THE PLAIN DEALER, SUNDAY, MARCH 13. 1988 Sooners hold off Missouri charge FROM WIRE REPORTS KANSAS CITY. Mo. Four starters. four fouls each, eight minutes to play: It nearly added up to a collapse for No.
4 Oklahoma. The Sooners had just enough behind Stacy King's 35 points yesterday to turn back a furious rally by Missouri and beat the Tigers. 102-99. in a semifinal game of the Big Eight tournament. The Sooners face Kansas State.
which built an early lead then coasted to a 69-54 victory over cold-shooting ACROSS THE NATION Kansas. today for the title and automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Harvey Grant, King, Dave Sieger and Mookie Blaylock all had four fouls with eight minutes left and Missouri rallying from 16 points behind. "We got real soft defensively because we had no choice." Sooners coach Billy Tubbs said. "We've had some games like that.
Where it really hurts us is we have to get soft defensively." Missouri fell behind in the first half with Derrick Chievous sitting out with three fouls. The Tigers rallied to within 97-96, but King converted a three-point play with 31 seconds to play, making a turnaround jump shot and getting fouled by Nathan Buntin. Chievous made a free throw for Missouri. and Blaylock hit one for OU. making the score 101-97.
Lynn Hardy made a driving layup, but the basket was disallowed and he was called for charging. Blaylock hit another free throw before Chievous scored as the buzzer sounded. Kansas State bolted to a 23-8 lead and held a 34-23 halftime lead in defeating Kansas. Mitch Richmond. who set a two-year K-State scoring record, had eight of his team's first 15 points and finished with a gamehigh 21 points.
Pacific-10 Conference TUCSON. Ariz. Sean Elliott scored a career-high 32 points as Arizona tied a Pacific-10 Conference record for most victories (30), avenging an earlier loss by whipping Stanford. 97-83. in a semifinal game.
Arizona advanced to today's championship game against Oregon State, which got past Washington State, 74-68. in two overtimes. Atlantic Coast Conference GREENSBORO. N.C. Danny Ferry's one-hand shot in the lane with 1:45 remaining broke a tie and put eighth-ranked Duke final with a 73-71 victory over No.
11 North Carolina State. The Blue Devils advanced to the title game for the third time in five seasons and will face ninth-ranked North Carolina. which beat Maryland. 74-64. For the third time this season.
Duke took charge of the Wolfpack and held a big lead in the second half, then saw its shooting touch go cold in the closing minutes. Only this time, the Blue Devils held on after two regular-season losses to N.C. State. For UNC. J.R.
Reid scored 19 points as the ninthranked Tar Heels gained the final round for the 16th time in 33 years. Southeastern Conference BATON ROUGE, La. Eric Manuel scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half. including two free throws with 33 seconds left, as sixth-ranked Kentucky beat Louisiana State, 86-80, in the semifinals. Manuel, a freshman, Winston Bennett and Rex Chapman sparked a second-half comeback that carried the Wildcats into the championship game of the SEC event for the 22nd time in 27 tournaments.
Kentucky will meet Georgia, which edged Florida, 72-70, on Patrick Hamilton's 3-point shot with 19 seconds left, in a fight game. The Georgia-Florida game was less than four minutes old when the Gators' Ronnie Montgomery and Bulldogs' Alec Kessler got into a fight. Montgomery plowed into Kessler and hit him in the stomach. Kessler chased him down and landed two punches before referee Luis Grillo wrapped up Kessler and took him to the floor. As Grillo lay atop Kessler, Mont- AP Xavier coach Pete Gillen celebrates with players Byron Larkin, right, and Jamal Walker after the Musketeers' 122-96 victory last night at Indianapolis.
gomery landed two punches to Kessler's head. Both players were ejected. Montgomery was charged with a double intentional personal foul and a double technical, Kessler with a double technical. Big East Conference NEW YORK Sherman Douglas scored 23 points. including seven straight for Syracuse in the second half when the 13th-ranked Orangemen took the lead for good and went on to beat Seton Hall, 68-63, in a semifinal game.
