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Mattoon (111.) Journal Gazette B6 Saturday, March 15, 1997 Illini women, Duke to square off after wins 'if tit 4 --v. wm -a am i i ma mi a mjl J'ylv By The Associated Press CHAMPAIGN Alicia Sheeler had 15 points and nine rebounds as No. 16 Illinois beat Drake 79-62 on Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Midwest Regional. The victory snapped a 16-game winning streak for the Bulldogs (23-7) and kept the Illini (23-7) undefeated in Huff Hall this season. Illinois, making its first tournament appearance in a decade, will face Duke in Sunday's second round.

Illinois had led 51-31 with 17:28 to go on Sheeler's third consecutive basket. But Drake responded with a 15-4 run, including three 3-point-ers by Kiersten Miller, to make it 55-46 with 12:03 left. But the Bulldogs could get no closer, as Illinois responded with an 1 1-2 spurt for a comfortable 66-48 lead with 7:22 left. The Illini outrebounded Drake 48-34 and shot 49 percent from the floor to the Bulldogs' 35 percent. Tajua Catchings added 13 points for Illinois, and Ashley Berggren and Ann Henderson each had 11.

Lisa Brinkmeyer, who picked up her fourth foul with 4:15 left, led Drake with 15 points. Tammi Blackstone and Miller each added 13. Sullivan star, Allyson Glaze-brook, was held scoreless. Sheeler's 3-pointer with one second left in the half gave Illinois a 45-27 halftime lead. Duke 70, DePaul 56 CHAMPAIGN TyishHall scored 18 points, including the go-ahead basket with 7:47 left, as Duke beat DePaul 70-56 in the first round of the NCAA women's tournament Friday night.

Hall's bucket started a 14-2 raliy by the Blue Devils (19-10) that included 10 points by Hall and gave Duke a 53-48 lead with 6:56 to go. Hall then scored four of Duke's next eight to build a 61-51 lead with 2:42 left. DePaul (20-9) had led by as many as seven, 46-39, with 10:41 to go on a fast-break layup by Kim Williams. But the Blue Demons got in foul trouble center Amy Lundquist fouled out with 1:52 left and their interior defense fell apart. Kira Orr led Duke with 20 points and eight rebounds.

Payton Black added 1 1 for the Blue Devils, who shot just 38 percent from the floor. Lauren Rice, a freshman with ties to Mattoon, finished the game with five points. Williams led DePaul with 22 points, but committed 12 turnovers. Orr scored six points in the final three minutes of the half to give Duke a 30-28 halftime lead. Although the lead changed hands six times in the half, DePaul had led for most of the way behind the inside shooting of Lundquist, who had 10 points in the first half.

Illinois' Krista Reinking, on the floor, grabs for a loose ball along with Drake's Keisha Cox Friday in a first-round NCAA tournament game. Women's Basketball Box Scores Piquard got to play in Peoria By Dean Olsen Copley News Service EAST PEORIA Inaction by the High School Board late Thursday allowed East Peoria starter Jeremy Piquard to play in Friday's Class AA Peoria Sectional boys' basketball championship game against top-ranked Manual High School. Piquard, 17, a senior standout on the llth-ranked Raiders, has been accused but not criminally charged with attending an underage drinkingparty Feb. 22 in East Peoria. A four-game suspension issued Monday by administrators at East Peoria Community High School in connection with his alleged presence at the party jeopardized his chances of playing Friday.

But Piquard appealed the suspension to the School Board, which failed to make a decision after a closed-door hearing on the matter that lasted more than two hours. A Tazewell County judge ruled Tuesday that the School Board first needed to consider Piquard's appeal before the suspension could take effect. Because the school board wasn't ready to vote in public on the appeal Thursday night, the retraining order issued by Circuit Judge Donald Courson means Piquard can continue to play, School Board Attorney DennjsTriggs told a crowd of about 30 teen-agers and adults who cheered the news. "The administration and the board are determined not to show preference for any individual said. "On the other hand, they are determined that they will not make a decision until such time as they feel they have all of the information, particularly in something with uncertainties and complexities." Triggs said board members wouldn't comment on the situation.

