Thursday, March 5, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 7
Four teams still alive in tournament
Big 12 women shoot for victory in semifinals
No. 6 Texas Tech 80, Colorado 49
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — No 6 Texas Tech entered the Big 12 Conference tournament looking to continue an eight-game winning streak against Colorado.
The Lady Raiders (23-4) had lost only one conference game and had blown out the Buffaloes 80-40 in Lubbock on Jan. 17.
With all of that in the Lady Raiders' favor, Angie Braziel and her teammates still were not overlooking the Buffs. That was evident in Tech's 80-49 win yesterday afternoon at Municipal Auditorium.
"We knew they were going to come out ready to play, and we had to do the same thing," said Braziel, who had game highs with 23 points and 12 rebounds. "We had to get focused and stay that way... I think we did."
Brazil and Alicia Thompson, who had 21 points and five rebounds, dominated the Buffaloes (12-16), holding them to 35 percent shooting from the field.
Colorado led early, but with the game tied at 13 the Buffaloes missed nine of their next 10 shots and committed six turnovers as the Lady Raiders went on a 25-4 run over the next nine minutes.
Texas Tech led 46-30 at half-
time.
Colorado then scored just two points over a seven-minute span to open the second half. The Lady Raiders held them to 19 second-half points, and just six in the final 11 minutes.
Kami Carmann led Colorado with 12 points and La Shena Graham had 10.
Tech, which received a first- round by as the tournament's top seed, plays today in the semifinals against Oklahoma State, which upset No. 25 Nebraska.
Oklahoma State 83, No. 25
Nebraska 69
Jennifer Crow scored 25 points as Oklahoma State upset No. 25 Nebraska 83-69 yesterday in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 conference tournament.
Cheri Edwards added 17 points as the Cowgirls (19-9) used a 20-0 first-half run to take control of the game.
Anna DeForge scored 29 points to lead Nebraska (22-9), which never got back in the game after falling behind 32-9.
Three Huskers — Jami Kubik, Nicole Kubik and Brooke Schwartz — fouled out toward the end of the game, leaving Nebraska shorthanded.
The Cowgirls shot 50 percent from the field and made 25-of-33 free throws in a game marred by 49 fouls.
No. 22 Iowa State 88, Texas A&M 68
Oklahoma State plays No. 6 Texas Tech (23-4) in the semifinals today.
Jayme Olson and Stacy Frese
scored 21 points aplce as No. 22 Iowa State beat Texas A&M 88-68 yesterday in the Big 12 Conference tournament quarterfinals.
Olson made 9-of-18 shots from the floor, while Frese hit five three-pointers to lead the Cyclones (24-6) into the semifinals today.
Iowa State held the Aggies to 38 percent shooting in the first half to take a 47-34 halftime lead. But the Cyclones didn't put the game away until an 11-2 run late in the game.
Kera Alexander with 20 points and Prissy Sharpe with 16.
Texas A&M (9-19) was led by
Megan Taylor had 17 points and nine rebounds for Iowa State and Janel Grimm added 13 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
IOWA state will play Kansas in the semifinals today.
Eastern Michigan tops MAC championship
The Associated Press
TOLEDO, Ohio — Earl Boykins scored 29 points and directed traffic inside and out as Eastern Michigan beat Miami of Ohio 82-77 yesterday night to win the Mid-American Conference championship and a spot in the NCAA tournament.
the fourth-seeded Eagles (20-9), winners of four in a row and 11 of their last 13, got revenge for losing in last year's MAC title game to the RedHawks. They were appearing in a record fourth straight conference final.
The skinny, 5-foot-5 guard set a three-game tournament scoring record with 89 points, breaking the mark of 86 set by Miami's Ron Harper in 1985. Boykins was an unanimous selection as the tournament MVP.
Derrick Dial added 22 points, James Head 13, Jon Zajac 12 and Nkechi Ezugwu 10 for Eastern, which hit 34-of-67 shots from the field (51 percent).
