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11 Wednesday. December 16. 1937 The Be.von Joiirn.il B5 PRO BASKETBALL REPORT NCAA says CSU coach lied NBA Standings Eastern Conference Western Conference Associated Pti Cleveland False statements by Cleveland State University basketball coach Kevin Mackey and two athletic department assistants contributed to the seventy of sanctions against the university's sports programs, an NCAA official said. The false statements primarily concerned a 19S3 incident in which the university allegedly holivd pay for two prospective basketball players to stay in a hotel for throe weeks, said David Didion, assistant director of enforcement for the NCAA. NCAA rules permit recruit vis- Atlantic Pet.

GB Streak Hom Road Midwest Pet. GB Streak Home Road Boston 12 8 .600 1 7-3 5-5 Dallas 12 6 667 LI 9-1 3-5 Philadelphia 8 8 .500 2 1 5-2 3-6 Denver 12 7 632 81 46 i I I io Houston 11 8 579 1 7-2 4 6 New York. 6 14 300 6 2 5-5 1-9 U(ah 11 9 550 2 1 10 2 1-7 Washington 6 14 .300 6 LI 3-5 3-9 San Antonio 9 9 500 3 1 8-1 1-8 New Jersey 3 15 .167 8 1 3-8 0-7 Sacramento 4 15 .211 8 8 4 8 0-7 Central Pacific Detroit 14 5 737 7 9-1 5-4 LA Lakers 13 6 .684 2 8 2 5-4 Atlanta 14 6 .700 Va 3 9-1 5-5 Portland 12 8 .600 1 8-1 4-7 Chicago 14 7 667 1 LI 6-3 8-4 Sea'tle 10 10 500 3 i 1 7-1 3-9 Milwaukee 11 8 .579 3 1 8-2 3 6 Phoenix 7 10 412 5 2 6-3 1-7 Indiana 11 9 .550 2 7-3 4-6 LA Clippers 7 11 .389 1 5-5 2-6 Cleveland 8 11 .421 6 1 5-4 3-7 Golden Stale 3 15 .167 91 2 3-5 0-10 Tuesday's results Turn out lights on CSU pity party Us of up to only 4S hours. Didion said an NCAA report accuses Mackey of ljing during on-campus interviews with two NCAA representatives on May 16, July 29 and 30, and (Vt. 16, 19S5.

Assistant coach F.rio Shanabor-ger also was accused by the NCAA of lying about recruiting practices on four occasions. The NCAA last week placed Cleveland State on throe years' probation and banned its men's basketball team from two years of post season competition for alleged violations of recruiting rules. Mackey and Shanaborgor have said they will not comment on the charges because an appeal Is pending. Merle Unin, Cleveland State's assistant athletic director and sports information director, said he was stunned the NCAA hail decided to talk about the charges in detail prior to an NCAA appeal hearing. "1 can't Mlove they've decided to (talk)," Levin said.

"1 don't know what the response (of university officials) will bo." I win also was accused of lying to the NCAA on one occasion, according to the NCAA report. BOSTON 122, WASHINGTON 102 Larry Bird scored 27 points and added seven assists, leading the Boston Celtics over the Washington Bullets in Landover, Md. Boston placed six players in double figures and shot over 50 per cent in each ol the first three quarters to snap a 3-game losing streak. Robert Parish scored the game's first four points for Boston, and the Bullets never evened the score. The Celtics led by as many as 10 points in the opening period, which ended 33-26 On their way to a 69-55 halftime lead the Celtics enjoyed a 16-point advantage, and in the third period opened a 22-point bulge before settling for a 96-8 1 lead.

Danny Ainge had 20 points tor the Celtics, hitting on tour 3-point shots in the second half. Kevin McHale scored 17, Dennis Johnson 16 and Parish 15. Washington was led by Moses Malone with 21 points and John Williams added 17. NEW JERSEY 104, SAN ANTONIO 98 Ben Coleman scored a career-high 22 points and hit four crucial free throws In the final minute as the New Jersey Nets broke an 1 1-game losing streak by deteating the San Antonio Spurs in East Rutherford, N.J. The victory was only the third in 18 games for New Jersey, which had not won since beating the New York Knicks on Nov.

