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ks VirginiaHe broke the game open with seven minutes during a seven-minute spree that pulled the 8-0 Tigers from 58-48 to a 69-52 advantage.Bobby Parks added 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Memphis State, while CurtisGreen s 18 points led Southern Mississippi, 6-3.“I was a little pleased with this one tonight,’’ said Lee, who equaled his career high after being in a slump lately. “I'd been working hard lately to get my shot to falling again and I plan to keep working.”VwV ''V.VvaflS9%r*.Hnyer................. 6 2 14Jewell................ . 9 3 21Peterson.................2 1 5Pago....................2 0 4Feydo ............... ....1 2 4Total. 22 8 52Score by QuartersGeorge Junior..... 16 24 8 10— 58Comm. Perrv.....17 12 10 13—52Casper 5 0 10 Totals 21 7 49 MERCER (SO) - Ealy 5 4 14, King 11 3, Ryder 1 0 2, J. Williams 8 1 17. M Williams 10 2, Anderson 4 4 12 Totals 20 10 50Ven. Christian ----14 11 10 14— 49Mercer ...........11 17 8 14-50JV—Mercer 50, Venango Christian 39(T.LEBRATE! —Chaminade* University’s Richard Haenisch jubilantly holds aloft the net from one of the baskets at the site of the Silverswords* 77-72upset victory over number one-ranked Virginia, Thursday evening in Honolulu, Hawaii. The loss was Virginia's first. (t PI \ H A R o u n (I u puggetsre BackPaced by Englishwe didAP SportsThe Denver Nuggets are Dack on the ball, according to Alex English. And, actually, he s the one who put them there.“Tonight, we Dlaved ourgame. When you play tonight, were hard to beat,”English said after his 43 points led the Nuggets to a 135-127 National Basketball Association victory over the Detroit Pistons Monday night.The Nuggets are trying to repeat last year’s appearance in the NBA playoffs, but have been struggling this year with an 11-16 record. Monday night's victory snapped a two-game losing streak.The Nuggets had lost four of their previous five games. Against the Pistons, however, the Nuggets broke away from a 27-27 tie to take a 42-37 lead at the end of the first quarter and led the rest of the way — although the Pistons made a strong run in the fourth quarter. Denver led 77-68 at the half and 107-98 after three quarters.With 7:30 remaining in the game, Denver led 121-110, but Detroit ran off 10 straight points — including six by Isiah Thomas, who finished with 28 points — and the Pistons trailed only 121-120 with 5:14 remaining.However, Denver outscored Detroit 8-3 over the next threeminutes and the Pistons? neverpoints in the first auarter for the Bucks, who scorea seven points in a row during one stretch and led 38-28 at the end of the periodSuns 125, Mavericks 106Maurice Lucas scored 13 of his season-high 33 points in a pivotal third period as Phoenix beat Dallas.Lucas’ three-point play broke a 67-67 tie four minutes into the second half to give Phoenix the lead for good. He added six more points in the next 5:55 as the Suns went ahead 91-84 by period’s end.lakers 120, Clippers 115Earvin Magic” Johnson hit a layup with 38 seconds remaining to snap a 115-115 tie, triggering Los Angeles over San Diego.Trail Blazers K8, Kockets 82Portland scored only 38 points in a sluggish second half but still managed to beat hapless Houston behind Jim Paxson’s 24 points.SuperSonics 120, Warriors 95Lonnie Shelton scored eight points and added five rebounds in the decisive second quarter as Seattle beat Golden State for itsfifth straight victorv.The Sonics, who played exceptional defense throughout the game, forced the Warriors to shoot 37 percent through the game's first three quarters. Gus Williams led Seattle's balanced attack with 22 points.a key role the Terrapins, scoring seven of his 14 points in the first three minutes of the second overtime.“I never played this long before... I can hardly stand up,” said Fothergill, a junior forward who had a 2.9 career scoring average before this season in which he averaged only 14 minutes a game, Triursday night he played 49 minutes.Maryland led 72-67 with 2:27 remaining in the second session, but UCLA rallied to close it to 79-77 with 20 seconds left. Herman Veal’s free throw with 11 seconds left proved to be the margin of victory as UCLA’s Rod Foster hit a layup just before the buzzer.Kenny Fields scored 23 points and Foster 22 for the Bruins....anytime you beat an undefeated team with the tradititon of UCLA, you’ve done a good night’s work,” said Maryland coach Lefty Driesell, who more than a decade ago had predicteda pi“thMaryland would be the UCLA of the East.” It never came to pass, but Driesell was beaming about the upset Thursday night.Larry Farmer, UCLA coach, said, “You can’t take any team lightly. You can throw out the records and rankings. If you're kot mentally prepared, it's going to be a long night.”Washington, 9-3, made Missouri, 8-1, its sixth straight victim behind 17 points and 13 rebounds by Greg Cavener, a 6-9 sophomore. Steve Stipanovich, Missouri's 6-11 center, was held to nine points.Key free throws down the stretch by Alvin Vaughn and Brad Watson helped the Huskies to victory. Darrell Tanner's 13 points led well-balanced Washington attack, while Missouri got 17 points and 13 rebounds from sophomore Greg Cavener.“With all due respect to the Huskies, we had more to do with our undoing than anybody,'' said Missouri Coach Norm Stewart. “This was our first game away from Missouri this year and we didn’t handle it well.”Keith Lee, Memphis State’s 6-9 sophomore, poured in 30 points against Southern Mississippi.College Basketball Roundup_ tChaminade ShoBy DICK JOYCEAP Sports WriterTiny Chaminade of Hawaii fired the shot heard throughout the college basketball world Thursday night, upending No.l Virginia in an upset that likely will live on in cage lore.Tony Randolph scored 19 points and Jim Dunham 17 for the Silverswords, No.4 in the NAIA rankings. Virginia’s 7-foot-4 Ralph Sampson, the college basketball player of the year the last two seasons, played the entire game and was neld to 12 points.It was a night for upsets, with the two other previously unbeaten powers, UCLA and Missouri, suffering losses on the road.Maryland scored an 80-79 double overtime victory over No. 3 UCLA and Washington downed No. 6 Missouri 55-48.No. 4 Memphis State, the only other Top Twenty team in action. rolled over visiting Southern Mississippi 81-60 in a Metro Conference game.Randolph, a 6-8 center, went head-to-head with Sampson, an old nemesis from high school days when Randolph was living in Staunton, Va., and Sampson in nearby Harrisonburg, Va. The two collided six times in their prep careers.It was free throws that beat the Cavaliers. 8-1, as Chaminade, 11-1, converted 21 of 33. Virginia was 14 of 24 from the free throw line.Chaminade, with only 900 students, now has two consecutive upsets of NCAA Division I teams to its credit. The Silverswords beat crosstown rival Hawaii 56-47 last Friday. Virginia and Hawaii are the only Division I teams Chaminade will face thisseasonUCLA, which had won 15 of its last 16 games last season for a 21 -6 record and returned all but one starter this season, dropped its first game in seven starts this season.Ben Coleman, a transfer from Minnesota, scored 27 points and Adrian Branch 26 for Maryland, 5-2, which recorded its first victory in four meetings with the Bruins. Mark Fothergill plaved
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