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game has been rumored on oil nn Hf Margaret Court and Chris Evert Compete The Gallup NM Independent--Saturday, March 15, 1975--Page 5 Las Cruces, Highland Fight for State Margaret Court and Chris Evert continue their head-to- head duel Saturday in the finals of the women's i ssiomd tennis tournament at Houston. The top-seeded Mrs. Court crushed Russia's Olga Morozova. 6-3. li-3.

Friday while Miss Evert of Fort Lauderdale. second-seeded in the tourney, needed threee sets and a tie-breaker lo get past Australia's Evonnc Gooalgong. 4-6. 6-4. 7-6.

It was Miss Evert's first victory over the Auslrlian since April of last year. "When it got to the i breaker I knew I had to go for broke." Miss Evert said. "I've lost too many mathces lo her playing cautiously." The top twoseeds in the World Championship Tennis Green Group tournament at Munich, Germany, continued their march toward Sunday's finals. Top-seeded Arthur Ashe of Richmond, smashed Sweden's Kjell Johannson, 6-2, 6-4. while second-seeded Bjorn Borg.

the Swedish idol, routed Hungary's Balasz Taroczy 6-2 6-4. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) La Cruces and Albuquerque Highland will meet tonight at the University of New Mexico Arena in the Championship game of the state Class AAAA basketball tourney. The Bulldogs 25-2, with their super center Adam Beadle leading the way thrumped Hobbs 22-4 and the Hornets 22-6 nudged Los Alamos 21-6 76-74 in Friday semifinal battles to set up the state title match. Hobbs and Los Alamos were to meet Saturday afternoon in the consolation game.

Adam Beadel's brilliant 39-point performance sparked the Bulldogs to their win in what rates as the top offering of the tourny thus far. Hobbs finished the season as the No. I ranked club in the final Associated Pres Top 10 poll, which Las Cruces was No. 2. Beadle was the difference in the game as he canned 14 of 18 field goal attempts and converted 11 of 11 charity tosses.

The 6-foot-6 junior pivot had scored a single game record of 49 points in his club's first round win over Albuquerque Del Norte. The 88 points he totaled in the first two games left him only 12 points shy, going into the finals, of braking the meet's individual scoring record for all three games. Hobbs' Larry Robinson set the standard of 99 points in 1970 in leading the Eagles to the last of the seven state crowns they have claimed. CARPET IS OUR BUSINESS (Not A Side Line) Gallup's Only Carpet Speciality Store Lee's Floor Covering 3111 E. Aztec "At Indian Hills Entrance" 863-6213 While the Eagles were not Ashe will meet Yugoslavia's ab le to stop Beadle, they- used Nikk, and Borg meets their full court press and run Britian's Buster Mottram in Saturday's seminfinals.

Pilic outclassed Italy's Corrado Barazzutti, and the unranked Mottram surprsierj South Africa's Bob Hewitt, 6-4. 6-3. in the $60.00 tournament. At Landover. Britain's a Cox upset top-seeded John Alexander to move into the WCT Red Group semifinals.

Cox took advantage of the Australian's service difficulties to win. Also moving into the semifinals was fourth-seeded American Stan Smith who and gun offense to almost overcome his heroics. The game followed a pattern of Las Cruces building a lead, then Hobbs storming back into contention and throwing game's outcome in doubt. The final Hobbs rally, led by Donnie Thompson, gave the Eagles one of their few leads of the game at 54-91 with 3:44 to play. But Beadle and his mates out- That'a all 1 have to say." Highland earned its berth in the finals in another tight game as the Hornets held off the Toppers in the game's waning seconds.

Reserve guard Mike Wood tossed in a free throw with 17 seconds left to give Highland what would be its winning point. His free throw, on the front end of a one-and-one, gave the Hornets a 75-73 lead. Los Alamos' senior reserve center Denny Babcock went to the line twice after Wood hit his free throw, but managed to connect on only one of three chances. His final trip to the line came with two seconds remaining. He missed his first free throw but hit the second to close (lie gap to 75-74.

On the ensuing inboundes play a Topper. Greg DeField. fouled Highland's Pat Lucero at the buzzer in a desperate effort to get the ball. With no time remaining Lucero tossed in the game's final point by hitting the first of two charity tosses. "We have worked so hard this year 1 just couldn't let one little free throw blow it." Wood said of his heroics.

