01/31/ Basketball Home Stretch

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1 Eastrn Illinois Univrsity Th Kp 1984 Prss Rlass /31/ Basktball Hom Strtch Univrsity Markting and Communications Follow this and additional works at: Rcommndd Citation Univrsity Markting and Communications, "01/31/ Basktball Hom Strtch" (1984) This Articl is brought to you for fr and opn accss by th Prss Rlass at Th Kp. It has bn accptd for inclusion in 1984 by an authorizd administrator of Th Kp. For mor information, plas contact tabruns@iu.du.

2 P11ntllr Sports Nws EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Charlston, IL DAVID KIDWELL, Sports Information Dirctor OFFICE: (217) HOME: (217) Jan. 31, 1984 LS-AS-BB-BB OJ>P ~~7 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHARLESTON, IL--Eastrn Illinois Univrsity's basktball Panthrs, finally bgin a long strtch of hom gams by hosting AMCU-8 lagu ladr Illinois-Chicago Saturday (Fb. 4) and non-confrnc opponnt East Carolina on Monday (Fb. 6). Both gams ar at 7:3() in Lantz Gym. Eastrn, 8-9, has lost thr straight in th confrnc dropping to 3-4 and tid for 5th. Th Panthrs whippd Eastrn Washington, 75-68, Saturday night but thn lost, 88-85, at Illinois-Chicago Monday. Th UIC Flams ar now 14-6, hav won nin of thir last 11 and lad th AMCU-8 with a 6-2rcord. Thy hav won fiv straight confrnc gams at hom to surg into first plac. Th Panthrs now hav nin of thir rmaining tn gams in Lantz Gym aftr playing 12 of th first 17 ithr on th road or at nutral sits. Six of svn AMCU-8 gams ar at hom. "With a strong finish w can still b among th lagu ladrs but to accomplish that w'r going to hav to win'm all," says Coach Rick Samuls. "It's possibl now that w'r coming hom but w hav to play with th sam intnsity that w did at UIC Monday." THE GAMES: * * * * GAME NOTES * * * * Eastrn Illinois Univrsity (8-9, 3-4) hosts Illinois-Chicago (14-6, 6-2) at 7:30 CST, Saturday, Fb. 4, Lantz Gym, Charlston. EIU hosts East Carolina (3-14), at 7:30 CST, Monday, Fb. 6, Lantz Gym, Charlston. RADIO: All th action can b hard on 50,000 watt WLBH-FM, 97 on th dial, with play-by-play by Marc Stuart and commntary by Dick Vaughan. th Illinois-Chicago gam is tap dlay with th pr-gam starting at 9:30, th East Carolina broadcast is liv with pr-gam at 7:15. TENTATIVE STARTERS: EIU F 20 Jon Collins 6-4 So. F 41 Ivan Danils 6-10 Jr. F 52 Dirk Androff 6-7 Jr. F 44 Tim Andrson 6-5 Sr. c 00 Kvin Duckworth 6-11 So. c 54 Darryl Ric 6-7 Sr. G 24 Tim Wyss 6-5 So. G 10 Craig Lathn 6-1 Jr. G 34 Vincnt Smltr 6-2 Jr. G 15 John Ellis 6-3 Sr. EASTERN CAROLINA F 35 Drrick Battl 6-6 Fr. F 24 Kith Sldg 6-3 Fr. c 42 Lon Bass 6-10 Fr. G 11 Curt Vandrhorst g-1 So. G 12 Tony Robinson -1 Sr. UIC

3 ~ ~ ~ EIU BASKETBALL ADD 1 THE COACHES: EIU's Rick Samuls, in his fourth sason, is ovrall. in his first thr sasons th Panthrs wr 16-11, 14-13, and h prviously was an assistant at Iowa Stat and Eastrn Washington. UIC's Willi Littl is in his first yar as had coach aftr srving as Tom Myr's assistant for th prvious thr sasons... Littl took ovr th innrcity Manly High School had coaching position in 1975 whn th school had no varsity basktball and ld th Wildcats to a Class AA statp championship. ECU's Charli Harrison is in his scond yar with th Pirats currntly holding a rcord h guidd ECU to a rcord last yar... prior to joining th Pirats h was an assistant undr Johnny Orr at Iowa Stat in THE SERIES: This is th 7th mting btwn th Panthrs and UIC with th sris tid at 3-3. th two tams first mt in Dcmbr, 1978 with EIU winning at hom. th Panthrs also prvaild in Lantz Gym in 1979 and thn split as AMCU-8 opponnts last yar. EIU won hr but lost in Chicago, in th KOA Classic championship gam in Dcmbr UIC won 82-fi2 and thn took last Monday's contst to vn th sris... th Flams hav now won thr straight. This is th scond mting btwn East Carolina and th Panthrs with ECU lading 1-0. th Pirats won in Grnvill, NC by a scor two yars ago. SCORINGSLUMP OVER??: Aftr scoring blow 70 points in ight straight gams th Panthrs poppd in 75 Saturday against Eastrn Washington and a sason high R5 Monday at UIC. EIU's point avrag has climbd a bit but is still slightly undr 70 at DUCKWORTH TOP AMCU SHOOTER: 6-11 sophomor cntr Kvin Duckworth (Dolton-Thornridg) lads th lagu in fild goal prcntag with a 59.6% mark... h has has hit on 84 of 141 howvr h has bn limitd to just ight shots a gam. AMCU-8 STANDINGS: Tam Illinois-Chicago Northrn Iowa Wis-Grn Bay Wstrn Illinois EASTERN ILLINOIS Southwst Missouri Valparaiso Clvland Stat AMCU Ovrall Gams This Wk - Fb. 1 Wstrn Illinois at Wis-Grn Bay Fb. 2 Fb. 4 Fb. 6 Xavir at Clvland Stat Northrn Iowa at Clvland Stat Illinois-Chicago at Eastrn Illinois Valparaiso at Wstrn Illinois Wis-Grn Bay at Southwst Missouri East Carolina at Eastrn Illinois Clvland Stat at Wstrn Illinois Valparaiso at Southwst Missouri Wis-Grn Bay at Northrn Iowa

