European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. November 25. 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 45 Arizona state takes title game by Jimo Connell Lahaina Hawaii a Bill Fried or s fondness for Hawaii has Little to do1 with the Sunshine the Crystal Blue water of the Pacific Ocean and the White Sandy beaches. His favorite place is a 2,500-seat Arena the blah Aorta civic Center where he s coached three teams to championships in the Maui invitational. Frieder got no. 3 wednesday nigh when Arizona state beat no. 7 Maryland 97-90.a \ a i like this place there s no doubt Maui invitational about that said Frieder who got his previous titles with Michigan in 1985 and 1988. He got his third title in his second try with the Sun devils whose title this time was their first outside of Arizona since 1970. In wednesday s Consolation games no. 13 Michigan beat Utah 73-69 for third place Tulane beat no. 11 Indiana 86-68 for fifth place and Texas am Defeated Chaminade 73-52 for seventh .place.-. ,. Arizona state is the quickest team i be faced since i be been at Maryland terrapins coach Gary Williams said we just did t do a Good Job shutting Down the shooters when we had to. They just stuck a give and take featuring big men Mario Bennett of Arizona state and Joe Smith of Maryland was blown open in the last six minutes when the Sun devils began raining 3-pointers. Ron Riley hit two then Marcel caper and Jeremy veal Tulane s Jerald Honeycutt finds himself in a Jam daring Maui tournament action. Added one apiece All in a stretch of 2 minutes 23 seconds. With 3 33 to play Arizona state led79-70 and Maryland could t get closer than four Points thereafter. We did a great Job of Reading things once Maryland started double and triple teaming Mario inside Frieder said. -. We got wide open shots and we hit them. And it was t just one we hit but another and another and that broke it open for Isaac Burton led Arizona state with 23points, Bennett had 20, Riley 19, Capers 13 and veal 10. Mario was Mario Frieder said but Capers was very Good at Reading things and that s what you have to do in the motion Exrene Hipp had 25 Points for Mary land Smith 23 and Johnny Rhodes 19. Bennett selected the tournament a map downplayed his Battle with Smith. You Aren t sure whether you got the better of a matchup Between two Guys but you do know who wins Bennett said. -. The one thing i know is we won the basketball game. No. 13 Michigan 73, Utah 69 Ray Jackson and Jimmy King the Only remaining1 members of the fab five,1scored Michigan s final four Points after dominating the wolverines play Ipi the second half. Jackson who had 11 of his 24 Points in the second half scored on a drive with 1 07 left to give Michigan 2-1 the Lead for Good at 71-69. King who had All but two of his 18 Points in the second half then made a key defensive strip and made two free throws with 4.5 seconds left to Seal the outcome. Utah 1-2 faced two other ranked opponents in the tournament beating no. 11 Indiana and losing to no. 7 Maryland. Keith Van Horn led the uts with 23 Points. Tulane 86, no. 11 Indiana 68 the Green wave took advantage of its quickness at both ends of the court As Lav Eldro Simmons had 24 Points and Jerald Huneycutt scored 20. Tulane 2-1 broke from a 40-31halftime Lead with a6-0 run and basically coasted from there As Indiana 1-2 could t get anything going on the offensive end. Alan Henderson and freshman andr Patterson each had 19 Points for the hoosiers whose Only win of the tournament was Over division ii Chaminade. Texas am 73, Chaminade 52 Joe Wilbert had 20 Points and eight re Bounds to Lead the aggie 1-2 who pulled away with a 14-5 run Over the final nine minutes. John Nembhard had 13 Points to Lead the Silver swords 0-3who Nave a 3-28 record in 11 years of serving As Host to the Maui invitational. Oho u. New York a Memphis coach Larry Finch knew what was coming. There just was t much he could do about warned that new Mexico state could create havoc on come after you was the Way he put when the seasoned aggie Trail ing All night Long but still hanging around launched their defensive assault in the last 4vi minutes wednesday night Finch s Young tigers had no answer for Mexico state scored 16 of the game s last 17 Points and stole an 81-78victory from Memphis to reach the final of the preseason aggie meet no. 23 Ohio univer sity which Defeated George washington82-76, in Friday night s championship game. Memphis and go play in the Consolation worried about new Mexico state s roster of eight Junior College transfers. And he was right. The aggie used their experience to overtake the tigers. In the end the coach blamed him have never been so dejected on a personal level Finch said after his Tea was shaken by the aggie press that turned the game around. That was a rift and i blame nobody but me. We made unforced errors took crazy shots. Weddin t play As Well As we should have but i m not blaming anybody but Larry Finch and that s a terrible , the aggie had something to do with it too. Down by a dozen Point with under five minutes to play they began Ball hawking and turning steals into the stretch they forced bad preseason nit passes and turnovers and playe4 a snip ing opportunistic defense led by Troy Brewer and Keith Johnson who had four steals always Felt we could come Back coach Neil Mccarthy said we had to reach deep Down. When it counted we regrouped and got it were the key said Thom As Wyatt who had 15 Points including two crucial layups and a foul shot in the last 90 Walker also had 15 for the a Gies while Brewer added 13, Lorenz Enwright led Memphis with 19, missing just one of 10 shots. David Vaughn added 17.in the second game Ohio withstood a 34-Point performance by Kwame Evans to defeat George Washington. The bobcats got 24 from Gary Trent and won this one with a 47-31 rebound ing Edge. They also made 25 of 29 foul shots while go was just 12-for-19 from the game turned Midway through the second half when go s limbo Ham Mons in the midst of scoring 10 Points in just Over two minutes was fouled on a 3-Point attempt. He missed All three foul shots and the colonials never that 5-foot-8 Point guard Geno Ford nailed a couple of 3-pointers an hit five of six free throws in the final min utes to keep the bobcats in control. Refinished with 15 Points. 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