Page:6 - The Michigan Daily Sports Monday - March 19, 1990 Sweet 16 field in place for NCAA's West Ball State becomes this year's Cinderella story Southeast Big Ten's Minnesota and MSU both advance Ball State 62, Louisville 60 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Ball State showed Louisville that its reputation as one of the nation's top defensive teams is no fluke. The unheralded Cardinals from Muncie, Ind., smothered their big- time namesakes on Saturday, lim- iting Louisville to 38-percent shoo- ting and surviving a late rally for a 62-60 victory in the second round of the NCAA West Regional. Ball State's three previous NCAA tournament opponents over the' last two seasons shot only 39 percent. Louisville, despite its glit- tering tournament reputation, which includes two national championships in the 1980's, fared no better against the nation's No. 2 defensive team. "Defense has been the foundation of this program," Ball State coach Dick Hunsaker said-after his Car- dinals, seeded 12th, advanced to a meeting with top-seeded UNLV in the regional semifinals at Oakland on Friday. "We took charge and executed our game plan to perfection," he said. "We forced them into a perimeter game and forced them to take a little quticker shots than they wanted to. If their perimeter shots go down, it's a different game." Despite that, Louisville, seeded No. 4, nearly overcame a 17-point deficit, but was hindered by its failure from 3-point range, going 3- for-16. The last miss was by Everick Sullivan, who was long at the buzzer on a jumper that could have won the game. "They were giving us the open shots from the perimeter," Louis- viller coach Denny Crum said. "We just didn't make them. Three-of-16 from 3-point range doesn't strike fear in any opponent. "Give Ball State credit. They made a decision to sag inside, and when you don't make those outside shots, it makes their defense look good." Crum called it "about as weird a game as I can remember us playing. In the first half we were as tight as a drum. We forced the tempo in the second half and were only one shot away from a victory or tie." Chandler Thompson's basket gave Ball State a 46-29 lead early in the second half, but Louisville rallied with 14 straight points to pull to 46-43 with 8:06 left. Ball State increased its lead to 52-43 on a steal and three-point play by Thompson before Louisville again rallied and made it 62-60 on a pair of free throws by Felton Spencer with 1:15 remaining. Louisville stole the ball and called time with 29 seconds left. Spencer then missed a short jumper and was fouled after grabbing the rebound. But Thompson missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with seven seconds left, Louisville got the rebound and came down the court for Sullivan's final shot. Thompson and Billy Butts each scored 15 points for Ball State, which upset Oregon State in the opening round on a three-point play at the buzzer. Ball State limited Louisville t 33 percent shooting in building a 36-23 halftime lead. But Louisville rallied behind the play of guard LaBradford Smith and Spencer. AP Photo Syracuse's Derrick Coleman dunks as four Virginia players look on. The Orangemen defeated the Cavaliers 63-61. Michigan State 62, UCSB 58 KNOXVILLE (AP) - Steve Smith sparked a 15-2 second-half run with three consecutive baskets Saturday as Michigan State stopped UC- Santa Barbara 62-58 in the second round of the NCAA Southeast Regional. The 12th straight victory for the Spartans (28-5) sent the Big Ten champions into next week's regional finals at New Orleans against Georgia Tech. Santa Barbara (21-9) of the Big West conference held a 7-2 lead, but soon found itself stymied by the Spartans' pressure defense. The Gauchos, who defeated Houston in the first round, committed 14 turnovers and shot only 33 percent from the floor (21 of 63). After having their lead cut to 26- 25 on a basket by Santa Barbara's Carrick DeHart with 16:41 to play, the Spartans outscored the Gauchos 15-2 over the next 8:06. Dwayne Stephens began the run with two free throws. Smith then took command, scoring on two short jumpers and getting a basket on a goaltending call. Smith, who finished with 21 points, then guided the Spartans to a 37-25 lead when he hit Stephens with a pass and the Michigan State forward converted a three-point play. Two free throws by Ken Redfield and a dunk by Smith offset a basket by the Gauchos' Eric McArthur to hand the Spartans « 41-27 edge with 8:35 to play. Michigan State increased its lead to 47-31 on a pair of free throws by Smith and held its largest lead, 51- 34, with 3:11 remaining, on an inside basket by Mike Peplowski. Santa Barbara made a belated run in the final minutes behind the shooting of DeHart, who led the Gauchos with 23 points. The Gauchos trailed 62-54 with seventeen seconds left when Michigan State's Stephens missed a dunk and was hit with a technical foul. DeHart made both free throws and Gary Gray hit a jumper in the closing seconds. The Spartans, extended to overtime by Murray State in the first round, turned nine turnovers into 12 points in the opening 20 minutes as they came back to lead 25-20 at halftime. Kirk Manns put the Spartans on top for good at 16-13 with a three- point play with 8:05 left in the first half. Minnesota 81, Northern Iowa 78 RICHMOND (AP) - Willie Burton scored a career-high 36 points as Minnesota held off upstart Northern Iowa. Burton, a senior forward, scored 17 points as the Gophers built a 46- 40 halftime lead. He then scored Minnesota's first 11 points of the second half, and his jumper in the lane put the Gophers ahead to stay at 61-60 with 10:57 left. "I had a hot hand, and whenever somebody's hot, you keep going to them," Burton said. Minnesota (22-8) advanced to the regional semis for the second straight year. Northern Iowa which shocked No. 11 Missouri in the opening round, wound up 23-9, the most victories since the school joined Division I in 1980. Syracuse 63, Virginia 61 RICHMOND (AP) - Derrick Coleman stopped a furious Virginia rally with a game-saving block on the final play. After rallying from 15 points down in the second half, Virginia had a chance to win. But as 6-foot-5 Bryant Stith tried to score underneath with four seconds left, 6-10 Coleman swatted the ball toward midcourt and time expired as players dove after it. "We had our big fella right there," Syracuse's Stephen Thomp- son said. "He just came up with the big play." Coleman, an All-American this season, finished with 19 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. 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