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THE PANTAGRAPH, Thursday, Jan. 5, 1995 B3 Creighton trips Red bird women Ex-Lexington, ISU pitcher Freed prepared for scouting Bulls top Nuggets, win third straight CHICAGO (AP) B.J. Armstrong scored the game's final 6 points, including a tiebreaking jumper with 1:46 to play, as the Chicago Bulls blew a 2l-point lead but still defeated the Denver Nuggets 86-80 Wednesday night Scottie Pippen scored 21 points, Ton! Kukoc 20 and Armstrong 18 for the Bulls, who have their first three-game winning streak of the season. All three victories have come since Kukoc joined Pippen in Chicago's starting frontcourt Dikembe Mutombo scored 18 points, including two free throws with 2:06 left that pulled Denver into an 80-aIl tie. Armstrong answered with a 15-footer with 1:46 left and then hit four free throws in the closing seconds.

Denver, meanwhile, self-destructed with four turnovers in the final 44 seconds and lost despite holding Chicago to 30 points in the second half. scoring 12 of ISlTs 28 first-half points and forcing 12 Creighton turnovers in the final 11 minutes before intermission. "They came off the bench well for us, but I thought we shot the ball instead of looking to score," said Hutchison, whose team made Just 9 of 32 first half shots (28 percent) and trailed 37-28. ISlTs chances of getting back in the game in the second half were hampered by the foul trouble of Melanle Ward and Kay Schroeder, the Redbirds' top two scorers and rebounders. Each drew their fourth foul before the 15-minute mark.

Creighton pulled away from that point, leading by as many as 23 points. "The fouls hurt us big-time," Hutchison said. "Mel has been our go-to player and we really needed her tonight" Ward and Vossel scored 14 points each for ISU. Center Jenny Olson turned in 18 points, 11 rebounds and four blocked shots for Creighton. The Bluejays connected on 25 of 31 free throws, compared to 10 of 16 for the Redbirds.

OMAHA, Neb. Preseason Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Becky Flynn scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Creighton women's bas- CREIGHTON 79 ketball team 59 aeieatea Ill inois State, 79-59, Wednesday. Flynn keyed Creighton's early effort with 14 points and six rebounds in the first half as the Bluejays won their sixth straight and moved to 8-2 overall and 2-0 in the Valley. ISU dropped to 4-6 and 0-2 in the MVC. "Becky makes a lot of things happen for them," said Redbird coach Jill Hutchison, who was denied her 400th career victory for the third time.

"They don't do anything fancy, but they are very effective." ISU got off to another slow start With her team trailing 21-7, Hutchison brought In freshmen Corinne Vossel and Kristin Valdez, sophomore Mary Jane Johnson and junior Caroline Walsh off the bench. The reserves made a difference, By RANDY KINDRED Pantagraph staff In 1990, Kevin Malone was a scout for the Montreal Expos. Today, the 36-year-old Malone is the Expos' general manager. Dan Freed isn't predicting such a meteoric rise up the baseball ladder for himself. But with his feet firmly in place on the bottom rung, the former Lexington High School and Illinois State pitcher has at least been af Dan Freed forded the chance.

The 28-year-old Freed has been hired as the Expos' Midwest scout by Malone, his friend and one-time third-base coach for the Class A Jamestown (N Expos. Freed pitched for Jamestown and later reached the Class AA level in the Montreal, Detroit and Cincinnati organizations during a 5-year minor-league career one he expects will serve him well in the upcoming months. "There is a lot of projection involved (in scouting)," said Freed, who retired as a player following the 1992 season. "But I played with a lot of people who are in the major leagues now and I played a lot of years In the minors. Hopefully, I have the ability to tell if someone can play baseball or not" Freed will leave his job as a loan officer at Central Illinois Bank in Bloomington and, beginning this spring, scout amateur players in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky and Missouri.

However, he will continue to farm with his father, Hugh, in Lexington. And his wife, Sue, will continue to work at State Farm in Bloomington. The ability to maintain those McLean County roots prompted Freed to say yes when Malone offered him the scouting post "I've always stayed in pretty close contact with Kevin, and he had talked to me about doing some coaching," said Freed, a 1988 ISU graduate. "I wasn't sure I'd ever want to coach, but scouting gives me the flexibility of continuing to farm and allowing my wife to stay at State Farm. "I just thought 'If I do want to get back into baseball, this is the way to do if In the process, Freed figures to rack up a lot of miles in his five-state territory, with much of his time likely being spent in the talent-rich Chicago area.