4 E~ASKETBALL mn2 AMCU-8 RACE: EIU is tid for 5th in th lagu standings aftr compltion of th first half of th confrnc rac howvr th Panthrs hav also playd mor road gams than any othr AMCU-8 opponnt consquntly th scond half of th sason favors a strong Eastrn finish. ABOUT UIC: ABOUT ECU: Th Flams ar rd hot winning nin of thir last 11 svn of thos wins wr at hom, two on nutral sits.. th losss wr th only two road gams at Northrn Iowa and Southwst Missouri th Flams now play fiv straight AMCU-8 road gams with only Wstrn Illinois rmaining on thir hom schdul UIC is scoring 85 points a gam which ranks No. 6 in th nation, and hitting ovr 51% from th fild fiv playrs ~vrag in doubl figurs with John Ellis tops at 16.7 guard Craig Lathn is No. 2 in th country in assistp with 9.3 pr gam. th Flams hav also bn avraging 40 rbounds pr gam but EIU hld a advantag in Monday night's gam. East Carolina has a 3-14 rcord prior to a Saturday night contst with Gorg Mason. th pirats opnd with wins ovr Campbll and Charlston-Nwport but thn lost 12 straight bfor dfating UNC-Wilmington last wk.. thy ar last in th ECAC-South sophomor guard Tony Vandrhorst lads in scoring with a 9.9 avrag th tam is scoring just 55 points a gam but also only allowing 64 forward Kith Sldg, who has startd iust th last ight gams, is avraging ovr nin in that priod. SAMUELS SAYS: "W playd with a lot of intnsity at Illinois-Chicago and I'm still confidnt this tam can finish with a flourish if w play as w did th othr night. w still nd to gt th ball to (Kvin) Duckworth mor oftn bcaus right now h's th lagu's bst shootr but I'm plasd that w'r also gtting offnsiv production from svral th last coupl gams in rgard to th confrnc standings, a lot can chang during th month of Fbruary particularly in rgard to us sinc w now hav so many at hom whil Illinois Chicago, th lagu ladr, gos on th road for fiv of its last six gams.. Northrn Iowa, which is in scond plac, has four gams lft on th road, so I crtainly bliv w'r still in th chas w.iust hop that Fbruary is a productiv month for Panthr basktball." -30-

