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Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 7

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Monday, March 1J7I Mattoon (IL Journal Gautte-7 Two Eisenhower Class AA basketball 1 players named all-tournament Morgan Park wins tipped the ball backward to Paying a man witn tour touls so Smith who pivoted and let f.8"1! to be the post -man 8 me oau. CHAMPAIGN, m. (UPI) -Decatur Eisenhower, which finishedfourth in the Class. AA Illinois High School cham-. pionship, placed Jeff RothAand- Hubert Carter on thr AllTourriament team, chosen for United Press.

International by coaches. Other players on the first AllToumament team were Levi Cobb of champion Chicago Morgan Park, Ron Hicks of Aurora West and Chuck Dahms of Oak Park. Named to the second team were Mike Campbell and Scott Kelley of Galesburg, Jeff Berry of Morgan Park, Bruce Johnson of Aurora West and Tom Norris of Oak Park. 1t r.L 4i i "i in ma ir iiMiMiiiiiiiMii i "iinr I wasn't ookine at the ba 1." Smith said. "I was looking at the rim because that's the way it's got to go if it is going." Smith said he expected Cobb to tip the ball to him because "we have some little signal between us." The decision by Cobb, who was the game high scorer with 19 points, and the tournament scoring leader as well with a 21 point average, and Smith sat well with Coach Bill Warden.

"Larry is a great pressure player and always has done the job for us," Warden said. "Sometimes he might play an ordinary game but when it comes to the big games, he's there." Warden also gave credit to Smith for the last set play by the Mustangs which resulted in his free throw opportunity with seven seconds left. "Larry did the thinking," Warden said. "It was not mine at all. He had the hot hand and the confidence and said he was 1 1 Warden told his players to press full court on any inbound play by Aurora West so that if "we didn't break up the pass we could get a steal." Victory In the title-' game almost duplicated the Mustangs semifinal 59-58 win over Oak Park-River Forest.

In the afternoon, the Mustangs trailed by three points and Smith hit a basket with 58 seconds before Eric Bowman made the tying and winning free throws with 48 seconds remaining. Oak Park won third place by defeating Decatur Eisenhower 73-61 in the consolation game. Morgan Park defeated Galesburg 53-46 in the quarterfinals and ended the season with a 28-5 record. Aurora West, third ranked in the state, defeated fifth ranked Thor-nridge in the quarterfinals 82-52 and tripped Eisenhower 63-51 in the semifinals to finish the year with 30-3 record. XZXOFTHE Phofo by Bill Lair The four seniors on Eastern Illinois Jeff Furry, Brad Warble, NCAA University's basketball team accepted the representative Dick Scharf, Herb Panthers' third place trophy Friday at the Williams and John Day.

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It also marked the ninth straight year a Chicagoarea team has captured the crown. Smith had a chance to tie the game with seven seconds remaining but he missed his second of two free throws to leave Morgan Park a point behind and make it possible for super star Cobb to play out his role. With three seconds left there was a jump ball at the free throw line between Cobb and Aurora's Larry Hatchett. Cobb 'lTi I i 1 I I 1 GARDEN SHOP evervthina for AND LAWN -TO the OPENING, Our membership cord entitled theowner Jo 12 pitzds of your choice the largest family iiziiya to the smallest pizza for 12 price eocn. Good April 1.

1976 thru March. 77 MEMBERSHIPS SOLD BY PHONE CALL ONLY WAIT FOR YOUR CALL Get Your Membership Card Now Just CARDS MAY BE USED MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY A SUNDAY By BILL LAIR Sports Editor CHARLESTON Eastern Illinois University's basketball program has "arrived." If there were any doubts about the status of the Panther program prior to the 1975-76 season, they should be erased by now. EIU coaches Don Eddy and Bud Scott have fashioned a 128-91 record in eight years for a winning percentage of .589. In addition, the Panthers have posted a winning season in five of the past six years. But, the program really came of age last week when the current squad finished third at the NCAA Division II finals at Evansville, Ind.

Along tournament trail, the Panthers defeated three teams who had been rated in college division polls (Evansville, Bridgeport, Conn, and Old Dominion, Va.) while going against three players who earned Division II All-America notice. Eastern's third place performance was the highest finish by an Illinois university since Southern at Carboiidale was second in 1966. No other state school has ever finished higher at the national tournament. And, while the Panthers were happy with the finish which left the squad with a 23-t) record and 15 wins in the final 16 games, several still had higher hopes. "this is my top thrill in college," All-NCAA Tourney selection Jeff Furry of the Panthers said, "but it would have been better if we could have won it all.

