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COLLEGE BASKETBALL—NORTH CAROLINA defeated Georgetown 63-62 to win the NCAA Division I title in New Orleans (page 14). Louisiana Tech beat Cheyney State 76-62 to win the women's NCAA Division I championship in Norfolk, Va. Bradley beat Purdue 67-58 to win the NIT in New York City . Rutgers beat Texas 83-77 to win the AIAW national tournament in Philadelphia . PRO BASKETBALL—Atlantic Division-leading Boston, unbeaten in five weeks and on a club-record 18-game win streak, ran into some very hot 76ers and lost 116-98. Milwaukee clinched the Central Division title with a 128-99 defeat of foundering San Diego , loser of 24 of its last 26. Despite perfect 3-0 weeks by Denver , winner of nine straight, and Houston , whose Moses Malone leads the league in rebounding and is second in scoring, San Antonio held on to its 3�-game lead in the Midwest with a 114-110 victory at Utah . George Gervin had 47 for the Spurs to ice the Jazz' 17th straight defeat. In the Pacific, the Warriors retained third place by beating Portland 102-89 for their fourth straight win, while Seattle moved to within 1� of Los Angeles , the division leader. BOWLING—EARL ANTHONY defeated Frank Ellenburg 269-235 to win a $135,000 PBA event in Milwaukee . BOXING—WILFREDO GOMEZ retained his WBC super bantamweight title with a sixth-round TKO of Juan Meza in Atlantic City . Jeff Chandler stopped Johnny Carter in the sixth round to successfully defend his WBA bantamweight championship in Philadelphia . GOLF—TOM WATSON shot par on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff with Frank Conner to win the $300,000 Heritage Classic in Hilton Head , S.C. The pair finished the regulation 72 holes with four-under-par 280s. Amy Alcott shot a six-under-par 286 to defeat JoAnne Carner by one stroke in a $175,000 LPGA tournament in Kaanapali, Hawaii . |
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