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Delta Devils pray for inspiration
=: Mississippi Valley State needs miracle against Duke
Associated Press
If the Delta Devils of Mississippi
Valley State are looking for inspira
tion, they might consider the Flying
Dutchmen.of Lebanon Valley.
Mississippi Valley, the little school
whose mailing address is “Highway
S2, Itta Bena, MS, 38941,” is receiv-
ng an untold amount of national at
tention because it has to play top-
anked Duke on Thursday in the
opening round of the NCAA basket-
aall tournament.
The history of the NCAA tourna
ment is littered with the broken
dreams of unassuming little schools
which found themselves vying for
the national championship and all
too quickly found themselves out of
the running, with no more than a
‘Thanks for coming and drive home
safely.”
Rarely does a team of Mississippi
Valley’s stature survive a first-round
meeting with a team as powerful as
he Dukes of the world. Last year,
for example, little Lehigh was pic-
ured as being fed to the lions*— ac-
urately, as it turned out. T he Hoyas
NCAA Basketball Tourney
of Georgetown licked their collective
chops and swallowed Lehigh 68-43.
Ahh, but once every so often . . .
In 1953, Lebanon Valley, now a
Division III member of the Middle
Atlantic Conference, was invited to
the NCAA tournament. The Flying
Dutchmen were decided underdogs
against Fordham, but the kids from
Annville, Pa., knocked off the big
boys from the Bronx, N.Y., 80-67.
The dream died in the next round
when Louisiana State beat Lebanon
Valley 89-76.
Mississippi Valley Coach La
fayette Strihling is delighted to be
pursuing the dream this year.
“We’re not going in there with the
attitude that we can’t win,” Strihling
said. “We respect all, but fear none.
I’ve always said that before you can
be successful you have got to over
come obstacles.”
Yes — but what about playing
Duke?
“We are proud to be here, to be a
Kings subdue Mavs
in overtime, 127-120
Associated Press
DALLAS — Sacramento’s Reggie
ITheus hit six free throws and a bas-
| ket in overtime Wednesday night to
I lift the Kings to a 127-120 NBA
lovertime victory over the Dallas
| Mavericks, who had beaten them
eight straight times.
Rolando Blackman’s two free
throws tied the game at 109-all in
regulation with 41 seconds left, and
Eddie Johnson missed a short
jumper to give Dallas a chance to
run down the clock for the final
shot.
But Jay Vincent’s jump shot hit
the rim at the buzzer.
The Kings took immediate com
mand in overtime with Theus’ eight
points, giving him 32 for the game.
Blackman had a game-high 46
points for Dallas, which was without
the services of leading scorer Mark
Aguirre, who missed his second
straight game with the flu.
iMSArro Johnson added 31 points for the
, Kings, while Vincent had 20 for Dal
las.
NBA Roundup
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the Kings hit 19 of 24 shots in the
first quarter and the 79-percent
shooting staked them to a 38-26
lead.
Sacramento built the margin to 16
points midway through the second
Other Wednesday Scores:
(home team in capitals)
Atlanta 113
NEW JERSEY 97
PHILADELPHIA 105
New York 95
Washington 128
CLEVELAND 114
DETROIT 1 1 1
Indiana 101
Phoenix 127
MILWAUKEE 126 (OF)
Golden State at
UT AH (late)
Seattle at
L.A. CLIPPERS (late)
quarter before Dallas cut it to a 61-
51 deficit at halftime.
Dallas f inally grabbed the lead for
the first time in the third period on a
James Donaldson dunk; then the
game see-sawed back and forth until
the overtime.
part of the NCAA tournament. And
playing a team like Duke is another
honor.”
Yes — but what are the Delta Dev
ils’ chances of winning?
“We’ll pray a lot,” Strihling said.
In Thursday’s two other East Re
gional first-round games at Greens
boro, Oklahoma plays Northeastern
and Virginia faces DePaul.
In the Southeast Regional first-
round games Thursday at Baton
Rouge, La., it’s Georgia Tech vs.
Marist, Virginia Tech vs. defending
champion Villanova, Memphis State
vs. Ball State and Purdue vs. LSU.
In Midwest Regional opening-
round play at Dayton, Ohio, it’s
Jacksonville vs. Temple, No. 1 seed
Kansas vs. North Carolina A&T,
1985 runnerup Georgetown vs.
Texas Tech and Michigan State vs.
Washington.
And in the West Regional first
round at Ogden, Utah, it’s Louisville
vs. Drexel, Bradley vs. Texas-El
Paso, Alabama-Birmingham vs. Mis
souri and North Carolina vs. Utah.
5- run inning
powers Twins
past Astros
Associated Press
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Mark David
son hit a grand slam home run, and
Kent Hrbek added a two-run homer
to power the Minnesota Twins to a
7-4 exhibition victory over the Hous
ton Astros Wednesday.
Davidson’s homer highlighted a
five-run seventh inning against Jeff
Heathcock. ■
Hrbek’s homer Exhibition
came off Hous-
ton starter Nolan Ryan in the first
inning.
Bert Blyleven allowed only one hit
over the first four innings to earn
the victory.
Ron Davis pitched two scoreless
innings to collect the save.
Troy Asenir capped a four-run
Houston uprising in the seventh
with a two-run homer.
Braves 6, Rangers 5
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. —-
Omar Moreno’s two-out, two-run
homer capped a four-run ninth in
ning comeback as Atlanta beat Texas
6- 5 in an exhibition baseball game
Wednesday.
The loss was the Rangers’ first of
the spring against three victories.
Texas was playing a second, split
squad game against the Yankees at
Fort Lauderdale Wednesday night.
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Dorm Students!
“Prepare your hearts for Easter”
Lenten Worship Series
in
All Faiths’ Chapel
sponsored by
United Campus Ministry
Holy Communion Service - led by Mike Miller (VCM), Stacy Ikard (VCM intern for Princeton Semi
nary) and A1 Krumminocher (Princeton)
1 Opm-10:45pm Thursday Nights
AH students and faculty invited
St. Patrick
deserves more than
a day J.T McCord’s
iving him a week.
Being a good Irishman, J.T. McCord feels that
St. Patrick is entitled to more than a single day of
tribute. After an ugly incident with a power-painter,
some green latex enamel and a busload of Japanese
tourists, he settled for a less extreme St. Patrick’s
Day celebration — St. Patrick’s Week.
We’re honoring St. Patrick with green beer
and green drinks from March 10 through March 17.
That old Irish favorite — Rueben sandwich and
fries — is only $3.99 all week long. And on March
17, we’re giving away three green satin jackets for
the traditional wearin’ of the viridescent shiny stuff.
We realize this doesn’t overcome the
problem of ignoring St. Patrick for most of the
year. But it does give you six more days of green
beer than you’d have otherwise, and that’s a start.
FUN. FOOD & SPIRITS
2232 Texas Avenue, College Station, TX 77840
Brazos Square Shopping Center
No purchase necessary to win jackets.
A plentiful supply of green beer encourages demonstrations
of daring and dexterity during St. Patrick’s Week at
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