Still, this is a great feeling." Brad: Warble, like Furry a four-year member of Eastern's varsity, echoed the sentiment. "Just being here at the national finals is quite an honor," the 6-6 forward said. "It would have been great if we had won it all but this is pretty satisfying. I would have hated to lose this one." Eddy said he will be talking to prospective recruits about picking up where this team left off. "We'll be telling our recruits that we didn't go all the way mis year," the coach said.

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But one stretch in the first half really put the Panthers behind and, although the game close later, it seemed to take the wind out of the EIU sails. EIU led 26-21 with 9: 19 left in the first half but Chattanooga outscored the Panthers 17-4 in the next six minutes to take a 38-30 lead. In that stretch, EIU had three turnovers, five missed shots, missed a one-and-one free throw and had the front end of another one-and-one 'nullified because a Panther player was in the lane too soon. Chattanooga was not successful against Puget Sound in the title game because of Puget Sound's heighth and surprisingly good ballhandling. Puget Sound averaged six-foot seven per man and did not try to dribble through Chattanooga's famed fullcourt press.

Instead, the Loggers passed over the UTC defenders for easy layups. Puget Sound's heighth also intimidated the Chattanooga shooters. So, the Division II finals are leaving Evansville the "birthplace of Division II basketball," an NCAA official termed it for Springfield, Mass. where the game was invented. Attendance at the two final sessions in Evansville totaled just 8,448 fans but, coupled with the- quarterfinal round which was held at the site of four regional winners, the total tourney attendance for three rounds was nearer 28,000.

That total compares favorably with the tournament's best years ever when the total was around 30,000. That's another indication that EIU's program has arrived. The 5,500 fans who witnessed Eastern's win over seventh-ranked Bridgeport at Lantz Gym last week, was the largest crowd at the four quarterfinal games, an NCAA official said. long jumper 21 seconds later and Phillips was fouled underneath the backboard on the play. Phillips then sank both ends of a one-and-one foul situation to complete the fourpoint play and give the Wildcats a 6643 lead.

The 49ers' Melvin Watkins closed the margin to one with 39 seconds left, but Johnson then hit a pair of free throws to put the Wildcats ahead by three again. Maxwell once again brought Charlotte to within one on a basket off a rebound with 11 seconds to play but then Phillips ended the 49ers hopes for a fairy tale finish. Johnson scored 16 points for the Wildcats, who concluded their season with a 20-10 record. Lew Massey had 16 points for Charlotte, which finished Its season with a 244 record. "We'd like you (the recruits) to come to Eastern and help us win it all next year." Even though the Panthers lose three starters (as they did last season), there is reason to believe the rest of the squad, plus a few additions, can give the tournament trail a shpt next teams in the final four Tennessee at Chattanooga and Old Dominion probably will be in Division I next year.

Both have applied for membership in the Southern Conference. Chattanooga probably will be accepted, according to reports at the tournament, while Old Dominion is committed to Division I if they join the conference or not. EIU topped Old Dominion 7B-74 and the Monarchs entered the tourney as the favorite since they returned three starters, including the Most Valuable Player, from the previous year's finals. All-America center Wilson Washington had 24 points and 19 rebounds before fouling out. His loss hurt the Monarchs but Furry also was in foul trouble for the Panthers and saw less action than Washington.

Furry and his replacement, Eric Garrett, combined for 23 points and 16 rebounds to offset Washington's performance. Furry and Herb Williams probably were the two most outstanding players for the Panthers in the tournament. Furry finished as the tourney's fourth leading scorer and second leading rebounder while Williams averaged 10.2 points and eight rebounds in the tourney. He had 16 points and 12 rebounds against Old Dominion while he limited ODU's Reese Neyland to four points as Neyland made one of seven shots. So what happened to the Panthers in the semifinals against Chattanooga after beating the Mocs 53-50 earlier in the month? EIU had a poor free throw shooting night, making 12 of 22, while UTC played its best game ever against the Panthers, sank a lay-up as he was fouled and the ensuing free throw wrapped up the title for The Wildcats, who had Phillips and JackOfvens each go to the bend, the first minute of the second half with four fouls, fell behind by seven points with 10 minutes to go, 54-47.

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