Syracuse trailed, 46-37, with 12:11 to play, but finally managed to tie the score at 53-53 on two free throws by Derrick Coleman. The Orangemen advanced to today's championship game against Villanova, a 72-69 winner over No. 5 Pittsburgh. Mark Plansky's 3-pointer from the top of the key with 58 seconds left lifted Villanova into the finals. Plansky, a 6-7 senior and lone holdover from Villanova's 1985 NCAA championship team, also hit a 3- pointer with 49 seconds left on Friday that beat St.
John's in the quarterfinals. He finished with 25 points. Midwestern Collegiate Conference INDIANAPOLIS Byron Larkin scored 23 first-half points and finished with 38 in leading No. 20 Xavier past Detroit, 122-96, as the Musketeers won the tournament for the third straight year. Xavier had six players in double figures as it set a tournament single- scoring record for the second consecutive night, bringing its record to 26-3 with its 15th consecutive victory.
Metro Conference MEMPHIS, Tenn. Louisville, behind 21 points from LaBradford Smith and 14 by Herbert Crook, cruised into the championship game by swamping South Carolina, 89-57. Louisville will meet Memphis State, which defeated Florida State, 81-74. Southwest Conference DALLAS Southern Methodist hit 10 of its first 12 shots on sharpshooting by Eric Longino and Kato Armstrong and rolled into its first tournament finals with a Eastern Michigan wins title By ELTON ALEXANDER He was joined on the All-Tourna- STAFF WRITER TOLEDO Eastern Michigan used a blend of styles pressure defense and the elegant performance of center Grant Long in defeating Ohio University last night. 94-80.
for the championship in the ninth Mid-American Conference Tournament. The blend should serve the Hurons (22-7) well in the NCAA Tournament. "We've played them three times, baby, and all three times they shot the lights out." said OU coach Billy Hahn. "We've tried to give help defensively in three different games in three different ways and couldn't get it done. They're good, believe me, and they're going to represent the conference well," he said.
It was a bitter finale for the Bobcats, who finished their season at 16-14, because they failed to follow their game plan. OU had lost two conference games to the Hurons by scores of 109-92 and 102-101. So Hahn said before the game he did not want another shootout. OU trailed at the half. 39-37.
but had the advantage "for most of the session because of its slow pace. EMU increased its lead to 45-41 at the start start of the second half, then OU made its mistake. The Bobcats started running. They did run to a 49-45 lead, but the Hurons gran them right out of their shoes. "It was a cat-and-mouse game for a while.
But I think at that point everybody said, 'let it all hang rout, said EMU coach Ben Braun. "I thought at that point, we dug in. I thought our defense was betH ter. We heated it up. turned it up and spilled our guts on the floor.
Right when we had to have it. we went out and got it." Eastern had runs of 6-0 and 26-8 that helped build its lead to 82-67 with 5:23 to play. Their pressure all over the court, three point shooting and Long were too much for the Bobcats to handle. Eastern shot for the game made 4 of 8 from three-point range. The Hurons out-rebounded 34-31, and made more free 98-76 victory over Houston.
Top-seeded SMU faces Baylor, a 74-73 winner over Arkansas, in today's title game. Western Athletic Conference PROVO. Utah Eric Leckner scored 22 points, including four during a run late in the and 14th-ranked Wyoming won its second straight WAC title with a 79-75 victory over Texas-El Paso. Trans American Athletic Conference DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Frank Hampton scored 18 points, including the go-ahead basket in overtime, as Texas-San Antonio beat Georgia Southern, 76-69, in the championship game.
Ohio Valley Conference MURRAY, Ky. Jeff Martin scored eight of his 22 points in the final 6:22 as Murray State turned back Austin Peay, 73-70, in the title game. ECAC North Atlantic Conference HARTFORD, Conn. Tony DaCosta scored a career high 26 points as Boston University defeated Niagara in the title game. earning an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Pacific Coast Athletic Association INGLEWOOD, Calif. Kevin Nixon led a balanced Utah State scoring attack with 19 points as the Aggies defeated UC Irvine, 86-79. DePaul 77, Marquette 65 lilinois 79, Northwestern 74 Indiana 116, lowa 89 Miomi, Fia. 92, Fla. International 76 Michigon 95, Ohio St.
