The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee (2024)

December 9, 1989

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The Knoxville News-Sentineli

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Knoxville, Tennessee

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Saturday, December 9, 1989

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The Knoxville News-Sentinel Saturday December 1889 C3 BASKETBALL i High-flying Beavers tune up in Tennessee Missed shot ends Celtic win streak Point guard Payton might give Vols fits make a Western swing that includes stops at New Mexico Ore- Ei State and a tournament in waiL Tennesaee downed New Mexico here Tuesday night 85-86 in overtime to even its record at 2-2 Oregon State opened with a win over Marquette followed by a 87-64 victory over Arizona State and then a 84-61 shocker over then-No 2 Arizona Oregon sparkplug is 6-foot-4 senior point guard Gary All-America candi- Payton an By MIKE STRANGE ipovtMniiBr By the time it depart! Knox ville on Monday morning Oregon State! basketball team will have gotten its money's worth in Ten The 24th-rankad Beavers face the Vols at 2 pm Sunday at Thompeon-Boling Arena However they might still be seeing visions of the Memphis State Tigers A 7872 loss at Memphis State on Friday night dropped Oregon State to 3-1 tor their date with Tennessee Coach Jim Anderson served 25 years as an OSU aide only to take over the Beaver program and begin with one of the toughest opening schedules in the nation The Memphis State-UT swing was preceded by Pacific 10 Conference games with Arizona and Arizona State the yean tried to take relatively tough road trips in our preconference schedule Anderson said think it helps us get ready for the Pac 10 teams will return the trip next year so wel have two years of good competition" Next season the Vols win date He scored 25 points against Arizona and had four rebounds seven assists and six steals Against Arizona State he had 21 points six steals and a school-record 15 assists Arizona coach Lute Olson after facing Payton and Rumeal Robinson said Payton to probably the best point guard in America more than Rumeal said Olson "Td rather play against Rumeal than Payton any day of the week And understand Rumeal got 27 against us In Pay-ton Oregon State has maybe the best point guard in the Oregon State to UTS last tun-eup before facing Southeastern Conference foe Ole Miss on Saturday at 7:30 pjn at the arena Michael Adams scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half the Denver Nuggets wiped out a 16-point deficit stopped last-gasp bid and edged the Celtics 103-102 Friday night at Boston Trailing by one Boston got the ball with 23 seconds left when Larry Bird won a Jump ball from NBA Adams Bird got the ban back in the corner and was surrounded by three Nuggets The Celtics moved the ball to Kevin McHale but he missed a 12-foot jumper with five seconds left The bail bounced off the rim and rolled to midcourt as time ran out Boston which had its four-game winning streak snapped was led by Robert Parish with 38 points two short of his 14-year career high Bird added 24 and McHale 20 but the Celtics hit only 16 of 53 shots in the second half and six of 24 in the fourth quarter HEAT 122 MAGIC lit At Miami rookie Sherman Douglas scored a season-high 31 points including two free throws to force an overtime as the Miami Heat beat expansion and intrastate rival Orlando to break a nine-game losing streak 76ERS 187 PISTONS 161: At Philadelphia Johnny Dawkins scored a season-high 26 points and Rick Mahom added 22 points and 14 rebounds sgainst his former teammates as the Philadelphia 78ers defeated the Detroit Piston PACERS 196 BULLS 19t Chuck Person rebounded his missed shot and made a 20-foot Jumper at the buzzer giving the Indian Pacers a victory at home over Chicago and overcoming a 36-point 10-assist performance by Michael Jordan HAWKS 127 TRAIL BLAZERS 12k At Atlanta Moses Malone scored 31 points including 19 of 22 free throws as the Atlanta Hawks Mew moat of a 15-point fourth-quarter lead before downing the Portland Trail Blazers NETS 99 ROCKETS 94: At Houston Chris Morris scored right of his 20 points when New Jersey took control of the game in the tost four minutes of the second quarter and the Nets held on to a victory over the Houston Rockets SPURS St MAVERICKS 93: At Dallas David Robinson scored 22 of his 29 