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Sports Six and counting towa will make Ks sixth bowl appearonco In at mony seasons tonigh when tha Howkeyes bottle Son Diego State in the Holiday Bowl. Listed is the Hawk-eyes' bowl history: 1M2 law Bowl Woshingtori 28. Iowa 0 MO Peadi Bowt Iowa 28. Tennessee 22 Mtt Oator Bowl Florida 14. Iowa 6 MM Freedom Bowl Iowa 55.

Texas 17 Rom Bowl UOA 45. Iowa 28 TUESDAY, DEC. 30, 1986 Iowa City Press-Citizen Page IB 3ef ense does it, 105-103 Aztecs try to Iwreck Hawks' Holiday tonight UI's Quasi won't play The Press-Citlien SAN DIEGO Freshman line-backer Brad Quast apparently, will not play tonight when Iowa meets San Diego State in the Holiday Bowl. Quast, named the nation's top freshman linebacker by The Sporting News is still ailing from a shoulder injury suffered during Iowa's regular-season j-nale at Minnesota Nov. 22.

Quast, a 6-foot-2, 225-pound freshman from Des Plaines, 111., was Iowa's third-leading tackier during the regular season. He. made 95 tackles, 55 of those unassisted. Junior Dan Wirth and sophomore Tyrone Taylor were ex-; pected to replace Quast alongside honorable mention all-Big Ten senior George Davis. UI wins Anteater in final seconds By Steve Carlson The Press-Citizen LONG BEACH, Calif.

When a game's final score is 105-103, defense is not likely to be considered the determing factor in the outcome. But with 20 seconds left in Iowa's victory over California-Irvine Monday, an exorbitant offensive display had left the teams so even that the game which featured a furious full-court pace throughout was reduced to a test to see who would succumb in one possession of half-court offense. It came down to the Anteaters, more aptly nicknamed the Ants, being out to spoil third-ranked Iowa's picnic with a last-second, three-point field goal. But UC-Irvine failed to get off a shot and Iowa (12-0) captured its third tournament championship of the season, 105-103, in the Anteater Classic title game at Long Beach Arena. "Coach told us to come out and play half-court defense all over, me against you," Iowa guard B.J.

Armstrong said of the final sequence, in which the Anteaters were unable to get off a shot and had the ball stolen in the final seconds by Kevin Gamble. "Just go out and get in their faces and contain them. They lost track of time and didn't get a shot off." Iowa coach Tom Davis said he could have accepted a two-point basket by the Anteaters that would send the game into overtime, but he worried they would knock in a three-pointer and knock Iowa off. So Davis sent his team out in an aggressive man-to-man defense rather than a zone. "I don't know how you could defend better than what we did," Davis said.

"We came out and put good presssure on the ball against quicker, smaller people and that prevented them from getting a shot to win the game." "We kind of escaped with the victory," Armstrong said. "Like coach said, we don't know how we want it, but we want it." Characteristic of the Hawkeyes has been when they are on the ropes, they have recovered and found a way to win. At one time Monday, UC-Irvine seemed about one punch away from a knockout. See DEFENSE4B I if By Kelly Carter The Press-Citizen SAN DIEGO Hayden Fry always stresses to his players the importance of the positive. So it's no surprise when the Iowa coach continually talks about how much San Diego State's defense has improved during the 1986 season.

"What he really means," San Diego State coach Denny Stolz said, "is that we stunk at first." The Aztecs aren't supposed to exactly stink tonight when they meet 19th-ranked Iowa in the ninth annual Holiday Bowl at Jack Murphy Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:08 p.m. CST. Iowa is favored by seven points. That's not much, considering how much bigger and badder the boys from the Midwest are supposed to be.

In actuality, these 8-3 teams match up quite well, at least on paper. So what if the Aztecs went through a period in midseason where they won only two of their five games. "The thing about San Diego State," Fry said, "is they weren't all that good early and they've made great improvement, particularly on defense. "That's the ballclub we're playing today the one that is very much improved and not the one back early when they were just putting it all together." Stolz is in his first year as Aztec coach, and when he came to San Diego, he inherited a team that's defense ranked 103 of 105 teams in NCAA Division I. A former Michigan State and Bowling Green head coach, Stolz said he had to bring the defense with him.

