4 Page 8- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 18, 1986 AP Basketball Poll Pistons silence Jazz, After two convincing Big Ten vic- tories, Michigan moved up to seven- th in this week's Associated Press college basketball poll. The Wolverines pounded Min- nesota, 92-56, Thursday, then ran past Iowa in a nationally-televised game Saturday, 82-66. With the wins, Michigan maintained a one-half game lead in the Big Ten over No. 15 Indiana. North Carolina was unanimously selected as the top team in the nation for the second consecutive week, garnering all 62 first-place votes. Michigan State broke the Top Twenty for the first time this season, pulling in at No. 19. The Spartans will meet Michigan in Ann Arbor Thursday night. 1. North Carolina (62) ... (25-1) 2. Duke ................. (25-2) 3. Kansas............(24-3) 4. Memphis State ........ (23-2) 5. Georgia Tech ........(19-4) 6. St. John's ............ (24-3) 7. MICHIGAN........(22-3) 8. Kentucky .............(22-3) 9. Syracuse ............. (20-3) 10. Oklahoma......... (23-3) 11. UNLV ...........(24-3) 12. Bradley ........... (26-1) 13. Georgetown........(19-5) 14. Notre Dame........(17-5) 15. Indiana .............. (17-5) 16. Louisville ............(18-7) 17. Navy ................(20-4) 18. Virginia Tech......(19-6) 19. Michigan State.......(17-6) 20. N. Carolina State .... (17-8) (first place votes) 1240 1171 1087 1017 960 928 847 784 678 658 637 583 478 436 421 327 100 99 94 85 PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - Isiah Thomas scored 31 points, 10 of them in the decisive third quarter, and Kelly Tripucka added 30 points last night as the Detroit Pistons won their ninth straight NBA home game, a 117-96 decision over the Utah Jazz. Detroit has won seven of eight overall and 14 of its last 18 games, and the nine consecutive victories at the Silverdome tied a team record. THE PISTONS took command in the third quarter. After the Jazz pulled to within 59-58 on Rickey Green's jump shot with 9:36 remaining, Detroit responded with an 8-0 run, including two baskets on hook shots by Kent Benson. Utah got no closer than six points the rest of the way. The Pistons continued to push their advantage in the final period, out- scoring the Jazz 10-3 to lead 95-80 just 3:08 into the quarter. Tripucka had 12 points in the final period. ANOTHER eight-point string late in the quarter gave Detroit its biggest lead of the night, 113-89. -17-96 Detroit held a 32-24 lead with 1:36 to play in the first quarter but John Stockton scored all the Jazz points in a 7-4 surge that cut the Pistons' lead to 36-31 at the end of the quarter. Utah outscored Detroit 10-2 at the start of the second quarter to lead 41- 38, but a string of eight straight points by the Pistons gave them a 46-41 edge. Karl Nalone's three-point play put the Jazz ahead with 2:08 left in the first half but Thomas scored Detroit's last four points to give the Pistons a 56-51 halftime advantage. Adrian Dantley led Utah with 21 points and Stockton added 12. Mavericks 126, Nets 124 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Rolando Blackman scored a Meadowlands record 42 points, in- cluding two free throws in the final minute, to lift the Dallas Mavericks to 126-124 NBA victory last night over the New Jersey Nets, who have lost three in a row. 4 I Pearl shines for 23; Syracuse stops Pt PITTSBURGH (AP) - Dwayne "Pearl" Washington scored 23 points, including six key points down the stretch, as ninth-ranked Syracuse held off Pittsburgh, 69-62, last night to remain atop the Big East Conference. Syracuse held a 60-55 lead with 5:35 remaining in the game. Washington then sealed the victory with a driving layup and two free throws in the final 1:34 after Pitt rallied to within one point. Washington, averaging 28 points over his last five games, scored 16 in the second half as Syracuse improved its record to 21-3 overall and 12-1 in the Big East. HOWARD Triche hit a 10-footer to give the Orange the lead for good at 56-55 and Washington followed with a layup on a give-and-go pass from Triche. Wendell Alexis, who scored 15 points, hit a driving layup to push the lead to five. Neither team had led by more than four points until then. Pittsburgh, 14-9 over-all and 5-7 in the conference, again pulled within one point at 62-61 on Demetreus Gore s running shot from the lane. But Washington dribbled into the lane for an eight-footer with 1:34 to play and followed with two foul shots at the 52-second mark to make it 66-61. Triche and Rafael Addison had 12 points each for Syracuse, which won for the eighth time in its last nine games. Pittsburgh got 22 points from Gore and 18 from guard Curtis Aiken but the Panthers' scoring star, Charles Smith, managed only nine points. Smith, averaging 16.9, committed his fourth foul with 12:24 to play and never scored after that although he returned with more than eight minutes to play. The victory was Syracuse's seventh in eight games against Pitt since the Panthers joined the Big East four years ago. Herschel Walker may jump to Cowboys DALLAS (AP) - Herschel Walker could join the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League this season if the United States Football League decides to delay its fall season, his agent says. "Herschel will be playing this fall, either for the (New Jersey) Generals or the Cowboys. I can't get into specifics about his contract, but he is not going to wait for the USFL if they don't play this year," agent Peter Johnson told The Dallas Morning News on Sunday. USFL owners are meeting Wed- nesday in New York, and one owner, Baltimore's Myles Tannenbaum, has suggested the league suspend play un- til the resolution of the USFL's $1.32 billion lawsuit against the NFL, which would preclude the USFL's being ready for a fall 1986 season. Walker has a four-year, $6 million personal services contract with Generals owner Donald Trump, but Johnson said Walker will declare himself free of his USFL obligations if the USFL announces it won't play un- til the spring or fall of 1987. I I Associated Press Karl Nalone (32) of the Utah Jazz goes up over Detroit Piston's guard Isiah Thomas during the Piston's 117-96 rout of the Jazz Monday. Thomas was the game's high scorer with 31 points. 