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THE COURIER-JOURNAL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1988 3 COLLEGE BASKETBALL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL New Washington wins 70-58 with a late rush Lebo's 17 assists fuel Tar Heels; Georgia, Syracuse, Missouri win Thompson added 24 as the eighth-ranked Orangemen, tying a school record with eight three-pointers, whipped the visiting Explorers. Thompson and Douglas each had three three-pointers. Syracuse took a 43-33 halftime lead on the strength of Douglas' 15 points, then outscored La Salle 20-11 to open the second half. La Salle was led by sophomore guard Doug Overton's 21 points and junior forward Lionel Simmons' 19. Missouri 73, Southwest Missouri State 54: Guard Lee Coward scored 19 points, nine of them on three-point goals, as the 14th-ranked Tigers won at home.

Missouri a 28-20 halftime lead, and the Bears never got any closer. The developing rivalry between the Tigers of the Big Eight Conference and the Bears of the Mid-Continent Conference drew a sellout crowd of 13,000 at the Hearnes Phil Ford, who had 14 three times. When Lebo wasn't passing to Madden, the 6-foot-4 point guard was finding Fox for dunks and layups. Fox scored 25 points before fouling out in the final five minutes. North Carolina scored the first six points and never trailed en route to a 45-34 halftime lead.

North Carolina shot 63.2 percent from the field, including 70.2 percent in the second half. Tennessee-Chattanooga, the defending Southern Conference champion, got 23 points from Daren Chandler. Georgia 76, Arkansas State 61: Pat Hamilton and Alec Kessler each scored 18 points to Associated Press 4- Kevin Madden scored a career-high 31 points and Jeff Lebo had a school-record 17 assists as No. 6 NortlrCarolina crushed visiting Tennessee-Chattanooga 111-84 last night in the first round of the Big Apple National Invitation Tournament North Carolina will play Georgia in the second round tomorrow at Chapel Hill, N.C "Congratulations to Jeff for breaking the assist record," North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith said. "Certainly Kevin Madden and Rick Fox had to thank him a lot tonight" Lebo broke the record held by lead four players in double figures for the host Bulldogs.

Georgia broke the game open with a 20-3 run that began late in the opening half. The Bulldogs led 39-28 at halftime. Kessler hit the first basket of the second half, and Hamilton followed with a three-pointer to give Georgia its biggest lead at 44-28. The Indians then outscored their hosts 17-7 as Ed Louden scored seven points to make it 51-45 with 13:10 left, but a 12-2 Georgia run broke it open. John Tate led Arkansas State with 16 points.

Syracuse 92, La Salle 76: Senior guard Sherman Douglas scored 30 points and junior Stephen forward Jamie Denney. By the end of the period the Pirates had sliced New Washington's lead to 50-46. Charlestown kept that streak going by scoring the first nine points of the fourth period for a 55-50 lead. "I saw a lot of pluses out there," Cundiff said. "But I saw a lot of things that I saw last year.

I've still got a team that gets a lead and either takes a bad shot or too many three-point shots." Charlestown made just 4 of 14 attempts from three-point range while hitting 22 of 55 field-goal attempts overall for 40 percent What kept the Pirates in the game was a 44-26 rebounding advantage. The Pirates led 15-12 at the end of the first period on the strength of a 17-5 rebounding advantage. "They were just quicker inside then we were tonight" Matthews said. "You cant just step in and take one spot You can't just rebound the ball; you have to keep them from getting the ball." Matthews' twin sons, guards Jamie and Scott Matthews, paced the Mustangs with 19 and 17 points, respectively. Scott hit 4 of 5 three-point attempts, while Jamie hit three from outside the line.

Shannon Arthur, the Mustangs' 6-foot-3 junior forward who averaged 19.3 points and almost 10 rebounds last season, was held to 14 and six. Denney led the Pirates with 19 points and Satterly added 15. By BERNIE FELLONNEAU Special Writer CHARLESTOWN, Ind. With 5:29 left in last night's basketball game, Charlestown led New Washington 55-50. The Mustangs, ranked 18th in The Associated Press' poll, needed something to go their way in a hurry.