Five student-athletes already have begun to serve or already have served athletic suspensions for either attending the party or drinking beer at the party. Among those students were basketball players Anthony Burgett, 18, a senior starter who was suspended for the season, and Bryan Timber-lake, 16, a junior reserve guard who already has served a two-game suspension. Four others student-athletes separate from Piquard could face similar suspensions, District 309 Assistant Superintendent Joseph Kerr said. One student-athlete besides Piquard appealed a suspension to the board, but the board upheld the suspension in that case, Kerr said. Triggs said, "This investigation is not finished," but he said he didn't know when the board would meet again on the subject.

ILLINOIS 79, DRAKE 62 DRAKE (23-7) Blackstone 3-10 7-10 13, Cox 2-6 0-2 5, McBean 4-72-310, Brinkmeyer 5-104-615, Miller 5-15 0-0 13, Martin 0-1 0-0 0, Glaze-brook 0-0 0-0 0, Sames 2-4 0-1 4, Wright 0-42-22, Lange 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 21 -60 1 5-24 62. ILLINOIS (23-7) Catchings 6-121-213, Reinking 4-8 2-3 1 0, Berggren 4-11 3-3 11, Vasey 1-4 0-0 2, Leonhardt 1 -2 0-0 2, Smith 1 -1 0-0 3, Zurek 0-1 0-0 0, Parker 1 -2 0-0 3, Albers 0-0 0-00, Henderson 4-7 3-4 11, Sheeler 6-6 2-3 15, Coleman 3-92-69, Vandertop 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31 -63 13-21 79. AP Photo 24-522-2 56.

DUKE (19-10) Howard 0-9 4-4 4, Orr 5-1 8 7-8 20, Cogge-shall 1 -2 0-0 2, Hall 8-132-218, Black 4-1 0 3-6 11, Browne 2-4 6-8 1 0, Medhanie 0-1 0-0 0, Rice 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 23-60 22-28 70. Halftime Duke 30, DePaul 28. 3-point goals DePaul 6-19 (McDonald 1-2, Williams 4-12, Booker 1-5), Duke 2-10 (Howard 0-2, Orr 1 -5, Medhanie 0-1 Rice 1 -2). Fouled Out Lundquist.

Rebounds-De-Paul 30 (Udoka 7), Duke 40 (Orr, Browne 8). Assists-DePaul 13 (McDonald, Williams 5), Duke 15 (Howard, Black 4). Total fouls DePaul 24, Duke 11. CA A V. frr i rv Nets Upset Bulls State Swimmers nw Jersey beat Chicago in 1994 when Jordan was playing baseball.

The loss a couple days after Scottie Pippen kept up a war of words with the Knicks following a loss to New York. Pippen said the Knicks were inconsistent and incapable of matching the Bulls' intensity, so they would never be as good as them Pippen then pointed to the Knicks' loss to lowly Dallas this week. It came back to haunt him Friday. "It's pretty much the same thing," Pippen said after the Bulls lost for only the ninth time this season. "It's not embarrassing to lose to them, but it's embarrassing the way we played against them." Making the situation even more embarrassing was having McDaniel step up big, scoring nine of his 11 points in the final 5:51.

Pippen had lumped McDaniel in a group of former Knicks power forwards, claiming they were EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. AP) "Air" Jordan took on a new meaning Friday night. Michael Jordan shot an airball late in the fourth quarter when the Bulls had a chance to tie, and Xavier McDaniel hit four free throws in the final 16 seconds as the New Jersey Nets stunned Chicago 99-98. "The last shot wasn't my favorite," Jordan said. "I thought I could create a foul but at the last moment, I took the fadeaway.

