European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mountaineers stun Auburn St. John s trims Navy in nit sunday november 24, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 by associated press West Virginia and St. Johns the Only in ranked basketball teams in the Hart Ford conn., regional of the big Applena tonal invitation tournament meet Sun Day night to decide which plays in the semifinals at new York. Headed Home Are Lola ranked Auburn which was stunned by West Virginia 75 58. And no. 19 Navy which fell to St. John s 66-58 before 5,336 spectators at the Hartford civic Center. A was kind of Lough to be confident because of Auburn s High  said West Virginia guard Dale Blancy who had 23 Points on ii-of-18 shooting from the Field. But once the game got started we got  in the nit first round at Cincinnati Tulsa edged Dayton 63-60 in overtime and no. 9 Louisville Defeated Miami Ohio 81 65. The iwo winners meet in the quarterfinals sunday in Cincinnati. At Denver Washington beat Texas til paso 82-53 and it was no. 5 Kansas 67, pc Perdine 61, with those winners also meeting in the quarterfinals sunday at the same site. Sunday s other quarterfinal has i6lh ranked Alabama Birmingham against no. College basketball 6 Duke in Houston. Those teams opened the tournament with victories thursday night. In other games involving ranked teams it was no. 3 Michigan 67, Virginia tech 66 no. Ii Kentucky 77, Northwestern state. La. 58 no. 12 notre Dame 79, St. Joseph sind. 49 no. 13 Oklahoma 107, Cal Santa Barbara 92 no. 14 Louisiana slate 84. Montana state 59, and no. 18 Nevada 89, Las Vcgas-Ncvada-reno62. West Virginia jumped to an Early Lead behind Blancy and 6-foot-5 Ronardo Brown and had Little trouble pulling away the Southeastern conference champions who returned All five starters this season. In contrast the mountaineers lost Star Lester Rowe to graduation and five other players in september because of an alleged sexual assault on Campus. I m not surprised we won said mountaineers coach Gale Catlett who employed a zone defense which shul Down the tigers big gun 6-8 senior Chuck person. He averaged 22 Points last season but scored Only eight Points Friday night on 4 of-16 shooting from the floor. Thai ended his Streak of scoring double figures in 68 straight  said his off night was the worst he s had since the the fifth or sixth Grade. It hurts that the Streak is Over but life goes  Herbie Brooks added 13 Points and Brown and Eric Semish 12 apiece for it West Virginia. Guard Frank Ford with 21 Points and Center Jeff Moore with 15, topped Auburn which gets a Chance to avenge the loss at Home dec. 3. Meanwhile St. John s coach Lou canc Scocca who had an Mcaa final four team last season has found a zone Buster in Ron Rowan a 6-5 senior guard a Transfer from notre Dame who spent last season giving All America Chris Mullin a breather. Rowan popping from the outside against the middies zone hit 11 straights. John s Points including a three Point play which gave the Redmon a 54-53 Lead and kept them in front for Good. Rowan who scored 19 Points and 6-8 Junior Walter Berry who topped St. John s with 20 Points and 18 rebounds each made 8 of 15 from the Field. Another key to the new yorkers Victory was Job 6-8 Reserve Terry Bross did on David Robinson Navy s 6-11 Junior Cen Ter in the second half. Robinson had 19 Points and ii rebounds at intermission when the middies led 33-29.Robinson finished with 27 Points and 18 rebounds but failed to score a goal for thelast 14 minutes and made Only 9 of 17 free throws Overall and one for live Down the stretch. Robinson dominated the first half Berry said. Bross and Marco Baldi put their bodies on him. As the game got on we played our  Berry said that the Redmon wanted to prove they could win without Mullin and 7-foot Bill Wennington both first round National basketball association draft picks. The St. Johns West Virginia Winner will go to Madison Square Garden for the nov. 29 semifinals. The final will be dec. 1. At Cincinnati Tracy Moore and Byron Boudreaux scored 14 Points apiece to Lead Tulsa Over Dayton in overtime. De Young of Dayton hit a Baseline jumper and Sank a free throw to ice the score 50-50 with four seconds left in overtime and Moore missed an eight fool jumper at the Buzzer As the game went into  Colbert had 20 Points for Dayton which made just 7 of 25 Field goal at tempts in the first  got 19 Points from Forward Billy Thompson and broke open a close game in the second half to beat Miami Ohio. The cardinals led 38-33 at half time then pulled away to Lead by 10-15 Points the rest of