Sunday, March 18, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Sunday, March 18, 'I 973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine UCLANS SOLVE STALL: Indiana rolls over Kentucky, 'p By The Associated Press NASHVILLE - Sixth-ranked In- diana blew a 13-point halftime lead but came backvbehind the late scoring of Steve Downing and freshman Quinn Buckner to de- feat Kentucky 72-65 yesterday for the championship of the NCAA Mideast Regional basketball tour- nament. Kentucky, which saw its 10- game winning streak end, used a full court press to get back in the game, gaining a 59-59 tie on a follow shot by Jim Andrews with 8:38 remaining. Moments later Kentucky took a 61-59 lead on a basket from the corner by Jimmy Dan Conner. Buckner and Downing each hitj baskets to put the Hoosiers aheadI again before Bob Guyette gave, Kentucky another tie at 63-all. Indiana went in front to stay with 4:03 remaining on a layup; by Downing. One minute later Buckner scored on a tip-in to put Indiana in control. Downing scored 23 points to share scoring honors with Ken- tucky's Andrews, who had 15 in the second-half surge. Buckner, who coolly directed Indiana's attack after the Wild- cat comeback, had 16 points, Steve Green 14 and John Las- kowski 10. The Hoosiers, 21-5, claimed na- tional championships the last two times it reached the nation's final four-in 1940 and 1953.. Kentucky, hitting its first five shots of the game and six of sev- en, spurted to a 14-6 lead in the first four minutes before the Big Ten champions turned to funda- mental defensive basketball to force turnovers and cold shooting. Bruins bomb LOS ANGELES-Guard Tommy Curtis came off the UCLA bench SPORTS NIGHT EDITORS: MARCIA MERKER and MARK RONAN to provide the spark as the top- Maryland 103-89 for the NCAA Eas- ranked Bruins advanced yesterday tern Regional basketball title yes- toward a possible seventh straight terday. basketball championship with a The victory, 17th straight for 54-39 triumph over the University fourth-ranked Providence, moved of San Francisco. the Friars into the national semi- Curtis, the smallest man on the finals against Memphis State next UCLA team at 5-foot-11, entered Saturday afternoon at St. Louis. the game in the first half to help DiGregorio had kept Providence the Bruins erase a seven-point in the running with a 24-point firstI deficit, then continued where he half which ended with Maryland left off after intermission, ahead 51-50 and little Ernie on the The NCAA West Regional chain- bench with four personal fouls. pionship victory was UCLA's 73rd straight win, including 34 in play- ; There were 13 first-half lead off action. UCLA will meet Indi- changes, nine in the last seven ana next Saturday in an NCAA eminutes, s Providence shot 61 per semifinal game at St. Louis. cent to 52 for Maryland. UCLA winingits49thconec- Providence stormed out for the UCLA, winning its 49th consec- second half to outscore Maryland utive home game at Paulev Pavil- 12-2 in less than three and a half lion, led only 31-28 when the Bru- minutes andthe taller Terrapins ins exploded for 10 unanswered nes ad t er T ens points in a four minute span of never got back into serious conten- the second half. tion. DiGregorio's final basket pushed With 10:50 to play Bill Walton the score to 71-59, but he was guilty tipped in two shots within a min- of a charge on the play and left ute, then the UCLA press forced the game with 11:37 remaining. a turnover and a USF timeout. Still the Friars, unbeaten sincej But Curtis threw in a 22-footer, losing to UCLA two months ago, Larry Farmer converted two free kept rolling. Marvin Barnes and throws and Keith Wilkes sank a Kevin Stacom, a transfer from Holy' 16-footer before Phil Smith scored Cross, took up the scoring slack. San Francisco's 30th point with Stacom scored 24 points, 14 in seven minutes to plav. the last half, and Barnes tallied 13 Smith led the Dons with 17 of his 19 in the final period. points and the Brains got 13 from* Farmer and 12 each from Curtis Tigaers tear * * and Wilkes. Walton wound up with to nine. HOUSTON - Guard. Larry Finch * scored 32 points and put on a dazz- ling last minute ballhandling dis- Terps twerp play to lead 12th-ranked Memphis CHARLOTTE - Explosive Ernie State to a 92-72 victory over ninth- DiGregorio's 30 points staked Pro- ranked Kansas State yesterday in vidence to a 12-point lead before he the final of the National Collegiate fouled out early in the second half Athletic Association Midwest Re-! and the Friars went on to whip gional basketball playoffs. 