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SECTION Asbury Park Press Friday, March 19, 1993 NFL The Jets appear serious about Tomorrow: Honored Lakewood wrestling coach Mads Madsen (left) is one of six Asbury Park Press coaches of the year. being contenders this season. yp Patrick Ewing's 28 points help the -III) A Knicks rout the Cavaliers. 4 Cnlinl Boys and Girls Indoor OCIlOlftStlC Track teams are presented. urn a Unheralded Santa Clara knocks off NtAAS Arizona 64-61.

II I IIIIIIIIIH lUIMI Mill. II III herd ETOFR BfrOTR r3IW totoi JLkiJLJb' J)dj emails SOUTHEAST REGIONAL: Seton Hall 81 Tenn. St. 59 EAST REGIONAL: St. John's 85, Texas Tech 67 Pkate ai atang Inn peeer Si TheHall takes no prisoners By MICHAEL AMSEL PRESS STAFF WRITER ORLANDO, Fla.

Seton Hall guard Bryan Caver knew it was imperative that the sixth-ranked Pirates send a quick message to Tennessee State last night. "We needed to jump on them early to let them know there would be no Cinderella story tonight," said Caver. "We didn't want to hear any more of that stuff." So, the Pirates took care of business right from the outset last night and rolled to an impressive 81-59 victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Seton Hall, winner of 12 straight games, now moves on to play Western Kentucky tomorrow (5 p.m., Channel 2) at Orlando Arena. Though the lopsided victory was widely expected, it came as a great relief to Pirates' coach PJ.

Carlesimo and All-America guard Terry Dehere. "Personally, I hate first-round games," said Carlesimo. "There's so much built-up pressure, what with all the media and tele-Please see Hall, page D6 "A mm fc6 Associated Press St. John's David Cain (11) pulls down a rebound against Texas Tech's Will Fle-mons in first-half action. Beckett powers Redmen -THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.

St. John's coach Brian Mahoney wanted Carl Beckett to provide some rebounding and defense off the bench. What he got instead from the shooting guard was the offensive spark St. John's needed yesterday to defeat Texas Tech 85-67 in the first game of the NCAA Tour- nament East Regional. I Beckett scored six of the Redmen's first nine points in a 22-4 run that sent St.

John's to victory. "One thing he gives us day in and day out is that defense and that rebounding," Maho-" ney said. "Tonight, he gave us the scoring, which I'll take every game." Beckett, a junior who averages just 3.2 points, entered the game in the second half with St. John's struggling to maintain its 7 lead over the outsized Red Raiders. He hit jumpers on three consecutive possessions to help the Redmen climb ahead after leading 61-59 with 9:47 remaining.

By the 1:07 mark, the Redmen had stretched the lead to 83-63. Please see Redmen, page D6 jtJ v4' 'S' 'w i I It ij Associated Press Walker. JAMES J. CONNCMXYAsbury Park Press Chris Couzen (33) go for the ball. Florida State 82 Evansville 70 Tulane 55 Kansas State 53 W.Kentucky 55 Memphis St 52 Santa Clara 64 Arizona 61 Vanderbilt 92 Boise State 72 Illinois 75 Long Beach State 72 Temple 75 Missouri 61 N.

Carolina 85 E. Carolina 65 Arkansas 94 Holy Cross 64 Rhode Island 74 Purdue 68 Kansas 94 Ball State 72 Duke 105 Southern Illinois 70 California 66 LSU 64 BYU 80 SMU 71 Roundup, page D6 NCAA pairings chart, page D6 Devils rally to top Oilers, end their skid By BOB JORDAN PRESS STAFF WRITER Red Bank's stretch run comes up painfully short to swat the ball away from Seton Hall's Jerry The Bucs' Mike Polloway (41) and the Pirates' III-- Tennessee State's Michael Moore (left) tries mmmmm semifinals tomorrow at 3 p.m. Red Bank (28-2) had an opportunity to win the game in the closing seconds. The Bucs trailed by one and had the ball with 38 seconds left and got three attempts at the basket. Donnelly, who had thrilled the crowd by nailing four three-pointers in the fourth quarter, missed a tough three from the top of the key.

Senior Mike Polloway, who kept Red Bank in the game early, missed a five-footer after grabbing the rebound. Junior Bill Gilligan got another offensive rebound, lost the ball momentarily, and then was tied up by Prep's Pete McLaughlin with a tenth of a second left on he clock. Please see Short, page D5 By TOM OLAUSEN tj PRESS STAFF WRITER 4 PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP The clock finally ran out on the Red Bank boys basketball team, but not before the Bucs "I treated their fans to a final shot of excitement. A spectacular comeback bid in the fourth quarter led by senior Mark SETON HALL PREP RED BANK 60 59 Donnelly barely fell short as Seton Hall Prep, West Orange, prevailed 60-59 in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Tournament of Champions last night at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Thanks to a brilliant all-around performance by senior point guard Brevjn Knight, the fourth-seeded Pirates (25-4) will meet top-seeded St.

Anthony in the EAST RUTHERFORD It is inevitable throughout professional sports that a lengthy losing streak will produce some sort of team meeting. The New Jersey Devils couldn't avoid such a gathering after dropping four straight games, but panic had no place at this session. DEVILS 5 nen tne s'umP OILERS 1 was ende 'ast night IBIHBIIIIia in a 5-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers, the Devils partly attributed the turnaround to their intellectual approach to adversity. And they attributed the resurrection of a bright outlook to a perfectly absurd Patrick Division playoff race, in which none of their immediate rivals has been able to pull away. The Devils used 25 saves by Craig Billing-' ton and two goals by Claude Lemieux to climb" back up the ladder in the Patrick.

They are a Please see Devils, page D3.