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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, February 20, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 20, 1986 stars and stripes Page 17 tar heels top up poll Duke follows new York up despite three victories last week including two Over ranked teams Duke failed to dislodge North Carolina As the top team in the United press International Board of coaches College basketball ratings. The no. 1 tar heels maintained the lop ranking they have held throughout the regular season chalking up a Victory Over Atlantic coast conference rival Clemson. North Carolina 25-1 Overall received 31 first place votes from the 32 coaches who took part in the rankings. Duke which has been rated second for four of the last five weeks posted uneasy Victory Over Stetson last week and followed that by beating then no. 18 North Carolina state 72-70 and then no. 14 notre Dame 75-74. The Blue devils 25-2, received the other first place vote. North Carolina state which also lost to Maryland last week 67-66 and beat Brooklyn 103-52, improved to17th in the rankings. Notre Dame which Defeated Fordham to go 1-1 on the week dropped to no. 15. Nevada Las vegas which was upset by Cal Irvine 99-92 last sat urday suffered the largest decline falling from no. 4.to no. 11. Kansas retained its no. 3 ranking. Memphis state improved two positions to no. 4 while Georgia tech maintained its no. 5 ranking with Victory Over Virginia. Rounding out the top 10 were no. 6 St. John s. No 7. Kentucky no. 8 Michigan no. 9 Oklahoma which lotto Missouri last week and no. 10syra Cuse. The second 10 includes no. 12 Bradl. 13 Georgetown no. 14 incl Mia no 16 Louisville. No. 18al. Ama no. 19 Texas Elpaso and no 20 p  Board of coaches is com prised of six coaches from seven re Gions of the country. Each coach votes for the top 15 teams with no. 1receiving 15 Points no. 2 receiving 14 Points and so on. Rare quadruple double leads spurs Over Phoenix from wire dispatches san Antonio Texas guard Alvin Robertson became the second player in Aba history to Post double figures i four categories tuesday night leading the san Antonio spurs to a 120-114 Victory Over the Phoenix suns. Robertson had 20 Points 10 assists 10steals and 11 rebounds and is the first to reach double figures in those four statistical  Thurmond who had 22 Points 14 rebounds 13 assists and 12 blocked shots on opening night of the 1974-75 season for the Chicago bulls accomplished the Only other known quadruple double in the Aba. Spurs Forward Mike Mitchell led Al scorers with 27 Points including 13 in the opening period. Walter Davis paced Phoe Nix with 22  play of Mitchell und Robertson enabled san Antonio to Lead from Start to finish. The spurs held an 18-Point Lead at one Point in the  other Aba games nuggets 101, bullets 90denver Alex English scored 38 Points eight in a 15-1 surge in the fourth Quarter to carry Denver to a win Over  Victory improved Denver s record to 32-23, including a 24-4 Mark at Home. No Roundup fix Olio Alvin Robertson. Follows Nate Thurmond. The bullets in the Middle of a seven game Road trip arc 25-29. The nuggets held a 23-Point Lead 66 43 Early in the third Quarter be foregoing cold As Washington got Back in the game behind Reserve Forward Kevin me Kenna. Mckenna and Gus Williams each Tal lied three Point baskets in the fourth Quarter s opening minutes und Mckenna later scored on two layups that pulled the bullets within 80-78 with 7 19 remaining. But English then scored five straight Points in a 35-Sccond Span to ignite the rally that carried Denver to Victory. Wayne Cooper had 17 Points for Den ver and Bill Hanzlik had 16. Cliff Robin son led Washington with 17 Points. Ca Villers Iii knocks 105 new York Roy Hinson scored 21 of his game High 34 Points in the second half and John Bagley added 20 As Cleve land handed new York its seventh consecutive defeat. The kicks. Who have lost to Cleveland five consecutive times got 21 Points fro Louis Orr and 16 from Trent Tucker. World b. Free and Mel Turpin each had18 Points for the Cavaliers. Kings us rockets 105 Sacramento Calif. Reggie thus scored 18 Points in a third Quarter rally that lifted Sacramento to a 115-105victory Over Houston. Thus third Quarter Effort accounted for All but four of his 22 Points for the Kings. Mike Woodson also had 22 for Sacramento which outscored the rockets 40-31 in the third period for an 88-79 advantage going into the final 12 minutes. Hoyas whip Morgan state by the associated press Baltimore it was Only a matter of time before Reggie Williams and David Wingate settled Down in front of George town s Hometown fans. Then the 13th ranked hoyas rolled to an easy 81-53 