European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 22, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports terms stun heels in overtime Appolo Michigan state s Darryl Johnson. Drives against Michigan by the associated press Chapel Hill . After beating top ranked North Carolina Maryland coach lefty Drissell was in reflective mood. The terrapins Down 72-71 in overtime used Len Bias jump Hook with 1 51 left and Keith Gutlin s four Points in the final seven seconds for a 77-72 Atlantic coast conference Victory Over the heels thursday. Now in his 17th year at Maryland or Icsey s teams have been invited to the Mcaa playoffs or nit 15 times. Those teams included Tom Mcmillan Len Al More John Lucas Buck Williams and Albert King. But or Icsey s Success against North Carolina and coach Dean Smith has been limited. Thirty five Points More and we d be 20-19 against North Carolina Drissell pondered in the Maryland locker prior to iric Sellas at Davidson. Not Loo Many learns beat the no. I team on their Home court said Drissell. As a matter of fact we be beaten a lot of no. I learns in the country but i Don t believe we be Ever beaten one on the with 2 58 left Brad Daugherty scared on a Dunk and the heels held their biggest Lead of the second Hal fat 68-59. Bias who finished with 35 Points then went to work. He canned a perimeter jumper then stole the in Bounds pass and jammed it in to get Maryland within 68-63 with 2 45 left. Jeff Baxter added a Layup and the deficit was three. Jeff Lebo hit the first of a on and on Opportunity but Bias came Back with another jumper with 50 seconds remaining. Kenny Smith missed the front end of a on and on and Baxter hit a 22-Fooler from the right Side to Force overtime with the score tied at 69. Joe Wolf scored All of North Carolina s Points in Over time and his Layup on a pass from Steve Hale gave Theta heels their last Lead at 72-71 with 2 14 left. North Carolina saw its slim Lead in the acc regular season race evaporate. The heels 25-2 Overall fell to 9-2 in the acc and dropped one half game behind second ranked Duke. Daugherty led the Way with 23 College basketball Points while Wolf had 15 and Smith 12. Gatlin added 10 paints As did Bailer and raised its record to 15-11,4-7 in the acc. Elsewhere among top 20 teams Michigan state 74, no. 7 Michigan 59 Ann Arbor Mich. Junior guard Darryl Johnson scored 26 Points to Lead the no. 19 spartans past he seventh ranked wolverines in a big ten conference game. The Victory raised Michigan state s record to 18-6 Overall and 9-5 in the big ten. Michigan which Tell to 22-4 and 10-4, suffered its first Home loss of the season. The wolverines had won 24 straight Arena. Johnson took control after a Richard Rullford Lulu gave Michigan a 43-40 Lead with 17 51 remaining. He scored the next eight Points of the game All on layups. Nevada Las vegas 92, new Mexico St. 75 Las vegas Nev. Junior guard Freddie Banks scored 25 Points including five three Point goals to Pace thei Ith ranked Runnin rebels. The Triumph enabled the re Bels to Clinch their fourth straight pc a title. Un1.v is a 14-1 conference record and a 26-3 Overall Mark. Bradley 88, Drake 79 Peoria Mike Williams scored 26 Points and Jim los added 20 As no. 12 Bradley 27-1 and 14-0 in the conference extended the nation s longest winning Streak among division i colleges to 18 games. Drake was ahead 42-37 at the half and led by As Many As seven Early in the second half. But Bradley overcame the deficit mostly on the strength of three critical Sec Ond half steals by Sophomore guard Hirscy Hawkins and two by Williams coupled with Drake s foul trouble and los 75-percent shooting from the foul line. Indiana 61, Illinois 60 Champaign Iii. No. 15 Indiana failed to score in the final five minutes of the game but managed to hold on and took the Lead in the big ten. Indiana s record improved to 18-5 Overall and 10-3 in the conference. The Zillini trailed by 61-56 with five minutes left and lost their Chance to win when Tony Wysinger s jump shot at the Buzzer fell Short. Steve Alford scored 24 Points for Indiana. Lever stars As nuggets Zap celtics from press dispatches Denver Lafayette lever hit a tie breaking 20-foot jumper with 26 seconds remaining sparking the Denver nuggets to a 102-100 Aba Victory Over the Boston celtics thursday night. After lever s Basket broke a 98-98 tie the celtics Larry Bird missed from 17 feet when teammate Jerry Sichting fell at Bird s feet trying to set a pick. Denver made a wild pass i bounding the Ball but Bill Hanzlik slapped the Ball off the leg of