19. ATLANTA 93, INDIANA 91 Dominique Wilkins scored six ot his game-high 34 points in the final minutes, and the Hawks held on to defeat the Indiana Pacers in Atlanta Clitt Levingston paced a third-quarter rally that wiped out Indiana's 57-50 halttime lead, scoring 11 points in the period. The Hawks held the Pacers to nine points, an NBA low for one period this season. MILWAUKEE 103, NEW YORK 98 Paul Pressey matched his season high with 25 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks held New York without a field goal tor more than lour minutes down the stretch to beat the Knicks in New York. Late Monday result UTAH 116, SEATTLE 95 Thurl Bailey scored 29 points, and the Utah Jazz, behind a 21-5 run in the first period, defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in Salt Lake City John Stockton added a career-high 26 points, including 1 1 of Utah's first 14 points.

Late Monday UTAH 116, SEATTLE 95 Continued from page Bl for those athletes at Cleveland State who must serve the time for what the coaches apparently did. They are the losers, they are the ones being unjustly punished. They miss the tournaments, they miss the television appearances, because of matters beyond their grasp and control. Someday, the NCAA will stumble across a sense of fairness in such cases. Those athletes judged not guilty will be able to transfer and immediately become eligible at another school.

While it is at it, the NCAA ought to sock it to the guilty coaches, Make them stay for the duration of the probation, let them have to pay for what they have done. That or see to it they cannot coach at another institution affiliated with the NCAA for the duration of the penalty. The rules must be made tougher, the penalties must get tougher. If the NCAA is going to exist, then let it exist with purpose. Let it get after those who cheat and let it punish them.

Otherwise, forget it. Forget the rules, forget what college sport is supposed to be all about. Is college sport supposed to be about bringing in players who did not finish high school? Is college sport supposed to be about recruiting players with no hope whatsoever of doing college work? Is college sport supposed to be nothing more than a self-serving batch of hypocrisy? Are the rules there to be broken, and so boldly, in the name of building a winning team? These are among the questions to be answered on many campuses, surely not only on the Cleveland State campus. Going big-time, the right way or the wrong way. Whatever it i Schedule Late Tuesday Detroit 127, Chicago 123 (OT) Phoenix at LA Lakers LA Clippers at Sacramento Seattle at Portland Today's games Utah at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. San Antonio at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Houston at Denver, 9:30 p.m. Thursday's games Philadelphia at New York, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Houston at LA p.m. LA Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Sacramento at Seattle, 10:30 p.m. Friday's games New Jersey al Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Utah at Indiana, 7:30 p.m. Denver at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 9 p.m. Portland at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m, Saturday's games Dallas at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at New York, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Utah at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Houston, 8:30 p.m. LA Lakers at LA Clippers, 10:30 m.

Seattle at Golden State, 1 1 p.m. Box scores NEW JERSEY 104, SAN ANTONIO San Antonio New Jersey 20 30 24- 98 32 19 33 20-104 SAN ANTONIO (98) Berry 5-16 2-2 12, Greenwood 3-11 1-2 7, Brl-ckowskl 9-18 11-12 29, Robertson 5-17 0-1 10, Dawkins 6-15 6-6 18, Anderson 1-4 0-0 2, Gud-mundsson 1-3 2-2 4, Wood 1-7 0-0 2, Nealv 1-3 8-10 10, Mitchell 0-2 0-0 0, Davis 2-8 0-0 4, Nimptiius 0-1 0- 0 0. Totals 34-105 30-35 98. NEW JERSEY (104) Coleman 7-10 8-11 22, Comegys 4-8 9-14 17, Gminski 5-15 9-10 19, Bagley 5-11 1-1 II, Birdsong 6-9 1-4 13, Hopson 3-5 3-4 9, Engler 1-2 0-0 2, Branch 3-9 0-0 6, Washington 1-2 2-2 4, Bradley 0-0 1- 2 1. Totals 35-71 34-48 104.

