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Show TU S.l Auburn 7akes Up in 2nd Half, Rips Rebs tck By MAe fUbuo LH Sport Writer 20-1- HOUSTON It took the Auburn mot of the game to show their claw Thursday night, but when they did they ripped the Nevada-LVe-- t Tigers a gas Runout Rebel to pieces. Auburn dug itself a hole in the first half of it West regional semifinal meeting with the Rebel then rallied on the shooting of Chuck Person and a domination of the backboards to capture a 70-6-3 decisioo that moved the Tigers within one victory of their first trip to the Final Four. We came out flat, but we reached down deep, said Person, Auburn's star J forward who scored 17 of his 25 points in the second hall We are a hungry ballclub. We want to get to the Final Four." Auburn outrebounded Nevada-La- s with the Tigers claimVegas, ing 18 offensive boards. That dominance was displayed most down the stretch Auburn out- -- ot into the game scoring the Rebel during the final Tigers fought with a run. seven minutes, Auburn took the lead at 50-on a Our defense in the first half wa by Jeff Moore and the lead excellent, said Rebel coach Jerry Up-ichanged hands three times before the Tarkaman. We didnt give them anything But in the second half we just Tigers grabbed the advantage for didn't look as quick. We didnt cover good with 356 to play on a Person jump shot from the corner. enough ground. Person followed that with a slam on We practiced twice Tuesday and twice on Wednesday. Maybe we dunk on a feed from Frank Ford. Person also grabbed a missed free throw overdid it a little." Person had to overcome a first-ha- lf with 134 to play and laid the hall in as he was fouled, producing a shooting slump, when he hit only play that boosted the Tigers lead to 5. shots from 10 feet or more durHe then Upped a rebound to team20 minutes. ing the opening mate Gerald White, who was fouled Nevada-La- s Vegas, meanwhile, and hit two free throws as the Tigers ran off a dozen consecutive point their cushion to 7 points. during a four minute stretch of the expanded 1 don't know how first half to assume a 26-1-2 advantage many second over the Tigers and the and thud shots they got down the R turnin' Rebels eventually claimed a stretch, said Tarkaman. But they 5 lead at intermission. got a loL Ill bet they had at least 10 Person, who averages 21 points a during the game." Weve been a good rebounding game and who was the key factor in second-roun- d team ever since Ive been at Auburn, upthe Tigers set victory over St. Johns, hit his first said Tigers coach Sonny Smith, who three shots of the second half and the has been at the school for a decade. 41-2- 49 cold-shooti- 34-2- nt "And for some reasoo we always better in the second half La it Tt 2ra, Tnit, Uttk ?t, 1 ; 5 C3 Boxer Shuler Dies in Accident an - the fust MidPHILADELPHIA (AP) dleweight boxer James Shuler w as Liied Thursday w hen the motorcycle he was driving was involved in an accident with a tractor-trailer. authorities said. Shuler. 26. was pronounced dead at the scene of the 5 pm accident in north Philadelphia, according don't know if it is cood.uuung or what, hut we get after it on the boards. The Rebels, who suffered only tbeu fifth defeat after 33 victories, missed four consecutive (oul shots inside the three-minumark, allowing Auburn to extend its lead. Three of the misses came from Anthony Jones and another from Mart 1 te to Police Cpl. Lawrence DeJarnette. Shuler ded of multiple injuries, according to an employee at the Mcdual Examiners Office who would not give his name. DeJarnette said Shuler was riding a Kawasaki motorcycle north on a city street and a tractor-traile- r driven by Paul D. Wilson, 51. of Philadelphia, was heading east on an intersecting street when the ac- cident occurred. Wade. Guard Freddie Banks led the Rebels with 20 points, scoring 12 of those in the first half before being shaken too! joy up in a collision with Auburns Chris Morris. Armon Gilliam added 21 points for the Rebels while White had 12 and Moore 11 for the Tigers. Auburn, which faced Nevada Las Vegas for the first time, will take a record into the regional semifinals against Louisville. mm mm pikgs 2EE3E2Xr MOVING SALE 22-1- 0 WWrw Mawfcaa fw Owe gfly ROUNDUP DAYS AT RICK WARNER FORD Dembo Leads Wyoming Into NIT Semifinals PUT YOURSELF WHERE THE FUN IS 86 MUSTANG! Tribune Wire Services Fennis Dembo scored 19 points and grabbed 16 rebounds Thursday as Wyoming drove Clemson out of the National Invitation Tournament with a 7 quarterfinal victory. Hie win sends Wyoming, a of the Western Athletic Conferences regular-seaso- n title, to New York City for the NTT's final four. Clemson had pulled to within three at 5 with 25 seconds to play on Grayson Marshalls layup and the Atlantic Coast Conference school immediately called a timeout to set up its game-endinstrategy. Wyomings first attempt to set the ball in play went off a Clemson player, but on the second attempt the Cowboys got the ball to Dembo, who was quickly fouled by Glen McCants. After Dembos first shot dropped through the net Clemson again called time out, but the wait didn't bother 62-5- OUR PRICES MAKE IT EASIER THAN YOU THINK MUSTANG LX PRICED AS LOW AS Taw tiAM and dMtmaton OWQM 58-5- g iiii get a lot of car for that low price. Mustang LX includes power steering. power brakes, AMFM stereo doth radio, vrterval wipers, reclining bucket seats and much more as standard. A great value! You IN MURRAY 6578 So. State low-ba- 521-38- 6th South 50 & Main HOGAN mwwyvwwww1 SPALDING HHt Hours. 9:306 PlHG 0AIWA Mon-S- at TITtf 1$ NIT Roundup the forward who then sank his second shot to give Wyoming a 60-5- 5 lead. Clemson quickly brought the ball down court, but it was slapped away to Wyoming guard Turk Boyd who drove in for an uncontested behind-the-bac- k dunk with 10 seconds to play. Clemson, which closed its season at managed a final basket by Glenn Corbit with two seconds remaining for the final score. The win upped the Cowboys record to 1 and sends them to the tournaments final four for the first time. Behind Dembo Wyoming got 14 points from Eric Leckner, while Clemson was led by Marshalls 19 points. The Tigers had taken an early 2 lead against Wyoming, but the Cowboys outscored Clemson 12-- 2 over a period of almost seven minutes midway through the first half to take a 3 lead and never trailed again. -- j i IPpsDwko 19-1- 23-1- 7-- 19-1- Florida 54, SW Missouri 53: At Gainesville, Fla., Floridas Vernon Maxwell scored 22 points and hit three free throws in the final 19 sec-onThursday night at Gainesville as the Gators held off a furious Southwest Missouri State rally to claim a 3 victory and a berth in the NIT Final Four. The Gators, who had never won a postseason game before this year, took three straight games at home to earn a ticket to New York City, the site of National Invitation Tournament's semifinals and finals. team in Florida, the fourth-plac- e the Southeastern Conference in the regular season, improved to 2 for the season and 16-- 1 on their home court at the OConnell Center. The Gators took charge of a close game late in the first half and roared to a 6 lead with 7:06 to play. But the crowd of 10,815 and the Gator players almost started celebrating too early. 51-5- 1986 Preludes ready for immediate delivery. The Honda Prelude Si includes a 2 liter, engine, performance-oriente- d Michelin tires, Honda's best stereo system, air conditioning, power d windows, cruise control, moonroof and much, much more. 1986 Accord LXi Hatchbacks. 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