MONDAY, DECEMBER 17,2001 TIGER, ONE MORE TIME The Post-Standard iger Woods gave his fans one final Ttreat for 2001, making five consecutive birdies on the back nine to blowl by Vijay Singh and capture the Williams World Challenge on Sunday at Thousand Oaks, Calif. Woods tied the Sherwood Country SPORTS Club record with an Bears steamroll into playoffs for first time since 1994 8-under-par 64. STORY, PAGE D-2 Knicks stumble to fourth consecutive loss under new coach

Digest Corcoran graduate Browns fans brew near riot leads the 'Dawgs Players are forced from the the Browns, who were out of timeouts, .quickly rushed to the "" "Former Corcoran High field by when thousands of MoreNFLonD-4,D-5 line of scrimmage. On first 'School star Camille Murphy • Controversy creeps into Bills loss plastic bottles are thrown. down, Couch spiked the ball with came through in overtime as No. to Patriots. . . .••';,• 48"seconds' 'to gcv-i and'^y/a's ; 10 Georgia held off No. 16 North The Associated-Press • Jets recover td'siib past ' 'Is. 1 .'.-V ••!,!;.,. . • • ^T . headed' to 'the .sideline '-when the • Carolina State for a 68-63 win. Cleveland —vAn pVertumed officials began -tti discussi. Mor- Murphy made Georgia's only : call in thermal; ^minute helped decided to resume-play, •bringing gan's catch. "... V in overtime and six give the Jacksonville Jaguars a Cleveland's defense and Jack- : of the Bulldogs' 12 free throws ';" After several confusing min-'. 15-10 win : over • Cleveland and sonville's offense out of the lock- • lite's, referee' Terry 'McAulay an- in overtime. er room. .;' ' caused a near riot: by, bottle- nounced: that the officials -were "On our comeback, it was all throwing Browns,fins. ."I've never seen a .game, reviewing the play. When' McAu- Camille," Georgia coach Andy The fans pelted the field with heard of a: game anything like lay finally emerged from :the .TV Landers said. this," Browns;, coach Butch . review ;mohitor, he announced: In the day's biggest game, No. thousands of plastic^bottles — many of them filled with beer — Davis said.; "It'^ disappointing. -- that' Morgan did -not' catch the " 2 Tennessee defeated No. 6 Stan- It put bur players in as much ."•ball.;' .'• / • ".'.'•;' '.-•- V-:\ "i\, ford 68-62. and other debris before, the game was stopped with 48 seconds left: jeopardy as theirs." -. ...Replays showed that Morgan- STORY, PAGE D-6 A few fans tried to on the . was hobbling the ball;as he fell: The fans' ugly behavior came tp';gr6urid. ' , v .-••'..'•' '• .'•/': field but were quickly caught by after the Browns had a first down , As Cleveland's bench erupted . Local skater advances security personnel. .". > at Jacksonville's 9-yard line taken away despite running:, a •'., in protest, Browns -fans in. the, in US. Olympic trials The Jaguars had to dodge fly- "Dawg Pound'': bleacher, section ing objects as they; sprinted off play before the officials reviewed Liverpool's Adam Duncan closest to ,the-'play "began hurling :''''•''•'. •. '--.('' • The Associated Press will continue his quest to qualify the field, and the officials, were it. bottles,, and:other objects frdhi the'.. THE JACksdNyiiLE JAGUARS' Kyle Brady hurries off the field with for the U.S. Olympic speedskat- doused with beer and cups of ice Browns quarterback Tim stands;/- ''.".•• • . '... ' .;; ••.-..,; ; 48 seconds/tQiplay.Sunday after Cleveland Browns fans began •ing team. as they tried to run for safety. Couch had apparently completed . ." The Jaguars .moved away .from. Kurlihg plastic beer bottles and cups of ice. The fans reacted after . Duncan finished 14th in Fri- . Nearly 30 minutes later, offi- a fburth-and-2 pass to wide're- .' then; bench to: avoid getting hit, an apparent clutch .catch by the Browns was overturned by day's time trials. The top 16 ath- cials.