'U' recommends interim IST director By JILL OSEROWSKY William Kelly, a University geology professor, will be recommended this week to the University Board of Regents as interim director of the University's Institute of Science and Technology. If approved by the regents at their :meeting on Thursday, Kelly will assume the post Mar. 1. Vice President for Research Linda Wilson chose him to succeed IST director George Gamota, who resigned last month. KELLY, a faculty member for 30 'years is an internationally recognized authority on metallic ore deposits, tin- tungsten, base metal, and gold-silver deposits. The search for a permanent replacement has been postponed until a rountine evaluation of IST is com- pleted sometime in the spring. The post may not be filled until next fall, according to Alan Price, assistant vice president of research. Kelly resigned from the committee evaluating IST when Wilson asked him to step into the position two weeks ago. "I had to remove myself from the committee because of the obvious conflicts," he said. GAMOTA said he is currently working with Kelly to ease the tran- sition between directors. "He's certainly a very highly esteemed person and I'm delighted that he made the appointment," Gamota said. Although the job is temporary, Kelly said he plans to be active in his new position. "I have a lot of learning ahead, (but) I'm not going over there just to tend shop," he said. Located on North Campus, IST combines different sciences into in- terdisciplinary programs such as bio-physics. Kelly said his position at IST will be mainly administrative. "I think an important component is the liason function between the units of IST and the executive offices of the University and the various schools," he said. Kelly said he will retain his positions on the LSA executive com- mittee and in the geology department. "The most important thing for me is that the students I'm working with will realize I'm still with them," Kelly said. Go to bat Defects Support the March of Dimes BIRTH DEFECTS FOUNDATION POLICE NOTES 4 Burglaies mvestigated found IT'S ALL OVER CAMPUS! Police investigating two burglaries that occurred last week have discovered that in both crimes the perpetrator gained access to the homes through unlocked doors. Police Sargeant Jan Soumala said that last Thursday between 6:30 p.m., a house on the 800 block of Brown St. was broken into and a loot of jewelry, cash, and a camera, valued at less than $3,000 was taken. Soumala also reported that last Friday between 10:30 p.m. and 11;30 p.n., a house on the 1600 block of Cambridge was burglarized. The burglar took two watches and a cassette player, valued at less than $1,200. Soumala said that both crimes are still under investigation, adding that police do not think the two crimes are related. - Stephen Gregory BAHAMA SPECIAL: * SPRING BREAK DRY CLEANING * 10% off any SUMMER GARMENT 'Lowest prices in town, fnest quality around" FOR MORE INFORMATION ' CALL 996-0894 or stop by 617 E. University, Suite 211' ABOVE TACO BELL FOR ALL YOUR LAUNDRY ' AND DRY CLEANING NEEDS ' Valid with coupon only expires 2/21/86 ccii104 = - - - -== - ---- J DAIL) Shuttle remains i V ---- -- D Fat 1 ( Izz y eq,.Z ( r) . GETIT~ y ri -.' JI L r_ ' :r / 'I j . Cxs" CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) - A deep-diving research submarine creeped through swift, murky water yesterday with crew members cataloguing rocket debris on the ocean floor NASA believes is the wreckage of Challenger's right-side booster. Navy divers looked for other wreckage in shallower water closer to shore, and a nuclear-powered Navy submarine called the NR-1 was scheduled to arrive off the Florida coast today to join a growing fleet of salvage and recovery ships searching for shuttle debris. The four-man Johnson Sea Link 2, a small research submersible equipped with television cameras and sonar, was able to photograph the suspected remains of the shuttle's right-hand booster rocket Sunday. MSA drops all charges (Continued from Page 1) ter to the steering committee, his comments last night were less severe. NORRIS maintained his position that the original charges surfaced because he is black. "I felt that I was treated wrongly, and that racism had a lot to do with it," he said. "Black people are just controversial in a white society, and I wasn't going to resign until MSA admitted that they didn't have enough evidence against me." On Sunday, Norris encouraged "all of my black brothers and friends at U of M to secure our MSA funds so that we can put it to better use for our- selves" in a 14-page letter to the steering committee, his comments last night were less severe. Norris urged minority students to "take an investment in MSA, and take all due measures to be sure that minority issues are adequately and appropriately addressed in MSA." "I believe that MSA and I are in ac- cordance in ideals, but different in approaches," he added. Norris' s resignation was effective immediately, but no one has been named to take over the position. Because of complaints from other minority leaders that Norris has pushed only for black minority in- terests, there is speculation that his successor may not be black, Norris I K I I .yA -- * L 1 'V- 4' TO GET INTO SUMMER. I L2~ 4. If you have at least two years of college left, you can spend six weeks at our Army ROTC Basic Camp this summer and earn approximately $600. And if you qualify, you can enter the ROTC2- Year Program this fall and receive u pto $1,000 a year. But tebi aoff happens on graduation day. That's when you receive an officer's commission.