European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday March 29, 1992 National invitation Cavaliers nip Lobos at the line by the associated press make Virginia shoot 3-pointers and you re in Good shape. Put the Cavaliers on the free throw line and its trouble. That a the Way it worked out Friday night for new Mexico. Virginia hit 24 of 26 free throws in defeating the Lobos 76-71 at Richmond va., in a National invitation tournament quarterfinal game. A we played the free throw shooting team of America tonight a new Mexico coach Dave Bliss said. The Victory moved the Cavaliers into the semifinals in new York monday night against Florida. In Friday nights other game Utah beat Rhode Island 84-72 to earn a semifinal berth against notre Dame. Virginia 18-13 needed the freebies to make up for its 3-Point misses. The Cavaliers were 0-for-6 on 3-Point attempts five of them by freshman guard Cory Alexander. That was one of the few things Bliss could find to be Happy about a we did a Good Job on Cory a he said. Alexander finished with two Points nine below his average on 1-of-12 shooting. For a while it looked like Bryant Stith might have an equally frustrating night. Virginia Sall time leading scorer who missed practice this week after injuring his neck in monday Victory Over Tennessee missed his first five shots. But the 6-foot-5 senior kept shooting and finished with 24 Points a 18 in the second half to help Virginia pull away from a 32-32 tie. Bliss said part of the problem in dealing with Stith was that the Lobosc defensive stopper. Will Scott was Able to play Only six minutes because of Back spasms. Quot we worked hard on Stith a Bliss said. A Scott usually takes the Best player. Ike Williams did a food Job but got in foul trouble. Willie Banks is not expected to guard a player that Strong or  the Cavaliers opened the second half with a 14-6 run capped by Stith a three Point play to take a 46-38 Lead with 14 49 remaining. New Mexico 20-13 closed the Gap to two when Banks hit two free throws with 8 18 remaining but Stith scored six Points in an 8-1 run for a 64-55 Lead with 6 12 remaining. The Lobos got no closer than five the rest of the Way. Junior Burrough had 18 Points for the Cavaliers and Ted Jeffries added 14. Jeffries had 12 rebounds two blocked shots and two steals. Steve Logan had 18 Points for the Lobos. Banks scored 14points, Williams added 13, and Khari Jaxon scored 12. Utah 84, Rhode Island 72 at Salt Lake City senior Center Paul Aflaki scored a career High 32 Points in his last Home game and Jimmy Sto added 20 As Utah rallied to beat Rhode Island. Rhode Island led 62-60 before Aflaki took Over scoring seven Points in a 10-0 run. Uri got no closer than seven Points the rest of the Way. Antoine Davison added 17 Points Lor the running utes 2310. Rhode Island 22-10 was led by Abdul Fox s 14 Points while Jeff Kent had 13. Andre Agassi whacks a forehand during his straight set Davis cup win Over Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia Friday at fort Myers Fla. Agassi Sampras give . Davis cup Lead Over czechs by Steven wine fort Myers Fla. A Andre Agassi suspects his year Long slump is All in his head. After winning in straight sets Friday to give the United states a 2-0 Lead Over Czechoslovakia in their Davis cup quarterfinal match Agassi said he May Nave found the solution to his problems. A my mind is is is is is is is an unbelievable weapon a Agassi said searching for the right words. A if in a focused and determined and disciplined its a pressure players done to feel from anybody else. But 1 have the ability to Hurt myself with it too and in a trying to get it directed  reanimate Pete Sampras had 17 aces As he beat Karel Novacek in the opening match at the Vonesta Sani Sampras Bel Harbour resort 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. John Mcenroe and Rick Leach had a Chance to Clinch a  Victory saturday by heating Korda and Cyril Suk in doubles. Singles pairings will be reversed in sunday s conclusion of the Best-of-5 event. Wearing Bike shorts facial stubble and a Scarf Over his hair Agassi rocked Korda. When the match ended Agassi pointed both Index fingers toward the crowd of 5,146 in gratitude for their support a what 1 was trying to say was that playing in other countries sure makes you a predate Home a Agassi said. Agassi has failed to reach the quarterfinals in each of his five tournaments his year and Hopes his Davis cup showing will spark a turnaround. Its been a Confidence Booster in the past he a 15 1 placing for the american team. A Davis cup seems to bring out an extra level of intensity for me a he said. A a in a trying to Zero in on what it is out Here that makes me play Well i think its taking every shot seriously and letting a Guy know in a in his face on every  Korda was feeling pressure from somewhere the worlds loth ranked player hardly looked like it with 55 unforced errors enough to lose 13 games. Sampras booming serve and successful net charges on the hard court surface were too much for Novacek a Clay court specialist who came to the net just 19 times. A this serve was the main reason he crushed me today Quot Novacek said. A the can do anything with the Ball a he can spin it he can slice it. Its hard to read his serve  Sampras won 44 of 54 Points when his first serve was Good. One of his aces slammed into Novacek a Chest. The fans cheered Sampras and roared for Agassi but they were More subdued than Many Davis cup crowds. There were few american flags and frequent applause for the czechoslovakian. In the other quarterfinals Switzerland moved within a Victory of eliminating defending Champion France Sweden took a 2-0 Lead Over Australia and Italy took a 10 Lead Over Brazil. Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland withstood four set Points in the final set and beat Arnaud Boetsch 3-6, 7-6 7-36-4, 7-6 74. Marc Rosset took less time to beat Thierry Champion 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. The partisan French crowd which helped cheer on its team to Victory against the United states at Lyon Cost the French a warning for its behaviour. The fans erupted after a disputed break Point that put Champion behind 3-0 in the fourth set. France s Janniek Noah vehemently argued the Call and lost and die Rowdy fans refused to let Rosset serve stopping the match for almost 10 minutes. At Nimes Guy forget and Henri Leconte who led France past the United states were kept out of the singles because of injuries and poor recent form. They were set to play in the doubles against Rosset and Hlasek. After winning the first set Boetsch lost the next two. He had a Chance to even the match leading 5-4, 40-0 in the fourth set. But Hlasek rallied to Deuce saved another set Point and forced the tiebreaker. Rosset used his serve to get out of trouble and had one break in each of the first two sets. Sweden 2, Australia 0 at Lund Sweden Magnus Gustafsson overcame a shaky Start in his Hometown fans and beat Wally Masur 7-5, 6-4, 6-4. Stefan Edberg beat Richard Fromberg 63,6-2,6-3 on a fast carpet surface. It was the 21st singles Victory in 29 Davis cup matches for Edberg who helped Sweden win the cup three times in the 1980s. Edberg was scheduled to play doubles saturday with Anders Jarryd against John Fitzgerald and Todd Woodbridge. Masur ranked 57th, broke Gustafs songs serve for the Only time to Lead 2-0 in the second set. But the swede broke Back at love and then added another service break in the seventh game. Italy 1, Brazil 0 at Maceio Brazil Omar Camporese gave Italy the Lead with a rain delayed Victory Over Luiz Mattar. Camporese downed Mattar 6-3, 5-7, 6-4,6-7 9-116-4. The Start of the match was delayed six hours by rain forcing the second match Between Italy a Paulo Cane and Brazil s Jaime Onins to be pushed Back until saturday