That's when Charlestown's offense left the gym which was packed to near capacity of 2,900. The Pirates scored just one point over the next five minutes as New Washington rallied to win 70-58. "I looked up there and I thought the game was really getting out of hand," said New Washington coach Jim Matthews. "We keep hearing how good we're supposed to be. We've got to learn that we can't live on what we did last year." During that five-minute stretch, the Pirates made just I of 5 free-throw attempts, missing the front end of three bonus opportunities.

"The free-throw line beat us," said Charlestown coach Allan Cun-diff. New Washington (2-0) was as hot as the Pirates were cold at the line. The Mustangs hit 16 straight foul shots in the final 4:23. For the game New Washington made 19 of 22 for 86.4 percent. "That probably saved us," said Matthews.

New Washington appeared to have the game under control late In the third quarter. With 1:47 left in the period, center Jeff Cartright hit a jumper to make it 50-39. But Charlestown came roaring back on a three-pointer by guard Todd Satterly, a layup by reserve Chad Gilbert and a follow shot by Cards get just deserts, which taste of turnovers Continued from Page 1 give Xavier credit Crum did, especially after he had to run through a thunderous 200-person Xavier student and player celebration at mid-court. "They deserved the victory," Crum said crisply. "You can't turn the ball over 30 times and beat a good team.

"Right now we're not ready to play a team with that kind of guard NEW WASHINGTON At CHARLESTOWN 12 19 19 20 TO 16 6 22 12 58 i is sit fifS l-fc A 4 v-'iVv 1 1 i 1 1 s. IV I 1 A i fo, vvv Miriiitfiiiin imauiiim i ririttMi 'wr i mriirimftr'Triinii 'mii. -f fy, New Washington (24) Arthur 14, Abbott 6, Cartnght 10, Jamie Matthew 19, Scott Matthew 17, Jonea 2, McEwan 2. Charlestown (0-1) Stone Denney 19, Weedln 8, Satterly 15, Smith 0. Case 1, Gilbert 7.

3 -point goal Scott Matthews 4, Jamie Matthew 3, Satterly 3, Gilbert 1. New Albany coasts in opener play." The difference in guard play was never more jarring than at game's end. A three-point field goal by Kenny Payne and a steal and layup off an inbounds pass by Everick Sullivan gave Louisville five points in four seconds and an 83-83 tie. Timeout, Louisville. Time in for hysteria and heartbreak.

Taking the inbounds pass, Xavier guard Jamal Walker, a rugged 5-foot-10 sophomore from the Bronx, was supposed to look for senior guard Stan Kimbrough, who already had scored 35 points. "But I couldn't find him," Walker said. So Walker kept the ball and found glory instead. Bobbing and weaving through Louisville's full-court pressure, Walker grabbed the ball with eight seconds left and dropped it in overdrive, slipping beyond the meat of of L's defense. STAFF PHOTO BY ALAN LESSK3 1 of guard James Brewer had the ball knocked away by Xavier's Stan Kimbrough, who scored 35 points in the Musketeers' 85-83 upset of the fourth-ranked Cardinals in a first-round NIT game.

Xavier jolts of 85-83 on shot with 0:02 left ior-varsity experience. Inexperience is why we had too many turnovers." Junior guard Jermale Owens led Arlington with 14 points. New Albany shot 52 percent hitting 28 of 54, and outrebounded the Golden Knights 32-24. The Bulldogs committed 16 turnovers, five early in the final quarter. Despite his team's hitting over 50 percent Miller wasn't pleased with the shooting.

"We missed some real easy shots, and that's probably due to a lack of playing time for some of our players," he said. Miller said the game bore out his stafrs view that shooting and ball-handling are the team's biggest challenges. "We had the same problems tonight that we've had in practice," he said. "We know what the problems are. We just have to work on them, "I think Arlington will come around and be a good ballclub.