72-65 The victory gave the Missouri Valley Conference champions their first trip ever to the NCAA champ- ionship finals next Saturday at St. Louis. Finch, nicknamed "Mr. Tubby" because of an overweight tendency, got the Tigers off to a quick start against the Big Eight Conference champion Wildcats, who tried to brunt Memphis State with a 2-3 zone defense. K-State's defense succeeded in holding down star center Larry Kenon, but Finch spoiled the stra- E I 1 I Crossed-out Due to yesterday's unusually seasonable Michigan weather, the lacrosse game scheduled between the Wolverines and Oberlin College was postponed until today. However, a quick glance outside should indicate that there isn't much chance that Bob Kaman's boys can shovel their way to Oberlin, Ohio for today's game, either. tegy move with accurate outside shooting. Kansas State took a 15-12 lead early in the game but a 30-foot jumper by freshman Bill Cook with 10:53 gone put Memphis State ahead for good. The Tigers, with Kenon, Bill Bu- ford and Wes Westfall all on the sidelines with four fouls, put the game away midway in the second half when they outscored the Wild- cats 10-0 in a three-minute span. AP Photo JOHN SHUMATE (34) of Notre Dame leaps and shoots in the first period against Southern Cal Saturday. Shumate made four critical free throws in the last three minutes as the Irish triumphed 69-65 in the NIT opener. HAPPY IRISH Notre. Dame tumbles past USC AP Photo HAPPY HOOSIERS John Ritter (42) and Steve Downing (32) cradle the Mid East championship trophy after Indiana defeated Kentucky 72-55 in the NCAA tournament in Nashville. BRAVES SWAMPED Pistons rally by Bulits By The Associated Press came through with another field NEW YORK-John Shumate de- goal for Southern Cal, making the livered four crucial free throws score 66-65 in favor of Notre in the last three minutes as Notre Dame with 30 seconds to go. Dame stopped Southern California Shumate then followed with his 69-65 in a tense opening-round final foul shot and Gary Brokaw game of the 36th National Invita- added two free throws, securing tional Basketball Tournament yes- the victory. terday. * * The victory advanced the Fight- II ing Irish into the quarter-finals edmen romp Tuesday night against Louisville. NEW YORK - A clutch jump Massachusetts' Yankee Confer- ence champs were locked in a fierce duel with the Tigers from the Big Eight until Skinner and McLaughlin helped them pull away in the final two minutes. After Missouri's high - scoring John Brown pulled his team within one point at 66-65 with a field goal, Skinner delivered a basket from the key and McLaughlin canned two free throws to make the score 70-65. After Brown scored again for Missouri, McLaughlin once more sank a pair of free throws to re- store the Redmen's five-point lead with 39 seconds left. By The Associated Press CHICAGO-Detroit's Dave Bing, held to a single free throw for the first 32 quarters, erupted for 10 consecutive points in the final three minutes to lead the Pistons to a 99-97 triumph over the Chicago Bulls in a National Basketball As- sociation contest last night. Bing earlier had been replaced in the first quarter after draw- ing three fouls and his sub, John Mengelt, proceeded to score 23 points to give the Pistons a 51-44 halftime bulge. Chicago fought back in the third onds left for a 98-95 lead After quarter and went ahead for the Walker collected his third straight' first time on an eight-point splurge, basket, Bing added a free th-wv 64-63. Norm Van Lier and Bob with three seconds remaining. Love combined for 20 points in The * * * period to give Chicago a 72-71 . edge with 12 minutes remaining. CavalerS Catapautt With Detroit leading 89-87, Bing BUFFALO-The Cleveland Cava- then hit on two straight jumpers Hers scored the first 11 points en and added three free throws ior route to a 41-16 first-period lead a 96-91 Detroit edge. and swamped the Buffalo Braves Chicago's C h e t Walker then 114-97 in a National Baskethall banked in two baskets to cut the Association game last