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Noire home hoskelholl Irodilion And lets lolk memories, Irish memories Pel s lulk ohoul Noire home's Austin Coir rsluhlisliiMM on NCAA record hv scotniM (il ponds oMMinst Ohio iri Murcli ol 11)711 Pel s lolk about Ilielps' seven NBA John Sliuinole, (lory droit choices Brok.iw, Ailiion hold ley. Bill ilonlik. Orion do Wooliulge. Kelly Tnpucko ond Jim Box Pet s talk about Irish eves smiling when a freshman named Adrian honlley helped Nodeficit lo ire home roily from an in South Bend on Jon ID, startle I'CPA )D74 lo hall college hoskelholl basketball's longest winning streak at 88 gomes. Thai is a in l.os Angeles. game hot lives in infamy South Bend, and in the mind of Ilielps lirsl-roun- circumstances It was in the we were a long way from home, we 14 points down in the secI,, cl to come from a great individual effort by ond hall, il was huunv Ainge and it was against Notre Dame to beat a Notre Dame it's Anytime you're able cause semifinals, with a four point lo-- s lo Duke of playing for Ihe national erasing Irish lio-championship That's a timeline ol tiudilion And that til ings us lo Thursdav. Maicli ID KM The site was Atlanta, (la. The selling was the NCAA Fast Kegional semifinals Eighth-rankeNotre home vs lingham Young That is the day BYP' Borrowed a bit of Notre hame tradition while enhancing ils own. hanriy Ainge style ll is widely acclaimed in li V I basketball lore as The Ainge Victory In Irish lore, said NCAA semifinal game has Been swept under the rug by most But at BYU, the memory of Ainge desperately and expertly weaving Ins way past Nolle Dame's Jim Iaxson, Kelly T r ipucka. Orlando Wool ridge. Tracy Jackson and Co. for a Icriglh-olayup rcmainsNcgcndary. Ainge's heroics elevated BYU lo a iriumph and sent ihe (.'nilgais lo I he NCAA linal eight where Virginia shut the door in the Mast finals "That was one o( Ihe greatest endings lo a basketball game you'll ever see." maintained then BYU Coach Fr ank Arnold "Thai s one of those games I'll never forget as a coach be in 11)72-7- I Pel s talk about Ilielps' 1D77-7learn lliul advanced lo the Final Four leal unrig Kelly Ti ipucka. Bruce Flowers, Kiel) Br arining. Bill Paimheer and Bill llanlik. That remamf Digger's only learn to qualify for Ihe nol tonal ol Ihe NCAA, s I son seaPel s lolk ohoul Ilielps mne sons. Ins 10 (rips lo Ihe NCAA tournament, ( ' 12. Pliib something special You remember a lot of victories and for- Notre Dames get a lot of losses, remembers ' sees a lot often a coach mind, In your Ilielps critical plays Hash back. I remember Ihe end of lhat game in my mind many times, but as llu years go by, you gradI was disappointed for our seually forget niors that year more than for myself Yes. on Notre Dame's timeline of tradition, that was the day Ihe Irish and BYP' basketball radii ions became entwined That was the Corday Noire Dame Athletic Director dene BYU every year might decided playing rigan Dame of I t nol he a had idea 5I-5- So the- BYU-Nolr- e in Atlanta. rivalry was horn The Cougars and Irish have met each of the Iasi two seasons, two years ago in Irovo and last season in South Bend And they II get together again in I In Mar riott Cruder Monday l al 5 3D p m. Just lo talk tradition 4 Blazers Irish Thwart DePaul To End Demon Jinx Tribune Wire Sei vices After six straight losses lo Deluu). Digger I helps said Ins Nolle hame liMskuthall team was just tired of losing to its Midwestern independent rival So ihe Hitlwanked lush came into home court intent on taking away Ihe Demons' strength. Ihe inside game "We thought if we could neutralize i heir inside game, that was what we had lo do," Ihelps said after the nationally televised victory over 70-5- 4 Delaul. Notre Dame, outrebounded Dand Ilielps said 11 reelaul, bounds by senior forward Jim Dolan was the key. David Rivers led all scorers with 24, Ken Barlow added 18, and Joseph for the Irish Price had 9-- 37-2- Wyoming 6.1, UTEP 62 )T: At Pararme, Turk Boyd's free throw with 21 left in overtime lifted Wyoming to a Western Athletic Confer ( nee upset of Mill ranked Tcxas-K- I Paso 1. Boyd hit the front end of a but missed the second. UTKP got the rebound, bul Lemuel Clanton and Tim Hardaw ay both missed Iasi second shots The loss snapptM the Miners' 14 game win streak and dropped I horn to on the season and in the W.AC. on the seaWyoming improved to