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Donewald credits Smith for acceleration licenses to do anything inside. The officials let it go inside. "A lot of times we had hands on people but their shots still went in the hole. "We got some good shots early and got in behind their defense for some layups." Northern Michigan finished with a 49 percent shooting performance and outre-bounded the Redbirds, 34-33, including team rebounds. Yarbrough, who played just 18 minutes and fouled out with 11:53 to play, made seven of eight field goal attempts and finished with 20 points.

Galvin hit seven of 10 shots and wound up with 18 points. Illinois State had 16 turnovers, nine less than the visitors. Northern Michigan had 12 turnovers in the first half. ILLINOIS STATE FG FT Reb PF TP Yarbrough 7-8 6-7 4 5 20 Ferina 1-3 6-7 2 3 8 Galvin 7-10 4-5 4 3 18 Mayes 14-21 1-1 5 4 29 R.Jones 2-5 0-0 0 0 4 Nussbaumer 0-0 0-3 10 0 Smith 3-5 0-1 5 5 6 A.Jones 2-3 0-0 4 2 4 Richardson 1-2 2-2 2 2 4 Herold 0-0 0-0 12 0 Carter 2-2 3-4 0 2 7 Totals 39-59 22-30 28 28 100 NORTHERN MICHIGAN FG FT Reb PF TP West 4-7 0-1 3 3 8 Meinert 1-1 2-4 3 2 4 Mindeman 6-12 0-1 4 3 12 Thallman 1-2 4-6 2 3 6 Jenkins 5-12 4-5 2 2 14 Bucklin 3-5 1-112 7 G.Upton 2-7 2-2 4 5 6 Vercoe 5-7 1-2 2 2 11 Withey 0-2 2-2 0 1 2 Thorpe 1-4 3-6 5 0 5 S.Upton 3-4 2-2 1 18 Totals 31-63 21-32 2 7 24 IF Illinois State 46 54--100 Northern Michigan 23 60-- 83 ir SPORTS Bloomington-Normal, III. B-l Feb.

27, 1979 lead like that, I'll never be a coach who can sit back and watch kids fiddle around. "I can't sit there and relax during all those mistakes. If I allow that to happen, then I'm doing a disservice to the players on the floor. "We opened up the second half with a three-point play and then we started to trade baskets." Illinois State concludes its regular season with a home game against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Friday night. Donewald said he wasn't giving up hopes of landing an NIT bid.

"If we win Friday, we'll have won 20," he said. "Any team that can win 20 is a bonafide contender. I think our schedule is extremely competitive and we played eight of our last 10 games on the road. There aren't many Division 1 teams that had to do that." Northern Michigan, which has an 18-9 record and an invitation to the NCAA Division II Tournament, was not trying to hold down the score with its offense according to Coach Glenn Brown. Brown, who coached at Danville High School before going to Northern Michigan 11 years ago, said, "They were just too good for us.

"We wanted to keep everything under control and try to lull them into some kind of lethargy," said Brown. "Then we were going to play with them. We're definitely not a slow-down team. "They were making a lot of perimeter shots and Galvin and Yarbrough had mminminni Vim miniiiiaiiiij fLutf bi v-xnmhMM i nirni Irt By Jim Barnhart Pantagraph sports editor Illinois State University's basketball team made 16 straight baskets enroute to a field house shooting percentage record; Derrick Mayes scored a career high 29 points; Rick Ferina handed out 13 assists; and the Redbirds got 38 points out of big men Del Yarbrough and Joe Galvin in a 100-83 victory over Northern Michigan before 1,800 people at Horton Field House Monday night. But it was the defensive play of reserve McKay Smith that turned a close game into a rout, according to Illinois State coach Bob Donewald.

"I thought we played pretty well the first half," said Donewald after ISU ran its record to 19-10. "The guy who got it started was McKay Smith. "He came off the bench when they were in their four-corners and really hassled their point man. "You have to keep pressure on the ball and take away their passing lanes when they're in the four-corners. We didn't adjust the first three to four minutes.

