European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday March 21.1989 Louisiana tech rips Oklahoma St. By the associated press Louisiana tech was bigger and belief than Oklahoma stale in the. Mcaa women s basketball tournament. Center Venus Lacy had 26 Points and 15 rebounds sunday to Lead third ranked tech 1o a 103-78 Victory in inc Midwest regional at Ruslon la. Tech is so big and so visible thai it made it really Tough to play against them Oklahoma state coach Dick Halterman said. Their inside game is so  tech the defending National Champion outre bounded Osu 30-31. It seemed like tech constantly had five player going to the Board Halterman said. The tech stars 30-3, will meet Louisiana stale in a regional semifinal thursday. Leu edged Purdue 54-53. Earlier in the Day. Nora Lewis had 23 Points and 12 rebounds for tech which reached the 30-win Mark for the third straight season. Intensity and emotion were the key words for m today and we had plenty of them both Lewis said. The intensity level has really gone up for us the Las several weeks because we All now there s no tomorrow if we  Liz Brown scored 25 Points for Oklahoma state which finished its season with a 20-12 record. V East. " Virginia 81, West Virginia 68 Al Charlot Lesville va., Tonya Cardoza scored 26 Pointras Virginia routed West Virginia Virginia 21-9, will meet top ranked Tennessee in a regional semifinal thursday. Ii will be the Cavaliers fourth Mcaa tourney game against Tennessee in thelast five years. Tennessee won inc three previous meet Ings including an 84-76 Victory in last season s East regional final. Jenny Hillon scored 21 Points for West Virginia women s Mcaa which finished its season 24-8, Virginia build a "10-32 halftime Lead and extended the margin to 51-35 on Layup by Cardoza with 16 18 to play. No. 14 Ohio slate 81, a pics Madison 66 at Columbus Ohio Nikita Lowry scored 27 Points and grabbed 15 rebounds As Ohio state led from Start to finish. The buckeyes took their biggest Lead of inc first half 2s-i8, after Lowry hit a Layup with 1 54 left. Ohio state went on an 11-0 Nin in the second half to take a 54-40 Lead and James Madison never came closer than11 Points the rest of the Way. Ohio slate 24-5. Will meet Long Beach stale in a regional semifinal thursday. Missy Dudley led James Madison 26-4, with 22points. Midwest. Loui slum St. 54, no. Is Purdue 53 at Weil Lafayette ind., leu scored the last six Points of the game to beat Purdue. Jill Sauer s free throw with 3 16 left gave Purdue a53-48 Lead but Dana Chatman then hit a 3-Pointer and Barbara Hon arson added a free throw to make it.53-52  -.-, -. Chatman made a Short shot in the Lane with 36 seconds left to put leu in front Machelle Joseph who led Purdue with 14 Points missed a jumper with 26 seconds left and fouled Deedee Franklin As she grabbed the rebound. The tigers improved to 19-10, while Purdue end edits season 24-6. A a Mideast " no. 11 Mississippi 74, no. 20 old Dominion Sbai Oxford miss Cynthia Autry had 19 Points and10 rebounds As Mississippi advanced to the regional semifinals for inc sixth straight year. Mississippi 22-7, will play North Carolina state on thursday. The lady rebels took a 24- 7 Lead when Lateana Johnson Sank a Layup with 7 20 left in the first half but they did t hit another Field goal for the Rusl of the half and fell behind 28-26. Mississippi regained its touch in the second half shoaling 54 percent from the Field and ii scoring Helady Monit Rehs by 18 Points. Old Dominion 23-9. Was led by Kimsey o Neal s 15points. No. 7. Auburn 88, Temple 54 at Auburn ala., Vickie Orr scored 27 Points and grabbed 16 rebounds As the lady tigers route Temple Auburn 29-1, will play Clemson in a regional semifinal thursday. Temple jumped out to a 15-8 Lead against he lady tigers. But Auburn came Back to tic the game 33-33,Al Tiai nime and held Temple to 12 Points Over the final 13 minutes of the game. Temple hit Only 23 percent 9 of40 from the Field inthe second half. Karen Healey scored 21 Points for Temple which finished its season with a 22-10 record. West no. 7 Long Beach is. 84, is Joseph s 65 at Long Beach calif., Penny Toler scored 22 Point Sand Cheryl Powell had 20 Points and 13 rebounds As Long Beach won its 22nd straight game. Long Beach 29-4, will play Ohio state in the Region Al semifinals. So Joseph a which got a career High 35points from Dale Hodges ended its season 23-8. Dowell scored 14 Points in the first half As the 49erstook a 37-25 Lead. St. Joseph s pulled to within 53-44 on Hodges Bas Ket with 11 43 kit. But Tolar hit a Field goal and converted a 3-Point play to make it 58-44 and is. Joseph never got closer Ihan 11 Points. Sutton from Page 21 Mcaa s  infractions inmate april. Among the allegations lodged by the Mcaa were licit player Eric Manuel had1 cheated on his College Entrance exam that improper Contact had been made with recruits and that false and mislead ing information had been supplied Toncia investigators. The american College test has since invalidated Manuel s Iasi scores. Manuel involuntarily sat out the 1988-49 season because of the controversy. The us athletics association was scheduled to meet tuesday to discuss the. Basketball situation in what Roselle had called an assessment of the program s management style. Hostile Sai