76 Notre Dome 72. Dayton 59 Purdue 93, Minnesoto 66 Wisconsin 71. Michigan St. 69 TOURNAMENTS ACC Semifinals Duke 73, N. Carolina St.
71 North Carolina 74, Maryland 64 Big East Semifinals Syracuse 68. Seton Hall 63 Villanova 72. Pittsburgh 69 Big Eight Semifinals Kansas St. 69, Konsos 54 Oklahoma 102, Missouri 99 ECAC Division 11 Chompionship Dowling 92, C.W. Post 80 ECAC Division Chompionship Ill N.
Y. N.J. N.J. Tech 103, Jersey City St. 93 ECAC Division Ill New England Championship Amherst 85, ColDy 80 ECAC Division Ill Upstate New York Championship Geneseo St.
87, Elmira 82 ECAC North Atlantic Championship Boston U. 79, Niagara 68 Metro Athletic Semifinals Louisville 89, South Carolina 57 Memphis St. 81, Florido St. 74 Mid-American Conference Championship E. Michigan 94, Ohio U.
80 Midwestern Collegiate Championship Xavier, Ohio 122, Detroit 96 NCCAA District 4 Championship Bethel, Ind. 74, Grand Rapids Baptist 69 Ohio Valley Conference Championship Murray St. 73, Austin Peay 70. PCAA Championship Utah St. 86, Cal-Irvine 79 Pocific-10 Semifinals Arizona 97, Stanford 83 Oregon St.
74, Washington St. 68, 20T Southeastern Semifinals Georgia 72, Florida 70 Kentucky 86, LSU 80 Southwest Semifinals Baylor 74, Arkansas 73 Southern Meth. 98, Houston 76 Trans Americo Athletic Conference Championship 76, Georgia Southern 69, OT WAC Championship Wyoming 79, Texas- El Paso 75 WOMEN MIDWEST MAC Finals Bowling Green 70, W. Michigon 53 MAC TOLEDO (AP) Results in the MidAmerican Conference men's basketball tournament: Friday E. Michigon 95.
W. Michigan 88 Ohio U. 64, Cent. Michigan 62 Yesterday Championship E. Michigan 94, Ohio University 80 E.
Mich. 94, Ohio U. 80 OHIO (80) Graham 9-15 1-2 20, Bi ack 3-6 2-2 8, Rnodes 8-10 0-1 16, Jamerson 9-20 2-2 24, Whitaker 1-9 3-4 5, Jackson 1-4 1-1 3, Lehmann 2-6 0-0 4, Rankin 0-1 0-0 0. Cannon 0-0 0-0 0, Kocher 0-0 0-0 0, Reid 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-71 9-12 80.
EASTERN MICHIGAN (94) Long 10-16 9-13 29, Soucie 1-4 0-0 3, Henderson 5-6 2-3 12. Chambers 5-7 5-6 15, Neely 5-9 4-4 15, Carl Thomas 4-4 3-3 11, Nolan 0-2 1-2 1, Goneen 3-3 0-0 8, Charles Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Grazulis 0-0 0-0 0, Clum 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-53 24-31 94. Holf-EMU, 39-37. 3-point goals-OU 5-16 (Graham 1-1, Jamerson 4-9, Whitaker 0-4, Jackson 0-1, Rankin 0-1) EMU 4-8 (Soucie 1-4, Neely 1-1, Cari Thomas 0-1, Goneen 2-2.
Rebounds OU 31 (Lehmann 8), EMU 34 (Long 12). Assists-OU 22 (Whitaker, Graham 6), 13. (Neely 7). Total fouls-OU 25, EMU 15. HOW AP TOP 20 FARED YESTERDAY 2.
Purdue (27-3) beat Minnesota 93-66. 3. Arizono (30-2) beat Stanford 97-83 in Poc 10 semifinals. 4. Oklohoma (29-3) beat Missouri 102-99 in Big Eight semifinals.
