European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 23, 1986 stars and stripes Page 21 sports it i Izaj i Tevi a photo America s Debi Thomas. She pulled out All the stops Thomas takes figure skating Gold medal Geneva Switzerland a american Debi Thomas won the women s world figure skating championship Friday night using a colourful pro Gram in the finale to beat defending Champion Katarina Witt of East Germany for the Crown. The 18-year-old Thomas from san Jose calif., was edged in the night s Long program by Witt who pulled out All stops in the night s most dramatic skating to the score from West Side  but Thomas elegant and exciting performance was Good enough for second in the Long program. And that coupled with her first place showing in wednesday night s Short program gave the United states winners in both men s and women s categories. Brian Pitano of Sunnyvale Calif won the men s Competition thursday night. Thomas a pre med student at Stanford univer sity also became the first Black to win a world figure skating title. American Tiffany Chin won the Bronze medal. I Don to believe it a tearful ecstatic Thomas said As she sat with her arms filled with Flowers. I even landed that double  wearing a sleek sequined Black Silver and purple dress with a fringed skirt Thomas came on skating hard to a combination of Duke Ellington and Ballet music. She lifted four triple jumps including the Tricky triple double toe Loop combination. But Thomas who knew that a first or second place showing Friday would give her the championship stopped just shy of the finesse and panache that made Witt the diva of the Long program. Thomas had the crowd s roaring approval but Witt also brought the fans to their feet by unfolding the Hopes and sorrows of a Young woman to the Leonard Bernstein score. With her skating displaying a wide Range of emotions Witt launched into the strains of i feel pretty with a big smile and a sparkling triple Dou ble toe Loop combination. She then played the Tough Street woman with some Brash and electric foot work followed by a dramatic flourish of despair draping her body and Black flowing dress Down toward the ice. The performance got her the night s Only two perfect scores of 6 from the West German and soviet judges along with six 5.9s and a 5.8 for composition and style. Thomas finished with a factored placement total of 3.6, followed by Witt at 4.4 and Chin at 7.2. Today has lasted for four weeks an exhausted but elated Thomas said. I m so Happy it s Over. It s a sigh of Relief to have the season end like this. Cardinals gain final 4 Navy tips Cleveland St. By the associated press Houston Louisville freshman Center Pervis Elli son dominated play inside in the last nine minutes sat urday to carry the cardinals to an 84-76 Victory Over Auburn in the Mcaa West regional finals and their seventh berth in the final four. Louisville 30-7, will play the Winner of saturday s Southeast regional championship game Between Ken Tucky and Louisiana state. Auburn the Region s eighth seed and Southeast Confer ence runners up finished its season at 22-11. It was the tigers first appearance in an Mcaa regional final. A three Point play by Ellison with 8 42 to go gave Sec Ond seeded Louisville a 69-67 Edge and his tip in with 2 14 to go put the cardinals ahead 73-70. Then he blocked Chuck person s shot and Jeff Hall converted it into a Layup for a 75-70 bulge. Ellison blocked yet another shot by person and the cardinals converted it into two free throws. Ellison finished with 15 Points while Herbert Crook led Louisville with 20 Points. Person scored a game High 23 for the tigers in the first meeting Between the two schools. In Friday night s tournament games Navy 71, Cleveland state 70 East Rutherford . Navy s David Robin son shackled for most of the game Sank a five foot jump shot with six seconds left to give Navy a Victory Over Cleveland state and a spot in the Mcaa s final eight teams. Robinson the Best known player in the East regional s Battle of upstarts had three fouls and just five Points in the first half which ended with the midshipmen leading 39-30. But the 6-foot-ll Center who decided to remain at Annapolis last year instead of opting for a school where he could graduate into a million Dollar contract in the Aba had 17 Points in the second half As Navy stood off a Cleveland state surge that put them ahead for most of the last eight minutes. With