son and in the conference The Cowboys trailed with 1.30 to j!ay in regulation and were down with :28 to play. But Pes Bolden sank two jumpers in the last 22 seconds to force the extra period. Bolden led all scorers with 23 points and Uric Leckner and Boyd added 13 apiece lor Wyoming Dave Feitl led UTFP with 18 points. Juden Smith scored 17 and Quintan Cates finished with 12 Ga. Tech 68, Maryland 67: At Atlanta. senior Mark Price hit a jumper with 24 seconds remaining to lilt Ceorgia Tech to an Atlantic 14-- 2 3-- 55-4- 8 56-5- 2 Coast Comeronce victory over Maryland 14 The Yellow Jackets improved lo overall and in the ACC 0 Tech got 24 points from Price and 13 each from John Salley and Bruce overall Djlrymple. Maryland, and in the ACC, was paced by Bias 1(1-- 4 with 26 points. Chicago State 78: At Norman. Okla . foiward Darryl 41 Kennedy scored a career-higtotal in Unpoints, the eighth-besiversity of Oklahoma history, lo lead the seventh-rankeSooners past Chi-age State Oklahoma 98, t a. Tech 71. S. Carolina 89: t Columbia. SC. reserve forward Phil Thwart Knicks Williams sank two free throws with three seconds remaining lo lift Kt Virginia Tech to a Metro win over South Carolina The win lifted the Hokics lo 13 2 m the conference, while overall. Ihe Gamecocks fell lo Tribune Wire Services Jerome Kersey scored 12 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter Saturday night as the Portland Trail Blazers survived a 40 12 New York spree to in New the Knicks York The Tiail Blazers, playing without injured center Sam Bowie, trailed after New York led by as many as 15 points in the third period. Kersey run got the first four points of an that tied the score al 83 with 9.57 left Dell Currys ID points paced Virginia Tech Michael Foster scored a 21 points to lead South game-higCarolina. 83-7- Michigan 75, Purdue 71: At Ann Arbor, Mich., Antoine Jouhert and Kobert Henderson sandwiched two 8-- 0 in free throws each around Gary 107-10- Cavaliers 105, Kings 101: At Richfield. Ohio, John Ragley scored 10 of Ins 12 points in the last 4 u minutes and World B Free led all scorers with 24 points as Cleveland defeated d e I Michigan moved the ball inside to Kov Tarpley in the second half and 18 the center had 13 of his team-higpoints. Henderson had 13 points and Jouhert 12. Purdue's Troy Lewis led the all scorers with 2(J points while Doug Pee had 16. Sacramento 102, Pistons 101 At Pontiac. Charles Barkley scored 26 points and Julius Frving added 24 to lead Philadelphia to a victory over Detroit Tiie victory was the 12th in the last 13 games for the 76ers. who are overall 76ers h Kansas SMU 72, 56: At Mich., Lawrence, 24-1- Kan., Cedric Hunter scored eight of Ins 10 points in the first six minutes and 41 seconds, giving Kansas a Rockets 13-- 0 ton. lead that started the Javhawks on the wav to an easy win over Southern Methodist Keserve forward Archie Marshall led the Javhawks, with 15 points, while Kon Kellogg added 13. Kevin Lewis had 23 points and Terry Williams 10 for Southern Methodist ninth-ranke- 86: At Hous- Akeem Ola ju won. Bulls 132, Gippers 128: At Chicago. Orlando Woolridge scored 28 points and Quintin Dailey added 211 to pace Chicago to a victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Suns 128, Pacers 99: At Phoenix, rookie Fd Pinckney scored a season-hig21 points and James Edwards also had 21 as Phoenix breezed to a victory over Indiana. The Suns, now against Indiana here, took the lead early in the game and were nevh 15-- 11-- 11-- 2 United ft ess Inlet nottonfil Keggie Williams led the Iloyas with 25 points and nine rebounds St John's Willie Glass scored 11 of Ins 17 points in the second half and Shelton Jones had 16 with 12 of them coming in the second half DePauls Marty Embry (foreground) and Notre Dames Tim Kempton scramble for 14-- Y. Forest 65: At Greensboro, N C.. Brad Daugherty scored 31 points as top ranked and unbeaten North Carolina ran its victory string to 16 with an Atlantic Coast Conference win over Wake Forest 77: At Knox er beaded vived a second-hal- f scare to stop Pittsburgh. Demetreus Gore had 21 for the Panthers, who cut. a Syracuse halftime lead to four points in 43-3- 0 the second half. man-to-ma- and N. Carolina 89, the loose ball. The Fighting Irish, ranked ICth, will lake on BYU Monday in Provo. Kentucky 76, Alabama 52: At Lexington. Ky.. Kenny Walker scored 24 jiouUs to lead No. 11 Kentucky to a rout of Southeastern Conference foe Alabama. The Wildcats' aggressive defense shut down the Crimson Tide's scoring attack held Buck Johnson, who had averaged 23 Tony White scored 34 points. 