It was a dumb shot." The airball was an exception for Jordan, who was 16-of-34 from the field and scored 36 points. "He's human you know," McDaniel said of Jordan's missed fadeaway jumper from 15 feet that would have tied the game at 97 with six seconds left. "You don't expect that from Black Jesus. But sometimes it happens." The win was the Nets' first over a Jordan-led Bulls' team since 1991, a string of 16 games. New ft- Halftime Illinois 45, Drake 27.

3-point goals Drake 5-20 (Cox 1 -3, Brinkmeyer 1 -4, Miller 3-1 2, Wright 0-1 Illinois 4-9 (Reinking 0-2, Smith 1 -1 Parker 1 -2, Sheeler 1 -1 Coleman 1-3). Fouled Out McBean. Rebounds Drake 34 (Brinkmeyer 7), Illinois 48 (Sheeler 9). Assists Drake 8 (Cox 6), Illinois 1 8 (Parker 5). Total fouls Drake 20, Illinois 18.

A 4,050. DUKE 70, DEPAUL 56 DEPAUL (20-0) McDonald 2-4 0-0 5, Williams 8-20 2-2 22, Udoka 6-9 0-0 12, Booker 3-9 0-0 7, Lundquist 5-8 0-0 1 0, Bullock 0-0 0-0 0, Fitzgerald 0-0 0-0 0, Burge 0-2 0-0 0. Totals r-v i GREG FAIRCHILD For your Car Home Life Farm Business Insurance (217) 258-6012 1120 Lake Land Blvd. Suite 4 Mattoon, IL We'll always be there for you. Shelter Insurance Cos.

Home Office: Columnia, MO Your sports source I I I I I I I I I I (55) I SAKAir Police PBPA Mitchell Jerdan Ward Chiropractic RR Donnelley Kiwania Nancy Owen James Roytek Party' Here Kt Photo by Mike Estell The Mattoon YMCA Samy Seals swim team will have 11 swimmers at the state meet this weekend in Naperville. They are: front row, left to right-Stephanie Noble, Megan Swango, Stephanie Gillum, Kelsey Nave, Sami Neal, Megan Michelson, and Madeline Young; back row-Kiley Nave, Rachel Willenborg, Anne Young, and Colleen Hussey. Cubs' Cairo makes up Baseball Roundup I MATTOON I I CHARLESTON IL hi viii QJ I 39-Years. for errors ers at Al Lang Stadium didn't remove the tarp until about an hour before the game. White Sox 3, Yankees 1 TAMPA Fla.

LyleMoutonhit two solo home runs and the Chicago White Sox got a strong performance from starter James Baldwin en route to a 3-1 victory over the New York Yankees Friday night. Baldwin (3-0) worked five innings, allowing one run and four hits. He struck out five and walked one during a 66-pitch outing in which he threw 42 strikes. Mouton opened the scoring with a second-inning blast off New York starter David Wells. I I 1 I I I I I I I I I By The Associated Press MESA, Ariz.

Miguel Cairo drove in the winning run in the 10th inning, atoning for two his errors in the ninth, as the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 Friday. The Cubs led 6-4 heading into the ninth, but Cairo's errors allowed Milwaukee to tie the game. The Cubs loaded the bases in the 10th with one out against Doug Jones, and Cairo lifted a long fly to left-center that fell in for a game-winning single. Brewers starter Cal Eldred allowed three runs on four hits in four innings. Cubs starter Turk Wendell gave up four runs on five hits in five innings with one walk and four strikeouts.

John Jaha hit a two-run homer for the Brewers, his third of the spring. Brian McRae and Kevin Orie homered for Chicago. 0 vQx 4Tt mVH a Mail This Br fli 19T journal 100 Mattoon, IL. 13 Weeks Daily 28.60 Home Delivery Only Payment Enclosed Home Construction COSTS STABILIZE! T-BALL fAGES T-BALL Blue Jays 6, Cardinals 1 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.

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