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SPORTS
Boys' high school basketball finals
Today at Crisler Arena
Class B 11:00 a.m; Class A 2:30 p.m.
Class C and D 7:00 p.m.
The Michigan Daily Saturday, March 24, 1984 Page 12
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Dell
Curry scored 27 points last night to lead
Virginia Tech to a 78-68 win over Ten-
nessee in a quarterfinal contest of the*
National Invitation Tournament.
The win improved Virginia Tech's
record to21-12andrsent' the Hokies to
New York, where they will meet
Michigan Monday night in an NIT
semifinal game. Notre Dame will play
Southwestern Louisiana in the other'
semifinal contest.
VIRGINIA TECH spurted to a 29-18
lead with 9:06 left in the first half,
paced by two baskets each from Curry,
Bobby Beecher and John Dixon.
Tennessee, which closed its season at
21-14, battled back to take a 38-37 lead
with 2:05 to go in the half.
Virginia Tech took a 41-40 margin to
the locker room on a dunk by Perry
Young just before halftime. Young
finished the game with 17 points and 13
rebounds.
Tennessee's Willie Burton tipped in a
missed shot to give the Vols a 48-47 lead
early in the second half. Tennessee
stretched its margin to 54-49 with 12:17
remaining.
Notre Dame 72, Piusbwgh 64
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Joe Howard
hit a driving layup and added four, key
free throws as Notre Dame broke open
a tight game in the final three minutes
to defeat host Pittsburgh 72-64 in the
National Invitation Tournament
semifinals last night.
The victory sends the Irish, 20-11, into
a semifinal round game against South-
western Louisiana on Monday in New
York.
Tim Kempton scored on a short-
range shot before Howard broke free
for his layup with 2:41 remaining that
lifted the Irish to a 601-56 lead. Clyde
Vaughan remaining to cut Notre
Dame's lead to two points.
Houston tames Tigers
ET go to the hole*Daily Photo by DAN HABI
Eric Turner sweeps past Xavier's LeRoy Greenidge in Thursday night's 63-
62 Wolverine win. The victory advanced Michigan to the final four of the NIT
in New York, where it meets Virginia Tech on Monday.
ST. LOUIS (AP) - All-American
Akeem Olajuwon scored 25 points and
triggered a Houston surge late in the
game that carried the fifth-ranked
Cougars past No. 16 Memphis State 78-
71 last night in the semifinals of the
Midwest Regional of the Midwest
Regional of the NCAA Basketball Tour-
nament.
Olajuwon, the 7-foot junior from
Nigeria who led the nation this season
in rebounds, field-goal percentage and
blocked shots, fed Rickie Winslow un-
derneath for a layup and a 65-60
Houston lead with 4:30 left..
MEMPHIS STATE, which lost to
Houston in the Midwest semi-finals last
year, had several key starters in foul
trouble by then and never recovered.
Seven-foot freshman William Bed-
ford, playing with four fouls most of the
second half, fouled out of the game at
the 2:14 mark. Keith Lee, the Tigers'
leading scorer and rebounder on the
season, followed suit a minute later.
The chic ofthe Big Apple ..
Are the Wolverines ready?
B EFORE I GET GOING on this column let me take a brief time out to
congratulate Bill Frieder and his basketball team on making it to the
Final Four in New York City.
It finally looks as if the beleagured Michigan coach is starting to get the
last laugh on those fans and press who have berated him all season. Nobody
deserves the recent spoils of victory more than Frieder, and this NIT tour-
nament seems like just the beginning for his young and peaking Wolverines.
But let's face it, getting to the semis was the easy part of this tournament.
Frieder is now faced with his toughest task of the season - how to prepare
his mostly midwestern team for the Big Apple.
Well relax Bill, I'm here to help you. Actually that's not quite true. To be
honest with you I don't travel much. In fact, if anybody ever wants to beat
me in Trivial Pursuit all they have to do is pick Geography.
A lesson in geography
But fortunately I've been exposed to east coast way of life. Between my
roommate, her sister, and the neighborhood I live in, I constantly have to
remind myself that I don't go to NYU.
Now before I begin this Cager Guide to the Big City, I'm reminded of
something that my roommate, Jane, told me a while back. "Larry you
should go to New York," she said. "It will make a man out of you."
I can't promise anything of the sort. I haven't been to New York since this
sage advice so I couldn't confirm it. But I suppose if you go to the right
neighborhoods anything can happen.
And that could be a good place to start on our tour - the geography of
metropolitan New York. Despite what you might think, there is more outside
the city than just Roslyn and Great Neck. Of course I don't know of any but
you can take my word on it. Now once you're in the city they tell me that
each street has two sides to every address. Judging by the cars with New
York plates around here I think that means a rich and poor side.
