canning 9 of 14 free throws in the final 2 minutes, 44 seconds. Gridley opened a 9-8 lead early in the first quarter, but Timmerman sank three jumpers to give Pontiac a 12-9 lead. "Dan's a good pressure player for us," said Pontiac coach Jack Murphy.

"He played very well early and (Dave) Lindsey took the ball to the basket in the third quarter." Lindsey, who led Pontiac with 16 points, scored 10 in the third quarter. "I thought we could have gone up six or eight points on them in the first half if Timmerman hadn't been so tough," said Gridley coach Pete Meiss. "We went to a zone four times and twice Timmerman came down and hit a basket over the zone. That forced us to change. "Pontiac plays tough defense.

They've probably got one of the better ones we've faced all season. They were taking away our shot on the baseline." Gridley was led by junior Bill Hayes with 20 points and he drew praise from Murphy. "That's only the fourth time all season a player has scored 20 points on us," Murphy said. "He's one of the better players we've faced this season. We knew he would score." The loss ended Gridley's season at 11-13.

GAME TODAY 7:30 p.m. Tremont vs. Eureka By Mark Brandt ROANOKE lllini Bluffs High School basketball coach Mike Colston was quite candid when referring to his squad's 50-47 Class A Regional Tournament victory over El Paso here Wednesday. "We dodged the bullet," he admitted. "They shot and we dodged." Battling back after El Paso took a 10-point lead at 39-29 in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter, the Tigers threw a tenacious full-court press on the Comets and immediately caused three crucial turnovers.

That, combined with the inside play of center Jeff Nannen, gave lllini Bluffs its first lead since midway through the second period at 42-41 with 3:35 left in the game. lllini Bluffs' Mike Gollon widened that gap to 46-41 amost two minutes later on an eight-footjump shot and two free throws. "I was surprised by the effectiveness of our press," Colston said. "We could be a bit more agressive because we were one foul from the bonus situation and we could play with a little more abandon, but I thought they would have less problems because of their quickness." The key however, may have been some hot lllini Bluffs shooting in the third quarter. After shooting only 34 percent from the field in the first half, the Tigers hit their first five second-half shots, mostly in the 20-foot range.

That brought El Paso's 2-3 zone out and gave Nannen room on the inside. He ended the night with a team-leading 22 points. "Our shooting caused them to make some adjustments in their 2-3 zone, particularly when we were getting shots from the point," Colston said. "It's tough to cover the wings, the middle and the point from a 2-3 zone." For El Paso, it was just a case of missing shots in crucial situations, second half." Hamblen led Clinton with 24 points while Roberts, who finished 10 of 29 from the field, had 24 for Tri-Valley. Tony Norman added 12 for the Vikings while Doug Sturgeon finished with 16 for Clinton, which hit 32 of 51 field goal attempts compared to 24 of 52 for Tri-Valley.

Heyworth LeRoy took a page out of the Tri-Valley book, hitting just three of 13 field goal attempts in the opening quarter while Heyworth was hitting eight of 15. The result was an 18-6 Heyworth lead after one stanza. LeRoy, which missed its first eight shots, could get no closer than 10 points the rest of the way after its fatal first quarter. "They (Heyworth) came out hot and we missed our first eight or nine shots," said LeRoy coach Steve Epperson, whose team finished the season 10-14. "And you can't let a team like Heyworth get off to that kind of start against you." Heyworth coach Kirby Bruce agreed the first quarter was the difference.

"We shot pretty well and played pretty good defense the first quarter," he said. "And the lid was on the basket for them. It's frustrating for a team to go that long without a basket." Bruce's team is 19-6 and could become the first team in Heyworth history to win 20 games with a victory tonight. Brian Tria led the Hornets with 19 points, while Brian Mose and Mike McNeely had 16 apiece. Brian Moyer had 18, John Underhill 12 and John O'Rourke 10 for LeRoy.