Fouled out Brickowski. Rebounds SA 65 (Brl-Ckowski 15), NJ 59 (Comegys 13). Assisls-SA 19 (Robertson 8), NJ 18. (Bagley 5). Fouls-SA, 34-27.

takes. Cot the players, get the victories, get the crowds, get the dollars. Hey, has anybody ever stopped to wonder why? Is Cleveland State a better school for having done well in the NCAA Tournament two seasons ago? Will, for that matter, the University of Akron bo a greater institution for having played a football game against Auburn? Does anybody ever wonder about these matters? So now Cleveland State is yammering about an appeal. Swell. You join the NCAA, you understand the meaning for bettor or for worse of membership and then you threaten to go to court if things don't go your way.

That's good, Cleveland State. Wouldn't it make more sense to say you're sorry, to vow to make amends, to get on with trying to do things the right way In college athletics? 7' 4X mm i 1 1 Only $595 Journal I i. Codes only $7.25 The Perfect Stocking Tail to tackle Cavs' radio For The Beacon 1988 Wood maniac MILWAUKEE 103, NEW YORK 98 Milwaukee New York 24 27 26 26-103 27 35 14 22 98 MILWAUKEE (103) Pressey 8-12 9-10 25, Sikma 4-10 6-6 14, Breuer 9-18 2-5 20, Lucas 5-9 3-3 13, Moncriel 2-6 3-8 1, Mokeski 0-1 0-0 0, Henry 3-3 0-0 6, Hodges 4-8 6- 16, Slroeder 0-0 0-0 0, Winslow 0-0 0-0 0, Moore 1-5 O-O 2. Totals 36-69 29-39 103. NEW YORK (98) Green 0-3 3-4 3, Newman 2-5 2-2 6, Ewing 4-10 5-7 13, Jackson 7-13 B-ll 22, Wilkins 6-15 1-1 13, Carlwright 7-11 5-6 19, Cummings 5-9 3-6 13, Donovan 0-3 0-0 0, Walker 2-6 0-0 4, Tucker 1-7 0 0 2, Carlisle 1-2 0-0 3.

Totals 35-84 27-37 98. 3-poinl goals Hodges 2, Carlisle. Fouled out Pressey, Hodges, Carlisle. Rebounds-Mil, 47 (Breuer 14), NY 55 (Walker 10). Assists Mil.

28 (Pressey 13), NY 28 (Jackson 10). Fouls-NY, 33-30. Technicals Ewing, NY illegal defense 2. A 9,016. BOSTON 122, WASHINGTON 102 Boston Washington 33 36 27 26-122 26 29 26 21-102 BOSTON (122) Bird 11-18 5-5 27, McHale 7-8 3-4 17, Parish 6-8 3-4 15, Ainge 7-17 2-2 20, D.Johnson 4-9 7-7 16, Roberts 4-8 3-4 11, Sichling 1-4 2-2 4, Acres 4-7 0-1 8, Dave 0-3 2-2 2, Lewis 1-6 0-0 2, Lohaus 0-2 0-0 0.

Totals 45-90 27-31 122. WASHINGTON (102) Calledge 4-12 5-8 13, Jones 2-2 0-0 4, Malone 7-13 7-10 21, F.Johnson 2-3 2-2 6, Malone 5-12 0-0 10, Walker 2-4 5-6 9, Williams 7-11 3-4 17, King 4-7 1-2 9, Bogues 1-3 0-0 2, Bol 3-3 0-0 6, Alarie 0-10-0 0, Murphy 1-3 3-4 5. Totals 3B-74 26-36 102. 3-poinl goals Ainge 4, Johnson. Rebounds Bos.

57 (McHale 8), Wash 38 IM Malone 10). Assists Bos. 30 (D.Johnson 8), Wash. 19 (Walker 5). 28-24.