— under orders of NFL; ceiver Quincy Morgan with 1 : and McAulay announced' the referees: Theigame. resumed 30 minutes after the near-riot and letes moved on in the trials, commissioner Paul Tagliabue — minute, 8 seconds remaining, and . game was over/; . •;. .; • .'.-•' Jacksonville hjjng.Qn to win 15-10. which will, conclude next week- end.:puncan, 19, trains at North- ernMichigan University. The top six men and women from the trials will make the U.S. team. Fulton's Maureen Hangac fin- ished 23rd in time trials and did not move past the first stage Nets stay busy, trade SU Strait-Jacketed for starting pitcher •-- JThe made ."another deal Sunday, trading out- Orangemen fielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo and m- fielder to the San squeezed dry Francisco Giants for pitcher „ Sha^vfi'Estes Shinio and Relaford were nice in second surprises for, the Mets in 2001, but the opportunity to trade them straight loss for a proven starting pitcher was ' too gpodto pass up., f. __ By Pete Thamel . Estes} 28,( was 9,-ft with a 4 02 Staff writer "ERA in 27 starts for the Giants Atlanta — Eight days after The lefty was-ian AllTStar in 1997 an embarrassing loss to North when he worf/19 games. , ; Carolina Stale, nothing. ' '""if.'' ' ,. '.':'• '!-" ''..'' ' • •'•'' changed Sunday for the Syra- Student alleges sexual cuse University assault at recruit party team. »>"••«•--. . -.-• vV - '• •'. f^u '.-.'.*. . . Mercurial guard DeShaun -,^_City and campus police in ; Williams still played undisci- •Boulder, Colo., will determine plined, playground-style bas- whether charges should be filed ketball, and the Orangemen in-thejinvestigation of an alleged again' looked disheveled with- gang rape thatmight have in- out head coach Jim Boeheim. 5«)lyed University of Colorado In routing SU 96-80, un- football recruits. .v. ._•.,:..•.' ranked Georgia Tech (4-5) cap- " A Colorado student, whose italized on the Orangemen's name has been withheld, reported sloppy offense and lethargic to campus police that she had defense in front of 7,116 fans at been sexually assaulted by a sev- Philips Arena. eral people at an off-campus Nine turnovers by Williams party for football recruits on Dec. proved to be the lowlight of the 7. It was unclear if any players or Orangemen's second consec- recruits was directly involved in utive loss — one which show- the alleged incident. cased SU's struggles without Boeheim, who is out until Dec. Tar Httls hold off 29 following prostate surgery. . Ifcatantoa upset bid "He left and it hasn't gone, "";Jaso n Capel made the go- well," said associate coach ahead 3-ppinter with 58 seconds Bemie Fine, Boeheim's interim left as North Carolina edged replacement. "I put a lot of this Binghamton 61-60 Sunday at on myself. The coach is re- Chapel Hill, N.C. sponsible for how the team '."'What had been a miserable plays." season so far for North Carolina And for a second consec- (2-4) TT with losses to Hampton utive game, the Orangemen and Davidson — almost got un- (9-2) played lousy. bearable as the Tar Heels needed Stephen D. Cannerelli / Staff photographer SU's passive zone defense «late rally to hold off the Bear- SYRACUSE'S KUETH DUANY is -teamed by Georgia Tech's Marvin Lewis (24) and Clarence Moore during Sunday's game at allowed Tech to jump to an cats (3-6) in the Smith Center. Philips Arena in Atlanta. Duany led SU with 20 points but the Orangemen were trounced 96-80. JACKETS, PAGE D-6 ""Binghamton, a Division I new- comer, hung close by tying a school-record with 12 3-pointers. A*d we qtote Spotlight turns back O'Leaiy lie included ! Detroit receiver Desmond Howard, after the Lions defeated Minnesota 27-24 on Sunday for on Knight's behavior on a bio form at SU their first victory of the season in 13 games: The Associated Press 2000 as coach at Indiana after a HM coach was qikk to offer and sad set of events," Louis M. ....'.'You gotta give these guys — Houston — An arena manag- series of outbursts, was unavail- his resignation after the form Nanni, vice president of public fad the coaches — credit. It ain't er says Bob Knight cursed him able for comment. ' affairs and communication, said easy getting a team up for a game and offered to fight when he con- Team spokesman Randy Far-, was disclosed. Sunday. when you're 0-10,0-11." fronted the Texas, Tech coach ley said he watched — but didn't The Associated Press Notre Dame's sports informa- ... ',' Staff, news service reports over remarks about the build- hear.— the conversation between ' • - • The Associated Press tion office got a call Wednesday ing's locker rooms. Knight and MacDonald. "At no TEXAS TECH COACH Bobby South Bend, Ind. — The lies from The Union Leader of Man- Index | Jerry MacDonald, general time did coach raise his voice or Knight, shown during a game George O'Leary lived for 21 chester, N.H., about a story on manager of the Compaq Center, respond unprofessionally to a sit- in Houston's Compaq Center on years unraveled in a'. span of the new Notre Dame football D-6 said Sunday that he approached uation that. was. foisted upon Friday, allegedly became about 30 hours, leaving him job- coach, whose biographical sketch Knight after the coach criticized him," Farley said. involved in a verbal less and Notre Dame embarrass- said that he had earned three let- ed and without a coach. the size of its locker rooms fol- After Tech defeated Houston confrontation with the arena's ters as a UNH football player. 71-64 Sunday, Knight used his It began 6 p.m. Wednesday ____ D-7 lowing a game Friday night manager after the game. The Union Leader interviewed __ D-7 Knight responded with a flurry of news conference to criticize the. with a question about O'Leary's 25-year-old facility, which also is. playing career at New Hampshire the man who was New Hamp- Ml D-4,D-5 profanity, MacDonald said. shire football coach at the time, "He said, 'If you want to set- home to the Houston Rockets. cently refurbished dressing room and ended shortly before mid- ._. _. D-7 an assistant and some players, tle this right now, let's step out- "Just look around. Check the was designed by the Rockets and night Thursday, hours after Koranmn . D-J side,' " MacDonald said Sunday. facilities out a little bit. We had a meets NBA standards. He said O'Leary admitted to Notre Dame and none of them remembered .D-7 "I could not believe what I was dressing room originally that when he told Knight he didn't that he had made up the master's O'Leary playing in a game, SUbKketM. D-6 hearing. I said, 'Step outside and would have been very, very appreciate the coach's com- degree in education from New much less earning three letters. 