.r Pag8 y SPORTS Saturday, March 26, 1983 .d pk iv The Michigan.DaiI} 4 * Tar Heels stick it to Buckeyes, 64-51 SYRACUSEN.Y. (AP) - Defending NCAA champion North Carolina, led by All-American Michael Jordan, over- took Ohio State midway through the second half for a 64-51 victory last night in an East Regional semifinal basket- ball game. Ohio State, 20-10, which had finished in a three-way tie for second in the Big Ten, gave the eighth-ranked Tar Heels a tougher time than expected. The Buckeyes rallied twice to lead at half- time 30-22 and led 42-40 on Troy Taylor's jumper. BUT NORTH Carolina, 28-7, then ran off eight straight points, with Jordan hitting four free throws and Curtis Hun- ter and Jim Braddock each with a basket for a 48-42 advantage. The Buckeyes' Larry Huggins scored to cut the margin to 48-44 with almost nine minutes remaining. With 7:57 left, the Tar Heels then went into a stall and Jordan, who finished with 17 points, broke the delay by hitting an easy layup to put North Carolina ahead 50-44 with 6:27 left. The Tar Heels then made good from the foul line down the stretch, while Ohio State scored only three other field goals for the rest of the game. SAM PERKINS with 15 points and Braddock with 10 were the only other Tar Heels in double figures. Perkins sat out six minutes of the first half and nearly 10 minutes of the second when he got in foul trouble. Jordan, a 6-foot-5 sophomore, made only five of 15 shots from the field, but he made seven of nine free throws and led the Tar Heels in rebounding with seven. Thirteen of Jordan's points came in the second half. Joe Concheck paced the Buckeyes with 14 points, followed by Tony Cam- pbell with 13 and Taylor with 10. Villanova 55, Iowa 54 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Gary McClain and John Pinone sank four critical free throws in the final 23 seconds and Ed Pinckney grabbed a key rebound in the closing moments last night, boosting No. 13 Villanova over Iowa, 55-54, in the semi-finals of the Midwest Regional of the NCAA basketball tournament. McClain, with his only points of the night, sank both ends of a one-and-one that gave the Wildcats a 53-51 lead with 23 seconds left. With 14 seconds remaining, Iowa's Greg Stokes made only one of two free throws, enabling Villanova to keep a one-point lead. Two seconds later, Pinone dropped in both ends of a one-and-one for a 55-5..S lead. BOB HANSEN made a 10-foot bank shot with five seconds remaining to bring Iowa within one point at the finish. Villanova's Stewart Granger missed two free throws with three seconds to go after being intentionally fouled on the inbounds play, but Pinckney grabbed the rebound to preserve the victory. Pinone's 18 points led Villanova, which tied for first place in the Big East conference during the regular season. Granger had 11 and Dwane McClain 10 for the Wildcats, who meet the winner of the Houston-Memphis Stafr semifinal for the regional title on Sub- day. 6. PREP FINALS AT CRISLER TODAY: Oak Park trips E. Grand Rapids AP Photo Ohio State's Troy Taylor drives down the court while closely guarded by North Carolina's Michael Jordan in an NCAA semi-final game last night in Syracuse, N.Y. Beckwith to represent Michigan in regionals By PAUL RESNICK By MIKE BERRES 'The Oak Park Redskins withstood a last-minute rally by East Grand Rapids and Michigan-bound Garde Thompson to defeat the Pioneers, 55-53, in Class B semi-final high school basketball at Crisler Arena yesterday afternoon. Thompson, who led all scorers with 23 points, missed three shots in the final 20 seconds, while Todd Stewart missed a short jumper at the final buzzer. Thom- pson had hit two 20-footers just prior to the misses to pull the Pioneers within two. OAK PARK (25-2) was led by guard Fred Marshall. One of four junior star- ters for the Redskins, Marshall scored 14 points,hadded seven assists and han- dled the ball much of the fourth quarter when his team led by four points or less. The turning point came at the begin- ning of the second quarter with East Grand Rapids leading 16-7. Oak Park coach Richard Griest changed his defense. "We went into a defense which we hadn't played all year," he said. "Three people were playing man-to- man down low and two guards stayed in a zone. We needed a change or the game would have been over at the half." THE VICTORIOUS Redskins will play the Corunna Cavaliers, winners of the other semi-final game, in the Class B final at Crisler Arena today at 11 a.m. East Grand Rapids (22-4) coach Rick Albro said that the problem was his team's poor shooting (32 percent). He