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C-4 TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1996 THE COURIER-NEWS SPORTS SCAN erfec Grant stops Green in 11 in Australian Op I. I '--'-ft rv 4 13 if f'- 4 I i WOODBRIDGE (AP) Otis Grant retained his North American Boxing Federation middleweight title Monday night when James Green failed to answer the bell for the 11th round. The fight, at The Landmark Inn, was stopped by the ring physician because of a cut over the challenger's left eye, according to Green's corner. With the lOth-round stoppage, Grant, 28, improved his record to 27-1 with 17 knockouts. The Canadian southpaw's lone setback came against current world champion Quincy Taylor.

Green, who'll celebrate his 38th birthday next month, saw his record drop to 22-10-2 2-3-1 since he resumed his professional boxing career 14 months ago after an eight-year absence. The other losses came against current United States Boxing Association super middleweight champion Bryant Brannon and former World Boxing Organization middleweight champ John David Jackson. Grant, who opened a cut above Green's left eye with his right-handed jabs, fought a steady bout, while Green delivered the heavier blows. In the co-feature, undefeated light heavyweight prospect Richard Hall, who's managed by Sugar Ray Leonard, stopped Kevin Whaley 44 seconds into the fourth round. Hall, of Winter Haven, raised his record to 15-0 with 14 knockouts.

Whaley dropped to 14-17. AUTO RACING Race driver found dead SHREWSBURY, Mass. David Caruso, a champion stock car driver whose family has been a fixture at New England race tracks for decades, has been found dead in a parking lot. He was 29. Carusso was discovered on the ground about 50 feet from his car by a maintenance worker early Sunday morning.

"A preliminary investigation indicates that he may have had a heart problem," said Shrewsbury Detective Lt. A. Wayne Sampson. He said there was no indication of foul play. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -Unbeaten forever Down Under, Monica Seles picked up where she left off at the Australian Open.

Despite a pulled groin muscle that caused her to wince in pain at times, the top-seeded Seles ran her streak to 22-0 at this Grand Slam event as she brushed past Janet Lee 6-3, 6-0 in 47 minutes on a cool, cloudy Tuesday afternoon. Pete Sampras, the men's No. 1, showed few lingering effects of the flu that delayed his arrival as he played mostly from the baseline to bedevil Tasmanian Richard Fromberg 7-5, 6-3, 6-2. Sampras, who saved all 10 of the break-points against him, didn't bother cranking up his big serve, hitting only four aces to Fromberg's 11. Instead, Sampras, the 1994 champion, contented himself by staying back and picking his spots to charge the net.

That worked to perfection as he put away 11 volley winners to Fromberg's one. "I'm over it. I feel fine," Sampras said of the flu, though he still sounded nasal and congested. "I wasn't really sure how my form was going to be. I felt I hit the ball pretty well, but I didn't serve great." Unseeded Stefan Edberg, champion in 1985 on grass and 1987 on these hardcourts, began his last Australian Open with a tough 7-6 (8-6), 7-5, 3-6, 5-7, 6-1 victory over No.

36-ranked Jiri Novak three days before turning 30. Three months before she was stabbed in Germany in 1993, Seles won her third straight Australian Open and the last of her eight Grand Slam titles in a thrilling final against Steffi Graf. While Graf is home this time, recovering from foot surgery, Seles is back with a bigger serve, bolder approaches to the net and an occasional running, one-handed forehand. Lee, a 19-year-old qualifier from Southern California, couldn't cope with Seles' power or precision, managing to win only one point against Seles' serve in the first set. By the time it was over, Seles had slugged 26 winners to Lee's eight.

Seles grimaced afterward as she turned to the right toward her backhand to demonstrate the kind of movement that aggravates the pulled muscle she suffered while winning a tuneup tournament in Sydney. "It's still sore when I had to move on a few shots," she said, "but I don't tape it in a match, and I am not taping it in practice because I don't feel like I can move as well with it on. I keep getting treatment two times a day on it. Associated Press photo 15-year-old Michelle Kwan practices Monday for this weekend's U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif.