0-1 settle the size of our locker cramped with four midgets," ments, Knight erupted with a York University included in his John Heisler, a Notre Dame rooms? Are you nuts?' " Knight said. string of expletives, followed by biographical sketch. associate athletic director, Stm Cine, sywft cnfof 4704053 Knight, fired in September MacDonald said that the re- the offer to go outside. "It was a very disappointing OlEMY.fMEB-? PAGE D-6 THE POST-STANDARD Monday, December 17, 2001 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Murphy provides the Bulldogs bite The Associated Press 12 Texas Tech players scored. Corcoran graduate Camille Cisti Greenwalt grabbed 11 re- Murphy scored eight of her 13 bounds. points in overtime as No 10 Sonja Brown had eight points Georgia beat No. 16 North Caro- for Southern Mississippi (4-5), lina State 68-63 Sunday, handing which shot 19.3peicent. the Wolfpack their third straight No. 14 Michigan 86, No. 21 loss. LSU 81, 2 OT: At Baton Rouge, N.C. State (6-3) fought back La., LeeAnn Bies had 21 points from a nine-point deficit midway — including a layup that sent the through the second half to tie the game to a second overtime — game at 54 on Rachel Stock- and 15 rebounds for the Wolver- dale's 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds ines. left in regulation. Stockdale Michigan (9-1) came back scored five points of her 14 from a 13-pomt deficit at half- points in the final 22 seconds of time, and won despite commit- overtime. ting 25 turnoveis. Jennifer Smith Murphy, who also had a game- added 19 points and Stephanie high six steals, made four Gandy 15 for Michigan. straight free throws in the first 1 Roneeka Hodges led LSU minute, 40 seconds of overtime, (4-3) with 17 points, and Donee- then had the Bulldogs' only bas- ka Hodges had 15, including a ket after regulation, a runner desperation 3-pointer at the buzz- from the lane to put Georgia er to force the first overtime. (7-0) up for good at 62-58. No. 25 Auburn 71, Florida ' 'On our comeback, it was all St. 59: At Auburn, Ala., Tia Camille just hitting free throws," Miller had 19 points and had 12 coach Andy Landers said. rebounds as Auburn remained Chnsti Thomas had 13 points unbeaten. for Georgia. , Florida State (8-2) outshot the Kaayla Chones had 12 points Tigers 46.8-39.7 percent. But and 10 rebounds for N.C. State. Auburn (10-0) played tough de- The Bulldogs played without fense, outrebounding the Semi- 6-foot-4 center Tawana McDon- noles 44-27 and scoring 20 ald, who had started the first six points on turnovers. games and averaged 10.2 points Tasheika Moms led Florida and 7.8 rebounds. State with 16 points. No. 2 Tennessee 68, No. 6 . Stephen D Cannerelli / Staff ohotographer Stanford 62: At Stanford, Calif., Men SU'S PRESTON SHUMPERT is stripped of the ball by Georgia Tech's Halston Lane (33) while Marvin Lewis (24) looks on during scored 24 points, No. 1 Duke 93, North Caroli- "Sunday's game in Atlanta Shumpert, SU's leading scorer, was held to 13 points on 4-of-15 shooting from the field. and added 16 as na 51: At Durham, NC., Jason Tennessee rallied for a victory in Williams hit six 3-pointeis and a matchup of unbeaten teams. scored all 18 of his points in the Lawson scored on a driving first half as Duke beat North Car- jumper with 1:48 remaining to olina A&T. put the Lady Vols in front for Duke (9-0) extended its win- good at 62-61. They went on to ning streak to 19 games, the Jackets Sting Orange beat Stanford for the fifth straight longest in the nation. The Blue time. Devils held North Caroliria A&T ing those (turnovers) on a consistent basis. Orangemen melted, failing to get back to Tennessee (7-0) outscored the (1-7) to 26-percent shooting, the JACKETS, FROM PAGE D-l Cardinal 9-1 in the final 3:13 to fifth time in the last seven games early 12-2 lead. SU then tried vainly to He