News and Record from Greensboro, North Carolina • 21

Greensboro News Record A ''U' Sports ootball Basketball Preps Sunday November 15 1987 Cavs nip UNC Pack outscores Duke Tin Gerson News ft Retort South Carolina's Todd Ellis hands off to Harold Green who ripped Wake orest for 1 72 yards 'MK III Mr JI Ian iy OMBPz jKillWB Arr I vl9ry BBIT Wmt 'wAx 1 'TBr ay Gamecocks throttle Wake orest Vj South Carolina defense dominates 30 0 By HELEN ROSS Staff Sports Writer WINSTON SALEM At his press conference last week Wake orest coach Bill Dooley had paid the mandatory com pliments to South talented quarterback Todd Ellis But he cautioned prophetically the improvement in the Gamecock defense is what has made 14th ranked South Caroli na so difficult to beat this season Saturday afternoon those same Game cock defenders proved Dooley an astute judge of football talent as they blanked the Deacons 30 0 before an overflow crowd 37200 in Groves Stadium It was the second straight shutout for a South Carolina team that has given up only sev en touchdowns all season The victory assured South Carolina of a bowl bid and improved its record to 7 2 overall The Gamecocks host ninth rank ed Clemson Saturday in a showdown that annually attracts the attention of the en tire state Conversely the slim Deacon hopes for postseason play were all but snuffed out with the loss which dropped them to 6 4 South Carolina simply dominated the game holding the Deacons to just four first downs and a mere 66 yards total offense Only three of those net yards came on the ground and one of the first downs came courtesy of a penalty Wake only crossed midfield twice during the game and never penetrated deeper than the Gamecock 42 yard line The final stats were reminiscent of the shellacking ap plied to NC State in Columbia two weeks ago when the Wolfpack managed just three first downs and 35 yards Obviously the Gamecock offense got the football frequently and eventually gained 451 yards South Carolina held a 2 1 edge in time of possession running 87 plays to 43 In direct contrast to the run and shoot reputation a surprising 50 of those plays came on the ground Despite the lopsided edge in statistics though the Gamecocks led just 13 0 at the end of the first half and they only added a field goal in the third period So South Carolina coach Joe Morrison switched to the I formation in the fourth period and the resulting two Harold Green touchdowns squashed even the most partisan Deacon hopes of a comeback (See South Carolina C4) Carter's gives State 47 45 win By TOM NORTHINGTON Start Sparta Writer DURHAM ootball legions of the past have believed the offensive drama that unfolded Saturday at historic Wallace Wade Stadium a stadium where some of the great defensive duels in college football his tory have been documented The final score was NC State 47 Duke 45 after 3Vz hours of passing warfare Though 10 touch pagrj downs and 1100 yards of offense had been re corded by weary play era on both teams it BrW remained for sopho more Bryan Carter of jf A NC State to settle the ML outcome with only 29 seconds remaining 11 Carter watched from JS the sideline as sopho more quarterback Carter Shane Montgomery another of heroes worked on tired defenders to get his team to the Blue 16 and in field goal range as the clock ticked down been mentally preparing myself for the moment during the last 10 said Carter it likely would get down to something like When the time came he was ready He decided the Big our offensive strug gle with a 32 yard field and later said eqjoy being in situations like It was the former Greensboro Grimsley fourth successful kick of the afternoon and more than atoned for the extra point he missed earlier in the third quarter Still Carter and his teammates couldn't be sure of victory until Doug final effort failed That came when the Duke kick field goal try from 55 yards fell short and wide of the crossbar with four seconds left The Blue Devils had exhausted all their timeouts and they were forced to try it on second down after penetrating to 38 on the passing of senior quarterback Steve Slayden A few more seconds and Duke might have been the one celebrating But this one belonged to Carter and the Wolfpack longest kick of the day a 47 yar der in the fourth quarter had put State ahead 44 38 with 10:56 left Duke wiped that out with its fifth touchdown a 13 yard scor ing pass from Slayden to flanker Clarkston Hines with 5:11 remaining Too much time for the Blue Devils to survive one of the most exciting comebacks in Atlantic Coast Conference history Duke once appeared headed for an easy victory as the Wolfpack all but self destructed before Montgomery warmed up his arm And what an arm he put on display this day The sophomore who had only one ca reer touchdown pass to his credit before rising to the challenge against Duke struck for three TDs and completed 29 of 46 tosses for a whopping 468 yanls (See State C9) Virginia's late march stuns Heels 20 1 7 By WILT BROWNING Start Sports Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE Va Virginia down by 10 points less than three minutes from the end marched 70 yards in just 52 seconds against North proud de fense with time running out Satur day to hand the stunned Tar Heels a 20 17 defeat or Carolina it was a crushing setback The Cavaliers defeated What was regarded in the heat of summer as the best team Dick Crum has recruited in his 