Birmingham Post-Herald from Birmingham, Alabama • 28

D4 (Bit ttinrnwaham NtlW SATURDAY Birmingham Poet-Herald Fabrucay 1993 Basketball Bandits two to Catbirds Sargeant sets record 'drilling JURW A WERC (960-AM) HOTES: LSU ended a three game losing afreakwlto a 74-56 victory over South Garalna an Wednesday wMa Auburn dropped lb third conaecullw Southeastern Conference game wfih a 92-61 loss at Florida Auburn haa bat fee of is past six SEC games LSU defeated Auburn 97-60h their setter masting at Auburn We season ShaquRa and vernal Sbgbton combined tor 49 points agabet smal frondtae LSU has won sign of the past 11 meetings between the two schools wfih Auburn's feet victory Baton Raj lx coming in 1988 Auburn junior guard Ronnto Battle naade six points today to become toe school's abdtvtlmeaUeadtogsoorar He's currently ninth wfih 1 384 potafe RubhEOant itilj i is the third time this year'' missed a free throw and had 2 team come down and hit a thfte-pointa and McHone said executed what we wanted the last 150 but hit Mb' 1 crucial free throws And tfaedJIh overtime we just fell n0' In the regularly scheduled game La Derrick Gervin made T6 17-foot jumpa with 9:42 left to fife first quarta fa an 66 lead the the Bandits neva tied a led again The Catbirds neva led by i by mar WHEN: 7:30 pm today WHERE: Maravfch Assembly Cantor Baton Rouge La Eagles hopes Shaq stays away from the low post than 11 points and could neva quite-: Bandits put the In the fourth Eric Jotter1 substitutes at the to needed at the time So far be looked at O'Neal at that position though Sr but be said it was a strategy dliketosi going play at the top of the Mike! 4 ym ir nmmia i AUBURN Agataat Florida bu-aette Sargeant even know the had broken record for three-pointers in a season until after 'the game It was all teammate CC fault 39 points in game at Eaves Manorial Coliseum Also set a Lady record for points in a game while overshadowing 48 three-pointer for theseason Both numbers surpassed records held by former Lady Tiger Carolyn Jobes who made 47 three-pointers last season and scored 38 points against Vanderbilt in the 1989-90 season Jones had shared the singlegame scoring record with Becky Jackson and Marianne Merritt first I didn't even know I broke her Sargeant said think everybody was so into 39 points it wasn't mentioned to me un- til after the game And when it was -I felt good because I broke a record that one of our best players had for a 'while tend to feel great You have the status as that player but you did something and your hard -work has paid off Auburn Coach Joe Ciampi said the record-setting puy stems rfrpm her competitiveness i a very smooth type of ballplayer a great poson in that she loves to play the game She enjoys just participating and important to me Ciampi said of key and stay at the top of the' key all had 19 points 14 rebounds night long" Eagles said MU blocked shots ai against South Carolina Singleton had 24 points and BATON ROUGE La The only thing nicer than seeing Shaquille at the high post would be seeing hint take over at point guard Auburn coach Tommy Joe Eagles said Auburn (11-11 4-7 in the Southeastern Conference) plays at 7:30 pm today at LSU LSU (15-7 8-3) is tied with Arkansas atop the West Divi- By David Pruitt taHteato CkTwpaadMt It took the Birmingham Bandits 73 days and one overtime to lose one game last night but only two hours and five minutes to lose a second The La Chase Catbirds beat Birmingham 132-122 In the completion of a suspended game bom Dec 10 The Bandits haa won 113-112 before the Catbirds protested a late foul The CBA upheld the appal and ruled that the final 1:31 be replayed In last regularly scheduled game La Ctaosse won 108-104 Of a possible 14 prints the Bandits won only four and fell 9 to prints behind Eastern Division leada (brand Rapids and one-half point ahead of Albany In the suspended game Jim Farma made a reverse layup with 1:28 was fouled and missed a free throw leaving the Bandits up 112-10 La Crosse's Mark Davis tied the game with a putback 22 seconds lata then Farma answered with 48 seconds left for a 114-112 lead With 96 seconds left Birmingham had a chance to Ice the game but Skeeta Henry hit only oneof-two tree-throw attempts Henry entered the game as an 82 percent free-throwshoota The Catbird's Jaren Jackson sank a three-printa with 51 seconds left to tie the game jumpa from the free-throw line it the huzza rimmed out La Crosse went on an 62 run to start the overtime and was neva threatened ratha be lucky than La Crosse Coach Flip Saunders said Jackson was our third option for the three-point shot and it banked off and went Coach Mb McHone's Bandits been as lucky son made a layup with 3:09 to pkyl as the Bandits cut the lead to 99-98V: The Bandits had a chance to cutdt' to two but Henry leading a three on-one fostbreak was