European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. December 19, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 sports tar heels defeat dolphins 69-65 from press dispatches Jacksonville. Fla. Jeff  s 15-foot jumper pave nun car Olina inc la id with 1 57 remaining and Kenn Smith added a pair of free throws with 11 seconds to go As the top ranked tar in Els held off stubborn Jacksonville 69-65 tuesday night in College basketball Smith scored is Points and team mates Sieve Hale and Joe Wolf added i 2 and 10. Respectively As North Caro Lina hiked its record to 8-0 before a crowd of 10,117, whose anticipation of a possible upset Rcw stronger with each Jacksonville Basket. Willie Mcduffie scored i it Points and Danny Pearson had 14 for the dolphins who led 37-3f at halftime and by As Many As five Points after inter Mission. North Carolina which had beaten its first seven opponents by an average of 2h.9 Points per game never panicked. The tar heels regained com Mand As Brad Daug Chrly scored nine Points after being held scoreless in the opening half. In other games tuesday night Georgia tech 96, old Dominion 86 Atlanta freshman Tom Hammonds scored 10 of his 22 Points in inc first eight minutes of the second half As seventh ranked Georgia tech took control in Downing old Dominion. The jackets stretched a 47-43 half time Lead to 70-54 during the spurt that included a pair of three Point plays by Hammonds. Tech 5-1, eventually built its Lead to 94-74 before Odu closed the margin in the final three minutes against re serves. Tech trailed 15-12 less than seven minutes into the game before Ham monds and Mark Price hit baskets to give the jackets the Lead. Louisiana state 72. Texas 65 Austin. Texas no. 9 Louisiana state got off to a slower Start than usual but Nikita Wilson and James Williams came through in the second half As the tigers turned Back Texas. This was our hardest  Ltd coach Dale Brown said after the tigers came Back from a 35-28 halftime deficit. Texas is hard to play because they re fundamentally sound. You can t break  Wilson scored 23 Points and Wil Liams Hud 15 Points and eight re Bounds. Wilson and Williams dominated play for them in the second half. They played real Good position and got the Ball in to Wilson said longhorn College basketball coach Bob Weltlich whose team lost a one Pointer in overtime last saturday to no. K Oklahoma. 1mb 69, Onci Nnoli s3 Birmingham. Ala Alabama Birmingham was having trouble pull ing away from in Rancka Cincinnati so coach Gene Barlow put the i4lh ranked blazers in a full court press. That press produced the dab Victory led by senior guard Steve Mitchell s20 Points. We think our defense was Superb Bartow said i think our defense and rebounding wore them Down and that was the  Barlow ordered the blazers into a full court press at the 14 30 Mark of the first half. The result was a 12-2 lab spurt that put the game out of Cincinnati s reach. In inc first half. Cincinnati soph Omore guard Roger Mcclendon scored 14 Points As the Lead changed hands eight limes and was tied on eight other occasions. Mcclendon finished with i Points. So Louisiana 66, Auburn 64 Lafayette la. Cedric Hill s Field goal sent the game into overtime and his 20-Footcr from the right Corner with one second left in overtime clinched southwestern Louisiana s Vic tory Over Auburn. Hill a 6-foot-l senior guard hit on half of his 30 shots from the Field for 30 Points in helping the Ragin cajuns improve their record to 3-4. Grumbling 74, Florida a & m 69 Tallahassee Fin. John Clarke scored seven of his 19 Points in overtime to boost Grambling Over Flor Ida a a. The tigers 5-1, came out cold and trailed 24-6 with eight minutes left in the first half. But Grambling went on a tear and managed to Nab a 35-34 half Lime Lead. Memphis is. 73, Mississippi 56 Memphis Tenn. Junior Center William Bedford scored 23 Points and grabbed 12 rebounds to Lead i oth ranked Memphis state by Mississippi for its eighth straight Victory. Memphis stale came out sluggish in the first half but broke for intermission with a 37-27 advantage on two free throws by Junior Reserve guard John Wilfong. Wilfong finished with eight Points. The tigers the defending metro conference champions also got 11 Points and 10 rebounds from soph Omore Forward Vinct Askew. Age wins out As lakers top kicks 105-99 from press dispatches new Yorka Arcco Abdul Jab bar and Rookie Patrick Ewing fought to a standoff in their first Mcling. But it was the 38-year-old Veteran s five Points Dur ing an 18-9 los Angeles Streak late in the fourth Quarter that lifted the lakers to a 105-99 Victory Over inc new York kicks tuesday night in a National basketball association game. The lakers held Well under their scor ing average of 123.7 Points per game trailed 87-85 Midway through inc fourth period. Bui Abdul i Jabbar s Hook