COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1995-96 : ROUNDUP : Experience Leads Arizona; Georgetown Keeps Rolling

Three games into the season, Arizona is relying on experience.

The 19th-ranked Wildcats worked the shot clock in the final minutes and showed the sophomores and freshmen of No. 16 Michigan a thing or two in an 86-79 victory Wednesday night at New York in the semifinals of the Preseason NIT.

The Wildcats (3-0) will play No. 5 Georgetown for the title Friday night.

“The difference down the stretch was simply that we had a lot more experience,” Arizona Coach Lute Olson said. “They played hard but we felt there were a couple of things we could down and that was use the clock well and get it inside.”

Michael Dickerson’s dunk with 2:30 to play gave the Wildcats a 79-71 lead, but the Wolverines (2-1) took advantage of a turnover and a missed three-pointer to score six points over the next minute to get within two.

Arizona worked the 35-second shot clock and Miles Simon, who led the Wildcats with 21 points, rebounded his missed drive and started a new 35 seconds with 55 seconds to go.

Dickerson made a nice pass inside to Joseph Blair for the dunk, and he was fouled with 26 seconds to play. He banked in the free throw for an 82-77 lead.

Ben Davis had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead Arizona.

Freshman Louis Bullock led Michigan with 22 points.

No. 5 Georgetown 94, No. 25 Georgia Tech 72--The much-anticipated individual matchup was fun. The game was a blowout.

The Hoyas (3-0), led as usual by sophomore point guard Allen Iverson with 23 points and six assists, cruised past the Yellow Jackets (2-1) and his freshman counterpart Stephon Marbury in the semifinals of the Preseason NIT at New York. Marbury finished ith 13 points and eight assists and, like Iverson, dazzled with his share of snappy passes.

Georgetown, however, used its inside strength to pull away from the Yellow Jackets.

Victor Page, Iverson’s freshman backcourt partner, added 25 points.

GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT

No. 10 Iowa 78, Ohio 51--The Hawkeyes pressured the Bobcats into 29 turnovers and Russ Millard scored 18 points in a rout in the opening round of the Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage.