41 NIT Tickets on sale at Michigan ticket office Semi-finals and finals $4.50 with student ID 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 HOKIES FA CE MICHIGAN IN NIT SEMIS -d Va. Tech gobbles up Tennessee ir~eeian LiYFE By LA RR Y FRitZ!) 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. V:;{,: Yi'i }i:{.ii }i:ti{:.}:"i}:i i:'Y :f}}:v: :v}-: {.v{.i'F::"}^P:.L }. .fv .. :,.v r.?":. .:;:} rill'':. r' ::":~-0":}. ^!":::':}:: v' - : "":": ..... .v:.v.. .....,., . ..............:.. J.h....vv.": "". hY".+" \ ri, :..{F,." :rf :' v n.....v.. 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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." Zimmerman .. homer doesn't help ........ 'A\&1 y 'x . . . .< pyS.a cy. ' ...( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......1 'v" . y't.4...,..../ ,, .sC'R ... . t ~ nv6 CALL YOUR FRIENDSI. Buena Vista grabs ' i a s U / \ r ALERT THE PRESS! BLOOM C IS IN OdmWld MiCbtgMlt Bat-lu. OUNTY 1 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 JOIN THE MILO'S MEADOW GANG EVERY DAY.. rFIT[E I t~.\ 11