Heyworth hit 29 of 59 shots from the floor while LeRoy made 27 of 60. Clinton 29 41 60 12 31 51 73 TRI-VALLEY Roberts 10-4-24, Tony Norman 5-2-12, Springer 0-1-1, DeLong 1-3-5, Hayes 3-2-8, Whitwood 0-0-0, Klingenburg 3-0-4, Prince 1-0-2, Tim Norman 1-0-2. Jimerson 0-0-0 Total 24-12-60. CLINTON McKinley 0-2-2, Billingsley 9-1-19, Hamblen 11-2-24, Sturgeon 7-2-16, Lamkin 3-0-6, Mandrell 1-2-4, Davis 0-0-0, Hickman 1-0-2, DiMartino 0-0-0, Cisco 0-0-0, Robinson 0-0-0, Kreuser 0-0-0. Totals 32-9-73.

LeRoy 6 24 3 61 It 37 56 78 LEROY-Peavler 1-0-2. Moyer 8-2-18, O'Rourke 4-2-10, Underhill 5-2-12, Nichols 3-0-6, Crawford 1-1-3, Walker 2-0-4, Imig 2-0-4, Ruckman 1-0-2, Hamm 0-0-0, Suering 0- 0-0. Totals 27-7-61. HEYWORTH-Springer 0-3-3, Tria 8-3-19, Mose 7-2-16, Meiss 4-1-9, McNeely 7-2-16, Carl 1- 1-3, Newton 1-2-4, Necessary 1-2-4, Price 0-2-2, Davis 04-0. Shirk 0-2-2.

Totals -29-20-78. with a 71-60 victory over Lincoln Land in Wednesday night's second game. Greg Stoner scored 18 points in a losing cause for Richland while teammate Victor Young added 14. Lincoln College Richland 46 46 92 29 28 57 LINCOLN COLLEGE Borner 2-1-5, Bowman 2-2-6, Echols 3-0-6, Gilmore 2-1-5, Goeken 1-0-2, Jones 4-0-8, Poinsette 8-4-20, Simpson 9-2-20, Townslay 1-2-4, Watkins 7-2-16, Wallbank 0-0-O. Totals 39-14-92.

RICHLAND COMMUNITY Young 6-2-14, Stoner 8-0-16, Cook 4-0-8, Flag 4-1-9, Spates 2-3-7, Kaufman 0-04. Totals 24-6-57. Concorida led at halftime, 36-29. Eureka College, 17-8 this season, goes into District 20 play Saturday with a game at Quincy. Concordia dropped to 12-11.

Eureka College Concordia 29 45 6 80 36 38 4 78 EUREKA COLLEGE Brady 10-2-22, Reed 8-0-16, Fisher 0-0-0, Sain 10-1-21, Bell 1-1-3, Trimpe 8-0-16, Harper 0-0-0, Hunt 1-0-2, Griffin 0-0-0. Totals 38-4-80. CONCORDIA TEACHERS Lecbuhr 10-8-28, Shvett 8-2-18, Shiley 6-2-14, Rogers 3-0-6, Bergmann 2-0-4, Reinklng 2-0-4, Zed-dies 0-0-0. Bartels 2-0-4, Aumann 0-0-0. Totals 33-12-78.

according to coach Dave Orr. "We had a rough fourth quarter, we were only three for 12 from the field and we just missed the shots when we needed them," he said. "They (lllini Bluffs) shot well the fourth quarter and that brought us out and then their big man was open inside. We just couldn't match up man-to-man." The Tigers' outside shooting almost brought them back in the third period. lllini Bluffs knotted the score at 25 with 5:03 left in that period on a 20-foot jump shot by Stan Scott.

However, El Paso outscored the Tigers 124 in the last five minutes of that period and took a 37-29 lead after three quarters. "When we got the lead we had trouble controling the tempo," Orr concluded. lllini Bluffs moved to 21-6 for the year. El Paso, 10-16, was led by Landis Loewen with 13 points and Brian Kelly with 10. lllini El Paso 8 15 29 50 12 21 37 47 ILLINI BLUFFS-Aidridge 1-2-4.

