European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday March 14.1983 College from Page 21 it 71-60, Thompson and Seikaly scored every Point for the orangemen. Thomspon had 12 Points in the run and Seikaly had eight. Thompson finished with 25 and Seikaly 15. Sher Man Douglas who averaged 20 Points in the three tournament games had 24,16 in the first half. Doug West Ted Villanova 21-12, with 25. Mark Plansky the hero of both tournament victories with last minute 3-Poinlcrs, bad 15. The closest the wildcats could get in the second half was 62-56 on a three Point play by Plansky with 5 14 left. The orangemen went on a 7-2 run with Seikaly scoring the first four on dunks and Thompson finishing it off with a three Point play with 3 45 left. Tournaments saturday Atlantic coast no. 8 Duke 73. No. 11 . Slate 71ferry s jumper Wilh 1 45 to play snapped a 71-71 tic and Duke held on to beat North Carolina state advancing to sunday s final against North Carolina. Duke 23-6, led 53-43 with 13 20 left but . State went on a 17-7 run to tic the score 60-60. Robert Brickey led Duke with 16 Points. Rodney Monroe had 17 for . State 24-7. Southeastern no. 6 Kentucky 86, leu 80 freshman Eric Manuel hit two key free throws with 33 seconds left giving Kentucky an 84-80 Lead and the wildcats beat Louisiana state in the Sec semifinals. Manuel scored 17 of his 24 Points in the second half As Kentucky raised its record to 24-5. Georgia 72, Florida 70 Patrick Hamilton s 3-Ppintcr with 19 seconds left led Georgia Over Florida in the other Sec semifinal. Hamilton s shot gave Georgia a 70-67 Lead. The game was less than four minutes old and Flor Ida led 9-3 when the gators Ronnie Montgomery and Georgia s Alec Kessler got into a fight. Big East Villanova 72, no. 5 pin 69 Mark Plansky hit a 3-Pointcr with 58 seconds to play giving Villanova its upset of Pittsburgh and Send ing the wildcats into sunday s big East final against Syracuse. Plansky hit from the lop of the key to finish with 25 Points and give the wildcats a 21-11 record. Pitts Burgh 23-6, got 19 Points from Demitreus Gore. Western athletic Wyoming 79, Texas Elpaso 75 Eric Luckner scored 22 Points including four late in the game to Lead no. 14 Wyoming Over Texas Elpaso for the cowboys second straight Western athletic conference tournament title. The Victory was Wyoming s ninth straight and improved its record to 26-5, the Best Mark for Wyoming since the 1951-52 team was 28-7. It also gave the cow boys an automatic berth in the Mcaa tournament. Texas Elpaso 23-9, played with two starters Side lined and Only three players on the Bench. Yet the miners who upset no. 17 Brigham Young Friday night were in the game until the end taking a 58-56 Lead on a Basket by Wayne Campbell with 8 37 remaining. But Wyoming scored nine straight Points to Lake a 65-58 Lead on Luckner s jumper with 4 01 left. Fennis Dumbo who finished with 18, scored three Points inthe run. Tim Hardaway led step with 20 Points and Camp Bell had 18. P.clfk-10 no. 3 Arizona 97, Stanford 83 scan Elliott had a career High 32 Points and Arizona tied Urcla s 15-year-old conference record for most victories As the wildcats Defeated Stanford to Advance to sunday s Pac-10 tournament final against Oregon state. The Victory gave Arizona a 30-2 record and avenged an earlier loss to Stanford the wildcats Only conference defeat. The last 30-game Winner in the Pac-10 was Urcla s 1972-73 undefeated team. Oregon St. 74, Washington St. 68,2ot Gary Payton scored eight of his 25 Points in the second overtime As Oregon state beat Washington state. The beavers 20-9, scored eight straight Points to Start the second of. Big eight Kansu St 69, Kansas 54 Kansas state took a 23-8 Lead and coasted Over Kan Sas in a big eight semifinal to Advance against Oklahoma. Mitch Richmond had eight of his team s first 15 Points and finished with 21. Danny Manning scored . Metro athletic Memphis St. 81, Florida St 74 Dwight Boyd and Steve Bastard had 17 Points apiece As Memphis state held off Florida state in the other metro semifinal earning a title shot against Louisville. Florida stale went scoreless from the floor for 6 43 of the second half. Midwestern collegiate no. 20 Marler Ohio 122, Detroit 96 Byron Larkin scored 23 of his 38 Points in the first half to Lead Xavier to its Romp Over Detroit and the musketeers won the conference tournament for the third straight year. Xavier 26-3, has won 15 in a Row. Larkin scored 14 straight Xavier Points in one stretch of the first half As the musketeers moved from a 20-10 Lead to a 34-19 margin with 11 25 left. Southwest sum 98, Houston 76 Eric Longino and Kato Armstrong helped Southern methodist hit 10 of its first 12 shots and sum rolled to an easy Victory Over Houston in the semifinals. Baylor 74, Arkansas 73 Robert Mclemore s 15-foot jumper with 2 11 left gave Baylor a 74-73 Victory Over Arkansas and sent the bears into the tournament final. Michael Hobbs scored 21 Points to Lead Baylor which is going to the tournament finale for Only the second time. Pc a Utah is. 86, us Irvine 79 Kevin Nixon scored 19 Points and Utah state beat us Irvinc to win the championship of the Pacific coast athletic association. Mid american e. Michigan 94, Ohio 80 Grant Long had 29 Points and 12 rebounds to Lead Eastern Michigan Over Ohio in the title