TENNIS Navratilova sues tennis club ASPEN, Colo. Martina Navratilova filed suit against the St. James's Gub Antigua Limited for allegedly breaching a contract that was to pay her $385,000 for a five-year stint as the club's touring pro. The retired tennis professional signed a five-year contract which began on March 1, 1988. She claims the club has refused to pay her.

Navratilova filed suit in October, 1995, in the High Court of Justice Antigua and Barbuda. She retired from the tennis circuit in November, 1994. i Associated Press photo Richard Krajicek, above, won his opening match 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 against Jason Stoltenberg Monday. David Caruso was unmarried. A funeral service is scheduled for Thursday.

SC01EE0AED ON TV TODAY 16. Iowa 17. Purdue 18. Arizona 19. Clemson 13-3 591 11 13-2 571 22 11-3 515 18 11-1 403 16 13-4 399 23 20.

Michigan 21. Mississippi SI. 10-3 337 12 22. Georoia 10-3 206 19 Sport Time Event Channel Basketball 7:30 Indiana-Purdue ESPN Hockey 7:30 AHL All-Star Game ESPN2 Hockey 7:30 Bruins-Devils SC Basketball 8:00 Cleveland-Seattle TNT Basketball 8:30 Texas-Texas Prime Basketball 9:30 Kentucky-LSU ESPN Boxing 10:00 Camachc-Lopez USA "It's a groin pull, and I use constantly this (right) side. It's nothing for me not to play.

I'm going to try and say it's not hurting, like what I did on Sunday. You can do it and tough it out. "I'm not going to say when I feel pain, because I think other players are going to start playing me those shots, and it wouldn't be the best." Seles said she had special memories of the '93 Australian, a time when she played her best tennis and was able to enjoy herself off the court by bike riding around Melbourne. "It's very exciting to be back," she said. "I love the stadium court.

It was just a pure pleasure to play out there today. I love both sides, every single angle of it." The security guards who stand near her on and off court have become a fact of life for her. "After what happened to me, it's just necessary," she said. Seles is seeded to meet No. 7 Iva Majoli in the quarters.

Majoli beat Elena Makarova 6-4, 6-2. No. 5 Kimiko Date also advanced easily, beating Angelica Gavaidon, 6- 2, 6-0. No. 8 Anke Huber defeated Sandra Kleinova 6-1, 6-4, and No.

9 Mary Joe Fernandez beat Virginia Ruano-Pascual 6-4, 6-3. In men's matches, No. 3 Thomas Muster beat Thierry Guardiola 6-3, 6- 3, 6-2; No. 7 Thomas Enqvist downed Marc Goellner 6-3, 6-2, 6-4; and No. 10 Goran Ivanisevic took Bernd Kar-bacher 6-4, 7-6 (11-9), 6-3.

No. 11 Richard Krajicek, who nearly pulled out of the tournament with an arm injury, won his opening match 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 against Jason Stoltenberg; No. 14 Andrei Medvedev defeated Carlos Moya 6-4, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7); and No. 15 Todd Martin beat Daniel Vacek 6-4, 6-7 (7-5), 6-3, 6-4. VEGAS LINE (Home Tem in CAPS) SUPER BOWL Jan.

28 FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Dallas 12 Pittsburgh NBA FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG CHICAGO 21 Sixerj Indiana 6 TORONTO SEATTLE l4 Cleveland SAN ANTONIO lOVi Boston PORTLAND 6 Denver COLLEGE BASKETBALL FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG ST JOE'S 4 Penn PURDUE 5 Indiana Carolina 1 AMERICAN Syracuse 2 WEST VA. DRAKE 8 Indiana St Illinois SI 3 WICHITA ST. Kentucky 12Vi LSU Texas 6Vi TEXAS A8.M NHL FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG OEVILS 1-114 Boston HARTFORD even-'i Vancouver PITTSBURGH I-IV4 Colorado WASHINGTON 1-1 Va Winnipeg FLORIDA 2-2'i San Jose ST LOUIS ltt-2 Edmonton L.A. Calgary Odds prtvided by Jim Feist Sports, Las Vegas, Nev. TRANSACTIONS Friday, Jan.

