A Roundup Of The Week March 19-25

COLLEGE BASKETBALL—THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY COLLEGE of Poplar Bluff, Mo. beat Mercer County Community College of Trenton, N.J. 60-59 in Hutchinson , Kans. to win the national J.C. title.

Old Dominion beat Louisiana Tech 75-65 to win the AIAW championship (page 62).

Indiana defeated Purdue 53-52 in New York City to win the National Invitation Tournament .

PRO BASKETBALL—The Central and Midwest races tightened as San Antonio and Kansas City , the respective division leaders, continued to falter. Led by Marques Johnson 's 34 points, Milwaukee routed the Spurs 147-127, and Atlanta beat them 115-108 as reserve Guard Terry Furlow pumped in a career-high 30. San Antonio , loser of five of its last six, beat K.C. 123-116 for its only victory, while the Kings, losers of 10 of their last 13, beat only Chicago 114-103. Paul Westphal hit for 36 and Walter Davis added 30 to lift Phoenix to a 126-107 win over the Kings, who also dropped a 100-98 decision to Portland , winner of four in a row. Denver , which trails the Kings by a game and a half in the Midwest, upended Golden State 113-102 and Boston 137-113 behind David Thompson 's 58 points to extend its winning streak to four. Paced by Calvin Murphy , who scored a season-high 38, Houston moved to within a game and a half of San Antonio with a 120-116 defeat of Atlanta , which is only two games back. Philadelphia swept a unique doubleheader from New Jersey for its fourth and fifth straight victories. The opener, which was a replay of the final 17:50 of a protested game played on Nov. 8, began with the 76ers ahead 84-81. It ended with them in front 123-117. The Sixers had won the original edition of this game 137-133 in double overtime. Philly took the nightcap 110-98 as Julius Erving , who finished the first game with 32 points, hit for 26. Atlantic Division leader Washington got 31 points and 22 rebounds from Elvin Hayes in a 119-106 win over New York . The Bullets then dropped a 124-114 decision to Detroit that halted their winning string at four. Seattle edged Boston 112-110 in its only start to maintain a two-game lead over Phoenix and a 2�-game margin over Los Angeles in the Pacific Division.

BOWLING—JOHNNY PETRAGLIA beat Bill Coleman 206-203 to win a $100,000 tournament in Milwaukee .

BOXING—LARRY HOLMES of Easton, Pa. retained his WBC heavyweight title in Las Vegas with a seventh-round K.O. of Puerto Rico 's Ossie Ocasio (page 75).

Wilfredo Benitez of Puerto Rico scored a unanimous decision over New York City 's Harold Weston in San Juan to retain his WBC welterweight crown.

FENCING—WAYNE STATE won the NCAA title in Princeton, N.J. , defeating Notre Dame 119-108.

GOLF—LANNY WADKINS' five-under-par 283 won the Tournament Players Championship in Jacksonville . Second by five strokes was Tom Watson (page 24).

Nancy Lopez fired a 10-under-par 274 to win a $100,000 LPGA tournament in Las Vegas by two strokes over Donna Young.