Page 8/The Battalion/Friday, March 14, 1986
OHveras
onlyA&M
veteran
of NCAAs
By TOM TAGLIABUE
Sports Writer
Texas A&M senior triple
juniper Francisco Oliveras leads
the Texas A&M men’s track and
field team into the NCAA indoor
championships this weekend in
Oklahoma City.
Oliveras is the only current
team member who has competed
in an NCAA ■
championship Men’s Track
before. Last
year, he placed seventh at the
NCAA outdoor meet.
Along with Oliveras, A&M
Track Coach Charlie Thomas
sends freshman shot putter
Randy Barnes, junior long
jumper Ian James and freshman
sprinters Stanley Kerr, Kendric
Wesley and Maurice Holt into the
NCAAs.
Barnes, who was a second place
finisher at the Southwest Confer
ence indoor meet, qualified for
the NCAAs at his first indoor
meet ever. He won the shot and
qualified with a put of 63 feet, S 3 /*
inches. That mark was the sea
son’s best for Barnes.
James qualified for the NCAA
meet in early February when he
leaped 25 feet, 2% inches at the
Dallas Times Hearltl Invitational.
Kerr, who was an upset winner
in the 60-yard dash at the SWC
indoors February 15, qualified
with a time of 6.22.
Wesley and Holt both qualified
in the 500-yard dash in the
NCAA meet just a week ago at
the “Last Chance” meet in Ari
zona.
While those six NCAA qual
ifiers are in Oklahoma City, some
20 other men’s team members
will travel to Houston to compete
in A&M’s first outdoor meet of
the season at the Rice Invitatio
nal.
Both the men’s and women’s
team will compete March 21-22 at
the Texas Southern Relays in
Houston. It will be the first out
door meet of the year where both
the men’s and women’s teams will
be represented.
No. 1 Duke, Georgia Tech survive scares
Associated Press
Top-ranked Duke and No. 6
Georgia Tech had surprising battles
Thursday as both struggled to vic
tory in the opening round of the
NCAA basketball tournament.
Duke needed 27 points from
Johnny Dawkins, including 20 in the
second half, to come from behind af
ter the intermission and defeat little-
known Mississippi Valley State 85-
78, while Georgia Tech beat back
unexpectedly tough Marist 68-53.
“I knew we would present Duke
with some defensive problems,”
MVU Coach Lafayette Stribling said.
“You (the media) thought we were
just a little team that got here by
luck. I said before there were 63 un
derdogs (in the 64-team tourna
ment), but I think you were trying to
put me under the underdogs.”
In other day games Thursday,
Temple defeated Jacksonville 61-50
in overtime, Louisville stopped
Drexel 93-73, No. 2 Kansas crushed
North Carolina A&T 71-46, Villa-
nova downed Virginia Tech 71-62
and Old Dominion defeated West
Virginia 72-64.
In night games, No. 12 Memphis
State routed Ball State 95-63; 15th-
ranked Oklahoma downed North
eastern 80-74; No. 18 Michigan
State edged Washington 72-70; Ala-
bama-Birmingham nipped Missouri
66-64, and DePaul beat Virginia 72-
68.
In later night games, it was Pur
due vs. Louisiana State, and No. 8
North Carolina vs. Utah.
Duke, now 33-3, was down by
seven points on two occasions, the
last time at 44-37 at the start of the
second half of the East Regional
game at Greensboro, N.C. Missis
sippi Valley was down 69-67 before
Duke finally pulled away with an
eight-point run in which Dawkins
scored six.
“I didn’t think we were prepared
for the quickness they had at all posi-
NCAA Tournament
tions,” Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski
said.
Consecutive baskets by Frank
Smith and Keith Thomas gave Old
Dominion the lead for good at 38-35
in the Monarchs’ victory over West
Virginia, 22-1 1.
Old Dominion, 23-7, led by
Kenny Gattison’s game-high 27
points, will now meet Duke on Satur
day.
Mark Price scored 26 points as
Georgia Tech, 26-6, used a 12-0
spurt over a four-minute spat) in the
second half to pull away from Mar
ist, 19-12, in the Southeast Regional
at Baton Rouge, La.
Marist, making its first NCAA
tournament appearance, took a 40-
37 lead over Georgia Tech early in
the second half bef ore the Regional's
top-seeded team made its run.
Defending national champion Vil-
lanova, 23-13, got 20 points from
Harold Jensen and held off a late
surge by Virginia Tech, 22-9, for its
victory.
Appearing in its seventh straight
NCAA tournament, Villanova will
play Georgia Tech on Saturday.
In the Midwest Regional at Day-
ton, Ohio, sophomore center Tim
Perry scored six points in overtime
to lead Temple. 25-5, past JadsJ
ville, 21-10.
