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c3 I Beavers scurry past Seattle By Roy Gailt Sports Editor ry ir i iv r-: iff Dwayne Allen talks about Oregon State's first-round win. rebounds, five assists, a steal and a blocked shot. Radford had 26 points, five assists and four steals, Ray Blume had 20 points, six assists and four steals, Johnson had 18 points and eight rebounds, and 'Dwayne Allen had 14 points, six assists, six rebounds and five steals. Seattle laid back in a zone defense most of the first half and left Allen wide open, but the Beavers still worked Radford and Blume open for good shots from the wings: "I like the way Dwayne Allen knows his said Seattle Coach Jack Shalow. "We backed off him, but he didnftstart throwing the ball up.

He kept looking fcr the open man. We figure teams usually shoot better from eight feet than from 30, but tonight Oregon State did just the reverse." Blume missed his first four shots but nevertheless shot and Radford shot U-for-14. Radford was also 4-for-4 from the free throw line and has now made 20 free throws in a row. 1 i Seattle was led by 6-3 forward-guard Clint Richardson, who shot ll-for-17 from the floor and 13-for-J7( from the line for 35 points. He also had 10 rebounds.

man can't beat you," said Blume. "Richardson is a heck of a player," said did- an- excellent -job -of penetrating against us." The Beavers effectively denied seven-foot Seattle center Ja wann Oldham the ball allowing him only four shots and five points in the first half. He fouled out with 3:36 remaining with only seven shots and nine points. Richardson shot Seattle back into conten-i tion in the second half, mostly by driving the key for short bank shots. "He kept fighting and he got a lot of gar- bage baskets," said admire a player like that." But Allen didn't admire -the Beavers' second-half performance, 'We've been trying to come up with a 40- (Continued on page 15) PORTLAND The Beavers were serious about the game until halftime, and almost got themselves in serious A game that was safely in the bag 44-29 at halftime got out of the bag in the second half, and Oregon State had to scurry to beat Seat tie 83-74 in the opening round of the Far West Classic at Memorial Coliseum last night "We were fortunate to get out alive," said OSU Coach Ralph Miller, after watching a 54-36 lead with Wk minutes remaining melt to 76-73 with 1:57 left.

"Maybe we were thinking ahead a said sophomore guard Mark Radford, What lies ahead for Oregon State is a semifinal game tonight at 9 o'clock against fourth-ranked Michigan State, which crushed previously-unbeaten Washington State 98-52 last night. Indiana will play Oregon at 7 p.m. in the other semifinal game. "I'm very concerned," said Miller. "We aren't playing consistent basketball.

We aren't intense all the time. Our team decided it was having an easy time and decided to take it easy, and that is not the mark of a good ball club." The Beavers made 12 steals and forced Seattle to turn the ball over 19 times in the first half, but OSU played passively in the second half, when the Chieftains forced the action. Part of the trouble was that Radford and Steve Johnson were in foul trouble. "Except for Tony Martin, our bench gave us nothing tonight," said Miller. "Our bench has been doing a good job, but this is all part of consistency.

Whether it's Sunday or Mon-. day or Thursday, our subs have -to come in and do the job. They can't come jn and do ab-solutely nothing. You look, at the stats and you'll see mostly zeros, plus a lot of mistakes and errors to go with those zeros. That adds up to a lot of minuses." All of OSU's points were scored by regulars -except a tipin by Jeff Stoutt, but he also tipped one at the other end for Seattle.

Martin came off the bench to contribute six Beaver box SEATTLE (74) 3 mp fg ft i it to tp PoUongo 7 0-2 0-0101019 Richardson .39 11-17 13-17 10 I I 35 ...38 4-7 1-1 1 4 1 7 Harrell ......37 4-S 4-4 4 13 -t "Pericin 38 1 4 9 I Swails 4 0-1 (Ml 0 SO 't Jordon 30 7-13 04 1 1 1 4 14 TGauer 7.7. 1-3 0-1 3 i 4 0 "I 1" Totals -7-50 20-28 37 11 33 I 3J 74 OREGON STATE (13) mp fg ft a it to tp J. Allen 30 MSI 11 I 3 D. Allen 40 $-1 1-3 1 5 1 14 Johnson ..22 6-7 I 1 3 4 It Blume. 40 10-21 (Ml I 0 1 0 20 Radford 34 11 14 4-4 1 4 4 2 Soutt 1-4 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 3 Martin 21 0-1 3 1 3 0 Smith 0-3 0 0 1 1.3 0 ToUls .,..,.200 3447 15-21 24 20 19 22 S3 SEATTLE 21 45-74 OREGON STATE .44 30-33 Team rebounds Seattle 3, Oregon State 3.

Blocked shots Oldham 3, Harell, J. Allen, John-i son, Martin. Technical Johnson (2). Officials Herrold, Rauge, Ballesteroa. Magic'uonly 4- Earvin "Magic" Johnson (33) of Michigan PORTLAND There' more to Michigan State than Magic.

