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Saturday, November 25, 1978-33 NBA roundup Mitch finds niche; Lakers streak ends Reno Evening Gazette they're the best we've played against this season." In other games, Boston beat New York 109-, Cleveland topped Indiana 104-98, Philadelphia hammered San Diego 134-120, New Jersey edged New Orleans 103-100, Detroit nipped Atlanta 119-117 in overtime, Phoenix upended Houston 120-113, Denver defeated Seattle 103-100 and Chicago trimmed Portland 100-99. Chris Ford scored 22 points and Ce-drlc Maxwell added 17 to hand New York Its first loss under returning coach Red Holzman. The Knicks were led by Ray Williams with 33 points and Spencer Haywood with 29, and played without Bob McAdoo, sidelined with a bruised toe. Terry Furlow scored 25 points and Austin Carr 19 as Cleveland broke an eight-game losing streak. It was the eighth defeat in the last nine games for Indiana, which was led by center James Edwards with a career-high 36 points.

For the Cavaliers, Julius Erving's 30 points powered Philadelphia and Lloyd Free, playing his first game in the Spectrum since being traded by the 76ers, scored 33 points for San Diego. Doug Collins scored 20 points for Philadelphia. Eric Money hit two foul shots with 24 seconds remaining to lift New Jersey. New Orleans trailed 102-100 but failed on four shots In the last 10 seconds. George Johnson added a foul shot for' the Nets.

Money finished with a team-high 30 points, 14 in the second half. Bernard King had 26. The Jazz were led by James McElroy with 32 points. Ben Poquette's two baskets and a foul shot and a basket by John Long in overtime helped the Pistons ending a three-game losing streak and snap Atlanta's three-game winning streak. Dan Roundfield of the Hawks converted a rebound with a left-handed bank shot with one second left in regulation time to tie it 107-107.

Gazette Wire Services Washington Bullets' Coach Dick Motta was not surprised to snap the Los Angeles Lakers' 14-game winning streak especially the way it happened. "When he plays like that, he's unbeatable," Motta said Friday night after Mitch Kupchak had 32 points and 17 rebounds both career highs in the Bullets' 113-103 victory over the Lakers. Kupchak, who carried the Bullets to their sixth straight win, came off the bench in the first half to score 17 points in 16 minutes, Impressive since he scored just six points against Boston Wednesday. "It was real important for me to play well tonight," said Kupchak. "I always want to come back after a game like Boston, and we were playing the team with the best record." "He tends to come back," said Motta, who added, "I was very happy with everything our defense, rebounding, our shooting was good.

And our bench was excellent." Elvin Hayes added 14 points and 11 rebounds in the opening half as the Bullets took a 63-46 lead. Larry Wright added 12 points and Charles Johnson 16 as the Bullets' bench outscored the Lakers' 62-30. "It's tough when they bring In a big guy off the bench who can shoot like that," said the Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. "The Bullets have a lot of depth. They didn't win the world championship on any fluke." Abdul-Jabbar led the Lakers with 27 points and 10 rebounds.

Jamaal Wilkes added 22 points for Los Angeles, which played without injured Adrian Dant-ley. "The way the Bullets played tonight, they probably would have won anyway," said Lakers Coach Jerry West. "The Bullets are a very good team Top 20 teams fall Surrounded Boston Celtics Dave Cowens (18) and Earl Williams battle New York Knickerbocker guard Ray Williams for a rebound during the Celtics' 109-98 victory Friday night at Boston Garden. (AP Laserphoto) UCLA flexes Volleyball victory Gazette Wire Services The UCLA Bruins flexed their basketball muscle for the first time this season Friday night and they did nothing to dispel their No. 2 ranking.

With guard Roy Hamilton scoring 24 points, the Bruins easily disposed of In other games, Fresno State edged Sacramento State, 57-43; Brigham Young got double-figure scoring from five players in routing Hawaii, 93-69; Colorado State edged Portland State in overtime, 82-81, on two free throws by George Gon-drezick shot with eight seconds left to give Pepperdine a 59-58 upset victory over llth-ranked Indiana in the Sea Wolf Classic in Anchorage, Alaska. California, rated as a dark horse entry in the Pacific-10 Conference, scored 16 straight points midway through the first half and coasted to a 73-52 Boise State, 79-59, in the season opener for both Ricardo Brown hit a 20-foot jump shot with eight seconds left to propel Pepperdine over Indiana. Indiana's Mike Woodson had a chance to win it but his 16-footer missed in the closing seconds. Enrique Aponte scored 26 points to lead Wagner. The Seahawks, coming off a 7-19 season, led 70-68 but went went on a 16-6 outburst in the final six mi- nutes to dump the Crimson Tide in the season opener for both teams.

Steve Johnson added 18 points for Wagner. Alabama forward Ed Phillips had 25 points and All-America candidate Reggie King 20. In other games involving ranked teams, No. 17 Louisiana State routed St. Francis (Pa.) 112-81, and, also in the Seawolf Classic in Anchorage, No.

