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3c 1 ST. PETERSBURG TIMES SUNDAY. EFBRUARY 11, 1990 COLLEGE BASKETBALL ire stldcxcxoos A JJ PI PI STATE COLLECIIS FIT beats Tampa, ties for top spot Conf AlT Team LSU 9 3 19 4 Alabama 8 4 17 6 Georgia 8 4 15 6 Tennessee 7 5 12 9 Kentucky I 7 5 11 10 Vanderbilt 5 7 12 9 Auburn 7 9 14 Mississippi 1 7 8 13 Miss. St. 4 9 11 10 Florida 2 9 8 13 vf ft Georgetown's Dwayne Bryant battles for rebound with Florida's Hosie Grimsley (left) on Saturday.

Travis Schintzius mulling decision to leave UF By RICK STROUD Tlmea Staff Writer LANDOVER, Md. Georgetown showed pity on poor Florida on Saturday. They missed easy shots, allowed the Gators to control the tempo and put the crowd to sleep before their lumbering giant centers awoke late in the first half. It wasn't the expected Hoya Destroya, but Florida fell 56-40 to the No. 5 team in the country just the same.

Georgetown's twin towers of Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo were unstoppable against the smallish Gators. They combined for 24 points and 22 rebounds while handing Florida its eighth straight loss. And while the Gators appeared to be no match for Georgetown (19-2), they managed to test the Hoyas' patience. That, however, is no longer much of a consolation prize for a team so desperately seeking a victory. "We want to win a basketball game and we won't be satisfied totally until we get one," said Florida coach Don DeVoe.

"Losing begets losing and winning begets winning. We've got to find a way for this team to rise to the occasion and win a game." v' The Gators (6-13) upped the level of their game early in the first half, grabbing an 11-3 lead in the opening seven minutes. But much of that could be pinned on some missed shots for Mourning, who was 3-of-8 from the floor. But Mourning tied the game with a thundering reverse dunk just 6:55 before halftime and the Gators were outscored 16-1 during that miserable stretch to go to the locker room trailing 26-16. Florida junior Dwayne Davis, who finished the game with four blocked shots, was responsible for limiting Mourning's glories in the first half.

"I know I was fronting him, trying not to let him get the ball and that frustrated him a lot," AP forward because of concerns over his ballhandling. "I'm confused right now," Schintzius said. "I don't know what I'm going to do. It kills me to sit on the bench. I definitely feel left out.

It's obvious what's going on. Since Dwayne's left, I haven't played a lick. There's really nothing else to say." "I'm trying real hard, but I don't know if I'm going to make it." DeVoe said Schintzius just needs to improve. "He has to understand that in a tempo game, he doesn't handle the ball as well as the other players on the team," DeVoe "In practice, he's making some progress. If he continues to improve, he could play." Davis said.

To which Mourning responded, "It was frustrating to the point where I missed a lot of easy shots. But we somehow got things to fall into place at the end of the game and came out with a victory. That's the important thing." Also important was Georgetown's poise. In games in which the Hoyas had scored 69 or fewer points under head coach John Thompson, they are a mortal 116-83. And last year they nearly buckled to undermanned Princeton in a slowdown, first-round game of the NCAA Tournament.

Thompson was just relieved to get this game behind him. "It was the kind of game that takes a lot of strong concentration," Thompson said. "It's kind of good practice when its over. "We didn't play well, but this is the kind of game where you're not sharp. But they weren't sharp either.

From a coaching standpoint, it's a great game if you win it." Not so great was the Gators' shooting. Florida made 14-of-43 field-goal attempts (32 percent). Stacey Poole was the only UF player in double figures with 12 points. Hosie Grimsley and Renaldo Garcia had nine each. "We weren't taking our time.

There was a point when we didn't score for eight or nine minutes straight," Davis said. "They were playing great defense and that's the reason we couldn't score." Davis, who was coming off a career-high 29 points against Georgia on Wednesday, was 1-for-5 and finished with just three Li jj YEARS 8- points against the Hoyas. "It was kind of weird. But'1 wasn't worried about it, because knew they had two 7-footers who could block shots," Davis "Every time I got the ball, I was throwing it back out to our outside shooters. They were hitting the shots.

