College Basketball Roundup : Chaminade Makes Strong Bid, but Kansas Prevents Upset

Danny Manning said the Kansas Jayhawks were determined not to become another victim of the Chaminade giant-killers.

Chaminade, which upset such nationally ranked teams as Virginia, Louisville and Southern Methodist in previous tournaments, gave seventh-ranked Kansas all it could handle in the first half of Friday’s opening game of the Maui tournament at Lahaina. But the Jayhawks asserted themselves in the second half and defeated the Silverswords, 89-62.

“They’re the giant-killers. That’s the name they go by,” said Manning, who led all scorers with 24 points. “We just wanted to come out and get in a good position where we were really in control of it.

Manning scored the first six points in a 20-5 spurt that broke the game open early in the second half and sent Kansas, playing its season opener, into today’s semifinals against Iowa.

Kansas Coach Larry Brown said the Jayhawks turned the game around by keeping Chaminade off the offensive boards and getting their own running game going. Chaminade had 15 offensive rebounds in the first half and only three on the defensive end.

Kansas’ run early in the second half turned a 39-30 lead into a 59-35 advantage with 9:44 left. Manning hit two baskets and a pair of free throws for a 45-33 lead. Reserve Mike Masucci followed with two jump shots, and reserve Otis Livingston scored on a breakaway dunk to put the Jayhawks up 51-33 at the 13:46 mark.

Chaminade stayed within striking distance during the first half on the strength of its offensive rebounding, which offset its 29% shooting. Reserve Arthur King led the Silverswords (0-2) with 21 points

Iowa 78, Stanford 75--Roy Marble scored five points and made two key steals in the final three minutes as the 11th-ranked Hawkeyes rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat the Cardinal. The comeback victory was similar to several the Hawkeyes pulled off in going 30-5 last season. This one put Iowa into the Maui tournament semifinals against Kansas.

Marble, who had been scoreless in the second half, stole the ball near midcourt with Iowa trailing, 68-66, drove to the basket and banked in a layup. He was fouled on the play and made the free throw to put the Hawkeyes ahead, 69-68, with 2:56 left.

Stanford regained the lead on Bryan McSweeney’s two free throws, but Marble scored on another drive to put Iowa ahead to stay, 71-70, with 1:59 remaining. He then stole the ball back to set up B. J. Armstrong’s jumper that made it 73-70 with 1:05 to go.

The Hawkeyes wrapped it up at the free-throw line, Bill Jones making three and Armstrong two in the final 17 seconds.

Jones led Iowa with 17 points. Greg Butler topped Stanford with 19 points, and Terry Taylor added 17, hitting five three-point shots.

Taylor’s four three-pointers in the first half helped Stanford build a 41-26 lead. The Cardinal led, 45-35, at intermission and 61-46 after Scott Meinert’s jump shot with 12:46 remaining. However, Stanford scored only five points over the next 9:24.

Syracuse 95, Alaska Anchorage 76--The top-ranked Orangemen bounced back from a 96-93 overtime loss to North Carolina in last week’s Tipoff game to rout the Seawolves in the opening round of the 10th Great Alaska Shootout tournament at Anchorage.

Alaska Anchorage, an NCAA Division II school, stayed with Syracuse for 14 minutes, but gradually gave way to the much taller Orangemen. The Seawolves, with no player taller than 6 feet 8 inches, were outrebounded, 29-17, in the first half. Syracuse also used its height advantage to score several spectacular baskets on dunks.

Former Crenshaw High star Stephen Thompson scored 15 of his 19 points in the first half as the Orangemen built a 43-33 lead. Thompson also was the game’s leading rebounder with 10.

The Seawolves (3-2) were led by Bobby Russ, who scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half.

Michigan 109, Miami (Fla.) 76--Freshman Terry Mills scored 22 points and senior Gary Grant 21 and the Wolverines outscored the Hurricanes, 18-0, during a five-minute stretch midway through the second half in another first-round game of the Great Alaska Shootout.

