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0 t if v’ 77 rryf M-ve y r y f rvr yr'T r v f rmrrT rrn 1 ryriryrr''r rr r FT T ’ r 9 "f f " H'l i F-2 SUNDAY MARCH 25 1990 THE MIAMI HERALD 3D PEOPLE IN SPORTS Gathers remark creates stir From Herald Wire Services A Portland Ore sportscaster has apologized for referring to Loyola Marymount’s “helter-skelter heart-attack” basketball offense The remark by KGW-TV sportscaster Eric Johnson directed at a team mourning the death of player Hank Gathers from heart disease drew calls from upset viewers a station executive said “It was certainly was an unfortunate choice of adjectives” Johnson said "I felt horrible and I still do” Johnson was reporting Wednesday on Loyola Marymount’s NCAA regional semifinal game Friday with Alabama when he referred to the team’s offense “If you saw the Lions run Michigan into the ground then you were probably having a hard time seeing anybody stopping their helter-skelter heart-attack offense” Johnson said during a 5 pm broadcast McGuire gets ‘compliment’ from Knight Indiana basketball Coach Bobby Knight is always obliging with an opinion and here are a few samples in a recent interview: On Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls: “He’s head and shoulders above anyone else who ever played the game” H On Notre Dame Coach Digger Phelps: “He’s a good friend of mine and I’m his only friend” On TV analyst Al McGuire: “He was an outstanding coach because he had a way of getting people to do things But he knows nothing about basketball” And you can quote me In the past 10 years the Lakers have failed to reach the NBA Finals only twice Both times they were knocked out by Houston a possible first-round opponent this season “They play up-tempo which we like” Rockets guard Sleepy Floyd said “But the big thing is LA doesn’t have a center who can match up with Akeem Olajuwon” D Herb Brooks former Olympic and National Hockey League coach: “Coaching is like being a king — it prepares you for nothing” Hawks forward Dominique Wilkins scoffing at claims that Larry Bird is over the hill: “Bird is still the only one who actually gives me a headache” 76ers forward Charles Barkley: “New York is my kind of town because I have a gun" TV BEST BET NCAA Tournament 1:30 and 3:45 pm Chs 6 12 Where: New Orleans Superdome and Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Briefly: In the first game Georgia Tech (27-6) plays Minnesota (23-8) in the Southeast Regional final That will be followed by Neva-da-Las Vegas (32-5) vs Loyola Marymount (26-5) in the West Regional final SPORTS TODAY Television (See The Herald's TV book lor complete listings ) I Noon 0(0 Figure skating World Championships (taped) 12:30 pm Q Baseball preview Baseball 1990 A Look Ahead 1 pm 0(0 College basketball NCAA Tournament preview 1 pm GDffi Tennis Lipton Championships men’s final Andre Agassi vs Stefan Edberg 1:30 pm O Baseball preview Baseball 1990 A Look Ahead 1:30 pm O0 NCAA Tournament Southeast Regional final Georgia Tech vs Minnesota 1:30 pm © Italian League soccer Juventus vs Milan 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(27-6) scored first on a free throw by Munoz UM top Clemson Washington St beats FIU By BARRY JACKSON Herald Writer He goes by the name Munoz but frankly these days he’s looking more like a guy named Fernandez The University of Miami’s newest pitching machine Oscar Munoz again conjured images of former ace Alex Fernandez as he propelled the fourth-ranked Hurricanes to a 2-1 victory over Clemson — and a three-game sweep of the Tigers — before 3524 spectators at Mark Light Stadium On a chilly Saturday evening Munoz generated plenty of heat With an explosive fastball and sharp slider he struck out a career-high 12 batters After Orlando Palmeiro’s RBI hit in the fourth — an infield single — Munoz sustained a 2-1 lead for the duration His only punishment was an unearned run in the second inning achieved on consecutive errors by Mike Tosar and Charles Johnson With only one career start before February Munoz is now 8-0 And deflecting the accolades “I never envisioned this happening realistically” he said “But I don’t think of myself as the No 1 guy We’ve got three great starters on this