10 seasons at Chapel Hill And it removed the final hope of a bowl invitation and left them needing a victory over prolific Duke in the season closer next week to salvage a winning season The UNC defeat was so sudden so unexpected that it left the Heels in shock Crum belea guered coach spoke even more soft ly than ever in the post game rituals before cutting short his press con ference to disappear from sight in the somber Heels dressing quar ters So much in control was Carolina in this game that when Tar Heel linebacker Mitch Wike intercepted a Scott Secules pass off the hands of tailback Kevin Morgan many in the Scott Stadium crowd of 38400 walk ed away into the beautiful after noon Carolina owned a seemingly safe 17 7 lead Ah but what they missed! They missed a 12 play 83 yard drive culminated by fullback Dur win touchdown up the mid dle from 10 yards out with 2:53 left Yet it was a drive in which the crucial play came without a snap of the ball Virginia was running out of time and chances when it arrived at fourth and three at the Carolina 15 Before Secules could take the snap All American tackle can didate Carlton Bailey stepped across the line and knocked Virgin Roy Brown to a sitting position on the artificial turf The offsides gave the Cavs the first down they had to have at the 10 On one snap Greggs scored the second rushing touchdown of the day against a team that had entered the game having dominated its last 20 quarters by not permitting a score on the ground And the departed Cav fans missed Virginia coach George announcement that his team was going for the win Though it failed he tried for two points fol lowing score If successful a field goal could then have been the decider Turns out it matter Down to just one remaining time out Virginia stuffed the Carolina ground game as the clock ticked on Yet Kenny 57 yard punt left Virginia a long way from a vic tory 70 yards to be precise with just 1:22 to play The distance merely heightened the drama Eight times Secules took the snap on the drive Eight times he threw the ball Six times he was rewarded with completions includ ing one for five yards to tight end' Bruce McGonnigal on fourth and one and a nine yarder to flanker Keith Mattioli for the touchdown that made spectators of the two nearest Tar Heels Wike and defen (See Virginia C8) Inside Sports Appalachian wins C3 Elon rips GullfordC3 losesC3 Bean triumphsC11 College basketball C1 3 Index Smallwood C2 NL C10 Keech C4 Preps C12 Browning C8 NBA C14 TV Highlights 1 :00 pm NL: Detroit Wash ington (2 5 7) 1 :00 pm NL: Indianapolis Miami (10 12 28) 4:00 pm NL: NY Giants Philadelphia (2 5 7) 8:00 pm NL: LA Raiders San Diego (ESPN) Top 20 4 Sj A 4 4 Sooners struggle to 1 7 1 3 victory The Associated Press NORMAN Okla With second ranked Nebraska next on the schedule Coach Barry Switzer of No 1 Oklahoma is anything but satisfied with the play of his team told our team that if setting a trap for Nebraska doing a hell of a job of Switzer said Saturday after the Soon era struggled to beat Missouri 17 13 in a Big Eight Conference game think a good football team not playing very The Sooners 10 0 for the first time since 1974 are 6 0 in conference play They travel to Lincoln Neb next week to play the (See Sooners C13) How They ared 1 Oklahoma 17 Missouri 13 2 Nebraska IDLE 3 Miami la 27 Va Tech 13 4 lorida St 41 urman 10 8 UCLA 47 Washington 1 4 8 Syracuse 45 Boston Col 17 7 Notre Dame 37' 11 Alabama 6 12 Aubum 27 8 Georgia 1 1 8 Clemson 45 Maryland 16 10 LSU34 Miss St 14 if Michigan St 27 18 lndiana 3 14 South Carolina 30 Wake orest 0 Pittsburgh 10 16 Penn StO 17 Oklahoma St 49 Kansas 17 18 Tennessee 55 Mississippi 13 Texas 14 20 Arkansas 0 Bowl matchups still developing The Associated Press Although bowl bids be officially ex tended until Nov 21 several college football teams have an idea of where their home for the holidays will be One team the 13th ranked Michigan State Spartans knows exactly where it will be on New Day The Spartans beat No 16 Indiana 27 3 at East Lansing on Saturday to clinch the Big 10 Conference championship and a Rose Bowl berth Lorenzo White rushed 56 times for 292 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Spar tans to their first Rose Bowl in 22 years (See Bowls C13) Spartans win 2 0 advance to semis By ELIZABETH HOUSE Start Sportt Writer UNC Greensboro scored a goal in each half to come away with a 2 0 victory over Rochester Institute of Technology Saturday in the quar terfinals of the NCAA Division III soccer tournament More than 2000 spectators were on hand at Campus ield to watch the Spartans now 15 7 1 advance to their fifth national semi final contest in six years The two time defending Division III na tional champion UNCG will square off against either Clark Mass or Salem State Mass in next week semifinal Salem State was scheduled to host Clark on Satur day but that game was postponed until today because of snow Junior forward Carl leming got the Spartans on the board early scoring 15:28 into the match The goal came off a free kick taken just outside the RIT penalty box with freshman midfielder Jason Haupt getting the assist RIT consistently pushed forward throughout the second half creating two excellent opportunities during the final 45 minutes Ten minutes into the second period Scott Wilson took advantage of an errant pass to UNCG goalkeeper Tony Hannum and Wilson and Hannum (See UNCG C16).