Show 2B Saturday March 26 Standard-Examin- er 1 9S3 Sports CSU Rams Boitano earns world men’s title advance to semis Thomas excels in short program but trails Witt for championship Associated Press Pat Durham scored 26 points and Colorado State used a relentrt less pressure defense to subdue Arkansas State 9 Friday night in the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament at Fort Collins Colo CSU which hasn’t appeared in play since 1969 now advances to the NIT Final Four half-cou- BUDAPEST Hungary (AP) — American Brian Boitano added a world championship to his Olympic gold medal Friday by winning the men’s title at the World Figure Skating Champi- 64-4- post-seas- onships after Canadian Kurt Browning became the first skater to successfully complete a quadruple jump in competition Debi Earlier a charged-u- p Thomas overcame the blues to win the women’s short program But arch-rivKatarina Witt repost-Olymp- NIT ic in New York City on Tuesday The Rams who improved to 2 overall with the win scored 21-1- al mained ahead in the race for the world title which will be decided in the long program tonight Boitano of Sunnyvale Calif finished second in the long program to Canadian Brian Orser the defending world champion but that was enough for him to regain the world title Soviet Viktor Petrenko was third But Browning 21 stole the show by completing the first quad in international skating comptition Browning who finished third in the free skate to lift him to sixth overall landed cleanly on one foot although he had to do a turn on the ice to keep his balance “There’s no question I did it none whatsoever" Browning said “It was one foot and four turns" International Skating Union officials after watching taped replays confirmed that the Cana- dian had indeed landed the quad Browning also landed seven other triples in a program that stirred wild cheers particularly from the vocal Canadian contingent Boitano 24 also successfully completed the four rotations in the air but touched down with both feet instead of landing on one foot as required “Unfortunately I could not execute it perfectly" Boitano said “It was a little bit over-ro- - on nine straight points midway through the second half to open up a 45-2- 7 lead with 10:35 left David Turcotte started the run with a three-poibasket then Durham scored on an alley-oo- p nt play and Trent Shippen drove for another basket with Durham Debi Thomas presents her moving inside for the capper Moments later Durham’s two free throws gave CSU its biggest lead of the game at 9 short program tated I am satisfied with my 48-2- performance however I showed almost the maximum I could" Browning and Boitano were not the only ones flying high Friday night Orser completed seven triples as did American Christopher Bowman in a fast and catchy program to Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody" that got the Budapest crowd going Bowman finished fourth in the long program to place fifth behind overall Three-pointe- by Arkansas rs State’s Rhon Johnson and Ed Louden helped reduce the deficit to seven points but CSU made eight straight free throws — six by Durham — in the final 70 seconds Shippen had 14 points and Turcotte 13 for the winners Louden and Johnson finished with 13 and 1 1 points respectively to lead the Indians who finished their season 4 John Tate ASU’s leading scorer this season had 12 points in the first half but was held scoreless over the final 20 minutes Durham had 10 points and Barry Bailey nine in the first half to lead the Rams to a 0 lead at intermission 21-1- Poland’s rior in a victory march a fitting rivalculmination to his with Orser who also skated ry to military music in the finale The Canadian dressed in a red uniform hit every move and showed much more confidence than he did in his long program at the Olympics His sharp gestures and choreography proved him the final Grzegorz Filipowski Boitano’s victory put the United States in a tie with the Soviet Union for the most world figure skating titles at 39 10-ye- ar apiece He skated to music from the film “Napoleon” that showcased d six trinot only his h ples and deathdrop but his improved artistic skills as well During eight changes of music Boitano portayed stages of a soldier’s life from a dress ball to the battlefield In the final moments he is the proud war ond-plac- effort in the short e program Soviet Alexander Fadeev leading after the figures withdrew before Thursday’s short program with a painful groin in- jury Witt and Thomas will meet for the final showdown as amateurs in the free skate tonight after Thomas recovered from a master of expression as he poor showing in the compulsory earned three perfect 60s for ar- figures to skate one of the best tistic merit with the rest 58s short programs of her career and 59s But it was not enough “This felt more like the old to overcome a poor Debi than Calgary did" Thomshowing in the figures and a sec as said referring to last month’s near-qua- sky-hig- fifth-pla- ce Olympics when she lost to Witt after missing several moves in her long program “All the energy in the world was going into it and I was just having fun" Thomas who turned 21 Friday was first with five of nine judges against Witt skating a jazzy fast and clean program to a pulsating disco beat g Midori Ito of her