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f2 fTIMAI OU IliC JtlUUUd 11CUUUUC II 1 Montana's last-second shot hands Idaho first loss College basketball Republic Sports Wires MISSOULA, Mont. Montana guard Doug Selvig ended Idaho's 16-game unbeaten streak on a 4-foot follow shot with one second left, and the Grizzlies shocked the Vandals, 53-51, Saturday night in a Big Sky Conference game. Idaho (eighth both polls) had tied the game, 51-51, with 24 seconds left when forward Phil Hopson soared over Montana forward Derrick Pope and hit an 8-foot bank shot "Montana called timeout with nine seconds left to set up its final play. Guard Marc Glass grabbed the inbounds pass at midcourt, drove to the right baseline and missed a 10-foot shot, which the 6-foot-4 Selvig rebounded. "If anybody had to beat Idaho, I'm glad it was us," Montana Coach Mike Montgomery said.

"It's fitting that Montana got to be the one after the great games these teams have plalyed in the past few years." Idaho Coach Don Monson said, "It came down to the wire, and Montana had the ball. We weren't as sharp as we have been." Illinois 64, Minnesota 57 James Griffin scored 19 points and led Illinois to a surprising 64-57 victory over Minnesota. The Illini, who trailed by as many as six points early in the second half, got 12 points from Perry Range and 10 from George Montgomery. Fresno State 43, California State-Fullerton 40 FULLERTON, Calif. Bernard Thompson had 15 points and seven rebounds, leading Fresno State (20th UPI) to a 43-40 victory over California State-Fullerton.

Thompson, formerly of Phoenix South Mountain High, outscored Fullerton's Leon Wood, a transfer from the University of Arizona, who had 19 points. Fresno played without starters Rod Higgins and Tyrone Bradley, who were disciplined for missing curfew. Texas 88, South Carolina 71 AUSTIN, Texas Virdell Howland and LaSalle Thompson had 22 and 20 points, and Texas extended its record to 14-0 by defeating South Carolina, 88-71. Texas (fifth UPI, seventh AP), off to its best start in 47 years, won the game with scoring spurts at the beginning of the game and the start of the second half. Thompson had his 20 points despite sitting out nine minutes because of foul trouble.

Arkansas 67, Houston 66 FAYETTE VILLE, Ark. Arkansas center Scott Hastings made a 20-footer with six seconds remaining, and the Razorbacks rallied and beat Houston, 67-66. The Cougars (19th AP) led by as many as 11 points midway through the second half but scored only four points in the final seven minutes. They had a one-point lead when Keith Peterson knocked the ball away from Clyde Drexler with 33 seconds remaining. The Razorbacks (14th UPI, 15th AP) worked the clock until Hastings made the winning basket.

Virginia Tech 78, Louisville 76 LOUISVILLE, Ky. Senior guard Jeff Schneider drilled in a 16-footer with five seconds left to give Virginia Tech a 78-76 upset victory over Louisville (17th both polls). North Carolina 66, Georgia Tech 54 ATLANTA Top-ranked North Carolina, getting overpowering inside play from James Worthy and Sam Perkins, whipped Georgia Tech, 66-54. Worthy scored 24 points and Perkins 18. San Francisco 81, Portland 78 SAN FRANCISCO Quintin Dailey scored 28 points, and Eric Slaymaker made two free throws with 33 seconds left as San Francisco (11th AP, 13th UPI) edged Portland, 81-78.

Providence 50, Georgetown 49 PROVIDENCE, R.I. Otis Thorpe scored 14 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, leading Providence to a 50-49 victory over Georgetown, sending the Hoyas (11th UPI, 13th AP) to their third straight defeat. Missouri 84, Oklahoma 64 COLUMBIA, Mo. Ricky Frazier scored 17 points, and Missouri (second both polls) beat Oklahoma, 84-64. Minnesota (fifth AP, seventh UPI) was led by Randy Breuer with 15.

