European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday february 23.1988 no. 1 owls rip tar heels wifi 1 0 run by the associated press Chapel Fiill . Temple finally my a Chance 10 justify in no. I  the owls left few  by a swarming defense. Temple reeled off the first 10 Points of the second half and blew past no. 5 North Carolina 83-66 Sun  handed the tar heels their worst loss Ai Home in 13 year. Mike Vrieswyk stored 26 Points and Mark Mann 19 As the owls. 22-1 College basketball lakers show Detroit Why they re champs moved into position to be seeded first in the East regional of the Mcaa tournament which opens on the same court in Chapel Hill. Some Hail criticized Temple for a soft schedule and predicted the owls would not fare Well against Tough opponents such As Theta heels 20-4. But against North Carolina the owls looked like world beaters especially in the second half. I can t remember a half against us quite like it " North Carolina coach Dean Smith said. Temple trailing 39-34 at Lial time look a 53 39 Lead Wilh 13 43 left in inc game. The owl forced 18 turnovers in the second half and held North Carolina 0 for-l 6 from Poinl Range. Mai on a freshman has reached double Fig ures in every game this season. He Sal out the final 12 minutes of the first half with foul Trou ble after scoring Only four Points. Tim Perry scored 17 Points and Howie Evans 13 for Temple. Jeff Lobo had 18 and . Reid ii for Nonh Carolina. In other lop 20 games on sunday no. 2 Purdue 95, Indiana 85 of it Lafayette. Ind. Todd Mitch Ell scored 21 of his 24 Points in the second half As i urdu Lepi its share of first place in the big ten by beating Indiana. Troy Lewis had 22 Points and a career High 14 assists for the boilermakers and Medvin Mccants added 2 Points for Purdue 22-2 and 11-1 in the conference. Keith smart had 23 Points and Jay Edwards 20 forthe hoosiers. 15-8. Fia. Is my swirl 92, Oklahoma is. 70 Columbia to. Derrick Chievous scored 21 Points and Missouri used a 14-3 burst to iian the second half. The tigers arc 17-6 and fi-4 in the big eight. Oklahoma slate coach Leonard Hamilton was ejected Early in the Sec Ond half when his Bench was assessed us third technical foul.  Rte 1nglewood. Calif. The los Angeles lakers 117-110 Victory Over the Detroit pistons sunday left no doubt who the favorite is for inc Aba Crown. In the past Highl Days the Clending Champion Lak ers who at 42-9 have the league s Besl record have beaten ctr Oil Atlanta and Houston the teams with the fourth fifth and sixth Best records they also Are 6 0 Over inc three Best learns in the East the celtics Hawks and pistons. The difference Between the lakers and is is called Talent said coach Chuck Daly of the pistons who Lead the Central division with a 31-18 record. I Ihrk icy Are inc Best team in inc Aba right now. How much belter is difficult to  our sweep is More significant for our opponents than for us " said James worthy who led inc Salicis with 24 Points they wanted to come in and say we can beat you but they Haven t been Able to do Hal All year. On sunday inc lakers overcame a 16-Point first half deficit and a 42-Poinl performance by Isiah Thomas to beat the pistons they also demonstrated their depth when was mat Chews took Over for the injured Michael Cooper an scored 14 Points. Including five in the final 30 seconds to Clinch inc  had a lot of courage. Lakers coach pal Riley said he s got great qui Cluiss and he can make a Impact and the reason we have him a nine year Veter an and not a Rookie is that i always have Confidence in him in situation like  pistons had their biggest Lead at 67-51 and held a 67-55 halftime Lead before being outscored 24-10 in the first seven minutes of the second half. The game then see sawed most of the Way with Dennis Rodman giving do Broil a 110-109 Lead with 51 seconds to play by making one of two free  Thompson and and magic Johnson then Cue cried a perfect pick and Roll , who missed the last two games because of the flu was fouled by Bill Laimbeer to give los Angeles a 112-110 Lead. Thomas then drove past Matthews alongside the Lane and pulled up for a i food jumper. But a Arcco Abdul Jahbar blocked the shot and Lamb car fouled Maii Hows with 30 seconds left. Matthews made both free throws and later added third foul shot and a Dunk far the final margin. I was very indecisive Thomas said i should have just taken the jump shot off one dribble instead of two. When i went up 1 was t sure if i was going to shoot or pass. Once i left my feet i was  still the pistons weren t  lakers had four