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HICKMAN CO. WINS FIRST REGION FOR FIRST TIME – 1973

H Hickman County Wins First Region T Tourney By JERRY ATKINS Sun-Democrat Sports Editor MURRAY, Ky., - Issac Child-| ress has been great all season long for Hickman County's Falcons, but last night he was super especially from the free-throw line! Childress, a muscular 6-foot senior guard who actually plays all over the floor, scored a gamehigh 26 points to spark the highflying Falcons to a 52-48 comefrom-behind triumph over Carlisle County's Comets. The inspiring win sends Hickman County to the State Tournament for the first time in the school's history. The Falcons of Coach Dale Ray will tangle with Clay County, a 68-59 winner over Pineville in the 13th Region finale fast night, in their "Sweet Sixteen" opener next Thursday afternoon. Childress, one of two Falcons to make the All-Tournament team as picked by members of the working press, was unreal at the free-throw line the hotshooting guard sacked all 16 of his tries from the stripe, the last with 16 by by to trim the first ad-| free 18- charity the with 67 64 tp 31 8 7 2 67 tp 0 0 21 20 3 64 Leading by four points most of the time during that stretch, Carlisle suddenly went cold after a Woods jumper at the top| of the circle produced a 46-42 lead with 4:28 remaining on the clock. The Comets made only one more basket, a short jumper by Woods with 17 seconds remain-| ing. Childress sparked Hickman County's come-from-behind effort, cashing a spinner into the lane at the 3:34 level and a breakaway layup after taking a tip at the other end of the floor and dribbling to the Falcon basket unmolested. The layup produced a 46-all deadlock, the game's only tie other than that standoff at 36 late in the third frame. Continuing his hero role Childress stepped to the line See CHILDRESS, Page 2D Atkins SPORTS EDITOR Section D-12 Pages March 11, 1973 two icing the victory with only eight seconds remaining. The senior guard actually set the stage for Hickman County's thrill-packed triumph by bagging six consecutive free tosses during a minute-and-a-half stretch late in the third quarter. His Falcons trailing by five, 34-29, the six straight gratis throws by Childress, followed by one off the fingertips of 5-7 senior guard Derrick Fitts - Hickman's other the Falcons All-Tournament into player a two-point advantage, 36-34. Carlisle County's Mike Woods, a 6-1 junior forward, bagged two jumpers before the quarter ended, however, and Coach Tom Buchanan's Comets led at the stop, 38-36. Woods keyed a strong Comet effort through the first four minutes of the last canto when two Carlisle players were riding the bench with four personal fouls. HICKMAN CARLISLE COUNTY 12 25 36 52 COUNTY 13 26 38 48 Hickman County' Player fgm-a ftm-a rb tp Issac Childress 5-13 16-16 5 26 Wallace Grundy 5-8 0-0 12 10 Derrick Fitts 1-1 4-8 4 Sidney Spates 3-6 2-4 7 R. Weatherspoon 1-12 0-1 10 2 James Jordan 0-0 0-0 ° Team rebounds 42 3 Totals 15-40 22-29 52 Carlisle County Player fgm-a ftm-a rb tp Thomas Jenkins 1-1 0-1 2 Robert Martin 3-8 3-3 Jerry Yates 0-4 0-0 Marty Nichols 4-14 0-0 8 John Martin 5-7 2-2 12 Mike Woods 6-11 3-4 15 David Garrett 1-2 0-0 O 2 Team rebounds Totals 20-57 8-10 33 48 Big Ten Title Goes To Indiana Northwestern Kills Minnesota's Hopes EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) "They took us by surprise and never let t up," said Minnesota Coach Bill Musselman sadly, after Northwestern upset his | Gophers 79-74 Saturday to knock them out of a possible tie for the Big Ten basketball title. The loss, coupled with Indiana's 77-72 victory over Purdue, gave Indiana the undisI puted Big Ten title and the NCAA tournament bid. Minnesota, runnerup with a 10-4 conference record, will go to the NIT. Mark Sibley, a senior playing his last--and best-game of his career, led the Wildcats with 36 points. The triumph was only the second in Big Ten play for Northwestern this season. Musselman didn't think the fact Indiana had played earlier and won had much effect on his team's performance. "Maybe at the start, but not later," said Musselman. "Sibley got a lot of loose balls, made key drives and got fouled at the right time. He really came to play. I think our trouble was we tried to come -[back too quick when we fell be-1 hind. Our kids put out but I've never seen Northwestern play like that." Indiana Hurdles Purdue BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Inside muscle by senior Steve Downing and outside shooting by freshman Jim Crews powered ninth-ranked Indiana past Purdue 77-72 Saturday and gave the Hoosiers their first Big Ten Conference basketball championship since 1967 and a berth in the NCAA playoffs. The victory pushed Indiana's conference record to 11-3. They went into the game tied for the Big Ten lead with Minnesota, but the third-ranked Gophers were upset 79-74 by Northwestern Coach Brad Snyder gave credit to the big crowd for the victory. "That was our biggest crowd (6,170) and they saw our best game. Everybody played hard, especially Sibley. I only, wish we had played that way all year." Sibley, granting his performance was the best of his career, said, "This is great. I thought a lot. of times we'd win and we'd wind up losing. I was a little worried at the half. I feel a little badly for Minnesota, because I think they're the best team in the Big Ten. But Indiana is an awfully good team too." The victory, only the second in the conference this season for the Wildcats, enabled Indiana, a 77-72 winner over Purdue earlier Saturday, to capture the undisputed title and gain the Big Ten's NCAA berth. Minnesota, which a week ago seemed to have the title clinched before suffering unex,pected losses to Iowa and Northwestern, will go to the NIT as the Big Ten's runnerup. Northwestern grabbed a 7-0 lead before Minnesota scored

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