European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday december 30,1987 Arizona stays atop College Cage poll it the associated press Art Linn sowd ii lop till associated frets Colleg basketball rankings monday widening its lend Over Kentucky n the lir nine i ims remained inc same from list Volt s using. Ari in i. In Paivi i cd 45 firm place Voles and 1,220 Points Toimi tin nationwide panel of sports writ cars and Brnad Rasom. Kentucky bad i i and 1,161. Last week  out pointed Kentucky i,0%-i,os8 de spite gelling 2d first Ptack Voles three less than Ken Tucky. Arizona heat Washington state 89-55 in its Only game last work. Kentucky was Idle. Pittsburgh 5-0. Remained third in the poll after Healing Akron 67-ft.l and Jacksonville 81-67, receiving inc other two first place Voles and 1,080 Points 60 More than North Carolina 7-1, which was Idle. Wyoming. K-0. Held the fifth spot with 900 Points after beating Boise state 59-55 and Columbia 92-56. Temple. 5-0. Stayed sixth with r55. 80 Mure Ihan Syra Cuse. 8-2. Temple was Idle and Syracuse hell Texas san Antonio tr-84 Florida 7-1, held the seventh spot with 759 Points. Duke 5-0, stayed no. 9 with 715 Points. Duke and Florida were to meet tuesday night in the opening round of the fiesta bowl classic in tar pc Ariz. Oklahoma 10-0, jumped from i2 h o round out Phelop 10 with 631 Points. The so Oricks who have surpassed inc 150-Poinl Mark twice his season have been held under 90 Points once when they beat Florida state 89-87, and under100 Only iwo other limes. They average 114.9 Points per game and have allowed More than 90 Points Only once. Oklahoma won three games in Hawaii last week 109-61 Over Virginia j 51-99 Over Dayton Rind 93-90 Over Georgia. Purdue it a. Leads the second 10 with 623 Points followed by three other teams from the big ten Michigan Indiana and Iowa. Nevada Liis vegas h 15lh followed by Iowa slate Kansas Georgetown Memphis stale and Louisville last week s second 10 was Michigan. Oklahoma Indiana Iowa Nevada Las vegas. Iowa Isaic Missouri Kansas Georgetown and Memphis slate Louisville 3-2, is the Only newcomer to the poll replacing Missouri which was ranked 17th before los ing to Illi Nois 7 5-63 in its Only game last week. Louisville has won three straight games after losing ils opening iwo to notre Dame and Kentucky the cardinals have beaten Cleveland stale Indiana and Eastern Kentucky. Tjie cardinals were ranked 3lh in he preseason poll and dropped one spot in inc first regular season tit Sjoling before falling out for three consecutive weeks after the 0-2 Start. College from Page 21 against fair Fidd last March he had scored Only 55 Points in 40 previous games. Indiana which has never lost in in tournament at Market Square Arena scored eight consecutive Points after Penn scored the game s first Point on a free throw. Kansas 64, Memphis state 62 new York Danny Manning scored 19 Points and Archie Marshall added 16 to Lead no. 17 Kansas over19lh-Rankcd Memphis Sale in he open ing round of the Recac Holiday festival. Kansas 8-2. Did l secure is seventh consecutive Victory until Kevin Prit Chard made two free throws Wilh 15 seconds to play for a 64-59 Lead. Kansas led 50-42 Wilh 8 33 to play on a Layup by Marvin Branch. Memphis state freshman Point guard Elliot Perry who led ill scorers with a career High 23points, then hit a 3-Pointcr. Manning made one of two free throws to give the Jay Hawks a 51-45 Lead. Steve Ballard made two free throw Sand Perry Hil a jumper Wilh 7l3 left to bring he tigers 6-2, within two. The teams traded baskets until frit Chard who finished with 11, scored his first Point of the second half a 3-Potnl or with 5 46 to play for a 58-53 Lead. Louisville 87, sum 79 Honolulu Perns Ellison scored 23 Points to Lead five Louisville player sin double figures As the 20ih-Rankcd cardinals rallied past Southern methodist in the first round of the Rainbow classic. In the second game North Carolina state Ca reign Lon 86-55. The Mustangs look a 48-37 halftime Lead As Todd Alexander came off the Bench to score 17 Points and Kato Arm Strong added 14, the cardinals Wini on a 21-fi scoring spree in inc first five minutes of the Sec a half to go ahead 58-56 for the first i be. Also in double figures for the Cardi nals 4-2, were Kenny Payne with 19, Bradford Smith 18, Herbert Crook 11 and Keith Williams 10. Michigan 93, Clemson 88 Tampa Fla. Gary Grant sparked Michigan Wilh a pair of Scals leading to two baskets and the 1jth-ranked wolverines pulled away from Clemson in the final four minutes to Beal the tigers in the first round of the South Florida invitational. The Victory was the ninth straight for Michigan which improved to 10-i. The wolverines were to play South Lorida an 87-67 opening round Winner Over Florida International for inc championship tuesday night Grant finished with 26 Points. Glen Rice scored 23 and Terry Mills had 17 for Michigan which blew a 10-Poinlhalfiimc Lead and fell behind by four be fore com ing Back. Clemson. 