Perry, who missed the from
of a bonus situation with threem ™
onds remaining that would
given Temple the victory in repi
lion, stored the Owls’ first pointsi lj|^ f
the overtime. Ill
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North Carolina A&T, 19-8
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gional. Kansas will meet TetnpleSj
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Senior forward Billy Thomp#:
scored a game-high 24 points an
grabbed 10 rebounds as No. Lous
ville. 27-7, pulled away in thesecoai
half against Drexel, 19-12, in tit
West Regional at Ogden, Utah
Texas edges by New Mexico; BYU outlasts SMU
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a 30-point effort. Guard Kelvin
Scarborough added 17 points and
eight assists, but the Lobos could not
offset Texas’ balanced attack.
A tip-in basket by Davis with 4:40
left gave the Longhorns the lead for
good. Brown countered with a free
throw but Brownlee then hit back-
to-back baskets and New Mexico
could get no closer than 68-66 on a
driving layup by Scarborough with
seven seconds left.
UT’s Wayne Thomas hit the first
of two free throws with six seconds
left to ensure Texas’ advance to the
second round of the NIT.
Texas, making its first appearance
in the NIT since it won the tourna
ment in 1980, is now 19-11. New
Mexico finished the season at 17-14.
break a 63-63 tie and advance BYU
to the second round of the tourna
ment.
Brigham Young 67, SMU 63
PROVO, Utah — Brigham Young
junior center Tom Gneiting scored
20 points, including a pair of critical
free throws, to lead the Cougars past
Southern Methodist 67-63 in the
first round of the NIT Thursday
night.
Gneiting sank a pair of free
throws with 12 seconds remaining to
The Mustangs, led by Kevin Le
wis’ game-high 27 points, had a
chance at overtime when SMU
guard Scott Johnson missed a field
goal with five seconds left and Lewis
rebounded. But Lewis’ turnaround
jumper inside the key missed and
the rebound was pulled down by
BYU’s Jeff Chatman, who was
fouled and sank two free throws to
end the game.
a free throw by Mustang guard
Butch Moore.
Moore hit the first shot and
missed the second after a disputed
blocking foul with 57 seconds left,
but his missed shot was grabbed by
Johnny Fuller who tipped it in.
The victory gives BYU a 16-11
overall record, while SMU drops to
18-1 1.
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SMU trailed 41-36 at halftime, but
battled back to tie the game 63-63 on
George Mason 65, Lamar 63
BEAUMONT — Senior Ricky
Wilson hit a 50-foot jumper with two
seconds left to give George Mason a
65-63 win over Lamar Thursdav
night in the first round of the NIT.
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Bird on target for Celtics in 135-119 victory over Spurs
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Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — Forward Larry Bird missed just
two shots and finished with 33 points in leading the
Boston Celtics to a 135-119 NBA victory over the San
Antonio Spurs Thursday night.
Bird — whose only misses were a free throw and a
three-point attempt — made four three-point shots,
eight field goals and five free throws.
The rest of the Celtics didn’t miss much in the first
half either as they raced to an 80-69 lead.
Boston hit 32 of 40 attempts bef ore the intermission
for a blistering 80 percent from the field. Bird led the
visitors’ first-half barrage, scoring 31 points and grab
bing seven rebounds.
San Antonio, which has lost 10 of its last 11 games,
was led by Mike Mitchell’s 30 points.
The Spurs played without three injured starters.
Bird left all four of the Spurs who attempted to
guard him shaking their heads.
After the six-year veteran nailed his club record-set
ting fourth three-point attempt, Spurs forward Jeff
Lamp looked at a screaming Coach Cotton Fitzsim
mons and said, shrugging, “I just can’t cover him out
there, coach.”
NBA Roundup
at SWC meet
WAS
Rockets 426, Trail Blazers 448
HOUSTON — Playing without starting point guard
John Lucas and center Akeem Olajuwon, the Houston
Rockets’ relied on Ralph Sampson’s 32 points and 17
rebounds in a 126-1 18 victory over the Portland Trail
Blazers Thursday night.
Lucas did not dress after skipping a team practice
on Wednesday. In his absence, Allen Leavell scored 22
pionts and rookie Steve Harris scored 13 points.
Clyde Drexler led five Blazers in double figures with
26 points as Portland, 33-35, lost its ninth-straight
road game.
With 2:40 left in the third period, Houston led 84-
77, as Lewis Lloyd hit for 13 of his 17 points. The
Rockets’ margin expanded to 94-81 when Robert Reid
bit three jump shots and stole a pass resulting in two
Jim Petersen free throws.
Other Thursday Scores:
CHICAGO 1 12
Denver 102
L A. LAKERS 105
Seattle 92
Late Wednesday Scores:
Golden State 1 18
UTAH 1 1 1
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