added, "We haven't seen five leapers like that all year and that had as much to do with our poor play as anything." After playing and losing his first game in Crisler Arena, where he will play the next four years as a Wolverine, Thompson said, "I hope the results are different the next time." Corunna 71, Dowagiac 60 The Corunna Cavaliers, led by Phil Zielinski's 31 points, used a penetrating offense to defeat the Dowagiac Union' Chieftains, 71-60, in Class B semi-final basketball action at Crisler Arena yesterday afternoon. Zielinski, an All-State football player headed for Central Michigan, was a for- ce at both ends of the floor for the Cavaliers. Along with his 31 points he had 12 rebounds and Corunna coach Frank Davis attributed his team's suc- cess to the 6-4 senior. "There's a lot of pressure on the defense when Zielinski has the ball inside," said Davis. DOWAGIAC (22-5) had a chance in the final minutes when Corunna missed four straight bonus free throw opper- tunities. But the Chieftains could not get any closer than eight points in the final period. An injury to center Tom Pullins, the team's leading scorer, on Wednesday night hurt Dowagiac. "It hurt us," said Chieftain coach Michael A. Pullas. "He was only at about 40 percent and we just couldn't stop their big man (Zielin- ski)." -MIKE BERRE 4mg z , , ,t.._ . , Kathy Beckwith is seeded sixth in the all-around gymnastics competition at the NCAA regionals being held today at Southern Illinois. Beckwith will be the Wolverines' only representative at the competition, which features the top geven teams and the top seven all- arounders in the Midwest region. V The Wolverines will not be able to defend the team title they captured last Jear as Indiana edged them out for the Est spot by seven-10ths of a point. Until Monday night,, it still looked as if the team might qualify, as top-ranked Iuebraska was riddled by injuries. The Cornhuskers apparently had enough gymnasts to field a team, so Michigan *ill stay home. , Beckwith will defend the all-around ttle she won last year with a 35.5. By winning that title, Beckwith became the Orst Michigan gymnast to qualify for 4ationals. Her best all-around mark this year was a 35.15, although she managed scores over nine in all four events during the season. Saucier cut LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - The D~etroit Tigers cut pitcher Kevin Saucier yesterday, requesting irrevocable waivers on the left-handed reliever. The waivers, which expire March 31 give Saucier, 26, his unconditional release, which means he is free to find a job with any other major league team. SAUCIER WAS acquired by Detroit from the Texas Rangers Dec. 10, 1980. His enthusiastic antics immediately caught the fancy of Tigers' fans during the 1981 season. Between April 16 and Aug. 18 last year, he allowed only 13 hits and one run in 31 2-3 innings covering 20 games. He had one victory and 10 saves during that stretch. Last year, however, Saucier lost his control. He split 1982 between Detroit and the Tigers' Class AAA farm club at Evansville of the American Association and wasn't effective, finishing with a 7.36 earned run average at Evansville. This year, Saucier toned down his an- tics, got a short haircut and worked hard in camp. However, his control problem persisted to the point where he couldn't even throw batting practice until the second week of training. Thursday, Saucier was racked for a double, a single, two walks and a grand slam home run in one inning of relief against the Minnesota Twins to seal his fate.. Miller honored SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (UPI) - Ohio State Coach Eldon Miller yesterday was voted Big Ten Coach of the Year in balloting of Midwest media members and league coaches. Miller, who earlier this month was selected as UPI's Big Ten Coach of the Year, received 64 points. He edged out Indiana Coach Bobby Knight, who led the Hoosiersto the league title. North- western Coach Rich Falk finished third. Waterfield dies BURBANK, Calif. (UPI) - Bob Waterfield, a flashy college and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback and former husband of actress Jane Russell, died Thursday of respiratory failure following a lengthy illness. He was 62. Joubert advances to rematch with Central EAST LANSING (UPI) - Antoine Joubert, playing like a man among boys, scored 44 points yesterday and top-rated Detroit Southwestern set up a rematch of last year's Class A final .with an 81-57 semi-final victory over Southfield. Two-time defending champ Flint Central, which beat Detroit