Minnesota put together a 10-point spurt and took a 51-47 lead with six minutes to play, but Illinois scored 17 points of the next 19 to put it away. New Mexico State 59, Wichita State 57 LAS CRUCES, N.M. Forward Jaime Pena and guard Ernest Patterson combined for 34 points, and New Mexico State choked off a last-minute Wichita State assault and beat the Shockers, 59-57. New Mexico State led through most of the game but had to survive the Shockers' rally that was keyed by the inside scoring of junior forward Antoine Carr, who had 18 points. Pena, breaking out of a midseason slump, scored 18 points, and Patterson had 16, including what turned out to be the game-winning basket with 1:10 left Indiana State 60, Tulsa 59 TERRE HAUTE, Ind.

Lester Wright hit a 15-foot jumper from the baseline with one second remaining, giving Indiana State an 60-59 upset victory over Tulsa (10th AP, 12th UPI). ASU Wulk tries starters No. 10, 11 Continued from Fl Also "Fat" Lever was fouled by Brunkhorst while driving to the basket with 1:12 to go. Lever made one free throw, giving ASU a 53-49 lead. Lever was then involved in a play that nearly cost ASU the game.

Jackson missed a shot that would have pulled the Cats to within two points with 49 seconds to go. Lever grabbed the rebound, dribbled up-court, was double-teamed and called for traveling. Lever, mad at the call, threw a pass to referee Tom Harrington that hit Harrington in the foot. He assessed Lever a technical foul. "I didn't think I lost it (poise), I didn't say anything to him and I threw him the ball the way I would throw it to a teammate," Lever said.

"I couldn't believe it Sure I was mad about the call. I thought I was fouled. Brunkhorst had been pushing me from behind the whole game." Lever had four turnovers, most of them bad passes. Brunkhorst made the free thorw on the cutting the ASU lead to three, 53-50, with 41 seconds left. But on the inbound play, Brunkhorst mishandled the ball as he tried to pass to Smith in the middle, and Williams picked up the loose ball.

Brunkhorst's fifth foul with 26 seconds left set up the crucial one-and-one free-throw situation that Williams missed. The estimated attendance of 9,300 is the lowest at McKale Center for a game between the Arizona rivals. By Bob Cohn Republic Staff TUCSON Saturday night against the University of Arizona, Tom Kuyper and Phil McKinney became the 10th and 11th Arizona State basketball players this season to get a starting role. It has been that kind of year for the Sun Devils. Coach Ned Wulk has searched for anything to create a victory.

Kuyper and McKinney had played against UCLA last Monday night and performed capably, if not all that brilliantly, in what would be the Sun Devils' seventh straight defeat. But the way things had gone for ASU, capable was enough. It again was enough. Facing the Wildcats, Kuyper and McKinney did little in a crudely played first half, but they rallied in the second half and sparked a 55-54 ASU victory. Kuyper, a 6-foot-6 junior, scored 10 points.

Eight came in the second half and were especially well-placed. After shooting one for four in the first half, Kuyper's 15-footer gave the Sun Devils the first basket of the second half. It brought ASU within two, 23-21. Then he hit a jumper from the corner that tied the game, 25-25. Another shot from the corner gave ASU a 28-25 lead with 17 minutes left, and, after a drought, a 15-footer with 7:39 left broke a 43-43 tie.

Kuyper was one of two Sun Devils to score in double figures (Paul Williams had 22), and his outside shooting was just the tonic Wulk was looking for against the Wildcats' zone defense. Wulk said that Kuyper and forward Walt Stone "still are the best shots we have. Obviously, we need their scoring punch." Kuyper's only other start for ASU was two years ago against Oregon, when Alton Lister and Sam Williams had eligibility problems. But Kuyper isn't shy about shooting, or about his abilities. "Just call me the smooth-shooting forward," Kuyper said kiddingly in the happy-for-a-change ASU dressing room.

Even after his poor first-half effort, which was in keeping with the tone of the sloppy game, Kuyper said he never hesitated to let fly. "I can put the ball in the hole and open zones up," he said. "If I miss one, I want to come down and make one to cover up for it." McKinney, a thin (205-pound) 6-foot-10 freshman center from Tempe Marcos De Niza High School, played 17 minutes, by far his most extensive action of the season. He drew two fouls early and picked up his fourth with 11:47 to play, leaving the game, never to return. His stats will show four points, but he was cheated out of an assist that came when ASU needed it most.