players with More than 20 Point _ worthy Byron Scoll Wilh 23 and Johnson and Abdul Jabbar with 20  Thomas 42 Points were Lamb car with in and Joe Dumars with 17 for Detroit. Buck5l2fj.76rsh$, Terry Cummings scored seven of Aba Roundup John Lang s 75 Point spin pacers to Story. His 36 poin i in overtime As Milwaukee Defeated Phila Delphia and extended the 76crs Road losing Streak to 14 games. Cavaliers 113,bulk 111 Richfield Ohio Brad Daugherty scored 11 Points in the fourth Quarter including a key Pomt play Wilh 16 seconds remaining As Cleveland turned Back Chicago pacers 130,Kings 111 Indianapolis John Long scored 15 of his 25 Points in two key Indiana rallies and the pacers beat Sac Ramanio for their heir seventh straight Victory. Hawksl29,sarrsontcsli3 Atlanta Dominique Wilkins scored 35 Points. Including seven in a 1m run that gave Atlanta a 13-Point Lead and the Hawks snapped a three game losing Streak with a Victory Over Seattle Trail Batann 117, spurs 112 Portland. Ore. Jerome Kersey had 25 Points and 12 rebounds and Kiki Vandeweghe sparked a fourth Quarter rally As Portland Defeated san Antonio ill Rui i i tit j St i Tocchet hat trick leads flyers past wings by the associated pres Philadelphia Rick touch cd scored his first nil hat trick sunday to Lead the Philadelphia flyers to a 3 win Over the Detroit red wings in a Ballac of division leaders. Toc Chul scored his first goal in a Short handed situation in the second period when he stole the puck from Detroit dec Nicman Darren a cinch Al the redwings Blue line and beat goalie Glen Hanlon 10 the stick Side at s 22 to give inc flyers a 1 Lead the scored again 3b later to make inc score 1. His third goal came with 29 seconds soft in inc game. The flyers Lead the Wales conference s Patrick division Wilh a 31-22-7 record. The red wings 31- 8. Arc on top in the Norris division of the Campbell conference. Inola Crames sunday Bruins 4, Devil 1 East Rutherford. . Steve Rasper scored a goal and set up another and goalie Reggie Lemplin stopped 38 shots As Boston Defeated new  Victory snapped � two game losing Streak Tor the Bruins and moved Ihm Back Inlo isl place in the Adams division with 75 Points one More than Montreal. Boston has played one game fewer than the canadians. Lem Lin who entered the game with the second Best goals against average in inc nil Al 2.92, kept the Bruins in inc game during the first eight minutes when new Jersey out Shol Boston 1. Ollers4, Winnipeg. Manitoba Kevin Lowe flipped a re bound Over Winnipeg goalie Daniel Berthiaume Al 3 15 of overtime logic Edmonton a Victory Over the jets. Lowe s goal came after Beni Auma had slopped a number of shots from close Range As the oilers swarmed around the Winnipeg net. It was the fifth overtime game Between the Smyithe division rivals. Three end Fin lies and each learn has now won one. Thu oilers played without Center Wayne Gretzky the nil s second leading scorer who was hit in i Eleft Eye by a stick in Friday s game against Pittsburgh and suffered a bruised Cornea. He is expected to miss iwo More games. Canucks 6, ringers 4 new York Jim Sandlak and Barry cd arson scored 28 seconds apart Midway through the third period to lift Vancouver Over new York. The rangers who entered the final period trailing 4 2, lied the score Al 7 43 on Tomas Sandstrom s Power play  Sandlak put Law canucks Back on lop with a 45 footer that went through goaltender Bob Rocse s pads Ai 8 02 and cd arson broke in atone and beat Froese at 8 30. F1uiw3.buicklwk.o Chicago Denis Savard scored his second goal of the game with five seconds remaining in regulation Lime to give Chicago a tie Wilh Calgary. Lslinitrj7,, Conn. Pal Lafontaine scold his 38th and 39th goals to spark new York past Hartford. The Victory gave the islanders a sweep of the Home and Home weekend series and moved them into a lie Wilh Washington for second place in the Patrick Divi Sion three Points behind Philadelphia. Blues 5, Perolini 4 Pittsburgh Doug Gilmour scored his second Lal of the game Al 4 21 of the third period to give is. Louisa Victory Over Pittsburgh. ,.,.-,the penguins scored two goals Early in the third period to overcome a 2 defied. Doug Bodger Cal bucs goaltender Greg Millen on a Power play 31 seconds Imo the period and Mario Lemieux scored his 54ih goal Matching his career High 3 28, knocking in Bryan Erickson s  Gilmour Ihnn beat Frank Pietrangelo for the game Winner for his 26ih goal of the season. Ndfdlque6,sabr�5 Buffalo . Peter sisal by s third goal with 5 5 seconds left gave Quebec a Victory Over Buffalo. Goal Loui