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E4 NAREPUBUC FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1987,0 0 HIBWIBHWBr- Jump start: Cats' McMillan finds shooting eye against Cougars McMillan made a 19-foot shot from the corner that started a 22-7 run. The Wildcats, who shot 55.9 percent in the game, made eight straight shots during the spurt, including four three-point shots. When the binge was over, UA led, 69-51, with 5:45 to play. "It was just like the game up there (at Pullman, McMillan said.

"We got on a roll, and everything went in." McMillan added a baseline drive, a breakaway slam and a three-pointer to the long jumper for nine points during the decisive run. The variety of his attack was the key. At one point, McMillan, a 6-foot-6 junior, led the league in three-point field-goal percentage. However, he said he became dependent on that shot. "Early in the season, I was catching the ball and shooting the three-pointer," McMillan said.

"When I started to hit quite a few of them, everybody realized it and they started taking that shot away. "I had to work on something else, and put the ball on the floor. There were some games where I could have used my size advantage and didn't Now, I'm doing that." When the. Wildcats started clicking, the McKale Center crowd of 13,009 came alive. "It was pretty obvious what the key was," said UA coach Lute Olson.

"We got the game into an up-tempo situation and really ignited our offense. "Washington State had done a good job of keeping us out of that, and all of a sudden we got a few steals, hit some three-point shots and got the crowd going." Cougars coach Len Stevens said there was little his team could do. Even a 19-point effort from reserve guard Joe By BOB YOUNG The Arizona Republic TUCSON A few weeks ago, Arizona guard Craig McMillan's shooting fell ill. It had shown signs of recovery in UA's last three games, but it wasn't quite well. 1 McMillan's rehabilitation was completed Thursday night at the expense of sickly Washington State.

McMillan scored 20 points and led a UA 'second-half surge that carried the Wildcats I to an 84-58 Pac-10 victory. I Three Pac-10 games remain, and UA 1(16-9, 11-4) trails league leader UCLA by a. after the Bruins won at Oregon State, 57-53. The Cougars (8-16, 4-11) still have not won a league game on the road this season. I The Wildcats were in the doldrums, leading, 47-43, with 10:24 to play.

The Cougars were forcing a slow pace. Wallace including 4 of 5 three-pointers didn't help. "Arizona's one of those teams that, when they get going, there isn't much you can do," he said. "It doesn't matter how good your defense is if they hit the shots anyway, and they can hit them. "We don't have that kind of firepower.

When they get into the flow, it's like somebody opens a dam. It's like watching a machine." Olson said that McMillan and point guard Kenny Lofton, who had 13 points, six assists and four steals, were the stars. Center Tom Tolbert had 15 points and forward Sean Elliott 13. "Craig was much more aggressive," Olson said. "He took it to the basket and into the lane area, where he can create some things.

"Coach (Scott) Thompson has spent a lot of time with him, and not just on his three-point shot It is paying off." Senior guard Bruce Fraser, the only UA player who will not return next season, came into the season helving taken only two shots (he made one) during his career. Thus, he was given the nickname "Shoot it" Fraser had three attempts this season (making two) before Thursday night Fraser entered to a standing ovation with 2:50 to play. He missed a layup with 1:40 to play, and it appeared that would be his only chance. Fraser then became an All-American in the final 22 seconds. He slipped an assist to Brian David, stole a pass and threw 5 another assist to Jud Buechler.

With two seconds to play, he swiped the Cougars' inbounds pass and scored a layup as the buzzer sounded. ASU Continued from El UCLA holds lead on slim victory; Oregon tips USC Republic Sports Wires CORVALLIS, Ore. Charles Rochelin scored five "points in the final 3V4 minutes as UCLA pulled away to edge Oregon State, 57-53, Thursday night and remain atop the conference standings. UCLA coach Walt Hazzard said Rochelin's play was a big reason for the victory. H-" -r-' til I- TWf I Charlie came in and hit two big buckets, got the big Pac-10 rebounds and hit the clinching free throw at the end," he said.

UCLA (18-6, 12-4) Welp made 10 of 15 shots, but 6-10 forward Phil Zevenbergen, a 51 percent shooter averaging 16.4 points, made only 4 of 11 from the field for 10 points. Beck had 18 points, making 6 of 16 shots. In his last five games, the senior guard has shot 24 of 71. Contrary to Patterson's suspicions, Beck said he is not hurt only stiff and sore. As poorly as Beck has been shooting, Thompson has been right on target Since taking over as the point guard against Southern California the first of the three straight victories Thompson has made 15 of 26 shots, including 7 of 10 three-pointers.