In fact, McKinney's contribution was packed into one minute. ASU was ahead, 28-27, when McKinney went strong to the hoop and was fouled by Greg Cook. McKinney made both free throws with 16:08 left, and ASU led by three. On the next trip down for the Sun Devils, after a UA miss, McKinney missed, but his follow shot was good for a 32-27 lead. UA scored, but McKinney, getting behind a Wildcat trap, fed Lafayette "Fat" Lever under the basket.

Lever, fouled by Brock Brunkhorst, converted a three-point play. "We're still searching for a center," Wulk said of his move to start McKinney. "He didn't do much in the first half (no points, no rebounds), but in the second half he did some good things. "I thought he played reasonably well against UCLA in a bad situation, and I thought he deserved a chance." Pac-10 at 47.2 percent and ASU is last at 45.1 percent), something that led both to play zone defense and force the other to take long shots. The result was predictable.

The Wildcats shot 25.8 percent in the first half and finished with 35.0 both record lows for McKale Center. The Devils, after a 27.6 percent performance in the first half, warmed up in the second with 60.0, after UA switched to a man-to-man defense. Forward Tom Kuyper and center Phil McKinney, making their first starts for the Devils, keyed a rally early in the second half that produced an eight-point lead. Kuyper made three outside shots something that ASU had lacked. McKinney added a basket on an offensive rebound and, later, two free throws as the Devils outscored the Cats 18-8 in the first 6V2 minutes of the final period.

That gave ASU a 39-31 lead with 13:29 to gr. But eight points by Smith, who had 18 for the game, put the Wildcats back in the game. And a 15-footer from the right corner by UA freshman guard Keith Jackson tied it, 43-43, with 8:18 to go. After Arizona State regained a three-point lead, it went into a spread offense. The Devils ran off more than a minute before guard Lafayette Sun Devils 55, Wildcats 54 Suns LAST DAY! A BOAT FOR EVERY BUDGET Continued from Fl Kramer yelled an obscenity at Durham.

That earned the first technical. Kramer shouted a second obscenity. That earned the second technical. "It (the fine) probably wasn't worth it," said Kramer, whose only other ejection came against the Pistons two years ago when he got involved in an altercation with Leon Douglas. "But I got fouled." Kramer's ejection seemed to spark the Pistons, who were within 13 after a jumper by Piston center Kent Benson with about 5:20 left.

The Suns scored the next eight points, however, to settle the issue. The Suns play their next two games on the road before the All-Star break. Wednesday they're in San Diego. Thursday, they're in Los Angeles. Arizona St.

Mn FG FT Rb At PF St Tr Pt Kuvper.f 37 5-11 0-0 4 2 1 0 3 10 Stone, 20 2-4 0-0 4 1 3 0 1 4 McKinney, 17 1-4 2-2 1 0 4 1 1 4 Lever, 40 3-7 3-5 6 6 2 2 4 9 Williams, 40 7-16 8-11 10 0 0 0 3 22 Everett 18 2-3 2-2 5 1 0 0 1 6 Jones 9 0-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Jordan 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McMullen 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 1 0 Delnes 11 0-0 0-0 11110 0 Totals 20-49 15-20 34 11 IS 4 14 SS Arizona Cook.f 24 4-11 1-3 7 4 0 2 9 Smith, 40 6-10 6-9 10 1 0 2 1 18 Magno.c 29 2-6 2-2 2 0 3 0 2 6 Brunkhrst.g 39 4-12 1-1 1 3 5 0 2 9 Jackson, 37 1-10 2-2 2 3 1 4 4 Jung 5 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Mellon 18 3-6 0-0 4 0 0 1 .0 6 Miller 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Walker 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Thompson 1 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 21-60 12-17 35 10 17 4 13 54 as 8 it -8 the games Greg Thesenvitz tipped in a shot his only field goal of the game with one second to play, giving Wyoming a 27-25 victory over Brigham Young in Provo, Utah. The 52-point total broke the Western Athletic Conference record for fewest points scored in a game Terry Cummings scored 24 points, leading De Paul (fourth both polls) to a 79-68 victory over Alabama-Birmingham in Rosemont, 111., the Blue Demons' 11th straight win. Derrick Hord scored 12 points in a 12-minute stretch of the second half in which Kentucky (ninth both polls) outscored Vanderbilt 26-8 and went on to win, 67-58, in Lexington, Ky Eddie Phillips scored 20 points and led Alabama (16th AP, 17th UPI) to an 82-71 victory over Florida in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Freshman Keith Lee paced Memphis State with 24 points, and the Tigers defeated Cincinnati in Cincinnati, 70-63, and took the Metro Conference lead David Thirdkill scored 21 points, and Bradley beat Creighton, 65-54, in Omaha, Neb. The win put Bradley in first place in the Missouri Valley Conference.