Shol Wilh 3 24 remaining gave them the Lead for Good at 90-94. Abdul Jabbar completed the 18-9 Streak Wajih another j basked. Making it 103-96 Wilh 56 seconds remaining Abdul Jabbar finished with id Points for the  Abdul Jabbar ers who Are now 21-3 for the season and have won 10 of their  11 games. Mau Rice Lucas added 19 Points. James worthy had 18 and magic Johnson collected 17for los Angeles Ewing considered the Best of the Young generation of centers in the Aba Abdul Jabbar is the All time leading scorer with nearly j4.0m Points had 28 for new York. Guard Trent Tucker added 22 in other games tuesday. Bulls 116, celtics 108 Chicago Orlando Woolridge hit a game High 37 Points and connected on a 15-foot jumper with 51 seconds remaining to give Chicago a win Over Boston. The bulls now 10-19. Dealt inc celtics Only their fifth loss of the ear against 20 triumphs. 76crs 11 2. Pacers 96 Indianapolis Julius Erving scored a season High 28 Points and Charles Barkley pulled Down a career High 20 rebounds As inc Philadelphia 76crs broke a three game losing Streak. Spun 126, Trail blazers 118 san Antonio Center Arlis Gil More and Forward Mike Mitchell poured in 29 and 26 Points respectively to Lead san Antonio Over Portland. Forward Steve Johnson tallied 24 and guard Alvin Robertson scored 22 for san Antonio 15-12. No Roundup nuggets 122. Warriors 114 Denver Alex English scored 31 Points and Calvin Nalt added .17. Including 14 in inc last Quarter to spark Denver past Golden stale. The loss was the ninth straight a a from Home for Golden . Which is 1-12 on the season on the Road and 10-19 Over All. Denver meanwhile improved us re Cord to 17-9 my remained one ame be Hind Houston in the no is Midwest division. Inn 106. Bullets 9n i Andover. My Adrun Danilc scored eight of his 30 Points and Karl Malone pot i Ighel of ins 25 in inc fourth Quarter As  lost a inc Point Leith. But  lied to defeat Washington. Tin defeat snapped a four game win Ning Streak for the bullets who had on 10 in a Row at Home. Utah  .1 7-d Road record Oekels 98. Cavaliers 94 . Ohio Levus i Loul scored 25 of his career High 3s Points in the second half to Page Houston Pas Cleveland. Cleveland 11-14. Led b is  a 13 Points in the third Quarter before Houston pulled to within 80-73 entering the final Quarter. Hawks 104. Nets 103 Atlanta Eddie Johnson Ini a jumper and two free throws in the last id seconds to pull Atlanta past new Jersch. Johnson s jump Shol gave Atlanta a 102-101 Lead and marked the list of 12 Lead changes in the fourth Quarter after new Jersey s Darr l Dawkins missed two free throws Johnson hit his Charity tosses to give the Hawks .1 104-101 Cushion no eight seconds remaining. Kings 132, pistons 121 Sacramento. Calif thus scored 16 Points in the Quarter As Sacramento rallied to Detroit. A three Point basked by thus Wilh 1 54 icel allowed the Kings to build a i 20-1 16 Lead thai gave Sacramento the acc Cesar Cushion. Suns 104, supersonics 99 Seattle Larry Nance scored .11 Points and James Edwards added 29 is Phoenix Defeated Scallie. The loss snapped a five game Home win Ning Skircak for inc sonics. The suns have won five out of i hair last six Reggie fourth defeat contest entries pick sooner by so margin by Bob Wicker sports editor Penn stale s Days As inc no. I College football team in the nation Are numbered according to readers of the stars and stripes. A random sampling of entries received this week from 100 readers in the stars and Siri pcs super bowl con test see final ballot on Page 19 gives the Oklahoma sooner the nod Over the Penn state Kittany Lions in the Orange bowl on new year s Day. The Vale was 53 for the sooner. 47 for the Kittany Lions. Bolh wire services a and up rank Penn state no. 1 heading into the season ending bowl games. Oklahoma up s no. 2 team and Iowa ranked Sec Ond by a stand the Best can pcs of moving to the top if Penn state Falls. While 53 percent of the readers predict a Victory for Oklahoma 81 percent see Iowa knocking off Urcla in the Rose bowl. The Orange and Rose bowl games make up two of the 12 College games in he super bowl contest which of fers a trip for two to the super bowl in new Orleans next month. The final contest ballot appears in today s stripes. Tomorrow is the last Day entries May be Post marked. The most lopsided game in the contest lineup Accord ing to stripes readers is the Miami Tennessee matchup in the sugar bowl. Miami was picked on 86  the entries checked. In other games Arkansas was picked Over Arizona stale 71-29 Georgia Over Arizona. 60-40 Brigham Young Over Ohio slate. 59-41 Florida stale Over okla homa slate. 64-36 Colorado Over Washington 52-48 army Over Illinois 65-35 air Force Over Texas. 76-24 Nebraska Over Michigan 64-36, and Auburn Over Texas am 55-45. The stars and stripes sports staff predictions will appear on Page 26 of tomorrow s paper