24 in the second half, to lead Tennessee to a Southeastern Conference upset of No. 7 Louisiana Stale. overThe Volunteers improved to in the SFC. PSP slipped to all, ville, Tenn. Duke 74, N. Car. St. 64: At Durham, N.C., senior furwaid Mark Aluno led all players with 24 points and guard Johnny Dawkins added 17 to pace third ranked and undefeated Duke past North Carolina State Duke s record improved to 14 t) overall its best start ever - and in the Atlantic Coast Conference LSI' Bullets row St. Johns 79, Georgetown 74: At New York. Walter Berry scored 26 10 repoints and had a game-higbounds. lilting No. 1U St. John's lo a victory over No 15 Georgetown in a nationally televised Big Fast game SI. John's is overall and in the Big Fast while Georgetown and dropped to 88, 87, Houston's thwarted by Washington's Manute Bol most of the game, lipped in a basket at the final buzzer to rally the Rockets to a victory that extended their home unbeaten string to 20 in a d 14-- Tennessee 11 e 16-- 0 nine-gam- the game. There woie lead changes in a until Kersey's free sjian throw put Portland ahead for good at with 41 seconds left. Nineteen seconds earlier, Kersey's layup had lied the score for the last time. Grant's driving layup to help No. 2 Michigan stave off Purdue in a Big Ten game. The Wolverines, who captured their 19th straight conference game, this season and improved to in the Big Ten. The Boilerwinmakers, who had a ning streak snapped, fell to 14 2 and 18th-ratc- 100-10- t points, to 10 point s. Syracuse 78, Pittsburgh bo. A t Syracuse. N.Y.. Wendell Alexis , j scored 21 points and Italael Aud: ton came throueh With nine points after intermissi r, as No. 4 Syracuse sur Memphis St. 87, Ark. St. 67: At Tenn.. William Bedford semed 20 points and Vincent Askew and Baskerville Holmes added 12 Memphis apiece as State bombed Arkansas State. Askew also grabbed 12 rebounds while Holmes contributed six. Memphis, sixth-ranke- d Mavericks 127, Warriors: At Dallas. Dale Fills' play with 24 seconds remaining and two free throws by Derek Harper keyed a furious Dallas tally that gave the Mavericks an ovet tune victory over Golden State The Mavericks overcame a 123-ID Golden Slate lead with 38 seconds left Sonics 105, Lakers 99: At Seattle, rookie Xavier McDaniel scored a care36 points and guard Al er-high Wood added 16 points in a pivotal stretch in the second half lo Los help Seattle snap a Angeles Lakers' winning streak four-gam- e Wilkins Popularity With Fans Bewilders Jazz Management .la tali'. checM-loudly bn Jell the Salt Palace l'luusd.ii night, team n lent David Chei hells ami coach general .inigci Frank Layden were a lot hcwil mc'd See. they lion t share quite the same high pinion of Wilkins' game that the Ians do really surprised at the number of who were sere. lining lor turn. said ji.-plm keu-- , "I was more surpr imuI that Frank " in nil in ha! I should do in stai him in the m urn! all and let llllll play the whole bleeping hall n see w hat the fans would do. the i.uis cd would boo lum then," said l,a den V in- - lu-- i s .(. I ( l i I Mu be Jazz fans wont have main mote I ni w- eiiKe .uc looking to make some iimvcs that it we don t start getting i tbu t .iii-e ,i o he w ho a re paid to gl e tli.it r; hu "i. ihiti li.i'.e to be a sleuth to uib-- pn ' .a a ied ' ee( elH e lo W kill- - w In "e li 0 li polled to be 5214.5(81 tills ,imii hi bill lle-- s to he Fl aiu line " the only ellol I la been .eked lo pul lortll III tin1 i.e-a g - is lo put his unit'll III oil In the I" gain' bolspui W ilkuis has play- ' I 1 I Washington game Thursdav. when l.ayden put him m m the third quarter, the Wilkins hit his first jumper Hayden's reaction' I need jump shots from him like need a hole in the head " Wilkins has two years remaining on his tour-yeacontract bul they're not guaranteed. prompting Chcckctts to chime ::i 5 oil d think the last vear of a guaranteed eonllai t. a guv would leailv gt t altel It In the '. c ,1 I : . v I i because ' ' pot (unities to cheer Wilkins, given h"w lit i!e i he Jazz have used him latch C"iMdei ' ht i 'reps' cryptic comment Friday m the B n"M,'r. e v.it-.'ill" team's current We on n t looking al making any lug