"After the first couple of games, some people still thought we didn't have any (defense)," Stolz said. In its first four games, SDSU gave up 133 points. In the last two, its opponents failed to score a touchdown and mustered only eight points. "We feel our football team got a lot better as the season progressed, and that hasn't surprised us," Stolz said. Fry.

said: "They've adapted to the new coach's style of play and improved tremendously from a defensive standpoint. That's really the most impressive thing. It's really incredible to think BYU failed to score a touchdown with the great offense they have every year and that (San Diego State) -would hold Hawaii to five points. If we had played them earlier, I think we would have had an advantage." But this is how, and the game is tonight. A last look at the, game The Associated Press Iowa's Roy Marble soars above three California-Irvine players, Joe Buchanan (23), Kevin Floyd (left) and Mike Doktorczyk, for a slam dunk during Monday night's championship game of the Anteater Classic in Long Beach, Calif.

Tar Heels defeat No. 2 Purdue What exactly has SDSU's defense done that's wowed Fry? "We're not one to change an awful lot," Stolz said. "We're a team to put in a foundation and build on it. The things that changed the most were not so much physical but mental. Unfortunately, most people spend a lot of time understanding how much thinking it takes to play offensive football all the plays, schemes.

There are defensive plays and schemes, too. "Our kids didn't understand our defense very well. We had a terrible time with it early in the year, which kind of amazed me, too, because it was simpler in the number of assignments than they'd had the previous year." Iowa fullback David Hudson, who has been hampered by quadriceps and ankle injuries, is expected to play tonight. Put him with tailback Rick Bayless, the Hawkeyes' plus rusher, and the Aztecs' defensive players could be running with their See PREVIEW38 spot may be further out of reach than it had been after No. 1 Nevada-Las Vegas pounded ninth-ranked Navy 104-79.

With senior guard Kenny Smith scoring a career-high 23 points, North Carolina advanced to a showdown tonight with Southern Methodist, a 79-65 victor over Towson State in the other semifinal game of the Dallas Morning News tournament. "I thought we were sharp until late in the game," Dean Smith said. "Then the coach got a little cocky with about six minutes left and a 25-point lead. I was disappointed with that stretch." With a tournament record crowd of 15,605 watching at Reunion Arena, North Carolina, 9-1, dominated Purdue, 7-1, after the first 10 minutes. North Carolina took a 46-34 halftime lead after Purdue led 23-20 with 10:05 to play in The Associated Press Purdue coach Gene Keady thought his second-ranked Boilermakers could learn a thing or two about the accuracy of the college basketball polls when they met No.

4 North Carolina. And the fact that his North Carolina counterpart Dean Smith could find fault with the play of his Tar Heels after they had a 25-point lead en route to a surprisingly easy 94-81 victory Monday reinforced Keady's feelings about the rankings. "I've said all along that I didn't believe the polls," Keady said. "We beat some young teams early and we needed to play a team like North Carolina to find out how good we are. We played like we practiced." Purdue's loss could help Iowa make another move upward in the polls, but the top- the first half.

The Tar Heels scored 10 straight points to pull away from the Boilermakers, who committed 14 turnovers in the first 20 minutes. J.R. Reid and Dave Popson scored 14 points apiece and Jeff Lebo had 13 for North Carolina. Doug Lee, who hit three three-point shots, led Purdue with 21 points. Everette Stephens added 17 and Todd Mitchell had 14.

UNLV also had a surprisingly easy night, whipping Navy. With senior guard Mark Wade dishing out a school-record 21 assists, the Runnin' Rebels, 11-0, led by as many as 35 points in winning the UNLV Holiday Classic. After leading 49-34 at the half, the Rebels blew the game wide open in the second half with man-to-man defense that forced numerous Navy turnovers. Iowa women lose by 4 in OT Two UI matmen move into semis at Midlands Top 20Scoreboord Press-Citizen news services RALEIGH, N.C. The Iowa women's basketball team turned a 17-point deficit into a three-point lead late in the game, but let it slip away Monday night.

Penn State, ranked 12th in the nation, beat Iowa 78-74 in overtime in a first-round game of the North Carolina State Classic, Iowa, rated 14th in this week's Associated Press poll, trailed 45-28 with 16:43 left to play. The Hawk-eyes came back to take a 63-60 lead with just 17 seconds to play after Lisa Long sank one of two free throws. But instead of allowing Penn today's consolation game. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. CST in Reynolds Coliseum.

Indiana finished with a 17-11 record last year and was fourth in the Big Ten. Iowa won both times it played Indiana last year, but the Hoosiers lead the series 5-4. "We can't afford to make the crucial mistakes we made both during the second half and in the overtime," Iowa coach C. Vivian Stringer said. "I thought we tried to stay away from (fouling in the final seconds of regulation)," Stringer said.