South- western in last year's title game, 79-60, made it to today's finals at Crisler Arena by shading Detroit Kettering, 57- 56, on All-Stater Daryl Johnson's bank shot from the waist with seven seconds to play. JOUBERT PUT on a spectacular shooting show at Michigan State's Jen- sion Fieldhouse, scoring 32 of his points in the second and third quarters to help Southwestern overcome a 16-12 first quarter deficit and wrap up the game with a 65-44 lead entering the fourth quarter. Southwestern rode up margins of 27- 16 and 26-12 in the middle two quarters to send Southfield down to its third loss in 27 games. Southwestern is now 24-1. The 6-5 "Mr. Basketball" sank five of seven shots to score 15 points in the second quarter and seven of nine to total 17 points in the third period. JOUBERT MISSED only 12 of 29 shots in the game and added 10 of 13 free throws for a point total just six shy of the record 50 scored by Bob Bolton for Battle Creek Lakeview in the 1956 Class B quarterfinals. Added to his 31 points in the quarter finals, Joubert's total of 75 gives him a modest shot at the record 122 ac- cumulated by John Sperla for Flint St. Matthew in the last three games of the 1968 Class D tournament. All-Stater Mike McCaskill scored 15 points for Southfield but the Bluejays were led by a surprise 22 point game from senior Ray Kelser, younger brother of Seattle Supersonic Greg Kelser. IN THE EARLIER game, Johnson tripped between players and tried to bring the ball up but it was slapped and he had to force up a shot from a half- dozen into the hoop to give the Indians a shot at their third straight Class A championship. Kettering, wlich ends 22-4, took a 56- 55 lead with 42 seconds left when Robert Godbolt sank two free throws. Gerald Murray grabbed a rebound after sophomore forward Terrance Green missed a short shot from the left side, but Kettering turned the ball over with 16 seconds to play to give Flint Central a last shot at victory. R ,* Daily Photo by TOD WOOLF. Brian Miller (42) of Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg puts one up off the glass as Kalamazoo Christian's Kevin Dungey (53) and a teammate defend. Kalamazoo won last night's Class C semi-final game, 74-64, in double over- time at Crisler Arena. 74-64 IN CLASS C: K'zoo explodes in double OT win I NAVY.ROTC RUN-A-THON MARCH OF DIMES -IN THE NICHOLS ARBORETEUM -SUN. MARCH 27 -SPONSOR SHEETS: NORTH HALL or A2 BANK & TRUST --FOR INFORMATION CALL 761-6331 k. By DAN PRICE Kalamazoo Christian caught fire in the second overtime of last night's state high school Class C semi-final game and defeated Middleville Thornapple- Kellogg, 74-64, in a game that very easily could have gone the other way. PREP PAIRINGS CLASS A - Detroit South- western (24-1) vs. Flint Central (24-3); 2:30 p.m. CLASS B - Corunna - (22-4) vs. Oak Park (25-2); 11:00 a.m. CLASS C - Kalamazoo Christian (26-1) vs. Flint Hamady (26-1); 8:30 p.m. CLASS D - St. Ignace- LaSalle (24-3) vs. Detroit East Bill Nieboer was the hero for Christian as he hit a jumper with six seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime. Nieboer also hit four free throws in the decisive second overtime to give him seventeen total points for the night. TEAMMATES Kevin Dungey and Todd Menden shared game honors with 18 points each. The tone of the game was set early with the two teams trading baskets for most of the first half. Behind Nieboer's outside shooting Christian took a 30-24 lead into the locker room at halftime. Christian came out smoking in the third quarter and quickly built their lead to 11 midway through the stanza. But Middleville bounced right back to grab the lead with four minutes remaining in the contest by outscoring Christian, 13-1. The comeback was led by Jim Shipper, who had nine points in the second half and directed a tough zone defense. year when we've had to pull games au at the end." Flint Harnadv 63, Stephenson 47 Flint Hamady played a solid bald game from buzzer to buzzer anc trounced Stephenson, 63-47, last night iti the second Class C semi-final game ina contest where the outcome was never really in doubt. The Hawks scored the first eight points of the game and never lets Stephenson get closer than six for the remainder of the evening. The majore difference in this game was the battle otf the boards. Hamady won the rebouna ding contest by a 48-23 count. Flint' Wally Mary niak grabbed nine caroms to lead all rebounders. Frank Harris led all scorers with 20 points and Craig Cain chipped in 14 for 76 - GUIDE IS HIRING! 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