European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday March 21,1992 favourites Rule in first round by the associated press the biggest Surprise in the Mcaa tournament thursday was the Lack of sur k rises. No ranked teams lost and the higher seed won 15 of 16 opening round games. Ninth needed Iowa which beat eighth seeded Texas 98-92 in the East was the Only team to beat a higher seed. Midwest no. 8 us 84, be Louisiana 54 at Milwaukee Little used freshman Tremayne Anchrum set career highs with 16 Points and eight rebounds As Southern Caf 24-5 tied the school record for most victories in a season. Georgia tech 65, Houston 60 Matt Geiger hit two baskets and Travis Best made a 3-Pointer during a game ending 11-0 run. West Indiana 94, e. Illinois 55 at Boise Idaho Damon Bailey and Alan Henderson scored 14 Points each in the first half As Indiana took a 31-Point Lead. The hoosiers 24-6 scored the first 10 Points sputtered briefly then buried the mid continent tournament champions with the 21-0 run late in the first half. Florida St. 78, Montana 68 Sam Cassell scored 23 Points As Florida state held on to beat Montana. The quicker seminoles 21-9 used a harassing defense to take control Midway through the first half and build a 23-Point Lead with 13 47 left in the game. Leu 94, by 83 Maurice Williamson scored 30 Points in support of of Neal As the tigers 21-9 Mcaa thursday held off the cougars 25-7 despite Byus nine second half 3-pointers. East Duke 82, Campbell 56 Christian laettner scored 22 Points and Thomas Hill 20 As Duke opened its bid for consecutive National championships. The Blue devils 29-2playing just an hours drive from Home Are trying to become the first team in 19 years to win Back to Back titles. Missouri 89, w. Virginia 78 Missouri beat West Virginia in a game played around blackouts at Greensboro coliseum caused by an electrical storm. Anthony Peeler scored 25 Points As the tigers 21-8 pulled away in the second half. Chris Leonard led West Virginia 20-12 with 25 Points. Iowa 98, Texas 92 Acie Earl scored 25 Points As Iowa beat Texas. The Hawk eyes 19-10 never trailed after an 11-0 run Early in the first half gave them an 18-9 Lead. The longhorns 23-12 got 26 Points apiece from . Tyler Ana Terrence Rencher. Southeast Ohio St. 83, miss. Valley St. 56 at Cincinnati Ohio state got the most lopsided Mcaa tournament Victory in its history. The buckeyes 24-5 blew Mississippi Valley 16-14 away in the first half by running off 20 consecutive Points. Connecticut 86, Nebraska 65 Connecticut 20-9 survived the one game suspension of Center Rod Sellers getting 44 Points from the backcourt tandem of Scott Burrell and Chris Smith. Seminoles Ward out Boise Idaho up Florida state starting guard Charlie Ward will Likely miss the remainder of the Mcaa tournament after suffering a dislocated shoulder in a first round game a school spokesman said Friday. The seminoles the West regions no. 3 seed will play Georgetown in saturdays second round. A school spokesman said Ward the Likely starting quarterback for the seminoles football team will Fly Back to Tal Ohio states Lawrence Funderburke slams one through against Mississippi Valley state. Firmed a dislocation. Kentucky shakes off cobwebs Ward injured the shoulder in Florida Lahassen on sunday to have the shoulder states 78-68 Victory Over Montana on examined by a school physician. Thursday and a rays taken Friday con Ward averaged 7.5 Points and a team by the associated press Worcester. Mass. A it took a while for Kentucky to get its Mcaa tournament legs Back. The sixth ranked wildcats had not been in the tournament since 1988 and their record 34th appearance started with an 88-69 Victory Over old Dominion a game which was a lot closer than expected for 32 minutes. Second seeded and sixth ranked Kentucky 27-6 led 62-59 with 8 25 to play and for the second straight year a 15th-seeded learn from the colonial athletic association was looking to make the most noise of the first round. Richmond became the first no. 15 seed to Ever win a game when it beat Syracuse 73-69 last year. Kentucky however turned up the defensive pressure finally found the Range on 3-pointers and went on a 15-2 run to take command. The wildcats were 2 for 13 from 3-Point Range in the first half and finished the game 7 for 27. They forced 30 turnovers 17 in the second half. Old Dominion 15-15which had the worst record in the 64-team Field managed just one of four shots and committed three turnovers in the run. In other games Friday afternoon Mcaa Friday Michigan St. 61, so to. St. 54 Dayton Ohio a Low scoring Mark Montgomery led a late 7-0 run that helped Michigan state beat Southwest Missouri state in the Midwest regional. Montgomery who averages Only seven Points per game scored five of the spartans seven Points during the decisive run which gave Michigan state 22-7 a 57-50 Lead with 1 18 left. The bears champions of the Missouri Valley conference tournament ended their season at 23-8. They were led by Jackie Crawford a 16 Points while Tony Graves had 12.no. 11 Oklahoma St. 100, a. Southern 73 Atlanta a Byron Houston scored 29 Points and Sean Sutton added 22, leading no. 11 Oklahoma state Over Georgia Southern in the Mcaa Southeast regional. Oklahoma state 27-7 held a 47-43 Lead Early in the second half before a 20-0 run put the game out of reach at 67-43 with 10 45 left to play. Calvin Sinkfield scored 22 Points for Georgia Southern 25-6which had its seven game winning Streak snapped. High 4.3 assists per game this  stuns  Bay by the associated press Carey Edwards Only Basket of the night came with two seconds remaining and boosted Manhattan Over Wisconsin Green Bay 67-65 thursday night in a first round National invitation tournament game. A we were trapping on defense trying to deny the Ball and get a steal a said Edwards who with teammate Carey Wilson was hounding Wisconsin Green Bay a Tony Bennett. A Wilson turned him in. The Ball bounced to me and that was  in other games Purdue beat Butler 82-56, Boston College beat Southern Illinois 78-69, Florida beat Richmond 66-52, Texas Christian beat Long Beach state 73-61, Rhode Island beat Vanderbilt 68-63, new Mexico beat Louisiana tech 90-84, Utah beat Ball state 72-57 and Arizona state beat us Santa Barbara 71-65. The first round was to be completed Friday when James Madison 21-10 played Rutgers 15-14