team” The 12th-ranked Tigers (19-5) arrived in Miami with a nine-game winning streak a 330 team average and a lineup churning out an average of nine runs a game Greg Knowles held them to two runs Thursday Shawn Purdy neutralized them Friday and Munoz stifled them Saturday Munoz recorded strikeouts in every inning except the second He struck out two batters in the third fourth and fifth Munoz teased the Tigers throughout allowing seven hits and stranding nine runners But he walked only one — often a trouble spot — and stiffened with two outs recording strikeouts to close the seventh and eighth innings He pitched a flawless ninth capping it with a deep fly-out to right Since moving to the first spot in the rotation Munoz has thrived going 5-0 with a 161 earned-run average ”He shows me something new every start” UM Coach Ron Fraser said Miami (27-5) will conclude this 14-game home stand Wednesday against Northeastern before heading north to meet No 3 Wichita State Friday in the Minnesota Tournament Bell out Reserve outfielder Bill Bell who has missed a month with pain from a congenital disorder in both shoulders will not play again this season Fraser said Bell a transfer from E— Johnson 2 Tosar DP-Clem$on 1 LOB— Clemson 9 Miami 7 2B-Crowley 2 SB-Robin- cfTi beats Tennessee in OT Edwards but a layup by Staley put the Cavaliers ahead to stay at 72-71 VIRGINIA 79: Scolt 1-1 0-0 3 Ward 8-11 3-5 19 Heidi Burge 1-7 0-2 2 Staley 8-18 9-9 25 Reiss 5-10 3-4 13 Franklin 0-0 0-1 0 Evans 1-1 0-0 2 Heather Burge 4-8 0-1 8 Smith 2-2 3-5 7 Totals 30-58 18-27 79 TENNESSEE 75: McGhee 1-8 0-0 2 Scott 0-4 0-0 0 Charles 8-13 3-10 19 Head 7-18 5-7 19 Edwards 8-11 13-18 25 Adams 0-1 0-0 0 Harrison 2-8 0-0 4 Casteel 2-4 0-0 4 Hawhee 1-20-02 Totals 27-85 21-35 HalHIme: Tennessee 38 Virginia 35 Regulation: Virginia 70 Tennessee 70 Three-pemt goals: Scott Fouled out: Heather Burge McGhee Rebounds: Virginia 41 (Ward 11) Tennessee 43 (Charles 15) Assists: Virginia 13 (Scott Staley 3) Tennessee 9 (Head S) Total fouls: Virginia 27 Tennessee 22 A: 2838 Midwest Regional H Louisiana Tech 71 Texas 57: Barbara Bolden and speedy guards Shantel Hardison and Sheila Ethridge filled in as scoring star Venus Lacy was held to 16 points and the Techsters charged into the Final Four COLLEGES Florida Community College in Jacksonville was expected to be the designated hitter against righthanders He finished at 267 (four for 15) with one RBI Washington State 7 FIU 1: The Cougars (16-9) broke open a tight game with three runs in the seventh inning and two in the eighth at FIU (24-12) to sweep the two -game series The game started as a pitching dual between FIU’s Paul Anderson (6-3) and the Cougars’ Todd Springs (3-1) FIU’s Fausto Tejero hit his fourth home run of the season to lead off the bottom of the fifth inning Washington State tied the score with one run in the sixth when Darrin Kitchen tripled and scored on a Jason King single Kitchen added an RBI single and Scott Smith a two-run single in the seventh to make it 4-1 In the two games FIU was limited to 11 hits and three runs far below the team’s season average of 76 runs and 96 hits per game Cougars 7 Golden Panthers 1 Washington State 000 001 321-7 FIU 000 010 000-1 DP— Washington State 1 LOB— Washington State IS FIU 11 2B— Hunter Thompson Hatte-berg Mazzocca 3B-Kitchen HR— Teiero SB— Smith Bowman S— King Dade-Wolfson 4-5 Onondaga CC (NY) 0-0: Javier Hernandez pitched a one-hitter to propel the Barracudas (21-10) to a 4-0 victory in the first game Alberto Canales held Onondaga to five hits in the 5-0 second-game vicxtory Northeastern (Mass) 7 St Thomas 0: Wayne Rondell of host St Thomas (15-17 7-4) hit a two-out double in the sixth inning to break up a no-hit bid by Dave Barnard Florida Institute of Technology 8 Barry University 4: Paul Ouellette went two for five with two RBI including a single in the eighth inning to drive in the go-ahead run for FIT (19-4 4-1) Barry fell to 18-6 1-2 Broward CC 2-7 Eastern Connecticut State (SS) 1-4: The host Sea-hawks stole 19 bases in the double-header victory over a portion of the Warriors team Dave Ashby threw a two-hitter in the first game and Alex Morales a five-hitter in the second BCC (20-16) has won 17 of its last 