European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                P age 26 b the stars and stripes saturday March 9, 1991 Perm St. Wins Atlantic 10 title trip to tourney by the associated press Penn state heading for the big ten after 12 years in the Atlantic 10, got the perfect going away gift a a. Trip to the naga tournament. The Kittany Lions made their last Atlantic 10 game one to remember by beating George Washington 81-75 thursday night in the conference tournament championship game. The win put Penn state into the Mcaa tournament for the first time in 26 years. A this is like the Cherry on top of the sundae Quot coach Bruce Parkhill said after the Kittany Lions won their first a and Only a Atlantic 10 title. The two teams tied for third in the conference during the regular season with Penn state winning a Coin flip for the right to play at Home. Penn state s decision to change conferences did no twin the Kittany Lions any popularity awards in the Atlantic 10. A a i was really concerned this year about How we would he treated by other teams and the officials a. Parkhill said. A with a couple of exceptions we be really been a treated  v Monroe Brown sparked an Early 12-0 run that gave the Kittany Lions a 2t -6 Lead and James Barnes hit All 10 of his free throws in the second half to keep George Washington 1 m 1 at Bay. The colonials came up a game Short of their first Mcaa appearance in 30 years. Two other teams also earned Mcaa bids on thursday night. Georgia state heat Arkansas Little Rock 80 60 Lor the trans America conference title and m u r r a v s t a i e do w ii e d m i Dale the n Nesse e 70-67 to win the Ohio Valley conference �-.crown.-, a two top-25 teams were involved in tournament openers. No h Utah downed san Diego stale 67-56 in the quarterly Nail of the Western athletic conference and Louisville upset no. 22 Southern Mississippi 83-76 in the opener of the metro conference tournament three other top-25 Leims played no tournament games. No. 3 Indiana beat Minnesota 75-50, no. 9 Arizona downed Oregon state 82-67 and no. 17 Lecla belted Washington state 86-64. Trans , Fla. A Arkansas Little College basketball rocks Farewell to the talc was an unhappy one. Georgia state triumphed 80-60 to earn its first Mcaa berth and end a 17-game losing Streak to Arkansas Little Rock which is shifting to the Sun Belt conference. Phillip Luckydo led the pan thurs 16-14 with.21 Points. A a Ohio Valley Murray by. A Popeye Jones had 21 Points and 18 rebounds As Murray state 24-8 earned its second straight trip to the Mcaa tournament by beating Middle Tennessee 79-67. Middle Tennessee dropped to 21-9.wac Laramie Wyo a Walter Watts had 13 Points As Utah a eighth ranked utes downed san Diego state 67-56 in the wac quarterfinals. Backup Center Paul Aflaki playing Lor the first time since being shot by a Motorist on feb. 14. Added. 11 Points As Utah 27-2 won its 16th game in 17 tries against wac opponents this season. A a a. A the Liles will play hosting Wyoming in the semis. Brian rowers had 16 Points including two free throws with 17 seconds left As Wyoming beat Texas Elpaso 7e 67. A. A Reserve ray1 Reed scored 22 Points As Hawaii rallied to upset new Mexico 68-67. Steve Schreiner scored 18 Points and Shawn Bradley added 16 As by eliminated Colorado state 69-56. A metro. Roanoke a. A Louisville seeded last after 14 straight years of being either first or second stunned the no. 22 and. Top seeded Golden eagles 83-76, for the cardinals fourth straight win As Everick Sullivan scored 26 Points. A a we re playing the. Best we be played this year right now a a coach Denny Crum said. A it does no to guarantee anything obviously but it does give you  the cardinals forced Southern Mississippi 21-7 into 24 turnovers that produced 29 Points As the Golden eagles lost for the fourth Lime in five games. V Elliot Perry scored All 14 of his Points in the second Hal to Lead Memphis slate Over Tulane 84-77. Florida state overcame 38-Perechl shooting to beat South Caroli Ai a Villanova a Lloyd Mumford lop and Calvin Byrd grapple for Ball with Bce a Bobby Moran. A 65-55. Rod Wheeler scored the final 12 Points Tor Virginia tech which blew a 12-Point Lead before beating Cincinnati 75-69 in the bearcats final metro conference game. A . Midwestern collegiate conference Dayton Ohio Keith Guiles scored 32 Points As Loyola of Chicago pulled the Days Mccu a upset handing Butler its 12th straight Mcc tournament loss 75-62. Kevin footes and Melvin Robinson each scored 24 Points As so Louis Defeated Marquette 92-82 Jamal Walker scored six Points in the final 1 17 As top seeded Xavier beat Detroit 66-59. Dayton used runs of 14-2, 13-4 and Quot 10-0 to beat Evansville �?