European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Deadeye East Tenn. Sinks erring Arizona Atlanta apr Longshot East Tennessee state used Long shots to pull off the biggest upset so far in this years Mcaa tournament. A i done to know if we could shoot them any better than we did tonight a buccaneers coach Alan Leforce said after East Tennessee beat no. 10 Arizona 87-80 Friday night in the first round of the Southeast regional. The 14th-secded buccaneers 24-6 won their ninth consecutive game by going 13 of 25 on 3-pointers. Rodney English made 3 of 5 and finished with 21 Points. A it seemed like no matter what we did they took advantage of it a Arizona coach Lute Olson said. East Tennessee state which won the last four Southern conference titles had lost its previous three first round Mcaa tournament games. Its last Mcaa tournament Victory had been against Florida see Page 26 for Mcaa games state in 1968. But this time the buccaneers came in with Confidence. They were hoping to improve on last years preseason National invitation tournament when they went to Arizona and played the wildcats Tough before losing 88-79. The experience paid off allowing East Tennessee state to Send the wildcats to their third consecutive loss. Third seeded Arizona 24-7 was hoping for big things in its eighth consecutive trip to the Mcaa tournament. Instead the wildcats made their earliest exit since a first round loss to Auburn in 1986. A a it a a Tough feeling when you re used to winning a senior guard Matt Othick said. East Tennessee state will play Michi Gan a 73-66 Winner Over Temple in sundays second round. It was the first Mcaa tournament Victory for a Southern conference team since Tennessee Chattanooga a opening round Victory Over North Carolina state in 1982. A a it a a very Gutsy performance be Force said. A your team does no to get the respect it  Greg Dennis East Tennessee states All time scoring Leader agreed. A this lifts a Burden off our backs a he said. A we wanted this for our school and our fans and for our  Arizona helped out East Tennessee state by missing layups turning the Ball Over failing to Box out on rebounds and repeatedly allowing the buccaneers to shoot uncontested 3-pointers. East Tennessee led 45-34 after a first half in which it made 11 of 19 shots from beyond the 3-Point arc but just 4 of 15 from inside of it. The stars and stripes March 22,1992 c Page 28inside sports Astro batters rip Gooden a Page 20 cars go Low sink warriors a Page 22 Black athletes shun baseball a Page 25 Chang drops courier from no. 1 a Page 27 Duke dismisses Iowa Brian Davis Points 10 boards be Greensboro . Apr top ranked Duke continued its Early round runaway from the Field saturday beating Iowa 75-62 in the Mcaa East regional with the help of a 21 Point 10-rebound performance y Brian Davis. The Blue devils 30-2defending National champions made the round of 16 for the seventh straight season. Duke beat Iowa 85-70 in a second round game last season. Christian laettner had 19 Points eight rebounds and three locked shots for the Blue devils. Bobby Hurley had 12 Points and nine assists. Grant Hill scored 11 Points and Thomas Hill 10 for Duke. The teams combined to Block 18 shots an Mcaa tournament record. Acie Earl led Iowa 19-11 with 19 Points and 12 rebounds. After a 26-Point Victory Over Campbell to Start the tournament the Blue devils used their defense to compensate for poor shooting in the first half. The Blue Devil defense forced 13 first half turnovers had five steals and six blocked shots. Duke while shooting 37.8 percent in the first half held Iowa to 29 percent after a 1-for-11 Start. Each team shot 38 percent Overall. Duke led 21-5 before the Hawk eyes got their offence going. At one Point both Davis and Iowa had 15 Points apiece. After Duke ran up a 48-24 halftime Lead Iowa staged its own run 12-4 to Start the Sec Ond half capped by successive baskets by Chris Street. That Cut the deficit to 52-36 with 13 21 left to play. The Blue devils ran the Lead Back to 59-37 after a Grant Hill Dunk but the Hawk eyes then staged their biggest surge of the game. A 14-0 run in which Earl scored six Points Cut Dukes Lead to 59-51. Duke then retaliated with eight straight Points to put the game away. Davis improved on his season average of 11.2 Points per game while laettner moved up to second place on the Mcaa tournament scoring list. With 19 Points laettner has an Mcaa postseason total of 333 Points. He trails Only Elvin Hayes of Houston who had 358 Points in 13 tournament games. Dukes Christian laettner. 19 Points 3 Block