6-2, was led by Elden Camp Bell s 25 Points. Jerry Pryor scored 20 Points and Grayson Marshall con in Fulcd 15 for inc tigers. Michigan whose Only loss came against top ranked Arizona in the great Alaska shootout scored inc firs five Points and built a 35-21 Lead before Clemson Pul to Gether a 12-6 spurt to pull to within eight Points Laic in the first half. The wolverines settled for a 43-33 halftime advantage Wilh Rice scoring 16 Points and Grant averaging 30.5 in his previous four games adding 11. Grant s steal and Bounce pass to Rice produced an 87-82 advantage. In the first game Hakim Shahi scored 22 Points and grabbed 13 re Bounds to Lead South Florida past Flor Ida International. Temple 70, Mississippi 61 new Orleans Tim Perry scored 20 Points and Marc Macon had 17 to Lead sixth ranked Temple Over Mississippi in the opening game of inc sugar bowl tournament. Southern University and new Orleans played the second game monday. Temple 5-0, led the deliberately played game 43-39 with 11 40 left. Perry had eight Points and Macon six Over the next six minutes As Temple look a 58-48 Lead Mississippi 5-3, went to a full court press with 2 16 left and Temple ahead 60-51. The owls Howard Evans had no trouble with the pressure and Oil miss had to foul to get the , Perry and Howard Evans made a pair of free throws apiece Down the Strcich As Temple stain gained the Lead. I acc Vrieswyk had 15 Points for Temple and Evans had 10. Wyoming e. Kentucky s9 Casper Wyo. Finnis Dembo scored 19 Points to help fifth ranted Wyoming beat Eastern Kentucky for the championship of the Cowboy shootout. Dembo scored 15 of his Points during the first half scoring seven of the cow boys first 10 Points As Wyoming 9-0, jumped to a 14-0 Lead and prevented the colonels from gelling a Field goal in the first 5 30 of the game. Eastern Kentucky 5-4, led by Center Tyrone Howard with 17, was Able to pull within 35-27 in the first half on a jump shot by guard Bobby Collins by failed to narrow the Gap further As the cowboys ended inc Hul Wilh a 41-32 Lead. Columbia led by the performance of guard Matt Shannon with a season High 31 Points look third place in the fifth annual Lou Mamell by beating Detroit 80-65.  vegas 102, Wisconsin 65 Las vegas Nev. The 15th-ranked rebels combined a stingy defense with a career High 33 Points by senior Forward Gerald Paddio. Univ 7-0, led 3h-8 after 12 minus Sand 49-2 3 Ai halftime. Karl James added 15 Points for the rebel. Danny Jones de the badgers who fell 10 4-4. With 21 Points. Trent Jackson had a poems for Wisconsin. Caps tie Toronto 4-4 with help from Langway Toronto a Washington do pc Neman Rod Langway helping the capitals earn a Point against the Toronto Maple Leafs monday night looked any thing Lizul shaky despite a six week injury Layoff the Veteran two time Norris trophy Winner scored on a wrist shot 5 31 into the third period to give the capitals a 4-4 nil Roundup nil tie with the Leafs in Only his Sec Ond game Back Afler rupturing a Lumbar disc in his Back. I think we re playing extremely Well defensively Langway said of the Capi tals who Nave gone unbeaten five times in six games after a horrendous Start tothe season but in has t been going for us on Oit Csc. We had about six no i chances tonight and when we re going Well those go in the capitals had managed Only seven goals in their last four games and looked Tike they would be thwarted again As to Ronto took a 3-1 Lead Early in the second period behind Strong go attending from Allan Buster. The capitals began to  an Wear Down the Leafs defense and fought Back to within 4-3 at the end of the Sec Ond period to set up Langway s tying goal. We be Only lost one of our last five now and we know we can play this kind of game and Well improve said Lang Way whose capitals arc mired in fifth place in the Tough Patrick division Wilh a 15-17-5 record. Michal Pivonka Scott Stevens an Mike Gartner also scored for washing ton. Tom Fergus had two goats and de Olczyk and Russ Cour Natl had single goals for Toronto. The game was a far cry from two weeks ago when Washington was beaten 5-3 in Toronto. A 4-2 Victory Over the Maple Leafs in Landover mil., on dec 18 started the capitals Back. The important thing is that we did l give up that winning goal said Toronto coach John Brophy. "1 think we worked Pelt hard. They re not exactly coming in he replaying dead. They re fighting for their life the same As we  Vine we Damphousse benched for if in agric play when the Leafs lost 4-2 sat urday to Montreal rebounded with three assists and an excellent performance against Washington Selling up Fergus s eighth and ninth goals of the season an Dolce k sl3lh. Gary leonian had an excellent Chance from in close in the overtime period but As i waned by Washington goalie Clint Malorchuk who started in place of tin injured Pulc peelers. Hester needed to of of Phola Rod a new a ,. Returns in style make a Quick pad save on Pivonka s Shotin inc overtime session As the capitals out shot Toronto 3-2. In Oiher games monday night dvk6, iaundtrs4 East Rutherford , Kirk Muller knocked the rebound of a pal ver Beek shot into the net with 7 49 ice for his second Power play goal breaking a lie and leading new Jersey Over new York. Oilers 7, canucks 3 Edmonton Alberta Mark me sier and Craig Simpson each scored to goals leading  past Vancouver flumes 9, canadians 3 Calgary Alberta Rookie Joe nieu Wandyk scored three goals to Lead Calgary Over Montreal. It was the Rookie sensation s fourth three goal night of inc year and the High flying 21-year-old continued to Lead inc nil Rookie scoring race with 3h  goals gave him 26 for the season. Jorli 5. Kings 1 los Angeles Ray Neufel scored second period goals Jusi 40 seconds apart and added a third period Goa to Lead Winnipeg Over los Angeles. After a scoreless first period ecu fold took a perfect pass from Gills Ham land shovelled a 10-Footfr Pasi Kings Goa lie Roll Melanson at 7 32, Neufeld then Dollt d a 35-foot slap shut Between Mel Anson s pads for a 2-0 Winnipeg Lead he completed the hat trick with a Lale goal Riih just 49 seconds left in the game Lor the final margin