points in the second half and the San Antonio Spurs overcame an 11 -point fourth quarter deficit for a victory over the Dallas Mavericks Robinson led a 12-0 run by the Spurs midway in the fourth period as San Antonio shook off a season-high 23 points by Mavericks reserve Herb Williams Harold Boudreaux (back) harassed Bruce Turner aa LSU knocked aside Los Angeles State i Oregon State handed first defeat No 16 Memphis State scores 78-72 triumph center Ben 10L ILLINOIS 93 INDIANA STATE Ut Guards Kendall Gill and Steve Bardo each scored 14 in the first half the ByAMOdatod Press sibility for Charles who comes in averaging 114 points and 72 re- bounds Charles has a Blighty different perspective on Lacy having played with her on the US team in this summer's Work! Championship qualifying tournament in BrazaL used to think Venus was mean but Venus was a Charles said "She'S a real nice person despite how she might look on the But Charles does not expect any hugs or high fives from Lacy tonight Charles to expected to play a big part in that battle for the boards something she did not do in the first half against Maryland Wednesday when ahe had zero points and four rebounds before finishing with 11 pants and nine rebounds In fact through five games freshman forward Lisa Harrison most inexperienced front-line player to the team's leading rebounder averaging 86 rm going to have to play smarter than I did in the Maryland Charles said Those might be good words for the entire team to play by to a good test of us" Summitt said "If we make a well have to figure out how to make an A next NOTEBOOK: The Thompeon-Boling ticket office will open at noon today and six ticket windows will be open before the game UT officials still are hoping for a game crowd of about 10000 An unseen UT opponent might be mental fatigue tonight aa several players have exams running as late as 530 pjn Lady Vols CeetiBued frem page Cl first shot that hurts you the second shot that breaks your Given that such players as Louisiana Venus Lacy and UTS Daedra Charles dueling centers will carry a significant share of responsibility on their shoulders Of course there will be plenty of responsibility to go around and plenty of talented players to assume them UTs Tonya Edwards for instance to off to a good start (146 points-per-game average) and coming off a come-to-the-rescue 22-point effort in 77-69 victory at Maryland backcourt teammate Dena Head to averaging 12 points They win face a Louisiana Tech backcourt of Sheila Ethridge and Shantel Hardison which to combining for 25 points a game and capable of matdiing Edwards and Head point for point and assist for assist But when you are talking rebounds you are talking first and foremost about Lacy probably the most dominant post player in the women's game She has averaged 13 rebounds per game which looks nice next to a 20JJ-points-per-game average Any time she takes the floor she to ca-i of something similar to the -point 16-rebound performance she had against No 7 Iowa last Saturday a Barmore said She presents a toad of respon- Spivahad LSU 82 LOS ANGELES ST 5T At Baton Rouge La 7-footers Stanley Roberts and Shaquille combined for 46 punts and 29 rebounds hi leading the ninth-ranked Tigers to victory All-America sophom*ore guard Chris Jackson was held to a career-low 11 points 20 below his average and Coach Dale Brown was so displeased by the team's performance that he ordered a postgame workout at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Roberts a sophom*ore scored 24 points and had 18 rebounds a freshman had 22 points and 11 rebounds LSU (4-1) won its fourth consecutive Los Angeles State (3 NCAA Division school had no points as seventh-ranked mini coasted to victory over the Sycamores in the opening game of the mini Classic at Champaign HL Gill led Illinois (4-0) with 19 points Bardo added 16 and Marcus Liberty 1L Eddie Bird with 10 points was the only player in double figures for Indium State (2-4) GUI and Bardo set the tone early combining for 15 of first 17 points All die Illinois guards dominated the scoring providing 33 of the 39 first-half points Indiana State trailed 29-23 with five minutes left in the first half but the mini went on a 10-2 run that broke it open It was 47-27 three minutes into second half enabling Blinoto coach Lou Henson to dear his bench INDIANA 96 SOUTH ALABAMA 67: Freshman Pat Graham came off the bench and scored his