called fop-an offensive foul with 1:06 left and Mr basket was not allowed Davis sank one-of-two free-throw attempts to give La Crosse a 105-100 lead with 45 seconds to play basket 11 seconds lata made it 105-101 But Henry helped La Crass' clinch the victory when he toss called for foul with four seconds left then was hit with two technical fouls and was ejected La (rase made threeoMour-free-throw attempts and Binning-' Dave Fopson hit a jumped at the huzza to account for the find margin M1 Crosse will win the CBA McHone said pickup of Derrick Gervin (four days ago) was have a guy like Shaquille the place best is bom block to block" he said a great player a whole lot rather as a coach see him at the top of the key than at the low It was suggested that Eagles might rather see at point He' laughed a whole lot rather see him trying to beat our be said Brown has looked at five players at point guard trying to find one who can score dish beat the press and play defense All of the five can do some of it and some can do most of it But none can do all of it so Brown two rebounds Aaron Swinson had 32 points in loin Wednesday at Florida Ronnie Battle had 20 Rod and Wesley Person 13 had seven second-chance offensive rebounds they were able to score Eagles said got 10 baskets off of our turnovers and they got five easy baskets off transition I thought those things broke us to LSU -certainly our problems get a lot easier trying to defend a guy like Shaquille inside and we have not been very good with our inside defense to this In beating South Carolina to snap a three-game losing streak Wednesday Coach Dale Brown moved his 7-foot-l center out to the top of the key Two sometimes three defensive players followed him out there giving 8-7 forward Vernel Singleton a big hole in which to operate Eagles agreed that the way people pack it in around Brown had come up with a winning strat- the key to winning in any I t-T Afebams (266 7-4 In toe SEC) i scored 22 points and Daris 33 Henry scored a team-high 21 McHone was pleased with laid turnout 1449 crowd picked us be said was nice to have a botpe-court 91 45 15 45 AIRWAVES: WBRC-6 WVOK (896AM) NOTES: Arkansas and Alabama met for to first (taw as SEC mambars on Jan 8 to Tuscaloosa wfih too Tide riming 65-63 This iatoa fifth meeting between the two ainoe toe 198687 saaaon with boto teams winning two gamea apiece Alabama has never faced too Razorbacks in FayettavBs Tide guard James Robinson became too tint sophomore In Alabama history and too 14th in SEC history to ranch too 1 506poht mark far hto career Ha finiahod the VSndarbN game vrith 1003 points Forward Robert Horry has a achooFtecord 82 blocked shots far toe season And toe team sank 11 three potatoes against VandarbM one short of to school record Alabama Mahed rita a 61 record against SEC Eastern Division towns the beet reoord among Western Division Jordan does it all i as Bulls beat Hawks 75 55 75 25 25 7j8 155 Robert Shephard 6-1 8r Lee Mayberry 62 Sr WHEK 1 pm today WHERE: BamhM Arena FayettovNa Ark ReyMMc NBA wrapup Georgia State (12-12 8-6 In too TAAC) program asked ha to do two Or three different things and she has never questioned what we have ha to do She has just said I can get the job done And that is what so pleased with in that she believes in the system She lieves in the coaching staff to do the right tilings fa ha" Ciampi said Last night at Auburn Sargeant scared 10 prints in a 99-45 Auburn Victory ova Oral Roberts (6-20) 20 points led the Lady Ti-(15-10) who led 62-14 at halfthanks to 72-percent shooting Sargeant has started in all 25 of games this season Going night's game she was avo-and game The transfa Central Arizona Community College was leading the Lady Tigers The 6-foot-l guard was a Kodak Junior College All-American in Ari-fpona for 1989-90 season during which she avaaged 180 and 81 re-j bounds pa game Sargeant said she was recruited by many schools when she was com- tog out of junior college were many schools to choose from among the top phe said was the last week of I signing period and it came down to Auburn and Texas and they (Auburn) -yully wanted me bad and you could 1' was an opportunity to play for good team It was a different area fywasa college town and I liked Ciampi said size and mobility were reasons he wanted ha to play for his team looked at Suzette and what I we saw was a person who played the game who loves playing the game and for ha size had great bafihan- dling and shooting he said was attractive to us with the Gamble scored 25 points and I Parish 24 Boston held off i lotto The Celtics coming off of a l5 road trip led by nine points withTive mintues left before the Bonnets closed to 111-110 with a 162 seven by Larry Johnson who led Charlotte with 24 prints and Georgia 8tate have to travai next weak to taoo too bottom two teams Centenary