It was the only point he scored as he came off the bench in the fourth period to ASU vs. Alabama Tonight TEMPE. Ariz. A Alabama and Arizona State face off today in he first round of the National collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament. The eighth-ranked ASU and lOth-ranked Alabama will battle on national television, with Nevada-Los Vegas and San replace starter Eloy Muya.

who had fouled out. Highland's Kenny Dean was the game's top man in point other Hornet in doubles with 21 production as he banged in 27 The Toppers were led by points. Lucero was the only Brian Carrie with 18 points lol- GOTCHA! Los Alamos' Grant Herrick (20) has the ball, but he's surrounded by Willie Henry (left) and Mike Blackwell of Clovis in Thursday's first round of the Class AAAA Alamos won Wirephoto) state Tournament, the game, 64-62. Los (AP Indiana into Sudden Death eliminated Phil Dent of Australia. 1-6.

6-3. 7-5. MUNICH. Germany Top- seeded Arthur Ashe of the United States defeated Sweden's Kjell Johannson. 6-2, 6-4, and advanced lo the seminfinals in the Worlds Championship Tennis Green Group Tournament.

SAO PAULO. Brazil Australian Rod Laver defated American Vitas Gerulaitis. 6-0. 6-2. cconofnv mete THE FHIINDIV PEOPU AT AlBERTSONS 1 MEAT DEPARTMENT WIU TEU YOU HOW; scored Hobbs 10-2down the final Diego State playing minus the stretch to post the win.

The TV cameras later in the after- Bulldogs had moved to a 97-96 noon, lead with 56 second left when The game between western Beadle pumped in an 18-foot bomb to settle the issue. "I wasn't too happy with Beadle shooting at that range," Bulldog coach Whitey Coffman said after the game. "But Adam has confidence in his shot." Most of Beadle's points come on shots he puts up within about five feet of the basket, so when he canned the bomb to put the Bulldogs up by three it seemed to finally break the comeback spirit of the Eagles. "We just outgutted Hobbs" the happy Beadle exclaimed after the contest. "I think we its fast-breaking offense and just had more guts than Hobbs tight defense to put together a did." 22-3 record this season.

Las Cruces uses a double post Alabama is 22-4. offesne with another big junior. Leading the Sun Devils attack Ruben Arvizu. as Beadle's is 6-3 senior guard Lionel Hol- under the basket mate. But Ar- lins, who has average 15.9 poins Athletic Conference champion ASU and Southeastern Conference runner-up Alabama sees the home team with a slight edge.

But both coaches expect a high scoring contest as two quick, fast-breaking teams clash. ASU Coach Ned Wulk says both teams match up very well. His Sun Devils sacrifice a little height at the guards, but both teams have small forwards and big centers, Arizona State capitalized on Community Center Maxwell vizu is nursing an injured foot that kept him out of action in the first round and he saw' only limited action in the battle with Hobbs. Wing Fred Kennon has been shifted inside and Lou Henson inserted as a starter. Henson responed Friday by tallying 22 'points to support Beadle.

"We knew they had a good press." said Henson. the son of New Mexico State basketball coach Lou Henson. "It forced us into a lot of turnovers, but we feel we have a good offense and will win with it." Johnny Portillo was the only other Bulldog in double figures as he tallied ISpointstohelpthe Dist. 3AAAA champions to the victory. Coffman said his "kids refused to die.

They really wanted it." he exclaimed. Hobbs was plagued by poor shooting. The Eagles missed 53 shots as they went 36 for 89 from the floor. "We got whipped." Hobbs coach Ralph Tasker said. "We played poor ball and they played great and deserved to win.

When you miss 50-sorne shots you don't deserve to win. "I'm not going to feet you a lot of malarkey." he added, "we stunk and they played great. this season. He racked up 33 point last Satuday to lead ASU to a 107-92 victory over Arizona. The Crimson Tide built their season aroudn 6-10 junior center Leon Douglas, who average 20.5 points and 12.8 rebounds a game.

The job of handling Douglas goes to ASU senior center Scott Lloyd, who averages only 11.2 points per game. Arizona State will round out its starting five with 6-8 forward Jack Schrader, 6-3 guard Mike Moon and 6-2 Rudy White, who alternates from forward to guard in Wulk's three-man backcourt attacks. Alabama Coach C.M. Newton is expected to start 6-4 towards Charles Russell and T.R. Dunn, and 6-5 Charles Cleveland and 6-3 Anthony Murray at guards.

The second game will find another Nevada-Las Vegas guard Ricky Sobers on the court. He average 18 points a game and was named the most valuable player in the West Coast Athletic Conference Monday. The Rebels won the WCAC on the way to a 22-4 recrod. San Diego State finished second in the Pacific Coast Atheltic Association with a 14-11 overall mark. Indiana may be ranked No.