Then McKay came in and played it like we wanted someone to play it." However, the modest sophomore from Springfield said he was "just playing "When you defense the four-corners, you try to force the ball to one side," said McKay. "You take away the advantage of the four-corners when you do this. "I thought I played good defense but their point guard was not as quick as the guards I've played against before. I could play him a little tighter." With Smith in the game, Illinois State outscored Northern Michigan 14-0 in a five-minute period and went from an 18-15 lead to a 32-15 advantage. Then the Redbirds made their last 10 shots of the first half and their first six of the second and finished with a percentage of .661, erasing the record of .619 set against MacMurray College in 1973.

Mayes' points were two better than the 27 he scored against St. Louis in December. "We wanted to get Galvin and Yarbrough involved more," said Donewald. "I think we did a pretty good job of getting the ball inside the first half. "But tons of things went wrong in the second half.

We had too many breakdowns in too many situations. "It's easy to do that when you get a big lead like we had. But even with a Eastern Illinois receives bid in Division II CHARLESTON (UPI) Eastern Illinois Monday received its fifth straight invitation to play in the NCAA Division II basketball tourney, with the Panthers slated to meet St. Josephs College this Friday. Eastern, 18-9, will play in the Great Lakes Regional at Dayton, Ohio.

If they get past St. Josephs, 18-8, they will meet the winner of the Wright State-Northern Michigan game for the regional championship on Saturday. Eastern defeated St. Josephs by 28 points at home this season and lost to them by one in overtime earlier in the year. "I believe we are in a better position than last year," said Coach Don Eddy, whose club finished third in' the nation last year.

"But I have said all along that St. Joseph has the best talen in the regional. We split the two games this year so it should be interesting." The winner of the Great Lakes Regional advances east for a quarterfinal round game March 10. DeBartolo withdraws offer to buy A's NEW ORLEANS (AP) Charles O. Finley was unable to extricate the Oakland A's from their lease in the Oakland Coliseum, so shopping mall magnate Edward DeBartolo has withdrawn his $13 million offer for the team, a spokesman announced Monday.

"I want to wish Mr. Finley and the Oakland Coliseum officials well, but in my opinion they are in a no-win situation," said Vincent J. Bartimo, DeBartolo's troubleshooter in professional sports holdings. "In my opinion, the public isn't going to support a team that has told the world it doesn't want to play there," said Bartimo, who is also president and general manager of the Louisiana Downs race track and of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. He noted that only about 540,000 people had come to see the team play last season.

Bartimo said the talks were extended to Feb. 21 at Finley's request, but virtually nothing has happened since. "He asked us if we wouldn't change our mind and buy and stay in Oakland," Bartimo said. "I said we appreciate the sentiment, but we are looking for a franchise to move to New Orleans." The team's lease with the Coliseum has nine years to go. DeBartolo had rejected offers to buy three other teams because they also could not be moved, Bartimo said.

Quincy College wins QUINCY (UPI) Greg Huguley scored 21 points and Bill Lillwitz added 19 to lead Quincy to a 96-78 non-conference win over Benedictine of Atchison, Monday night. I Fred Young, right, sports editor emeritus of the Pantagraph, receives a plaque during ceremonies at Illinois State's basketball game with Northern Michigan Monday night at Horton Field House. ISU President Lloyd Watkins, left, presented the award to Young. Young was honored for being member and leading scorer of 1908-09 undefeated Illinois State basketball team. Getting award Illinois State University's Anthony Jones etnan (51) defends for Northern Michi- nnJriVin or flPD 25' looks for in Monday night's gan.

The Redbirds won the contest, LUUMIy IUI IIKSIfJ game against Northern Michigan at 100-83. Additional photo on page B-3. ISU's Horton Field House. Mark Mind- (Pantagraph photo). Bontemps leads Morton past Normal Community By Fred Kroner game and run up and down the floor with protecting a lead or it was a close Pantagraph sports writer them.

You'd hope to get ahead, be game." MORTON If a survey was taken in selectivf in yur shts, and et in Block joined Dave Jensen (16 points) Morton, it would show that the 6 o'clock a or at least draw them and Brian Morrison (12) double fig-news has low ratings at least on nights ur. the town's varsity basketball team is at most glVen shoed a tonieht- cn" home by the Morton defense this season. The tinued Hawthorne. He was going after By 6 the gymnasium is nearly Previous n'8n was 70 by Olympia in the loose balls and putting fakes on his man. filled to capacity.

