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ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL Momhy. Jmmry 10, 1MB C3 College's Big Men, Top Teams Encounter Technicals, Upsets By The Associated Press Technically speaking, it was a tough for college basketball's hit? men, Kalph Sampson and Patrick Ewing. It also marked the first losses of the season for top-ranked Indiana and No. 9 Syracuse, while No. 3 Kentucky also was beaten.

Sampson, the 7-foot-4 All-American center, was slapped with two technical fouls or was it three? in the fourth-ranked Cavaliers' Hi -64 victory at Maryland Lefty Driesell, the Maryland coach, claimed that three technicals were called, meaning ejection for Sampson. But Driesell contended that Sampson was allowed to remain in the game because Virginia Coach Terry Holland had threatened to forfeit the contest if his center was tossed out Holland admitted that he threatened to pull his team off the court, but said it had nothing to do with the number of technicals against Sampson "To my knowledge, there were not three technicals on Kalph," Holland said through a spokesman "What I told the officials was to clean it up or I would be willing to take my team off the floor Holland complained that Sampson was being battered on defense the same lament (ieorgetown Coach John Thompson leveled after the No. 17 Hoyas were beaten by undefeated and seventh-rated St. John's ''6-67 at New York Thompson went so far as to say he would tell Evving, a 7-foot sophomore, to turn pro unless officials changed their "double standard" of officiating. Kw ing was involved in two scuffles and drew one technical foul.

Meanwhile, Indiana Coach Bobby Knight had nothing but praise for Ohio State, which upset the visiting Hoosiers 70-67. No. 5 Alabama, bouncing back from two straight losses, downed No 3 Kentucky 74-67 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. No. 2 Memphis Stale was idle.

Sixth-ranked UCLA posted a 92-87 road victory over Arizona; No 8 Iowa topped visiting Michigan 79-72; defending NCAA champion North Carolina, ranked No IS, routed visiting Syracuse 87-64, and No. 10 Arkansas scored a 65-60 home victory over Baylor. Other members of The Asssocialed Press Top Twenty who lost Saturday were No, 12 Tennessee, 56-55 in overtime to host Mississippi, and No 20 Iurdue, 54-4K at Minnesota. No. 11 Nevada-Las Vegas edged host California Irvine 6N-64; No.

13 Louisville won on the road, 96-69 over Florida State, and No. 19 Houston beat visiting Southern Methodist 105-71 On Sunday, Missouri. No. 15, beat No 16 North Carolina State 49 42, with Jon Sundvold scoring 17 points, including three straight field goals when the Big Eight Conference team pulled in front wnh less than ten minutes to play. Virginia, 11 1, led Maryland 51-40 with 16 3" remaining when Sampson was hit with two fouls, prompting an outburst by the Cavaliers' center.

When Sampson complained, referee Joe Forte called a technical foul. His teammates tried to restrain him, but Sampson charged downcourt with the ball and bounced it some 40 feet into the air. Uu Moser, another official, signaled another technical foul. Those were the only two technicals signaled by the referees However, a third official, Ix'n U'irtz, later explained that a subsequent personal foul against Sampson was considered a technical because it was called during a deadball time In postgame comments, there was a discrepancy among the officials over what the technicals were called for Nevertheless, it stood at two technicals for Sampson. "First they said he was out of the game, then they changed their minds," minds," said Driesell.

"They're gutless, I'll take it up with the commissioner tof the Atlantic Coast Conference)." Sampson scored eight of his 14 points down the stretch and grabbed IS rebounds. Georgetown fell to 9-4 against St John's as Chris Mullin scored 24 points and Billy Coodwin 20 for the 1 3 0 Pedmen, who were thrashed three times by the Hoyas last year in Big Fast Conference play. Ewing, double and triple teamed, scored 13 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for the Hoyas "I will tell him lo go hardship (turn pro) if he's continued to be grabbed," said Thompson of Ewing "It's not worth it for him to be in college for four years Ohio Side, 9-2, getting two free throws with 13 left from Hon Stokes, extended its winning streak to seven by handing Indiana its first loi-s in 11 games. "I thought there was no point in the game where we played for any length of time," said Knight of the Big Ten contest. "I think Ohio State placd i much better sustained game." Knnis U'hatley and Mike Davis each scored 19 points Alabama's Southeastern Conference victory over Kentucky.

