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Best bet POETS Television NHL: 5 p.m. All-Star Game Versus Complete TVradio listings, Page C2 SUNDAY, January 25, 2009 Mike Egenes, sports editor, (309) 829-9000, ext. 246, e-mail: megenespantagraph.com Section ILLINOIS STATE 70, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 63 Inside it 2 as" 1 UCLA falls to Huskies Justin Dentmon scored 10 of his 16 points in the final five minutes, sparking a decisive late run as Washington downed No. 13 UCLA. Page C3 The rundown N.C.

State's Yow succumbs to cancer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State's Kay Yow, the Hall of Fame RedbMs liir ieir way 'TV women's basketball coach who won more than 700 games while earning fans with her decades-long fight against breast cancer, died Saturday. She was 66. Yow, first diagnosed with the disease in 1987, died in the Kay Yow Lee News ServlceSTEPHEN HAAS Illinois guard Demetri McCamey (32) shoots over Wisconsin's Joe Krabbenhoft during the second half of their Big Ten game Saturday at the Assembly Hall in Champaign. McCamey scored 25 points in a 64-57 victory.

Even-keel Illini grit way past Badgers By Stu Durando stu.durandolee.net CHAMPAIGN Accus tomed to a locker room that is giddy and silly, Bruce Weber was struck by the silence he. encountered before Illinois took the court against Wisconsin. The Illini coach might have been concerned before they dispatched the Badgers, 64-57, Saturday if it wasn't the exact approach he thought necessary. "That's how you have to be against Wisconsin," Weber said. "They beat you when you get emotional highs and lows.

You have to match their The PantaqraphB MOSHER Illinois State's Lloyd Phillips, right, drives to the basket in front of Southern Illinois' Justin Bocot during their Missouri Valley Conference game Saturday at Redbird Arena in Normal. The Redbirds improved to 11-0 at home with a 70-63 win. ISU holds off rival Salukis down stretch discipline and their mental toughness. In the long haul, I think we were able to do that." Weber had emphasized grit over style, and the 25thh ranked Illini gave him plenty at sold out always going to go right." Champ Oguchi led four ISU players in double figures with 17 points as the Redbirds (17-3 overall, 6-3 Valley) got the bitter taste out of their system from a loss three days earlier at Wichita State. "That last game, it lit a fire under us," said Phillips, who scored 15 with four assists.

SEE REDBIRDS PAGE C3 throws down the stretch and made some defensive stops to hang on for a 70-63 victory in a Missouri Valley Conference game before a crowd of 10,200. "We knew they were going to make a run. Southern is known for their toughness and heart," said ISU guard Lloyd Phillips. "But in games like this in the Valley you have to be tougher mentally and physically. It's not By Jim Benson jbensonpantagraph.com NORMAL There was a stirring halftime video tribute to the late Will Robinson.

Then Illinois State scored the first seven points of the second half to zoom to an 18-point lead. All was well at sold-out Redbird Arena on Saturday afternoon. Only one problem surfaced. READ MORE I ISU women dominate every facet, thump SIU Page C2 Southern Illinois decided it was much too early to call it quits and go home quietly. The Salukis closed the gap to five with 5:37 left.

But the Redbirds sank 6 of 8 free morning at WakeMed Cary Hospital after being admitted last week, university spokeswoman Annabelle Myers said. "Everyone who had the privilege of knowing Kay Yow has a heavy heart today," N.C. State athletic director Lee Fowler said in a statement. "She faced every opponent, whether on the basketball court of in a hospital room, with dignity and grace. She will be greatly missed." The Wolfpack's game at Wake Forest on Monday was postponed to Feb.

10. Its next game will be Thursday at home against Boston College. Plans for a memorial service were incomplete. Yow had a record of 737-344 in 38 years 34 years with the Wolfpack -in a career filled with milestones. She coached the U.S.

Olympic team to a gold medal in 1988, won four Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championships, earned 20 NCAA tournament bids and reached the Final Four in 1998. She also was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2002, while the school dedicated "Kay Yow Court" in Reynolds Coliseum in 2007. "Kay taught us all to live life with passion and to never give up," said fellow board member George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN and ABC Sports. He said the network would remain committed to a research fund established in Yow's name. AHL player out of hospital after fight PHILADELPHIA (AP) A Philadelphia Flyers minor league enforcer was discharged Saturday from a hospital where he was taken after a seizure following a bloody fight.

Garrett Klotz was taken off the ice on a stretcher Friday night in the opening seconds of the Philadelphia Phantoms' 2-1 victory over Manchester. His injury came just weeks after the death of a Canadian senior amateur player who hit his head on the ice during a fight. The 6-foot-5, 235-pound right wing in his first season with the Flyers' American Hockey League affiliate was discharged Saturday afternoon, a Pennsylvania Hospital spokeswoman said. Phantoms spokesman Brian Smith had said earlier that Klotz was alert and responsive on the way to the hospital and watched the rest of the game on television. Klotz and Kevin Westgarth, also 6-5 and 12 pounds heavier, removed their helmets and squared off immediately after the opening faceoff.