When the sophomores season's fourth game. He has normally been complacent in the tiD off 15 minutes later two rows of In the third quarter we finally came past. youngsters are perched on the front of atndJTae anled (1'at's encouraging because we know the staee or that Dave and Brian will do their share. Morton's basketball squad which mark'" said Reiser, whose nephew, Jensen's share was less than the earns hieh ratines in weekly orep polls Tony' Played for Lincoln College this Intercity's scoring leader is accustomed, rolled to its 24th consecutive victory in season' "We 8ive Kevin and Mike Jensen- wno sprained an ankle in the impressive fashion Monday night, whip- (Bugaieski) freedom or i defense You first quarter, scored just two points in Dine Normal Community 100 77 can 1 draw it up on a blackboard and the second half. Just how good are the unbeaten Pot- xPec' he saa11 He time- You Morrison took rebounding honors with ters? Two experts, Normal Community hae t0 lf situatlon- th 12M Coach Jon Hawthorne and Morton Coach Bugaieski, the 6-9 senior southpaw Morton shot better from the field Norm Reiser, voiced their opinions.

wasf one of sefveral Payers who turned .600 than from the free throw line "They're the best team I've seen and sterling performances in front of such .556) as five players reached double certainlv the best we've Dlaved stated college coaches as Illinois Lou Henson, figures. Hawthorne. "They're deserving of their Dick Versace and an Iowa Andv K.auJman' another senior left-ranking they're quite a bit better than a.stant hander hit for 20 points, Steve Waibel (state-ranked) Homewood-Flossmoor Bugaieski scored a season-high 18 added 12 and Scot Berger came off the (which beat NCHS by 11) points, canning nine of 10 shots, and bench for 10 points. "We're 24-0 good replied Reiser erabbed seven rebounds despite picking "Steve finally got going on his corner "This was a borderline game we have up nis third foul early in tne second shots (after missing six in succession in played better, but we've had moments (in the tod period) and Andy had another when we haven't Dlaved as well The Ironmen top scorer was steady, fine game inside," Reiser said. wth Kovin Rnntmnc fhp hiuhiv senior Jack Nelson, who pumped in 10 of "I don't think you can ever take one lu! jV ZT shots on the way to 20 points.

Nelson starter out of the lineup and not have a sought 6-foot-3 sen or scoring 30 points and Junlor B1kk we NCTS' only few effects in some places," added rf TLh thp IT, fw iv third-period offense, scoring 14 points Reiser, in reference to NCHS' point nnrf tpaiiJ i nniv hripfiv no Ri wnile their teammates missed on 10 shot production. "Mike (McCafferty, who is forg ng a 1 lead gemots and NCHS fell behind by 23. sidelined with a sprained knee) is as "Everything has to eo rieht earlv Jack wasn 1 gonna qult' noted steady on defense as anvone yu flnd- it Hawthorne, whose first Ironmen team is "Normal can really shot the ball said Hawthorne, explaining what it i I1 i thini, 10-10. "He showed a lot of pride and though, would take to beat Mortom 1 don determination He la likwe were ThBe Ironmen finisned just 29 of 69 from you would expect to play your normal the m) mJheA free throws A A I NCHS was guilty of 25 turnovers. The IWl fj C3k Potters had 16, but only five in the first Normal Community played without sophomore Scott Milliren for the third I I straight game.

Milliren suited up but has lk I IN I I not yet recovered from a dislocated toe. I V. kVW I I I I The Ironmen will entertain Urbana tonight at Neuman Gym. Morton will close out its regular season with a home By United Press International the other first-place ballot. game Friday against Rockford East.

Providence retained the No. 1 spot in Kankakee Westview, which beat in tne sophomore game, Scott Waibel the final UPI Class A high school Kankakee Eastridge 72-46 Friday night, tnrew in 18 points and Scott Hough basketball poll and heads for the long entered the top 10 for the first time, netted 17 as Morton topped NCHS, 72-54. tournament trail with a 24-1 record, a 22-. nailing down the ninth position. The ironmen sophomores, 5-13, were game winning streak and high hopes.

