European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 5, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 Blue devils stay no. I in a poll new York a Duke the top seed in this week s Atlantic coast conference tournament remained no. I in the associated press col lege basketball poll monday missing a unanimous selection by Only on vote. The Blue devils 29-2, received 62 first place votes and 1,259 Points from the nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters. Kansas 28-3 and champions of the big eight received the other first place vote and 1,195 Points to hold second place for the second consecutive week. Duke won the acc regular sea son title with an 82-74 Victory Over then no. 3 North Carolina. Thus with one week of voting remaining before the Mcaa tournament gets under Way the Only teams to hold the no. 1 ranking this season have All come from the acc. Georgia tech was no. 1 in the pre season poll and North Carolina began its reign with the first week of the regular season and held the no. 1 spot for 13 weeks before being de throned by Duke a week ago. Kentucky 26-3 and Champion of the Southeastern conference jumped from fifth to third with 1,080 Points 35 More than the tar heels 26-4. St. Johns 27-4, moved from eighth to fifth with 938 Points 12 More than Georgia tech 23-5. Michigan 25-4 and tied for first place with Indiana in the big ten improved from 10th to seventh with 829 Points after victories Over wis Consin and Northwestern last week. Syracuse 23-4 and co champions of the big East with St. Johns fell two spots with 805 Points after losing to the redmen 86-79. Bradley with 719 Points and a 30 1 record jumped from 11th to ninth. The top ten was rounded out by Memphis state 25-4. Following Louisville in the second ten Are notre Dame Nevada Las vegas Georgetown Oklahoma Indi Ana Michigan state Navy Illinois and North Carolina state. Robinson Sparks Navy from press dispatches Fairfax a. Because Center David Robinson decided to get physical in the Sec Ond half of no. 18 Navy s game against the University of North Carolina at Wilming ton monday the midshipmen will once again be playing in the colonial athletic association finals. Robinson scored 14 of his 22 Points after intermission to help Navy slip past unc Wilmington sea Hawks 62-60. Nine of those second half Points came during an 18-7 run College basketball in which the midshipmen turned a three Point deficit into a 60-52 Lead with 2 57 to play. George Mason Defeated Richmond also by a score of 62-60, in the other semifinal contest to earn the right to face the top seeded midshipmen tuesday night in the finals. I went out there in the second half and acted like the dominating player i m sup posed to be said Robinson who also grabbed a game High 16 rebounds. Unc Wilmington which finished its season at 16-13, had a Chance to tie the score in the final seconds but the sea Hawks Sandy Anderson and Bobby to Springer each missed medium Range jump shots. Springer then took one final shot but it went Over the backboard. Navy 26-4, which has won 12 straight games and 19 of its last 20, trailed by four Points at halftime and by three Points with 13 minutes to play. But Robinson led the Navy comeback and the midshipmen never trailed after taking a 51-50 Lead on a Rob Inson Basket with 7 23 remaining. In other games involving ranked teams Bradley 61, West Texas state 55 Tulsa okla. Bradley ran its win Ning Streak to 21 games beating deliberate West Texas state 61-55 in the first round of the Missouri Valley conference postseason basketball tournament. The ninth ranked braves struggled against the buffs patient offence falling behind 4-0 before scoring 8 straight Points against a team that finished 11-17 for the season. Now 30-1, Bradley plays Illinois state which Defeated Wichita state 78-70 Mon Day in the semifinals tuesday night. Drake beat Creighton and Tulsa downed Indiana state in other first round games monday. Center Mike Williams had 18 Points and 10 rebounds for the braves who out shot West Texas state from the Field 53 Percenti file photo Navy Center David Robinson. Gets physical in colonial tourney to 43 percent. Jim Singletary had 20 for the buffs. Notre Dame 75, new Orleans 67 new Orleans twelfth ranked notre Dame piled up a 14-Point first half Lead on the scoring of Ken Barlow and Don Ald Royal then cruised to a Victory Over the University of new Orleans. New Orleans Cut that advantage to seven 48-41, nine minutes into the second half but again notre Dame pulled away to an 11-Point advantage. Barlow finished the game with 18 Points. Mark Stevenson had 17 and Royal had 11, As did Point guard Scott Hicks. Notre Dame is now 22-5 and new or leans is 16-10. Grandison had 25 Points for new or leans and Gabe Corchiani added 12. Oklahoma state 87, Oklahoma 84 Stillwater okla. Terry Faggins and Melvin Gilliam helped Oklahoma state withstand a second half rally by Oklahoma and the cowboys made coach Paul Han sen s final Home game a pleasant one with an upset big eight conference Victory Over the 15th-Rankedsooners. Hansen completing his seventh season at Oklahoma state was informed last month that his contract would not be extended when