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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1985
Page
10
The article corrects Coach Roger Craft's Du Quoin record to 92-60 and notes his team opened with three straight wins rather than four. It clarifies he was suspended for three days during the cross country season for using physical force on a team member, not for striking a member.
NBA results include Washington 128 over Cleveland 115 and Golden State 129 over Seattle with Boston, Phoenix, Portland, Indiana, and Dallas also winning or playing. NHL scores show St. Louis 6 Detroit 3 and Boston 3 Montreal 1 among others with several games upcoming. College results feature Bucknell, Colgate, and many others including Maryland and St. Peter's. regional matchups and standings noted across multiple conferences.
Du Quoin coach Craft and players defend leadership after a disappointing basketball season. Veterans returning were limited and injuries hampered progress while expectations of a conference title and state run faded. Players like Stacy Maguire rally around Craft despite critics. Result: a 69-54 loss underscores struggles.
Mater Dei remains first in the Southern Illinoisan Class A coaches poll after a Nashville Invitational sweep, one notch ahead of Cairo. Benton stays No. 1 in AA after weekend wins. Carbondale Cahokia and Charleston hold top four. Collinsville returns to top 10 after beating Alton. Carlyle rises to No. 3 in Class A. McLeansboro drops to No. 4 after a 61-50 win by Collinsville over Christopher. Pinckneyville stays No. 5 with wins over Anna Jonesboro and Murphysboro.
Logan women erased a six point halftime deficit to beat Paducah Kentucky 56 to 48 in Carterville. Vicki Lohmann led with 15 points while Regina Banks and Kelli Golis added 13 and 12 respectively as Logan improved to 14 5. Logan men fell 66 to 58 to Paducah marking a third loss to the Kentucky team this season. Sheldon led the Volunteers with 15 points and Steve Uel added 14.
Phil Kunz of Carlyle emerges as a rising star joining Jason Carson Monte Kuhnert and Steve Bardo on the top juniors list. The 6 foot 7 center leads Carlyle to a 15 2 record atop the Southwestern Egyptian Conference with 35 points in a 72 58 win over Anna Jonesboro. Kunz averages 17.4 points 14 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while blocking four shots.
Murphysboro senior guard Lisa Foster leads the Lady Red Devils in scoring and rebounding while also topping the team in assists. The 5-6 standout is praised as a team leader who motivates younger players and excels in a run-and-gun offense. Foster cites softball as her best sport and awaits college offers from Southeast Missouri, John A. Logan, and Merrimac College.
North Carolina fighter DePaul and Villanova wins highlighted a busy night. Dean Smith shuffled a thin rotation to outlast Jacksonville 74 68 as Brad Daugherty sealed it with late free throws. Tyrone Corbin led DePaul with 17 points while Ed Pinckney scored 20 for Villanova. Alfredrick Hughes scored 24 for Loyola Chicago who beat St Louis 85 73.
In first round Benton Invitational action Okanville rallied for a 47-45 win over McLeansboro as Greg Jansen scored the decisive basket at the buzzer. Stacy Sturm led Foxes with 24 points, while Olney upset Cairo 87-77 in the other opener. Todd Edgar and Jon Quayle tallied 46 for Olney and Cairo’s 27 were paced by Shawn Box.
Carlyle Indians used size from Jeannie Pollmann and Cynthia Wessel to beat Murphysboro 54 to 39 as Pollmann scored 20 with eight rebounds and Wessel 14 points and seven boards. Murphysboro trimmed the final margin early in the season battle in the Southwestern Egyptian Conference.
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