"You know, we gave them a game. We knew we weren't going to get beat by 35 points." PLORIOA (40): Poole 5-11 2-3 12, Grimsley 3-1 0-0 Davis 1-5 1-2 3, Stewart 1-4 1-2 4, Garcia 3-10 1-2 Hog an 0-10-00, Turner 1-2 1-2 3, Jackson 04 040, Lee 0-1 0-10. Totals 14-43 4-1140. 4 GEORGETOWN (54): AsenO-J t-t 1, Jeffarsoa 0-1 04 0, Mourning 4-10 4-7 14, Bryant 2-4 5-10 Tlamon 5-13 5-4 15, Mutombo 3-4 44 Thompsea 0- 2 04 0, Edwards 1-3 04 Stoudamira 1-1 04 ft Totals 14-40 23-32 54. Halftime Georgetown 24, Florida 14.

3-point goals Florida 4-15 (Grimsley 3-7, Garcia 2-4, Stewt art 1-2, Poole 0-1, Lee 0-1), Georgetown 1-3 (Bryant 1- 1, Tlamon 0-2). Fouled out Poole. Rebounds-Florida 22 (Davis I), Georgetown 3t (Mutombo 10). Assists Florida 7 (Stewart 4), Georgetown 13 (Bryant 5). Total fouls Florida 23, Georgetown 14.

A 13,538. Georgia 75, Alabama 64 A ATHENS, Ga. Alec Kessler scored 18 points and Georgia took the lead midway through the second half and defeated Alabama 75-64 to claim a share of second place in the Southeastern Conference. I Both teams are 8-4 in the SEC. Georgia is 15-6 and Alabama 17-6.

Alabama led 31-30 at intermission and held the edge until Jody Patton's three-pointer tied the game at 53. Litterial Green's jumper put the Bulldogs ahead and Neville Austin added a slam dunk and Alabama never tied it again, i Auburn 77, Miss. St 74 STARKVILLE, Miss. John Caylor hit four free throws in the final 21 seconds and Auburn defeated Mississippi State 77-74. Caylor stretched the lead to 75-72 before Mississippi State's Tony Watts hit a pair of free throws with 13 seconds left to pull the Bulldogs to within a point.

Caylor went back to the line with 12 seconds left to give Auburn -(9-14, 5-7) the three-point lead once more. Mississippi State (7-14, 4-9) managed a three-point effort from Todd Merritt with five seconds left. it ii ii li Ii Ii it I ii il i OF QUALITY THE BEST IN LIST 4 4 174.95 LIST 224.95 11 I I I LIST 299.95 HIGHER ULJ KIMMl Coiif AlT Team 10 1 18 6 South Florida 7 3 15 7 W.Kentucky -5 4 10 13 Old Dominion 4 4 10 10 South Ala. 4 6 10 13 VCU 3 5 9 12 UNC-Charlott9 3 5 11 9 Jacksonville 1 9 8 15 tosoclafrd Press MELBOURNE Davon Kelly scored 25 points and Dwight Wal-tbn 22 to lead the Florida Institute df Technology to a 75-68 Sunshine Jjtate Conference win over Tampa in men's basketball Saturday. The victory boosted FIT into a tie for the Sunshine State Conference lead with whose re-cjord falls to 20-2 overall and 6-1 in conference play.

FIT is 19-2 overall and 6-1 in the conference. I The Panthers opened the game jrith a 14-2 run. They held on for a 42-38 lead at halftone. After the half, the Panthers increased their lead to 11 points, but the game was tied at 66 after Kevin Starnes sank two free fows for the Spartans. The Panthers allowed the Spartans one field goal in the game's last seven minutes and hit nine of 10 foul shots in the last two minutes to secure the win.

TAMPA Ml): Harry 0-0 (M)0, Brown l-J Startles 2-7 7-t 1 1, Murewskl O-l 0-0 0, Dmau 10-1 1-5 77, Dopwel 0-2 04 0, WWams -17 1-1 IS, Straff 4-6 0-01 Schlatdl 0-0 4. Total 27-55 11-19 61. PIT (75): Rom 4-10 1-2 10, Paprocky 1-3 04 Cat? 11-14 2-2 25, Beros 0-1 0, Sewel 0-4 2-2 2, Smith 1-5 0-0 2, A. Smltti 4-10 4-4 12, Walton t-12 4-4 22. Totals: 2-S 14-16 75.

Halftime FIT 42, Tampa 3. Three-point goals UT: 3-10 (Brown 0-2, Starnn 0-3, Davaaux 1-3, Dopwel 0-1, WWams M); FIT: 3-t (Rom 1-4, Paprocky 1-2, Katy 1-1, Baros 0-1). Total fouK UT: 10, FIT 17. Fouled out Nona. Aiillts UT: 10 (Stamat a); FIT: 1 (Rosa Rebounds UTc 10 (Starnes, ScHasch 6); FIT: 35 (Walton 11).