5 '" -~ EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY 17-GAME BASKETBALL STATISTICS (8-9) NAME.Qiill_ MIN FGM FGA X! FTM FTA PCT REB AVE A ST B PF(D) TO PTS AVE HIGH Jon Collins 17 (17) l(CSU) Kvin Duckworth 17(14) (6) (EWTJ) Tim Wyss 16 (15) (1) (MSU) Vincnt Smltr 17(9) (3) R 11;(WGB, UIC) Troy Richardson 17 (10) (2) R(ISU) Dirk Androff 16(15) (3) (WIU) Paul Nidig 17(3) (KS) Drrick Spight ) (3 Ol'P) Stv Hopkins 11 (2) (KS) Ronni Duckworth () ).3 2(UIC) Drw Bck (WGB) Mark Tarnr ooo Todd Emro 1 Tam Rbounds 62 EIU TOTALS (15) (UIC) OPP TOTALS (9) (UIC) Dad Ball Rbounds: EIU - 42 OPP - 38 EIU INDIVIDUAL HIGHS EIU TEAM HIGHS EIU TEAM LOl-lS FGA 20 Jon Collins (Indiana Stat, Wstrn Illinois, UIC) 79 Illinois-Chicago 41 Wisconsin-Grn Bav FG 15 Jon Collins (Clvland Stat) 35 Indiana Stat, Eastrn Washington 2/. Valparaiso FTA 12 Jon Collins (Wstrn Illinois) 28 Knt Stat, Illinois-Chicago 1() Wisconsin-Grn Bav FT 10 Jon Collins (Wstrn Illinois) 21 Wstrn Illinois, Wis-Grn Bav 5 Wis-Grn Bav, Clvland St., E. Wash. FG%.900 (9-10) Kvin Duckworth (Eastrn Washington).638 (30-47) Eastrn Montana.291 (23-79) Illinois-Chicago FT% (8-8) Paul Nidig (Knt Stat).812 (13-16) Eastrn Montana.417 (5-12) Eastrn \-lashington REB 11 Kvin Duckworth (Clvland Stat), Dirk Androff (UIC) 55 Illinois-Chicago 24 Southrn Mississippi ASST 12 Troy Richardson,(Indiana Stat) 23 Indiana Stat 4 Northrn Iowa PTS 31 Jon Collins (Clvland Stat) 85 Illinois-Chicago 57 Wisconsin-Grn Bay OPP INDIVIDUAL HIGHS OPP TEAM HIGHS OPP TEAM LOWS FGA 26 Larry Robbins (Knt Stat) 77 Illinois-Chicago 43 Valparaiso l"g 12 Larry Robbins (Knt Stat) 39 Indiana Stat 19 Wisconsin-r:rn Bav Todd Hutchson (Wstrn Illinois) FTA 13 Richard Sims (Wisconsin-Grn Bay) 32 Hisconsin-Grn Bay 7 Knt Stat n 11 Richard Sims (Wisconsin-Grn Bay) 23 Northrn Iowa 6 Knt Stat ;F-0%.889 (8-9) Mlvin Bradly (Eastrn Washington).532 (33-62) Southrn Mississippi.413 (10-46) Wisconsin-Grn Bav FT%.846 (11-13) Richard Sims (Wisconsin-Grn Bay).889 (8-9) Valparaiso.451) (9-21)) Indiana Stat REB 16 Trry Braun (Indiana Stat) 51 Illinois-Chicago 16 Eastrn ~ontana ASST 16 Craig Lathn (Illinois-Chicago) 27 Wstrn Illinois 8 Wisconsin-Grn Bav PTS 30 Todd Hutchson (Wstrn Illinois) 88 Illinois-Chicago 52 Valparaiso

6 GAME- BY -GAME SCORING /REBOUND LNG (AT HOME: 4-1 ON ROAD: 3-6 NEUTRAL: 1-2 AMCU: 3-4 AHCTJ HOME: 1-0 A11CTJ ROAD: 2-4 EIU w Knt Stat (H) 2500 *L Southrn Mississippi (N) 10' 364 *W Wstrn Illinois (N) 11,187 L (OT) Ball Stat (H) 2500 L Indiana Stat (A) 5072 ~ Montana Stat (H) Eastrn Montana (A) 2780 **L Illinois-Chicago (N) 1852 L (OT) Montana Stat (A) 2271 L (OT) Wis-Grn Bay (A) 1342 w Clvland Stat (A) 1252 w Valparaiso (A) 1872 w Wis-Grn Bay (H) 2500 L Northrn Iowa (A) 3392 L Wstrn Illinois (A) 5832 w Eastrn Washington (H) 1443 L Illinois-Chicago (A) 2500 COLLINS DUCKWORTH NEIDIG WYSS RICHARDSON HOPKINS Sl..fELTRR. 17/4 15/8 12/3 9/4 6/2 8/5 7/0 18/3 6/3 6/4 18/3 10/2 0/2 7/2 26/3 7/5 0/4 10/7 6/0 DNP 13/3 20/4 18/9 8/4 20/2 4/0 DNP 5/?. 22/5 7/5 6/3 13/3 18/4 DNP 7/? 17/8 14/9 4/2 2Lf/3 12/2 DNP 5/1 25/5 11/7 5/4 6/0 15/ Lf DNP 7/5 7/6 18/9 3/4 10/8 6/8 2/3 7/6 20/1 9/8 2/0 DNP 6/5 4./3 ~13/3 10/6 12/10 5/3 0/0 9/0 DNP 12/.'1 31/4 16/11 0/1 12/5 2/5 0/1 0/3 21/5 10/6 2/2 4/2 7/1 4/2 3/7 14/0 8/6 4/3 8/3 6/1 0/0 16/."i 13/5 12/6 0/1 10/4 6/3 2/1 12/5 17/1 10/5 2/4 10/4 6/5 6/9 8/6 16/1 20/7 2/2 12/2 6/2 2/4 11/7 28/2 8/5 3/0 13/1 6/1 2/3 16/5 SPI{;HT ANDRO~T<' '5/0 DNP 0/1 0/1 4/0 7/7 1/2 0/10 6/5 0/5 f)/2 3/5 0/f) 4/6 2/1 3/7 4/1 f>/10 0/3 5/4 DNP 6/1 6/1 1/2 6/4 5/R 2/5 3/8 6/3 0/4 2/0 4/8 3/1 6/11 * 3rd at Illini Classic (Champaign) ** 2nd at KOA Classic (Billings, MT)