only six points during a 22-7 run that rallied the No 14 Haulers from a seven-point deficit to victory over the Jaguars in the first round of the Indiana Classic at Bloomington Ind Elliot Perry scored 16 points to lead a balanced Memphis State offensive attack as the Tigers defeated Oregon State 78-72 Friday night in a battle of ranked teams at Memphis All five Memphis State starters sound in double figures as the 16th-rankad Tigers of the Metro Conference ran their record to 4-1 rebounding from a 83-66 toss at Oklahoma State Tuesday night No 24 Oregon State of the PAC 10 dropped its first game of the year and stands at 3-L Oregon State guard Will Brantley led all scorers with 21 Teo Alibegovic had 14 while Earl Martin and Gary Payton added 10 each Payton saddled with four fouls by the 18:55 mark of the second half suffered through a 5-for-15 shooting night from the field jgayer taller than 6-6 LSITB superior height dictated the outcome as the Tigers outrebounded Los Angeles State 59-20 LSU was outshot 10-3 from 3-point range Jackson LSUS dazzling day- maker was 4-of-13 in field goal attempts l-for-7 from 3-point range and had just one assist and 12 rebounds Cheyenne Gibson contributed 11 points and FOOTBALL NFL finds no evidence that Ryan put bounties on Cowboys ers to knock Dallas kicker Luis Zendejas and quarterback Troy Aikman out of the Nov 23 game which Philadelphia won 27-0 The Eagles and the Cowboys play again Sunday at Philadelphia The dispute heated up again this week when Zendejas cut this season by the Eagles said he had a tape recoding of Eagles' special teams coach AI Roberts pleading with him not to tell the NFL he warned Zendejas then would be attempts to knock him out of the game ROGERS CONVICTED: Former Detroit Lion Reggie Rogers was convicted Friday of negligent homicide in the deaths of three teenagers in a drunken driving accident An Oakland County Jury rejected manslaughter charges and instead returned guilty verdicts on the three reduced charges The Circuit Court Jury deliberated five hours over Thursday and Friday Kelly Ess 18 and hia Mother Dale Ess 17 both of Versailles Mo died instantly in the crash at 1:50 ajn on Oct 20 1988 Their cousin and the driver of the car Kenneth Willett 19 of Oakland Waterford Township died about seven hours later By AssodeWd Prase NEW YORK The NFL said Friday it had no proof that bounties were placed on Dallas Cowboys Mayers by the Philadelphia Eagles during a game tost month nor did it have any evidence there was intent to cause deliberate injuries However the league warned that severe penalties would be issued sgainst any team engaging in such activities The NFL in a two-paragraph statement said its findings were based on an investigation by Commissioner Paul Tagliabue following chargee that sur- NFL faced after the Eagles played the Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day "Under no circ*mstances does the league condone placing on an opposing player" the league said "Nor does the league condone any deliberate action taken to injure another player If any such conduct to proven by either direil or indirect evidence the sanctions will be The controversy has simmered since Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson charged that Eagles coach Buddy Ryan offered bounties to some Eagles play Kentucky Job Shanahan top candidate for Eagles COLLEGES Former Raiders coach talks with Newton about vacancy Brown and Eamea appeared together at Friday's news conference a week after Eames charged that LSUto athletic programs had racial problems Davis said Eames had been meeting with LSU officials over the past six weeks to discuss his concern CeatlBsed from page Cl punt 48 yards for a score in C-Nh 51-13 first-round romp at West Virginia State Ftohback a senior was the South Atlantic Conference defensive player of the week for three consecutive times at the end of the regular season Other top Eagle defenders sre linebackers Brent Collins and Kevin Catlett and end Gary Laging- Laging had three sacks against Central State last season snd was the defensive 1 But Holieway told the Los Angeles Times that a number of people did favors for him while he played for the Sooners Otha Armstrong has said he acted as a middleman to accept cash from the booster and delivered it to Thompson Armstrong said Thompson then gave Holieway a share of the money Armstrong to serving a prison sentence after