Geier 1-1-3, M. Gollon 5-3-13, Nannen 9-4-22, Scott 4-0-8, Eeten 0-0-0, J. Gollon 0-0-0. Totals 20-10-50. EL PASO-Crump 2-0-4, Kelly 5-0-10, Valentine 4-0-8, Sennott 4-0-8.

Loewen 6-1-13, McWilliams 1-2-4, Srown 0-0-0. Totals 22-3-47. Dantley, Griffith lead Jazz to victory SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Forward Adrian Dantley scored 40 points and rookie Darrell Griffith added 25 as the Utah Jazz took an early lead and blew by New Jersey 132-106 in a National Basketball Association game Wednesday night. NEW JERSEY (106)- Van Breda Kolff 1 0-0 4, O'Koren 6 04 1. Elliott 5 3-7 13, Cook 6 0-0 12, Newlln 9 13-14 31, Robinson 8 4-4 20, Moore 0 0-0 0, Jones 4 3-5 11, Sparrow 0 3-4 3.

Totals 40 26-34 106. UTAH (132)- Dantley 12 16-22 40, Po-quette 2 0-0 4, Wilkins 0 0-0 0, Griffith 11 3-3 25, Green 5 2-2 12, Nicks 4 2-5 10, Cooper 4 6-8 14, Bristow 3 0-0 6. Judkins 4 2-2 11, Bennett I 6-7 8, Duren 1 OO 2. Totals 47 37-49 132. New Jersey Utah 28 24 27 27-106 Jy 31 34 25-132 Jeff Staples of Olympia and Fred Szabados of University High.

Bailey, along with teammate Lindsey, are the only juniors to make either squad this year. All the others are seniors. CORN BELT ALL-STARS FIRST TEAM Don Billingsley Clinton Jeff Foster Olympia Davt Holfi Central Catholic Dave Lindsey Pontiac Scott LaDew Olympia Pat McLaughlin Eureka SECOND TEAM Paul Bailey Pontiac Scott Adaml Metamora Tom Lamkin Clinton Jeff Staples Olympia Fred Szabados University High Unanimous choice GAMES TODAY 6:30 p.m. Lexington vs. Fairbury-Cropsey 8:00 p.m.

Flanagan vs. Pontiac By Bryan Bloodworth PONTIAC Normally, Flanagan High School's Matthew Schwerin and Pontiac's Dan Timmerman aren't known for their scoring prowess. But in Wednesday night's session of the Pontiac Class A Basketball Tournament, both provided the scoring punch early to lead their respective teams to victory. Schwerin scored 12 points in the first half to help No. 2 seeded Flanagan past stubborn Octavia, 59-43, in the first game while Timmerman scored six first quarter points to pace third seeded Pontiac past Gridley, 52-46, in the nightcap.

Flanagan Bill Braksick, Flanagan's 6-foot, 10-inch sophomore center, scored 19 points to go along with Schwerin's 15 in the Falcons' 20th victory in 25 starts. The Falcons made their first four shots from the field and 8 of 10 shots in the first quarter to grab an 18-8 lead. Flanagan kept up the hot shooting in the second quarter by canning 6 of 9 field goal attempts to move to a 30-16 halftime advantage. And it was Schwerin, who hit all six of his first half shots and finished with a 7 for 9 performance from the field, who hurt Octavia early admitted Rocket coach Gale Thoroman. "We didn't help out on defense other than on Braksick," said Thoroman.

"We were so conscious of Braksick that we let the others beat us. "They shot well but most of their shots were from the inside. They controlled the inside and we couldn't penetrate." Flanagan enjoyed a 39-18 lead with 4:20 left in the third quarter before Octavia outscored the Falcons, 12-4, to pull within a 43-30 disadvantage. But 13 was as close as the Rockets were to get. Flanagan coach Roger Smith was happy to get the victory but not necessarily with the manner the Falcons arrived at it.

