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Show 2C The Salt Lake Tribune Friday, March 16, 1984 Eagles Host Oilers After North Stars Bombshell By Roger Graves Tribune Sports Writer Goodbye Pirk Graham. Adios Tim Coulis. Sayonara David Jensen. Have fun in the National Hockey League. But, ahem, how bout hurry- "What can ing back. That was the message Salt Lake Golden Eagle Coach J P. Parise had for Graham, Coulis and Jensen after the parent Minnesota North Stars dropped something of a bombshety by calling up the Salt Lake trio Thursday. , To say that Parise was surprised g by the sudden recall of forwards Graham and Coulis, and defenseman Jensen is like saying the American navy was surprised at Pearl Harbor. Call it surprise, but shock might be a better description high-scorin- of Parises I say?" asked Parise, who was busy rearranging feelings. his line 7.30 p m. combinations for Fridays rematch with the Oilers at the Salt Palace. (Brian) Bellows hurt his wrist, (Neal) Broten has a pulled groin, and (Lars) Lindgren injured his elbow or foot or something. So Minnesota needs some help. Theres nothing you can do. Thats hockey. The timing of the recalls isnt immaculate for Salt Lake, which is laboring to finish third with 2W weeks left in the regular CHL season. The IndiaEagles, who trail third-plac- e napolis by four points, would like nd the that third-placfinish chance to host the Oilers (who play no home games) in the first round of the Adams Cup playoffs. But, like Parise says, thats hock e ey. For Graham, Coulis and Jensen, the promotion represents a chance to make a lasting impression in the NHL. Theyll get their chances in Detroit against the Red Wings Sat- urday afternoon and against Quebec in Minnesota on Sunday. All indications are that theyll play those two games and be back with us by next Tuesday, disclosed Parise. But you never know for sure. The absence of Graham and Coulis means Salt Lake will be without two of its top four scorers Friday. e Graham, who saw his point streak halted by the Oilers in a Eagle loss Wednesday, takes 32 goals and 43 assists with him to the nine-gam- 2 North Stars, while Coulis exits with 22 goals, 28 assists, and 184 penalty minutes. Jensen, who signed with Minnesota and was dispatched to Salt Lake after representing the U.S. in the 84 Winter Olympics, says goodbye for the time being with one assist m five games The Golden Eagles personnel problems are compounded by injuries to goaltender Mike Sands, center Richie Hansen, and wingers Craig Homola and Bill Stewart. But Hansen (pulled leg muscle) and Stewart (stitched up eye) played Wednesday and are expected to take full shifts against the Oilers Friday. Homola, who has been sidelined with a hyperextended elbow, practiced Thursday and will suit up Friday. Sands may also be available, despite being hobbled by a pulled groin. With Sands not fully recovered from his groin pull, Parise said he would likely start Wednesdays loser Wendell Young (4-- in goal. No reason to take any chances if Sands isnt healthy, Parise said. And I thought Wendell played one of his better games Wednesday, so I'll probably go with him. Coach Tommy Webster, whose Oilers own a record in the Salt 5-- 3 Palace this season, indicated Wednesday that he will start Ron Scott and 3.28 norm) in the nets. Scott, who has been traveling back and forth between the New York Rangers and Oilers this year, hasnt made a start since his return to the Oilers last (11-10- goals-again- week. structing new lines Thursday, and came up with some combinations that could be surprisingly effective. The Eagle coach said he would pair club scoring leader Scott MacLeod (33 goals and 57 assists) with Tim Trimper (10 goals, 15 assists) and third leading scorer Tim Harrer (33 goals, 18 assists) Another line would be comprised of Richie Hansen, Scott Bjugstad and Rob Tudor, with Bill Stewart, Walt McKechnie and Terry Tait making up a third line. Homola would operate on a spot basis. Parise hopes those lines will carry him through Fridays encounter, with Graham, Coulis and Jensen returning frorrthe North Stars in time for a four games-in-sinights chalnext week lenge x Salt Lakes Parise was busy con Rebs Overcome Y. Rips Blazers, Patient Tigers Kentucky Next By Roger Graves Tribune Sports Writer Princeton Coach Pete Carril, a basketball realist, knew it. He came clean and admitted it. Carril knew his deliberate team, which plays basketball to the tempo of Brahms Lullaby, couldnt win a track meet with Nevada-La- s Vegas in the first round of the NCAA West Thursday evening at the University of Utah Special Events Center. Continued From Page l in the first half, to just lead four. But the Cougars were not about to let this one get away like they did against New Mexico a week ago. Applegate took a lob from Durrant anc scored on a little four-fojumper, Sinek made a steal and after he missed a layup, Durrant followed it in and BYU grabbed the once again. From that point