With one second remaining, 5-foot-8 sophomore guard Karl Hobbs grabbed a rebound from teammate Mike McKay and scored, giving Connecticut a 53-51 victory over Villanova (19th UPI) in Hartford, Conn North Carolina State (14th AP, 15th UPI) got 13 points from Dereck Whittenburg and 12 from Thurl Bailey, and beat East Carolina, 63-53, in Raleigh, N. C. Kenny Arnold scored 15 points and helped fuel a second-half surge that helped Iowa (sixth both polls) overcome Michigan's slow-down tactics and defeat the Wolverines, 56-38, in Iowa City, Iowa Tyrone Adams scored 17 points and Les Craft 16, leading Kansas State (16th UPI, 18th AP) to a 70-53 victory over Kansas in Manhattan, Kan Idaho State beat Nevada-Reno, 85-77, in Pocatello, Idaho. Former Scottsdale Community College player B. B.

Fontenet had 23 points for Nevada-Reno Sophomore Angelo Robinson scored 21 points, and Utah took a 72-60 triumph over Air Force in Salt Lake City Notre Dame built a 12-point lead early in the second half and withstood a late Maryland rally, beating the Terrapins, 55-51, in South Bend, Ind Granville Waiters' short jump shot at the buzzer gave Ohio State a 59-57 double-overtime victory over Northwestern in Columbus, Ohio. Northwest-em's Jim Stack, who had 21 points, missed shots at the buzzer in regulation and in the first overtime that would have give the Wildcats the win. Ted Kitchel and Jim Thomas scored 18 points each, leading Indiana to an easy77-55 victory over Purdue in Bloomington, Ind Kevin Smith scored 20 points, and Michigan State beat Wisconsin, 68-58, in East Lansing, Mich performers Tennessee (20th AP) defeated Louisiana State, 77- 67, in Knoxville, despite 27 points by LSU's Leonard Mitchell In a double-header at New York's Madison Square Garden, Michael Wilson's 25 points led Marquette to a 75-67 victory over Iona in the second game. In the opener, Richie Adams had 25 points and 11 rebounds, pacing Nevada-Las Vegas to a 91-81 victory over Seton Hall. Dan Callandrillo scored 33 points for Seton Hall.

Texas overcame 28 points by Rice's Ricky Pierce en route to a 68-59 victory in Houston Steve Smith scored 25 points and Jeff Taylor 22, and Texas Tech ran off 17 straight points midway through the second half and beat Baylor, 78- 71, in Lubbock, Texas Brad Leaf scored 31 points, leading Evansville to an 84-80 victory over Loyola of Chicago in a Evansville, Ind. Loyola's Wayne Sappleton led both teams with 34 points Lynn Mitchem scored 28 points, leading Butler to a 68-61 victory over Detroit in Indianapolis. the comments Georgia Coach Hugh Durham had plenty to say after losing, 82-74, to Auburn: "Someone forgot to tell (Charles) Barkley that he is a freshman." Barkley had 18 points and 17 rebounds. "Every newspaper you pick up talks about what good ballplayers we have at Georgia. We read that and believe it.