They're very young, and I think they probably got a little more out of the game tonight than we did." I New Albany faces Clarksvllle Wednesday night and Miller said his team needs to improve quickly if it is going to win. "If we play like we did tonight Qarksville will beat us," he said. Continued from Page 1 tributed baskets to open the second half and help build the Bulldogs' biggest lead of the game, 45-27. "We talked about patience during the half and then came out and took two bad shots," Arlington coach Eddie Ward said. "Their 11-point lead turned into an 18-point lead real quick." The Golden Knights mounted a run midway through the final quarter when New Albany missed several layups.

Arlington outscored the Bulldogs 8-2 on two baskets each by Arthur Rhea and James Franklin to cut its deficit to 59-52 with 2:39 remaining. But two free throws by Combs, a basket by Byrne and a three-point play by Hether tucked the game away for New Albany. "When we cut it to seven, the turnovers came back to haunt us," Ward said. "We made two real critical turnovers at that point and they spurted back out on us." Arlington hit 24 of 38 shots for 53 percent but committed 24 turnovers, 15 in the first half. "We played like heck, but we only returned one starter, James Bell," Ward said.

"We were also missing another senior, 6-4 pivotman Andrew Holland, because of grades. He'll be back next week. "This is the youngest ballclub in age and experience that I've had in my 12 years here. Besides Bell, we started one sophomore and three juniors, most of them with only jun NEW ALBANY 17 19 It 16 73 12 13 IS 16 66 At IND. open, so I just threw it to him for the layup." The four guards Crum used junior Hawley, sophomore Smith and freshmen Sullivan and James Brewer combined for 16 miscues, but they were hardly the only culprits.

of L's two most experienced players, Ellison and Payne both seniors were charged with seven and five errors, respectively. Xavier's players said the Cards' slippery fingers came as no surprise to ttiern. "We knew their guards weren't good ballhandlers," Hill said. "We knew they wouldn't be able to handle the pressure." of owned leads of 12-0 and 18-7 in the early going and was on top 51-42 with 14:15 remaining in the game after a 38-36 halftime lead. But then Xavier started to take control and outscored the Cards by a staggering 20-2 over the next five minutes, including 14 in a row, as the losers missed eight straight shots and committed six turnovers.

When of L's drought ended, Xavier was ahead 62-53 and the Cards never regained the lead. "It was a great win, one of courage, pride, perseverance and determination," Xavier coach Pete Gillen said. "We made a million mistakes, but we were able to capitalize in the end. We played with a lot of poise." Now Louisville must stay idle for 12 days before playing again on Nov. 30 at VanderbilL Continued from Page 1 LOUISVILLE (3 Pervis Ellison's 18 points.

Ellison IT, iS also pulled down 11 rebounds and 2 tin son J4 oil i ell i Jio DlOCked fOUr ShOtS. hawwy 26S901 3 3 3 10 Freshman Everick Sullivan 2 1o scored 16 points off the bench, while homm 02000120 senior forward Kenny Payne bounced back from a l-for-7 start Team 4 from the field to finish with 13 t- 200 ss 73 2s points. Tony Kimbro, Craig Hawley pt and LaBradford Smith each had 10. hw 37 7 17 1 4 0 3 15 Hill's winning basket came after I I I I I of had used a furious last-ditch walker. 37 3 is a 11 3 3 rally to overcome an 83-76 deficit in SSSfcl Uo 0 0 SI the final 35 seconds and pull into an SJ7344029 0000 ti Ranwy 5010O000O 83-83 tie.

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xavr 34 tktmom from the tOD Of the key tO Slice Xa- Sulhvan i-A 00 01 1 a xvl' 2'' (Walker 0-2, Kimbrough 2-5). Shoot- VierS lead tO 83-81 With JUSt 14 SeC- percentages Loutsvuie 491. Xavier 40 8. onds remaining following a missed tnf? cavlw 21 free throw by Walker. Then Sullivan stole Kimbrough's inbounds pass and laid it in to tie nat ntt SEKtKSiSf sequent inbounds play enabled the clock," Payne said.