"It's just playing time," he said. "I can't get into a rhythm if I don't play seven or 10 minutes in a row." Thompson suffered a bruised thumb on his right (shooting) hand -when he accidentally knocked Beck reaching for the ball late in the first half. He came out, and ice was applied. Thompson said the pain suf sided during the second half. Afterwards, it only hurt, he said, "when I slap people's hands." It 1 ",1 JL Larry woodallHepublic Washington freshman Eldridge Recasner dunks over A'rizona State guard Arthur Thomas, but ASU beat the Huskies, 71-70.

Second-ranked Indiana slips past Minnesota Top 20 took the lead for good at 50-48 on Rochelin's 12-footer with 3:11 remaining. The sophomore from Toronto boosted the lead to 52-48 on a 14-foot jumper with 1:58 to go. I "I'm not very well known in this conference because I I'm from Canada," Rochelin said. "But I know the I word's going to get around." Oregon State (18-6, 10-5), which made only 30 'percent of its field-goal attempts, had a chance to tie in the final seconds. Eric Knox, however, missed a three-point attempt with five seconds to play and Rochelin sank one of two ree throws with three seconds remaining.

I "We tried to push the ball up the floor," Hazzard said. "But it was not our tempo type of game. Still, it was a good win for us. We'll take a win at any tempo." I Rochelin led the Bruins with 12 points, and Reggie I Miller scored 11 and Montel Hatcher 10. The Oregon State players wouldn't talk to reporters all week and they still weren't talking Thursday night "I have no choice as far as I'm concerned except to go along with the idea," said coach Eldon Miller.

"We did not play well enough to win," he said. "It was a very poor offensive performance. We missed too many shots, then when we had a chance to go ahead, we I forced the offense." Jose Ortiz, the league's leading scorer, struggled inside throughout the game but still topped Oregon State with 19 points. Oregon 57, Southern California 55 EUGENE, Ore. Anthony Taylor scored all of his game-high 18 points in the final 14 minutes to lead Oregon.

"Losing is one thing, but to lose under this condition is just sinful," said Southern Cal coach George Raveling. "USC's biggest opponent tonight was USC, but give Oregon credit for playing tough. Good teams find ways to win." Taylor made a free throw to give the Ducks their first lead, 49-48, with 3:22 to play. Southern Cal regained the lead on a free throw by Rod Keller, but Taylor earned a field goal on a goaltending call to give the Ducks a 53-52 lead with 1:02 to play, and they held on. With four minutes remaining and Oregon trailing, 48-46, Taylor scored the Ducks' next 12 points.

Jesse Nash and Sven Meyer scored 10 points each for I Oregon (14-10, 8-y). USC (8-17, 3-13) was paced by Derrick Dowell with 16 points. Weber State thumps NAU Associated Press OGDEN, Utah Walt Ty-ler scored 31 points and Harry Willis scored 22, leading Weber State past Northern Arizona, 88-79, in a Big Sky game on Thursday night NAU trailed, 15-6, but rallied for a tie at 23. Tyler scored 18 points as Weber State led, 42-37, at halftime. Anthony Burgess scored the first six points for NAU to start the second half.

NAU went ahead for the first time, 45-44, with 16:58 left Weber State later held NAU scoreless for more than five minutes and took a 68-55 lead. The Wildcats' biggest lead was 88-70 NAU (9-15, 3-8) was led by Burgess with 19 points. David Duane and Terrence Sims both had 13. and finished with 26 as the ninth-ranked Orangemen held off No. 19 Providence in the Big East Freshman Derrick Coleman finished with 22 points for Syracuse (22-4, 10-3).

The Friars (18-6, 8-5) were led by Ernie Lewis and Billy Dunovan with 18 points apiece. Kansas 84, Kansas State 67 LAWRENCE, Kan. Danny Manning scored 33 point3 to give No. 15 Kansas its 48th straight home victory and first place in the Big Eight The victory in Kansas' final home appearance tied Oklahoma's league record for consecutive home victories and raised the Jayhawks' record to 20-7 overall and 9-3 in the Big Eight Oklahoma and Missouri are 8-3 in the league. Kansas State (17-8, 7-5) was led by Mitch Richmond with 25 points.

Duke 66, North Carolina State 50 DURHAM, N.C. John Smith scored 13 points for No. 17 Duke (21-5, 8-3) in an Atlantic Coast Conference game. North Carolina State (14-13, 4-7) lost for the 10th time in 13 games. Republic Sports Wires BLOOMINGTON, Ind.

Center Dean Garrett made six free throws down the stretch, including two with three seconds remaining, as No. 2 Indiana edged Minnesota, 72-70, Thursday night It was Indiana's third straight Big Ten cliffhanger. Garrett also scored the win-; ning basket with four seconds left in the third overtime Monday as Indiana beat Wisconsin, 86-85. Indiana nipped Northwestern, 77-75, last Wednesday. "After you work hard like that and lose, it's always tough," said Minnesota coach Clem Haskins.