the Way. Ron Harper led All scorers with 36 Points for  Denver Paul Fortier led Washington with 19 Points and the huskies romped to a 22-8 Lead in the first 10 minutes to put away  built its first half Lead to 33-10, Lerf 43-22 at the half and went a no o Shelton Jones of St. John s out duels Vernon Butler of Navy is i for a rebound. Is period action of nit game at Hartford Friday ahead 67-39 with about seven minutes left on a Basket by Fortier. Center Christian Welp added 18 Points for the huskies and Judyn Smith had 13 for step. Kansas rallied from a first half deficit of As Many As seven Points behind Danny Manning to beat pc Erdinc. Trailing 29-28 at halftime the Jay Hawks outscored Pupp Erdinc 13-4 in the first 3 28 of the half to Lead 41-33. Manning had eight Points during the run. Guard Calvin Thompson led Kansas with 14 Points while guard Dwayne Polcic topped the Waves with 14. Top Twenty third ranked Michigan survived an upset bid by Virginia tech when Robert Henderson hit a Layup with 20 seconds to play to give the wolverines a one Point Victory in the opening game of the silvers word invitational at Wailuku. Hawaii. Bill Curry of a. Tech had a jump shot blocked by Michigan guard Gary Grant with three seconds to pkwy. Grant led Michigan with 22 Points. Curry had 38. Winston Bennett scored 18 Points and Kenny Walker added 13 As no. Ii Ken Tucky opened its season with an easy Victory Over Northwestern state. David Rivers scored 20 Points to Lead no. 12 notre Dame easily Over St. Joseph s. Freshman Sean Connor hit a Bas Ket at the final Buzzer to give the Irish their their biggest margin of the game. Stan Kappers led St. Joseph s with 18 Points including 15 in the second half. Junior Tim Mcca Lisler went Over the 1,000-Point career Mark with 30 Points for no. 13 Oklahoma. Mcca Lisler the 18th player to reach that plateau As a sooner hit 10 of 22 Field goal attempts and 10 of 11 from the foul line. Khris Morison had 26 Points for Cal Santa Barbara. Celts rally in final period to trip 76ers 110-103 from press dispatches Boston Kevin Mihalc scored 32 Points Robert Parish 20 and Danny Ainge 18 As the Boston celtics rallied m the fourth period for a 110-103 National basketball association Victory Over the Phila Delphia 76ers.larry Bird surviving one of his worst shooting nights was 2 for 12 from the floor in the first three periods. He comeback to Hil on three consecutive shots Down the stretch for a game total of 11 Points As the celtics pulled away from an87-87 tie with seven minutes remaining. Mchale scored 23 Points in the first half but Philadelphia took a 56-51 Lead with the help of 15 Points by Moses Malone and 12 from Julius Erving. In other games Friday night no Roundup pistons 115, warriors 96 Pontiac Mich. A season High 28 Points by John Long 20 of them in the first h of. Led Detroit past Golden state. Five other pistons scored in double Fig ures As Detroit pushed its National basketball association record to 9-5 and strengthened its hold on second place in the Central division. Bullets 102, kicks 94 Landover my. Jeff Ruland scored 23 Points and Cliff Robinson added 22 As Washington beat new York. Washington won for the third time in its last four games. The kicks lost their 14thconsecutive Road game Over the last two seasons despite 34 Points and 18 rebounds by Forward Pat Cummings. Supersonics 122, rockets 103 Seattle Seattle led from Start to finish for an easy Victory that prevented Houston from moving into a first place tie with Denver in the Midwest division of the Western conference. Nets 104, suns 96 Phoenix Otis Birdsong scored 22 Points and new Jersey successfully used a swarming defense in the third Quarter in route to a Victory Over Phoenix. Spurs 108, pacers 94 san Antonio Mike Mitchell scored 31 Points and Steve Johnson added 24 As san Antonio beat Indiana. The pacers closed to 100-94 with two minutes to play before Mitchell popped in a pair of jumpers to put san Antonio up 104-94. Alvin Robertson who had 14 Points and 12 rebounds for the spurs tipped in a missed shot with 55 seconds left to give san Antonio a 106-94 advantage. Jazz 121, Cavaliers 113 Richfield Ohio Adrian Danilc scored 13 of his game High 33 Points in sparking Utah s fourth Quarter comeback As the jazz beat Cleveland. Trailing 97-83 at the end of the third Quartic. Utah rallied As Dantley repeatedly drove the Middle. Rickey Green s two free throws tied the game Al 110 Wilh 3 19 left. An illegal defense technical foul gave the Cavaliers a one Point Lead but John Stockton s Layup with 2 07 left put Utah ahead to slay by a 112-111 margin