Show Ogden Business Standard-Examine- r Friday March 13 1987 By RANDY HOLUS Gary Graham added 18 points" assistant sports eator David Willard 13 Armon GilSALT LAKE CITY — Idaho liam 12 and Gerald Paddio 11 State the Cinderella team in this more as" the Rebels ran their year's NCAA Tournament gave overall record to 1 Saraira£j-nire- Nevada-La- s Vegas it wanted for 3Vi minutes Then UNLV like the cruel stepsister in that children's fable showed why it is the team in the country by bullying the Bengals 0 in Thursday's first:round NCAA West Regional action here at the University of Utah In Thursday's other opening-roun- d games Western Athletic Conference champion Wyoming vanquished Virginia UCLA crushed Central Michigan 3 and Kansas State outlasted in overtime Georgia schedSaturday's ule at the Special Events Center sends Nevada-La- s Vegas vs Kansas State at 12:30 pm followed by UCLA vs Wyoming at 3 pm UNLV 95 Idaho State 70 all ISU the Big Sky Conference tournament champion took its first — and last — lead of the on a n by Toros game at Yetenekian with 16:35 remaining in the first half Then the Runnin' Rebels got their game in high gear moving out to a halftime margin and building up as much as a bulge in the second half before coasting in for the win Freddie Banks paced five UNLV players in double figures with 23 points 21 of which came on his seven bombs "At times we played real well but at other times we plaved kind of sloppy" UNLV Coach Jerry Tarkanian said "We had trouble adjusting to the altitude here so we substituted a lot But I wish they could all be like this — we'd like to win five more just like this one "Our bench has been very important to us all year We always want to play hard pressure our opponents and run at every opportunity" Donn Holston hit 20 points while Jim Rhode hustled his way for 14 and George Davis added a dozen more as Idaho State — which less than two weeks ago was battling Weber State for the basement Big Sky's — finished its season with a mark after making its first NCAA appearance since losing to Nevada-La- s Vegas in the West Regional finals 10 years ago "We take a lot of pride in our season and we're proud of what we've accomplished" ISU Coach Dr Jim Boutin said "Las Vegas has got a great team with a lot of talent and they outmanned us "Like hundreds of coaches before me trying to control the tempo against Las Vegas is a very difficult task and that's not the tempo we'd like to play They put Sherman UNLV Head Coach Jerry Tarkanian (right) shows little concern as his much pressure on you all over the court But Coach Tarkanian was nice he subbed in a lot of players and kept the score re- and I appreciate that spectable "We're still the Big Sky cham- so pions and you can't take that away from us" Boutin said "We did not embarrass ourselves and we did not embarrass our confer- ence That's not to say that we're loss but satisfied with a was just fortunate that I had the shots because if we hadn't gotten a little offense going the first six minutes of the game we would have gotten buried because he scored every time down the' floor" Robinson's day began with the announcement that he had received another player of the year award the Naismith Award and ended with the scoring game in NCAA history He didn't seem particularly thrilled ' by either accomplishment "Anyone who knows me knows I don't place a lot of emphasis on awards" Robinson said "It's nice but I'd be a lot happier if (Kansas') Danny Manning' won it and we went to the second round" Press Even with his shortened Navy mitment it could be two more years before David Robinson plays another game of basketball It may be a lifetime before he plays one as well as his final collegiate outing The Navy senior wrapped up a magnificent college career Thursday night by shredding Michigan for 50 points But the Big Ten Wolverines aided by a more balanced attack beat in an NCAA East the Midshipmen Regional basketball game to set up a game Saturday against No 2 North Carolina Garde Thompson was brilliant in scoring 33 points for Michigan but his performance was virtually ignored because of Robinson "He's phenomenal" Thompson said "He's just a wrecking crew It com- Privateers plunder Cougars Ala (AP) BIRMINGHAM — With his star forward on the bench with four fouls and Brigham Young erasing an advantage University of New Orleans Coach Benny Dees found his usual optimism tested "I thought we had lost the danged thing" Dees admitted Dees took a chance by sendRonnie Grandi-so- n ing back into the game and New Orleans fought back for an 9 victory NCAA basketin a ball tournament Southeast Regional game NCAA It was the appearance for New Orleans an member of NCAA Division Lcdell Eacklcs led the Privain scoring with 25 teers points "We went to an isolation offense when Ronnie went back into the game" Dees said "We set everyone else out around the perimeter and turned Ronnie loose inside You can sec it worked" Grandison finished with 15 points tapping his performance with a key steal in the final minute of the game "I sat on the bench a long time and that's hard" Grandison said Tm a senior and I'm supposed to be a leader on this team" Wc made a treat comeback shy of Austin Carr's scoring total was record output against Ohio University in 1970 and the largest since Carr scored 52 against Texas Christian in 1971 "There's a lot more I could have done tonight" Robinson said "I missed a lot of free throws (6 of 12) and got only 13 rebounds You'd think with 50 points I would have gotten more" Michigan by sheer force of numbers brought an end to the Robinson era at Navy which has basked in his glory for four seasons Navy won 106 and lost only 25 with the big guy in the middle There were two upsets on the opening day of NCAA Tournament play but the top seeds advanced easily against admittedly lesser competition North Carolina ranked second nationally and seeded first in the East advanced