
Notebook
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Wednesday, March 18, 1998

NIT Men
Second Round
Monday's results
Georgia Tech 80, Georgetown 79, OT
Penn State 77, Dayton 74
Minnesota 79, Ala.-Birmingham 66
Fresno State 83, Memphis 80
Marquette 75, Auburn 60, OT
Hawaii 78, Gonzaga 70
Yesterday's results
Vanderbilt 72, Wake Forest 68
Georgia 61, North Carolina State 55
Third Round
Today
Penn State (17-12) at Georgia Tech (19-13), 2:30 p.m.
Marquette (20-10) at Minnesota (17-15), 4:30 p.m.
Tomorrow
Vanderbilt (20-12) at Georgia (18-14), 3 p.m.
Fresno State (20-11) at Hawaii (21-8), 7:30 p.m.
At New York
Semifinals
March 24
First Game, 2 p.m.
Second Game, 4:30 p.m.
Championship
March 26
Semifinal losers, noon.
Semifinal winners, 2:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt 72, Wake Forest 68
Vanderbilt: LaPointe 2-3 2-4 6, Ford 1-5 0-0 2, Bates 5-12 1-3 11, Maddux 5-13 5-5 17, Strong 3-6 5-6 11, Williams 2-5 2-3 6, Langhi 6-10 5-5 19. Totals 24-54 20-26 72.
Wake Forest: Shoemaker 2-3 0-0 4, Arinze 3-7 1-2 7, Vidaurreta 4-6 0-1 8, O'Kelley 4-11 1-2 11, Rutland 5-13 2-2 15, Goolsby 2-8 2-4 8, Braswell 5-9 0-0 12, Amonett 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 26-59 6-11 68.
Halftime--Vanderbilt 35, Wake Forest 34. 3-point goals--Vanderbilt 4-12 (Langhi 2-4, Maddux 2-5, LaPointe 0-1, Ford 0-1, Strong 0-1), Wake Forest 10-29 (Rutland 3-8, Braswell 2-5, O'Kelley 2-6, Goolsby 2-8, Amonett 1-2). Fouled out--Braswell. Rebounds--Vanderbilt 39 (Bates, Langhi 9), Wake Forest 28 (Vidaurreta 7). Assists--Vanderbilt 11 (Ford, Maddux, Strong 3), Wake Forest 16 (Rutland 6). Total fouls--Vanderbilt 14, Wake Forest 20. A--8,713.
Georgia 61, North Carolina St. 55
Georgia: Brown 3-5 2-3 8, Smith 2-6 0-0 5, J.Jones 8-17 1-2 20, R.Harrison 3-10 0-0 7, Chadwick 2-4 6-8 10, A.Jones 1-2 0-0 2, Ransom 1-3 1-2 3, Hall 1-1 2-2 4, Dukes 0-1 0-0 0, Nordin 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 22-51 12-17 61.
North Carolina State: Benjamin 5-13 1-3 13, Gainey 0-2 0-0 0, Inge 1-13 8-10 10, C.Harrison 3-15 3-3 10, Kelley 6-6 1-1 13, Miller 1-6 0-0 3, Wells 2-2 0-0 4, Buffum 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 19-58 13-17 55.
Halftime--Georgia 26, N. Carolina St. 14. 3-point goals--Georgia 5-15 (J.Jones 3-5, R.Harrison 1-3, Smith 1-4, Chadwick 0-1, A.Jones 0-1, Dukes 0-1), N. Carolina St. 4-23 (Benjamin 2-8, Miller 1-5, C.Harrison 1-8, Gainey 0-2). Fouled out--None. Rebounds--Georgia 41 (J.Jones 9), N. Carolina St. 30 (Inge 10). Assists--Georgia 9 (R.Harrison 5), N. Carolina St. 11 (Gainey, C.Harrison 3). Total fouls--Georgia 16, N. Carolina St. 18. A--12,400.
NIT Women
Yesterday's result
Baylor 54, Oklahoma State 47
Semifinals
Friday
Indiana (21-11) at Penn State (19-13), 27:30 p.m.
LSU (19-12) at Baylor (19-10), 3 p.m.