19 games S Nova 5 Glassboro (NJ) State 1: Bryan Byers had two RBI and Eric Phillips collected three hits and scored twice to lead the host Knights (17-11) to their ninth consecutive victory Track and field Dade-South wins relay: Dade-South’s team of Dwayne Poole Tony Pettigrew Jef Gary and William Jackson won the 4x100 relay in the Florida State Relays at Tallahas No 1-ranked Tech (32-0) trailed 38-36 with 11:32 left in the game and led only 42-40 with just under nine minutes to go but wore down No 8 Texas on the Longhorns’ home court before a crowd of 12390 at Austin Texas It is the fifth time in eight years that Tech has eliminated Texas (27-5) from the playoffs Tech Coach Leon Barmore is 7-0 against Texas Coach Jody Conradt the win-ningest coach in women’s basketball A Bolden follow shot stretched Tech’s lead to 44-40 and after a Texas basket by Vicki Hall Annie Lockett hit a three-pointer for a 47-42 Tech lead Mideast Regional Auburn 76 Washington 50: Guard Carolyn Jones scored 19 points and Auburn shut down Washington’s see with a time of 4040 the fastest reported junior-college clocking in the nation this season Tennessee finished second In the 4x400 Dade-South (3:0692) was second to Iowa State (3:0686) Tony Pettigrew who is recovering from a stress fracture didn’t run any Open Division events for the Jaguars but had a split of 4531 In the Open 400 Dade-South’s Terry Singleton finished second in 4780 Todd Green recorded a 1447 in the 110 high hurdles for third place and Jeff Gary was third in the long jump with a leap of 25-0 good enough to qualify for the outdoor nationals UM got a second-place finish in the 200-meter Open from junior Randal Hill who was clocked in 213 Hill also a receiver on the football team won the College Division of the 100 meters in 105 on Friday UM freshman Bill Deering was fifth in the pole vault with a leap of 16-7 Swimming Barrowman shatters mark: Defending champion Mike Barrowman of Michigan wiped out the oldest American men’s record on the books by winning the 200-yard breaststroke in the NCAA men’s swimming and diving championships at Indianapolis Barrowman the world-record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke was timed in one minute 5377 seconds as he lowered the American US Open and NCAA records set by Steve Lundquist of Southern Methodist in 1981 Men’s tennis UM loses: Pepperdme University shut out fourth-ranked Miami 6-0 as UM All-Americans Conny Falk and Johan Donar were swept in straight sets at Tempe Ariz SINGLES: David WellS'Roth d Canny Falk 8-7 63 Aleio Mancisidor d Johan Donar 6-1 62 Omer Zimmerman d Daniel DeBoer 6-4 7-5 Howard Joffe d Pietro Penmsi 76 63 Kevin O'Neill d Ernie Lingen 63 46 7-6 Ashley Neuman d Larry Angus 46 6-0 6-1 Women’s tennis UM ranked 15th in the Volvo national poll fell to No 9 California 7-2 at UM’s Neil Schiff T ennis Center Cal’s Lisa Albano defeated UM’s Mariette Verbruggen 2-6 6-3 6-3 Miami was swept in singles SINGLES: Lisa Albano (C) d Mariette Ver-bruggen 26 63 6-3 Jean Lozano (C) d Yami Yonekura 6-0 2-6 6-3 Emile Viquiera (C) d Paula Iversen 57 6-3 6-2 Lisa Parks (C) d Rona Daniels 6-2 75 Tiffmy Sllvena (C) d Bettina Sonneveid 6-0 61 Ellen Walliser (C) d Erika Winston 6-2 6-4 DOUBLES: AlbanoLazano (C) d IversenY onekura 5-7 63 6-3 Verbruggen-Wmston ( UM) d Silveria-Walliser 7-5 62 Dameis-Gibson (UM) d Viqueira-Long 7-5 6-2 Men’s golf Ohio State University (292) led by two strokes over Central Florida entering the final round of the Southeastern Invitational at the Oak Hills Country Club in Montgomery AJ3 After 36 holes OSU’s Chris Smith held the individual lead at 137 one shot ahead of South Alabama’s Eddie Macon UM (290) was six strokes off the pace for seventh place UM’s Scott Medlin moved to sixth place with a four-under par 68 Today’s schedule BASEBALL VanderbiltatFlonda 1 30p m Florida State at Southern Mississippi 1 p m Florida Institute of Technology at Barry 1 pm NEVER PAY FOR THE SAME REPAIR AGAIN at INTERCITY -REGARDLESS OF TIKE OR NILEAGE-VOST AMERICAN & FQPE'GN CARS FRONT END WHEEL AUQNMENT C Caster-Camt Toe-in Set to Mtrs Original Specs O 4 Wheel Adjustment Slightly Higher NO PAYMENTS TILL Charge Firestone Products & Auto Service on The Firestone