But regardless the destination, Freed said Bloomington-Normal's central location will allow him to make many of his trips in one day. And whether he is in Bloomington, Illinois, or Bloomington, Indiana, he will rely on every scout's constant companions the radar gun and the stop watch. "With those two instruments, you can really draw the line," Freed said. "You can eliminate about 95 percent of the people." Freed's primary responsibility will be determining which Midwest players the Expos should pursue in the June amateur draft However, he also may be called upon to scout players in the Class A Midwest League should a trade be in the works. He said the only trickle-down effect of the major-league baseball strike could be financial.

"If they don't have the major leagues, the revenues just aren't going to be there," he said. "But I think there will be major-league baseball in some form." Someday, Freed hopes to be a part of it Like Malone, his goal is to become a major-league general manager. "This is where Kevin (Malone) started. In four short years, he went from what I'm doing to being the head of the Expos," Freed said. "It's amazing, but obviously he knows what he's doing.

"One of the reasons I took the job was that I could advance in the organization and stay in this area. I could be a cross checker (of players), or East Coast supervisor, or even Scouting Director and still live in Bloomington." Toronto Blue Jays, who are pro hibited by Ontario law from using replacements at home, say they will employ them during spring training. "We do have a spring training schedule in place and we're going to have to play it" Blue Jays general manager Gord Ash said. "Better we get ready now than wait until March 1 and decide what to do." The approach of spring training was on the minds of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Rep.

Michael Bilirakis, who just hours after the 104th Congress convened introduced legislation to strip baseball of its antitrust exemption. The next step is for Orrin Hatch, the Utah Republican who chairs the Judiciary Committee, to schedule a hearing. Settles, Iowa romp past By Associated Press Jess Settles scored 18 points and No. 22 Iowa jumped to a 25-6 lead en route to a 74-55 victory over No. 21 Indiana Wednesday night at Iowa City.

Iowa (11-2) followed up its impressive IOWA 74 INDIANA 55 Baseball replacement plans in works Congress reintroduces antitrust bills Andre Woblridge added 13 points for the Hawkeyes, who matched their victory total for all of last season, and Jim Bartels came off the bench to get 10. Alan Henderson led Indiana with 16 points. Mich. State 78, Wisconsin 64 Shawn Respert scored 29 points and Eric Snow added 22 as No. 14 Michigan State pulled away in the second half to defeat Wisconsin in the league opener for both teams at Madison, Wis.

Respert and Snow scored 23 of the last 25 points for the Spartans (8-1). The loss was the third straight for the Badgers (6-4), who were led by Rashard Griffith with 20 points and Michael Flnley with 18. The Spartans led 51-48 midway through the second half before go NEW YORK (AP) As Congress reintroduced bills Wednesday to remove baseball's antitrust exemption, the sport's management began setting the groundwork for replacement players. "They are in the process of trying to lay out an orderly program," management lawyer Chuck O'Connor said, adding several more conference calls will be needed to make the rules. O'Connor said the 10-man operations committee will consider expanded rosters to make room for replacements, new allowances for spring training and daily meal money, extra physical examinations and changes in termination pay.

The group talked for about an hour Wednesday and probably will talk today. O'Connor said the proposals for replacements will be presented to striking major leaguers for bargaining a requirement of the labor law. "Traditionally, unions in this context don't want to consider it" he said. "But I think the earlier we do that the better. We ought not to do it piecemeal." Acting commissioner Bud Selig said ticket prices for spring training and the season will be decided by each club, not by the committee.

"The committee will do the legitimate things that fall under operations," Selig said. "I think that's a big, big, big grouping." Spring training is scheduled to open Feb. 18 and most teams say they expect to start on time. The No. 1 North Carolina falls Indiana ing on a 10-2 run to open a 61-50 lead.

Snow, who scored 16 of his points in the second half, sparked the run with six points. Minnesota 69, Penn State 67 David Grim hit a 3-pointer with 25 seconds to play as Minnesota rallied for a victory over Penn State in the Big Ten opener for both teams at Minneapolis. Grim's shot from the right baseline capped Minnesota's rally from a nine-point deficit in the final five minutes as the Golden Gophers (10-3) won their seventh conference opener in a row and their fourth in a row overall. The Nittany Lions (8-2) led by as many as 12 in the first half but went cold down the stretch as they lost their third straight conference opener since joining the league. 17.

N.C. State pulled the stunner in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams after losing to No. 2 UCLA by eight points and by five to No. 5 Kansas in its previous two losses. McCuller, who was 2-for-18 from 3-point range in his career against the Tar Heels, sank his key baskets after North Carolina (9-1) pulled within 60-59 as the game saw 11 lead changes and six ties.

No. 3 Arkansas three came after Corey Beck's 3-pointer with 33 seconds left pulled the Razorbacks within 73-71. Ole Miss (4-5), which had lost three straight games, took the lead with a 14-3 run midway through the first half, and led 38-33 by halftime. The Razorbacks fell to 11-2. Thru 1895 GRIDLEY-Rt.

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