SPORTS Page 8 Saturday, March 21, 1981 The Michigan Doily St. Joe's tips B.C., BLOOMINGTON (AP) -.Bryan Warrick hit two free throws with 21 seconds left to erase a one-point deficit and lift St. Joseph's, Pa., to a 42-41 basketball victory over Boston College last night in the NCAA Mideast regional semifinals. With St. Joseph's traling 41-40, Warrick was fouled by Martin Clark, Boston College's freshman forward. Warrick's first foul shot tied the score and his second, which bounced around the rim and finally went through, sent St. Joseph's one step closer to its second Final Four appearance in 20 years. WARRICK SCORED 20 points to pace the Hawks. John Bagley led Boston College with 11, including a pair of foul shots with 46 seconds left that put the Eagles up 41-40. Bagley missed an eight-foot jumper with 10 seconds remaining that could have won the game for Boston.College, and freshman center Jay Murphy missed the followup. In the scramble for the rebound, St. Joseph's John Smith was fouled by Rich Schrigley. However, Smith missed the first shot of the one-and-one with five seconds left, and Boston College had one last chance. GUARD DWAN Chandler took Mur- phy's pass just past midcourt, but he landed straddling the line and the Hawks retained possession on the over-, and-back violation. Boston College, using a very deliberate style of play, led by five, 31-, 26 after a seven-point run with 10:04 to play. , St. Joseph's, however, battled back slowly, and Warrick got the Hawks within one, 35-34, with a steal and a layup with 3:19 to play. Wichita St. 66, Kansas 65 NEW ORLEANS (AP)-Reserve forward Mike Jones hit a 20-foot jumper with two seconds left in the game last night to give Wichita State a 66-65 college basketball victory over cross- state rival Kansas in the NCAA Mid- west Regional. Jones, who averaged four points a game for the regular season, finished the night with eight points-four of them in the final minute of play-to send Wichita State into Sunday's regional championship game against the winner of last night's Louisiana State-Arkansas game. WICHITA STATE, a four-point un- derdog, blew a five-point lead five minutes into the second half, rallied to go up 60-59 with six minutes to play, then fell behind 65-62 with 2:07 left in the game. Kansas guard Darnell Valentine missed the chance to increase Kansas' lead when he missed the front end of a one-and-one free throw opportunity with 56 seconds left. Wichita State brought the ball down- court and Jones lofted a 22-footer to put the Shockers within a point.. VALENTINE again had a chance to give his team the lead when he took an inbounds pass behind the Shockers defense that left him wide open 10 feet from the basket. However, he missed the layup. Wichita State killed all but the final two seconds, then Jones hit his game- winning 20-footer. Purdue 81, Duke 69 WEST LAFAYETTE (AP)-Pur- due's Drake Morris scored 28 points last night and teammates Brian Walker and Russell Cross keyed a second-half surge that carried the Boilermakers to an 81-69 victory over Duke in he quar- terfinal round of the National Invitation Tournament. 'he victory sent Purdue, 20-10, into the NIT semifinals Monday night at New York's Madison Square Garden. DUKE, HITTING 15 of 24 shots from the field in the first half, built a 31-28 lead by the intermission and held a five- point edge early in the second half before the Purdue rally. The Boilermakers finally tied Duke at 41 on a free throw by Cross, a 6-foot- 10 freshman. There were two more ties before a basket by Keith Edmonson and a fast-break layup and free throw by 42-41 Walker put Purdue ahead to stay with under eight minutes remaining. Another three-point play by Morris a minute later gave the Boilermakers a 57-51 lead, matching their biggest first- half edge. The Blud Devils came no closer than five points the rest of the way. PURDUE continued to widen the lead in the closing minutes and a pair of free throws by reserve Kevin Stallings with five seconds to go gave Purdue its biggest lead at 81-67. ,,,.,,,tull court PRESS AZ's San tifer a reminder of cagers' need for speed By SCOTT M. LEWIS Syracuse forward Erich Santifer, the 19-year-old kid from Ann Arbor, stood at midcourt, his arms raised in exultation. There were only eight minutes left on the clock Thursday night and his team was ahead of Michigan, 77-60. Wolverine head coach Bill Frieder had just called a desperation time out. As theteams returned to the court, Santifer again threw his fist into the air, responding to the cheers of 20,659 delirious fans and igniting, in turn, an even more tumultuous ovation. Thursday night belonged to Erich Santifer. Twenty-one points, five rebounds, six assists, and a countless number of smiles, handshakes, and high-fives. It is true that several heroes emerged for Syracuse during its National Invitation Tournament 91-76 win over Michigan-senior center Dan Schayes (22 points), forward Tony Bruin (master of the two-handed slam dunk), and Leo Rautins (16 points and a game-high 13 rebounds). No one, however, commanded more attention after the game than San- tifer. For him, the victory was extra special. Two years ago, when