European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday january 17, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports hoyas torpedo no. 4 Syracuse by William r. Barnardas basketball writer although Georgetown had won Only two of its last five games and Syracuse had lost for the first time coach John Thompson would t Call the Loyas Victory Over the orangemen in upset. If they come Here we should beat them Thompson said after no. 15 Georgetown edged no. 4 Syracuse 73-70 at the capital Centre on wednesday night. We needed the last two weeks had exposed some possible weaknesses on Georgetown s front Lino which further brought into question its ability to win consistently without All America Patrick Ewing. Now the top Rookie in the National basketball association. Against Syracuse however the quartet of 6-foot-m Ralph Dalton 6-Io Grady mat Cen 6-8 Ron Highsmith and 6-8 Jon Athan Edwards played Well. I was sick of Reading about people dunking on us and jumping Over the top ofus that we were Small because Pat s gone Thompson said. I told them i never had a team in my life where so Many College basketball people talk about How they jumped Over jumped around us. So we had a big Man practice this in other games involving the associated press top 20, it was no. 6 Memphis state 89, Cincinnati 71 no. 7 Oklahoma 94, Colo Rado 82 no. 8 Kansas 81. Nebraska 70 no. 9 St. John s 74, scion Hall 58 no. 11 Ken Lucky 64, Mississippi state 52 no. 16 Vir Ginia tech 73, James Madison 65, and no. 18 Louisville 85, Florida state 64. David Wingate led Georgetown 12-3 Overall and 3-2 in the big East Confer ence by scoring 12 of his game High 18 Points in the second half including four Points in the last 20 seconds. Wingate s Dunk off Michael Jackson s Allcy top pass with 20 seconds left put the hoyas ahead 71-68. After Syracuse s Wendell Alexis Cut it to 71-70 with four seconds remaining Wingate made two free throws with two seconds left for the final margin. Reggie Williams added 17 Points and Dalton had 11 for Georgetown. Rafael Addison had 16 and Alexis finished with15 for Syracuse now 131 Overall and 4-1 in the conference. Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said his team was t beaten offensively by George town s big men but he praised the hoyas defense and rebounding. We let them inside and from what i had seen this season they had not been playing Well up front Boch Cim said. Their defense was the difference in the second the Loyas held the orangemen s 6-10 Center Rony Shikaly to 10 Points on two for so Van shooting from the floor. All of his nine rebounds came in the first half. Rony after he got his fourth foul stopped playing defense Boeheim said. Shikaly. A native of Lebanon who Gre up in Greece picked up his fourth foul with 12 minutes to play. He fouled out with 1 13 remaining. Georgetown shot 63 percent from the door in the second half and 53 percent Overall. Syracuse hit 50 percent of its Field goal attempts and beat the Loyas on the boards 36-27."i Don t believe Boeheim said of the rebounding figures. They killed us on the offensive top 10 William Bedford scored a game High 23points and triggered a second half rally that led Memphis stale Over the univer sity of Cincinnati. Memphis state. 16-0, hit a six Ling 68 percent from the floor in the first half As it Buill a 19-Poinl Lead Only to let it slip away after the intermission. Cincinnati Cut the Lead to five Points with 14 minutes left but Memphis slate reasserted itself behind Bedford who hit 15 Points in the second half. Memphis stale s 16th win tied he school record for consecutive victories Setin 1954-55. Memphis stale has won its last nine games against Cincinnati. Tim Mccalister scored 27 Points and Darryl Kennedy added 23 As Oklahoma Defeated Colorado to remain undefeated. Mcca Lisler s 12 Points in the first half see hoyas on Page 23 i m just embarrassed a Berf cafe thrones Mcenroe Brad Gilbert. Hard hitter unseat Champ by Bob Greene new York a a year ago he was the undisputed King of Lennis. Today John Mcenroe is struggling to find that magic m not moving As Well As 1 normally do. I m not serving As Well. I m not hitting the Ball As solid. I m making Loo Many mistakes and my concentration in t whatsit used to be Mcenroe said wednesday night after being ousted from the $500.000 Nabisco masters Tennis championships by hard hitting Brad Gilbert. Ivan Lendl has none of those problems. I feel Good about my game Lindl said after blasting fellow czech Tomas Smid 6-1, 6-0 in his first round match in the season ending tournament Al Madison Square Garden. I feel that if i play Well everything is going my i Don t play Well i keep trying and Csc Lually Start playing s 5-7, 6", 6-1 Victory Over Mcenroe made sure that this year s tournament final won t be a repeat of the last three when Lendl and Mcenroe clashed for the