European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 a a the stars and stripes sunday March 11,1990collegefrom Page 21 Field Hui missed on i he front end of two on and ones in the final 49 seconds to give Southern a couple of chances. Reserve Jerome Harmon added 14 for Louisville which shot 57,1 percent Clarence Weatherspoon led Southern with 19 Points and 16 rebounds. On Friday Harmon came off the Bench to score 22 Points As Louisville held Oft Memphis state 76-73 to reach the title game for the fifth straight year. Southern miss heat Cincinnati 75-63. Atlantic coast Char Lotte . A John crowly scored 16 Points and Kenny Turner ignited a second half surge As Virginia held on to heat 17th-Rankeo Clemson 69-66 saturday to reach the final of the Atlantic coast conference tournament. With Clemson leading 42-40 with 14 46 left. Turner scored on a 3-Pointcr and a three Point play to key a 12-3 run that gave the Cavaliers a 52-45 Lead with 11 09 logo. The top seeded tigers 24-8 did not gel closer than four Points thereafter until Marion Cash scored with three seconds left to Cut the Lead to 69-66 after Virginia missed the front end of six straight on and ones in the final 1 15. Alter Cash s bucket Virginia s Matt Blundin threw the Ball out of Bounds giving the tigers a last Chance. But Colby Brown tossed the Ball out of Bounds and the Cavaliers ran out the clock. Virginia 19-10 will make its first trip to the championship Hairfe since 1983. On Friday Phil Henderson scored 24 Points and Bobby Hurley ignited an Early second half rally As no. 12 Duke 24-7 routed Maryland 104-84. Tony Massenburg and Walt Williams scored 18 Points each for Maryland 18-13no. 14 Georgia tech finished North Carolina state 76-67. Dennis Scott scored 23 Points and Brian Oliver 22 for Georgia tech which rallied from a 10-Point halftime deficit. The yellow jackets improved to 22-6 and were to play Duke saturday. . State fell to 18-12. The other quarterfinals had Clemson beating Wake Forest 79-70, and Virginia lopping North Carolina 92-85 in of. In other tournaments Friday big eight Kansas City to. A for the Colorado buffaloes the big eight basketball tournament was nothing but a big fat Zero for six years. Until Friday night. A everybody wanted to Send coach out in a special Way and you ask for More than what we did today a Stevie Wise said after keying the buffaloes 9288 overtime Victory Over no. 6 Missouri in the big eight tournament. Colorado wingless in the league tourney since 1984 and playing for a coach Tom Miller who has already been fired pulled off one of the biggest shockers in years. And it was a Victory away from Boulder. Colo something the buffaloes Hadnot managed in the last 52 big eight regular season Road games. Most of the nations conference semifinals were to be played saturday including Colorado a game with Oklahoma state. A i prefer that you Don t build this up to a win one for the Gipper thing a said Miller who was told two weeks ago his contract be renewed. A a in a More excited for the players and what they accomplished despite a lot of Tough knocks and bad words. The buffaloes 11-17 did things the hard Way blowing a nine Point Lead in the last 69 seconds. But then Wise scored the first four Points in overtime As Colorado Center Shaun Vandiver the big eight s leading scorer and rebounded watched from the Bench with five fouls. Missouri which ended the regular season with a 31-Point loss to notre Dame dropped to 26-5. Oklahoma state earned a Semi berth with an 82-78 Victory Over Kansas state. No. I Oklahoma and no. 2 Kansas were to meet in the other so final after first round victories. Oklahoma beat Nebraska 78-65, and Kansas walloped Iowa state 118-75. William Davis scored 26 Points and started an Oklahoma surge late in the second half. Nebraska 10-18 Hung close with the soon cars 24-4 until Davis helped Oklahoma pull away by scoring six straight Points. Kansas 29-3 raced to a 39-Point halftime Lead and cruised. It was the most Points scored by a team in the big eight tournament since Oklahoma had 116 in 1985. Iowa state fell to 10-18. Western athletic Elpaso Texas a air forces flight came to a halt. The Falcons who upset san Diego state and Colorado state in the first two rounds finished their season with a 5754 loss to Texas i paso. A in the other semifinal Hawaii beat Utah 66-60. Big West Long Beach Calif. A no. 3 new a Vada Las vegas gunned Down Fullerton state 115-93. Larry Johnson equated his career High with 32 Points As univ set a tournament scoring record. Univ 27-5which has won 13 of its last 14 games was to play a semifinal against Pacific which upset us Santa Barbara 65-62. The Victory was univ coach Jerry Tarkanian a 79lh in Long Beach without a loss. He was 65-0 in five seasons As Long Beach state coach and is 14-0 As coach of the running rebels. Also in the quarters. No. 23 new Mexico slate beat Fresno stale 72-66. Michael new scored 16 Points including 10 straight during a key second half stretch for new Mexico state 26-3. Wilbert Hooker had 20 Points for Fresno state 10-19. The aggie moved into the semifinals against Long Beach state an 86-68 Winner Over Utah state. Southeastern Orlando Fla. A in a couple of upsets. No. 16 Louisiana state lost to Auburn 78-76, and no. 25 Georgia was beaten 78-74 by Vanderbilt in overtime. John Caylor hit a 3-Pointer with five seconds left to give Auburn its first Lead on the Way to upsetting leu. Auburn 13-17 trailed 76-71 with 50 seconds to play before rallying to hand leu 22-8 its fourth loss in six games. Auburn advanced to meet Alabama a 59-44 Winner Over Mississippi slate. Vanderbilt was to play in the other semifinal against Mississippi which edged Tennessee 87-86. Scott Draud scored four of his 14 Points in the final 39 seconds of overtime As Vanderbilt stunned Georgia the Sec regular season Champion for the first time in 58 years of league Competition. The commodores who hit 32 of 39 free throws never trailed in the extra period. Georgia s Marshall Wilson forced the overtime by hitting a Short jumper with eight seconds left in regulation to tic it at 63. It was Vanderbilt a 16-13 first win in three tries this season Over Georgia 20-8. A a we re a Good basketball team when we do what Cyc capable of doing and play within our concept a Vanderbilt coach Eddie Fogler said. A they blew us out in Athens and beat us by one in Nashville but there was t a player on our team who did no to think we could win this Pacific-10 Tempe Ariz. A in another upset no. 22 Oregon state the tourneys top seed lost 83-75 to Arizona state the eighth seed in the Pac-10. Isaac Austin scored 19 Points and his brother Alex had 17, including nine in the final 3 10, As Arizona state boosted its record to 15-14 and dropped Oregon state to 22-6, a a in be had wins like this before but this is new for this program a said Arizona state coach Bill Friedr who jct eventual Mcaa Champion Michigan last March 15 to take Over the Sun devils. Quot i feel really Good for these kids. They played the game of their lives. I be never Arkansas guard Todd Day does a night Job on sum Center Bobby Holkan on seen them play like this. This established some credibility for us and gives us something to build Arizona state advanced to a meeting with Urcla which beat Oregon 94-76. Arizona the nations no. 15 team got 20 Points from Jud Buechler and stopped Southern Cal 80-57 to move into the semifinals against Stanford a 77-61 Winner Over California. Southwest Dallas a no. 9 Arkansas had Little trouble beating Southern methodist 8461. Oliver Miller known More for his rebounding and shot blocking scored a career High 22 Points to Lead Arkansas. Todd Day scored 25 for the Razorbacks. Arkansas advanced against Baylor which beat thu 72-62. In other quarterfinals Texas beat Texas a amp a 92-84, and Houston beat Rice 90-81. Minnesota 11-7 with 31 Points and Mem i i Bern had 16
