COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NATIONAL ROUNDUP : North Carolina Upset by South Carolina

It was guaranteed that a Carolina team would win at the Tournament of Champions Friday night at Charlotte, N.C., but most people figured that the winning team would be wearing North Carolina blue, not South Carolina red.

Michael Glover scored on a layup with eight seconds left and South Carolina celebrated the one-night renewal of arivalry with a 76-74 upset of No. 4 North Carolina.

George Lynch’s follow shot with 1:54 left gave the Tar Heels (2-1) a 72-68 lead. Joe Rhett made the first of two free throws with 1:07 left, but when he missed the second, the Gamecocks (3-1) got the rebound and Barry Manning made a three-point basket with 49 seconds left to make the score 72-72.

The Tar Heels’ Hubert Davis made two free throws with 35 seconds left to break the tie, but North Carolina committed turnovers on successive possessions. Chris Leso’s layup with 23 seconds to play made the score 74-74 before Glover made the winning shot.

The game was the first between the rivals since the Tar Heels beat the Gamecocks, 92-69, in the 1972 NCAA tournament East Regional finals. They hadn’t met in the regular season since South Carolina withdrew from the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1971.

No. 19 Southern Mississippi 84, No. 6 Alabama 82--Clarence Weatherspoon made a jump shot with 34 seconds left to give the Golden Eagles the upset victory at Birmingham, Ala.

Weatherspoon, who scored 15 points and had 15 rebounds, made the decisive basket after James Robinson made a jumper for Alabama with 1:01 left to cut the margin to 82-81.

New Orleans 60, No. 16 Virginia 55--A three-point basket by Dwight Myvette started a 9-0 run that gave the Privateers a 55-45 lead with 3:32 left and they made five of six free throws in the final 1:02 to win at Charlottesville, Va.

New Orleans outrebounded the Cavaliers, 44-22. The Privateers also blocked eight shots as the Cavaliers made only 17 of 53 field goal attempts.

John Crotty led Virginia with 25 points. Tank Collins, a junior from Pomona High, scored 16 points for New Orleans. Myvette, from Crenshaw High, had 10 points.

No. 17 Georgia 70, Armstrong State 54--The Bulldogs (4-0) shot only 46.3%, but it was enough to handle the Pirates at Athens, Ga.

Litterial Green’s two free throws with 59 seconds left gave Georgia its biggest lead, 70-52.

No. 20 Louisiana State 101, No. 22 Texas 87--Despite sitting out 9:43 of the second half because of foul trouble, center Shaquille O’Neal had 26 points, 18 rebounds and five blocked shots to lead the Tigers at Baton Rouge, La.

O’Neal had 16 points and 17 rebounds at halftime, then picked up his third and fourth personal fouls on two quick charging calls. Joey Wright had 30 points for the Longhorns.

No. 21 St. John’s 66, Niagara 49--Poor shooting in the first half (five for 28) combined with eight steals by the Redmen helped put the Purple Eagles out of the game early at Niagara Falls, N.Y.

St. John’s got the game’s first six points off Niagara turnovers. Malik Sealy scored 10 of the Redmen’s next 17 points as the lead grew to 27-8 with 4:03 left in the first half.

REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS / TOURNAMENTS

George Washington 81, Stanford 70--The Cardinal pulled to within two points of the Colonials at 64-62 with 7:24 left on two free throws by Adam Keefe, but Alvin Pearsall made a jump shot and Dirkk Surles made three consecutive baskets and two free throws for George Washington in the first round of the Apple Invitational at Stanford.

Surles, a sophomore guard, scored 29 points to lead the Colonials. Keefe scored 28 points.

SOUTH

Florida 85, Florida State 68--Lon Kruger got his first victory as Florida’s coach after two close losses to South Florida and Texas, and the Gators won their first game in six years at Tallahassee, Fla.

Livingston Chatman scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Florida.

Alabama Birmingham 71, Auburn 65--The Blazers used a 23-6 run midway through the second half to take control at Birmingham.

One of Andy Kennedy’s five three-point baskets put the Blazers (3-0) ahead for good at 45-44 with 10:40 to play. Kennedy then scored 13 of his 27 points during the run.