Saturday, November 27, 1999

Associated Press
Cincinnati's Kenyon Martin slams after getting past
Cleveland State's Kevin Ross during an opening-
round game in the Big Island Invitational.

Top-ranked Cincinnati
bears down in Hilo

Associated Press

HILO -- Top-ranked Cincinnati had a 29-point lead over Cleveland State and there were just under four minutes to play.

It would be easy to assume that a coach in that situation would be sitting back, thinking about the next practice or game.

Not Bob Huggins. Not even in yesterday's 91-56 victory in the opening round of the Big Island Invitational.

He was really upset with the way his reserve big men -- Donald Little and B.J. Grove -- were rebounding and called a 30-second timeout to let them know.

It turned into a full TV timeout and Huggins, wearing a Hawaiian shirt, never let up, yelling at the two from close range. It must have seemed to Grove and Little that the ball didn't come back inbounds for two hours instead of two minutes.

After the game, Huggins was blunt about the lecture heard by everybody in the crowd of about 1,000 in the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.

"We don't ever go out there and not play hard, ever," he said. "When you wear Cincinnati you give it everything you have and they weren't. They were being pushed around under the boards."

The Bearcats (2-0) did look impressive in beating the Vikings (0-2) for the 11th time in as many meetings.

Kenyon Martin had 20 points, Steve Logan added 17 and DerMarr Johnson had 15 for Cincinnati, which led 49-29 at halftime.

Martin, the senior center and two-time Conference USA defensive player of the year, had 11 points in the final five minutes of the first half. Johnson, a 6-foot-9 freshman guard, had seven, including two 3-pointers, in a run earlier in the half when the Bearcats took the lead for good.

"There are so many guys who can do so many things on this team," Martin said.

"We have plenty of players on our team who can take over a game for a while, or for the whole game," Johnson said. "Me, I'm a streaky kind of person and I just got off there for a while."

Cleveland State (0-2) came out with some impressive intensity in its first game ever against a No. 1 team, but the Vikings, led by James Madison's 14 points, couldn't sustain it.

"They are very, very athletic and very aggressive," said Cleveland State coach Rollie Massimino, no stranger to playing No. 1 teams from his days at Villanova when the Wildcats beat No. 1 Georgetown in the 1985 national championship game. "I thought we hung in there pretty good for about 14 minutes, but we had to stick to the game plan and didn't."

Cincinnati plays Santa Clara in today's semifinals.

Santa Clara 79, Rhode Island 70 (OT):

The Broncos (2-0) went 9-for-9 from the free-throw line in overtime and Nathan Fast scored nine of his 23 points in the extra session to beat the Rams (0-2).

Brian Jones, who missed all last season with a knee injury, tied the game 59-59 with a tough 14-foot jumper with 25 seconds left in regulation.

Darrell Teat led the Broncos with 25 points.

Tavorris Bell had 27 points and nine rebounds for Rhode Island, while Luther Clay had 19 points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots.

Arkansas 71, Mercer 54:

Chris Walker scored 12 points as the Razorbacks (2-0) beat the Bears (2-1).

Iowa State 108, Hawaii-Hilo 72:

Marcus Fizer had 23 points on 9-for-11 shooting to lead the Cyclones (2-1) over the Vulcans (0-1).

Hawaii Pacific Thanksgiving Classic

Wyoming 110, Hawaii Pacific 65:

Reserve guard Brett McFall scored 20 points, handed out four assists and made four steals to lead the Cowboys (3-0) past the host Sea Warriors (1-2) in the opening round of the Hawaii Pacific Thanksgiving Classic at Blaisdell Arena.

Ryan Adle had 16 and Alvin Stephenson 15 for Hawaii Pacific.

LSU 87, Oakland 80:

Stromile Swift, who went 10 of 12 from the floor, led the Tigers (3-0) with 21 points in their win over the Golden Grizzlies (0-3).

Fresno St. 90 Florida International75:

Travis Robinson scored 25 points and Terrance Roberson and Melvin Ely each added 19 as the Bulldogs (2-1) ran over the Golden Panthers (1-2).

Southwest Missouri 68, Toledo 59:

Allen Phillips and William Fontleroy each scored 14 points to lead the Bears (2-0) past the Rockets (1-2).

BYU-Hawaii Thanskgiving Invitational

BYU-Hawaii 92, Concordia-St. Paul 75:

David Evans scored 29 points to lead the Seasiders over the Golden Bears at the Cannon Activities Center in Laie.

South Dakota State 101, Doane College 61:

Six Jackrabbits scored in double figures against the Tigers.

Big Island Invitational

Cincinnati 91, Cleveland St. 56

Cincinnati: D.Johnson 5-11 3-4 15, Martin 8-10 4-7 20, Tate 0-0 0-2 0, Logan 5-8 4-4 17, Mickeal 5-8 1-1 12, Satterfield 2-7 2-2 6, Stokes 2-2 4-5 8, Fletcher 2-2 2-2 6, Taflinger 0-0 0-0 0, Grove 2-2 0-3 4, Little 0-0 3-4 2. Totals 31-50 23-34 90.

