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Jordan gets MVP
as East nips Wes
CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Jor
dan followed up his NHA slam-dunk
title with a Most Valuable Player per
formance in the All-Star Game Sun
day, scoring 40 points as the East de
feated the West 138-133.
got two three-point plays fronija
son to close the deficit to78-/3i
6:43 left in the third quarter.
Dominique Wilkins, Jordan’s
slam-dunk rival in Saturday’s com-
f ietition that went down to Jordan’s
inal dunk, was barely overshad
owed again as he scored 29 for the
East, wliich now leads the series 25-
13.
The East built a 15-point lead in
the fourth quarter although Jordan
sat out for eight minutes with foul
trouble.
Jordan went out with his fo^H
foul at that point, but the East ™
on an 18-8 run to regain coi
Wilkins had three baskets
Danny Ainge two 3-pointersdurBL|
that spurt. Kj
The West got no closer than the
final margin after that as Jordan re
turned to score 16 points in the final
5:50.
Jordan, the unanimous MVPaltei
hitting 17 of 23 field goal shots, was
only two points shy of the All-Star
record of 42 by Wilt Chamberlain in
1962.
He more than doubled his total of
18 in two previous All-Star appear
ances.
Karl Malone led the West with 22
points, Akeem Olajuwon had 21 and
Lafayette Lever scored 17.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 10
points and became the all-time lead
ing All-Star scorer with 247 points in
17 appearances.
Magic Johnson had 17 points and
19 assists for the West.
The West, which trailed by as
many as 10 points in the first half.
Ainge had his third 3-poiwt:Lt;
Doc Rivers hit a free throw,, 0 f |
the East a 109-94 lead with9:|jj n ]
maining, and Jordan’s leturaVl
ments later helped assuretheMjfoii
the victory. Bk
Jordan scored 18 points bepi
lit si half as the East openedafiBl
halftime lead. hir
I he East spent the first q on li
playing catch-up, tying the sBe
f our times but never takingtheirerp
Malone, making his first AlB\i
appearance, scored eight poi ijep:
the first 8:05, lifting the Wesi tyhi
largest lead, 24-16. Bri
A 9-2 spurt by the Eastmadt po<>'
25 before Clyde Drexler scorriB^
points in less than two minutes ever
West gained a 34-27 advantageiflve
1 1:37 left in the half. B' n
Bso
1 he West then went fourideB 1 1
without a point, while JordanB 11 !
W ilkins scored four each dtinJMA
1 1-0 run that gave tht East its iB 1
lead. ^bTI
Eater in the second period,|Bt 1
dan started a 12-4 spurt
jumper and a breakaway dunLa ov '
the East took its largest lead oil W' i;
half, 56-46. Bg<
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Nine teams in top 20
1 Fr !
fall over the weekend I
From the Associated Press
For many of college basketball’s
top teams, it was a lost weekend.
Nine members of the Top 20 —
including second-ranked Nevada-
Las Vegas, No. 3 Brigham Young
and No. 4 Duke — were beaten Sat
urday. Also losing were No. 14
Georgetown, No. 15 Vanderbilt, No.
16 Iowa State, No. 17 Illinois, No. 19
Florida and No. 20 St. John’s.
Michael Charles and Reginald
Turner each scored 24 points as Ala-
bama-Birmingham handed visiting
Brigham Young its first loss of the
season, 102-83.
BYU Coacli Ladell Andersen
wasn’t rattled by the defeat, which
dropped the Cougars to 17-1.
“We’re the same club we were two
hours ago,” he said. “I still feel great
about this team.”
Alabama-Birmingham, which led
39-37 at halftime, built a 19-point
lead in the second half before Brig
ham Young cut the gap to 82-75
with 4:03 to play. But Charles scored
nine points as the Blazers pulled
away down the stretch.
Sunday, top-ranked Arizona de
feated California, No. 6 Purdue met
No. 1 1 Michigan and Notre Dame
faced Duke. No. 8 North Carolina
and No. 9 Pitt did not play over the
weekend.
Cal-Santa Barbara 71, No. 2 Ne-
vada-Las Vegas 66
Garrick DeHart scored 21 points
as Cal-Santa Barbara beat visiting
Nevada-Las Vegas for the second
time this season.
The Gauchos trailed by 11 points
early in the second half, then out-
scored the Runnin’ Rebels 28-10
over the next S'/z minutes for a 56-
49 lead.