Earvin "Magic" Johnson runs the show, but he's only part of the Spartan's act. Ask George Raveling. "Come on George. Put in your first team," a fan yelled from the stands last night when Raveling's Washington State Cougars were trailing Michigan State WSU never find a first team and lost 98-52. "In seven years at Washington State, that's the best transition team I've ever seen," said Raveling.

"Their transition from defense to offense was something. I've never been blitzed like they blitzed us tonight" Sure, Earvin Johnson made a lot of nice passes and had seven assists, four steals and 15 points. And sure, he's 6-foot-8 and he's a guard. But Michigan State ran waves of 6-foot-7 and 6-foot-8 guys at Washington State, and the Spartans' hands were almost always quicker than the Cougars' eyes. Michigan State made WSU look like Oregon State made Oregon look a week ago.

That's what makes tonight's Far West Roy Gault Garwttt-Timts sparti editor State maneuvers with the basketball against part Classic semifinal matchup between the Beavers and the Spartans look intriguing. Both teams are quick, emphasize defense and run like the devil after they've stolen the ball or have caused a missed shot. "I've only seen Oregon State play once, but I think all of Michigan State's accolades (No. 4 rating in the nation) are justly deserved," said Raveling. "I also have a lot of respect for Coach Ralph Miller, and perhaps he'll profit from some of the mistakes we made.

It should be an awfully interesting game." It may be a little too interesting to suit Miller. "They're probably quicker than we are," Miller allowed. "Their big- people 'are probably a little quicker than mine, on the basis of what I saw tonight. We'll see what they have to show us, and vise Miller plans to play the Spartans a little differently than Raveling chose to play them. "When you're playing against a zone and dribbling the ball, and when they keep steal- ing it, they automatically have a three-on-one," Miller surmised.

The Beavers will move the ball with passes GawHt-Tmw PSotoi by John Srogg Steve Harriel (33) 6f Washington State. of show and will try to apply the same kind of defensive pressure that the Spartans will be trying to apply. "We'll try to match their quickness and take away the advantages they enjoyed against the Cougars," said Miller. "Dwayne Allen will do as good as job on Earvin Johnson as anyone. The other two positions on front line are harder for us to match." Ron Charles is 6-7 and Gregory Kelsor'is 6-: 7 and both are quick.

The only MSU starter who is not exceptionally quick is 6-8 Jay Vincent, although he has very quick hands. "That's not a one-man ball club," Miller emphasized. "That's a very well-oiled outfit." Johnson, the Sports Illustrated cover boy who is so good he may turn pofessional after this, his sophomore season, is an exceptional passer. Twice in a row in the first half he made steals, dribbled the length of the court and dished the ball off classily for easy baskets. "I think that's why they call him (Continued on page IS) Bruins rebound with 95-67 win over California By The Associated Press The UCLA Bruins and ALl-American forward David Greenwood are paying the price- of fame.

The third-ranked Bruins made headlines by losing 75-72 to unrated Stanford Wednesday night, and Greenwood averaging nearly 20 points per game entering that contest managed just 11. UCLA reversed the brief slide Thursday night, pasting California 95-67: But Greenwood, peering out occasionally from a sea of Golden Bears defenders. slipped to 8 points this time. "I will be glad to see even two people guarding me," said Greenwood. "I don't know when I'll see one (defender) again.

The whole team seems to be guarding me." But while Cal was guarding Greenwood Thursday night, guard Brad Holland broke loose for 20 points and Roy Hamilton added 16 10 of them in the Bruins' 59-pomt second half. That started a new conference winning streak for the Bruins, who had won 17 consecutive divisional contests before falling to Stanford for their first Pacific-10 loss under Coach Gary Cunningham. "We underestimated Stanford," said Cunningham after Thursday night's triumph. "A loss never helps you. but I think it helped us in this situation.

We were just cruising along because we were rated so high and these teams weren't rated. But we came to play tonight." And unrated Texas Tech came to play when it faced eighth-ranked Michigan In a first-round game at the Sun Carnival tournament in El Paso, Texas. As a result, the Aggies came away with an 87-85 upset the only major 'surprise in Thursday's action. At the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu, Arizona State edg- ed Harvard 81-77 in overtime and Purdue plundered Boston College 82-54; Furman's Paladins retained their Poinsettia Classic crown with a 105-83 romp over Georgia Southern, and Southern Alabama nipped Louisiana Tech -71-69 to win the Senior Bowl tournament at Mobile, Ala. Cal hung close with UCLA in the early going and trailed only 28-22 with five minutes left in the first half.

But UCLA outscored the Bears 7-2 to start the second half and go ahead 43-30. They never led by less than 11 again. Cal was led by Kevin Singleton who had 14 points. UCLA, 1-1 in the Pac-10, is 7-2 overall. California, 0-2 in the conference, is 2-8 with all of the losses following two victories at the start of the season.

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