title. Lendl the reigning . Open Champion and top seeded in these Lect 16-player Field won in 1983. Mcenroe was victorious the last two years. I be had a lot of great experiences Here at the Garden and i m just embarrassed at the Way i played Mcenroe said. Also advancing into the quarterfinals with victories wednesday were Tim May Otic who slopped Yannick Noah of France 6-4, 6-4, and Anders Jarryd who outlasted fellow swede Joakim Nystrom 0-6,6-1,6-4.tonight s quarterfinal pairings will Send Ecuador s Andres Gomez against Johan Kriek and Wimbledon Champion Boris Becker of West Germany against French open Winner Mats Wilander of Friday Lindl will take on Mayotte and Gilbert will face Jarryd. Although a native of new York Mcenroe has never been a crowd favorite Here More than Likely because of his Firsty Atti tude. And wednesday was no exception. Asked if the crowd was a Factor in his loss he said it should t have been but it was. I be dealt with it for eight think i have dreams or Hopes that every Lime i come to new York in will be different and it does t happen. It hurts a Little bit because being from new York and playing Here and having such Good memories i guess i just try to build it up. And then i just bring myself down."1 Don t know Why but unfortunately the fans that i guess i have in new York really did t come to this the cavernous 18,880-Seal Garden was Only half filled wednesday night and the crowd was decidedly in Gilbert s Corner. At one stage Mcenroe had a healed Exchange with one Beer drinking Spectator who was heckling him Between the first game of the second set the left hander was assessed a code of con duct warning for a visible and a i talc later during a changeover he Lold Gilbert that he did t belong on the same court with i m playing Well i Don t think he docs Mcenroe said. But that s a attitude you need in snorts i think. That s my Way of pumping up. Thai s just my Way of trying to get myself going. I needed something to get me going and twas just a Spur of the moment Lypp of said to him after the match that i think he played a great Malch and i Hon Estly broke Gilbert s serve in the i2lh game of the opening set. In was inc Only time in he match the a Vonual Winner would lose his serve. Gilbert Riding a Strong serve and powerful passing shots broke Mcenroe s service in the seventh game of the Middle set then ran off the last six games of the knew i had to concentrate on gelling my first serves in Gilbert said. He did finishing up Wilh seven aces an see masters on Page 23 Golden state piles up 150 Points to rout jazz by the associated press Oakland Calif. The Golden state warriors a most unlikely team ran. Up the highest score so far this season in the National basketball association. It All started on the defensive end substitute guard Terry Teagle said after wednesday night s 150-104 rout of the Utah jazz. His 26 Points led the Way. On the offensive end. Coach John Bach said the Ball movement was spectacular. Ball handling had eluded us earlier. The warriors shot 59 percent from the Field 62 of 105 and made 26 of 29 Iree throws. The Victory was their second in a of. But they had lost six games and 10 of 12 before the Mai we Streak no Roundup that began monday in Indiana. The previous single game High this sea son was the new Jersey nets 147 Points against Indiana on oct. 30."we played great defense and the crowd got Inlo the game and made us go Inlo a frenzy like Sharks Bach said. A big one like this might help them Utah coach Frank Layden said. Golden state did t beat chopped liver tonight we re a pretty Good jazz was coming off a Road Victory at Houston and had Adrian Dantley the Aba s leading scorer Back in uniform after a three game injury Layoff. But they were never in the game after being Oul scored 41-20 in the second period. They really came out smoking. Forget the second half. It was a summer Charity game Layden said. All the warriors starters including Purvis Short who had 22 Points and Joe Barry Carroll who had 21, it out the final period. Teagle Coll Cucu 14 of his Points in the last Quarter. They did not pour it on. They played 48 minutes of basketball Layden said. Antiey and Rick cd Green with 16 Points apiece were the lop scorers for Utah playing its fifth game in seven Days. Utah was a tired team Bach said. Golden state was the hot team and As Short said everyone touched the Ball and we just had in other Aba games rockets 119, spurs 113 san Antonio Texas Ralph Sampson held to four Points when hous ton had its 20-game Home winning Streak snapped by Utah on tuesday scored 30 this time. Sampson scored 11 Points in the third period and John Lucas picked up 12 of his 28 in the fourth Quarter for the rockets. Lucas turnaround jumper with 40 seconds left gave Houston a 118-113 advantage scaling the Triumph. Alvin Robertson scored 31 Points and see Aba on Page 23