night. Never more than six points apart, Notre Dame and Southern Cal went down to the wire in their bit- terly fought battle. The score was tied 61-61 whenj Notre Dame broke in front on three free throws by Shumate with just less than threerminutes re- maining. Dan Anderson brought the Trojans back within one point with a field goal with 2:14 left. With 1:20 left, Gary Novak hit a basket, giving the Irish a three- point lead again, before Anderson THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE re- ported that Vida Blue of the Oakland A's,Vthe sensation of the '71 season, is on his way to the Texas Rangers for "two ora three players and some cash." shot by Al Skinner and four free throws by Tom McLaughlin down the stretch helped Massachusetts upset Missouri 78-71 last night in a' first-round National Invitation Tour- nament basketball game. margin to one point before Bing hit a 30-foot jumper with 40 sec- SCORES NCAA BASKETBALL EASTERN REGIONAL Championship Providence 103, Maryland 89 Consolation Syracuse 69, Penn 68 MIDEAST REGIONAL Championship Indiana 72, Kentucky 65 Consolation Marquette 88,CAustin Peay 73 MIDWEST REGIONAL Championship Memphis State 92, Kansas State 72 Consolation South Carolina 90, Southwestern Louisiana 85 WESTERN REGIONAL Championship UCLA 54, SanhFrancisco 9 Consolation Long Beach St. 84, Arizona St. 80 NIT TOURNAMENT Notre Dame 69, Southern California 65 Louisville 97, American U. 84 Massachusetts 78, Missouri 71 N. Carolina 82, Oral Roberts 65 NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION Championship Ky. Wesleyan 78, Tenn. St. 76, OT Consolation Assumption 94, Brockport St. 90 NCAA HOCKEY Championship Wisconsin 4, Denver 2 Consolation Bostrn College 3, Cornell 1 NHL Buffalo 3, Montreal 3, tie Vancouver 6, Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 3, Chicago 2 New York Islanders 6, St. Louis 4 Toronto 7, New York Rangers 5 NBA Baltimore 120, Philadelphia 115 Cleveland 114, Buffalo 97 Detroit 99, Chicago 97 * * * MIISAA REGIONAL FINALS CLASS A Grand Rapids Christian 80, Midland Dow 57 CLASS B Negaunee 55, Iron Mountain 49 CLASS C Detroit East Catholic 68, New Haven 63 St. Ignace 73, L'Anse 56 CLASS D White Pine 85. Iron Mountain North Dickinson 59 Lenny Wilkens made a three- point play, Rick Roberson put in his own rebound, Austin Carr hit from the corner and John John- son contributed two free throws and a fast-break basket for the Cavaliers before Ruffalo scored after more than three minutes of play. They surged to within eight points with 21/2 minutes left in the third quarter but Barry Clemens hit Cleveland's next five baskets,' all from outside, to break it open again. '76ers fant PHILADELPHIA - Elvin hayes scored a career-high 43 points and blocked two shots in the last two minutes last night to lead the Baltimore Bullets to a 120-115 Na-, tional Basketball Association vic-' 1tory over the hapless Philadel- phia 76ers. The loss was Philadelphia's eighth in a row and established an NBA record for losses in one season, 68. The 76ers have won only nine games. The record of 67 was held by the 1967-68 San Diego club andhCleveland in 1970-71.- Hayes, who scored only nine points in his last game here, can- ned 19 field goals and five free throws for his 43 points, and block-j ed six Philadelphia shots. The University of Michigan Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures presents GEORG BUCHNER'S Woyzek and Leonce and Lena Woyzek on March 16 & 22 at 8:00 p.m. Leonce and Lena on March 17 & 23 at 8:00 p.m. Both plays will be presented on March 18 beginning at 2:00 p.m. Tickets: students-$2.00 Sun. Matinee: students-$3.00 non-students-$2.50 non-students-$4.00 AP Photo Professional League Standings HILLEL & MIDRASH-COLLEGE OF JEWISH STUDIES OF DETROIT PRESENT DR. ELLIS RIVKIN Professor of Jewish History, Hebrew Union College SPEAKING ON "The Contemporary Crisis and the Jewish Historical Experience: Options for American Jews" 8 p.m., Monday, March 19, at HILLEL, 1429 Hill I! Peace Corps and VISTA NEED PEOPLE with back- ground in h o m e ec, guidance counseling, psy- chology, sociology, TEFL, business education a n d other fields for programs at home and throughout the world. For information stop by the Fishbowl March 20 or 21, 9-4:30. 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