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Stopped, this timeUCLA sophomore Richard Washington soars above basket to block shot attempt by Montana forward Eric Hays (10). Bruins ■, had no other success stopping Hays, who scored 32 points in his ■ team’s 67-64 loss to Bruins in semi-final game of NCAA’s ’ Western Regionals in Portland Thursday.Arizona St, beats UNLV; Bruins nextUCLA nips MontanaAssociated PressUCLA survived a scare,' Indiana and Kentucky cruised towards their big showdown' and North Carolina was -sacked by Syracuse in NCAA regional semifinal action Thursday night.UCLA got an unexpected scare from Big Sky Conference ehampion Montana before winning 67-64 in Portland, Ore. Arizona State rallied in the second game to defeat Nevada-Las Vegas, 84-81,The Bruins (25-3) led by just two points with 1:10 to go, but clinched the victory with a free throw by Marques Johnson with 38 seconds to go and two more foul shots by Pete Trgovich with 18 seconds left.UCLA, which led 34-33 at half time, went ahead by nine with 454 minutes left, but Montana would not fold. The Grizzlies scored seven successive points to pull within 64-62 before the Bruins clinched the decision.. .Eric Hays, who hit 13 of 16 shots from the floor, led all scorers with 32 points and Ken McKenzie added 20. • .IIPI Wirepbot®Trgovich and Rich Washington, a former Portland prep star playing in his hometown, had 16apiece and ait-America Dave Meyers added 12 for UCLA.“I thought it would be a very difficult game, said UCLA coach John Wooden. To be quite honest, I didn’t think it would be that tight. They gave us trouble everywhere.Hays was tremendous.He’s an outstanding basketball player,” Wooden said of the Montana forward.Coach Jud Heathcote of Montana, who lost a-December tournament game to Long Beach State, 78-56, asked whether he was proud or disap- ' pointed, said he watf “more disappointed— when you come that closeNCAA SCORESWEST REGIONAL At PurlluniJ UCLA 07, Montana 64.Arizona St. St. Nov. Lis Vrgas SI.MIDWEST REGIONAL At Las C’ruc«s, N.M. Maryland R3rMutre Dame 7L Louisville 78, Cincinnati 63.MIDEAST REGIONAL Ai Daytoa, Ohio Indiana 81, Oregon Si. 71. . Ktnticky 90, Cent. Michigan T6..EAST REGIONAL At Providence, It.I.Syracuse 78, N. Carolina 7G. Kb.arms St. 74. Boston Col. 65.and lose, pride is a nebulous thing.“Eric Hays played with great intensity. It was his best game of the year by far.In an equally exciting second game, forward Gary Jackson made two leaping rebouund baskets and a driving layup in the final 90 seconds to spark Arizona State.Down 50-42 at halftime, when star guard Lionel Hollins was held scoreless, the Sun Devils outseored UNLV 21-12 over the first 10 minutes to take a 63-62 lead.The teams remained close until Jackson went into his jumping jack act.Jerry Tarkanian’s team had broke open a close first half with a 14-2 spurtto hold a 30-18 lead at one point.Ricky Sobers led Nevada With 20 points; Jackson 17 and Hollins 12 — all in the/second half — for ASU.Steve Green poured in 34 points and Kent Benson added 23 . as top-ranked Indiana raised its season record to 31-0 with an 81-71 victory over !3th-ranked Oregon State in the second game of the Mideast Regional at Dayton, Ohio.Earlier, No. 5 Kentucky used a balanced attack topped by Kevin Grevey’s 17 points to defeat Central Michigan 90-73, setting up Saturday’s longawaited showdown.The Wildcats have been pointing towards a re-mateh with Indiana ever since the Hoosiers beat them 98-74 in an early season clash.The big upset of the night came in the East.Regional at Providence, R.I., where Jim Lee’s basket with three seconds to play and Jim Williams' free throw one second later gave 20th-ranked Syracuse a 78-76 upset over sixth-ranked North Carolina.* ' . i •. *..‘rJOHN DIXON, Sports EditorFRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1975 SECTION C, Page C-tNo. 715...theywill never letThe winner of that battle will join the three other regional winners in the final round of four at San Diego March 29 and 31.*Downing forgetBy GORDON VERRELL Staff WriterLee topped Syracuse with 24 points, including a 15 foot jumper that gave the Orangemen a 77-78 lead. The Tar Heels’ out-of-bounds play, misfired and Williams hit a free(Continued C-4, Col. 7)DAYTONA BEACH, FLa. — AI Downing walked out of the Dodgers’ clubhouse the other day and was recognized by a small boy.“Hey dad, the boy said. “That’s AI Downing. He’s the guy who...”Shiih,” interrupted the boy’s dad. “He'll hear you.AI Downing heard, all right, and he didn’t like it.“It’s inevitable I’m going!to be asked aboutHenry Aaron and throwng that home run pitch,” Downing said, smiling. “I’ll be asked about it for 30 vears.
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