makes them and you have to live with within single digits the rest of the way. them sometimes.'' While Williams turned the ball over, win its 20th consecutive road their opponent shot under 40 per- play catchup until the final buzzer. game. cent. Even a switch to man-to-man defense Williams said he and other Orangemen SU senior Preston Shumpert struggled on offense. Shumpert, who came m to the scored 17 Bruce Jenkins had 24 points late in the first half failed to boost SU. are putting the blame of the loss directly points for Stanford (8-1). on themselves and looking anywhere for a game averaging more than 23 points, fin- for the Aggies Tech had wide-open looks at the basket all No. 3 Oklahoma 91, Illinois No. 10 Illinois 98, Western game, cashing in on 10 of 20 shots from spark. ished with a season-low 13. A rotation of Tech defenders held Shumpert to 4-of-15 69 At Norman, Okla., LaNei- Illinois 62- At Champaign, 111., 3-pomt range. "1 think we turned the ball over a lot, shea Caufield scored 28 points Frank Williams had 17 points myself included," he said. "We just got shooting, including l-of-6 from 3-point Clarence Mooie led Tech with 20 range. and added 21 and and reserve- Luther Head added points, including a pair of 3-pointeis fiom to try and get a wm from anywhere, just to seven assists for Oklahoma. 14 for the llhni (8-2). who used a get us going." ' 'Our game plan was to not let him take Hakim Wamck's corner of the SU zone in a 3-pointer," Georgia Tech coach Paul Caufield scored 18 of her 20-5 run early in the second half Tech's 12-2 opening run. Moore entered After recovering from its early deficit, Hewitt said. "He's too good of a player to points in the first half when the to pull away. ~the game one of eight from 3-pomt range a five-minute stretch in the middle of the let him gel the ball and then (try to) guard Sooners (10-0) took command Illinois held the Leathernecks -this season. first half further derailed the Orangemen. him. We didn't even want him to make a early on their way to a 52-31 (4-4) scoreless over the first 9:14 Tech's 96 points maiks the most scored After a left-handed Williams' baseline shot attempt. Not in my wildest dreams lead. of the game lo take a 13-0 lead by an SU opponent since Dec 14, 1996, layup cut the Tech lead to 21-17, the Or- did I think it would work so well." had 18 points Shawn Mason lead Western Il- when West Virginia toasted the Orange- angemen imploded. SU committed four of The Yellow Jackets' trademark full- and Caton Hill added 13 for Ok- linois with 19 points. men 101-79 in the Carrier Dome its 15 turnovers for the half in that stretch, court pressure failed to rattle the Orange- lahoma. Iveta Marcauskaite led No. 11 Boston College 75, "I was very disappointed how we came fueling a 13-0 Tech run. men. SU crossed the 10-second line with Illinois (5-3) with 16 points. Sha- Holy Cross 51 At Boston, Troy out and played at the start," Fine said. Capitalizing on easy transition opportu- ease but struggled to run its offense from vonna Hunter had 13 and Tiffa- Bell scored 24 points and Kenny "We played another young team and nities, Tech leapt to a 17-pomt lead and me Guthne added 10 Walls added 23 for the Eagles there. No. 8 Duke 90, UNC-Greens- (9-0), who had a 13-2 lead 3:36 didn't jump out on them." cruised into halftime up by 38-25. Hewitt cautioned against making too Coming off a geneiously counted five- "I don't know what happened," said boro 58: At Durham, N.C., into the game and led 42-29 at much of SU's struggles the past two Alana Beard scored seven of her halftime. turnover