Other teams read that and believe. And other teams go out; and use that to get inspired and they play inspired and we say, 'Hey, don't y'all know how good we are. What are you doing playing that Weber State edges NAU OGDEN, Utah (UPI) Todd Harper scored a game-high 27 points and hit two free throws with 11 seconds remaining to give Weber State a 66-65 win over Northern Arizona in a Big Sky Conference game on Saturday night. Harper's two foul shots put the Wildcats ahead by three, and then Weber State (11-8 overall, 2-4 ccrfference) let NAU (4-13. 0-5) score the final Suns 113, Pistons 90 FG percentage Arizona State .407, Arizona .350.

FT percentage Arizona State .750, Arizona .700. Blocked shots Stone; Smith 2, Jackson, Brunkhorst, Magno, Mellon. Technicals Lever. Officials B.Turner, T.Harrington and P. Labetich.

Attendance 9,300. 'Totals include rebounds not credited to individuals. FT Rb AtPF StTr Pt 1 1 9 1-2 1 3 2 1 1 1 6 FG 4-13 4-11 4- 5 2- 13 3- 9 5- 10 1-5 4- 6 7-11 3-8 floor, John Long one for 11 and Tripucka two for seven. The Suns led by 11. Things didn't get any better in the second half.

Thomas missed three more shots and committed six turnovers. Tripucka scored two field goals but missed four more. Long, who was shooting 49.5 percent before 'tipoff, made one and missed two. "I don't think there's any question they were tired," said Suns Coach John MacLeod, whose club concluded its six-game homestand, winning five and losing one. "They're a young club, and that's something they'll learn.

Plus a guy like Long just wasn't hitting. He just wasn't that effective. That happens. "For our part, I thought we played very well, especially off the defensive boards." The Suns, who got 24 points from forward Truck Robinson, led by as many as 23 points in the third quarter, a period in which they shot 66.7 percent from the field. The second half was a dull affair until late in the third quarter when official Terry Durham started passing out technical fouls.

Piston center Paul Mokeski got the first with 1:17 left in the third period after he complained to Durham about his third personal foul. Piston guard Ron Lee, a former Phoenix guard, got the second during the first two minutes of the fourth quarter. The crowning blow, however, came with 9:31 left when Durham assessed two quick technicals to Suns reserve forward Joel Kramer an automatic ejection and a $250 fine. Kramer was pushed out of bounds under the Suns basket by Mokeski. 5-6 2-2 0- 0 2- 3 1- 2 0-0 0-0 3- 4 0-0 Detroit Hubbard, Tripucka, Benson, Long, Thomas, Tvler Lee Mokeski V.Johnson Hardv Judkins Totals Phoenix Cook.f Robinson, Adams, 1-4 0-0 Pac-10 17 90 38-95 14-19 44 21 5- 9 3-3 12-18 0-0 6- 13 0-0 1 1 12 4-7 Davis, 3-12 D.Johnson, 27 2-8 Macv 1 0 0 4 0 2 2- 2 3- 4 2- 2 3- 4 3-4 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 15 1 10 2-4 6-6 4-7 2-5 1-2 0-1 Kellev Scott Bradley Nance Kramer Dykema Totals 0 1 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 10 16 113 47-9219-25 SO 32 Detroit 8 8 fiifl hoenix pi See the biggest, most complete boat show between Chicago and California-over 250 brand new '82 boats.

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Blocked shots -Tyler 2, Hubbard, Mokeski, Benson; Cook 2, D. Johnson 2, Scolt, Nance. Technicals Mokeski, Lee; Kramer 2 (ejected), Phoenix (illegal defense). Officials Jack Madden and Terry Durham. Attendance 13,518.

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But it was a last gasp, as the Beavers (14-2, 7-0) then outscored the Huskies 12-4. As the Beavers did Friday night against Washington State, they used defensive pressure to take control in the last 10 minutes of the first half. They led at halftime, 32-17. In other Pac-10 games: Senior guard Dwight Anderson scored a game-high 26 points, leading Southern California to 85-74 win over Stanford in Stanford, Calif. UCLA extended its winning streak over California to 45 consecutive games by trouncing the Bears, 83-56, in Berkeley, Calif.

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