Championship
March 24
Semifinal winners
At Tulsa, Okla. NAIA Division I Men
First Round
Yesterday's results
Olivet Nazarene, Ill. 76, Brigham Young-Hawaii 66
St. Vincent, Pa. 78, Georgia Southwestern 58
Benedict, S.C. 85, Birmingham Southern, Ala. 81
Georgetown, Ky. 80, Hannibal-LaGrange, Mo. 68
Central Washington 73, Union, Tenn. 64
Incarnate Word, Texas 68, Lindsey Wilson, Ky. 48
Southern Nazarene, Okla. 67, Freed-Hardeman, Tenn. 60
Oklahoma City 84, The Master's, Calif. 73
Olivet Nazarene 76, BYU-Hawaii 66
Brigham Young-Hawaii: Akana 4-16 0-0 9, Bates 9-12 0-0 19, D. Evans 5-12 4-8 14, Salisbury 3-8 1-2 7, Smith 1-8 4-4 6, Fripp 0-3 0-0 0, A. Evans 3-6 0-0 6, Gornichec 0-1 0-0 0, Joyce 1-7 0-0 3, Isom 1-2 0-0 2, Bullock 0-0 0-0 0, Villa 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-77 9-14 66.
Olivet Nazarene: Swilley 0-0 0-0 0, Graham 6-10 7-8 19, Coomler 5-11 6-7 16, Neal 3-10 0-0 14, Yoder 1-4 5-6 11, Field 1-1 0-0 2, Himmelwright 0-0 0-0 0, McCauley 4-9 2-2 13, Michaels 3-5 5-7 11, Mulligan 0-0 0-0 0, Freeman 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 24-51 25-30 76.
Halftime score--Brigham Young-Hawaii 32, Olivet Nazarene 27.
3-point goals--BYUH 3-22 (Bates 1-2, Joyce 1-3, Akana 1-9, D. Evans 0-1, Smith 0-1, Fripp 0-1, Gornichec 0-1, A. Evans 0-4). ON 3-12. Assists--BYUH 16 (Akana 7), ON 13. Turnovers--BYUH 13 (Bates 4), ON 23. Steals--BYUH 12 (Akana 6), ON 2. Blocked shots--BYUH 2 (Salisbury 2), ON 4.
Today
Transylvania, Ky. (23-8) vs. Mobile, Ala. (27-8), 5 a.m.
Houston Baptist, Texas (26-5) vs. Montana State-Northern (25-8), 6:45 a.m.
Azusa Pacific, Calif. (31-4) vs. Huston-Tillotson, Texas (16-11), 8:30 a.m.
Life, Ga. (31-3) vs. Cumberland, Ky. (16-16), 10:15 a.m.
Biola, Calif. (29-6) vs. Montana Tech (22-10), 12:30 p.m.
Park, Mo. (24-7) vs. St. Mary's, Texas (20-6), 2:15 p.m.
Southern-New Orleans, La. (20-14) vs. Phillips, Okla. (31-2), 4 p.m.
East Central, Okla. (18-8) vs. Hawaii Pacific (22-4), 5:45 p.m.
NAIA Division II Men
Championship
Yesterday's result
Bethel, Ind. 89, Oregon Tech 87
First Round NAIA Division I Women
Today
Phillips, Okla. (24-6) vs. Incarnate Word, Texas (19-9), 5 a.m.
LeTourneau, Texas (21-9) vs. Campbellsville, Ky. (23-7), 6:45 a.m.
Claflin, S.C. (23-9) vs. Oklahoma Baptist (26-6), 8:30 a.m.
Wayland Baptist, Texas (23-10) vs. Louisiana College (23-6), 10:15 a.m.
Southern Nazarene, Okla. (27-5) vs. St. Vincent, Pa. (26-4), 12:30 p.m.
Georgia Southwestern (22-11) vs. Xavier, La. (27-3), 2:15 p.m.
Union, Tenn. (30-3) vs. Pikeville, Ky. (21-7), 4:30 p.m.
McKendree, Ill. (20-14) vs. Simon Fraser (28-5), 6:15 p.m.
Tomorrow
Central St., Ohio (25-6) vs. Oklahoma City (18-12), 5 a.m.
Indiana-South Bend (23-5) vs. Lewis-Clark St., Idaho (20-7), 6:45 a.m.
Northwestern Oklahoma (25-7) vs. Southeastern Oklahoma (21-5), 8:30 a.m.
Rockhurst, Mo. (22-5) vs. Southern California College (29-5), 10:15 a.m.
Western Washington (21-8) vs. Findlay, Ohio (23-6), 12:30 p.m.
Lipscomb, Tenn. (23-11) vs. East Central Oklahoma (19-10), 2:15 p.m.
Freed-Hardeman, Tenn. (24-11) vs. Auburn-Montgomery, Ala. (23-9), 4 p.m.
Southwestern Oklahoma (21-7) vs. Montana St.-Northern (24-8), 5:45 p.m.
NAIA Division II Women
Semifinals
Monday's results
Walsh, Ohio 73, Doane, Neb. 60
Mary Hardin-Baylor 76, South Dakota Tech 64
Championship
Yesterday's result
Walsh, Ohio 73, Mary Hardin-Baylor 66