At San Diego Mexico vs. best second place, 11 p.m. THIRD PLACE Sunday, Jan. 21 At Los Angeles Semifinals losers, 5 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, Jan.

21 At Los Angeles Semifinal winners, 7 p.m. 23. Auburn 14-3 180 24. Boston College 11-3 124 25. Texas Tech 12-1 102 -Other receiving votes: Alabama 71, Missouri 65, New Mexico 59, Stanford 54, California 38, Tulsa 36, Georgia Tech 30, Pittsburgh 30, E.

Michigan 28, Illinois 28, Virginia 26, Duke 19, Santa Clara 19, Indiana 18, Oklahoma 11, Nebraska 10, Bay 5, Washington SI. 4, E. Kentucky 3, Miami, Ohio 3, Washington 3, Fresno SI. 2, George Washington 2, Montana 2, Temple 2, Rock 1, Marouette 1. ASSOCIATED PRESS WOMEN'S TOP 25 Record Pts Pv 1.

Louisiana Tech (38) 13-0 950 1 2. Vanderbill 14-0 906 2 3. Connecticut 14-2 874 3 4. Georgia 12-2 798 7 5. Stanford 11-2 774 4 6.

Tennessee 13-3 762 4 7. Virginia 12-3 708 8 8. Texas Tech 12-2 677 9 9. Iowa 14-1 656 10 10. Penn St.

13-3 636 5 11. N. Carolina St. 11-2 493 13 12. Oregon St.

10-2 436 11 13. Duke 14-3 408 16 14. Wisconsin 11-2 398 17 15. Colorado 15-4 396 12 tie. Old Dominion 11-2 396 15 17.

Northwestern 15-1 391 21 18. Alabama 13-3 340 19 19. Oklahoma St. 13-1 285 20 20. Arkansas 13-5 264 14 21.

Purdue 10-6 236 18 22. Florida 14-3 127 25 23. Auburn 12-3 110 24 24. Clemson 11-1 70 23 25. Mississippi 11-4 51 22 Others receiving voles: North Caroline 44, Notre Dame 36, Southern Meth.

23. Middle Tenn. 13, San Diego St. 13, Texa; 13, LSU 12, Montana 10, Washingtor SI. 10, SW Missouri St.

8, Ohio St. 6. Nebraska 5, Kansas 4, Toledo 4, Coloradt St. 2, Illinois 1, Iowa SI. 1, Oklahoma 1 Stephen F.

Austin 1, Syracuse 1. COLLEGE BASKETBALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL MEN'S SCORES EAST Albertus Magnus 83, John Jay 82, OT utgers getting chance HKKrson-Broaoaus ii, loncora 66 American Intl. 61, Bryant 57 Assumption 80, Quinnipiac 70 Bloomsburg 73, Scranton 43 Buffalo 80, NE Illinois 66 Caldwell 90, Bloomfield 85 Cent. Conn. SI.

86. E. Illinois 80 Charleston, W.Va. 96, Davis Elklns catch up on recruitin i Columbia Union 71, Mlllersvllle 69 Cornell 78, Army 75, OT Eastern 73, Neumann 61 Fairmont St. 86, Blueflekt St.

79 Gettysburg 89, Drew 63 Kings Point 76, Mount St. Vincent 72 La aaiie is, uuquesne ay Lock Haven 83, Kutzlown 52 Loyola, Md. 59, Manhattan 54 Mansfield 86, Slippery Rock 68 County 72, Lehigh 67 Merrimack 93, SI. Michael's 86 Misericordia 81, Marywood 72 N. Michigan 77.

Gannon 72 TENNIS Nofre Dame, N.H. 77, Johnson St. 67 NyacK 87, Kings, Pa. 69 64. Keuka 63 Salem-Teikyo 90, W.