Technical fouls Nona. Records Tampa 20-1 (6-1 Florida kntmita of Tactmotogy l-2 16-1 Rollins 82, Saint Leo 76 WINTER PARK Sam Ar-terburn scored 31 points, and Rollins hit 11 of 13 free throws in the last six minutes to hold off Saint Leo 82-76 in a Sunshine State Conference game. I Rollins grabbed a 40-32 half-, time lead behind freshman guard ijerek Thurston's 13 points and 10 by Arterburn. Pierre Augustine, who took high-game honors with 36 points, had 15 in the first half to Keep Saint Leo close. Rollins ran its record to 17-5 overall and 4-3 in the SSC.

Saint Leo fell to 10-11 and 0-7. 74, Barry 51 LAKELAND Derek Flow-. eh scored 15 points to lead five pjayers in double figures as Florida Southern defeated Barry 74-51 in a Sunshine State Conference game. Barry (8-13 overall, 1-6 in the league) took a 15-6 lead at 9:48 in the first half as both teams had problems scoring early. Florida Southern (16-5 and 3U) climbed back to take a 24-22 lJad before Barry edged back to 32-31 at the half.

The Moccasins led 42-39 with 13:50 to go, then put together a 10-0 run. B-CC 90, Morgan State 71 BALTIMORE Julious Qrant, a graduate of Dade City's Ppsco High, scored a game-high 23 points and added six assists as the Wildcats of Bethune Cookman defeated Morgan State 90-71 in a id-Eastern Athletic Conference game Saturday. i After a taking a 4-2 lead with I 19:10 left in the first half, the Wildcats never trailed, leading by 18 by the half, 49-31. Forwards Reggie Cunningham and Clifford Reed combined for 41 points and 23 rebounds as the smaller I Wildcats (8-13, 6-6) outrebounded the Bears (7-16, 3-9) by a margin of 45-37. They made good on 34 of 3 free throws.

Georgia Southern 75, I Stetson 63 STATESBORO, Ga. Mike 1 Chrry and Emmett Smith each scored 14 points Saturday night to lead Georgia Southern past Stetson 75-66 in Trans America Athletic Conference basketball. Southern (15-6, 9-2) jumped to a 20-8 lead and built the margin to 26-11 with 6:22 left in the first half as the Hatters shot just 37 percent 1 from the field. Miami 72, Davidson 64 DAVIDSON, N.C. Reserve forward Samarr Logan used long-range shooting to score 20 of his 23 points in the second half and the University of Miami to a 72-64 victory over Davidson.

Detlef Musch, a 6-11 freshman, kept the Wildcats close with 18 second-half points. He finished with career-high totals of 18 rebounds and 27 points. Akron 77, UCF 65 AKRON, Ohio Albert Jones came off the bench to score 21 points and Anthony Buford added 19, hitting five three-pointers, as Akron fought off Central Florida's comeback to post a 77-65 win. YEARS i VALUES ir irv Vl Vl 1 oil II By RICK STROUD Times Staff Writer LANDOVER, Md. Florida freshman Travis Schintzius, the only player not to appear in the last two games, said Saturday he is considering leaving the team before the end of the season.

Schintzius also alleged that his lack of playing time is linked to bad feelings interim coach Don DeVoe has for his older brother Dwayne, who quit Jan. 25. DeVoe, who emptied his bench with the exception of Travis Schintzius in nationally televised games against Georgia and Georgetown, said he has not played the freshman Bulls from 1C Sun Belt. The win all but wrapped up the conference regular-season title and the top seed for the post" 1 season tournament at the Birming-' ham-Jefferson Civic Center March 3-5. Three of UAB's remaining con-, ference games are at home, against North Carolina-Charlotte and Old Dominion, and a road game at Charlotte.

Meanwhile, USF is 15-7 and 7-3, still good enough for second in the conference. The Bulls have lost 11 of their last 12, including seven straight, to UAB. "I'm disappointed we didn't challenge them as much as we can," USF coach Bobby Paschal said. "But we didn't come out and play with enough toughness. Physically or mentally." USF intended to attack the Blazers' inside strength of Ogg and 6-8 Larry Rembert.

The two have been prone to committing fouls and Paschal planned to exploit that. The Bulls did. For about, oh, 30 seconds. USF's 6-5 center Hakim Shah-id hit a turnaround jumper over Ogg to cut UAB's lead to 3-2 with 18:43 left in the half. But then USF began making only one pass and shooting.

i And missing. But on the other end, the Blazers were blazing the nylons. Inside. Outside. Way outside.