"We just got beat by a better team." Indiana (22-2, 13-1) stayed in first place in the conference. Daryl Thomas led the Hoosiers with 24 points, and Garrett and Steve Alford' finished with 17 apiece. Richard Coffey and Terence Woods scored 13 apiece for Minnesota (9-14, 2-11). UNLV 86, Long Beach State 66 LONG BEACH, Calif. Freddie Banks scored 20 points and Armon Gilliam had 19 to pace No.

1 Nevada-Las Vegas in a Pacific Coast Athletic Association game. UNLV (27-1, 15-0) outscored the 49ers, 14-0, during a five-minute span to take a 40-19 lead with 2:35 left in the first half. Long Beach State (12-15, 7-8) made only one field goal in the final 7:40 of the first half. Temple 77, St. Bonaventure 56 PHILADELPHIA Howard Evans scored 20 points as fifth-ranked Temple clinched the Atlantic 10 title.

Temple (27-2, 16-0) played without starting center Ramon Rivas, who has an infected heel. Starting guard Mike Vree-swyk, nursing a sprained ankle, did not play until the second half and scored six points. Syracuse 90, Providence 81 SYRACUSE, N.Y. Sherman Douglas scored eight of Syracuse's final 10 points Central figures: Mesa clinging to slim title hopes State meets begin for wrestlers today The Arizona Republic The AAA-1 and AAA-2 state wrestling meets will be held today and Saturday in Tucson. Division 1 preliminaries begin at noon today at Sunnyside High.

Division 2 preliminaries are at the same time at Flowing Wells. Saturday's finals for both Division 1 and 2 start at 7 p.m. at Sunnyside. In the last few years, there has been little suspense entering the AAA-1 finals. Six-time defending state champion Sunnyside usually has locked up the team title before the final round.

Some coaches believed at midseason that it would be different this year, including Sunny-side's Don Klostreich, who said he was rebuilding after losing many of his wrestlers to nearby Desert (10-11, 2-5) in a AAA-1 Metro League game. If Yuma loses, the Criminals would be tied for the fourth and final league playoff spot with Coronado (5-16, 2-6). Yuma and Coronado would play early jnext week for the final spot. Camelback might be without its best player, junior guard Kevin Miniefield, who suffered a concussion Tuesday against Central. Miniefield, who spent a day in a hospital, said Wednesday that he wasf OK.

Camelback coach Frank Madura, however, said he might rest Miniefield for the playoffs. Camelback has clinched the league title. Gerard (5-15, 4-7) plays at Gilbert (15-6, 9-2), and Casa Grande (16-5, 9-2) plays at Paradise Valley (6-15, 3-8) in key AAA-2 Central games. Gilbert and Casa Grande, who have split games, are tied for first If both -win, a coin flip would determine the top team. Tolleson upset Gilbert, 48-47, on-Tuesday night Coconino (9-10, 7-5) plays at Sunnyslope (12-8, 9-4) in a AAA-2 Skyline game.

Coconino can finish in third place by winning tonight and at independence on Saturday night Coconino, behind 6-5 sophomore swingman Eddison Bahe, defeated Sun -t nyslope, 62-44, in the teams' only other meeting. Canyon del Oro (16-5, 12-5) can -clinch first place in the AAA-1 Southern Region by winning at Sunnyside (11-10, 9-7). By DICK OBERT The Arizona Republic Mesa basketball coach Paul Newen-'dyke isn't making any bets, but he still has hope that his Jackrabbits can finish first in the AAA-1 Central Region. Mesa (14-7, 10-5) finishes the regular season tonight by playing host to lOth-ranked Westwood (13-8, 10-5), which beat Mesa by 15 points a month ago. It would take the upset of the year by Marcos de Niza, however, for Mesa to have a chance at first Last-place Marcos.

(2-18, 0-15) plays host to first-place' MeClintock (14-6, 11-4). "The way this Central Region has gone this year, anything can happen," Newendyke said. "I'll let Marcos take care of itself, and worry about Westwood." Westwood, which is tied for second with Mesa and Corona del Sol, can finish anywhere from second to fourth in the region standings. Warriors coach Bud Doolen says he isn't leaving out any possibilities. "The coaches all meet after the games, and someone always shows up with a surprise," Doolen said.

"There is always an upset in the Central" Westwood is overdue for a good performance. The Warriors lost their last two games to Mountain View and Tempe each by one point "We're playing a little too tentative, a little scared," Doolen said. "We've been, working hard the last couple days to eliminate that We'll play more aggres-1 sive. If we lose, we'll lose sweating." The last time, smaller Westwood was able to stop 6-foot-6 forwards Scott Flake and John Allen and 6-7 center David Van Dyke. Mesa has one of the biggest front lines in the state.