about five minutes to go i said somebody had better take charge Robinson said. That s when i turn edit  Robinson s stuff Cut it to 68-67 with 2 25 remaining and Vernon Butler scored on a drive with 1 15 to go to give Navy a 69-68 Lead. Clinton Smith gave the Vikings a 70 69 Lead with 27 seconds left before Robinson s winning jumper. Kansas 96, Michigan St. 86 of Kansas City to. Calvin Thompson scored eight Points in overtime As no. 2 Kansas survived a scare from Michigan state in a Midwest semifinal contest. The Jay Hawks Are meeting North Carolina state in the regional title game sunday. The Jay Hawks 34-3, forced the 80-80 deadlock at the end of regulation by recovering from an 80-74 deficit in the final 1 08. Baskets by Cedric Hunter and Thompson brought the Jay Hawks to within 80-78 with 20 second remaining. After Michigan state freshman Mark Brown missed the front end of a one and one Kansas got the rebound and Archie Marshall hit a follow shot to make it 80-80 with seven seconds left. Ron Kellogg the Jay Hawks second leading scorer fouled out at the 1 49 Mark and the spartans seemed in control when Scott Skiles hit two free throws moments later for a 78-74 Lead. Michigan state 23-8, was led by Skiles with 20 Points Vernon Carr with 17, Larry Polec with 16 and Barry Fordham Wiehls. Inca tourney a photo Navy s David Robinson 50 and Vernon Butler 51patrol the boards in 71-70 win Over Cleveland state Thompson led All scorers with 26 Points while Danny Manning had 17 and Kellogg 14 for Kansas. North Carolina St. 70, Iowa St. 66 Kansas City to. Chris Washburn had 20 Points and 6-10 Charles Shackleford had 22 As North Carolina state used its size advantage to beat Iowa state and earn the right to face Kansas sunday. Washburn scored 16 Points As the Wolf pack took a 40 29 halftime Lead. Jeff grayer and Sam Hill sparked a 14-4 cyclones run at the outset of the second half that sliced North Carolina state s Lead to 44-43. Iowa state pulled even briefly at 47-47, but Ernie Myers who finished with 16 Points helped North Carolina state break the Iowa state momentum and regain control Midway through the second half. I think the big Guy played his Best offensive game of the year Wolpack coach Jim Valvano said of Wash Burn. Duke 74, Depaul 67 East Rutherford . All american Johnny Dawkins scored 25 Points and Mark Alarie added 21 As top ranked Duke combined quickness and defense to Post their Victory Over Depaul. The win was the 19th straight for the Blue devils 35-2, and moved them into the Eastern regional final against Navy on sunday. Duke battled the inconsistent Blue demons much of the first half taking control with a 9-4 spurt in the final 2 48 before opening a 37-32 Lead at intermission. Dawkins scored six Points in the first 2 43 of the second half to spark an 8-2 run by Duke that gave it a 45-34 Lead. Depaul 18-13, closed the Gap to five Points As Dallas Comegys hit two baskets during a 6-0 spurt. But Duke outscored the Blue demons 16-7 Over the next eight minutes As Alarie scored eight Points. Depaul whose selection to the tournament was a Surprise made one final run outscoring the Blue devils 12-4 to close the Gap to 65 59 with 4 06 to play on the third of three straight baskets by Terence Greene. Ohio state gains nit semifinals Columbus Ohio a senior Forward Brad sell ers playing in his final Home game scored 15 Points and grabbed 13 rebounds Friday night to Lead Ohio state to a 79-68 National invitation tournament quarterfinal Victory Over Brigham Young. The Triumph advances the buckeyes who improved their record to 17-14, to the semifinals monday against Louisiana tech at Madison Square Garden in new York Wyoming will meet Florida in the other semifinal game. Five Ohio state players led by Junior guard Dennis Hopson with 16, scored in double figures. Freshman guard Jay Burson came off the Bench to score 11 Points hitting All five of his Field goal attempts. Curtis Wilson had 15 Points and Keith Wesson had 10. The buckeyes rushed to a 12-4 Lead but the cougars scored 10 unanswered Points to take their Only Lead of the game at 20-19 with 4 56 left in the first half. Ohio state came Back to Lead 31-26 at the intermission. Junior guard Bob Capener scored 14 first half Points to Lead Bri Hamyoung s surge. Senior guard Richie Webb paced Brigham Young with 17 Points and Capener finished with 15. The cougars bowed out of the tournament with a 18-14 Mark