5 Louisville dumped Penn State 89-58 and No. 9 North Carolina State ripped Texas 81-65. In Baton Rouge, Rudy Macklin's 25 points and 16 rebounds carried Louisi- 1 ana State. The Tigers were also aided by Ethan Martin's 16 points and DeWayne Scales' 16. LSU forced 36 turnovers, blocked 10 shots and stole the ball eight times.

Nick Leasure led St. Francis with 23 points and Lew Rid- geway added 19. Louiville raced to an 18-0 lead and cruised to victory behind Darrell Grif- fith's game-high 20 points. The Cardi- nals hit 82 percent from the field in the first half in posting a 55-17 lead. Kendal Pindal scored a game-high 22 points to lead North Carolina State.

Charles "Hawkeye" Whitney and Clyde "Glide" Austin contributed 15 points each. Both sparked NC State to a 10-2 9 spurt to open the second half. Rynn Wright led five Texas players in double figures with 18 points. Fresh- man Rudy Wood had 10 points and 7 rphnnnrls victory over Cal Poly-Po- Gazette Wire Services With a game against No. 3 ranked Notre Dame still two weeks away, UCLA basketball coach Gary Cunningham wants his team's attention focused directly on tonight's opponent, DePaul.

"DePaul will be a very tough test because they are a fine team," Cunningham said Friday night after his second-ranked Bruins polished off Boise State, 79-59, in the opener for both schools. "They (DePaul) are quick and mobile and I expect a fast game. We are not pointing at Notre Dame but are playing one opponent at a time." Guard Roy Hamilton scored 24 points to lead the Bruins Friday night. Hamilton hit 9-of-12 shots from the floor to spark a 14-2 blitz in the second half after the Broncos had cut the Bruins' lead to 52-43. Boise State, which plays in the Big Sky Conference, was led by John Anderson and Carl Powell with 12 points each.

While UCLA won rather easily Friday night, three of the top-ranked teams were knocked off in their openers No. 7 Texas dropped a 76-71 decision to Long Beach State, No. 11 Indiana lost to Pepperdine, 59-58, in a Seawolf Classic game in Anchorage and No. 15 Alabama was shocked by little-known Wagner, 86-74, in the Joe Lapchick Tournament in New York. Rickey Williams scored 28 points as Long Beach State, playing its first game under coach Tex Winter, took the lead for good when reserve center Kevin Tye scored his only basket with 6:06 left, breaking a 66-66 tie.

Tye, a freshman center, was briefly replacing Michael Wiley who had 16 points and 13 rebounds. Defending NIT champion Texas was led by Tyrone Branyan with 16 points. scnoois. rorwara wave mona. Doug True and Greenwood, an All- T0m Schneiderlohn each Raiders look to Broncos America candidate, scored 12 points for the DAVIS, Calif.

The University of Nevada-Reno women's volleyball team advanced to the third round of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Western Regional Small College Tournament Friday. UNR advanced to a game against UC-River-side, the defending small college regional and national champion with a win over Azusa Pacific Ills, 15-12, 17-15. In the first round the Pack lost to Cal-State Dominguez Hills 15-12, 7-15, 15-12. The Pack played Riverside late Friday night but results were not available at press time. I still feel-were as good, if not better than Dominguez," said UNR Coach Kaprice Rupp Bray, whose team entered the tournament in the at-large slot.

The win over Azusa Pacific was a "real stomach knotter" according to Rupp Bray. "The whole key was this it was a team effort, I mean totally a team effort," she said. "(Freshman) Connie Visscher played real great. Lynn Barkley did a good job blocking and Shirley (Howser) and Shawna (Haney) did well, too." In the major college tournament, San Diego State upset UCLA and USC defeated Long Beach. After the second round, UNR amd San Jose State were the only Northern schools of the District 8 region left in the tournament.

id poinib ior uvLn. Bears in a successful Several other Califor- coaching debut for Dick nia teams also turned in Kuchen. notable performances, oreenn ent ifi-nnint OAKLAND (AP) The Oakland Raiders could be eight days away from Long Beach State, behind performance by Rob clinching at least a tie for points, upset seventh- over san Diego State ranked and defending wfiile Los Angeles State, NIT champion Texas, 76- Witn sophomore guard 71; Londale Theus scored Mike Hester scoring 29 a game-high 21 points and points, defeated Loyola-Kurt Rambis added 20 to Los Angeles, 86-78. In a lead hot-shooting Santa battle of Pac-10 new-Clara to a lopsided 93-67 COmers, Arizona State, on victory over Nebraska- a disputed goal-tending Omaha; and Ricardo field goal by Lafayette Brown hit a 20-foot jump Lever, edged Arizona 82. Or, they could be eight days away from crisis in their drive to reach the National Football League playoffs a seventh straight season.

