Backup's shot lifts Seton Hall over Temple

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Ty Shine was Seton Hall's backup point guard and backup hero. <br>Replacing injured Shaheen Holloway in the first half, Shine scored a career-high 26 points, including the winning

Sunday, March 19th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Ty Shine was Seton Hall's backup point guard and backup hero.
Replacing injured Shaheen Holloway in the first half, Shine scored a career-high 26 points, including the winning 3-pointer with 18 seconds left in overtime, to give the 10th-seeded Pirates a 67-65 victory over second-seeded Temple on Sunday.

The loss in the second round of the NCAA East Regional ended Temple coach John Chaney's latest bid to reach the Final Four.

Seton Hall (22-9) moves on to face third-seeded Oklahoma State, which beat 11th-seeded Pepperdine 75-67, on Friday in the regional semifinals in Syracuse.

The Pirates have won both their games in overtime, and this was the fifth overtime game of the tournament, two off the record set in 1995. Seton Hall is 4-0 in overtime this season.
This is Seton Hall's fourth trip to the round of 16 and first since 1992.

It didn't look as if the Pirates would be going anywhere when Holloway, the hero of the opening-round victory over Oregon, injured his left ankle eight minutes into the game.

While he was at the hospital for X-rays, Shine started a 3-point barrage that led the Pirates to a 31-29 halftime lead.

It didn't stop in the second half, even against Temple's vaunted mathcup zone. The Pirates finished 15-for-30 from 3-point range, and Shine was 7-for-11.

The 15 3-pointers broke the East Regional record of 14 set by Penn in 1995 and matched by Long Island University in 1997.

Rimas Kaukenas, who was 4-of-7 on 3-pointers, added 18 points for the Pirates, while Darius Lane had 16 points and was 4-for-12 from beyond the 3-point line.

Mark Karcher, who led Temple (27-6) with 27 points, tied the game at 57 with 24 seconds left in regulation.

The Pirates had a chance to win it, but Shine spun into trouble and fed the ball to Kevin Wilkins. His 12-footer bounced off the rim at the buzzer.

Karcher made one of two free throws with 41 seconds left to give Temple a 65-63 lead, but that was emblematic of the Owls' problems all game as they finished 6-for-18 from the line. Karcher was 3-for-8.

Shine's 3-pointer with 18 seconds remaining gave the Pirates a 66-65 lead and got Holloway, in a wheelchair at the end of the bench with his leg elevated and wrapped in ice, standing and cheering. X-rays showed no break but it was obvious Holloway was in pain.

Temple worked the ball around for a final shot but Lynn Greer, forced to play the point because Pepe Sanchez had fouled out with 37 seconds left in regulation, threw the ball away under the basket.

Greg Morton was fouled immediately and made one of two free throws for a 67-65 lead. Greer's 3-pointer from a couple of steps inside midcourt bounced off the rim.

The Pirates were 8-for-14 from 3-point range in the win over Oregon and they kept the long-range accuracy up against Temple.

The 68-year-old Chaney, who has had the Owls to the NCAA tournament in all but two of his 18 seasons at Temple, including the last 11. He was a sentimental favorite to get to the Final Four for the first time.

Greer finished with 13 points, all in the final 12:11 of regulation and overtime. Quincy Wadley also had 13.

Sanchez, who had no points and 15 assists in the opening-round win over Lafayette, had six assists and two points on 1-for-6 shooting.