move-- . ' 5 mere total ol 33 mmutesand has shot l.ayden. of com so. maintains there's a good reason why Wilkins isn't ('laying lie's out of shape, that s t ht beginning of it. sail! l.ayden "1 moan. I have to go on see in pi notice and what I sec in the what he has can't create time It's hard to time put lum in the game alter saw what I saw against Los Angeles That very well could have cost us the Los Angeles game lie was manhandled by Mitch Kupchak So the next All g into, w hat am I supposed to do. s.i : iglil that s OK, go in'1' No. can't do tii.it " I streak coincided with some lineup moves made by head coach Phil Johnson, the lormor Jazz assistant Just before the Kings' lee. 30 home game with Phi ly (which turned out to be a three-ii nt Snctu lossi, Johnson replaced two season-long Kings starters, small forward Fddio Johnson and point guard Larry Drew, with Terry Tyler and Mike Woodson So now, Tyler and Woodson join LaSalle Thompson. Mark olhcnling. and Reggie Tlieus as the Kings stalling five, and with, that group the Kings have sandw u lied four straight vv ins lie losses to the tween their two well-playe- d And it lie doesn t . he lieekett-- ' l w ant ' lie d a joti in t lie tut i I c vv ai ued lict'ei get plavllig. Kings mi Mow: I'lie S.o i aineiit'i Kings Pie l.s place team that siiddrlilv Ml t loo f.u l hind the Jazz had won tom in a row helm e .la-nignl and the sing a Pialndi j i i i t I i , s Ill " vv ei e a i in pie ol l ea sons said Phil abeid the switches tine just lo shake it up some, lint ihe primal y leasnn was wanted to start the game with a little I etter deleiMvo lineup And I had wanted to bring ddie Johnson oil tie henoli lor some time ' lie i e i .l"luisoii I ' t I Final Shots: Checketts did not get word Friday from Boh Woolf. Darrell Griffith's agent, which letl him a little irritated. Said Checketts, Bob Woolf spoke with me on Monday and said he would get hack to me with an offer by the end of the week, and we haven't heard from him. I would anticipate that's not because anything's changed but that lie hasn't gotten around to it." ... The Bullets no sooner left Utah Friday than they up and traded rookie Kenny Green to Plully fut Leon Wood By trading a small forward for a guard, are the Bullets opening up a roster spot for small forward John Drew? Gene Shoe declared Thursday night that. yes. the Bullets are still very much interested in Drew, lending the NBA's ruling on Ins eligibility, which could come this week. Meanwhile, the trade brings up one more question If they had to do it over again, wouldn't Ihe Bullets take Karl Malone over Green at No. 12 in the draft instead of charitably leaving the Mailman for the Jazz at No. 13'.' Friday was a lug day for escaping the hospitjl t he Suns' Waller Davis got out of his rehab center and is expected to lie able lo plav against the Spurs Monday night And the Spuis' Johnny Moore went home alter being hospitalized for 16 days with a case of viral meningitis However. Moore won be joining Davis in that game Monday in Phoenix, he's expected to be out another three weeks think that's Ins best rule for us." Phil felt lie had tu start Woodson to maintain some scoring punch in the starting five if he was going to bring Fddie Johnson off the bench. The coach likes what he's gotten from Johnson in his neyv rule: "He's done really well He doesn't have to worry about fouls. He is more attuned to corning in to just score, lie plays virtually the same amount of time." Since Seattle lost Tom Chambers to a broken leg, the Kings are now the only team in the NBA whose leading scorer. Johnson, is a " non starter And Theus. the who leads his team in assists, now handles more of the ball handling chores since he's star ting with Woodson instead of Drew. The Kings also have three frunteourt reserves - Johnson, Joe Kleine. and Ulis Thorpe - who actually were starters together earlier in the season By next week, assuming the com h sticks with his new lineup, the Kings w ill then be Ihe only team in the league w ith nine players w lm have started at least Id "off-guard- . games each this season Given that base and given their second hail schedule (23 o tlie last 41 at home and no mote Kashin road tups alter the cut rent oiiei, the Kings are looking lowaid the play-oflAnd why not'' Entering Saturday s games tliev were oidv a game out o the V st s m.il post sc, eon s i I ni 4 . |