The Raiders took sole possession of first place for the first time since 1976 when the Denver Broncos lost to Detroit on Thursday. But they'll be right back in a first-place tie should they lose here Sunday to the young Seattle Seahawks. Next Sunday's opponent is Denver. UNLV wins 7th straight LV Harris 8 pass from Robertson (Gaetano kick) LV FG, Gaetano 24. LV Batton 14 run (Gaetano kick) TEAM STATISTICS Fullerton First downs 12 Rushing 49177 UNLV 14 52-274 Passing yardage 129 Passes 7-180 Penalties Fumbles 3-10 3-1 6-13-1 3 25 30 hemming 4 Butting Punts 7-37 7 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Robertson bulled over from the one.

Robertson put the Rebels in the lead for goo with 3 00 of the third quarter when he hit wide receiver Brian Harris on a 48-yard touchdown strike. Although the paid attendance was 17,005, little more than 3,000 actually sat threw a constant downpour than let up by halftime. Cal Fullerton ,0 7 00 -7 UNLV 0 7 10 7 24 CF Bunn 1 run (Pollard Kick) LV Robertson 1 run (Gaetano kick) ieuuiiig division I-A rusher, was held to 102 yards rushing on 27 carries at the Silver Bowl. Graves' 102 yards gave the 5-foot-9, 170 pound senior 1,079 rushing yards on the year. Fullerton took a 7-0 lead with 2:30 in the second quarter as quarterback Dale Bunn ran Jn-from the 1-yard line.

The Rebels countered on the next kickoff, marching 70 yards on five plays, highlighted by Leon Walker's 64-yard run to the Titan four. Two plays later, UNLV quarterback Doug LAS VEGAS The University of Nevada-Las Vegas football team won its seventh consecutive game Friday night by dumping Cal-State Full-erton 24-7 on a wet Silver Bowl field. The Rebels, after losing their first three games to Washington State, Nevada-Reno and New Mexico, are now 7-3 with one game remaining. UNLV will play Brigham Young Dec. 9 in Tokyo, Japan.

Fullerton's Obie Graves, the nation's third HELP WANTED FULL PART-TIME hMd rollabU and capabU carr-mlndd poopl x-prlncd In tal andor buying the) finest lln of porting goods. Including skiing. Salary commensurate with oxporlonco and features addad bonoflts. CALL 329-6513 I 1 1 i mi 1 Rushing: Fullerton Graves 27-102, Martin 12-63, Bullock lminus6, Bunn 9-minus 15. UNLV Walker 8-108, Morton 15-65, Batton 10-47, Ellis 417, Ware 4-16, Gentry 15, Eubank 3 3, Robertson 7- minus 14, Passing: Fullerton Bunn 7-18-0, 129.

UNLV Robertson 6 13-1, 98. Receiving: Fullerton Martin 2-18, Veeuwsaert 1 38, Williams 1 25, Graves 1-23, Dickey 113, Young 112. UNLV Harris 1 48, Anderson 1 16, Vereen 1-13, Walker 1-10, Jackson 1-10, Morton 11. BOB QUINLAN KKO 789-2378 4 Sill sjf -i UNR women fall, 82-39 Jonss-Wtst Ford is pltassd to announce the appointment of Bob Quinlan to their solos force. Bob is well-versed in the automobile business having had 23-yeors experience in the local area.

He would like to take this opportunity to invite his many friends to drop by. If you're thinking of buying or leasing a new car or truck, see Bob Quinlan. lliildcreelc 9 HOLE EXECUTIVE GOLF COURSE WINTER RATES; Leading the Pack was Ellen Townsend with 11 points. Regina Ratigan added 10 points. She was also UNR's leading rebounder with 7, tying teammate Carla Bennett.

St. Kilda, which is unbeaten on its tour of U.S. colleges, enjoyed a 59-32 rebound edge. Tracey Morris and Tucker each grabbed 13 rebounds. The Australian club, which hit 33 of 72 shots from the field, jumped to a 40-16 halftime edge.

UNR plays next week against visiting Stanford Dec. 1. St. Kilda (82) It ft tp Morris 4-IJ 2-3 13 5 Haddrell 27 0 2 2 3 Tester 614 66 6 3 Tucker M-lj 25 13 2 Laird 1-2 9 2 Keoqh 411 57 10 Johnson 23 0-0 2 1 Totals 33-72 1( 27 59 22 Nevada Reno (39) 9 ft tp Ratigan 2 12 6 7 7 2 Alley 1-4 00 2 I Townsend 5 19 12 5 4 Bennett 1-7 41 7 2 Roqu 2-g 01 0 Dendary 3-11 00 5 0 Officials Schebler, Bently. Halftime score St.

Kilda 40. UNR 16. University of Nevada-Reno women's basketball coach Cindee Metzger Just moaned when she looked up at the scoreboard Friday night following the game with St. Kilda. And no wonder.

It read 82-39. "Their defense just destroyed us. We just didn't get good shots and what shots we got we forced," said Metzger, whose Wolf Pack slips to 1-3 for the season. The open-two punch of Lyn Tucker and Julie Tester accounted for enough points to outscore the entire UNR team. Tucker hit 24 points and Tester 18.

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