pleading guilty to stealing rings and other items from former coach Barry Switzer's home in July Thompson to serving a two-year sentence in a federal prism in Big Spring Texas after pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine State 26-13 two years ago but led by only a touchdown until intercepting a Hail Mary pasa on the game's final play and returning for it a TD Last year C-N scored on its first possession and again on a 63-yard run by Robert Thomas in the fourth quarter The Eagles did not muster much offense in between Thomas and Vernon Turner and Robert Hardy are C-Nh main weapons in the veer backfield Quarterbacks Edwin Turner and Todd Henderson have been more effective passing (compared to earlier in the season) and have a receiver with game-breaking ability in Darren Hughes The most important key for the Eagles especially in big games against teams that match up physically tends to be turnover ratio C-N is plus 11 in turnovers for the season and has scored several times in the 40 turnovers it has caused compared to the 29 (only four interceptions) it has commited Central State finished the regular season ranked No 2 in the NAIA while C-N was Na 4 The winner win fece the winner of the Emporia State (Kan) at Adams State (Cola) game in the NAIA Champion Bowl at a site to be determined after today's games By Associated DENVER Denver Broncos quarterback coach Mike Shanahan to a leading candidate for the head football coaching job at Ken-a Denver newspaper reported Friday Denver Poet reported that Shanahan 37 who returned to the Broncos in October after being fired by the Los Angeles Raiders has tMkedto Kentucky athletic director CM Newton about the Job Kentucky to looking for successor to Jerry Claiborne who resigned at the end of the season Shanahan was offensive coordinator for the Broncos before taking the Job He was fired by owner AJ Davis because of the team! losing record and replaced by Art SheQ The Broncos then rehired Shanahan as quarterbacks coach Shanahan said of his contact with Newton "1 really don't know what Tm going to COUNTER CHARGE: Former Oklahoma HALL SEEM JOB: Galen HaD forced to resign aa Florida football coach after admitting two NCAA rules violations says no other infraction occurred during his tenure and he hopes to find another Job in coaching Hall stepped down Oct 8 five games into theseaaoa Han speaking a day after ex -Gators bas-ketban coach Norm Sloan criticized Florida athletic director Bill Amspargeris role in an internal investigation of the football and basketball programs discussed briefly the violation that cost him his Job but was unwilling to talk about any differences with school offi- riite Sloan to an entirely different Hall said retired He doesn't need a Job I would like to have a chance to coach again in college football But you know how other universities will look at me" Penn State Coach Joe Paterno to on record as saying his confidence in integrity has not been shaken HONOREES: Place-kicker Ryan Weeks of Tennessee Tech was named to the NCAA Division I-AA football team Also selected was UT-Chattanooga linebacker Junior Jackson player of the game Central State despite playing in a windchill factor of minus 40 degrees wss equally impressive last week in a 56-7 rout at Moore-head (Minn) State The aggressive defensive to led by Buck end Darren Harris tackle Luther Johnson and inside linebackers Marvin Pope and Andre CHARGES HURT LSlh Allegations of racism lodged by an NAACP official have hurt football recruiting efforts at Louisiana State University Coach Mike Archer said However LSlTa chancellor said he believes school officials have convinced George Eames the local head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that his charges against LSU athletic programs are unfounded Connor Although Central State has appeared in postseason (day for seven consecutive years Including a stint in NCAA Division it has not won a national title Car-son-Newman to at least partially quarterback Jamelle Holieway said a convict- Eames would not say that he agreed folly ed burglar urns lying when hie said he deliv- but believed LSU was committed to equal ered cash payments from a Tulsa booster for treatment of whites and blacks Holieway and teammate Charles Thompson Davis Archer basketball coach Dale responsible for that The Eat Eagles defeated Central.

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