The fight ended when Westgarth hit Klotz and dropped him to the ice, possibly knocking him out. Klotz appeared to land awkwardly on the boards but didn't hit his head and convulsed for 30 to 40 seconds. He was on the ice for about 10 minutes before being lifted onto the stretcher. Assembly Hall, grinding on the Badgers, who matched their second-lowest offensive output of the season. READ MORE Cornley, Battle help Penn State clip Michigan I Bradley nets'; home Valley win against Indiana State; Page C3 ISU greats Collins, Robinson to be cast in bronze for TNT.

"I wish I had that kind of hair now. This is so nice. That's amazing." The bronze statue, which will be located north of Red-bird Arena, is expected to be unveiled sometime this summer. It is a gift from one of Collins' closest friends, Don Franke of Bloomington, and his family. Robinson, the first black coach of a Division I team when he was hired by ISU in 1970, was honored during halftime of Saturday's game between the Redbirds and Southern Illinois.

Robinson passed away last April at the age of 96. In the statue, Robinson will be kneeling with a whistle around his neck and his left hand on a basketball. Collins is standing behind with his arm on his coach's shoulder. SEE GREATS PAGE C2 By Jim Benson jbensonpantagraph.com HIGHWOOD Doug Collins makes his living by talking. Yet on Friday afternoon, the former Illinois State All-American was almost speechless.

Collins didn't know why he was being taken to The Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt-Am-rany in this north suburb of Chicago. When Collins entered the studio, the reason became immediately clear. His eyes suddenly got wide. Collins was staring at the clay molding for a statue of himself as an ISU player and his former coach, Will Robinson, which depicts them before the 1971-72 season. "That is fabulous.

Look at that," said Collins, who is an award-winning NBA analyst Illinois (17-3 overall, 5-2 in the Big Ten) built a 15-point lead and then withstood a late rally and some sloppy play by making nine of 10 free throws in the final three minutes. Guard Demetri McCamey scored 10 of his game-high 25 points in the final nine minutes to hold off the who whittled the Illinois lead to five but were unable to overcome their 35.6 percent shooting. "With their bigs, it's tough to get to the rim and their perimeter defenders are now much more mature," Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said. "They've got guys who handled that tough year last year SEE ILLINI PAGE C3 i i ii il- i mm tr'''fc The PantagraphCARLOS T. MIRANDA Sculptor Lou Cella, left, takes photographs of Illinois State basketball great Doug Collins as he sits in front of the clay moldings for a statue of himself and former Redbirds coach Will Robinson on Friday at The Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt-Amrany in Highwood.

The statue, which will be located north of Redbird Arena, is expected to be unveiled this summer. Fieldcrest hauls County trophy away By Randy Kindred rkindred1 pantaqraph.com BLOOMINGTON Lee Weld stood at midcourt Saturday night clutching the McLean County Basketball a i. I.I.IU..II....1 NASCAR news With the start of the Sprint Cup season just three weeks away, get revved up ahead time with the latest motorsports news at www.pantagraph.comnascar. Fieldcrest's Nathan Ropp, left, dribbles around Ridgeview's Bradley Ghere' during the championship game of the McLean County Boys Tournament on Saturday night at Shirk Center in Bloomington. Fieldcrest made 16 of 18 fourth-quarter free throws to seal the win.

"To be part of the history of this, it's sweet," Fieldcrest coach Matt Winkler said. "It's almost been going on 100 years now and we've tried stressing it how important it is to a lot of people. This group just seemed to grasp it tonight and they really seized the moment." Junior guard Nathan Ropp led four players in double figures with 24 points. Junior Taylor Baxter added 19, Weld 16 and senior forward Jake Bane 12. Senior Anthony White had a team-high 10 rebounds and SEE COUNTY PAGE C5 the Knights put together a superb second half and downed Ridgeview, 73-55, to earn their first title in the 99-year history of the event.

"We're taking the McLean County trophy in to Woodford County, but I'm not telling anybody," said Weld, a senior guard who scored 16 points. "I love this. This is a sweet ball to have (the gold basketball on top of the trophy) and it's fun to play for it." Top-seeded Fieldcrest (15-4) trailed 32-29 at the half, but outrebounded Ridgeview 13-3 in the third quarter and outscored the second-seeded Mustangs 24-9. That opened a 53-41 lead and the Knights READ MORE Ridgeview captures girls crown Page C5 ment trophy. The smile on his face was a dead giveaway.

This tour-n a Monday Komets-Thunder The PrairieThunder will be on home ice for a matinee today. means something to Weld and his Fieldcrest High School teammates after all. Playing in only their third McLean County Tournament, The PantaqraphB MOSHER won, 73-55. trnn -v- "pa.

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