They were guilty of 20 turnovers. "We had 'too many unforced turnovers," he said. "We were impatient. Schwerin had a super first half but we weren't playing with a lot of intensity on defense. "I was more disappointed with our lack of play on defense than offense.

We gave them too many shots." Braksick, who according to Smith has grown an inch since the start of the season, pulled down 15 rebounds and blocked four shots. Octavia ended the season with a 10-16 record. The Rockets were led by Dana Coldren and Todd Sweet with 12 points each. Pontiac The Indians took advantage of two Lincoln College wins tourney opener GODFREY Julius Poinsette and Vince Simpson each scored 20 points and Fred Watkins added 16 to lead Lincoln College to the final of the Illinois Junior College Section 4 Tournament with a 92-57 triumph against, Richland Community College here Wednesday night. The Lynx, now 25-4, will meet Belleville Friday at 7:30 m.

for the right to advance to the State Junior College Tournament. Belleville made the final Corn Belt Conference names cage All-Stars Octavia 8 16 32 43 18 30 47 59 OCTAVIA -Sweet 6-0-12; Coldren 6-0-12; Petersen 0-0-0; Hardman 1-0-2; Hoffman 3-2-8; Kelly 2-0-4; Kaufman 0-0-0; Landau 0- 1-1; Evans 1-0-2; Gutheri 1-0-2. Totals -20-3-43. FLANAGAN -Albertson 3-0-6; Reese 5-0-10; Braksick 9-1-19; Schwerin 7-1-15; Perry 0-2-2; Gerig 1-1-3; Gundy 0-2-2; Mallory 1- 0-2; Ringenberg 0-0-0; Huxtable 0-0-0. Totals 26-7-59.

Pontiac. 11 20 30 46 12 21 37 52 GRIDLEY -B. Hayes 7-6-20; Lomelino 4- 1-9; Cunliffe 1-1-3; R. Klefer 3-0-6; Trent 0-0-0; Meiss 3-2-8, E. Kiefer 0-0-0; J.

Hayes 0-0-0. Totals 18-10-46. PONTIAC -Lindsey 7-2-16; Harding 1-1-5; Bailey 4-2-10; Crowley 1-6-8; Timmerman 5- 2-12; turtle 0-0-0; Evans 0-1-1. Totals -19-14-52. Sports on TV EVENING 7.00 (WO NBA Basketball San Antonio Spurs vs.

Seattle SuperSonics EI Col lege Basketball Illinois vs. Minnesota. Run taped at 10:30 on Ch. 31. 03 College Basketball Bradley vs.

Wichita State U. 8:30 (10C) Boxing "Golden Gloves" Eureka College nips Concordia Dave Holtz of Central Catholic High School, Jeff Foster of Olympia and Don Billingsley of Clinton were unanimous choices for the Corn Belt Conference All-Star Basketball Team announced recently by the league. Joining Holtz, Foster and Billingsley on the first team were Dave Lindsey of Pontiac, Scott LaDew of Olympia and Pat McLaughlin of Eureka. LaDew and McLaughlin both were on the second team last year, the only non-seniors named a year ago. This year's second team consists of Paul Bailey of Pontiac, Scott Adami of Tom Lamkin of Clinton, RIVER FOREST (PNS) Sam Reed hit a 20-foot jumper with one second left in overtime to lead Eureka College over Concordia Teachers, 80-78, here Wednesday night.

Earlier, Jim Ledbuhr, Concordia's leading scorer, hit a jumper to force the overtime. Ledbuhr ended the night with 28 points. Eureka College was led in scoring by Ed Brady with 22 points. Mike Sain added 21 and Tracey Trimpe and Reed chipped in 16 points apiece. J'-..