performance in a Dec 8 loss to SU's Kueth Duany, who led the Orange- games. He pointed to his own team's 3-5 North Carolina State, Williams' seven men with 20 points. "We were playing 21 points dunng an 18-0 run in Brian Wilson had 13 points for start and how badly they wanted this the second half to lead Duke past Holy Cross (4-4). first-half turnovers epitomized SU's early pass-and-watch, and we've never played game. like that. Somebody has the ball and we UNC-Greensboro. No. 19 Wake Forest 93, Flor- struggles. "We were desperate, and that makes a Sheana Mosch added 16 ida St. 72: At Winston-Salem, Fine refused to put the onus for Sun- let them do what they do. We're a team. difference," Hewitt said. points, Iciss Tilhs scored 15 and We've got to help each other get easy N.C., Darius Songaila scored 29 day's loss on Williams, saying the other Now the Orangemen, who face a tough Wynter Whitley had 14 for Duke points and Jamaal Levy added SU players didn't do a good job moving to shots, and that's what we haven't been South Flonda team m the Dome on Thurs- (8-2). 15, both career-highs, lo lead the the ball when he penetiated. doing." day, find themselves floundering. Brianne Dodgen led-the Spar- Demon Deacons in the Atlantic "I took him out three or four times and SU did claw back in the second half, "We have to go back to the drawing tans (4-4) with 15 points and Ja- Coast Conference opener for tried to settle him down," Fine said. "The cutting the Tech lead to 57-51 with just board, back to the basics," Duany said. cina Lambert added 12. both teams. bottom line is that DeShaun is averaging under 13 minutes remaining. "We have to see what we were doing well No. 9 Baylor 92, UCLA 59: Josh Howard added 14 points (21.6 points) a game. He hasn't been mak- But Tech ripped off a 10-0 run and the when we were playing well.'' ' At Waco, Texas, Danielle Crock- and Antwan Scott had 13 for \ rom had 15 points and 12 re- Wake Forest (7-2). bounds, and Monte Cummings scored 16 scored 19 points for the Bears. points for Flonda State (3-4), SU results and schedule SYRACUSE (80) (9-2) Jessika Stratton and Lauren while Delvon Arlington added m fg 3pt fto-reb pf a to bk spts Selmon added 10 points apiece 14 and Nigel Dixon had 12. Fine 9-2 overall, 0-0 Big East for Baylor (10-0). The Lady No. 24 Oklahoma 102, Be- (Home games in caps.) Hakim Warrick 5 0-0 0-0 0-00-0100100 Bears outrebounded UCLA (3-5) thune-Cookman 65: At Nor- November Preston Shumpert 33 4-15 1-6 4-4 3-5 2 2 2 1 2 13 61-38, and held a 27-13 edge in 1 — SU 96, Upstate NY AAU 77 man, Okla., Aaron McGhee ready for 8 —SU 87, Nike Elite 71 Craig Forth 21 2-6 0-0 2-22-8313106 free throws. scored 20 points to lead five Ok- 12 — SU 78. Manhattan 58 (NIT first round) 14 — SU 74, DePaul 60 (NIT second round) Kueth Duany 37 8-16 2-7 2-4 6-11 3 3 4 2 1 20 Whitney Jones had 14 points lahoma players in double figures, 18 — SU 103, Bmghamton 56 DeShaun Williams 32 7-17 1-7 1-2 1-3 4 4 9 0 2 16 and Jalina Bradley 12 for UCLA. McGhee, who scored the game's criticism 2! — SU 69. Michigan State SB (NIT semifinal) No. 12 Texas Tech 95, first two baskets, had 11 points 23 — SU 74, Wake Forest 67, (NIT final) Josh Pace 16 4-9 0-2 4-6 2-3 2 0 0 0 1 12 27 — SU 70, Colgate 51 Southern Mississippi 34: At in the first half as the Sooners By Pete Thamel 29 — SU 76, Cornell 58 Andrew Kouwe 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0000000 Staff writer Lubbock, Texas, Casey Jackson (7-1) took a 53-28 lead. December 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0000000 2 —SU 91, Albany 