�71-59. North Atlantic Boston a Ron Lacey scored 20 to in to a n d Marcel i us Anderson added 14 Points and 13 rebounds As regular season Champion northeastern beat Hartford 74-�?�59. The huskies Wil play Maine which got 17 Points each from Derrick Hodge and Francois Bouchard to beat Boston univer sity 78-51 at Maine. Big East new York a Lance Miller made two free throws with 2.4 seconds to play capping a late 15-4 run for Villanova. Which nipped Boston College. 75-74 to earn a meeting Friday against top seeded. Syra Case it was the eighth straight loss for Boston College which played. Without head coach Jim o Brien whose wife died on sunday. Assistant coach Frank Dobbs a former player at Villanova coached the eagles in of Briens absence. Southeastern Nashville Tenn. A Allan Houston scored 14 of his 27 Points in the final 7 22 Tennessee avenged two regular season losses to Mississippi 94-85 a a Southwest a  a Freddie Ricks scored 17 of his 19 Points in the second half As Texas a amp a advanced to the quarterfinals against Arkansas by beating Texas tech 57-46. A / a top 25 Indiana 75, Minnesota 59 Bloomington. Ind. Calburt Cheaney scored All 16 of his Points in the second half As no. 3 Indiana beat Minnesota. Indiana 26-4, 14-3 needs a Victory sunday at Illinois and a loss by no 2.Ohio state at Iowa to share the big ten title with the buckeyes. A a a a Quot a 2. A a. Arizona 82, Oregon state 67 Tucson Ariz. A pacho Champion and ninth ranked Arizona 25-6, 13-4 extended the nations longest Home winning Streak to 63 games As freshman Khalid Reeves scored 2d Points in a Sloppy Victory. Over Oregon state. By Urcla 86, Washington state 64 los Angeles Don Maclean scored 25 Points and Tracy Murray added ,18 to Lead the no. 1? Bruins 22-8, 0 7 to their 34lh straight Home court win Over Washington state in a .pac-10  Routs leu . By the associated press Nashville Tenn. A freshman Wesley person scored nine of his 25 Points in a 19-3 run As Auburn beat no. 16 Louisiana state 92-77 in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern conference tournament Friday. It was the second loss in a Row for leu which played without 7-foot-1 Sec player of the year Shaquille of Neal sidelined with a hairline fracture of his left leg. Geert Hammink led leu 20-9 with 16 Points ver incl Singleton added 15 and Shawn Griggs 14. Reggie gallon added 18 for Auburn 13-15which advances to a saturday semifinal against the Winner of Friday night s Alabama Florida game. Also Friday. North Carolina state 82, Georgia tech 68 Charlotte. . A Rodney Monroe scored 24 Points As North Carolina state advanced to the semifinals of. The Atlantic coast conference tournament by beating defending Champion Georgia teen. The Wulf pack 19-9 will meet sixth ranked Duke which earned an opening round Bye in the tournament he winning the regular season championship. . State is on Mcaa probation and can to go to the National  College games Georgia tech 16-12 got 15 Points and eight assists from Kenny Anderson who also committed five turnovers. The loss also could keep the yellow jackets who were in the final four last season from the Mcaa tournament  scored 17 Points for . State and Tom Gugliotta had 16. Matt Geiger had 16 Points to Pace Georgia Lech. No. 21 Seton Hall 70, Pitt 69 new York a Oliver Taylor drove Down a gaping Hole in the Lane for a Layup Wilh one second left that gave no. 21 Seton Hall a Victory Over Pittsburgh in the quarterfinals of the big East tournament. Anthony Avent scored 19 of his 21 Points in the second. Half and finished with 10 rebounds for Seton Hall 20-8. Pitt 20-11 is a near certain entry into die Mcaa tournament despite the loss. Missouri 97, Iowa state 81 Kansas City to. A Doug Smith the big eight co player of the year had 32 Points and la rebounds. Including Quot 13 straight Points in a take charge sir Eteh of the first half that boosted Missouri past Iowa state in the first. Round of the big eight tournament. A. Missouri 18-10on Mcaa probation will meet the Winner of fridays Oklahoma site Kansas state game in the semifinals saturday. Iowa state 12-19 got 31 . And 11 rebounds from Victor . A sum 65, Houston 62 Dallas a Mike Wilson scored 22 Points to Lead Southern methodist to an upset of Houston in a Southwest conference tournament quarterfinal. The loss dropped tie third seeded cougars 1.8-10 into a precarious position for an Mcaa berth while advancing the Mustangs t2-16 into the semifinals. A Ball state 77, Central Michigan 69 do Droit a Emanuel Cross scored 15 Points including six in a second half rally to Lead Ball slate  Michigan in a first round mid american conference tournament  a a. A. I Bird seeded Ball state 21-8 moves into saturday Send finals while the sixth seeded chippewas end their season at 14-14. C ventral w As led by Darian Mckinney a 35 Points