Virginia Tech 74 it. Ansetm n. Bentley 86 St. Rose 80, Pace 70 Stockton St. 92, Baptist Bible, Pa.

77 Teikyo-Posl 62, Hunter 59 BASEBALL Northeast League NEWBURGH NIGHT HAWKS-Slgned Joey Madden and Byron Woods, outfielders. BASKETBALL National BasketbaJ Association NEW JERSEY NETS-Placed Kevin Edwards, guard, on the injured list. Activated Gerald Glass, guard-forward, from the iniured list. Atlantic Basketbal Association SCRANTON-WILKES-BARRE MINERS Signed Robert Middlebrooks and Eric Cheers, guards. FOOTBALL CanaSan Footbal League HAMILTON TIGER-CATS Signed Joe Frazier, running back, and Ryan Lenderman, slolback.

HOCKEY National Hockey League WINNIPEG JETS-Activated Nikolai Khebibulin, goaltender, from the iniured list. Sent Tom Draper, goaltender, lo Milwaukee of the IHL Central Hockey League CHL Suspended Oklahoma City de-'enseman Kevin Barrett for three games for a high-slicking incident in a game Jan. FORT WORTH FIRE-Waived Scott Alien, center; Dennis Miller, defenseman; and Clint Collins, right wing. GENERAL COLORADO SILVER BULLETS Resigned Phil Niekro, manager SOCCER National Professional Soccer League PORTLAND PRIDE-Signed Chris Sto'ti and Rob Baarls, forwards. COLLEGE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE-Named Ron English associate commissioner.

f'ENNSYLVANIA Named Dave Johnson interim head of the Penn Relays. TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO Named Todd Lamb assistant sports Information director. W. Va. Weslyn 64, Wheeling Jesuit 55, OT W.

Virginia St. 95, Shepherd 77 Wis. -Green Bay 71, Detroit 69, OT Wright St. 87, Loyola, III. 73 Youngstown St.

89, Chicago St. 59 SOUTHWEST Grambling SI. 110, Prairie View 75 Miss. Valley SI. 97, Texas Southern 74 Oral Roberts 88, CS Northridge 53 Texas Weslevan 88, Wiley 79 FAR WEST CS Bakersfield 81, Lynn 65 Fresno St.

73, Air Force 67 Nevada 75, Pacific 55 New Mexico 67, Colorado St. 65 Seattle Pacific 99, Hawaii-Hik) 49 Utah 67, San Diego St. 59 Utah St. 60, San Jose St. 58, OT Wyoming 72, Texas-El Paso 68, OT WOMEN'S TOP 25 How the top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll fared Monday: No.

1 Louisiana Tech (14-0) beat Texas-Pan American 89-51. Next: vs. Tennessee Tech, Wednesday. No. 2 Vanderbilt (14-0) did not play.

Next: at No. 6 Tennessee, Friday. No. 3 Connecticut (14-3) lost lo No. 4 Georgia 75-67.

Next: al Notre Dame, Thursday. No. 4 Georgia (13-2) beat No. 3 Connecticut 75-67. Next: at No.

10 Penn Stale, Saturday. No. 5 Stanford (11-2) did not play. Next: at Oregon, Thursday. No.

6 Tennessee (13-3) did not play. Next: vs. No. 20 Arkansas, Wednesday. No.

7 Virginia (12-3) did not play. Next: vs. Florida State, Tuesday. No. 8 Texas Tech (12-2) did not play.

Next: vs. Baylor, Wednesday. No. 9 Iowa (14-1) did not play. Next: at Indiana, Friday.

No. 10 Penn Slate (12-2) did not play. Next: al No. 21 Purdue, Thursday. No.

11 North Carolina Slate (12-2) beat Georgia Tech 68-63. Next: vs. North Carolina, Wednesday. No. 12 Oregon State 10-2) did not play.

Next: vs. California, Thursday. No. 13 Duke (14-3) did not play. Next: vs.

Georgia Tech, Wednesday. No. 14 Wisconsin (11-2) did not play. Next: al Northern Iowa, Tuesday. No.