65 Ronneil Herron scored a career-high 19 points, The Wildcats (2-5) used a 13-6 Atlanta — After his first win 4 — SU91. Holstra65 James Thues 38 6-7 1-2 0-1 1-4274 1 4 13 and Texas Tech got the first 23 run to trim the deficit to 70-52 as a head coach, Bemie Fine's 8 — N C State 82, SU 68 16 — Georgia Tech 96, SU 80 Jeremy McNeil 16 0-0 0-0 0-00-5101100 points of the game. midway through the second half, family bought him a plant and 20 — SOUTH FLORIDA, 7pm Team 2-4 Amber Tarr finished with 16 but McGhee converted a three- balloon bouquet for his office lo 29 _ BUFFALO, 1 pm points for the Lady Raiders (5-2). point play that started a game- January Totals 20031-70 5-2413-1917-43 18 17 23 7 1080 celebrate. 2 — RUTGERS,7pm (WNYS) while added 14. All ending 32-13 run. Now, after dismal losses in his 5 — at Providence 2pm (Empire) 1st half 2nd half Totals 8 — SETON HALL. 7 p m (WNYS) next two games, there's little to 12 —at West Virginia,? pm (WNYS) Field-goal percentage 34 4 (11-32) 52 6 (20-38) 44.3 (31-70) \ celebrate in the Fine era as SU's 14 — NOTRE DAME, 7pm (ESPN) Three-point percentage 0.0 (0-6) 27.8(5-18) 20.8 (5-24) Auburn 71. Florida St 59 interim head coach. No stranger 19 — at Tennessee, 8pm (ESPN) Sunday's results Coastal Carolina 81, Coll of Charleston 48 22 — at Pittsburgh, 7 30 p m (Empire) Free-throw percentage 600(3-5) 71.4(10-14) 68.4(13-19) Duke 90. UNC-Greensboro SB 26—VIRGINIA TECH, 7pm (WNYS) MEN Elon 57, Jacksonville 47 to the fickle fan base back in Syr- 28 — at Georgetown, 7pm (ESPN) EAST Georgia 68, N C State 63, OT acuse, Fine said he expecls to Boston College 75, Holy Cross SI February James Madison 74, West Virginia 56 2 — at Rutgers, 7 30 p m (WNYS) GEORGIA TECH (96) (4-5) La Salle 71, Seton Hall 68 Johnson C Smith 85, Virginia Union 40 take some heat back home. Sacred Heart 96, Monmouth, N J 69 4 — WEST VIRGINIA, 7pm (ESPN) fg 3pt fto-reb pf a to bk sots U Kentucky 66, Va Commonwealth 61 "I'm a pretty big guy," Fine 10 — PITTSBURGH, noon (WNYS) Sr Joh-'iag, ofcra75 • St Michael's 86, Green Mountain 63 Louisiana-Lafayette 75, Wofforu U said after SU's 96-80 loss. "I can 17 — at Notre Dame, 330pm (ABC) Clarence Moore 29 6-11 2-3 6-7 0-507 1 0 2 20 Michigan 86, LSU 81,2OT 21 _ at Seton Hall, 7 30 p m (ESPN2) Yeshiva 75, St Joseph's. L 1.69, OT SOUTH Oakland City 103, Indiana Northwest 55 take care of myself." 24 —GEORGETOWN. 2pm (CBS) 18 2-7 0-0 2-4 2-4201006 Ed Nelson Duke 93, N Carolina A&T 51 Tampa 66. Benedict 63 28 —atVillanova,7pm (ESPN) Fine said SU head coach Jim Robert Brooke 28 7-12 0-0 3-4 3-8 3 3 1 2 4 17 Georgia Tech 96, Syracuse 80 UAB 97. Davidson 78 Boeheim, who is recovering from March Johnson C Smith 85, Calavwba 79 W Kentucky 94, South Florida 77 3 — BOSTON COLLEGE, noon (CBS) Tony Akin* 36 4-10 4-10 6-6 0-1 3 10 3 0 4 18 Mississippi 83, Tenn -Martin 72 Wake Forest 74, High Point 51 prostate surgery, attended prac- 6-9 _ Big East Tournament, MSG, ESPN Mississippi St 72, Georgia St 63 MIDWEST Marvin Lewis 31 7-11 2-4 1-1 0-3 4 3 4 0 3 17 North Carolina 61, Bmghamton 60 Bemidjl St 82, Mormngside 76 tices all last week, and the team Buena Vista 89, Hendnx G5 BJ Elder 13 1-3 0-1 0-00-1101002 Pfei(Fer97, N Kentucky 87 ran the schemes that Boeheim did." Stetson 106, Belmont 95 Drake 88. Nebraska 74 Isma'il Muhammad 22 4-7 1-1 0-0 1-3323019 Wake Forest 93, Florida St 72 Indiana 88, Long Beach St 56 advised. Fine said the Orange- One change Fine did make MKHKST Lincoln, Mo 62, Kentucky St 51 men just didn't execute. David Ewmg 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0000000 