Japan airing astonishingly high jumps was third for the evening Canadian Liz Manley finished fourth in the short Crowd-pleasin- 27-2- Ohio State 68 New Mexico 65 At Albuquerque NM Jay Burson scored 20 points and Ohio State survived a second-hal- f New Mexico rally with a shooting clinic to grab a narrow NIT quarterfinal victory Friday night Ohio State now 2 overall will advance to the next week’s semifinals in Madison Square Garden New Mexico losing at home for only the second time this season finished 4 The Buckeyes made only two field goals in the final 14 minutes but pulled off the victory with a shooting effort at the foul line A drought by Ohio State from the field allowed New Mexico to wipe out a 6 deficit with 12 straight points Charlie Thomas who finished with 17 points scored six straight points to get the Lobos rolling en route to a 6 lead with 7:37 free-thro- w 19-1- Sixers pass Celtics on road to final playoff spot Associated Press What started out as a Boston massacre turned into a Philadelphia dream Trailing by 30 points early in the second half the 76ers limited the Celtics to nine points in the final quarter and none in the final 4 Vi minutes to escape with a 3 victory Friday night at Boston Maurice Cheeks’ shot with nine seconds to play gave the 76ers their first lead of the game 3 and former Celtics’ player Gerald Henderson hit two free throws with one second remaining for the final margin “I don’t think I can put into words how important it was for us because we’re fighting for a playoff spot” Cheeks said after helping the Sixers move a half game ahead of idle Washington and New York in the battle for the final playoff spot in the NBA’s Eastern Conference The victory also snapped Boston’s homecourt victory string against the 76ers dating back to Feb 2 1984 when 1 Philadelphia won we’re “Usually fighting for the first or second berth But now we’re fighting for a playoff spot” Cheeks said The Celtics led 5 with 4:36 to play on Danny Ainge’s fourth of 97-9- 16-fo- ot 95-9- 11-ga- 109-9- 93-8- three-point- er the game but failed to score again And as the Sixers ran off the final 12 points the Boston Garden crowd began to boo the team they had loudly cheered as it twice built up leads of 30 points the last time at 5 with 7:48 to play in the third quarter “It was embarrassing to get booed by the home crowd But we deserved it” said Ainge whose 12 points came on his four 75-4- three-pointe-rs Bulls 111 Cavs 110 (OT) At Richfield Ohio Michael Jordan scored 39 points but missed a shot that teammate Charles Oakley tipped in with a second left in overtime to boost Chicago over Cleveland defiCleveland rallied from a cit in the fourth quarter to send the game 1 into overtime tied Jordan scored 35 of his points in the first three quarters 9 after an Cleveland led with 16 seconds Nance shot by Larry jump remaining in the extra period 16-poi- nt 101-10- 110-10- Pacers 101 Nets 100 At Indianapolis Steve Stipanovich’s shot with two seconds remain three-poi- nt Chariot clocked 2272 defeating Waddell Brothers of Upper Valley 2277 and Watterson and Giles of Utah From IB Valley 2288 That victory automatically Snake River taking second at the Wasatch Slopes qualified 2252 and Gibson and Allred finteam for the finals of the third diishing third at 2253 vision on Sunday and gives them " “We just plain got a bye in today’s competition said Allred driver of the team “When they (the team) came n “We got out OK but got This is exactly the same boat we out they got a bit behind but out-run- out-ru- they got a kick and came through were in last year at this time at the end" Amsler said “They’re not sore and they “The guy in the red gate (Waddidn’t quit me They’re still doing n dell by Brothers) had me all they can That’s all you can the win title) ask" he said of his team Easy Il- half a length (To lusion and Sequilas Short they are going to have to run like they have been The layoff to- “You’re not going to win every morrow will help a bunch" race but as long as you can run Other area teams still in congood and feel good afterward tention for world titles with just that’s all I can ask” one loss apiece are: Gibson and Allred have to win First division — Marc and today if they are to have a shot at Doug Fonncsbeck Merlyn and repeating their world title Maureen Jackson of Bear River Second division — Earl JoIn earlier races Taylor Truck nas and Coca-Col- a of Wasatch and Gary Moore of Wasatch Slopes emerged as the only area Slopes Fourth division — Bob team to remain undefeated Mouritscn of Golden Spike and Clinton’s Darrin Amsler piloted the team to a swift victory Draayer Farms and Hansen Stain the third division His team bles of Wasatch Slopes out-ru- ' 1 18-fo- ot ing lifted Indiana past New Jersey Stipanovich who scored just nine points caught Vem Fleming’s pass before it bounced over his head and sank the winning basket 'from in front of the New Jersey bench It looked as if the Nets were en route to their fourth win on the road this season when Otis Birdsong sank one of two free throws for a 100-9- 8 lead with 12 seconds remaining Jon Sundvold also came off the bench to lead the Spurs with a season-hig- h 25 points and Greg Anderson added 23 points and 13 rebounds Mavericks 106 Blazers 101 Jan 25 1985 Nuggets 120 Lakers 119 Karcem Abdul-Jabbhit