European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday March 16,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 21sportsou holds off Towson St. By the associated press Austin Texas a it was another first round Mcaa game another first found scare for top ranked Oklahoma. The sooner top seeded in the Midwest regional survived anxious mounts before beating 16th-seeded Tow Ion state 77-68 thursday after the Jestly regarded tigers Cut the Gap to two Points in the second half. A year ago Oklahoma had to rally rom a 17-Point deficit to beat 16th-seed-ncaa tourney de East Tennessee state in the first around of the Southeast regional. A they out hustled us out fought us and we were fortunate to hang on a Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs said. A late in the game 1 was confused As to who was the no. 1 seed and who was the no. 64 seed in the tournament a Oklahoma 27-4 led by As Many As 14 Points in the first half but shot Only 35 percent in the second half when Towson state 18-13 rallied in its first appearance in the Mcaa tournament. Oklahoma committed 20 turnovers four More than Towson state and the sooner hit Only 13 of 27 free throws. A most of the people sitting in the stands today and in this interview room 1 think were a Little surprised a tigers coach Terry Truax said. A Towson state Towson state Champion of the East coast conference was a 27-Point underdog but had the Tempo to its liking most of the Way particularly in the second half. After trailing by 12 at halftime Towson state outscored the sooner 6-2 to Start the second half and trailed 47-39. Later a three minute scoring drought by Oklahoma allowed the tigers to Cut its deficit to 58-54 on a shot by Kurk Lee who led All scorers with 30 Points. Lee scored 14 of Towson a first 25 Points in the second half including six straight making the score 60-58 with 6 45 left. Started getting worried when we did no to just blow Mem out a said Jackie Jones who led the sooner with 19 Points. In other Early thursday openers Ball state 54, Oregon state 53 Salt Lake City a Paris Mccurdy converted a three Point play with no time remaining to give Ball state a Victory Over Oregon state in the West regional. Mccurdy was fouled by Karl Anderson while hitting a five footer on the Baseline As time expired and Sank the free throw to give 12th-seeded Ball state the win. Oregon state seeded fifth took the Lead when Teo Alibegovic hit a turnaround jumper with three seconds left to give the beavers a 53-51 Lead. But a court length pass went out of Bounds off an Osu player and Ball state retained Possession under its own Basket with two seconds remaining. Mccurdy who finished with eight Points took the in in us pass on the Baseline and was toured by Anderson As he hit the Short jumper. Osu All american Gary Payton spent a of the second half on the Bench. Us trouble and scored Only 11 Points before fouling out with 2 18 left. Thompson tied a career High v Points for Ball state including a pair of free throws that tied the game 5151 with 41 seconds left. In i 25-6 advanced to a Sec to , meeting with the Winner Jur Day s later Louisville Idaho game. Regon state the regular season co shed at�22�7 Hac-10 conference Fin u s.6�80" 49, Brigham Young 47 Hartford Conn. A Kirkland a a a set it \ of it Louisville a Jerome Harmon dunks during practice wednesday prior to thursdays late tourney game against Idaho at Salt i it Ake City. Howling scored his Only Points on two 3-Point shots in the final 2 32, including the winning Basket with 31 seconds left As 17th-ranked Clemson edged Brigham Young in the East regional. A free throw by Andy Toolson with 2 42 left gave the cougars a 47-40 Lead and they did no to score again. The tigers 25-8 had just five Field goals in the second half but closed to 4743 on howling a first Basket with 2 32 to go. Clemson which made Only 14 of its 30 foul shots got two from Marion Cash that Cut the margin to 47-45 with 1 26 remaining. Toolson led Brigham Young 21-9 with 15 Points but missed a 3-Pointer with 41 seconds to go and five seconds on the shot clock. The taller tigers got the rebound and worked the Ball to howling to the left of the foul Circle for the go ahead Basket. Us Santa Barbara 70, Houston 66 Knoxville Tenn. A Eric Mcarthur scored three of his 20 Points in the final 59 seconds lifting Cal Fomia Santa Barbara Over Houston in the Southeast regional. Mcarthur who also grabbed 11 re Raig 17 remain Bounds for the gauchos 21-8hit on a follow shot with 59 seconds left giving Santa Barbara a 67-66 Lead. He connected on a free throw with 28 seconds left for a 68-66 gauchos Edge. Santa Barbaraus Paul Johnson sealed the Victory with two free throws with two seconds left. Houston 25-7 had led once in the second half 47-46, before scoring six straight Points for a 66-65 Lead. C Upchurch a followup with ing put the cougars ahead. Gary Gray had 15 Points and Carrick Dehart 11 for Santa Barbara. Carl Herrera topped Houston with 19 Points. Upchurch finished with 11. La Salle 79, s. Mississippi 63 Hartford Conn. A All America Lionel Simmons scored 32 Points and grabbed 16 rebounds As la Salle won its 22nd straight game and first in eight tries in the first round of the Mcaa tournament by beating Southern Mississippi in the East regional. Simmons the third leading scorer in major College history took Over in a decisive second half run As the explorers 30-1 ruined the first Mcaa appearance by the Golden eagles 20-12who could never get in tracked from the outside making Only 9 of 35 shots from outside the paint. La Sallets last win in a first round Mcaa game came in 1955, when the explorers went to the final game As defending champions. Doug Overton added 16 Points for la Salle and Bob Johnson had 14. Clarence Weatherspoon led Southern Mississippi with 16 Points and Darrin Chancellor and Russell Johnson had 14 sports television Mcaa basketball tournament a Georgia is. Texas joined in Progress followed by notre Dame is. Virginia 3 30 . Saturday. Radio Mcaa basketball tournament a Ala Bama Birmingham is. Urcla 1 . Saturday Loyola Mary mount is. New Mexico state 5 30 . Saturday
