College Basketball Roundup : ‘Other’ Smith Leads Georgetown Over Pitt

Charles Smith helped Pittsburgh rise to the No. 2 ranking in the country before Charles Smith helped bring the Panthers down.

Georgetown’s less-heralded Charles Smith scored 13 of his 20 points in the second half, and the No. 14-rated Hoyas beat Pitt, 62-57, in a Big East opener at Landover, Md.

“I’m not worried about publicity,” Georgetown’s Charles Smith said. “There can be 50 Charles Smiths. As long as we win, I don’t care who gets the notoriety.”

The more notable Charles Smith, the 6-foot 10-inch center for Pitt (9-1), entered the game averaging 18 points and 8 rebounds a game. He scored 12 points against the Hoyas (10-1) but missed the final 13:44 of the first half with three fouls and wasn’t as big a factor as the smaller Charles Smith.

Smith scored 9 points in a 16-6 run that gave Georgetown a 56-52 lead. He added two free throws with 29 seconds left.

Georgetown led, 58-56, when Jaren Jackson grabbed a rebound of his own miss with 1:25 remaining and scored. Jackson grabbed another rebound with 40 seconds left, just before Pitt Coach Paul Evans was called for two technical fouls.

Evans said official Jim Burr blew a traveling call on Georgetown’s Bobby Winston.

“After four steps, I think you ought to get a traveling call,” Evans said. “Then he (Barr) has the nerve to tell me he was looking for it in the back court. For $650 (official’s pay) you ought to be able to see both.”

Smith hit 2 of 4 free throws to make it 60-56, and the Hoyas went on to their seventh straight win.

The game was marred by a fight that led to the ejection of Mark Tillmon, Georgetown’s leading scorer. With 11 minutes left in the first half, Tillmon and the Panthers’ Nate Bailey got tangled up and exchanged heated words. Tillmon threw a punch at Bailey and several more at Pitt’s Jerome Lane before both benches cleared.

“Those kids should have been in my neighborhood if they thought that little thing was a fight,” Georgetown Coach John Thompson said.

Lane had 12 points and 16 rebounds for Pitt, which has not won at the Capital Centre in six tries.

Iowa 84, Indiana 70--B.J. Armstrong scored 17 of his 27 points in the second half, when Kent Hill had all of his 16 points, and the No. 16 Hawkeyes knocked off the 12th-ranked Hoosiers in a Big Ten opener at Iowa City, Iowa.

Indiana (8-3) led by 16 points in the first half and had a 33-26 halftime lead.

The Hawkeyes (9-3) took their first lead at 51-50 on baskets by Hill and Jeff Moe, then went ahead for good with an 8-0 run that made it 61-54 with 7:58 left.

Dean Garrett, Indiana’s 6-foot 10-inch center, picked up his fourth and fifth fouls four seconds apart during the decisive Iowa spurt, leaving the game with 8:06 remaining.

Rick Calloway and Keith Smart had 15 points each for Indiana.

Auburn 72, Florida 65--Chris Morris, taking up the slack with two starters out, scored 26 points to lead the Tigers to an upset of the No. 15 Gators in a Southeastern Conference opener at Auburn, Ala.

Morris had 17 points in the opening half as Auburn (8-2) built a 43-35 halftime lead, then put the game out of reach with a steal and a spectacular dunk with 2:40 left.

Morris was forced to take over the load of the Tigers’ offense after forward Mike Jones lost his eligibility because of academic problems and center Jeff Moore suffered a broken hand.

Dwayne Schintzius scored 23 points and Pat Lawrence added 20 for Florida (9-4).

Kentucky 93, Mississippi State 52--Winston Bennett scored 17 points, and the top-ranked Wildcats rolled past the Bulldogs at Lexington, Ky.

The Wildcats (10-0, 3-0) made 21 of 30 shots and forced Mississippi State (8-3, 0-1) into 18 turnovers while building a 55-17 halftime lead. Kentucky scored 14 straight points at one stage and added the last 12 points of the half.

Rob Lock added 15 points for Kentucky; Eric Manuel and Ed Davender had 12 apiece, and Rex Chapman scored 11.

Carl Nichols had 15 points and Greg Lockhart scored 14 for the Bulldogs.

North Carolina 76, Fordham 67--J.R. Reid had 23 points, and Scott Williams scored the first five points in overtime as the fourth-ranked Tar Heels got past the Rams at Greensboro, N.C.

The Tar Heels (10-1) played without starting guards Jeff Lebo and Ranzino Smith, who were both injured slightly in practice.

Fordham (5-6) forced overtime on Greg Pedro’s two free throws with eight seconds left in regulation, tying the game, 65-65.

Williams added 15 points for Carolina, and Joe Paterno scored 16 for Fordham.

Temple 84, Penn 50--Mike Vreeswyk scored 20 points, and the sixth-ranked Owls scored the first 24 points while routing the Quakers at Philadelphia.

Freshman Mark Macon added 19 points for Temple (9-0), which is off to its best start since the 1978-79 team went 11-0.

Temple hit its first seven shots, and Penn (1-8) didn’t score until Jeff Riebel’s basket with 12:04 left in the first half.

Riebel had 11 points and Walt Frazier Jr. added 10 for Penn.

Michigan 92, Northwestern 69--Gary Grant scored 31 points, and Loy Vaught added 18 as the 11th-ranked Wolverines overpowered the Wildcats in another Big Ten opener at Evanston, Ill.

The Wolverines (12-1) pulled away from a 48-39 halftime lead to score their 11th straight victory. Northwestern (5-6) had virtually no chance after leading scorer Shon Morris left with an ankle injury two minutes into the second half. He scored 17 points.

Grant moved into third place on Michigan’s all-time scoring list, ahead of Rudy Tomjanovich and behind Cazzie Russell and Mike McGee.

Duke 107, Miami, Fla. 69--Danny Ferry scored 23 points, and the No. 9 Blue Devils routed the Hurricanes at Durham, N.C.

Kevin Strickland added 17 points and John Smith had 16 for Duke (8-1), which went over 100 for the fifth time in nine games.

Dennis Burns had 21 points for Miami (5-8) and Tito Horford added 17.

Kansas 90, American U. 69--Marvin Branch scored 20 points and Danny Manning added 18 to lead the No. 18 Jayhawks past the Eagles at Lawrence, Kan.

The victory was the 53rd in a row for the Jayhawks (10-3) at Allen Fieldhouse, the longest home winning streak in the nation.

Mike Sumner scored 17 points for American.

Bradley 98, N.C. Charlotte 82--Hersey Hawkins, the nation’s leading scorer, had 33 of his 49 points in the second half to rally the Braves past the 49ers at Charlotte, N.C.