one of two free throws to give Los Angeles a 8 lead with four seconds to play Denver called timeout to get the ball at halfcourt and Jay Vincent inbounded the ball to Adams who dribbled to the top of the key and hit a jump shot over the Lakers’ Wes Matthews ar 119-11- and 13 rebounds and the Mavericks strengthened their hold on second place in the NBA Western Conference standings by stopping Portland e Dallas boosted its lead over Portland to three games The Los Angeles Lakers hold a commanding lead in the conference race which determines home-cou- rt advantage in playoff games third-plac- Clippers 113 Warriors 98 At Los Angeles Quintin Dailey scored points as seven LA Clippers scored in double figures It was only the fourth triumph in 28 games for the Clippers who played for the first time this season without leading scorer Mike Woodson who sat out with a stomach virus 19 Spurs 107 Pistons 106 At San Antonio Texas reserve forward Eddie Nealey scored his only points of the night on a field goal at the buzzer to help the Spurs snapping the Pistons’ seven-gam- e winning streak East Midwest From IB From Krzy-zews- ki three-point- er three-point- er three-pointe- r" mentum" Chaney said his team 32-- 1 overall will have to shoot well and pass well to offset Duke's swarming defense “Duke presents a real tough challenge for us" added Chancy “Without question they are a real experienced club” Both clubs will be affected by injuries 16-fo- ot scored a career-hig- h 32 points to lift Denver over the Lakers The victory was the first in seven games for the Nuggets at the Forum since At Dallas Roy Tarpley had 25 points “Perry is a great player” said “I can’t think of a youngster in the country exactly like Perry If you do penetrate he knocks it back at you” Krzyzewski said he also is concerned about Temple’s ability to blow a game wide open as it did in a victory over North Carolina earlier this season “You think they are playing close to the vest then (Mike) Vreeswyk takes a (Howard) Evans takes a Macon takes a he said “They come down and really try to seize mo- Calif Michael Adams jumper at the buzzer and At Inglewood hit a with 20 points Lewis had 19 and McCants and Mitchell 13 each Kansas 77 Vanderbilt 64 IB Manning not only made the game’s first basket a but he made life miserable for The game was tied 4 when Kansas State the fourth seed in Vanderbilt throughout the eventhe region went on a 12-- 3 run to ing e The take its largest lead of the game Richmond had eight of the scored 25 of his 38 points in the first half for Kansas which points including two the second of which banked charged into a 19-- 4 lead and crushed the Commodores’ Cinin Purdue answered with a 2 derella hopes in the NCAA Tour4 with nament’s Midwest Regional streak and got within 3:32 left on two free throws by semifinals Friday night “He was phenomenal" Kansas Melvin McCants Kansas State's Ron Meyer Coach Larry Brown said of Manmade one of two free throws with ning “He made his first and he didn’t even get 1:42 left but Stephens hit his fourth of the game yelled at for taking it I can’t reand the Boilermakers 29-- 4 were member a game I didn’t yell at him and I hardly yelled at him 7 with 1:29 to play within in this one” made then Wildcats The There wasn't much Manning free throws as Purdue could only muster another by did that Brown could yell about senior center made Stephens while committing two The in the first half shots with one no turnovers pressure e when he exceeded his from the defense Will Scott added 17 points for scoring average of 244 Kansas State all but two on Manning outscored the entire three-poifield goals Vanderbilt team 0 in the first 17 minutes Stephens led the Boilermakers final 27 seconds three-point- er 54-5- two-tim- an three-pointe- rs 7-- 68-6- three-point- er three-point- er 69-6- -6 three-point- er 12-of-- per-gam- nt 21-2- 22-1- 13-of-- 16 56-4- 58-5- left But Ohio State hung tough at the line Jerry Francis who added 17 points and Perry Carter combined to hit four straight free throws After New Mexico’s Hunter Greene hit a rebound layup Bur-so-n penetrated New Mexico’s defense and hit an layup 0 for a OSU lead with 2:22 off-balan-ce 64-6- left Rogers led New Mexico with points while Greene finished his career with 14 points Wilson scored 13 points for the Buckeyes who wound up for the game at the line The victory avenged a 5 loss by Ohio State to New Mexico in December’s finals of the La-b-o Invitational tournament 18 22-of-- 26 74-6- Connecticut 72 Va Commonwealth 61 At Storrs Conn Phil Gamble scored seven of his 8 points on free throws in the final six minutes and Cliff Robinson added 17 points as Connecticut beat Virginia Commonwealth in Friday night’s NIT quarterfinals The Huskies 4 overall broke out of a 1 tie by g the Rams 0 over the final seven minutes Gamble made six foul shots and Jeff King who finished with 14 points also added six during a 14-- 5 run as UConn moved into the NIT semifinals for the first time in seven tournament appearances UConn which finished last in the Big East Conference advances to the semifinals which begin Tuesday at New York’s Madison Square Garden Virginia Commonwealth finished its season at 2 Forward Phil Stinnie led VCU with 25 points and Chris Cheeks added 1 18-1- 51-5- outs-corin- 21-1- 23-1- 10 |