European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 19, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Providence Clemson Florida Post victories by the associated press Providence an unlikely survivor among the six big East teams that qualified for postseason basketball tournaments avoided further embarrassment for the conference monday night with a 90-71 Victory Over George Mason in the second round of the National invitation tournament. The friars with Harold Starks and Steve Wright igniting a powerful inside game that All but decided the Issue Early in the second half was one of seven teams to Advance monday night to the nit quarterfinals. In other nit games it was Clemson 77, Georgia 65 Florida 77, thu 75 Southwest Missouri 83, Marquette 69 Louisiana tech 77, Mcneese state 61 Ohio state 71, Texas 65 and Wyoming 99, Loyola Calif. 90. Cal Irvine was to play Brigham Young tuesday night in the last second round game. Monday s results Send Southwest Missouri to Florida Louisiana tech to Providence and Clemson to Wyoming in quarterfinal action thursday night. On Friday night it will be the by Cali fornia Irvine Winner at Ohio state. Those survivors Advance to new York for the semifinals March 24 and final March 26 at Madison Square Garden. Providence 17-13, led 38-32 at half time then scored eight layups in nine attempts in the next eight minutes to jump ahead 58-43. The friars Are hoping to uphold the prestige of a league that last season provided three of the final four Mcaa teams including National Champion Villa Nova. The wildcats 1984 Mcaa Champi on Georgetown Syracuse and St. John s All were eliminated from the Mcaa last weekend. Pittsburgh was knocked out of the nit in the first round. Dave Kipfer led Providence with 19 Points Don Brown added 18, Starks 16 and Wright 10 for the friars who won the nit in 1961 and 1963. George Mason 20-12 after playing in its first postseason tournament was led by Rob Rose with 23 Points and Kenny Sanders with 14. Clemson 77, Georgia 65 Horace Grant and Glenn Corbit scored 24 Points apiece to Power the visiting tigers Over the bulldogs. Corbit and Glen Mccants had four Points each in an 8-0 Clemson run Early in the second half that gave the tigers a 43-32 Lead. Clemson 19-14, led Georgia 17-13, by at least five Points the rest of the Way. Donald Hartry had 17 Points for Georgia. Florida 77, thu 75 jo6 Lawrence hit a 22-foot jump shot with one second left after Reserve fresh Man guard Clifford Lett scored seven Points in the last 3 38. Lawrence scored after grabbing a tipped rebound of a shot by Ronnie Montgomery with six seconds left exchanging passes with Montgomery and scoring from the left Corner. The gators 18-12, were led by an Drew Moten with 20 Points. Lett who hit All seven shots he took from the Field scored 11 of his 16 Points in the second half. Ohio St. 71, Texas 65 Forward Brad Sellers led the Way with 25 Points and Host Ohio state got 17 Points from Curtis Wilson and 11 from Jay Burson As the buckeyes Over came a 12-Point deficit. Wilson a Sophomore who also had six assists and Burson a freshman came off the Bench to spark a rally in which the buckeyes ran off 10 of 12 Points after leading 54-52 with 3 28 remaining. Forward Dennis Hopson added 14 Points. Louisiana tech 77, Mcneese St. 61 Junior Forward Robert Godbolt scored 20 Points and hauled in 11 re Bounds As the Host bulldogs 18-13, advanced. Willie Bland added 16 Points and Louis Cook 10. Mcneese state which beat Louisiana tech twice during the regular season finished 21-11. Southwest Missouri 83, Marquette 69 Junior guard Winston Garland scored 22 Points and senior Phil Schlegel added 21 to Pace Southwest Missouri state. The bears 24-7, built a 39-27 half time Lead but Marquette whittled the deficit to five Points on two occasions the last at 59-54 with 7 39 left in the game. Kerry Trotter fouled out for the warriors with 4 53 left and was assessed three technical fouls for continuing an argument with the referee. Southwest Missouri capitalized on the technical by scoring seven Points for a 72-57 Lead. Wyoming 99, Loyola Calif. 90 Fennis Dembo scored 24 Points to Lead Wyoming which canned 74 per cent of its shots from the floor in racing to a 57-41 halftime Lead. Dembo led 22-11 Wyoming on a 17-7 run against Loyola that turned a three Point cowboys Lead into a 42-31 bulge with 4 05 remaining in the half. The cowboys who finished at 66 per cent from the floor got 20 Points apiece from Turk Boyd Les Bolden and Eric Leckner. 