on, it became a BYU vs. Singleton affair. From the 15 24 mark of the second half on, Sinsenior, scored evgleton, a ery Blazer field goal except one while Durrant, Applegate, Usevitch, Sinek, Perry and Smith took turns on the offensive for the Cougars. And what turned things around? Mainly, the ballhawking of Perry inand Sinek and the side play of the Cougar frontline. It was a gratifying performance for Perry, the little junior from Indiana. I had an awful first half and that made me want to really get them in the second half, Perry said. We started attacking their press, instead of letting them trap us. When we went at them, it made them make some choices." And, on defense, the Cougars shored up their game which was allowing the Blazers to get in for that game where they play it above the as in slam dunks. rim C-- Tigers tempo. It wasnt quite a lullaby. I said from the very beginning this team (UNLV) gets all the credit for its offense and not enough for its defense, praised Carril, whose team said bon voyage to the 1983-8- 4 0 season with an record. I thought theyd be chasing us and pressing us all night, but it turned around in the second half and we were chasing them. We could never get ahead and make them worry. We never got in a position where they had to think about losing. Hey, we play a lot of halfcourt basketball reminded UNLV Coach Jerry Tarkanian, who didnt do much towel chewing in the second d half after his Rebels lead with (now ) built an 14 44 left and befuddled Princeton with a tight zone defense. I have never played against a team that moves the ball so patiently, continued the elder Tarkanian, who can now turn his thoughts to WAC champion Texas-E- l Paso Saturday at 4 45 p.m. in the Special Events fenter. It drove me nuts early in the game. Everytime we turned our head on defense, theyd be laying it in. We wanted to go to a zone if we got a good lead, and when we got a seven-poin- t lead in the second half we went to it. That forced them to shoot some outside jumpers. That also proved to be Princetons demise. The Tigers really had only two offensive weapons senior Kevin Mullin, who popped in 18 junior Howard Levy, points, and 24 who muscled for a career-hig- h shooting. points on But when UNLV forced Princeton away from its intelligent game of picks and rubs inside with its zone defense, Mullin and Levy were shut down And the Rebels beat them with balance. Junior forward Ed Catchings shootpoured in 18 points on ing. Booker chipped in another 18 points, chiefly on outside jumpers. Spoon James, another junior jumpand took home ing jack, went 14 points. And Richie Adams, celebrating his 22nd birthday, blew out the candles with 10 points after scoring the Rebels initial six of the game. Itall added up to 63 4 percent shooting for the game, and when's the last time UNLV lost rolling the dice with that proficiency? It was a spurt at the outset of the second half which elevated Nevada-Las advanVegas to a tage and enabled the Rebels to seize control of the tempo. UNLV' on an Adstretched its lead to ams dunk following a picture lob with 13 53 remaining and Princeton was finished Catchings. who collected 12 of his 18 points in the second half, jammed one in off the Rebels spread offense with 7 19 to play to make it and repel a mild Princeton (29-1- t 18-1- Yes, Carril knew Princeton couldnt run with the Runnin Rebels, a team which marches to the staccato vibrations of 76 Trombones. What he didnt know was that Princeton couldnt walk with UNLV, either. So what UNLV did Thursday was beat Princeton at its own game deliberate, cerebral, high percentage basketball. Believe it or not, the 13th-ranke- 28-5- Runnin Rebs the most patient in the civilized world this year to ring up a spirited 6 triumph and move one step closer to an paid trip to Seattle and the Final Four. OK, 68 points isnt even a fruitful half of basketball for the Denver Nuggets, much less a good night's work for the Runnin Rebels, who n entered this party averaging 83.7 points. But UNLVs 68 against Princeton was something something nobody else has done to the Tigers defenses this season. Everyone says Princeton is a great team when they spread it out and work it around for a good shot, analyzed Nevada-La- s Vegas point guard Danny Tarkanian, but when we go into a spread, slow it down a little, and look for the good shot everyone asks why were not running. They ask why were trying to change our momentum. Well, thats smart basketball. Indeed, smart basketball. Princetons Carril hoped to transform Thursdays NCAA encounter into a cerebral chess game. Whos going to beat the Ivy League champions at chess, right? Well, the plan backfired, partly because UNLV displayed the patience of a priest and partly because the Rebels shot 75 percent from the field in the second half to turn a three-poihalftime advantage into a veritable runaway. Princeton played its game. They didn't detour from that deliberate way they run their offense, acknowledged