and Southeastern Louisiana Earitor this season GSU defeated Samfard 74-89 when PhiSp Luckydo scored 27 potato GSU hu won ate of too past seven meetings If Samfard wins wi guarantee too Buldogs a 500 league mark and give them 10 victories ovaraL The last timo that happened was during toe 198688 aeaaon when too Buldogs were 1613 overal and 66 far aaoond piaoo In too TAAC The Bufidoga are coming off a tough road tfa that saw them toso norveonterenoe games Monday at Raman on Monday and Wednesday at The Otadet Georgia State has not played since test Saturday It wN bo anotoar gams of contests Samfard la scoring 587 points par game and glvtag up 65 tearing too TAAC to defense GSU is scoring 85 points per game and gMng'up 82 The CKadal was the first team in seven gamae to reach Ksaoorfngavsragawito73painteagalnsttoaBuldogslt was averaging 70 In the previous six games Samfard had held Its opponents to an average of 20 points below toelr scoring average Nets 105 Pacers 101 EAST RUTHERFORD NJ r-Drazen Petrovic scored 19 a tiebreaking 16footer wito 306 seconds remaining helping New Jersey bat Indiana 1 WHEN: 2 pm today WHERE: Satoert Hal at Samfard AIRWAVES: WYDE (856AM) NOTES: This is a battle far second piaoe and a possfaie host spot far toe first two rounds of the Trans America Athletic Conference Tournament The two teams are tied with Ftorido International at 65 However FkJstemuet travel to face TAAC leader Georgia Southern and to Mercer Samfard AvKistad Pmi ATLANTA Michael Jordan had 33 points 10 rebounds and a season-114 assists last night leading the i Bulls to a 103-88 victory Atlanta Hawks It was the 28th time in 54 games this season that Jordan has scored 30 a more points The Bulls won their sixth consecutive game ova the Hawks squaring the all-time series between the twoat68-68 Nuggets 106 Bullets 99 LANDOVER Md Dikembe Mutombo marked his return to the Capital Centre with 17 prints 11 rebounds and four blocks as Denva snapped a seven-game road losing streak by beating Washington Mutombo the Nuggets' top pick out of Georgetown had 10 points in the fourth quarta as Denva fought back from an eight-point deficit to win their first road game since Jan IS The Nuggets are 4-21 on the road this season Cavaliers 119 Kings 102 RICHFIELD Ohio Brad Daugherty had 30 prints and 15 rebounds in las than three quarters in rout of Sacramento Pistons 114 Magic 100 ORLANDO Fla -Mark Aguirre scored 20 prints and Dennis Rodman grabbed 23 rebounds in victory ova Orlando Rodman had 12 rebounds in the first period en route to his 25th i this season with at least 20 rein fact when he left the game with 3:58 remaining in the game he had outreboundea the entire Orlando team 23-22 Celtics 113 Hornets 110 HARTFORD Conn Kevin Fauknar (21-5 52 In NAIA DteMct 27) Spurs 100 76era 90 SAN ANTONIO David Robinson scared 33 points and San Antonio limited Philadelphia to 32 second-half prints Charles Barkley wu held eight prints unda his average with 15 only three after halftime v'- Mavs 109 wolves 94 1 DALLAS Derek Harpa keyed a decisive third-quarter run with eight of his 18 points Dallu Mavericks bat Minnesota in a meeting between the teams with the wait records in the Western Conference' Jazz 124 Rockets 97 SALT LAKE CITY Jeff scored 28 prints a 12-for-16 sht ing and Karl Malone had 22 pri Utah won its ninth consecutive game John Stockton had 18 points ani assists surpassing the 7000 ah for his carea the playa to reach that milestone half-game toad at to top Both teams are ranked hNAlA (BSCatNa 9 Fauknar at Not 16) Earitor tote season BSC won 8684 to ovartkna at FSuknar Kafih Bradtey tod the Panthers wNh 19 potato Fauknar had five players score doubto figures Thursday in a 9667 victory over Montovakx Medric Boddte who toads District 27 In scoring had 19 points as dkJMto Johnson Sherman Montgomery had 18 and KaivenMixson had 12 off the bench Tony Carter tod a strong aaoond-hatf attack scoring 12 saoond-half potato as toa Eagles sank 17-of 21 shots from the field (81 percent) Although BSC was abto to control Boddto soma in the first meeting Johnson had 30 potato and 18 rebounds On Thursdsy BSC defeated AubunvMontgomary 9660 avenging a toss to too Senators earitor this season Darrin Moore tod the Panthers wito 22 points Moore made ntaecf-10 shots from toe field taduda twocMwo toreepoint state He ateo made twoof-two free torow attempts He toads toe conference in flelrigoal percentage (610) type of defense we play to have an- otha big person to our Sargeant said she had never been 2 to the Southeast before coming to Auburn and has mixed feelings 'About Southern life put it like this: I -want to live here for the rest of my vjife maybe just if old and she said think stick with the -H ty lust so familiar with living around cities being born in New Yak that a crazy 'Auburn's different location played a big