European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday March 31, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 big 2 in big d devils is. Ferry s clutch basked boosts Duke Over Kansas by Dick Joyce Dallas a no. 1 is. No. 2 lived up to its Billing but another Danny came through at the end. Thus top ranked Duke not second ranked Kansas is in the Mcaa championship game and the College Basket Ball record Book. Duke s Danny ferry a 6-foot-10 fresh Man Reserve scored a rebound Basket with 22 seconds left to break a 67-67 tie and lift the Blue devils to a 71-67 Victory Over Kan Sas. It was one of just three rebounds in the game for ferry two in the final 1 49. We had our Chance and we got them to miss Kansas coach Larry Brown said. We had everybody blocked out. Ferry made a great i Don t remember that much about it said ferry who picked up a miss by Mark Alarie to help Duke stretch its winning Streak to 21 and snap Kansas at 16. It was just a Case of being in the right place at the right time. I saw he was going to Missit and i m just glad i was by contrast Kansas heralded soph Omore Danny Manning was t there. Play ing Only 23 minutes because of foul trouble he was held to a career Low four Points be fore fouling out. Ail american guard Johnny Dawkins 24 Points also played a key role in making Duke the winning est team in Mcaa history at 37-2, one Victory More than Ken Tucky s 1948 National champions who went36-3. Kansas finished 35-4. One More Victory against Louisville monday night will give the Blue devils their first Mcaa title. No. 7 Louisville beat a ranked Louisiana state 88-77 i saturday s other semifinal. The second game was tight throughout. Neither team led by More than seven Points and Kansas despite losing Manning and 7 foot-1 Center Greg driling on fouls led 67 65 with 2 04 to go. Then Dawkins rebounded a missed shot by David Henderson to tic it at 67 and setup ferry s heroics. It was a terrific game Duke coach Mike Krzyzowski said. You know sitting on the court Side you can just feel the Emo Tion hear the bodies banging. Rightfully so we won it with a Loose Ball taking the Balloff the floor and asked Why he brought in ferry at the see Duke on Page 23 Louisville shatters tigers title dream by Bruce Lowitt Dallas a for 25 minutes sat urday Louisiana state s dream of becom ing the third a ranked team in four years to win the Mcaa basketball title flourished. But Billy Thompson and a smothering Louisville defense brought the tigers Backoo reality. With Thompson shooting almost perfectly the cardinals overcame an 8-Point half Lime deficit put together a 13-Point run that gave them control of the game and finished with an 88-77 Victory Over leu and a berth in monday night s inca championship game. Louisville will play top ranked Duke which beat no. 2-ranked Kansas 71-67 in the other semifinal. Louisville coach Denny Crum credited a defense that shut Down leu Star John Wil Liams who had 12 Points in the first half but just two in the second. Crum said he had some Strong words for his players at halftime. He said he told them this is our last shot. Let s give it our Best we weren t patient Crum said of the first half. We weren t taking High percent age shots. I be got to give leu credit for that. Our defense got tougher and kept them off balanced a Little i think we were More relaxed in the second half said Thompson who hit All five of his second half shots and 10 of 11 for the game to finish with 22 Points. I think we looked for our shots Louisville guard Milt Wagner who had 22 Points and 11 assists said he thought the most important Factor was a defense that often put two men on Williams and kept him from getting the Ball. We knew we had to come out and play Good defense in the first five minutes of the second half go for the steals and re Bounds Wagner said. Our Guys did a great Job. It s really just a Box and one with some different Guys doing some things. It can take a team out of their offence. But think we handled it pretty leu coach Dale Brown who had hoped to emulate the Mcaa victories of in ranked North Carolina state in 1983 and Villanova last year agreed that defense waste key. We Felt the thing that lost the game for us was the fact that we could not get into a rhythm after we beat their press and got the Ball up the floor Brown said. We had to be in our offensive rhythm to win the game and so Many times we were not doing that. Even after we lost the Lead we still had a Chance but after we lost our rhythm it was Tough for us to get anything accomplished on offence. I think these Guys still know that they can dream. I thought we played As hard As see Louisville on Page 23 a photo Louisville s Mark Mcswain runs into leu s John Williams. First half action at Dallas Malone injured to miss 2 weeks Philadelphia a Phila Delphia 76ers Center Moses Malone suffered a fractured right Eye socket in Friday s game against the Bucks and will probably miss the rest of the regular Aba season the team said saturday. Malone was hospitalized overnight after Milwaukee Center Randy Bren Ner inadvertently hit him in the face with an Elbow or a fist and the Frac Ture was discovered saturday. Or. Jack Jeffers of the wills Eye Hospi Tal said Malone would be sidelined for two weeks. The regular season ends two weeks from monday and Malone will prob ably miss the mixers seven remaining games team spokesman Harvey pol Lack said. Never nervous regained his Cool Dallas a never nervous Pervis Ellison was very nervous in the first half of saturday s Mcaa tournament semifinal game against Louisiana state. But he and Sophomore Herbert Crook Oer came their anxiety to help Louisville beat leu 88-77 to earn a shot at College Basket Ball s National championship on monday. I m 19 years old. Me and Herb we Are Young and it took us awhile admitted Elli son a 6-foot-10 freshman Center who earned his nickname because of the Cool Demeanour he displayed throughout the season. I was Ner Vous before the game and i thought i was of when the Ball went up but it took awhile to get the feel of what was going Ellison and Crook held to Only 10 Points and eight rebounds in the first half took charge in the final 20 minutes. In the first half a lot of balls were bouncing Over our Heads and we were slapping at them with one hand Crook said. In the second half we were going up with two hands and we were doing a better Job of boxing out. I was frustrated As Well As nervous in the first half. But at halftime coach Denny Crum reminded us of what our role was and i needed to take up the Slack on the boards and look for my shot in the second half Ellison had seven Points and eight rebounds and Crook a 6-7 Sophomore Forward had 10 Points and six rebounds. Louisville held to an 18-18 re bounding standoff As leu built a 44-38 halftime Lead out rebounded the tigers 26 18 after intermission. Pervis is a freshman and you put him under the Competition and ask him to play 40 minutes really Well and that s an awful lot Crum said. I said nobody expects you to make miracles. Just get in there and Hustle he did that and he got a lot of Quick rebounds and a couple of baskets in the the bitter Pill of the second half was hard for the tigers to Swallow. All the shots we made in the first half they would t fall in the second Don red Den said. We were really pumped up in the Locke room at halftime but the first four or five minutes of the second half they just took the game away from the 6-foot-6 Redden scored 22 Points. He hit 10 of 20 shots from the Field on a self described off shooting Day. Redden a senior scored the first 3 Points of the game As leu jumped to an Early Lead. But when Louisville shut off the Middle and bottled up leu Power Man John Williams it was like a lid was put on the leu Basket. At that Point of the game everything would rim out Redden said with a shake of his head. Even the shots we got under Neath would just even going out with the semifinal loss Redden seemed pleased with what leu accomplished in 1985-86. To end up in the final four it was a great time he said. This has been by far my happiest year since i be been at