"It wasn't as if they didn't know the situation." See WOMENSB ing to today's semifinals were 134-pounder Jeff "Bubba" Strauss and defending 150-pound NCAA champ Jim Heffernan. Barry Davis, at 134 pounds, and Marty Kistler, at 158 pounds, both -of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club, moved into the semifinals in their divisions. The highlight of the second round on Monday was the victory by heavyweight Bruce Baum-gartner, who won by injury default over Toledo's Jeff Reiner to mark his 32nd Midlands triumph, a tournament record. See MIDLANDS4B The Associated Press EVANSTON, HI. The opening day of the Midlands Open saw a record held by Dan Gable fall and Iowa's wrestling team, the defending tournament champion, in fifth place.

The Hawkeyes, nine-time defending NCAA champions coached by Gable, finished the first day with 20 points. Iowa trailed Wisconsin and the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club, which were tied for first with 30 points, North Carolina (24V4 points) and Arizona State (234). The only Iowa wrestlers advanc Becker fouled Vicki Link during a scuffle under the Lady Lions' basket. Link's shot fell through the hoop with 12 seconds on the clock. Link, the game's leading scorer with 30 points, sank the free throw to send the game into overtime.

Then Penn State outscored Iowa 15-11 to claim its third straight victory and advance to today's championship game against North Carolina State, a 95-77 winner over Indiana in the other first-round game. Iowa plays the Hoosiers in Lisa Long 23 points, 16 rebounds tate an uncontested layup, Lisa SCOUTING REPORT Compiled by The Press-Citizen Anteaters became the first team to score more than 100 points against the Hawkeyes since Indiana reached 101 in February 1976. Conference in scoring through four games with a 20-point average. Washpun, who has not scored fewer than 18 points in any of City's six games, is averaging 19.5 points for the season. Teammate Jay Nelson, a 6-2 senior forward, is averaging 16.5 points in MVC contests and 14.2 in all games.

ON TV UtrM- iritMiliiiWrhiii fi For Hawkeye fans, it's another bowl game: The Holiday Bowl, featuring 8-3 Iowa and San Diego State at 8 tonight (KGAN-2, WHBF-4 and ESPN). Iowa, ranked No. 19 by the Associated Press, is making its sixth straight bowl appearance under Hayden Fry. For Hawk haters, there's college basketball: Georgia at Kentucky at 7 p.m. (USA); DePaul at Pepperdine at 10 p.m.

(WGN); And the University of Alabama-Birmingham Classic final between UAB and Middle Tennessee at 11:30 p.m. (ESPN). Miller Washpun Miller leaves Oregon hospital Oregon State basketball coach Ralph Miller was released from a Portland hospital Monday after being treated for dizzy spells he suffered before a game Sunday. Miller, 67, was admitted for observation Sunday night before his team went on to lose to Louisiana Tech in the Far West Classic college basketball tournament. Carol Littler, a nursing supervisor at Holladay Park Medical Center, said Miller was in good condition and that doctors released him after an examination Monday afternoon.

Miller, a former Iowa coach who has more victories than any other active major-college coach, has a history of dizzy spells because of a recurring inner-ear ailment. NON-WORD: Reporters in San Diego asked Aztecs fullback Corey Gilmore whether he and running back Chris Hardy were worried about fumbling four times in tonight's Holiday Bowl like Iowa's Ronnie Harmon did in the Rose Bowl a year ago. Said Gilmore, who fumbled only twice in 225 carries during the regular season: "Chris and I talk about the different things, but we never mention the f-word." GETTING SOME SHUT-EAR: Iowa football coach Hayden Fry wanted to make sure his players got a good night's sleep Monday night, so he had the La Jolla (Calif.) Marriott turn off phones to players rooms at 10 p.m. NOT QUITE A CENTURY AGO: When California-Irvine totaled 103 points in Monday night's loss to Iowa's third-ranked basketball team, the Assistant coach Jimmy Anderson said Miller spoke with the team just before it took the floor Sunday night. "He wanted them to understand that this is not serious," Anderson said, "that it was something he's had since he was 28 years old." SOARING SOPHOMORE: City High sophomore Eric Washpun, a 6-foot-3 center who plays on the varsity, leads the Mississippi Valley INDEX Al Scoreboard Bowl preview.

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