part in decision think it was just a matter rtf being s-tamewhere different to go to 'School she said As for as this team goes Sargeant said she has more pressure score than last yea with the )o6sa uf Jones and guards Chantel Z-Tkemitiere and Linn Stevenson and From page D1 lfim Mays who combined for 407 WHEN: 750 WHERE: AIRWAVES: NOTES: too top ten pm today BSCs B8 Battle Cofiaeum WCEO (1266AM) Homacomhg at Birmhgham-Soutaam features teams in Dtatrfct 27 wtto BSC hokfing a UABat MemphisStata Phenom from the court as well Hardaway knows good Finch said but he i he can be also knows he can be much better UAB (16664 In ttw Oral MhfiwD MEMPHIS STATE (15-7 In tie I Mkfew t) to final eight minutes of tot game wn beta chvice fo-Sa to game wflh 15 seoondsiamataingwhan freshman Coray Jackson got tapped In to oomar and aoddwWy stepped on to baaaftw Only tares weeks ago to Btazare wars in danger of ripping into law plaoe in to Great Midwest Now they are oriy a victory away from being Sad wita Memphis State tor? team gels to play St Louis (5-18) in to first round of to conference tournament wNe to taurtfrpUba team muet taka on Marquette (12-11) tl UAB tanward Bbart Rogers has scored In double figures tit 38 oonaeouttve games ha scores at feast 10 potato tonigrt ha wl tta to achool record of 39 aatlO years ago by OfiwRobhaoa Memphis Stele ia 163 tala season at to new Pyramid and to three betas hoe bean by a combined total of five potato -to DePauL Tannaaaae and Tempts -OqrfiM Antamae Hardaway David VK0in Antony Douglas BdySmfih TonyMaribck WHEN: 750 pim today WHERE: Tha Pyramid in Memphis AIRWAVES: WENN (1077-FM) NOTES: MsmpNs State won to fir game betemn toa teams 67-63 at UAB Anna The Hazara toat a nhepoint toad So he works hard And he pay attention to all the hoopla -Knowing full well that Hardaway would be pounded with media requests this season Finch decided to tackle the problem head on He chose Hardaway the playa to represent the team at the Great Midwest preseason media day event a duty usually reserved for a senfor a junta 1 Finch said eva since he hu had no problem with the attention Hardaway hu received all the publicity and adversity been through he's bandied it very Finch said a voy special playa" That is what Wilkerson kept hearing before his first encounter with Hardaway on Jan 4 He knar all about how Hardaway began his college carea by scaring 18 prints and grabbing 15 rebounds in a nationally televised game against DePauL He knew all about Hardaway's -reputation a playa whi an talk' fast and move eva faster By his senfor yew he was considered one of the best players to emerge from the talent-rich Memphis area All of which crated a problem for Memphis State Coach Larry Finch He was worried there would be no way Hardaway could live up to the overblown expectations After all here was a playa who once scored 58 points in a high-school game who collected 21 assists in another who was named the Memphis playa of the year twice a fat neva before accomplished who was the Pwade Magazine national high achod playa of the yew in 1990 dee opportunity especially right could expectation not be of college but right now Tm tat high with all that?" Finch asked 'wire nigetmy degree and then can see why I wanted to pro-' tect him They start listening to the hype and it overwhelms sane peo- But Finch quickly learfed that Hardaway is a special case away points pa game (more than half of Auburn's 764 output) yew personally what they did got to do Sargeant aid was a big challenge I think done pretty well so fw stepping up a young on the perimeter side of the team I think I'm old enough to know expected of me and I just go out there and do i-what is asked of me mainly to I shoot the ball Sargeant hu done just that con-necting on 48-of-124 three-pointers (38 percent) She aid the thought of 'playing pro basketball oversea hu 'loaned ha mind 2UI have a lot of friends who play she said would be a Me sjltt" i'T If she doenst play professionally Sargeant aid she would like to me vita communications degree work intelevision production shots he usually gets think I did a pretty good job a him just got to try to basially freshman year to pay somebody who hu played less than a fourth of the college games he has Is Hardaway truly worth itf Let Bartow have the final hype destined to be a great NBA Bartow said "And I wish he'd go ahead and do it pretty quick Believe it Wilkoson hard the hype And he believed it Then he hit the court end stayed in tea all night knew he wu a great playa But I've got a little coofidena in myself too" Wilkoson said with a sly smile Just kept my composure played turn head up and tried to keep the ball from him mrib possible He didn't get mahy go in there with my helmet and shoukter pads on and get ready to a lot of respect for Wil tor-son a regular at UAB store ids.