Technicals-Wash. Coach Loughery, Bos. Illegal defense. A 15,896. ATLANTA 93, INDIANA 91 Indiana Atlanta 31 26 9 25-91 20 30 25 18 93 INDIANA (91) Person 2-9 0-0 4, Tisdale 6-11 8-9 20 Slipanovlch 6- 13 12-12 24, Fleming 5-10 2-2 12, Long 6-13 0-014, Williams 3-7 3-4 9, Anderson 2-7 2-2 6, Gray 0-1 0-0 0, Miller 0-2 2-2 2, Skiles 0-1 0-0 0, Wheeler 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 30-74 29-31 91. ATLANTA (93) Wilkins 14-28 6-6 34, Willis 3-7 0-0 6, Rollins 2-3 0-0 4, Rivers 0-10 5-6 5, Willman 0-5 0-0 0, Bailie 5-10 7- 8 17, Koncak 1-3 1-2 3, Levingston 5-8 3-3 13, Carr 1-3 3-4 Webb 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 34-82 25-29 93. 3-point goals Long 2. Rebounds Ind.

52 (Slipanovlch 13), AH. 48 (Wilkins, Koncak II). Assists Ind. 24 (Fleming 11), All. 20 (Rivers 8).

25-24. A 13,1 18. "I suppose once spring training comes around, I'll have some pangs about being away from baseball," Tait said. "But I don't think I'll miss it for long. This is a great job.

I get to spend more time with my wife Jean, and the Cavs made me an offer I just couldn't refuse." Tait was asked to suggest someone to replace him on the Indians' telecasts. "My first choice is my old partner, Jack (Corrigan)," Tait said. "As for the other position, I'm sure that there will be a lot of candidates." It is a safe bet that Bruce Drennan will try to get back into the Indians' picture. Drennan is filling in on WWWE's Sportsline Show and is the leading candidate to replace Pete Franklin as the full-time host. Drennan and Tait did the Indians on WUAB from 1980-82.

With the Cavs, Tait will continue to do the games on radio, he Price traveled to his hometown of Enid, today to be at his father's side. Denny Price, 50, is a former Phoenix Suns assistant and currently the head basketball coach at Phillips College. When Johnson took over for Price, the rookie from California displayed the quickness and defense that made him the No. 7 pick in the draft. Three times he just blew by Derek Harper for layups.

He hit the big men under the basket for easy layups and had only six assists compared to one turnover in 22 minutes. "You can just see Kevin's confidence growing," Wilkens said. "A game like this means so much to a rookie point guard. He now knows he can handle the ball in crunch time and that the team will respond to him." NOTEBOOK Daugheriy had his usual reliable game 21 points and live assists. He recovered from an 0-tor-7 third quarter to score nine points in the fourth period.

In case you ever wondered whal happened to former University ol Indiana star 8tv Alford. you can find him on the end ol the Dallas bench. He hasn't played in 10 of the last 12 games. He is 8-for-26 from Ihe field and averaging 3 0 points and has played only 91 minutes In eight games. Hubbard has been in a shooting slump lately 6-for-24 In the last four games so he could use a little help lo get untracked and he got it Itom Seattle Utah 17 19 28 31- 95 28 78 3 2 28-116 SEATTLE (95) Chambers 3-11 6-7 13.

McDaniel 6-20 0-1 12, Lister 1-4 0-0 2, Ellis 11-26 4-5 29, McMillan 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 1-9 1-2 3, Young 2-4 2-2 7, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Schoene 1-4 0-0 2, McKev 4-11 0-3 8, Vincent 3-6 6-6 12, Polynice 2-5 3-4 7. Totals 34-96 22-30 95. UTAH (116) Malone 9-14 4-6 22, lavaroni 0-2 0-0 0, Eaton 1-5 3-4 5, Stockton 9-10 8-8 26, Hansen 5-15 0-1 10, Bailey 9-17 11-11 29, Tripucka 1-3 0-2 2, Green 2-7 0-0 4, Scurry 1-13-4 5, Turpin 2-3 0 0 4, Griffith 4-5 0-0 9. Totals 43-82 29-36 116. 3-Poinl goals-Ellis 3, Chambers, Young, Griffith.

