European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday november 25, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 Lobos gators gain nit semis b Ilir Massih Ial til press Albuquerque . Forward Hunter Greene cooly pumped in 23 Points As new Mexico won its biggest basketball game since its scandal riddled season eight ears ago. Disposing of Urcla 77 66 monday night in the second round of the big Apple the Victory sends new Mexico. 2-0. Into the Semi finals at Madison Square Harden on Friday. Greene the leading scorer in the Western athletic conference 3 year ago. Oulu Clad his halt brother. Bruin Forward Trevor Wilson in the game that was t decided until the final two minutes. With new Mexico nursing a 67-6.1 Lead with 2 57 left freshman guard Rob Robbins Shook Loose for a Layup. Power Forward Charlie. Thomas muscled in an resurgent rams stun redskins by David coins by re Washington ai1 with plenty of help from Ron Brown the los an Geles rams Are Back to playing winning football after a miserable i-7 Start. Brown returned a Kickoff 95 Yards for a touchdown and caught a 26-Yard Pas from Jim Everett for another monday night As the rams held off a late Washington rally to beat the redskins 30-26in the nil monday night. We got Back some of the stuff that our football team is rams coach John College basketball Allcy top slam and Point guard Jimmy Rogers converted a pair of free throws for a 73-64 Lead. New Mexico stayed in front with six free throws in the final minute. Urcla. Inc defending Pac-10 Champion which fell to i i. Got i Points and 11 rebounds from Wilson and 12 from 7-foot Sophomore Center Greg Foster. The win came almost eight years to the Day when t transcript rigging scandal broke costing former coach Norm Ellenberger his Job and throwing the new mexi co program into chaos. And despite four consecutive winning seasons and four trips to the Post season nit the Lobos have not attracted an Mcaa tournament bid since the i97x season in monday s other b g Apple nit scion ii endgame Florida to. Kwh a Icli 64 Gainesville. A. came off the Bench to ignite a 16-2 first Hall Hurst and finished with 25 Points to Load Mill ranked Honda overdo. 18 Georgia tech. The Triumph sends the Cia lors. Who played without suspended senior guard Vernon Maxwell to new Yor for the seriifm1 of the hint Nunn i Vivon Niv eng College basketball tournament Georgia tech which got a 28-Pomt from freshman Dennis Scull fell in la Florida is 2-0 Chatman. A i fool a freshman who missed Honda s see nit on Pagh 26 nil schedules results on Page 26 Robinson said. This game says a lot of Good things about the will of our the rams 3-7, also got 112 Yards and a touchdown from nil Rushing Leader Charles White in notching their second straight Victory. It was the Ranis first regular season Triumph Over the redskins since 1969. Brown s touchdown Caich with 3 38 left in the third Quarter gave the rams a30-19 Lead. Doug Williams second touchdown pass to an Monk Cut the Gap to 30-26 four seconds into the fourth Quarter and the redskins drove to the los angeles14-Yard line in the closing seconds before a Leroy Irvin interception in the end zone ended the threat. We played a lot like we played in the past rams linebacker Mike Wilche said. It feels like we re coming out of redskins linebacker Monte Colenan is hauls Don nil Rushing Leader Charles White. While gained 112 Yards monday. The slump we be been Washington despite getting 308 pass ing Yards from Williams fell to 7-3 and remained two games ahead of Dallas inthe pfc East. We made enough mistakes to Washington coach Joe Gibbs said. Our special teams just could t gel the redskins were betrayed by their special teams. In addition to being stung by Brown s fourth career Kickoff return for a touchdown. Washington allowed aunt Block that set up a 1-Yard scoring run by White enabling the rams to Lake a 23-9 second Quarter Lead. Williams Given the starting Job after a successful Relief appearance for Jay sch to Cdr last week completed 24 of 46passes and also ran for a touchdown. But he was sacked four times and his first Quarter Fumble was returned 35 Yards fora touchdown by Wilcher. Brown s Kickoff return longest in the enc this season came after Washington took a 9-7 Lead and gave the rams the Lead for Good. Every time they did something on came Back and Robin son said. Los Angeles could Muster Only four first Downs in the first half hut used Wilcher s Fumble return and help from their special learns to take a 23 16 half time Lead. Oklahoma regains top ranking in both polls from press dispatches the Oklahoma sooner have reclaimed the no. I ranking from Nebraska in the associated press College football poll after letting the Cor huskers own it Forone week. Meanwhile Miami of Florida surged into second place Selling up a possible National championship showdown against Oklahoma in the Orange bowl on new year s night. Oklahoma also captured 48 of 50 first place votes monday to vault Back to no. 1 in United press inter National s College football rankings. By defeating Nebraska 17-7 on saturday to com plete an 11-0 regular season the sooner recapture first place the spot they had held All season until sur rendering it last week. Nebraska slipped to fifth place. Oklahoma received 54 of 59 first place votes and 1,173 of a possible 1,180 Points from a s nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters. Miami. V-0 following a 24-14 Victory Over Toledo climbed from third place to second with four first place ballots and1.108 Points. Florida state. 9-1 and Idle last weekend jumped from fourth place to third with 1.05 1 Points the Sam Inores close out their regular season on saturday against Florida. The other Ai first place vote went to Syracuse. 11-0 after a 32-31 win Over West Virginia. The Urang Nien received 9ii3 Points in rising from sixth to fourth. Nebraska 9-1 with a regular season game remaining against Colorado was fifth with 97l Points making the lop five identical in both polls. Urcla. A s no. 5 last week lost to Southern Cal 17 13 and dropped to 11 the but ranked i oth with i i. Leu Rose from ninth to sixth with 830 Points by outlasting Tulane 41-36. Notre Dame seventh last week lost to Penn stale 21-20 and slipped to 10th place. Meanwhile. Auburn which was Idle and plays Alabama on of Nav. Moved up from 10th to seventh with 804 Points. I l. On the other hand has Auburn sixth and leu seventh. South c Aioli a s 20-7 Triumph Over Clemson lifted the c. A Cocks from 12th to eighth with 711 Point while the tigers fell to 13th. Michigan stale s big ten champs Defeated Wisconsin 30-9 and went from Lith in ninth with 6so Points t l a though the spar tans ahead of Ine Iran Cocks. Noire oxime rounded out the Ai top 111. But ranks 1 Ith in the i l poll. The -\1 second 10 consists of Urcla. Oklahoma state. Clemson. Georgia. Texas am. Cal. Alabama. Iowa and i m. T i s second 10 is notre Dame. Oklahoma state. Clemson. Southern Cal. Texas am. Tennessee Georgia. I Enn state. Pittsburgh and Indiana