Boykins added seven assists, three rebounds and a steal.
Wally Szczerbkiak had 26 points and 12 rebounds for seventh-seeded Miami (17-12), while Damon Frierson had 18 points, John Stickel 14 and Refilloe
Lethunya had 10.
It was the third game without coach Charlie Coles for
the redHawks. In Saturday's quarterfinal upset at second-seeded Western Michigan, Coles suffered a first-half heart attack. He remains hospitalized.
Boykins scored 35 points and sealed a 93-92 victory against Ball State in Tuesday's semifinal by stripping Ball State's Lamont Roland as he dribbled in for a possible go-ahead basket with 10 seconds left in overtime.
The littlest player on the court saved some magic for the championship game.
After hitting two free throws, he made three straight 15-foot jumpers, then scored on a layup off a fast-break assist from Corey Tarrant.
Boykins dazzled near the end of the first half, scoring all of Eastern's points in a 10-4 run that expanded the Eagles' lead from 32-28 to 42-32.
He put a capper on the surge by beating a defender, encountering a wall of other defenders and bouncing a pass to a wide open Ezugwu for a dunk at the 1:17 mark that made it 44-34.
Ahead 46-36 at the break, Eastern maintained a lead of at least eight points until Boykins led them on another run.
Boykins rolled off a high pick and hit a three-pointer at the 10:38 mark to put the Eagles ahead 68-54. After a missed Miami free throw, he drove directly at 6-foot-10 Rich Allendorf and looped in a 10-footer for a 70-54 lead.
When Dial came off another pick at the arc to hit a 3-pointer and the accompanying foul shot at the 7.28 mark, Eastern was on top 76-56.
Dial had been the story early on, hitting his first four shots — all on 3-pointers — as the Eagles zipped to a 15-5 lead. Miami, running with the smaller and deeper Eagles, got as close as 30-28 on Szczerbiak's 18-footer with 6:38 left in the half.
Miami became the fifth No. 7 seed to make it to the finals; all have lost. The RedHawks came into the game on a five-game winning streak.
The lead never fell below 12 again.
Villanova outlasts Pittsburgh, wins game after double overtime
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Howard Brown nailed a three-point shot as time ran out in the second overtime yesterday night, lifting Villanova to a 96-93 victory against Pittsburgh in the Big East tournament.
The victory earned the Wildcats (12-16) a quarterfinal matchup with Syracuse tonight.
Vontego Cummings scored 37 points for Pittsburgh (11-16) including a three-pointer with just more than one second left in regulation to force the first overtime. Then John Celestand's three-pointer at the end of that five-minute extra period tied it for Villanova and forced the second extra period.
After Villanova responded with an 8-0 run, Pitt came back again, finally catching the Wildcats at 75-75 on a three-pointer by Ricardo Greer, who finished with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.
Pitt's Jarrett Lockhart hit a three-point shot at the start of the overtime for his first points of the second half, and the Panthers hung onto the lead until Celandstand's three-pointer tied it again at 88, forcing the second overtime.
Pittsburgh trailed by 12 points at halftime, 48-36, but kept chipping away at Villanova's lead.
Villanova 96,
Pittsburgh 93,2 OT
Again, Pittsburgh pushed in front
Lockhart hit a foul shot and
PITTSBURGH (11-16)
Cosby 3-9-0-6, Greer 9-21-2 4-23,
Hawkins 6-9-0-1 6, Cummings 13-26-6
8-37,lockhart 4-13-3-4 15, Florez 0-0-0
Leslie 0-0-0 0,Totals 37-58 11-6 18
VILLANOVA (12-16)
Brown 9-17 1-3 2-4, Penn 6-14 1-2 13,
Allen 0-2 12-3, Medley 1-3 14-4, Celestis
1-2 13, Bisg 5-1 0, 92 10,
6-16 1-0 0, Qunlansi 0-0 0.0, 37-89 1-9 66
Halftime—Villanova 48, Pittsburgh 36.