The 109 points is a tournament record, and the 33-point margin of victory ties the tournament record.

Mills made 9 of 11 shots. Another freshman, Sean Higgins of Fairfax High, made 5 of 6 shots and finished with 12 points. Michigan’s other highly touted freshman, Rumeal Robinson, had 6 points and 4 assists.

Higgins is a true freshman, while Mills and Robinson each sat out last season when they failed to meet the academic requirements of Proposition 48.

Florida 96, Iowa St. 89--Vernon Maxwell scored 28 points and Livingston Chatman added 27 as the 14th-ranked Gators advanced to tonight’s finals of the third annual Big Apple NIT tournament at Madison Square Garden.

Gary Thompkins scored five points as Iowa State took a 9-2 lead. But Florida responded with a 13-1 spurt and never relinquished the lead. The Cyclones (2-1) closed to 15-13, but the Southeastern Conference team went on another tear, this one 15-6, to move in front 30-19.

Dwayne Davis, a victim of Proposition 48 last season, came off the bench with three baskets to lead the surge.

Jeff Grayer led Iowa State with 35 points, and Lafester Rhodes had 30.

Seton Hall 88, New Mexico 67--James Major scored all 18 of his points in the first half to help the Pirates take a 22-point halftime lead and move into the finals of the Big Apple NIT.

Major made 6 of 9 shots, 4 of 6 from three-point range, as the Pirates jumped to a 50-28 lead at the half. New Mexico outscored Seton Hall, 11-2, to open the second half but could get no closer than 12 points in the final 20 minutes.

Major’s 18 points led Seton Hall (3-0). Mark Bryant added 17 and Nick Katsikis had 12. New Mexico (2-1) was paced by Charlie Thomas with 21 and Hunter Greene with 17.

Clemson 69--Oregon St. 54--Elden Campbell, Jerry Pryor and Dale Davis combined to make 20 of 25 shots and pull down 25 rebounds to lead the Tigers in the season opener for both teams in the first NCAA basketball game ever played in Taiwan.

About 3,000 people attended the game at the Chinese Culture and Sports center, which has a capacity of 11,000. Both teams had beaten Taiwan all-star teams the previous two days as part of a tournament sponsored by the Taiwanese government.

Oregon State went to a full court press and cut the lead to eight points with 8:14 to play on a steal by Gary Payton and a layup by Bill Sherwood, but the Beavers never got any closer.

Wyoming 113, Denver 82--Fennis Dembo and Robyn Davis each scored 24 points and the Cowboys used an explosive fast break to rout the Pioneers at Laramie, Wyoming.

Wyoming scored 34 points off Denver turnovers, 22 coming on fast breaks, to win its season opener. The Cowboys outrebounded Denver, 56-29, and also added 17 steals. Center Eric Leckner added 12 points for Wyoming. Brad Davis led Denver with 23 points.

Arizona St. 83, Texas Tech 68--A short jumper by John Jerome with 12:38 remaining gave the Sun Devils a lead they never relinquished at Tempe, Ariz., in the season opener for both teams.

Arthur Thomas scored 21 points and Jerome added 19 for the Sun Devils. Texas Tech was without starting guard Sean Gay, who was sidelined for an NCAA violation. Gay, who averaged 15 points a game last year, was penalized for playing in two summer leagues. Rules permit playing in only one.

Brigham Young 90, Montana St. 89--The Cougars led, 64-42, with 15 minutes left and 87-72 with 4 minutes left, but had to hold off two Bobcat surges to record the win at Provo.

Tom Domako scored 12 points as Montana State went on a 22-2 run to close the gap to 66-64 with 8:40 left, then keyed another run to close the score to 89-87 with 30 seconds left.

After Montana State’s first surge, BYU scored 8 straight, including Michael Smith’ 4.

Ray Willis hit a 10-foot jumper with 5 seconds left to bring Montana State to within 1, but the Cougars were able to let the clock run out without inbounding the ball.

Domako led Montana State with 31 points. Smith and Andrew Toolson each scored 19 for BYU.