15 Colorado (15-4) did not play. Next: vs. Iowa State, Friday. No. 15 Old Dominion (11-2) did not play.

Next: al East Carolina, Friday. No. 17 Northwestern (15-1) did not play. Next: at Michigan Slate, Friday. No.

18 Alabama (13-3) did not play. Next: at NW Louisiana, Tuesday. No. 19 Oklahoma State (13-1) did not play. Next: al Kansas Slate, Friday.

No. 20 Arkansas (13-5) did not play. Next: at No. 6 Tennessee, Wednesday. No.

21 Purdue (10-6) did not Play. Next: vs. No. 10 Penn Stale, Thursday. No.

22 Florida (14-3) did not play. Next: at LSU, Sunday. No. 23 Auburn (12-3) did not play. Next: al Alabama-Birmingham, Wednesday.

No. 24 Clemson (11-1) did not play. Next: vs. Wake Forest, Wednesday. No.

25 Mississippi (11-4) did not play. Next: vs. Mississippi Slate, Wednesday. EAST Buffalo 68, NE Illinois 62 Fairteigh Dickinson 54, St. Francis, NY 46 George Washington 89, lona 42 La Salle 78, Xavier, Ohio 69 Long Island U.

73, Marist 71 Rhode Island 87, Dayton 72 Robert Morris 80, Wagner 70 St. Francis, Pa. 85, Monmouth, N.J. 57 St. Joseph's 56, temple 45 SOUTH Alcorn St.

75, Alabama St. 46 Austin Peay 81, SE Missouri 60 Florida 76, S. Carolina St. 53 Georgia Southern 88, E. Tennessee St.

II Hampton U. 69, St. Paul's 37 Jackson St. 10, Southern U. 51 LSU 77, SE Louisiana 56 Mercer 55, Lynn 54 N.

Carolina St. 68, Georgia Tech 63 70, E. Kentucky 67 68, Marshall 65 Troy St. 69, Valparaiso 67 MIDWEST Butler 77, Wis. -Green Bay 66 DePaul 87, Marquette 60 Drake 87, Bradley 58 66, Cleveland St.

57 City 84, W. Illinois 78 Youngstown St. 83, Chicago St. 51 SOUTHWEST Grambling St. 94, Prairie View 40 Louisiana Tech 89, Texas-Pan American 51 Miss.

Valley SI. 87, Texas Southern 64 W. Kentucky 80, Arkansas SI. 67 4.7 in the 40-yard dash. But he's produced both statistics and wins.

He led Central to 13-1 records the last two seasons. As a junior he completed 69 percent of his passes for 1,639 yards and 19 touchdowns, and as a senior he hit on 68 for 2,090 and 22 scores. His size had scared away most Division 1-A schools, and he had verbally committed to Delaware, but Shea's staff came in late to recruit him. "I know Shea talked to him yesterday," Central coach Mike Williams said of Nagy, who finished third in Pennsylvania's Player of the Year balloting. "And I know he's interested in Rutgers.

I haven't talked to Nagy today, but I know he's very interested. He's a great quarterback, and Terry Shea is a great quarterbacks coach. It's an honor to play for a quarterbacks coach like that." The question mark on the quarterbacks list is Hoboken Ail-American Ra-shard Casey. The 6-3, 190-pounder has 4.55 speed and was Gatorade's New Jersey Player of the Year. He's committed to all five of his allowed official visits, but was strongly considering traveling to Rutgers on an unofficial visit.

His father is New England Patriots assistant Mike Pope, former Giants tight ends coach and former offensive coordinator for the Bengals. Pope had favored Duke, Virginia and took an official visit to Vanderbilt this past weekend. He has another scheduled to William Mary this weekend, and a final one to Rutgers on Jan. 27-28. Pope has a 3.5 GPA and scored 1160 on his SATs.