Cleveland State: Crumble 0-2 0-0 0, Ross 1-5 2-3 4, Stringer 2-8 0-0 4, S.Johnson 4-11 0-1 8, Madison 6-10 0-0 14, Jackson 1-3 0-0 2, Lofton 0-2 0-0 0, Harris 0-2 0-1 0, Gosley 2-7 0-0 4, Guess 0-0 1-2 1, Taylor 2-6 3-4 7, Dixon 2-7 2-3 6, Barrett 2-4 2-4 6. Totals 22-67 10-18 56.

Halftime--Cincinnati 49, Cleveland St. 29. Rebounds--Cincinnati 34 (Martin, Satterfield 6), Cleveland St. 41 (S.Johnson 6). Assists--Cincinnati 24 (Satterfield 9), Cleveland St. 4 (Ross, Stringer, Madison, Harris 1). Total fouls--Cincinnati 24, Cleveland St. 20.

Santa Clara 79, Rhode Island 70 (OT)

Rhode Island: Womack 4-11 0-1 11, Marbury 3-13 2-4 9, Clay 8-15 3-5 19, Vinson 2-10 0-0 4, Bell 6-6 13-16 27, Casper 0-0 0-0 0, Wafula 0-1 0-1 0, Bracic 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-57 18-27 70.

Santa Clara: Wusehnig 0-4 1-2 1, Teat 8-9 5-8 25, Holmes 1-9 1-2 3, Jones 3-15 2-4 9, Fast 5-12 12-13 23, Vaka 2-6 0-0 4, D'Oyen 1-3 1-2 4, Emslie 4-5 0-0 8, Gomes 0-1 0-0 0, Dely 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 25-69 22-31 79.

Halftime--Rhode Island 27, Santa Clara 27. Regulation--R.I. 57, S.C. 57. Rebounds--R.I. 44 (Clay 13), S.C. 43 (Jones 9). Assists--R.I. 10 (Marbury 4), S.C. 20 (Jones 8). Total fouls--R.I. 22, S.C. 22.

Iowa St. 108, Hawaii-Hilo 72

IOWA ST.: Fizer 9-11 4-5 23, Rancik 6-9 1-2 13, Nurse 5-6 0-0 11, Horton 3-5 0-0 8, Tinsley 5-11 0-0 11, Evans 2-4 3-4 7, Nicol 0-0 0-0 0, Watkins 2-5 0-0 5, Johnson 6-7 3-4 15, Varley 0-1 1-2 1, Brumm 0-0 0-0 0, Davis 1-2 0-0 2, Fries 0-2 0-0 0, Shirley 3-3 2-3 8, Hawkins 1-2 2-4 4. Totals 43-68 16-24 108.

HAWAII-HILO: Addink 3-7 0-0 6, Ibia 4-8 0-0 10, Rogers 5-11 1-3 11, Shumate 1-3 0-0 2, Thomas 6-18 1-3 13, Prather 3-4 1-3 9, Bucklew 0-0 0-0 0, Batholomew 2-4 1-1 5, Schamp 1-1 0-0 2, Lum 0-1 1-2 1, Padovan 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 5-7 1-3 13. Totals 30-65 6-14 72.

Halftime--Iowa St. 63, Hawaii-Hilo 32. Rebounds--Iowa St. 40 (Rancik 10), Hawaii-Hilo 28 (Williams 6). Assists--Iowa St. 19 (Tinsley 7), Hawaii-Hilo 18 (Shumate 5). Total fouls--Iowa St. 14, Hawaii-Hilo 18. A--1,500.

Arkansas 71, Mercer 54

ARKANSAS: Lane 4-7 3-6 11, Gomez 2-4 0-0 4, Walker 3-7 4-4 12, Dean 5-11 0-0 11, Gipson 4-8 0-0 9, Tatum 2-5 0-2 6, Gilbert 1-4 0-0 3, Cleveland 2-7 0-0 4, Davis 0-6 0-0 0, Eddins 1-1 0-0 2, Baker 4-9 1-2 9. Totals 28-69 8-14 71.

MERCER: Muhammad 5-11 0-0 10, McCray 3-5 2-2 9, Hill 3-8 0-0 8, Emerson 4-8 2-3 10, Woolfolk 2-8 1-4 5, West 0-3 0-0 0, Sagester 1-4 0-0 2, Kirtz 3-13 1-1 7, Zujovic 1-3 0-0 3, McMillian 0-1 0-2 0, Howard 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-64 6-12 54.

Halftime--Arkansas 36, Mercer 21. Rebounds--Arkansas 49 (Baker 15), Mercer 39 (Emerson 9). Assists--Arkansas 13 (Cleveland 4), Mercer 10 (West, Sagester 2). Total fouls--Arkansas 12, Mercer 13. A--800.