to face Michigan after ripping Penn with a blistering second-haperformance Robinson hit 22 of 37 shots from the field including 13 of 25 in the second half and collected 13 rebounds His UNO but they killed us with shooting" Cougar Coach Ladcll Anderson said "And they were one of the top five defensive teams we played" BYU committed 20 turnovers to 12 for New Orleans which Young Brigham trailed by points at halftime run led by after an led Michael Smith and Brian Taywith lor The Cougars led four minutes left in the game basket pulled Grandison'i and New Orleans within a Elden Irving converted play to give the Pri5 vateers the lead for good at with 2:59 left Jeff Chatman scored 25 points and Smith had 23 the scorers for only Smith 1 Brigham Young also had 15 rebounds as BYU outrcbounded UNO "New Orleans is a real good team They kept their composure" Chatman said "Our shots wouldn't fall early and that cost us the game" Eackles got six of his points shots after on pair of Brigham Young had taken a lead with 8:41 left in the first half His ignited an run by the Privateers and New lead at inOrleans had a termission i Brighim Young (78) Chilrnii Cmtn 25 T3 GnB'tng Michol "'""""a RA our- - j Rn v"ynid ou Vi WAC champ Wyoming needed a free throw by Fennis areer w Robi nson ends Associated w represented ' Vf- Indiana ranked hird and in the Midwest cruised to a halftime lead and blistered Fairfield V ' ' t J v ' 1 n t £ I' V 1 V j V V Y r : J A Cabo Corchi3nl (13) cf New Orleans keeps heavy on DYU's Marty Haws (21) 2 Catt 0 0 2 Cpner 2 8 0 0 4 5 Hi as Taylor 4 Uvitch 3 3 Ctephtrison 14 21 79 2 4 8 Toin's N Oriant (83) Jones 37 0 0 7 Cfaodnon 4 Corcfiiam 15 Smilfi 2 634 CsrMM 0 11 3 5 25 Hl 0 0 2 HQn 0 2 0 0 0 Perkins 15 6 Ce'lcO 6 8 Irving 0 0 0 iQM i 23 60 Vnt 63 t t pointer saved the Irish against Middle Tennes7 9 with six Leading only minutes left Notre Dame got six points from Rivers and three from Royal to lead Rivers scored 27 points Royal 24 North Carolina was expected to spend 40 minutes gleefully thumping a Penn team that finished Penn hung close for a half but got 40 minutes worth of beating in the second half The at the Tar Heels leading only break outscored the Quakers 24-- 6 to cushion and the romp was open a e scoron Joe Wolf led six ers with 25 points In the Southeast Regional at Birmingham Ala it was New Orleans 83 BYU 79 Alabama 88 North Carolina A&T 71 Austin Peay 68 Illinois 67 and Providence 90 8 68 See ROUNDUP on 2B Malone Curry w V f Dembo and two more clutch foul shots by Willie Jones during the final 25 seconds to slip past the Cavaliers of the Atlantic Coast Conference in a struggle See NCAA on 2B see team in Vegas the No the nation and the top seed in the West buried Idaho State In a big surprise in the Midwest ReXavier Ohio gional at Indianapolis shocked the Big Eight champion Missouri while in the Southeast at Birmingham Ala Austin Peay eliminated Illinois In the other East Regional it was TCU 76 Marshall 60 and Notre Dame 84 Middle Tennessee 71 TCU 24--6 moved into Saturday's seceffort of ond round behind a Carven Holcombe who overcame the effects of a bout with the flu 7 after winning its Notre Dame 10th straight moves in against TCU after David Rivers and Donald Royal Nevada-La- s r Rebels defeat Idaho State Runnin' I thought we selves well" s Orleans 40 BYU HaHtime— N 29 3 pomt (Taylor Ne Smitrt Capener Corcniani Orleans (EacHiei 3 Irving Perkma Jonoi fouled Out— Chotmao Pebouras-B50 (Smith li) yti Ush Onnani 29 (Grandison 11) s!s— BYU 14 (Strum Call Taylor 3) Ne 0'iMn 12 (Corchiait 7) Total loulj— DYU 22 Nw Orleans 19 Technical— Miht 5rrth key Jazz attack SACRAMENTO Calif (AP) — There's a youth movement afoot on the Utah Jazz and it doesn't bother assistant coach Jerry Sloan in the least "We knew we'd have to start using younger players this season if we are to have a strong future" Sloan said "Guys like Karl Malone and Dell Curry are going to do the trick" Both Malone and Curry played NBA key roles in Utah's victory over the Sacramento Kings Thursday night NBA Malone a second-yea- r forward scored 37 points to top the Jazz His total was just one mark point shy of his Curry scored two crucial outside jumpers in the last 61 seconds to lift the Jazz to victory The rookie guard hit a with 1:09 remaining to He put the Jazz on top scored again with 26 seconds left Utah advantage for a Forward Eddie Johnson scored 15 of his 36 points in the final quarter to top the Kings "We wanted to go inside in the final few minutes but they were able to cut us off" Sloan said "Curry came off a double sc reen both times and drilled two big shuts for us that were very important" Curry's baskets allowed the road Jut to end a record trip vmh a "(Coach) I rank (Lajdcn) said he'd be happy if uc came up with tvo vtins and we did it" Curry stid "It wasn't an easy road trip Utah Jazz for us" Laydcn wasn't on hand to e watch the Jazz break a losing streak The coach suffering from viral pneumonia returned to Salt Lake City before the game "In the first two or three minutes of the game Karl (Malone) wasn't able to get into his rhythm" Sloan said "But the beauty with big physical guys like him is they can come back and have a heck of a game" Sacramento interim head coach Jerry Reynolds said he wasn't lookng forward to Saturday's rematch when the Kings travel to Salt Lake City "I don't have a clue as to what we should do" Reynolds said "I don't know what I'm going to do between now and then" It was the fifth straight loss for Sacramento as the Kings dropped to since taking Reynolds is over following I'hil Johnson's dismissal as head coach last month Reynolds said after the game that he doesn't think he's "the man for the job" "I'm a better coach than I was three years ago but I think the icam would be better off with a different man as permanent head coach " Reynolds said and Kings will meet The again Saturday night this time in the Salt Palace hit |