European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday february 28, 1986 the stars and stripes a of i Page 21 that pistons notch 9th straight win ii k. Barnard a p sports Var incr Detroit the Detroit i pistons know they Are playing Well when they can in pc an off and still win. Tonight we were a Little hat and we did t play our said i is tons Forward Kelly Tripucka who scored 30 Points in Detroit s Iii-i04 National basketball association win Urr the los Angeles clippers wednesday night. The Bottom line is winning and playing winning is what the pistons have done a lot of lately. The latest Victory was their ninth straight lying a franchise record set in 1970, and extended their Home winning Streak ton record 13. But despite injuries to los Angeles vet Erans Marques Johnson Junior Bridge Man and c Edric Maxwell the pistons. A p11010 san Antonio s Wes Matthews and Boston s Jerry Sichling scramble for Possession in Boston s 120-100 Victory wednesday night. No Roundup did t Clinch the Victory until Isiah Thom As and Tripucka made consecutive Field goals that gave them a 101-93 advantage with 2 03 in play. Thomas scored 22 i inns to Lead Detroit while Rookie Center a Noil Benjamin led the clippers with 20. The i pistons May have been miking past the clippers to Friday night s game with Central division rival Atlanta at the Sil Var dump. The pistons and Hawks Sepa rated by Only a few percentage Points Are battling for Home court advantage in the opening round of inc playoffs. The parly s Over with Atlanta coining in Friday said Detroit coach Chuck Daly. It should be mime kind of Basket Ball game. I think they re a dark horse team in the has beaten Detroit in four of i ivc previous meetings this Seasun. It s an important game Tripucka said. Everybody in the locker room is going to be ready to play. Everybody is going to want to beat Benjamin Crivici de by clippers coach Don Chancy for playing poorly earlier this season had 13 rebounds in addition to 20 Points for los Angeles. I thought a Noil Benjamin definitely came to the party Chancy said. Whence s Here for the parly to enjoy himself we usually play the i pistons used 14-6 and Fil streaks in the fourth Quarter to take control of the see Aba on Page 25 redmen tied for 1st in big East a Ron men of no. 8 of. John s Fop no. 6 Syracuse by Ken rap Poi Ort a sports writer new York the St. John s Basket Ball learn gave it the old High five in this Case meaning inc number of players the Rcd Man used in their big East show Down against Syracuse not the popular basketball hand slap. I Don l think their five players did any thing wrong in the second half said Syracuse coach Jim Boch Cim. His sixth ranked Cam lost 86-79 to eighth ranked St. John s wednesday night in a game thai featured an Iron Man performance by the Rcd Man s starting five. Is. John s used Only five players the entire second half to turn Back Syracuse and climb into a first place lie with the orangemen in the big East race both with 13-2 conference records. All five Guys contributed said St. John s coach Lou Carnesecca referring to Walter Berry Willie Glass Shelton Jones Ron Rowan and Mark Jackson. Berry led the Rcd Man with 27 Points and Glass contributed 19. Berry and Glass ollege basketball pulled Down 12 rebounds each. The Rcd Man s Victory came do spill a 35-Point performance by Syracuse guard Dwayne Pearl Washington who continued his hoi Streak Over the last seven Rcd Man trailed 35-33 at halftime As they were out rebounded especially on the offensive boards. But St. John s bounced Back in the second half with a 13 0 run for a 48-41 Lead. Syracuse came Back with a 12-3 run of its own with Washington driving for three straight baskets fora 53-51 advantage. The 6-Lbol-8 Berry tied in with iwo foul shots. He and the 6-5 Glass look charge As Syracuse continued to have foul trouble. In other games wednesday involving top 20 teams Duke 77, Clemson 69 Clemson . Record Selling senior guard Johnny Dawkins scorch 27 Points to Lead the top ranked Blue devils in an Atlantic coast conference win. Dawkins broke Danny Ainge s Mcaa record for career games in scoring in Dou ble figures. Dawkins has scored 10 or More Points in 119 of his 123 games. Aings scored in double figures in 118 games at Brigham Young. Duke now has an 11-2 acc record with a critical game against North Carolina Horace Gram scored 19 Points for the tigers. North Carolina 85, Virginia 79 Chapel Hill . Jeff Lebo scored 17 Points All in the second half and Brad Daugherty added 16 to Lead third ranked North Carolina. Center Olden polynice Virginia s main offensive Force was hampered by three fouls in the first half and played the final 12 minutes Wilh four fouls. Polynice led inc Cavaliers Wilh 24 Points. Michigan 97, Wisconsin 74 Maison wis. Roy Tarpley scored 24 Points while Butch Wade and Gary Grant added 14 each As Lola ranked Michigan romped. The wolverines dominated their big ten opponents most of inc game As they improved their record to 24 4 Overall 11 -4 in the conference. Rick Olson led Wisconsin with 20 Points. Louisi ill 65, South Carolina 63 Columbia . Milt Wagner made two free throws with two seconds remaining to lift 13th ranked Louisville Over South Carolina. Wanner a senior guard who had been averaging 14.6 Points per game was fouled by the gamecocks Michael Foster As Louisville was playing for inc final shot. South Carolina had one last Chance to lie the game but Foster came up Short on a 30-fool jumper. Parvis Ellison Louisville s fi-foot-9 freshman Center led All scorers with in Points 12 of which came in the second half. Georgetown 90, Boston College 76 Reggie Williams scored 22 Points to help no. 15 Georgetown break a three game big East losing Streak. Horace Broadnax added 17 Points for the Hoy As who placed five players in double figures and never trailed