1 in the country, but will be just one of The Hoosiers can forget about their spectacular regular season and all the applause it won them-it's time for the sudden- death NCAA playoffs. After 2 straight victories this season, the Hoosiers must still win five more to take the national championship. And they start their quest for college bakelball's Holy Grail by meeting Texas-El Paso in the mideast Regionals at Lexington. Ky. That's one of 16 games today as the nation's best basketball teams begin their countdown toward the prestigious NCAA title.

The raod eventually will lead to San Diego on March 31. where a new champion will be crowned this year. North Carolina State, the winner last year, did not get an invitation this time. The Hoosiers. runaway winners in the Big Ten, and Texas El Paso.

20-5. of the Western Athletic Conference met in the first game of the doubleheader. Oregon State. 18-10. of the Pacific-8 conference took on Middle Tennessee.

23-4. of the Ohio Valley conference in the second game. In the other Mideast Regional Doubleheader at Tuscaloosa. Kentucky. 22-4.

of the Southeastern Conference.plays independent Marquette. 23-3. and Central Michigan. 20-5. of the Mid-American Conference, meets independent Georgetown.

18-S. UCLA, the Pacific-8 champion w'ith an over-all 23-3 record, plays Big Ten power Michigan. 19-7. and Montana. 20-6.

of the Big Sky meets independent Utah State. 21-5. in a West Regional doubleheader at Pullman. Wash. In the other West Regional site at Tempe.

it's Arizona State. 23-3. of the Western Athletic Conference vs. Alabama. 22-4, of the Southeastern Conference, and Nevada-Las Vegas, 22-4, of the West Coast Athletic Conference against San Diego State.

14-11. of the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference. The Midwest Regional features games at Lubbock. and Tulsa. Okla.

At Lubbock. Texas. AM, 20-6. of the Southwest Conference takes on independent Cincinnati. 21-5.

and Maryland, 224. of the Atlantic Coast Conference tackles independent Cregihton. 20-6. At Tulsa. it's independent Rutgers.

226. against Louisville. 24-2. of the Missouri Valley Conference and independent Notre Dame. 18-8.

vs. Kansas. 19-7. in a battle of independents in an East Regional twin bill at Philadelphia. In the other East Regional twin bill at Philadelphia.

In the other East Regional doubleheader at Charlotte. N.C.. it's North Carolina. 21-7. of the Atlantic Coast Conference vs.

New Mexico State. 20-6. of the atlantic Coast Conference vs. New Mei.xco State. 20-6.

of the Missouri Valley Conference, and Furman. 22-6. of the Souzhern Conference vs. independent Boston College. 20-7.

Along with the NCAA playoffs the National Invitation Tournament opens today in Madison Square Garden in New York. The 16-team field will play toward the finals next Sunday. March 23. Purdue and Bowling Green were first-found winners in the National Commissioner's Invitational Tournament at Louisville. Ky.

Purdue beat Missouri 87-74 and Bow ling Green stopped Tennessee 67-58 to advance to today's semifinals against Arizona and Drake. Old Dominion won the NCAA's Division II championship, beating New Orleans 76-74 Friday night in the finals at Evansville. Ind. Grand Canyon and Midwestern advanced to the finals of the NAIA tourney at Kansas City. Canyon beat Alcorn State 88 68 and Midwestern stopped St.

Mary's 65-50. Glassboro State whipped Brockport State 76-68 and Lemoyne-Owen stopped Augus- tana 84-71 to advance to the finals of the NCAA's Division III finals at Reading. Pa. DENVER (AP) Norm Sutherland, general manager and coach of the Denver Dynamos of the North American Soccer League, resigned Friday. The resignation came a week before the Dynamos were scheduled to open training camp and six weeks before the opening of the team's second season in the league.

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"1 i knovv.s how nood N.nlli i i i i i a is." Hensnn explained. a i i i i i a A i i i i i i i Conference day against North State. "1 thought when 1 I here North Carolina Stale i the game. I a HI a few pTM- pU' the feeling was a i a Stale would boat. They felt North Carolina liari come on strong in the last month.

A watching them I have ID iigrcL 1 Henson said. North Carolina's victory over i a i a a N'ortb Carolina State earned Tar Heels a berlh in the NCAA firs! round a a a night at Charlotte. N.C. New Mexico Slate grabbed i in the contest by geUinii a bid as an at large team alter i i i second in the Missouri Valley Conference North a i a i is ranked seventh in the country, will carry a 21-7 mark into the clash, while New Mexico Stale, which is not ruled in the Tup 20. will go in at 20-(i.

The will be the first meeting between the two clubs. In addition lo ing in their home state. Henson SMVS the Tar Heels also have plenty of other things going for them. "Right now they're really a fine (earn. They're about 53 per cent, they play good defense and they're on ihe front line." Henson lauded.

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