Rebounds-Sea. 48 (McDaniel 8), Utah 68 (Ealon 12). Assists-Sea. 21 (McMillan 7), Ulah 29 (Stock-Ion 13). 30-25.

lechnicals-Ellis, Ulah Coach Lavden. A 12,212. Odds ends MAGICAL WEEK Magic Johnson ol the Los Angeles Lakers, who averaged 19.2 points, 13.2 assists and 7.5 rebounds In four games last week, was named NBA player of the week. Johnson shot 54 percent from the Held, including an oft-balance, 20 -tool bank shot al the buzzer thai beal the Celtics 115-114 in Boston Friday night. STATS Seattle guard Dale Ellis scored 29 points Monday night in Ihe SuperSonics' 116-95 loss lo Ulah, two more than the other four starters combined.

Utah oulrebounded Seattle 60-40 Monday nighl. SWAT TEAM The Ulah Jazz blocked 15 shots Monday in their 116-95 victory over Ihe Seattle SuperSonics, including eight by 7-fool-4 Mark Eaton. WIN SOME, LOSE SOME Seattle beat Ihe Los Angeles Clippers 116-95 Saturday night, then lost by the same score lo the Utah Jazz on Monday. NUMBERS GAME Chicago guard Michael Jordan Is averaging 33.3 points per game. The next three best Bulls scorers account for a combined 35.7 points per game.

Washington Bullets backup center Man-ute Bol has blocked 56 shols and has allempled iusl 52. Washington forward Charles Jones has attempted 40 shols, scored 30 points and committed 49 personal louls. Terry Porter ol the Portland Trail Blazers is averaging more assists per game (11.3) than field-goal attempts (10.5) San Antonio guard Leon Wood has made l8-of-43 2-point field-goal attempts (.419) and 17-01-38 3-poinl tries will be in charge of the team's speaker's bureau, and he'll put together a radio network for the team next season. The Cavs' contract with WWWE expires at the end of this season. Since Force owner Bart Wolstein is one of the new owners of WWWE, there has been speculation that the Force will replace the Cavs on the station.

"I just don't know where the Cavs will be next year," Tait said. Does working for the Cavs mean Tait will alter his sometimes candid style? "I don't see why it will," Tait said. "It's true that I have been getting paid from the radio station recently, but early in my career with the Cavs, my checks came from (Cavs owner) Nick Miletti. When I did the Bulls and Nets games, I was on the payroll for those teams. I just am myself on the air." Roy Tarpley, who accidentally lipped in a Hubbard shot late in the first quarter.

After that boost, Hubbard hit 3-lor-6 from the field and 6-for-9 from the foul line. Hub-batd linished with 14 points and 10 rebounds as the Cavs oulrebounded the Mavs 32-22 In the second halt. John Wllllama wasn't paying attention late In the second quarter. With 12 seconds left In the half, the Cavs had the ball and Wllktnt was yelling for the team to the last shot of Ihe half, but Williams pulled the trigger early with 12 seconds left and missed a 12-footer. Williams struggled all night, finishing with four points on 1-for-8 shooting.

Aguirre lost 20 pounds this summer to get down to 220 on his 6-6 frame. To do this, Aguirre hired a 50-year-, old housewoman to move In with him, make all his meals and police the refrigerator. It Is Ihe lirst diet he has tried that worked. Have something to sell at the $1,000 to $15,000 range? Do it efficiently and cheaply with a Beacon Journal "gimme five" ad for Just $15. 375-8222 The Beacon Journal By Terry Pluto Beacon Journal staff writer In one of his first tasks as the Cavaliers' new director of broadcasting, Joe Tait will put together a radio network for the team's games next season.

The Cavs officially announced the hiring of Tait at a press conference Tuesday. Team president Thaxter Trafton said Tait signed a "long-term contract that can be canceled two ways when Joe reaches the age of 90 or when he weighs 500 pounds." The 50-year-old, 265-pound Tait is believed to have received a 4-year deal from the Cavs. "This makes Joe the voice of the Cavs and only the voice of the Cavs," Trafton said. "We want him to be with us for 52 weeks a year." Tait had done the Indians' games on WUAB-TV (Channel 43) since 1980. Before that, he had been the Tribe's play-by-play man on radio since 1974.

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