col lege basketball Victory Over Morgan state on tuesday night. Williams and Wingate products of Baltimore s Dunbar High school each admitted to being a Little nervous after being honoured in pregame ceremonies. I was a Little tight at the beginning Williams said. It took a while to work out the kinks but by the Middle of the first half i Felt Good Morgan state 5-17 Overall trailed Only College basketball 20-16 before Williams scored his first Points of the game on two free  led Georgetown 20-5 Overall with 16 Points. Williams had ii and re serve Jarcan Jackson had 10 As All 12 Georgetown players scored. In the Only other game involving ranked team tuesday is. John s 79, Villanova 76 Philadelphia sixth ranked St. John s got 21 Points from Ron Rowan and 15 by Walter Berry and built a 23-Ppint Lead but then had to hold off a furious second half Villanova rally for a big East conference Victory. St. John s led 45-22 with 15 21 to go when Villanova paced by 22 Points by Harold Prssley in the second half began comeback that reduced the deficit to 68 65 with 1 17 remaining. But the wildcats could not get within three and Berry collected four free throws to give St. John s breathing room at 74-67 with 41 seconds left. The closest Villanova then came was 77-74 on a held goal by Kenny Wilson with five seconds left. The Victory boosted the Rcd men s Over All record to 25-3, second in the big East with a 12-2 Mark trailing Syracuse s 12-1, Villanova a record dropped to 18-12 and 8-6 in the conference. Joins Graf Sutkova Rinaldi Lloyd reaches Lipton semifinals byjoe Holleman Boca Raton Fla. A top seeded Chris Evert Lloyd dominated unseeded Terry Phelps 6-2, 6-0in just 50 minutes tuesday in the quarterfinals of the ,8 million Lipton International players Champi  tuesday 16-year-old Steffi Graf of West Ger Many held off a determined rally by Zina Garrison to join Helena Sutkova of Czechoslovakia and Kathy real i in the semifinals. The second seeded Graf who lost two match Points m the 10th game of the second set eventually wore Down sixth seeded Garrison and won 6-2,6-7,6-3. Sutkova the seventh seed ripped ugh seeded Barbara Potter 6-1,6 2. And the ninth seeded Rinaldi won a Battle of 18-year Olds tripping 12th-seeded Carling Bassett of Canada 7 6,6-2.sukova will play Graf and Rinaldi will meet Lloyd in thursday s semifinals. Graf appeared to be on her Way to an easy Victory romping to a 6-2, 5-3 Lead against Garrison. But the Spunky Garrison refused to quit. In the tense 10th game of the second set Graf had two match Points but lost them both when Garrison got tothe net for volleys. Finally on Garrison s third orca Point Graf hit a forehand Volley Long to tie the game score at 5-5. Both of them held serve to Force a tiebreaker which Garrison won 7-3 with four of her Points coming on Volley winners. But that look a lot out of Garrison and it showed As she started having serving problems. She double faulted twice to lose her serve in the sixth game of the final set and double faulted on break Point in the eighth game to fall behind 5-3. In a match that featured 12 service Breaks Graf held hers in the final game to win. Finding the turning Point of the Rinaldi Basset match took no expert. At 6-5 in the first set tiebreaker Rinaldi set Bassett up with an easy lob at the net. But the Canadian blew it hitting the Ball Long to give Rinaldi the set. Top seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia second seeded Mats Wilander of Sweden and third seeded Jimmy Connors were to Lead the March into wednes Day s men s quarterfinals. San Diego Star leads westerners to soccer Victory Chicago a Branko Segota of san Diego scored two goals including the game Winner As the West Ern division edged the Eastern 5-3 in the seventh annual major indoor soccer league All Star classic tuesday night at Chicago stadium. The score was tied 3-3 in the fourth period when Sego la s 12-foot shot from the left Side sailed past Eastern goalie Tino a Alteiri at 4 53 for the game Winner. The Western division took a 1-0 first Quarter Lead when Segota a 24-year-old Forward who is second in the league in scoring took a pass from regular season teammate Brian Quinn and booted it past goalkeeper David Brcic of Pittsburgh. Minnesota s Dwight Lodeweges tied the game for the East at 11 10 of the second with a kick that sailed under the hand of diving St. Louis goalie Lobo Ilijevski. Dallas Victor Moreland got the assist. In the final Quarter Sciota s Point Blank goal on an assist from Steve Tungul gave the Western division a 4-3lead at 4 53. Tungul scored an insurance goal at 14 06 after the Eastern division had pulled its goalie  
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