Las Vegas senior Eric Booker, who connected on from the floor while collecting 18 points. We just proved we can be patient and wait for the good shots, 68-5- post-seaso- too. Even Princetons Carril. who has guided the Tigers to the NCAAs on six occasions, had to admit that Nevada-Las the guys of glitVegas ter, glamor, run and gun, slam and beat Princeton while playing jam the Tigers tempo Well, almost the full-cou- Associoted Press Laserphoto UABs Anthony Gordon is outnumbered by BYUs Devin Durrant (35), Brett Applegate (right) and Scott Sinek (middle) during the Cougars NCAA, victory on Thursday. rt their guy (Luel-le- n the basout from Foster) away ket, Perry said. In the first half, he was penetrating and dumping off to guys for layups. Sinek simply said our defense turned it around. Everytime our defense gets going, it picks up our offense. There for a while, we werent even getting a shot at the basket because we were making turnovers. Durrant, who had 23 points (and a 10 rebounds) on season-higfield goal shooting and from the foul line, patted Perry on the back. It seems like everytime he gets in the game, he makes things happen and he did it again tonight. As for himself, Durrant figured the pressure defense on him contributed to the others getting loosened up. When I got the ball, it seemed like there were four or five hands moving for the ball. But it opened up the others didnt it? Yes, it did Applegate, who showed southern basketball fans why he is ranked 11th in the nation in rebounding (11 3 per game) by grabbing 13, had 13 points and his inside running mate, Usevitch had 17 from the field and points from the free throw line) and 10 rebounds. I pushed h We had something to prove, Applegate said. We don't feel that was the real us down in El Paso last week. 5 6-- 9 9-- 4 38-2- 9 44-3- 3 50-3- Flyers Beat LSU, Now Face Oklahoma Dayton Surprises Favored Tigers By Ray Herbat Tribune Sports Writer Maybe, Dayton Coach Don Don-ohwas building toward the Flyers upset of Louisiana State as far back as four years ago. Both Donoher and LSU Coach Dale Brown each ventured into the basketball hotbgd of Brooklyn to recruit. Donoher picked up Roosevelt Chapman, while Brown was able to recruit Jerry Reynolds. It looks as if Donoher may have registered a recruiting coup. Chapman once again beat Reynolds m a key contest. The last time the two athletes met was in the quarterfinals of the New York Public School playoffs. Chapman ate up Reynolds with a game as his prep team er 74-6- 6 post-seaso- n won 109-10- 0 Thursday night, Chapman again had the better of it as he scored 29 points in leading the Flyers to the victory Chapman scored all those points in the first 32 2 minutes, and then played a playmakers role, allowing teammates Damon Goodwin and Sedric Toney to pile up an number of points late in the game. Goodwin finished with 16 and Toney wound up with 12. A somewhat disappointing crowd of 6,978 at the Special Events Center watched the Flyers zip into a Saturday afternoon date with Oklahoma. The Sooners are the top seed in this and No 2 in the entire West tournament. LSU did not fare well in the second half. The Tigers turned cold and became the second Southeast Conference favorite to lose in the first round. In the East Regional Thursday night at Charlotte, N C., Richmond stunned Auburn, The first half was close with neither team able to take charge but Goodwin and Chapman exploded in the opening minutes of the second half and the Flyers pulled away to a lead, and then Chapman hit a three-poin- t play and the lights began to dim for Coach Brown's Tigers. We were really concerned at halftime, said Donoher. We looked at the shot chart and noticed we were taking too many outside shots We had to get it inside and start running a little more. We like to get out 72-7- 48-4- 2 and go. If we dont. Chap (Chapman) really has a fit. Im very proud of the fact LSU got only one offensive rebound in the second half. Were a lot smaller, but they only got one against our mighty mites inside. We were blocking out very well. Reynolds wound up with 15 points to lead the Tigers We were too nice of guys, Brown remarked We just weren't aggressive enough It s an old cliche, but people say you play like you practice. Im never going to make that statement again. This is one of the youngest teams weve had at LSU and they've been consistent in practice. But their youthfulness shows in games and it showed tonight. Right from the outset, the Tigers tried to force the ball inside, but Dayton denied the easy hoop and LSU was unable to hit from the outside. The Flyers jumped to an lead on the scoring of Toney and Chapman. LSU went almost 2V2 minutes before scoring, and that single point 8-- 2 resulted throw from a Reynolds free Then the momentum began to change slowly but old Mo did switch sides, and Reynolds and Don Redden led a mini-rall- y that had the Tigers up by a point at 8 A TV timeout proved helpful to the Flyers and Dayton