| Show ©mi faces knee surgery Griffith playoffs Karl Malone scored 28 points and 21 rebounds while grabbed a career-hig- h SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Jazz guard Darrell Griffith will undergo surgery on his left knee this week and the deadly outside shooter will miss the remainder of the NBA club’s season team officials say “We’re going to miss a lot of things about Darrell Griffith — his leadership on the court and off the court” said team President Dave Checketts Team spokesman Bill Kreifeldt said Tuesday that Griffith would undergo arthroscopic surgery later this week and would need up to 10 weeks to recover He said the Jazz would sign guard Eddie Hughes to replace Griffith for the remainder of the regular season and during the Utah Jazz John Stockton added 21 assists for the third time this season as the Jazz capped second-hal- f run to beat Phoenix 103-9- 6 Tuesday night The win guarantees postseason playoff slots for both Utah and Houston and 9 have Layden hopes the Jazz some momentum going in “You want to be in pressure situations" he said “You don’t want a cakewalk the rest of the season I told the team that we can’t stop now just because we got invited to the dance We have to keep on going and pick up momentum as we go” Utah had trailed 0 at halftime but the Jazz put together an 18-- 8 run to start the third quarter and led 1 with 5:06 remaining Bobby Hansen scored seven of his 22 points and Stockton had five of his 16 points during the run Stockton gave the Jazz an 2 lead with 4:42 left in the game when he sank a technical foul shot after Phoenix was called for having six players on the court Over the next three minutes the Suns on baskets by outscored the Jazz Eddie Johnson and Mark West to lead 1 with 1:41 remaining West scored five of his 13 points during the run and Johnson had four of his 27 points Hansen sank two free throws with 1 1 seconds remaining to put the Jazz ahead 6 The Suns hoping for a tie the game called time but to goal Hansen stole Alvan Adams’ pass and scored on a slam Stockton then gave the Jazz another basket at the buzzer when he stole the ball and scored as time ran out a 37-2- playoffs Hughes 27 has played seven season with the Continental Basketball Association after graduating from Colorado State He was waived by the San Diego Clippers in 1982 the Denver Nuggets in 1985 and was among the last Jazz players cut last fall 53-5- 68-6- 89-8- 1 Griffith 29 noticed swelling in his knee following a Feb 26 game against the Los Angeles Lakers though he did not recall a time in the game when he injured it Kreifeldt said the knee was drained and Griffith returned to the lineup for three games before missing eight straight -2 93-9- 99-9- ds Phoenix Coach John Wetzel said the plays by Hansen and Stockton did not illustrate how his team had played “Those last two plays detracted from i ' SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Coach Frank Layden likes a pressure situation at the end of the season particularly now that his Utah Jazz have clinched a berth in the NBA’s Midwest Division the rest of the game when we played quite well” he said “We’re playing hard now We’re starting to get a consistent effort and with our new players getting used to each other we are now starting to settle down” caJohnson passed the 10000-poireer scoring mark with 17 seconds left in the third quarter Walter Davis finished with 15 points for the Suns and West had 16 rebounds The Jazz will be at home again Thursday as they take on Sacramento at 7:30 pm in the Salt Palace nt Robert Utah’s Karl Malone puts up a shot over Phoenix’s Armon Gilliam (35) to score two points in the Viamiova vs Keimtiucky won that basketball game” KenIllinois may have unwittingly tucky Coach Eddie Sutton said of done Kentucky a favor by losing Villanova “That’s a wonderful to upstart Villanova in the sec- quality to have ond round of the NCAA Tourna“They’re an interesting ballclub in that they might not be the ment most talented team in the field of The Fighting Illini 16 but I don’t believe any team sec14 in the points by ond half and seemingly had the plays any harder or they’re any Yet better coached or any smarter game under control than this ballclub to back came Villanova edge Illi“I guess the one ingredient that 3 nois Thursday’s setting up game against Kentucky — and a is so impressive is that they beduel of two teams of Wildcats — lieve they can win that they find in the semifinals of the Southeast ways to win” Sutton said 2 record Villanova whose Regional at Birmingham Ala is survivors the would worst the lot of a sure “I’m among people have counted them dead against of last weekend’s double round of Illinois and yet somehow they games goes up against sixth-ran- k 66-6- 23-1- Palace ed Kentucky 27-- 5 in one regional semifinal 0 after blasting Louisville 6 BYU last Saturday faces No 4 Oklahoma 32-- 3 in Thursday’s other semifinal game The survivors then meet Saturday for the Southeast Regional’s berth in the NCAA Final Four at Kansas City a week later “I don’t think it makes any difference whether you’re playing the Cinderella team or whether you’re playing one of the favorites when you