The top 10 teams lnClass nd cl, AA, wlth flr. paced by John Patton's 10 points. The Quincy, meanwhile, easily held onto pi votes and total points: Potters' sophomores are 15-4. the top spot in the Class AA section of final class a poll r.mm..-n u.r... the poll, which has another week to run.

a Vol Morton retained its No. 5 position SfeiieiiZZZ: '51 1" Nashville stayed second place in the s. Madison 58 giocn i "ojki i 6. Cairo 40 Nelson 10 0 Bontemps final rating, Only five points behind 7 Lawrencevllle 37 OeVore 1 2 Garrison 1 0 Providence. Nashville got three first- oZ'Zr 2 cSJS.ru 2 0 place ballots, to Providence's seven.

10. Ottawa Marquette 12 JJjjji sliepSaru 0 0 Havana, which held third place, got the class aa poll Reimer 0 1 Hettietinger 0 0 nthpr twn tnn vntp Oolncy (10) 118 Winkler 0 0 Oiner IWO top VOies. 2 Westchester St. Joseph (1) 89 In Class AA, Quincy got 10 of the 12 3. Proviso East 29 19 45 first-place votes and easily stayed at the i J' community si 77 top of the poll.

Westchester st. Joseph no.i community none; remained in the No. 2 spot with one first- e. Barrington 22 Morton none. ni i Kankakee Westview 21 Team fouls: Normal Community 18; place vote and Bloom, rated No.

6, got 10. Maine south 15 Morton is. I i Central Catholic cracks AP poll By The Associated Press Cairo, 18-5, remained No. 8 followed by Central Catholic High School's basket- 0rTeon' and "'nd St. Paul, 20-4.

ball team finally broke into the Class A ere a shakeuP her weekly rankings by the Associated at with Princeton dropping out of the Press. John Snyder's Saints rated PBrimfieldj dr from No. t0 16th with an 18-5 record. Central Catho- ia, a 15th after a 62-61 loss to Delavan last he is 11-0 against Class A teams. .1, With the regional competition in the w'tht d.

aov Class A state tournament beginning Pf, Tlf kl'r23 after Monday, New Lenox-Providence defen- 5 56 lossHto Mid-County moved into 12th ding champion Nashville and undefeated af and was followed by New Athens, Havana retained the top three positions. and AuSusta Southeastern. 22-3 Providence 24-1 collected six first- Area teams recelving support were Providence, 1, couecteo six nrsi e-Benson, Gibson City, Woodland place votes and had a total of 242 of a .01. a possible 256 poll points from a panel of and Saybrook-Arrowsmith. 16 sports writers and broadcasters throughout the State.

and lirst-place votes in parentheses: Nashville, also 24-1, had only two first- place votes but held second place with J' wMiiwriioi 231 points, two more than Havana which 5. Madison 120-4) 170. commanded seven first-place votes. Ha- 5 "(20 ZZZ vana, 24-0 this season, lost to Nashville in the championship game last year to! Hi8hianj st. pa'ui' u.

while Providence captured third place. z. 11 IlnHpfpatprl Kpwanpp Wpthersfield 13 Ne" (24-2) 50 unaeieaiea ivewanee weuieraweiu, Augusta southeastern (22-3) 45. 24-0, was fourth with 191 points and 15. Brimtieid 123-21 42 16.

Central Catholic (11-5) 37 MadlSOn, 20-4, remained in llttn place others receiving votes in order of points: Watseka, with 170. nnint Timothy Christian, Princeton, Payson, Roanoke- wiui aiu wuiu. Benson, Carmi, Monmouth, Wheaton Christian, Ot- There Was Only One Change in the top tawa Marquette, Lena-Winslow, Sheldon, Burlington on Central, Gardner-South Wilmington, Danville 10 With Lawrencevllle, 20-3, moving Up schlarman, Carrier Mlllt, Effingham St Anthony, tn eiYth anH swanninp nmitions with Mour.Js-Meridian, Rochester, Johnsburg, Decatur St, 10 SIXtn ana swapping positions wiui Teres G(bIO(, cy Lebanon, Ridgway, Riverton 20-1. Lawrenceville had 152 Barry, Woodland, Oakwood, Chrisman, Pleasant Hill, Fairfield, North Greene, Morrison, Wyoming, points, one more than Riverton. saybnwk-Arrowsmith..