Hold on a moment, my roommate just told me it stands for east and west
sides not rich and poor. Next thing they'll say is that BMW doesn't stand for4
Bronx-Manhatten-Westchester. Oh well, anyway your hotel is next to the
Garden so it probably doesn't make a difference one way or the other.
Eating and dressing like a New Yorker
Okay, since our tour has you situated in New York, the next big step is how
to dress right and be able to fit in with-the eastern crowd. Unfortunately,
Eric Turner's wardrobe can only go so far, so we've got to do something with
the rest of the team.
I suggest you go to Don Canham for a few extra dollars to send Dan
Pelekoudas, Gerard Rudy, Roy Tarpley and some others straight to Bivouac
for some Girbaud jeans and Patagonia jackets. Two years with this east
coast influence and I've become label-conscious. I hope my friends back
home never read this.
Back to your dilemma, though: I would also say go to Benetton, but Jane's
sister, Lisa, tells me they don't open for another week.
That one's going to be a tough problem to rebound from, so let's get to the
next area - eating. Now that the whole team is looking sharp you can go to
the finest restaurants after the games. From my experiences, these New
Yorkers are an aggressive people compared to us from the midwest, so a lit-
tle pre-tournament practice in Ann Arbor might help. I suggest going to
either Zingerman's or Sze-Chuan West to catch New Yorkers in their natural
element.
From my admittedly all-too-shallow eastern knowledge, there's a good
start to get you smoothly from the cold midwest to the Big Apple. Go and en-
joy your rewards, and if you find some time bring back a championship net.
SPOR TS OF THE DAILY:
Double trouble as batsmen lose 2
Special to the Daily
Edinburg, Tex - Michigan's baseball
team was trounced again yesterday in
Texas - twice.
The Wolverines dropped a
doubleheader, suffering a 11-2 pasting
at the hands of Miami of Ohio, and then
losing to Maine, 6-3. The twin-killing
left Michigan's record at 2-7.
IN THE opening game, the Redskins
struck for seven runs in the third inning
off Wolverines' starter Casey Close and
reliever Paul Kasper, but six of the
runs were unearned. Michigan commit-
ted five errors in the game.
The Wolverines jumped to an early
lead in the first before a batter was
retired on a run-producing single by
Ken Hayward. But Miami's Mike Car-
negie settled down to hold the Wolveri-
nes to one hit the rest of the way.
That base hit came in the fifth. Chuck
Froning singled following walks to
C.J. Beshke and Mike Watters to drive
in Michigan's other run.
CARNEGIE notched his first victory
of the year, without a loss, while Close
fell to 0-2.
The second game was closer, but the
result was the same for the Wolverines.
Maine scored six times in the fifth in-
ning with the help of three Michigan
errors. The Wolverines have now piled
up 15 errors in their last three games,
and the loss of shortstop Barry Larkin
to a sprained ankle has not made things
any easier.
Michigan had a 2-0 lead going into the
fifth, thanks to Jeff Minick's second
homer of the season and a run-scoring
double by Watters. The third run came
on a solo blast by Kurt Zimmerman in
the seventh, his second of the year.
Dave Karasinski was tagged with the
loss for the Wolverines, his second
straight setback.
Orioles 3, Tigers I
LAKELAND, Fla. (UPI) - Second
baseman Lenn Sakata doubled and
singled to lead the Baltimore Orioles to
a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers last
night.
Sakata drove in all of Baltimore's
runs although the Tigers out hit the
Orioles 8-6.
BALTIMORE jumped off to a 1-0 lead
in the second inning when first
baseman Eddie Murray singled then
was removed for a pinch runner, Benny
Ayala. Murray chopped a foul ball off
his left toe and was removed for
precautionary reasons.
Sakata smashed a deep fly ball to
center field to easily score Ayala.
The Tigers countered with their only
run in the fourth inning on consecutive
singles by leftfielder Larry Herndon,
centerfielder Chet Lemon and RBI
single by third baseman Tom Brookens.
HOWEVER, Brookens commited a
costly error in the sixth inning to enable
the Orioles to score twice for the final
margin of victory.
Shortstop Cal Ripkin led off the in-
ning with a double then, one out later,
first baseman Gary Roenicke was safe
on Brookens' error. One out later
Sakata singded in both runners.
Tiger,. starter Dan Petry was the
hard luck loser and Baltimore starter
sill Swaggerty was credited with the
win.
Tiger .second baseman Lou Whitaker
and Lemon each had two hits.
Nets 101, Celtics 97
BOSTON (AP) - Darryl Dawkins
scored 33 points, including New Jer-
sey's last 15, as the Nets overcame a 13-
point deficit to beat the Boston Celtics
101-97 in the National Basketball
Association last night.