5. Pittsburgh (23-6) lost to Villanova 72-69 in Big Eost semifinals. 6. Kentucky (24-5) beat Louisiana State 86-80 in SEC semifinals. 8.
Duke (23-6) beat North Carolina State 73-71 in ACC semifinals. 9. North Carolina (24-5) beat Maryland 74-64 in ACC semifinals. 10. Michigan (24-7) beat Ohio State 95-76.
11. North Carolina State (24-7) lost to Duke 73-71 in ACC semifinals. 13. Syracuse (24-8) beat Seton Hail 68-63 in Big East semifinals. 14.
Wyoming (26-5) beat Texas- El Paso 79-75 in WAC Championship. 15. Iowa (22-9) lost to indiano 116-89. 19. Illinois (22-9) beat Northwestern 79-74.
20. Xavier, Ohio (26-3) beat Detroit 122-95 in MCC Championship. SCHEDULE TODAY Atlantic TOURNAMENTS- Conference: Championship Big East of: Conference; Big Eight Conference: Pacific-10 Conference; Southeastern Conference: Southwest Conference. OH1O-Tournaments: Metro finols. NCAA BIDS Schools that have received automatic bids to the men's NCAA basketball tournoment: Boise State, Big Sky Conference tournament chompion.
Boston University, ECAC North Atlantic Conference tournament chompion. Bradley, Missouri Valley Conference tournament champion. Cornell, Ivy League regulor-seoson chompion. Eastern Michigan, Mid- American conference tournoment champion. Fairleigh Dickinson, ECAC Metro Confer.
ence tournament chompion. La Salle, Metro Atlantic Athletic Association tournament champion. Lehigh, East Coast Conference tournament champion. Loyola, West Coast Athletic Conference tournament champion. Murray State.
Ohio Valley Conference tournament chompion: North Carolina Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. tournament champion. North Carolina Charlotte, Sun Belt Conference tournament champion. North Texas State, Southland Conference tournoment champion. Purdue, Big Ten Conference regular -season chompion.
Richmond, Colonial Athletic Assoc. champion. Southern University, Southwest Athletic Conf. tournament champion. Southwest Missouri State, Association of Mid-Continent Universites champion Temple, Atlantic 10 Conference tournament champion.
Tennessee-Chattanooga, Southern Confer. ence tournament champion. San Antonio, Trans America Athletic Conference tournament champion. Utah State, Pacific Coast Athletic Associotion tournament champion. Wyoming, Western Athletic Conference Tournoment champion.
Xavier, Ohio, Midwestern Collegiate Conference tournament champion. DIVISION III PAIRINGS QUARTERFINALS Yesterday At Scranton, Pa. Scranton 73, Clark 55 At Oneonta, N. Y. Hortwick 84, Trenton St.
69 At Delaware, 0. Ohio Wesleyan 106, Illinois Wesleyan 103 A1 Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska Wesleyan 58. Washington, Mo. 55 The NCAA Tournament field will be announced today at 5:30 p.m.
on WJKW, Ch. 8. 7 404 1 MAC TOURNAMENT throws, 24-9. During one stretch, OU never got the ball past midcourt as Eastern made steals that led to three-pointers. or Long scoring inside.
"Four turnovers in a row and three three-pointers were the ballgame, fellas," Hahn said. "That was it, they kicked our butt." The guy with the biggest boot was the 6-8, 225-pound Long. He scored 29 points, had 12 rebounds and five steals in Toledo's Centennial Hall in front of 7.194 fans, the second largest crowd in MAC Tournament history. With a two-day total of 61 points, 24 rebounds, 11 steals and three blocked shots. Long was easily voted the Most Valuable Player.
ment Team by OU's Graham and Dave Jamerson of Stow, who scored 24 points. Also making the teamwere Dan Majerle from Central Michigan and Lorenzo Neely of Eastern, the MAC Freshman of the Year. Eastern will find out today whom it will play and where, when the NCAA tournament selection committee announces the pairings for the 64-team field. The MAC representative has not done well in recent NCAA Tournaments, losing every game since 1983. But Eastern, which has never played in the Big Show, could change that.
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