"They did a good job of bottling up 'the inside, and we didn't shoot very well from the perimeter," Newendyke said. "I'm sure the kids will be up for this one. It should be a very emotional game." The Warriors, whose starters average 6- 2, were expected to be run-and-gun this year, but Doolen said they have had no particular style. In this game, they; probably will press and try to increase the tempo, Doolen said. In other games: Alhambra (12-9, 5-4) plays at second-ranked South Mountain (15-6, 7- 2), and top-ranked Chaparral (17-4, 7-2) plays at Trevor Browne (8-13, 1-8) in AAA-1 Metro A League games.

South and Chaparral, who have split games, are tied for first If both win, a coin flip would determine playoff seeding. Saguaro (16-5, 6-3), which closes at Maryvale (6-15, 1-8), and Alhambra have clinched playoff spots. Deer Valley (13-8, 8-7) plays at St Mary's (15-6, 11-4) in a AAA-1 Skyline game. St Mary's can claim first place with a victory. If it loses, and Moon Valley (15-5, 11-4) beats visiting Shadow Mountain (10-11, 7-8), Moon Valley will be first Deer Valley and Shadow Mountain are pesky.

Deer Valley lost to St 56-55, in the teams' first meeting; Shadow has won six of its last eight Camelback (17-3, 7-0) plays at BASKETBALL eamt 1M pjn. unlett noted TONIGHT'S GAMES CLASS AAA. 1 Tempe at Corona del Sol, MeClintock at Marco de Nlza, Westwood at Mms, Oobson at Mountain View, Kola al Central, Carl Havden al Coronado. Saouaro at Marvvale. Alhambra al South Mountain, Chaparral al Trevor Browne, Peoria al Greenwev, Brophy Prep at Horizon, Shadow Mountain at Moon Valley, Deer Valley at St.

Mary's, Apollo at Thunderbird, Camelback al Yuma, Amphitheater at Sahuaro, Sablno al Salpointe. Calalina at Santa Rita, Canyon del Oro a) Sunnyilde, Buena al Tucson. CLASS AAA-? Independence at Prescoti, Arcadia al Cactus, Gerard al Gilbert, Casa Grande al Paradise Valley, Mohave al Agua Frla, Kingman at North, Washington at Corlei, Flagstaff at Glendale, Coconino at Sunnyslope, Nogales at Cholla, Flowing Wells at Douglas, -Palo Verde al Rincon, Marana at Desert View. CLASS A-t St. Johns al Alchesay, Show Low at Hot-brook, Winslow at Round Valley, Blue Ridge al Snowtlake, Bourgade al Dvsart (7 p.m.), Mingus al Pavson, Sellgman at Wlckenburg.

CLASS A-2 Cactus Shadows al Valley, Bagdad at Camp Verde (7 p.m.), Orme al Bradshaw Mountain (7 p.m.), Ak at Antelope (7 pm), Duncan al Morencl (7 pm). CLASSC SI. Michael al Joseph City, Grand Canyon at Ash Fork, Mayer al Phoenix Country Oay (7 P.m.), Western Christian at Phoenix Day School lor Deaf (7 p.m.), Norlhwesl Community Christian al Salome (7 p.m.), SI. Gregory al Tucson Christian (7 p.m.), Green Fields at Fori Thomas (7 p.m.), SI. David al Suffolk Hills (7 p.m.).

INDEPENDENT STATE TOURNAMENT at Southwest Indian School 2 P.m. (girls) Southwest Indian vs. Valley Lutheran: 4 p.m. (boys) Valley Lutheran vs. Eslrella Mountain; 6 p.m.

(girls) Judson vs. East Fork; 8 Pm (boys) Southwest Indian vs. East Fork SATURDAY'S GAMES CLASS A A A-2 Yuma at Carl Havden, Mohave at Peoria, Coconino al Independence. CLASS A-2 Parker al Anlelope (7 p.m.). CLASSC Fredonla at Joseph City, Ash Fork at St.

Michael, Orme at Phoenix Country Day (7 p.m.). INDEPENDENT STATE TOURNAMENT at Bourgade High School 2 D.m gtrts losers game: 4 p.m. boys losers game; 6 p.m. pins championship; 8 p.m. bovs I' 1 View High, a AAA-2 school.

Sunnyside finished second to Peoria at the Peoria inyitatioriaL It was only the second invitational in seven years that the Blue Devils didn't win. "I thought that they might be beatable at state this year until I heard what they placed at (Southern) divisionals," said Mountain View coach Richard Griffin. "For them to bring that many in with that many seeds, you have to score with those who were not champions." Sunnyside has 13 wrestlers at the state meet two more than Central Region champion Mountain View and Skyline champ Moon Valley. Of the 13, eight were divisional champions, two finished second and three third. "They're stronger than us in the lower weight classes, but we're stronger than them from 155 (pounds) up," Griffin said.

"We will give them a run if we wrestle the way we should. This team seems to come alive at big.