game. Ohio Valley Murray stale 73, Austin Peay 70 Jeff Mart in scored eight of his 22 Points in the final 6 22 As Murray state turned Back Austin play for the Ohio Valley conference tournament title. The win was Murray state s 10th in a Row and earned the racers their first trip to the Mcaa tournament since 1969. Trans America  Antonio 76, a. Southern 69 Frank Hampton scored 16 of his 18 Points after halftime including the go ahead Basket in overtime As Texas san Antonio downed Georgia Southern to win the trans America athletic conference tournament. It will be the roadrunner a first appearance in the Mcaa tournament. Regular season no. 2 Purdue 93, Minnesota 66 big ten Champion Purdue got 17 Points from Troy Lewis and outscored Minnesota 19-4 Over the final five minutes to finish the season with a school record 27 victories. Everette Stephens and Melvin Mccants had 16 apiece for Purdue 27-3. No. 10 Michigan 95, Ohio St. 76 Glen Rice scored 29 Points and Michigan ended its regular season by beating Ohio state. Michigan 24-7, led 19-18 on a jumper by Rice and scored the final eight Points of the first half to Lead 42-31. Indiana 116, no. 15 Low 89 Keith smart scored a career High 32 Points As Indi Ana ended its season with an Assembly Hall record for Points in its third highest scoring game Ever. Smart equated his season High for a game with 24 first half Points. Indiana finished 19-9 Overall. No. 19 la Piooli 79, Northwestern 74 Ken Battle scored 21 Points and Nick Anderson 17 As Illinois Defeated Northwestern 79-74. The mini 22 9 Overall and 12-6 in the big ten won their last fourth games and gained a tie for third place with Iowa. Northwestern lost its last 13 games and fell to 7-21 and 2-16. Arkansas captures 5th Mcaa indoor Texas women win Oklahoma City a Joe Falcon won the mile and 3,000 meters As the Arkansas men steam overcame a relay spill and scored a record fifth consecutive Victory in the Mcaa indoor track and Field championships saturday night. Freshman Carletto Guidry completed a remarkable meet performance by accounting for 38 Points she won the Long jump Friday night and took the 55 meters finished second in the 200 and ran on the winning 1,600-meter relay team saturday night leading Texas to its first women s title. The Gritty Falcon keyed the Arkansas Victory by capturing the mile in 3 minutes 59.78 seconds leading a 1-3 Razorbacks finish then came Back just Over an hour later and rallied from last place through eight of the 18 laps and won the 3,000 for the second consecutive year in 7 55.80. The 20 Points by Falcon six by Matt Taylor for finishing third in the mile and the eight by tyrus Jefferson for a second place in the Lon jump Friday night gave Arkansas a total of 34, the lowest winning score since 1977 when Washington state had 25 h. The Razorbacks began their remarkable win Ning Streak in 1984 with 38 Points then had 70 in 1985,49 in 1986 and 39 last year. Their chances of winning again appeared doomed during the 3,200-Mctcr relay when Meadoff runner Don Williams fell twice. It was a disaster coach John Mcdonnell said after the relay in which Arkansas wound Upa distil last in the Field of seven after the bruised and battered Williams picked himself up twice. On the second fall Williams lost the Baton and it was handed Back to him by an official. The official told me i could drop out Wil Liams said. Instead he kept running but to no Avail and Mcdonnell was concerned that his team could continue ils winning Streak. The first time Williams went Down he was tripped from behind by Georgetown s Robert Leonardo. The second fall was caused when he became entangled with Indiana s Doug Boggs. But after the mile Mcdonnell s Outlook brightened. That s 16 big ones Points he said. We re Back in the  Mcaa tabs Field for women s meet Kansas City a Iowa Texas Auburn and defending Champion Tennessee were made the top four seeds sunday for the seventh Mcaa division women s basketball tournament. I think it s the Best tournament Field we be Ever had said Nora Lynn Finch committee chairman. There Are so Many teams of better Quality in each Region than there Ever have been the 40-team tournament opens first round play wednesday and will conclude with the semifinals an finals in Tacoma wash., april 1 and 3. Tennessee which upset Texas in last year s final is one of seven teams to have landed berths in Sll seven Caa women s tournaments and is among six South Eastern conference teams in the Field. The Atlantic coast conference got four teams in the tournament. Auburn 28-2 and the top rated team in the associated press women s poll was made the top seed inthe Mideast bracket. Iowa 27-1, is the no. 1 seed in the West Region. Texas 30-2, was seeded first in the Midwest. Ten Nessee 28-2, was seeded no. 1 in the East bracket i think we could say there Are 10 teams that have a Good shot at winning this National championships said Finch associate athletic director at North Carolina state. I be not bought that in the past on wednesday in the West Louisiana state 18-10, sat Stephen f. Austin 28-4, and Colorado 20-10, is at Eastern Illinois 22-7. Iowa on March 20 will Host the leu Stepben f. Austin Winner. On March 19, the Colora do Eastern Illinois Winner is at Cal state Long Beach. The committee picked 22 at Large teams to go with18 automatic berths