"He's a bright kid," said Pascack coach coach Ralph Calise. "He has football in his family, you could say." Rutgers will host several other quarterbacks. Idaho State's Rob Wetta started as a sophomore, but has withdrawn from school and is looking to transfer to a Division 1-AA program. The 6-4, 200-pounder would be eligible for the 1996 season. Two quarterbacks will visit from California an unidentified junior college player and high school star Jason Verduzco the younger cousin of former Illinois star Jason Verduzco.

Verduzco has also been offered a scholarship by Arizona. Matt Nagy of Manheim Central in Pennsylvania is a top quarterback considering Rutgers. He's a smallish 190-lbs, and runs a pedestrian By BRIAN LEWIS Courier-News Staff Writer If Rutgers is to make up ground in the Big East recruiting wars, the Scarlet Knights must make headway over the next two weekends. With recruiting slowed by the school's coaching change, Rutgers has not received a single verbal commitment yet. New head coach Terry Shea hopes that will change that in the next two weekends, as the Scarlet Knights host two groups of players.

Among those athletes is C-N Player of the Year Dwayne Brown of Franklin. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound linebacker is scheduled to take an official visit on Jan. 27-28. Rutgers has scheduled 16 athletes for officials visits, and another for an unofficial visit. Of those athletes, there is a heavy concentration of quarterbacks.

With Ray Lucas and Rob Higgins leaving, only sophomore Ralph Sacca and freshman Corey Valentine are left to run Shea's West Coast offense. Daron Pope, a 6-3, 200-pounder from Pascack Valley, is the only New Jersey QB to commit to a visit and has great football background. BASEBALL NOTEBOOK Australian Open Results at MELBOURNE, Australia Men Singles First Round Richard Kraiicek (11), Netherlands, def. Jason Stollenberg, Australia, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. Sandon Slolle, Australia, def.

Jaime Yzaga, Peru, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. Steve Bryan, Katy, Texas, def. Heath Denman, Australia, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Javier Frana, Argentina, def. Daniel Nestor, Canada, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Todd Martin (15), Ponte Vedra Beach, def. Daniel Vacek, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4. Frederik Felterleln, Denmark, def. Hendrik Dreekmann, Germany, 6-0, 6-2, 1-6, 3-6, 6-4. Tim Henman, Britain, def.

Petr Korda, Czech Republic, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 6-4. Richey Reneberg, Minneapolis, def. Martin Damm, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 4-3, 1-6, 6-2. Jean-Philippe Fleurian, France, def. Stern Schalken, Netherlands, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1).

Chuck Adams, Pacific Palisades, def. Todd Larkham, Australia, 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 4-7 (2-7). 6-3, 9-7. Pete Sampras (1), Tampa, def. Richard Fromberg, Australia, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2.

Thomas Muster (3), Austria, def. Thierry GuardWa, France, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Patrick McEnroe, Cove Neck, N.Y., def. Patrik Fredriksson, Sweden, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4). Francisco Clavel, Spain, def.

Emilio Sanchez, Spain, 6-0, 6-3, 6-3. Andrei Medvedev (14), Ukraine, def. Carlos Mova, Spain, 6-4, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7). Byron Black, Zimbabwe, def. Henrik Holm, Sweden, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

Malivai Washington, Ponte Vedra Beach, def. Javier Sanchez, Spain, 6-4, 4-2, 4-6, 6-2. David Wheaton, Lake Minnetonka, def. Jamie Morgan, Australia, 6-2, 6-4, 7-5. Jan Siemerink, Netherlands, def.

Gilbert Schaller, Austria, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3), 7-5. Stefan Edbero. Sweden, del. Jiri No IQCCER wash. 8, Jetf.

78, La Roche 66 Wavnesburg 90, Point Park 81 West Liberty 59, Glenvllle St. 50 York, Pa. 84, Dickinson 68 SOUTH 66, Montevallo 63 Alcorn St. 85, Alabama SI. 61 Austin Peay 82, SE Missouri 69 Bridgewater.Va.