Alabama is 9 2, Kentucky 10 2 I. put together an 1X0 string and got IX points apiece from Michael Holton and Kenny Fields in its Pacific 10 triumph over Arizona. 3-9. Bob Hansen's 24 points led Iowa. 9 2.

to its Big Ten success over Michigan, 9-3, while Michael Jordan's IK points helped North Carolina, 10-3 and winner of seven in a row over Sy racuse, 11 1 A'vin Kobertson and Joe K.leine each scored 15 points as unbeaten Arkansas ran its winning streak to 11 with its Southwest Conference victory over Baylor, 9-4. Nevada-Ixis Vegas, 13-0, paced by Larry Anderson's 24 points posted its third Pacific Coast Athletic Conference triumph by beating Cai -Irvine, 7 -ft. Carlos Clark's IS points, including a free throw in overtime, earned Mississippi its SEC upset win over Tennessee, whose Dale Ellis was held to 14 points. AP Lascrphiiti) Ohio State Basketball Coaches Kldon Miller, Left, and Chuck Machock Enjoy the End of an Upset The Buckeyes, 4-2 on the Season, Defatted Top Ranked Indiana, 70-67, the Bi-Ten Opener Missouri's Defense Shuts Down North Carolina State life Spray it on Hose il off. A clean engine runs coole'- A clean engine runs better I had to fight off a late challenge by Irvine after taking the lead in the second half.

Las Vegas is now 13-0 overall and 3-0 in PCAA play. Las Vegas trailed much of the contest, including a 43-33 deficit at halftime But the Rebels took the lead for good with 13:28 remaining and built the advantage to as many as eight points with nine minutes left. point, hitting two free throws with 16 seconds left. NEVADA-LAS VEGAS 68, Cal-IRVINE 64: Larry Anderson scored 24 points as llth-ranked Nevada-Las Vegas kept its basketball record perfect with a come-from-behind Pacific Coast Athletic Association victory over UC-Irvine. Sidney Green contributed 19 points for the Rebels, who I.UJA 7 --r ff'? 12 rebounds, pacing the Rams to a come-from-behind victory in overtime over Air Force in a Western Athletic Conference game.

The victory broke a two-game losing streak for CSU, which now stands at 5-6 overall. Air Force is 6-4. The game was the conference opener for both clubs. CSU went ahead 42-33 on John Dudley's layup with 7:30 left in regulation, but Air Force countered with six straight points, setting the stage for a frantic finish. With 22 seconds left, CSU had a three-point lead at 48-45 on Ray Lego's two free throws with 10 minutes left.

Sundvold then went on a rampage, hitting three straight field goals to spur a 10-0 Missouri spurt. That gave Missouri a 41-35 lead with 2 25 left, and North Carolina State never recovered liOrcnzo Charles led the Wolfpack attack with 10 points Missouri is now 10-2, while North Carolina State fell to 7-2. WICHITA STATE 77, CREIGHTON 46: Antoinne Carr scored 23 points to lead Wichita State to a Missouri Valley Conference win over Creighton University. Wichita State took a 42-36 halftime lead. Carr was helped in scoring with 20 points by Xavier McDanile and Bernard Jackson's 11 points.

Reggie Morns was the high scorer for the Bluejays with 16 points. Creighton's other double-digit scorers were Benoit Benjamin, 11, Gregory Brandon, 10; and Richard Bates, 15. The game put Creighton's overall record at 4 7, with the Kansas school at 9-1. In Missouri Valley conference play, the Bluejays have chalked up a 0-2 record, with the Shockers at 2 0. COLORADO STATE 56, AIR FORCE 52: Colorado State forward Mark Steele scored 14 points and grabbed By The Associated Press Senior guard Jon Sundvold scored 17 points and No 15 Missouri played stingy defense to hold off No.

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