"But the lit- Musketeers to launch a three-on-one 1b5at fast break, with Walker climaxing down tte floor-If 1 nad Just been 8 his length-of-the-court drive by flip- lme blt maybe I could have ping the ball around Ellison to Hill gotten there and made the steal or for the basket at 0:02. something." "We knew if we just got the ball to "They just got past us and by the Jamal'he could penetrate," Hill time Kenny hustled back, they were said. already there," Ellison said. 1 Hill was fouled by Payne, who Walker said he thought about tak-was trailing the play. He missed the ing the shot himself.

"But then I saw foul shot and the Cards rebounded Pervis," he said. (Hill) was wide New Albany Smith 12. Byrne 18. Parr 4, Heather 13, Comb 19, Case 0. Conway 2.

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3-pomt goale Comb 2, Heather 2, Owen 2. Jeff ambushes Anderson again Continued from Page 1 Only Pervis Ellison, the Cardinals' center, remained to stop him. Dipping right, Walker leaned under Ellison, considered a risky bank shot, saw Tyrone Hill slicing to the basket on the left and gave up the ball. Give Walker the assist. Hill the two points and Louisville reason to keep working on ball-handling and attacking full-court pressure.

"I'm not surprised," Crum said. "I know what pressure will do to an inexperience team." Some quick perspective on the 33 errors. Last season's team, which was rarely recognized for flawless ball-handling, averaged only 17 turnovers a game. Never did it make more than 29 in one 40-minute stretch. Remember last season's ugly season-opening meltdown against Notre Dame in the Hoosier Dome? Louisville lost the ball only 17 times that day.

The confounding thing about this ball-handling collapse is that of opened the evening as though it intended to dribble Xavier into Covington. With Ellison threatening to set an NCAA season record for blocked shots in the first three minutes, the Cards winked at Xavier's pressure and pushed ahead 12-0. Frightened by Louisville's inside muscle, Gillen called two timeouts in the opening 199 seconds. "I was ready to go out for a beer," Gillen said. "We were in real trouble." What turned the trouble into triumph? "It just took a while for us to get into the game," Kimbrough said.

"We just had to work at applying our pressure a little harder. "I know how it is in practice when I've got somebody little guarding me. I don't like it I don't think Louisville's ball-handlers liked the way we were pressuring them." It also helped Xavier and ILLINOIS STATE 4 Jadlow leads easy IU victory ta fga ft fta reb Rorjerts Coleman PemDerton. Blair Jackson Fowler Flore 12 25 34 35 32 13 9 25 shots were rare as Jeffs guards got the ball to open men down low and on the baseline all night Jeff showed notice that it was ready to play by roaring out to an 8-0 lead, but Anderson fought back to take a 25-20 lead after one period. By then things looked bleak.

The Indians were controlling the boards and going to the foul line often, and Jefrs starting center, William Powell, was on the bench with three fouls. But not to worry. Every Red Devil who stepped on the floor was a hero in some capacity. In the second quarter the main man was Bobby Shafer, who hit his first five shots of the game. He sparked a late-second period run that put the Red Devils up 51-47 at half.

In the second half Lacy was the top gun. He scored 16 of his points then, including two on a remarkable, 360-degree spin dribble and drive past two Anderson players. Anderson, meanwhile, was trying to keep up with only nine players. "I think our depth was a major factor," Blxler said. "They had only nine warm bodies.

Our depth wore them down." It also served notice. The Red Devils might not have the marquee stars they did last year, but they're going to be just as hard to keep up with as ever. Skanctl Hki 11 Stoke Co Team Total 200 19 812 eight times because of the success of the football team and lost 104-98. Now, with his team ranked 10th in the state and Jeff apparently down, this happens. "I was totally humiliated by this game," Held said.

