State stops icers to. end dismal season By BRIAN MILLER The 1978-79 WCHA season mercifully came to a.close for the Michigan Wolverines ten days ago, and in typical fashion-intrastate rival Michigan S't'ate beat the Blue twice in the teams' annual season-ending series, 5-3 and 5-3. Michigan was the only team eliminated from playoff contention before the final weekend of league play began, but the Spartans were hoping to sneak into the eighth and final playoff spbt. Despite the Spartans' series sweep, both they and the Wolverines will be sitting out the conference tour- nament for the second straight year. The Friday night loss at Yost marred an otherwise fine effort on the part of graduating captain Mark Miller. Miller assisted on all three Michigan goals and played well on the power-play unit as well as on his regular shift. But the story of the game was Michigan State's ability to score, almost at will, whenever they had the man advantage. Three State goals came on the power play and a fourth sailed into an empty net. The star of the game for State was Leo Lynett, a centerman who sat out the first half of the season due to academic difficulties. Lynett's second goal of the night proved to be the eventual game winner. Saturday night's game at MupnArena on the Spartan campus was played mostly for pride. Although that game would not have the slightest influence on the final standings, Michigan State wanted to win for its coach, Amo Bessone. Bessone had announced his decision to retire after the game, en- ding his 24th year as the hockey team's head coach. A native of Massachusetts, Bessone was named National Coach of the Year in 1966 after his team won the NCAA crown. As was the case with Friday's game, the Spartans jumped into a quick lead on Saturday and never relinquished it. State managed to successfully hold on to a two goal lead (3-1, 4-2 and finally 5-3) throughout the game. Despite the loss, junior center Dan Lerg continued his fine play since he returned to the lineup from a leg injury two months earlier. Lerg was in on all three goals (as Miller was the night before) scoring twice and assisting on the third to lead the Wolverines in this season finale. The end of the season also means the end of a collegiate career from some of the Wolverines. Graduating will be captain Miller, forward Mike Coffman, defenseman John Waymann, and winger Bill Wheeler. The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 13, 1979-Page Thirteen HOOSIERS DOWNALCORN ST., 73-69: B1 Ten squads advance in IT By The Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind.-Indiana for- ward Mike Woodson scored 19 points before-fouling out last night and the Hoosiers held off a strong rally in the closing minutes to edge previously un- beaten Alcorn State 73-69 in the second round of the National invitation Tour- nament. The Hoosiers held a 12-point lead midway through the final period and still led by 10 when they went into a stall with eight minutes remaining. The Braves, forcing repeated errors, steadily closed the gap, and after Woodson fouled out with four'minutes to go, they chopped the lead to two with 20 seconds left. Freshman Randy Wittman's two free throws with eight seconds left then clin- ched the victory for Indiana, now 20-12 for the season. Center Ray Tolbert finished with 16 points while Steve Risley added 13 and Wittman 10 for the balanced Hoosier at- tack. Alcorn suffering its first loss after 28 straight victories this season, was led by Larry Smith with 18 points and James Horton with 12. Smith sc6red 14 of his points in the second half as the Braves rallied from a 40-31 deficit at intermission. Woodson, the Hoosiers' leading scorer this season, kept Indiana in front, however, with 13 points in the second half. The Braves led the nation in scoring at better than 93 points a game, but In- diana held them in check most of the way and limited them to just six points in an eight-minute span in the first half. During that stretch, the Hoosiers broke from a 20-20 tie and stayed in front the rest of the way. Ohio St. 79, Maryland 72 COLLEGE PARK, Md.-Kelvin Ran- sey scored 23 points, hitting double figures for the 61st consecutive game, to lead Ohio State to a 79-72 victory over Maryland in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament last night. See more sports, Page 11 Ransey, a 6-foot-1 guard, sank six of nine shots from the floor in the second half and also handed off four assists while leading the Buckeyes to the final six of the NIT. Ohio State, 19-10, led by seven points five times in the first half, which ended with the Buckeyes ahead 36-32, and never trailed after intermission. Mike Cline, Ransey's running mate at guard, scored 13 points for Ohio State while Herb Williams had 15 and Carter Scott 14, despite sitting out part of the second half in foul trouble. Maryland, 19-11, was led by Albert King with 27 points and Ernie Graham had 20. King, bothered by a foot injury, came off the bench in the fifth minute of play. NIT officials will select two byes among the six survivors, sending them directly into the semifinals at New York's Madison Square Garden. Dominion 61, Clemson 59 (tEMSON, S.C.-Reserve forward Bobby Haithcock sank two free throws with one second left in the second over- time to give Old Dominion a 61-59 vic- tory over Clemson in a second-round National Invitational Tournament basketball game last night. Clemson controlled the ball for all but Study in Italy Next Fall BARBIERI CENTER/ROME CAMPUS Sponsored By TRINITY COLLEGE Office of Educational Services Hartford, Conn. 06106 Art History Literature Art History Sept. 6 - Dec. 14 Application Deadline: April 1 two seconds of overtime before Tiger forward Larry Nance fouled Haithcock while trying to rebound an errant jum- per by Clemson's Derrick Johnson. Clemson did not score in the last 14 minutes of play and attempted only one shot in each of the two overtimes. The Tigers had taken a 59-53 lead with 3:49 left in regulation on a stuff by guard Billy Williams that seemed to turn the momentum in the Tigers' favor. But ODU freshman guard Tommy Branch hit a jumper, Haithcock hit two free throws and Branch connected on a 22-foot jumper that tied the game with 10 seconds left. Old Dominion, of the East Coast Athletic Conference, improved its record to 23-6 while Clemson, of the Atlantic Coast Conference, ended its season at 19-10. Alabama 90, Virginia 88 BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Reginald "Mule" King shook off an upset stomach to score 43 points-26 in the first half-as Alabama defeated Virgina 90-88 last night to advance'to the quarter-finals of the National In- vitation Tournament. Drawings for the semifinal pairings will be made in New York on Tuesday, with two of the teams left drawing byes. King, the Southeastern Conference's player of the year, not only topped all scorers but played an inspired game on defense and in rebounding with four assists, two steals and 12 rebounds. Meanwhile, the Alabama defense held the Cavaliers' Jeff Lamp to 19 points, below his season average of 23. King scored 10 of Alabama's first 20 points while Virginia was scoring 10 points. Cottage INN (good only with this coupon) Carry-Out and FREE Delivery Ig f FREE-2 LARGE PEPSIS With any medium or large pizza GOOD MON. THRU THURS. 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