regained the lead at 1 as Chapman managed to work inside for seven straight points. After Chapman tossed in a pair of free throws to lift the Flyers up LSU found some touch from the outside with Johnny Jones and Derrick Taylor hitting Then, Nikita Wilson laid one in off the fast break and LSU had regained the lead at 7 Larry Schellenberg hit his first hoop of the game to give Dayton a tie, but Taylor's two foul pitches just before a TV timeout had LSU up again, with 8 29 left in the half LSU suddenly found the answer to the inside lob it to Reynolds, who powered in a couple of jammers Dayton stayed close on the scooting of Schellenberg and with 4'28 left in the period the game was tied at 15-1- 17-1- 19-1- 21-1- 27-2- 7 NCAA: La. Tech, Spiders Pull Upsets Tribune Wire Services Louisiana Tech gave Fresno State a taste of its own medicine Thursday night, and it resulted in Tech's first NCAA basketball victory ever Im smart," said Tech Coach Andy Russo after his team defeated Fresno State in a first round Midwest Regional game, "because I went out and bought his (Fresno State Coach Boyd Grant) book and used that defense on them We may not have done it as well, but we got out there and pressured them well." The Bulldogs from Ruston, La who won the postseason Southland Conference crown, boosted their record to 26-- 6 and will take on Houston, 24-- in Saturday's round second "Getting to play Houston is a tremendous break for our program." added Russo, whose school was making its first NCAA appearance "We used to be the best kept secret in Ruston, where there are no secrets. Sophomores Karl Malone and Wayne Smith paced Tech, which shot 57 percent from the field compared to 47 for Fresno State. I thought I was a good coach until I got here, said Grant I was humbled." 66-5- 6 , fifth-ranke- Fresno State, Auburn Tumble Malone, a scored 24 points, while Smith, a guard, added 16 as Louisiana Tech extended its winning streak to eight e and snapped the streak of Fresno State, 25-Ron Anderson led Fresno State with 18 points, Scott Barnes added 16 and Bernard Thompson 10 West Virginia 64, Ore. St. 62: At Birmingham, sophomore J J Crawl stole an errant pass and scored on a driving layup with only two seconds left to give West Virginia a victory over Oregon State in the first game of the opening round of the NCAA Mideast Regionals The Mountaineers, 20 11, will meet Maryland West Virginia, which won the Atlantic 10 tournament aftei finishing fourth in that conference in the reg ular season, traded by as many as five points in the second half But a driving shot by sophomore Dale Blaney after a steal by sophomore Vernon Odom enabled the Mountaineers to tie the score at 62 62 w ith 58 left nine-gam- 8 lOth-ranke- d 1 West Vn gmia regained possession when Charlie Sitton was called for walking with 1 31 left and held it until Crawl was fouled with 21 seconds left reserve who Crawl, a 6 loot-scored only four points in the contest, missed his chance to be a hero at that point But as Oregon State, 22-worked toward a shot. Crawl stepped in front of a pass and streaked toward the West Virwhere he hit a twistginia basket ing layup just before the final buzzer 1 Richmond 72, Auburn 71: At Charlotte, N C.. Richmond, led by sophomore forward John Newman with 26 points, outscored Auburn 18-over a stretch in the first half and then held on to upset the Tigers in the first round of the NCAA East Regionals Richmond now meets Indiana 2 19th-ranke- d 18th-ranke- d last-secon- d Temple 65, St. Johns 63: At ( harlotte, N C Terence Stansburys jumper from the top of the key at the bu7er lifted Temple to a victory over St John s in the opening round of the NCAA East Regional basketball tournament The Owls raised their record to 26-and will meet North Carolina in a second round East Itc , one-han- d 4 gional d matchup Saturday in Charlotte Stansburv, Temple's leading scorer at 18 5 per game, scored 14 for the Owls while Granger Hall led the way with 20 Chris Mullin scored 21 for St John s, which ends its season at 18 12 Richmond, . led Auburn with 14 minutes left in the game when the Tigers, launched a remarkable comeback led by cenCharles Barkley The ter scored 17 of his 23 points in the final eight minutes, including the final basket to bring the Tigers within with five seconds left The Spi48-2- 8 22-9- 20-1- 1 d 72-7- 1 ders never inbounded the ball after Barkley s basket as time ran out Memphis St. 92, Oral Rbts. 83: At Memphis, Keith Lee scored 26 points and Memphis State hit clutch tree throws in the closing minutes to post a triumph over Oral Roberts in a first round NCAA Midwest Region will game Memphis State 25-- meet 10th ranked Saturday's second junior, hit from the field rebounds Iurdue. 22 6. in Lee, a round shots and grabbed 11 on 12 of 18 , 'h. I r .. 4 y e Wuiimi3 ift ly. k i - --- ' jr .A Asvk oled Press osfi phnfo Fresno States Bernard Thompson (top), Louisiana Techs Rennie Bailey watch ball drop during NCAA first round. |