Cal-Santa Barbara, which beat
Nevada-Las Vegas 62-60 last month
at Las Vegas, improved to 16-4 over
all and 8-3 in the Pacific Coast Ath
letic Association. Nevada-Las Vegas
fell to 20-2 and 9-2.
points m the second half as iB'^
tucky routed MississippiStateiiiB 11
Southeastern Conference. B c 1
Kentucky improved to lli-SoBPP
all and 8-3 in the SEC, whileJlB ,UI
sippi State fell to 11 -9and3-?. B n ' r
No. 12 Syracuse 79, No, MB 11 ' 1
John’s 62
Sherman Douglas scored
points as Syracuse downed Si. Jol
in the Big East.
Rony Seikaly added ISpoinisI
the Orangemen, who improved
17-5 overall and 6-3 in the con
ence. Shelton Jones had22|»j
for St. John’s, which droppedioj
5 and 5-4.
No. 13 Iowa 101, MichiganStl
jell M<)c scored 19 poinis [
second start of the season ash
beat visiting Michigan Stateim
Big 10.
Moe scored seven points duris
22-4 run that put the HaA]
ahead 49-34 at halftime. Iowa is l
overall and 6-3 in the league.
Connecticut 66, No. 14Georjel(
59
Cliff Robinson scored 16 p«
and blocked nine shots as Con#
cut downed visiting Georgetow
the Big East.
Connecticut made eight!
foul shots in the final 1:23,dind
its first victory over George®
since 1982. The Huskies imprc
to l 1 -8 overall and 3-7 in theconl
ence, while the Hoyasfelltol
and 4-5.
LSU 94, No. 15 Vanderbilt’!
Ricky Blanton scored 25 p
and Wayne Sims had 23asLoui®|
State snapped Vanderbilt's st 1
game winning streak.
Vanderbilt fell to 14-5 overall
7-4 in the SEC, while LSUimppJ
to 11-8 and 6-4. Vanderbilt
Perdue had 29 points and sevd
bounds.
N.C. State 77, No. 4 Duke 74
Vinny Del Negro, held scoreless
in the first half, scored eight points
in the final three minutes, leading
the Wolfpack past Duke in the At
lantic Coast Conference.
The victory lifted the Wolfpack
into a tie with Duke and North Caro
lina for the conference lead at 5-2.
N.C. State improved to 14-4 overall,
while Duke dropped to 15-3.
No. 5 Temple 84, Rutgers 53
Mike Vreeswyk scored 21 points
as Temple handed Rutgers its 13th
straight defeat. The Owls improved
to 18-1 overall and 12-0 in the Atlan
tic 10.
Rutgers outscored Temple 19-3
late in the first half, drawing within
34-29, but Temple scored the final
seven points of the half and coasted
the rest of the way.
Oklahoma St. 80, No. 16 lo# 1
78, OT
John Starks hit an 18-foot
with four seconds left in overlit*
Oklahoma State handed Iowa-
its fifth straight loss.
Jeff G rayer, who scored 35p 1
for Iowa State, was unable tof
a desperation shot before tim (:
pired. Oklahoma State improwj
12-8 overall and 3-3 in the BigE
while Iowa State dropped to
and 2-5.
Indiana 75, No. 17 I!linois’!|
Freshman Jay Edwards scorj
points, including two free tlj
with 32 seconds left, that gavj
diana the Big 10 victory.
Indiana improved to 13-6o'
and 5-4 in the conference. HI
which lost its fourth straight,(
14-8 and 4-5.
No. 7 Oklahoma 120, Missouri 101
Stacey King scored 40 points as
Oklahoma beat Missouri in the Big
Eight.
The 120 points were the most
ever against Missouri, which has
been playing basketball since 1906.
The previous high was 112 by Kan
sas in 1974.
The Sooners improved to 20-2
overall and 6-1 in the conference,
while Missouri fell to 13-5 and 3-3.
No. 10 Kentucky 83, Mississippi St.
59
Ed Davender scored 15 of his 21
No. 18 Bradley 85, Drake6’
Hersey Hawkins, leading^
tion with a 36-point average,
32 as Bradley beat Drake in the
souri Valley Conference.
The Braves improved to
overall and 5-2 in the confer^
Eric Berger, who was Hawkins
school teammate in Chicago, si
26 for Drake.
Auburn 58, No. 19Florida5t
John Caylor scored 21 point’
Auburn hit seven 3-point shot;
the second half as the Tigersw 1
past Florida in the SEC.
Auburn beat Florida for the
straight time, denying GatorsC
Norm Sloan his 600th career