74, Hampden-Sydney 70 Campbell 63, Hampton U. 62 Citadel 63, Georgia Southern 56 Cod. of Charleston 79, Wofford 68 Cumberland, Tenn. 82, Bethel, Tern. 69 Davidson 102, Furman 97 Delaware St.

73, Howard U. 71 Delta St. 107, Henderson St. 95 E. Kentucky 60, Tenn.

-Martin 59 Fort Valley St. 82, Paine 81, OT Ga. Southwestern 112, Piedmont 85 Georgia CoH. 92, Armstrong St. 72 High Point 78, Lees-McRae 51 Jackson St.

85, Southern U. 74 Kentucky St. 97, Tuskegee 96, OT LaGrange 114, Shorter 93 Mars Hill 79, Newberry 64 Marshall 78, VMI 71 Morehouse 74, Savannah St. 69 Morgan St. 79, Shore 66 Mount Olive 81, Ersklne 71 Murray St.

98, Morehead St. 70 N. Carolina 59, Bethune-Cook-man 56 N. Carolina St. 81, Cent.

Florida 74 North Alabama 60, West Alabama 44 Fterffer 80, Long wood 75, OT Queens, N.C. 71, Barton 70 Radford 71. Liberty 65, OT Roanoke 90, Washington Lee 83 S. Carolina St. 71, Florida 54 St.

Andrew's 61, Coker 52 Tennessee 65, Tennessee Tech 53 84, W. Carolina 70 Transylvania 75, Sue Bennett 68 Troy St. 115, Valparaiso 104 Union, Ky. 86, PikeviUe 79 Union, Tenn. 78, Martin Methodist 65 Va.

Weslevan 82, Randolph-Macon 70 Virginia Tech 79. Georo Washinaton New teams seek homes New York Yankees last season, died Saturday after having a heart attack at his Manhattan office. He was 56. vak, Czech Republic, 7-6 (8-6), 7-5, 3-6, 5-7, 6-1. Mark Woodforde, Australia, def.

Shuzo Matsuoka, Japan, 2-1, retired. 71 CONCACAF Gold Cup Group winners and top second-place team advance Group A GF GA Pts X-Mexico 2 0 0 6 0 6 Guatemala 0 10 0 1 0 SI. Vincent 0 1 0 0 5 0 to semifinals Thursday, Jan. 11 At San Diego Mexico 5, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 Sunday, Jan.

14 At San Diego exta 1, Guatemala 0 Tuesday, Jan. At Anaheim, CaW. Sf. Vincent and the Grenadines vs. Guatemala, p.m.

Group CF GA Pts x-BraiD 2 0 0 9 1 6 Canada 110 4 5 3 Honduras 0 2 0 1 8 0 x-advanced to semifinals Wednesday, Jan. 10 At Anaheim, Calf. Canada 3, Honduras 1 Friday, Jan. 12 At Lot Angeles Brail 4, Canada 1 Sunday, Jan. 14 At Los Angeles Brail 5, Honduras 0 Group GF GA Pts FtSatvedor 1 0 0 3 2 3 United Slates 1 0 0 3 2 3 Trinidad 0 2 0 4 1 0 i- Wednesday, Jan.

At Anaheim, CaM. Salvador 3, Trinidad and Tobago 2 Saturday, Jan. 13 At Anaheim, CaW. United States 3, Trinidad and Tobago 2 Tuesday, Jan. At Anaheim, CaM.

El Salvador at United Slates, 11 pm SEMIFINALS Thursday, Jon. II At Los Angeles Brart vs. Group winner, p.m. Women Singles First Round Monica Seles (1), Sarasota, def. Janet Lee, Rancho Patos Verdes, 6-3, 6-0.

Kimiko Date (5), Japan, def. Angelica Gavaidon, Mexico, 6-2, 6-0. wwain, vci. CfCIM Makarova, Russia, 6-4, 6-2. rrancesca Luoiani, nary, net.