"We do not belong in the Top 10, we don't belong among the elite group. We've got to find a way for this team to prove that they know how to win big games. And you've got to win some of them on the road under adverse conditions." Those "adverse conditions" Held was referring to was his version of the officiating. Two of his key stars, 6-foot-7 center Tim Westerfield and forward Charles Laster, fouled out fairly early in the second half, and Held thought the Red Devils got away with too many fouls. "I don't think they'll play that well again the rest of the year," Held said.

"If you go on the road that way, you're going to have an awful hard time on the road. You won't have anybody left to play You can't go out and bump people all the way up the floor on the road." Held went so far as to say he won't renew the contract with Jeff, which expires after next season. "I'm glad we don't have to come back here. I'm not going to come back and be subjected to that" What the Indians were subjected to was the usual relentless pressure defense of the Red Devils, which was supplemented by a more patient offense than last season. Bad 31 13 23 41 INDIANA 13 Player mn taiga ft fta reb apftp 19 24473128 Sloan 901003120 Jadlow 17 9 10 3 1 1 4 21 Edwards ...30 8 13 1 2 6 114 H.Kman 24 2 4 3 3 1 2 7 Meeka 11 2 4 1 1 3 1 1 24 4 6 0 2 S218 Pewowski 18 13016002 Oiipnant 17 3 3 1 2 2 1 0 8 White 24 3 8 0 2 5 2 3 8 Smrtn 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 Amso 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 Team 7 Total 200 33 88 IS 27 43 II 17 83 Halftime Indiana 38.

Mnoia State 23 Time- Continued from Page 1 Jay Edwards, with 14, was the only other scorer in double figures, but Knight praised the first-half play of junior college transfer Mark Rob-insoa The 6-5 Californian hit 4 of 5 shots' in that period. Edwards contributed five assists and two steals, and fellow guard Joe Hillmlui also had five assists. thought we played him fairly weH, Donewald said of Edwards, the Big Ten's Freshman of the Year last season. "What you try to do is contain (him). You don't stop a player-of that caliber." kind of tough coming off thoseUScreens," Jackson said.

"He read those screens real well. Basi-callyijust tried to keep him under coniiav which I didn't do." NjTdid they control Jadlow, whose attempts to replace 6-10 Dean Garrett in the pivot have been impressive. Knight said that in some ways Jadlow, a forward last season, performs better without Garrett. "Jadlow needs some room to ma neuver," the IU coach said. "He just didn't have it with Garrett We said, 'Here's an area of the floor that's and I think that helps him." Most of Jadlow's points came within five feet of the basket, and the Hoosiers did a solid job of working the ball to the side then throwing it inside.

"I thought the whole defense on our help-side concept just broke down," said Illinois State forward Jarrod Coleman. "They'd lob it over to Jadlow, no one inside would help out, and he'd score." The first nine minutes was a defensive struggle, but Indiana broke some of the ice when Hillman stole the ball and turned an Illinois State foul into a three-point play. That made the score 18-9, which the Red-birds subsequently sliced to 20-14. But Robinson hit his third straight basket and Chuckie White nailed a 10-footer for a 24-14 lead. The Hoosiers scored 10 of the first halfs final 13 points, then opened the second half with a 14-6 run.

Indiana played without sopho- stopped Louisville that Crum flooded the floor with freshmen Everick Sullivan, James Brewer and Cornelius Holden. Neither Holden nor Brewer scored, and Sullivan took some of the luster off his 16 points with five floor mistakes. Inspired, Xavier quickly forced a series a wild passes and wild shots. The score was tied at 26, and Xavier was thinking of New York City, too. "I told our kids that for 365 days a year they might be better than us," Gillen said.

"But I also said that for 40 minutes we could be better than them." Last night Xavier was. point ooele Illinois State 4-10 (Jackson 4-8. Flow 0-1. Hicks 0-1L Indiana 2-5 (Edwards 1-4. Opriant 1-II.

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