Northern Iowa Shocks Missouri

Maurice Newby hit a 3-pointer with one second left, and Northern Iowa shocked No. 11 Missouri 74-71 in today’s first round of the NCAA tournament’s Southeast Regional.

Troy Muilenburg and Brad Hill provided the outside shooting, and Jason Reese added inside scoring and defensive rebounds as the 14th-seeded Panthers built a 12-point lead with 4:49 to play.

But the Tigers, seeded No. 3, used an 8-0 run to get back in it, and Nathan Buntin tied the game at 71-71 when he sank a layup with 29 seconds remaining, was fouled by Reese and made the free throw.

It was the fifth personal for Reese, who finished with 18 points and 15 rebounds, 11 of them off the defensive boards.

Northern Iowa brought the ball up the court and called time with 10 seconds left. Newby, who finished with 9 points, worked himself free on the left wing and put up the winning 20-footer.

Missouri was unable to get the ball in play before time expired.

Northern Iowa (23-8) was playing in its first-ever NCAA tournament game after winning the Assn. of Mid-Continent Universities tournament.

Missouri (26-6), bounced from the first round of the Big Eight Conference tournament by Colorado last weekend, lost four of its final five games.

Muilenburg scored 7 points and Hill 6 in an 18-4 run that gave Northern Iowa a 25-11 lead. The Panthers made all six field-goal attempts in the surge, including five from 3-point range.

GEORGETOWN 70

TEXAS SOUTHERN 52

Mark Tillmon scored 22 points and 7-foot-2 Dikembe Motumbo had 18 points and 16 rebounds as Georgetown beat cold-shooting Texas Southern 70-52 in Indianapolis in the first round of the Midwest tournament.

Georgetown (24-6), seeded third in the Midwest, advanced to Sunday’s second round at the Hoosier Dome against the Xavier-Kansas State winner.

Motumbo, five inches taller than the tallest Texas Southern player, dominated the inside, along with 6-10 teammate Alonzo Mourning, a second-team All-American, who had 12 points and 8 rebounds. The Hoyas, who led the nation in defensive field goal percentage, held the Tigers to 27% shooting, built a 9-point halftime lead to as many as 18 in the second half and coasted the rest of the way.

Dwayne Bryant added 16 points for the Hoyas.

The Tigers (19-12), the 14th seed, were led by Fred West with 17 points and Ray Younger with 12.

Texas Southern’s Darrion Applewhite had to be carried from the floor on a stretcher after suffering a cut above his left eye with 2:52 to go. He received five stitches, but otherwise appeared to be OK.

The Hoyas, who survived a 1-point, first-round victory over Princeton last year, never were threatened by the Tigers, making their first NCAA appearance.

DUKE 81

RICHMOND 46

Alaa Abdelnaby came off the bench to lead a first-half surge and finished with 22 points, leading No. 15 Duke to an 81-46 rout of Richmond in Atlanta in the first round of the East regional.

Duke (25-8) will meet the winner of tonight’s St. John’s-Temple game in the second round Sunday.

The victory was No. 300 for Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski, 300-159 in 15 seasons, 10 at Duke. He has steered the Blue Devils to seven straight 20-victory seasons and seven consecutive NCAA tournaments berths.

The Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference, in the Final Four three of the last four years, led 8-6 when Abdelnaby entered the game. He scored seven straight points as Duke went on a 20-6 spurt for a 28-12 lead.

The 6-foot-10 senior center had 13 points and Phil Henderson 10 at halftime as third-seeded Duke held a 42-26 lead over Richmond (22-10), the tournament champion of the Colonial Athletic Assn. The Spiders were seeded 14th.

NIT: HAWAII 69

STANFORD 57

Realizing that they would have little success stopping Stanford’s best player, Hawaii instead concentrated on shutting down his teammates in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament in Honolulu Thursday night.

Sophomore center Adam Keefe scored 31 points, but none of his Stanford teammates scored in double figures, and Hawaii used an 11-2 run in the second half to post a 69-57 victory.

Rainbow guard Chris Gaines led the way, scoring 22 of his 25 points after intermission to send his team to the second round of the NIT for the first time since 1974. Hawaii (24-9) also tied for the school record for most victories in a season, set in 1947-48 and 1971-72.

“Hawaii had an interesting strategy. Other teams usually sag on me, and that frees up our outside game and gives us more balance. But they let me go one-on-one and closed everyone else down,” said Keefe. “They let me get my points, but it didn’t matter.”