get to this point” Sutton said “They’re all good teams There’s not a team left that couldn’t win the national NCAA on 2D Villanova 24-1- ndiana 97-7- Kenutcky Vanderbilt Louisville Oklahoma Source: Associated Press ti-S- eq Standard-Examin- Rams shoot down Golden Eagles in 71-6- 78-5- The Golden Eagles won’t soar in the NIT this year Southern Mississippi seeking to be the first repeat NIT champion since St John’s defended its title in 1944 was derailed by 9 Tuesday Virginia Commonwealth night The Rams hit 14 of 16 free throws in the by Vince second half including Wilson in the final 4:09 “The difference in the game was that they hit their free throws down the line" Southern Mississippi Coach MK Turk said “It just wasn’t in the cards for us to 93-8- win 1 Colorado State defeated Houston and New Mexico routed Oregon 9 On Monday night Connecticut beat Louisiana Tech 9 The quarterfinals on Friday night will have Virginia Commonwealth at Connecticut Ohio State at New Mexico and Arkansas State at Colorado State On Saturday Boston College is at Middle Tennessee State The defending champions entered the game averaging nearly 91 points compared to the Rams’ average of just over 79 81 By BARRY WILNER Associated Press tonight” While Southern Mississippi headed home VCU joined Connecticut Colorado State Arkansas State New Mexico Boston College Ohio State and Middle Tennessee State in the quarterfinals 9 Arkansas State edged Stanford 0 State Cleveland beat Ohio State 9 Middle Tennessee State took Georgia Boston College downed Evansville 86- 60-5- 86-8- 69-5- '65-5- Arkansas State 60 Stanford 59 ing to rattle the reserve guard he calmly sank the first of two shots Ohio State 86 nt 10 points rallied to less than Vikings 32 points Middle Tennessee State 69 Georgia 59 Ty Baynham’s 24 points paced host MTSU an Ohio Valley member which after time expired gave Arkansas State its beat an SEC foe for the second straight comeback victory the first postseason loss round Earlier the Blue Raiders ousted ever for Stanford Tennessee from the tournament Baynham not only scored 13 points in The Indians who trailed by as many as first half he helped put Georgia star the seven points in the second half held the Willie Anderson in deep foul trouble ball for the final 42 seconds Johnson took was fouled and baseline on a pass the right Boston College 86 by Stanford’s Howard Wright with the Evansville 81 clock at :00 but before the buzzer sounded At Evansville Dana Barros who scored After Stanford called two timeouts try- At Stanford Rhon Johnson’s free throw NIT hit a nt rally-breaki- Cleveland State 80 Ohio State which trailed by midway through the second half lead with take its own four minutes remaining The 22-- 8 couldn’t catch up despite from Ken McFadden graphic basket as part of a play that broke open the game Barros made the with 2:52 left to put Evansville within two points Boston College’s Scott Benton then foul shot on the missed a same play but got another chance because of an Evansville lane violation and hit both of them 32 points five-poi- one-and-o- Colorado State 71 Houston 61 Pat Durham scored 25 points and David Turcotte added 21 at Colorado State where the Rams shot 57 percent CSU 2 reached 20 victories for only the second time in its history Houston led by center Rolando Ferreira’s 21 points finished the year 3 20-1- 18-1- New Mexico 78 Oregon 59 At Albuquerque freshman Rob Robbins scored 23 points and New Mexico hit 33 of 47 free throws New Mexico steadily 6 halftime lead pulled away from a 12-- 3 over the fiDucks the and outscored nal four minutes 29-2- V PopeStandard-Examine- r victory Tuesday night in the Salt Once again the West has been all but eliminated from the NCAA basketball tournament with the exception of Arizona: Richmond Kansas Arizona Michigan Island owa Rhode North Carolina Kansas St Duke emple Two teams of Wildcats to do battle Thursday Associated Press Jazz’s 103-9- 6 Big Sky coaches honored BOISE (AP) — Boise State University head basketball coach Bobby Dye and Northern Arizona University head indoor track and field coach Ron Mann have been named the 1988 Big Sky Conference winter coaches of the ! year Both Dye and Mann were unanimous selections in a vote of Big Sky’s athletic directors league Commissioner Ron Stephenson announced Tuesday Dye who just completed his fifth season at Boise State won the award for the second straight season He shared the 1986-8- 7 award with Idaho State’s Jim Boutin Dye guided the Broncos to a overall record and 3 conrecord this ference regular-seaso- n 1988 well as the Big Sky year as basketball tournament title Boise State was eliminated in the first round of the NCAA tournament last week losing to No 10 Michi8 gan Mann in his sixth season guiding Northern Arizona track and field won the indoor track honor for the second straight season He led the Lumberjacks to the 1988 Big Sky indoor championship Mann now has won three Big Sky cross country coach of the year honors two indoor track awards and three outdoor track honors 13-- 24-- 6 63-5- The Axers are the favorites to win the 1988 Big Sky outdoor track and field championships which they have won for the past three years |
