European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Johns win in regional a photo via Novas de Pinckney leads rally from press dispatches de Pinckney scored seven Points during an 110 spurt at the Start of the second half that led Villanova to a 4643 Victory Over Mary land in the Mcaa Southeast regional basketball semifinals Friday the Triumph advanced the wildcats into sundays regional title game against North a 6256 Winner Over a Burn in Friday nights second semifinal trailed 2019 at half time before holding the terrapins scoreless Over the first of the second Harold Pressley scored the godhead Basket one minute into the second after Dwight Wilbur hit two free throws 90 seconds Pinckney scored the next seven Points As Villanova surged to a 30 20 Maryland was never Able to get closer than five Points until the final two minutes and never got closer than Villanova 110 run at the Start of the second half actually completed a 150 Streak that included the last two baskets of the first when Maryland was held scoreless for the final Gary Mclain 20footer with left in the half Cut the Lead to Pressley scored on a running 10footer at the Pinckney led the wildcats with 16 and Dwayne Mcclain added Adrian Branch led All scorers with 21 for the terms Len acc player of the year and a second team was held to a season Low eight North Carolina Auburn 56 Smith scored seven of his 22 Points As seventh ranked North Carolina built a 15point first half Lead and Joe Wolf hit eight key Points Down the stretch to stave off an Auburn rally As the tar heels triumphed in the semifinals of the Mcaa Southeast regional basketball which shot Only 33 percent in the first pecked away in the second Mcaa tourney half and five times closed the North Caro Lina Lead to three but the tigers never were Able to get closer until Carey Holland hit a Layup with 18 seconds remaining to Cut the Lead to Holland was fouled on the play and missed the free Chuck person grabbed the rebound for Auburn but was called for travelling when he fell to the the tar bolting into a regional championship game for the eighth time under coach Dean then sewed it up on a pair of free throws by Ranzino Smith and a Dunk by Kenny Smith in the final i 2 North Carolinas Victory snapped a seven game winning Streak for the 11 seed in the which had been on a Cinderella path in the Mcaa scoring upset victories Over Purdue and Kansas last Auburn coach Sonny Smith had announced in february that this would be his final although his players had vowed to reach the final four and per haps persuade him to change his Frank Ford hit 17 Points and person 16 for Carolina Alabama 55 Denver diminutive guard Anthony Spud Webb rattled in 14 and Reserve Forward Bennie Bolton canned a pair of insurance free throws with 33 seconds left to Lead 16 North Carolina state Over Alabama in the Mcaa West regional third ranked Johns Defeated Ken Tucky 8670 in the second game for the right to meet North Carolina state in sundays regional which finished the season at got a game High 18 Points from guard Terry Coner but  manage to match the Wolf packs with 33 seconds the Crimson tide trailed North Carolina state the missed a Chance to in Martina Navratilova reaches for a snot during her Victory Over Pam Shriver in Virginia slims quarterfinal in new York crease the Lead when the 5foot7 Webb missed the front end of a but who had 11 was fouled after webbs toss and canned both of his giving North Carolina state a 5753 Webb added a pair of free throws just seconds later when he was fouled while leading a Sloppy fast that made it Coner canned a jumper with 14 seconds Alabama had another Chance with 10 seconds a North Caro Lina state inbound pass went out of but Mark Gottfriedt 15foot jumper missed and North Carolina state rebounded to secure the Russell Pierre was fouled and made two free throws for the final Johns Kentucky 70 Denver swing Man Chris Mullin scored 30 Points and third ranked beating Kentucky off the boards in the second romped to Victory in the Mcaa West regional the battling Back from a seven Point deficit Midway through the first consistently got second and third shots in the second half despite the absence of their 7foot Bill Wenning who with four Forward Willie Glass hit three key re bound baskets As Johns moved from a 3938 halftime Edge to a 5751 Lead with 11 minutes left in the on a feed from scored and Sophomore guard Mark Jackson added two free throws As the redmen padded their mar Gin Over to eight with two minutes the redmen then hit 12 of 14 free throw attempts in the waning moments to secure the Walter Berry added 22 Points for the and Jackson came off the Bench for 12 Kentucky standout Kenny who played three quarters of the game with a badly swollen right Eye after some Contact with led the wildcats with 23 Mandrikova make semis new York a defending Cham Pion Martina Navratilova breezed past Pam Shriver and third seeded Hana Mand Liskova fought off Zina Garrison Friday night to move into the semifinals of the Virginia slims Tennis Champi mixing tremendous Tennis with moments of toppled her doubles partner Mandrikova advanced with a hard fought the two winners were to clash saturday after a semifinal match Between Czechoslovakia Helena the 5 seed in the 16player and 17yearold Kathy the Winner of sundays  final unique in women Tennis will collect with the runner up pocket ing running hard to get a pushed Over the curtains and sign at the Side of the the second time it the worlds to ranked player sat on a fans not to be pushed Over the sign and curtain on her Side of the