Payment Plan WE ALSO HONOR AMEX usually strong inside game in beating the Huskies and win the Mideast Regional in Iowa City Iowa Auburn reached the the Final Four for the third straight year The third-ranked Tigers (27-6) who’ll play either Texas or Louisiana Tech in the semifinals at Knoxville Tenn Friday lost in the national championship game each of the last two years Auburn made it back even though Jones was the only returning starter AUBURN 78: Thompson 5-12 1-3 11 Mgo 4-4 0-0 8 Hayden j-7 2-48 Tremitiere4-6 0-0 8 Jones 4-11 910 19 Stevenson 04 22 2 Godby 6-9 0-0 12 Moore 0-1 2-3 2 Freeman 2-5 0-0 4 Robinson 02 2-2 2 Ciampi 0-0 00 0 Crawford 00 0-0 0 Kennan 0-0 0-0 0 Totals 2841 18-24 76 WASHINGTON 50 Thirdgilt 4-9 0-38 Deden516 1-2 11 Mickelson 4-13 0-08 Myers 2-8 13 5 Merlmo 29 34 8 Mclntire 1-2 0-0 3 Greene 0-2 0-2 0 Bar-more 1-2 0-0 2 Moore 2-7 0-0 5 Totals 21-68 514 50 Halftime: Auburn 40 Washington 25 Three-point field goals Jones 2 Merhno Mclntire Moore Rebounds: Auburn 52 (Hayden Jones 10) Wahmgton 38 (Deden 9) Assists: Auburn 10 ( Thompson T remitlere 3) Washington 10 ( Deden 5) Total fouls: Auburn 16 Washington 20 A: 5030 Savage Labaii Defense fails UM loses takes fourth By JON MARK BEILUE Special to the Miami Herald AMARILLO Texas — The University of North Carolina-Charlotte hit six free throws in the last 18 seconds to hold off the University of Miami 82-80 Saturday night in the third-place game of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament The 49ers took the lead for good 76-75 on Pam Gorham's layup off a steal by twin sister Phyllis Gorham with 1:01 remaining Two different times Miami had chances to retake the lead but guard Elaine Harlow failed to connect on medium-range jumpers After that the 49ers paraded to the free-throw line and hit the front end of three one-and-ones to secure the victory at the Cal Farley Coliseum Mia Nance hit four free throws the last with 13 seconds left to give UNCC an 80-75 lead Just before Nance’s free throws the Hurricane had a chance to tie the score but Nanci Clayton couldn’t hold a halfcourt inbound pass Nance picked up the basketball and was fouled by Harlow But it wasn’t the turnover that irked Miami Coach Feme Labati but her team’s lack of defense “We had to stop them on defense and we just didn’t do a good job of that all night” she said “Eighty-two points — we haven't played that kind of ball all year We just didn’t stop them at all and then we got into a situation where we had to foul them” The loss which ended Miami's season at 25-6 overshadowed the 36 points from Frances Savage The 5-9 junior had 20 points in the first half to keep the Canes close and ended her scoring barrage with a long three-pointer at the buzzer “What can you say about her -she’s a great basketball player” said UNC Coach Ed Baldwin whose team finished at 24-8 Miami trailed nearly all the first half but rallied by some hot three-point shooting midway through the second half UM hit five consecutive three-pointers three by Harlow Kentucky which defeated UM 80-68 in the semis defeated Toledo (Ohio) 85-76 for the NIT title In earlier action at the 22nd Annual NWIT Maine defeated Wyoming 68-48 for seventh place and Fresno State edged Illinois State 73-72 for fifth The championship game pitted No 1 seed Kentucky (22-8) against Toledo (25-6) late Saturday UNC-CHARLOTTE 87: Ph Gorham 1-7 48 8 Webb 1-2 0-0 2 Bmgeman 4-9 0-0 8 Pa Gorham 9-12 2-3 21 Davis 0-2 0-0 0 Nance 4-5 4-4 12 Williams 9-14 2-2 20 Bowlin 8-13 1-2 13 Totals 34-59 12-17 82 MIAMI (FLA) 80: Jones 2-4 2-2 8 Harlow 6-15 0-015 Savage 14-21 5-6 38 Farley 1-40-0 2 Eyer 1-2 0-0 2 Hebert 5-9 8-13 19 Clayton 0-4 0-0 0 Totals 29-59 15-21 80 Halftime: UNC-Charlotte 38 Miami 35 Three-point goals: Pa Gorham 2 Harlow 3 Savage 3 Hebert Rebounds: UNC-Charlotte 33 (Williams 7) Miami 31 (Savage 11) Assists: UNC-Charlotte 23 (Bmgeman 8) Miami 17 (Harlow 7) Total tools: UNC-Charlotte 22 Miami 18 A: 400 BRAKE OVERHAUL Metainc Pads Exha Install Front 0'SCOi Rea' Shoes Z Check & inspect Calipers & Wheel Cylinders Z Repack Aneei Searings Z Top Off Master Cyi Road Tvs' ENGINE TUNE-UP 39s5 Z New Resistor Plugs ide Speed Adjust men! 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