the 6-4, 180-pound sophomore was finishing his career at Huron High School during which he received all-state honors, college coaches from across the country were knocking on Santifer's door. According to Santifer, Michigan was one of the few Midwestern schools not to show a great deal of interest in him. "They didn't really want me, and I didn't want to go to Michigan. I made that decision my junior year," Santifer told a group of reporters after the game. "There are no hard feelings involved. Coach Frieder is a great coach. I have great respect for him and the Michigan players. Bad feelings? No. Not atoll." Before one starts to scream over how Michigan and other Big Ten schools let Santifer "get away" (as one courtside observer put it), it should be noted that the Ann Arbor native was not considered to be a sure-fire success in college. Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim called him a sleeper last year. This season, although scoring at an impressive 13.4 clip, Santifer still is oc- casionally plagued by erratic performances. His sometimes-careless play notwithstanding, Santifer gives Syracuse a dimension which the 1980-81 Wolverines sorely lacked and which was decisive in the Orangemen's victory- quickness. "Once we went into our running game, they couldn't do much with us," remarked Boeheim. "I thought quickness would be a factor tonight. It was important to go out and show them our running game early." For the Wolverines, it was a familiar refrain-an inability to keep pace with faster opponents. That Michigan was unable to cash in on opportunities from the perimeter (the normally reliable Marty Bodnar and Johnny John- son combined to hit only 7 of 17 shots) made the game even more of an uphill struggle. Add those factors to a 36-26 rebounding deficit and one begins to understand how Syracuse was able to blow Michigan out in the second half. The coup de grace, however, was Michigan's failure to contain any of Syracuse's starters. Bruin, Santifer and guard Eddie Moss romped their way past the Wolverines' man-to-man defense, the latter two also suc- ceeding in dissecting the Michigan zone. When the Wolverines did manage to seal off the middle, Syracuse turned to Schayes and Rautins. Schayes, a hulking 6-11, 240-pounder who will never join his father Dolph in the NBA Hall of Fame, looks like anything but an off- guard. Thursday night, however, Schayes did for Syracuse what Johnny Johnson usually does for Michigan-hit the 15-20 footer with regularity. The Wolverines were caught off guard by Schayes' outside shooting proficiency. "I was surprised after I made two or three shots they didn't put someone on me. Every time I got the ball, nobody was there," Schayes said. To be sure, Michigan did send center Paul Heuerman out on defense to guard Schayes, but the Syracuse pivot continued to connect from the outer limits. And if it wasn't Schayes doing the damage, it was Rautins, the 6-8 forward from Canada who strongly considered enrolling at Michigan before opting for Minnesota. He transferred to Syracuse last year. Frieder admitted that on defense, his team did not perform the way a tournament champion must. The Wolverines allowed Syracuse to hit 41 of 57 shots (72 percent), including the first 16 attempts in the second half. After the intermission the home club shot an astounding 88 percent (21 of 24). Troubles on defense were nothing new for Michigan. Recall, for instance, the first Purdue game, when the Boilermakers set a conference record by making 75 percent from the field. Or the second Indiana game, when Isiah Thomas scored 39 of his team's 98 points. The worst display came at home against Ohio State (Michigan surren- dered 105 points). If Todd Penn can score 24 points, it shouldn't come as a shock when Erich Santifer scores 21 or Dan Schayes 22. "Our defense really hurt us. You know, it's been happening all year," Frieder said. "They all broke records against us in the Big Ten. Syracuse really played well and shot incredibly well, but a lot of it had to do with our defense. You can't play defense like that, and make the number of mistakes we made on offense, and expect to win." Nor can Michigan expect to contend with the nation's truly outstanding teams unless it improves its backcourt quickness. A lot of hustle, heart, and determination can keep a team competitive-as the Wolverines have demonstrated the past two seasons-but there is no permanent substitute for quickness. S M I S p NCAA Tournament EAST Virginia (27-3) vs. Brigham Young (25-6) WEST. North Carolina (27-7) vs. Kansas St (24-8) MIDEAST Indiana (23-9) vs. St. Joseph's (25-7) MIDWEST Wichita State (26-6) vs. LSU-Arkansas winner S TRI-PI Pizza-Pi at GREEK PIZZEI Eat in or Take Out, At Packard £ State FAST, FREE DELIVERY 995-0232 IM SCOR ES THURSDAY Basketball Men's Ail Campus 5- LawDogs 46, Guns 39 Tye Studs 52, Beasts of Burden 39 Law Datory 43, volunteers 32 Law Dunk 42. Drill Team 27 Horton Wears a Hoop 32, Nu Sigma Nu 31 Magnolia Thunder Pussys 52, Slade Bros. 41 Runners 46, The Whimps 45 Giants in Disguise 54, ZBT 17 Women's All Campus 5-6 Lakers 33. 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