European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday january 1,1989 Gartner Sparks Caps to 5-3 win from press dispatches Landover my. Mike Gartner and Bengt Gustafsson scored third period goals 1 33 apart Friday night to lift the Washington capitals to a 5-3 Victory Over the Buffalo sabres. The capitals who had blown a 2-0 first period Lead got even at 3 when Gartner banged Home a rebound of his own shot with 3 55 to play for his second nil Roundup goal of the game. Gustafsson scored the game Winner with 2 22 remaining when he shot a backhand that deflected off Buffalo goalie Jacques Cloutier. The sabres who had a four game win Ning Streak and six game unbeaten Streak snapped had taken a 3 2 Lead with two goals Early in the final period. Washington extended its Home unbeaten Streak to seven games 5-0-2 and out shot Buffalo 44-22. In other games Friday whalers 4, red wings 3 Hartford Conn. Ray Ferraro capped a third period Hartford comeback by scoring with 6 18 left to give the whalers a 4-3 Victory Over the Detroit red  3-1 at the  the third period the whalers sc9red three times to halt an eight game wingless Streak. Blues 5, North stars 5 St. Louis Brett Hull and Todd Ewen each scored in the final 18 seconds of regulation salvaging a tie for St. Louis against  North stars scored four first period goals on goaltender Greg Millen. Mass in overtime the blues managed Only whalers goalie Mike list blocks the puck As Detroit s Doug Krentz gets set one shot on goal and Minnesota two. For the rebound in Hartford s 4-3 win Friday. Syracuse coach collects 300th win by the associated press Syracuse . Junior Forward Stephen Thompson scored 22 Points As no. 3 Syracuse won its 13th straight game and gave Jim Boeheim his 3uuth coaching Victory Friday with a 105-63 Triumph Over St. Francis a. .,.,_ Boeheim s 300th Victory came in the 13th game of his 13th season the third shortest time of any major College coach. Former North Carolina St. Coach Ever Ett Case won his 300th Victory in the second game of his 13th season while Louisville s Denny Crum reached the 300-win Mark in the ninth game of his 13th season. Boeheim s record at Syracuse is 300-93. The orangemen 13-0, scored on the opening tip and were never challenged by the red Flash 3-4. Syracuse led 10-7 with 17 04 to play but quickly opened a big Cushion with a 25-10 burst Over the next 10 minutes. Syracuse continued to add to its Lead taking a 51-26 halftime Lead. Thompson scored 18 of his Points in the first eight minutes of the second half when Syracuse pushed its Lead to 84-38 with 11 56 to play. At one Point Thomp son scored six consecutive baskets for Syracuse. Syracuse tallied 19 straight Points after Harkeem Dixon scored for St. Francis to open the second halt. Sophomore Forward Joe Anderson had 23 Points to Lead St.  Coleman had 18 Points and Sherman Doug Las 15 for Syracuse. In other games Friday n. Carolina St. 105, vmi79 Raleigh . North Carolina state coach Jim Valvano pondered the upset possibilities going into Friday night s game against Virginia military Institute but Rodney Monroe erased any doubts for the 18th ranked Wolf pack. Monroe scored 28 Points to Lead . State to Victory Over the key dets. The 6-foot-3 Monroe had 13 Points at halftime As the Wolf pack 6-1, built a 27-Point Lead. Monroe hit 11of 15 Field goal attempts including five of eight 3 a in his last three games Monroe has made 31 of 44 College basketball Field goals and 14 of 20 3-Point tries. Kansas 82, so Missouri St. 73 Kansas City to. Mark Randall scored 25 Points leading no. 20 Kansas to an 82-73 Victory Over Southwest Missouri state in the final of the Bra holi Day classic. Kansas 10-1, got 14 Points from Kevin Pitchard 13 from Milt Newton and 11 from Scooter Barry. Southwest Missouri state 6-5, was led by Hubert Henderson s 25 Points. Kelby Stuckey and Caleb Davis each had 10. Iowa 96, Southwest Texas state 77 Iowa City Iowa Iowa coach Tom Davis runs a class program according to Southwest Texas state coach Harry Larrabee. On Friday night Davis Iowa Hawk eyes gave the visiting bobcats a lesson. Roy Marble scored 27 Points and de Horton 22 Friday As the ninth ranked Hawk eyes rebounded from an upset loss earlier in the week to Post a Victory Over the  Texas state did what we thought they were going to do. They took us out of the game Early Davis said. But then we were Able to come Back and get an Edge on  could see the problems that we have in terms of timing. If we re going to be a real Good Ball club we be still got a lot of Loose ends to tie together at both ends of the court. I Hope that we re ready for the con Ference  Larrabee who was called for two technical fouls including one after he plopped Down on his Back with his arms outstretched praised Iowa but criticized the  Davis is a class act. He runs a class pro Gram Larrabee said. It s a privilege to play  press gave us a lot of trouble. The officials i la be very Frank. That does not help Iowa. The kind of officiating they got tonight does not help Iowa prepare for the big ten conference he said referring to officials Jim Bain Phil Robinson and Tom Clark. Arizona 88, Pittsburgh 62 Tucson Ariz. Sean Elliott scored a record breaking 36 Points and grabbed 13 rebounds As no. 8 Arizona dominated Pitt to win the fiesta bowl classic  defending Pacific-10 Champion wildcats 8-1, took the Lead for Good 25-24, with 7 06 left in the first half on an Elliott 3-Pointer. Elliott broke the tournament scoring record of 33 Points set wednesday night by Gerald Hay Ward of Loyola of Chicago and bettered his career High of 35 Points set in 1987 against Stanford. Pitt reigning big East Champion dropped to 6-4. Northwestern beat Loyola 94-81 in the Consolation matchup earlier in the evening. Elliott who had 17 Points at halftime added 11 More in the first 4 41 of the second half As Arizona extended a 39-30 halftime Lead to 54-36, then to 64-39 in outscoring the panthers 25-9.with 8 10 to go after an Elliott 3-Pointer, Anzona led by its largest margin 29 Points at 74-45. Elliott was named the tournament s most valuable player for the third  Rooks had 12 Points and Anthony Cook 11 for  shot 9 for 10, including two 3-Pomters by Sean Miller and one each by Darelle Porter and Jason mat thews during the first 11 43 in building a 22-17 Lead. But then the panthers shooting dropped dramatically and they finished shooting 3.7.1 percent for the game while Arizona shot 51.4 percent. Porter led Pitt with 13 Points. Oklahoma 124, Texas 95 Oklahoma City guard cookie Blaylock and Center Mike Bell led Oklahoma Over Texas As the sixth ranked sooner successfully defended their All College tournament basketball title Friday night. Blaylock the tournament s most valuable player scored 24 Points and led the sooner in assists As okla homa ran its record to 10-1.bell also had 24 Points including 14 As the sooner powered to a 63-37 halftime Lead. The sooner race to an 8-0 Lead and led by More than 20 Points most of the contest