it expires. At the final Buzzer the crowd rushed onto the court in Celebration and Hansen was carried off on the Shoul Ders of his players. The Victory ended a string of frustrating Cowboy losses to the sooner. In the pre Vious four Home games against Oklahoma the cowboys had lost by a total of 10points. Oklahoma state finished its regular sea son with a 15-12 record 6-8 in the big eight. Oklahoma fell to 24-7 Overall 8-6 inthe conference. In a game involving women s ranked teams Georgia 94, Louisiana state 72 Athens a. Katrina Mcclain and Teresa Edwards had 32 Points apiece to Lead second ranked Georgia to a Victory Over loth ranked Louisiana state in the finals of the Southeastern conference women s basketball tournament. The Victory gives Georgia 29-1, an Auto Matic bid to the Mcaa tournament. Leu 25-5, is expected to get an at Large invitation to the 48-team Field when bids go out sunday. Edwards and Mcclain combined for 14 of Georgia s first 16 Points in the second half to break open a close game. The lady bulldogs outscored the lady tigers 16-8 in that seven minute stretch to build a 41-39 halftime advantage to 57-47. Edwards then scored six Points during a 10-2 Streak Midway through the half to give the lady bulldogs a 20-Point Cushio n with just Over nine minutes left. Alisha Jones led the lady tigers with 30 Points. Natalie Randall had 19 and Bonita Branch added 13. Mcclain who also had 12 rebounds monday night was named the tournament s most valuable player. Edwards and Jones were joined on the All tournament team by Lisa o Connor of Georgia Jennifer Gillom of Mississippi and Jackie Cowan of vanderbilt.1 West Ixa stat in 1th Victory in last 12 Aba games red hot Milwaukee Bucks defeat kicks 115-108 from press dispatches Milwaukee the Milwaukee Bucks winners of 11 of their last 12 Aba games Are playing with a quiet Confidence Forward Terry Cummings said monday night after his nine fourth Quarter Points helped the Bucks de feat the new York kicks 115-108. We Are a team that is quiet yet real confident in each other said Cummings who scored 2.3 Points. Like to night when Kenny Fields got hot we got him the Balland he kept stroking  Fields a Forward came off the Bench to score a career High 23 Points and hit 10 of 11 shots from the Field. His 11 third Quarter Points sparked Milwaukee to an 85-71 Lea entering the final Quarter. The kicks playing without coach Hubie Brown who was ejected in the first Quarter opened the final Quarter with a 19-8 run to close the Gap to 93-90 with 6 33 left. Cummings responded with six straight Points to give Mil Waukee a 99-90 Lead with 4 57 left. It was the kicks Lith loss in their last 12 games. Trent Tucker led new York with 24 Points and Gerald Wilkins added 20. The Bucks Sidney Moncrief left the game with 6 08 Lett in the third period because of a sore rib. Moncrief said alter the game that he would have the rib a Rayed. In other Aba games monday Aba Roundup Mavericks 139, suns 138 2 ots Phoenix Ariz. Rolando Blackman scored six of his 32 Points in the second overtime including a decisive Dunk with eight seconds left As Dallas beat Phoenix and swept their four game series this season. Walter Davis who had 31 Points and sent the game into overtime on a three Point goal at the Buzzer put Phoenix ahead 138-137 with 15 seconds to go in the second extra period before Blackman got behind the Phoenix defens for his game winning slam. Blackman also Sank two free throws with five seconds left in the first overtime to tie the score at 127-127. Mark Aguirre finished with 42 Points for the Maver icks who won their second straight game after six consecutive losses. The suns got 22 Points from Larry Nance All in the first half. Lakers 127, warriors 117 Inglewood Calif. Veteran Center Kareem Abdul Jabbar playing despite a sore right shoulder scored 25 of his 34 Points in the second half to Lead the lakers to a Tough Victory Over Pesky Golden state. The warriors who have the league s worst record yet have beaten the defending Aba Champion lakers twice in four meetings this season fought Back from a 99-87 deficit entering the fourth Quarter to earn a 112-112 tie with five minutes remaining. Earvin magic Johnson added 21 Points and had a game High 15 assists for the lakers and teammate Kurt Rambis had 16 Points and a season High 16 rebounds. Purvis Short led the warriors with 31 Points. Terry Teagle and Jerome Whitehead added 19 and 15 Point respectively for Golden state. Supersonics 118, rockets 105 Seattle Veteran Gerald Henderson scored 23 Points and Rookie Michael Phelps added a career High 17 monday night to Lead the Seattle supersonics to a Victory Over Houston in a game that saw the ejection of rockets Center Ralph Sampson and coach Bill Fitch. The rockets who Are 4-5 since losing Olajuwon were led by John Lucas who scored 25 Points. The 7-foot-4 Sampson who has been averaging 25 Points while starting at Center in Olajuwon s absence had just four Points when he was thrown out. Phelps a seventh round draft Choice from Alcorn state came off the Bench and hit his first six shots. Guard Danny Young finished with 18 Points and Jack Sikma had 17 rebounds for the sonics who  rockets 54-41