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Rangers FLYERS Chicago Vancouver 567 2'2 .545 4 .424 12 .375 15 .313 19'2 St. Louis Colorado Boston Buffalo Toronto Minnesota .597 .536 .433 .409 .359 Montreal Los Angeles Pittsburgh Washington Detroit sports quiz Q: What basketball team once spurned an NCAA bid in order to enter the NIT? Yesterday's answer: Rutgers last de feated Indiana State, 57-56, in the NlT's second round last year. NHL Campbell Conference Patrick Division 62 199 223 48 186 255 41 202 285 34 177 290 97 284 1& 67 237 232 63 220 232 51 225 276 44 207 247 ©1978 Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis NIT Yesterday's Games Alabama 98, St. Bonaventure 89 Alcorn St. 80, Miss. St. 78 Dayton 105, Holy Cross 81 Indiana 78, Texas Tech 59 Purdue 97, Cent. Michigan 80 Texas A&M 79, New Mexico 68 Baseball Exhibition Baseball Scores Yesterday's Games Boston 8, Detroit 6 Texas 3, New York ( A) 2,11 innings Kansas City 7-7, James Madison Col., 4-0 PIRATES 6, Seibu 0, 4 1 4 innings, rain San Francisco 5, Milwaukee 4 Chicago (N) 5, Seattle 5, 11 innings, tie Yakult 11, San Diego 3 • Cleveland 6, California 4 Today's Games Houston vs. Atlanta at West Palm Beach, Fla. Texas vs. Los Angeles at Vero Beach, Fla. PHILLIES vs. Montreal at Clearwater, Fla. PIRATES vs. Chicago (A) al Sarasota, Fla. Detroit vs. Boston at Winter Haven, Fla. Kansas City vs. New York i A i at Fort Lauderdale, Fla Seattle vs. Chicago i N i at Mesa, Ariz. Milwaukee vs. San Francisco at Phoenix Yakult vs. San Diego at Yuma, Ariz Cleveland vs. California at Palm Springs, Calif • Tomorrow's Games Los Angeles vs. Houston at Cocoa, Fla. Atlanta vs. Boston at Winter Haven, Fld. - New York (N) vs. St. Louis at St. Petersburg, Fla. PHILLIES vs. Montreal at Daytona Beach, Fla. Chicago I Al SS vs. PIRATES at Bradenton, Fla. Cincinati vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla. Baltimore vs. New York I A) at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla Kansas City vs. Texas at Pompano Beach, Fla. Minnesota vs. Detroit at Lakeland. Fla. bm, comes Mikita leads Hawks over Flyers PHILADELPHIA (AP) Stan Mikita scored two goals and assisted on a third as the Chicago Black Hawks scored a 5-1 National Hockey League victory over the Philadelphia Flyers last night. The three points gave him the 38-year old Mikita 52 for the season and a 21-year career total of 538 goals and 919 assists for 1,457 points, third highest in NHL history behind Gordy Howe and the New York Rangers' Bill Esposito. Mikita's first goal came at 13:25 of the Alcorn still undefeated after NIT win By the Associated Press • . Larry Smith hit a sliort jumper at the buzzer last night to give unbeatep,upstart Alcorn State an 80-78 college basketball victory over Mississippi State in a first-round game of the National Invitation Tournament at Starkville, Miss. Smith's eight-footer highlighted a frenzied finale, capping a Braves' comeback from a,16-point Mississippi State lead in the first half and an 11-point deficit in the second half. Alcorn State extended its record to 28-0 with the victory over the Southeastern Conference Bulldogs. In Birmingham, record-setting Reginald King scored 29 points to lead Alabama to a 98-89 college basketball victory over St. Bonaventure. The Tide scored eight straight points at the start of the second half, seven by King, to take a 16-point lead. In other NIT action, sharp-shooting junior forward Mike Woodson poured in 30 points as the Indiana Hoosiers handed Texas Tech its worst home defeat in 48 years, routing the Red Raiders 78-59 at Lubbock. • The Big Ten Hoosiers dominated the game from the opening tips against the Southwest Conference's Raiders, running up a 15-2 score before Tech, could make its first field goal. Dayton scored its highest total in its 38 NIT games behind Jim Paxson's 29 points last night, crushing Holy Cross 105-81 at opening period: With a delayed penalty with three second-period goals, with the call on Philadelphia's Paul Holmgren, game-winner by Reg Kerr at 2:07. Mikita replaced Chicago goaltender Mikita set up a John Marks goal at 7:51, Mike Veisor as an extra forward. then scored his second goal and 18th of The Black Hawks controlled the puck ~,,. the season at 11:16. for nearly 20 seconds until Ivanßoldirev ' Moving in on the Flyers net from the broke out of his own zone. He carri4a the left corner, Mikita used Marks to decoy length of the left side of the rink, behind Flyer goalie Wayne Stephenson out of the Flyers net and passed in front to a the net, then slipped the puck into the closing Mikity for the only score of the lower right corner of the net. period: - The teams exchanged goals in the The Black Hawks broke the game open third period. The Daily Collegian Friday, March 9, 1979- Dayton Paxson, a 6-foot-6 senior guard, sank all nine of his free throws in leading the Flyers to a 21-for-24 night at the foul line. The Flyers' total wiped out their previous NIT scoring record of 98 points, posted against Chicago Loyola in the 1962 semifinals. Texas A&M used the inside muscle of Rynn Wright and Vernon Smith to power its way past New Mexico 79-68 at Albuquerque. ' , Wright and Smith, a pair of rugged sophomore forwards, both scored 23 points to lead the Aggies to their 23rd victory in 31 outings. With Wright and Smith dominating the inside, Texas A&M led for most of the contest, including a 38-34 halftime ad vantage. At Purdue, freshman Mike Scearce came off the bench to score a career-high 26 points sparking the Boilermakers to a 97-80 victory over Central Michigan. Senior reserve Neil Bemenderfer scored 17 points for the Purdue while junior center Joe Barry Carroll scored 15, spending much of the time on the bench as Coach Lee Rose elected to play his reserves. ' Purdue took command with a 12-point streak midway in the first half when the Chippewas went scoreless for six minutes.
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