76ers top cars 118-112 in from press dispatches Richfield Ohio Julius Erving says that Young pros Charles Barkley and Sedale Threatt Are a key to the Phila Delphia 76ers remaining a potent Force in the Aba. In Philadelphia s 118-112 overtime Victory Over the Cleveland Cavaliers on monday night Barkley and Threatt did not disappoint the seasoned or. J. These Are Guys being thrust into positions where they be got to produce and to no Roundup night they did. Charles has been productive All year and Sedale has that potential once he establishes his consistency Erving said. Barkley in his second season scored 21 Points including 12 in the third Quarter. Three of Threatt s 21 Points came at the Start of an 8-0.Philadelphia spurt in the overtime. Sedale played a Good game throughout and Charles kept us alive in the second half Erving said. He made big plays offensively and defensively and made some steals that were critical in keeping the game  Cleveland was playing its first game under interim coach Gene Littles who was named on sunday to replace fired coach George Karl. Roy Hinson s 18-footer gave the Cava Liers a 104-102 Lead with 1 32 remaining in regulation before Maurice Cheeks hit with a 15-footer with 40 seconds left. Cleveland s Mel Turpin who scored 28 Points missed an 18-footer with 17 seconds remaining and Cheeks misfired from 15 feet at the Buzzer sending the game into overtime. World b. Free who scored a game High 32 Points gave the Cavaliers a 108-106 Lead with 3 47 remaining in overtime. But Threatt made a foul shot and Fol Lowed with a Layup to give Philadelphia a 109-108 Lead with 2 49 to go. Bob Mcadoo then made three foal shots and Moses Malone added two from the free throw line to put the 76ers safely ahead 114-108, with 1 21 left. Philadelphia Winner in five of its last six games also got 20 Points from both Cheeks and Malone and 19 Points from Erving. Cleveland has lost four straight and nine of the last 11. In other games pacers 112, kicks 92 Indianapolis Herb Williams scored a career High 40 Points to Lead Indi Ana Over new York. The Triumph put the pacers at 25-45 and within two games of the eighth Eastern conference playoff spot. The kicks fell to 20-49. A photo 76ers Charles Barkley. 21 Points against cars Indiana led 30-24 after one period and stretched that Lead to 60-43 at halftime As they led the entire game outscoring the kicks in each Quarter. Nets 130, bullets 102 Landover my. Buck Williams scored 10 of his 19 Points and pulled Down seven rebounds in the first Quarter As hot shooting new Jersey routed Washington. The nets hit 10 of their first ii shots from the floor to take a.24-10 Lead. Hawks 106, bulls 96 Atlanta Dominique Wilkins led a 13-0 Atlanta run in the third Quarter and the streaking Hawks went on to defeat Chi Cago after withstanding a fourth Quarter rally spurred by Michael Jordan. Wilkins scored 12 of his game High 29 Points in the third period four of them in the 13-Point Streak that ended with 6 18 left in the third Quarter and the Hawks ahead 71-52. The Victory was Atlanta s 1 3th in its last 15 games. Jordan playing in Only his second game after a Layoff of More than four months because of a broken foot scored 13 of his 17 Points in the final period. He also had seven steals five in the fourth Quarter. Jazz 107, pistons 106 Salt Lake City Rickey Green hit a Baseline jumper with 16 seconds to play giving Utah a Victory Over Detroit. After Green s Basket and a timeout Isiah Thomas worked the clock Down to eight seconds and drove for the hoop but his shot was blocked by 7-foot-4 Center Mark Eaton. The Loose Ball went to Kelly Tripucka who put up a jumper that bounced off the rim at the Buzzer. Kansas state taps Kruger for Cage Post Manhattan Kan. Up Lon Kruger head basketball coach at pan american the past four years monday was named the head coach at his Alma mater Kansas state replacing his former Mentor Jack Hartman. Kruger whose team at pan american finished the 1985-86 season at 20-8, had made it known he was interested in return ing to Kansas state where he was an assist ant coach under Hartman from 1977 to 1982. He said one of his goals would be to revive school Pride that has waned the past three years in the Wake of disappointing basketball seasons. I m very excited about returning to Kansas state Kruger said at a press con Ference announcing his hiring. I grew up Here played and experienced some great moments. My memories of Kansas state Are All associated with the great fans. I want to work with Campus and Community leaders to rekindle that  Kruger 33, said he has mixed feelings on replacing Hartman who announced his intentions to resign in january. He was great for the game of Basket Ball and to lose someone of that stature and Quality is a detriment to the profession Kruger said. Hartman who coached the wildcats 16 years led the team to a 16-14 record this season. Kansas state athletic director Larry Travis said Kruger signed a four year con tract Worth $58,000 a year. I searched the country far and wide Travis said. It was a very Tough decision. I think some of the things that tilted in his favor Are his head coaching experience and being a a state Alum. That is very important to us  Kansas state was known to be consid ering at least one other finalist George Fel ton associate head coach at Georgia tech. Also thought to be under serious consideration was fort Hays state coach Bill Morse. Kruger said he would assemble his staff quickly and begin recruiting athletes who can shoot and play pressure  he said he wants to recruit athletes who can compete in the big eight and nationally and who want to play at Kansas state. A native of Silver Lake where he was a stand out High school athlete Kruger was a two time All big eight guard and helped the wildcats to big eight titles in 1972 and 1973. He was named the big eight Confer ence s player of the year his last two sea sons