Nicole Bradtke, Australia, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Illli CriM iUI expansion. Also on the agenda this week: Chief negotiator Randy Levine will brief the labor policy committee and full ownership on the state of negotiations with the union for a new collective bargaining agreement. BELLE ADMITS HITTING KID: Cleveland Indians star Albert Belle, who has been sued for $850,000 by a teen-ager accused of egging Belle's house, admitted knocking down the youth with his pickup truck during a chase. The lawsuit filed by the guardian of the 16-year-old Cleveland Heights, youth, claims that the boy's back, neck, left knee and right leg were injured.

STRAWBERRY'S AGENT DIES: Agent Bill Goodstein, who negotiated Darryl Strawberry's deal with the From combined wire services LOS ANGELES Although a decision is unlikely, major league owners are expected to discuss which league expansion teams Tampa Bay and Arizona will be put in during their quarterly meetings in Los Angeles this week. "That is obviously something that must be dealt with, something we will be discussing," interim commissioner Bud Selig said Monday. Tampa Bay and Arizona, which begin play in 1998, were awarded franchises last March, but were not assigned leagues. If the American and National League each get one, it would create a scheduling problem with 15-team leagues. Current sentiment among owners is to put both teams in the AL, with the NL getting two teams in the next round of ASSOCIATED PRESS Jane Taylor, Australia, 6-1, 6-1.

MEN'S TOP 25 Virginia Union 85, Virginia St. 55 Wake Forest 71, Richmond 60 William Mary 69, Navy 48 Wlnthrop 14, Coastal Carolina 78 MIDWEST Augsburg 73, Macalester 56 Baker 80, William Jewed 73 Barat 76, Cardinal Stritch 71 Bradley 73, S. Illinois 57 Carteton 17, Bethel, Minn. 71 Cornerstone 84, Olivet 71 Culver-Stockton 63, Missouri VaL 51 EvansviHe 77, N. Iowa 64 Georgetown 74, Notre Dame 69 Graceland 86, Cent.

Methodist 69 Grand Valley St. 95, Hillsdale 65 72, NE Missouri 54 Kansas 85, St. Peter's 71 Marouette 103. 81 MayvMe St. at, Valley City SI.

75 Mid-Am Naiarene 81, Evangel 74 Missouri 75, Oklahoma 73 Mount Mercy 87, Grand View 72 Pittsburg St. 62, Drury 55 Rlpon 91, Lake Forest 67 Saginaw Val. St. 88, Northwd, Mich. 71 St.

Ambrose 86, Viterbo 72 St. Oaf 92, Hamline 64 St. Thomas. Mirm. 77.

Gustav Aitol- maria-Hnionia iancnez Lorenzo, Spain, def. Veronika Martinek, Germany, 6-2, 6-3. Nancy Feber, Belgium, def. Sonya Jeyaseelan, Canada, 6-4, 6-0. Lori McNeil, Houston, def.

Nicole Pratt, Australia, 7-5. 6-3. Rennae Stubbs, Australia, def. Gigi Fernandez, Aspen, 6-3, 6-4. Record Pts Pr 1.

Massachusetts (62) 14-0 1,598 1 2. Kentucky 13-1 1,519 2 3. Cincinnati (1) 11-0 1,432 4 4. Kansas 12-1 1,426 3 5. Connecticut (1) 14-1 1,360 6 4.

Wake Forest 10-1 1,224 I 7. ViHanova 13-2 1,133 7 I. Georgetown 14-2 1,107 9. Memphis 11-2 1,047 9 10. North Carolina 12-3 960 10 II.

Virginia Tech 9-1 894 15 12. Syracuse 13-2 864 14 13. UCLA 11-3 829 17 14. Perm SI. 13-0 724 20 15.

Utah 11-3 685 13 Maria Strandlund, Sweden, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) Barbara Pautus, Austria, def. Larisa Neiland, Latvia, 6-0, 6-0. Krislle Boogert, Netherlands, def Adriana Serra-Zanettl, Italy, 6-3, 6-2 Anke Huber (8), Germany, def. Sandra Kleinova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-4. Xltktffgmt'-' 'i i Phus 73 Wayne, Mich.

16, Ashland 71.