New Jersey led 82- 73 early in the
fourth quarter, but the Celtics chipped
away and cut the margin to 86-83 on a
basket by Kevin McHale with 7:44 left
in the game.
BUT EACH time the Celtics
threatened to take the lead, Dawkins
held them off with his pinpoint shooting.
He hit a 15-foot jumper before Dennis
Johnson's three-point play for Boston
made the score 88-86. Dawkins followed
with two field goals before Larry
Bird, who led Boston with 33 points,
sank four straight free throws to make
the score 92-90 with 2:15 to go.
76ers 100, Cars 95
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Moses
Malone scored 30 points, hitting 15 of 16
shots from the free throw line, to lead
the Philadelphia 76ers to a 100-95
victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in
National Basketball Association action
last night.
Malone, who was celebrating his 29th
birthday, put Philadelphia ahead to
stay, 98-95, with 1:02 left in the game
after a string of four free throws.
Andrew Toney added two more free
throws for the final margin.
WORLD B. FREE, who tossed in nine
points in the fourth quarter, had given
Cleveland a 95-94 lead with 2:07 left.
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Netters host- Western
WMU no breeze
By SCOTT SALOWICH
The last time a team travelled east from Kalamazoo to take
on the Michigan men's tennis team, the Wolverines crushed
Kalamazoo College, 9-0. Tonight, however, the pickings won't
,be as easy as Western Michigan makes the same trip into
town.
"Western Michigan has the inside track to win, the Mid-
America Conference championship," added Michigan coach-
Brian Eisner.-"They are better than Kalamazoo College and
we are looking forward to a very good match with them."
Eisner is especially concerned about the Bronco's one-two
punch of R. J. Dunkle and Brian Herman. Western coach
Jack Vredevelt said both players "play a big game and
depend on big serves."
Dunkle, 7-2 so far this year, will face Michigan's Jim
Sharton at number one singles, .while Herman goes up
against Ross Lasner at number two.
The rest of Western's lineup is still in doubt according
Vredevelt. "We've had a couple of injuries so I'll have to
make some changes," he said. "I want to get one more look
at my guys in practice before I make any final decisions."
The only change in Eisner's lineup will be at number two
doubles where Satish Hiremath will replace Rodd Schreiber
as Hugh Kwok's partner. Schreiber has been suffering from
stomach problems and will play only in his number four
singles spot.
Eisner said he has been "very pleased with practice th'1
week and with the team's progress in general" but add
"I am still concerned about our concentration, composure and
how we are dealing with adversity."
Eisner said his young team must improve in these mental
aspects of the game if they are to succeed. "It (success) is
really a case of how much maturity you have."
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By BRAD MORGAN
Senior guard Archie Tullos tipped in
his own miss as time ran out to give
Saginaw Buena Vista a tense 62-60 vic-
tory over Wyoming Rogers in Class B
semifinals action at Crisler Arena
yesterday.
After trailing by as many as 10,
Wyoming Rogers tied the score for the
first time with 18 seconds left. Tullos
then came down court and fired a jum-
per from 15 feet that was off, and after
two missed tips, followed his shot and
sealed the victory. - .
"I JUST tried to make sure I got off a
shot before time ran out," said an
elated Tullos. "After it missed, I
crashed the boards and put it in."
Tullos finished with 28 points, mostly
on long-range jumpers. Freshman
Mark Macon chipped in with 14 for
Buena Vista, including five of six from
the free throw line in the last two
minutes. Craig Chappell's 28 points led
Wyoming Rogers, who finished with a
record of 25-2.
Buena Vista, 20-6, advances to play
Oak Park at 11:00 a.m. today at Crisler
for the Class B championship.
Oak Park 43, Okemos 33
In yesterday's second Class B game
at Crisler, the ,inside-outside com-
bination of Tony Holifield and Mike
Thorton led top-ranked Oak Park to a
slow-down, 43-33 win over Okemos.
Trailing 11-10 at the half, Okemos
went scoreless for the first five minutes
of the third quarter. Oak Park then mov -
ed out to a 24-16 lead after three quar-
ters, mostly as a result of Thorton's
hustling defense and excellent outside
B'semis
shooting.
WHEN OKEMOS pulled to within
four in the final quarter, however, it
was the 6-7 Holifield who took over, hit-
ting all four of his shots in the second
half. Holifield finished with 12 points
and 13 rebounds.
The game's slowed down tempe
didn't bother Oak Park coach Richard
Greist at all.
"We're a patient team and this
our kind of game," he said. "Any tea
that slows it down plays right into our
hands." - BRAD MORGAN
SCORES
BOYS'HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Class A
Detroit Southwestern 60, Brother Rice 57
Flint Northwestern 54, Highland Park 37
Class B
Buena Vista 62, wyoming Rogers 60
Oak Park 43, Okemos 33
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