Everything was falling as UAB built a 22-4 lead with 12:11 left in the half. "Our team defense was very, very good," UAB coach Gene Bartow said explaining the run. "Our defense bothered them. Our overplays, our denials. And I think Alan Ogg had a career-game for us.

He changed shots and blocked shots." Even when USF did settle down and did manage to get a good shot, the ball just wouldn't seem to drop. For example, Fred Lewis faked out Elbert Rogers and leaned by him for an apparent la-yup, but the ball spun out. When Andy Kennedy, UAB's leading scorer who sat out Thurs- day's game with a scratched cornea and slightly blurred vision, hit his second three-pointer of the half, UAB led 29-10 with 8:52 left. USF rallied, at least enough to entice the crowd of 8,21 1 to begin urging on the Blazers, as Shahid, Lewis and Radenko Dobras scored two baskets apiece for a 38-25 halftime deficit. Beauty you can see-Quality you can trust Total prices siven before job starts-no ups or extras later Complete body shop facilities Vinyl tops renewed or replaced FREE ESTIMATES Lewis, who had 14 points, scored inside to start the second half as USF nearly inched into contention; But Rembert, who had 13 points, scored three straight baskets and USF never was closer than 12 points during the remaining 17 minutes.

USF will next play Old Domin-. ion University at Norfolk, on Thursday. USF beat ODU 94-93 in overtime last Wednesday at the Sun Dome. SOUTH FLORIDA Nam Mln PO FT RB APP Pit Taylor 31 Ml 3-4 5 3 4 Smith 4 0-1 0-0 1 0 00 Lawli 33 Ml 0-2 4 7 3 14 WtWamt 3 0-1 OO 0 10 0 Armttrng 77 1-7 3-4 3 3 5 Crenshaw 13 3-7 7-t 10 0 1 Wabttar 7 04 0 0 0 0 Dobras 30 4- 5-4 7 2 4 14 Russal It 1-4 04 0 12 2 Shahid 35 5-10 2-4 14 1 1 12 Rlsay 2-2 04 0 0 14 Totalt 200 2444 15-22 32 12 It 44 ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM Nama Bear den Jackson Kennedy Kramer Rogers Wilkerion Rembert Turner Devaughn Ogg Totals PO PT RB A I 34 17 27 2t 19 12 24 1 10 5-9 1-1 4- 5 5- 7 5-10 0-1 4-t 0-0 0-2 4-11 2-3 0-0 4-4 0-0 2-4 0- 2 1- 1 04) 0-0 1 1 24 2-2 200 32-S4 11-14 31 21 1 Score by halves South Florida Alabama-Birmingham AWi JillSHSAOV SALE $r-r-m Aoylic Enamel finish VFI a0ryhmmGurteem aj a Contains Urethane Silicone a HishGbss finish a Cornptete Exterior a Single Orisiral Color J-fTI'aar a It I batfT'j i 1m 2W.Witten Guarantee a 7trJHr 4CcOr Eqlent W-ithaearCoatrritsh SaHaOP 3W.VnGuaree(riri)A a hOoss Finish a Corrgefe Exterior VANS, PICKUPS WAGONS SLIGHTLY 3-pokrt goals USF: 1-4 (Taylor 0-1, Crenshaw 04 Dobras 1-1); UAB: 7- (Beardon 3-4, Kennedey 2- 2, Kramer 2-3); Team turnovers USF: 10; UAB: 12. Technical fouls Nona.

Steals USF: 5 Shahid 2); UAB: 4 (Kennedy, Kramer 2). Blocked shots USF: 1 (Shahid); UAB: (Ogg 4). Attendance 1,211. Other Sunbelt games N.C.-Charlotte 90, Jacksonville 86: Sophomore guard Henry Williams' 22 points and seven rebounds led the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (11-9, 3- 6) to a 90-86 victory over host Jacksonville (8-15, 1-9). Va.

Commonwealth 72, S. Alabama 53: Dewayne Garner and Elander Lewis each scored 11 points and Virginia Commonwealth (9-12, 3-5) held South Alabama (10-13, 4-6) without a field goal for 13:34 of the second half to defeat the Jaguars 72-53. Old Dominion 86, W. Kentucky 62: Darrin McDonald made four of five three-point attempts to lead Old Dominion (10-10, 4-4) to an 86-62 victory over Western Kentucky (10-13, 5-4) i.n Norfolk, Va. ST.

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