Concordia, III 81, Webster 69 Marquette 91, Dayton 63 was that he worked the officials a Creighton 70, Indiana St 46 Minn Crookston83, Mmn-MankatoBO "I called timeouts, we went bit more. Winston Neal 1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0000000 DePaul 95. Long Island U 69 N Michigan 85, Lewis 69 Illinois 98, W Illinois 62 Northwestern 68, E Illinois 44 over what we wanted to do, then "I thought I did a bad job in Halston Lane 17 2-5 1-1 2-2 1-2410007 Nebraska-Omaha 71, Bellevue 55 ' W Illinois 83, Monmouth, III 25 we'd come down and throw a the N.C. State game," Fine said. David Nelson Texas Lutheran 74, Wooster 71 Webster 62, M'lhkin 55 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0000000 SOUTHWEST SOUTHWEST careless pass," Fine said, point- "We had quality officials. I just Anthony MeHenry 0-0 0-0 0-00-1001000 Houston 89, SW Te»as 62 Baylor 92, UCLA 59 ing to the 21-6 margin in poinis brought some things to their at- CXInVicrria 102, Belhune Cooknai 65 Cniahoma 91, Illinois 69 Team 2-6 Southwestern, Texas 83, Texas-Dallas 73 Southwestern, Texas 69, Texas Dallas 58 off turnovers. tention" FAR WEST Stephen F Austin 68, Arizona 66 Totals 20033-6710-2020-26 9-34 20 26 15 2 14 Colo Colo Springs 69, Regis 64 At one point in Fine's press Fine alerted the officials about Metro St 87, M««, Colo 85 Texas Tech 95, Southern Miss 34 conference he said half-jokingly, 1st half 2nd half Totals New Mexico 70, New Mexico St. 49 FAR WEST slippery floor coverings that Oregon 86, N Arizona 51 Boise St 74, E Washington 55 "I don't know. Maybe it's me. were advertisements for a spon- Field-goal percentage 41.2(14-34) 57.6(19-33) 49 3 (33-67) S Illinois 74, CS Northridge 60 Colo Colo Springs 76, Regis 72 Southern Cal 59, Miami (Ohio) 55 Denver 63, Ark Pine Bluff 34 Maybe I'm not doing a real good sor. Point guard James Thues Three-point percentage 41^7(5-12) 62 5 (5-8) 50 0 (10-20) Loyola Man/mount 66, UC Irvine 60 WOMEN Mesa. Colo 79, Metro St 71 job. I'm not sure." slipped on the surface four times. Free-throw percentage 83.3(5-6) 750(15-20) 76 9 (20-26) EAST Montana St 75, Washington St 68 The SU players did not put an SU senior Preston Shumpert Boston College 86. Quinnipiac 54 New Mexico St 85, CS Northrrdge 71 Odds and Ends: Daemen 75, Mount Aloysius 66 Tennessee 68 Stanford 62 iota of blame on Fine. SU junior slipped badly on it as well. Halftime. Georgia Tech, 38-25 Attendance. 7,116 Hartford 62, Rhode Island 59 Whitman 53, Pacific Union 44 Kucth Duany even lamented that During a time out at the 14:56 Technicals none Loyola, Md 70, Towson 54 TOURNAMENT Officials Karl Hess, Jim Burr, Tom Lopes Navy 47, UMBC45 •earcat Invitational Fine'.would get fingered for the mark of the second half, workers PermSf 78, Pittsburgh 63 Oraiieemcn's struggles snipped the covering. Starters in bold face St Bonavemure 63, Kent St 61 Cincinnati 87, Belmont 73 Key m minutes played fg - field goals made and attempted 3ot - 3-rjointer field St Mrchsel's 63, Green Mountain 56 Third Place "ifs our fault." Duany said. "Both teams we're playing on Stony Brook 65, St John's 51 ETSU7B, TroySt 72 goals made and attempted, ft - free throws made and attempted, pf - personal fouls, Temple 56. Rutgers 51 H." Fine said "So we're noi a - assists to - ball turned over by player, bk - shots blocked by ojayer, s • steals made Harriett Crsnwll Holiday Class* • Coach Fine didn't miss any Yournjttown St 99, Robert Morris 81 Thfrd PI are jumpshols We're the ones thai using it as an excuse." by olayer, p™ - points scored r SOUtH FranUm77,lil SprmgYreM 63 • ' k