Boston s Scott Wedman enabling Denver to retain Possession. Bird immediately fouled . Dunn who made both free throws with 11 seconds remaining for a 102-98 Lead. Robert Parish got a tip in for the cel tics with one second remaining to account for the final margin. Alex English hit 31 Points to Lead the nuggets scoring. Calvin Natt had 18, Hanzlik 17 and lever 16. Lever also had no Roundup 11 assists. Bird led the celtics with 17 Points and dominated the boards with 16 rebounds. Parish had 16, Wedman 14 and Dennis Johnson 14. In other Aba games Bucks 120, rockets 113 Houston Milwaukee s Sidney Moncrief scored a game High 28 Points including six Points during a third Quarter surge leading the Bucks to a Victory Over the slumping rockets. The Victory extended the Bucks string to seven straight victories while the Rock ets lost for the sixth time in nine games. Ralph Sampson led the rockets with 24 Points before fouling out with 7 06 left in the game. Terry Cummings added 21 Points for the Bucks and Jim Peterson subbing for the injured Akeem Olajuwon hit 17points for the rockets. Pistons 109, Cavaliers 107 Richfield Ohio Joe Dumars made a 22-foot Baseline shot with one Sec Ond to play As the streaking Piston slipped by the Cavaliers. Detroit extended its winning Streak to six straight games the team s longest of the season. The pistons have won nine of their last 10. Cleveland s John Bagley made a 30 footer at the close of the game but the officials ruled it left his hand after the Buzzer sounded. Kelly Tripucka led the pistons with 28 Points while Isiah Thomas had 25. Roy Hinson paced the Cavaliers with 21 Points 18 of them in the second Johnson scored 20 and Bagley 19. Cleveland which had won four of its previous five games played without it leading scorer world b. Free who was sidelined by a strained left calf muscle. Kings 107, spurs ids Sacramento Calif. Guard Reggie Theus went 6 for 6 from the free throw line in the fourth Quarter including two shots with five seconds left to lift Sacramento Over san Antonio. Sacramento shot an almost perfect 11 for 12 from the free throw line in the final Quarter. San Antonio Only hit 7 of 15 free throws in the final Quarter and missed seven of its last nine attempts. Bulls blazers postponed Chicago the game Between port land and Chicago thursday night was postponed because of fog and rescheduled for Friday. The Trail blazers managed to arrive from Philadelphia but the bulls who played in new Jersey wednesday night were stranded. Their incoming flight was among Many cancelled because of heavy fog at o Hare International Airport. L a s Hershiser wins $ 1 million arbitration Case los Angeles a Pitcher Orel Hershiser of the los Angeles dodgers will earn $788,000 More this year from the los Angeles dodgers than be made last year thanks to the decision of an arbitrator which was announced thursday. Hershiser 27, became the first baseball player this season to be awarded a is Mil lion salary by an arbitrator when Howard Block s decision was announced a Day after Hershiser s arbitration hearing. Block ruled in favor of Hershiser i bid instead of the dodgers offer of $600,000. Last season Hershiser s second in the majors he earned $212,000. I thought we had a Chance going in or i would never have gone to arbitration at All Hershiser said from Vero Beach fla., where the dodgers Are beginning Spring training. I thought the dodgers were very fair in arbitration. They stated a Good Case but we Felt there were very Strong Prece dents set by Fernando and Gooden. Hershiser referred to teammate Fernan do Valenzuela who signed a three year $5.5 million contract last saturday and Dwight Gooden of the new York Mela who signed a one year contract Worth a re ported $1.32 million last week. In 1985, Hershiser 27, compiled a 19-3 record with five shutouts and finished third in the league in Era with a 2.03 Mark in36 appearances. The right hander had the highest winning percentage .864 in the majors. With the decision Hershiser becomes the fourth dodger who will earn a seven figure salary in 1986. He joined Valenzuela Pedro Guerrero and Jerry Reuss in that elite club. Yesterday after the hearing was Over i was just glad to get out of there Hershiser said following the get together which lasted a reported five hours. It was a big Relief just to have the hearing Over with. Win or lose i told Jamie his wife that i m going to go out and give my Best Effort. If i had gotten the $600,000 instead i would have told the dodgers i was going Todo my Best. I m Happy that nothing negative came from the