End of regulation—Buffalo 80, Villanova 80. End of first overtime—Pittsburgh 88, Villanova 80. Three-Point goals—Pittsburgh 12-24 (Cummings 5, Lockart 4, Greer 3-6), Villanova 13-33 (Brown 5-9, Celestand 4-10, Lynch 3-0, Medley 13, Coupeville 0-1, Penn 0-2). Fouled out—None.
Rebounds—Pittsburgh 50 (Greer, Hawkins 12), Villanova 50 (Bigus 18).
Assists—Pittsburgh 22 (Greer 10), Villanova 21 (Ceiland 9). Total fouls—Pittsburgh 17, Villanova 16. NA
Mummys added a basket and two free throws. But Zeffy Penn's second basket of the overtime tie at 93. After Cummings missed a shot, Villanova had one more chance and Brown nailed it.
Celandest led Villanoa with 25 points, Brown had 24 and Brian Lynch had 15. Rafai Bigus scored 10 points and had 18 rebounds.
Championship week
Schools that have received automatic bids to the NCAA basketball tournament;
Arizona, Pacific-10 Conference
Butler, Midwestern Collegiate
Conference
College of Charleston, Trans America Athletic Conference.
SUBMISSION MASSACHUSETTS
Eastern Michigan, Mid-America
Conference
Fairleigh Dickinson, Northeast Conference
Radford, Big South Conference
Ripken, Colonial Athletics
Princeton, Ivy League
■ Illinois State, Missouri Valley Conference
Iona, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Murray State, Ohio Valley Conference
Richmond, Colonial Athletic Association
South Alabama, Sun Belt Conference
Last night's Scores:
San Francisco, West Coast Conference
■ Valparaiso, Mid-Continent Conference
Massachusetts 64, Virginia Tech 58
St. Bonaventure 75, Duquesne 62
Dayton 60, Fordham 60
Atlantic. 10 Conference First Round
St. Joseph's 73. La Salle 72
Big East Conference First Round
Providence 72, Notre Dame 55
Georgetown 62, Miami 56
Rutgers 72, West Virginia 65
Villanova 96, Pittsburgh 93, [2Ot]
Boston College 97, Seton Hall 87 [OT]
■ Conference USA First Round Marquee 52, DePaul 50 Southern Mississippi 73, Houston 57 Louisville 75, South Florida 64 Saint Louis 71, Tulane 53
Mid-American Conference Championship
Eastern Michigan 92, Miami, Ohio
77
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference,
Quarterfinals
S. Carolina St, 64, N. Carolina A&T 59
- Southland Conference First Round Texas-Arlington 66, Texas-San Antonio 62
Southwest Texas State 90, Northeast Louisiana 87
Coppin State 82, Howard 66
[Delaware vs. Boston University]
■ Atlantic Coast Conference: 12
Atlantic Coast Conference; 12
n.m. Sunday, Greenshore N.C.
Conference Tournament Championships:
America East Conference; 10:30 a.m. saturday, Newark, Del. (Delaware vs. Boston University)
p.m. Sunday, Greensboro, N.C.
Atlantic 10 Conference; 5 p.m.
Saturday, Philadelphia.
Big East Conference; 7 p.m. Saturday, New York.
Big Sky Conference; 8 p.m. Saturday, Flagstaff, Ariz.
Big 12 Conference, 2 p.m. Sunday, Kansas City, Mo.
Big 10 Conference; 1 p.m. Sunday, Chicago.
- Conference USA; 11 a.m. Saturday, Cincinnati.
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference;
1 a.m. Saturday, Richmond, Va.
Patriot League; 3 p.m. today.
Southeastern Conference; 11 a.m.
Sunday, Atlanta.
Southland Conference; TBA Saturday, Shreveport, la.
5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dallas
5:30 p.m. Sunday, Dallas
Western Athletic Conference; 11 a.m. saturday, Las Vegas
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