European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 3,1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Louisville rips Kentucky 97-75 Louisville by. A the Louisville Cardi nals rang out the old year with a Victory Over archrival Kentucky and moved into 1989 with a seven Gam winning Streak. The final score was 97-75, not quite the Blowout that some basketball fans had demanded of the 14th ranked cardinals but coach Denny Crum was pleased. The new year s eve game ended a 10-Day Layoff for Louisville and Crum said i was concerned about How Well we d execute. Being off that Long you lonesome of your  Louisville had not Defeated Kentucky since dec. 15, 1984. The wildcats won the last three meetings including an 85-51 shocker in 1986 thai Louisville fans had t forgotten. People did t just want us to beat them. They wanted us to blow them out Louisville s Corneli Sholden said. His teammates Felton Spencer agreed. People wanted us to beat them by 30. Some wanted 40." freshman Eyerick Sullivan heard similar remarks outside and inside the Louisville locker room. All week the seniors had been talking about How much they wanted to beat Kentucky Sullivan  said they had never beaten them and they were tired of losing. They wanted to win. They wanted Towin  Sullivan contributed 15 Points As Louisville improved its record to 7-2. The loss dropped Kentucky to 5-7, As 19,502 watched in Delight at Freedom Hall. College basketball in saturday s Only other game involving a ranked team no. 11 Missouri thrashed Morgan state 96-66. Crum said his being Able to Send in fresh players Atwill forced Kentucky into an up Tempo game. That was the most important thing we wanted them to do was to run and shoot in an up Tempo game Crum said. We took advantage of our dept hand got Good play off our  Louisville fell behind 19-14 before Tony Kimbro s 3-Point shot with 13 20 left in the first half ignited a16-4 run Over the next five minutes putting the Cardi nals ahead 30-23. It was a Lead they never lost. The outburst was capped by Keith Williams steal and pass to Sullivan who threw a behind the Back pass from underneath the Basket to Kenny Payne for a Layin that brought the capacity crowd to its feet. Payne was fouled by Kentucky s Sean Sutton and Sank the free throw completing the three Point play. Louisville led 50-35 at halftime. Consecutive 3-pointers by Derrick Miller pulled Kentucky within 54-43 with 15 43 left but Louisville scored 11 of the next 14 Points to put the game out of reach at 65-46 with 11 20 to go. Kentucky got no closer than 12 the rest of the Way and the final margin was Louisville s largest Lead. Kentucky coach Eddie Sutton said he thought his team played Well but would have preferred a slower Pace. The Tempo was too fast Sutton said. We never could really get hold of the game once they got  Payne added 16 Points Albradford Smith had 15,Kimbro 11 All in the first half for the cardinals who made 32 of 60 shots for 53 percent. Smith also had eight assists. Miller led Kentucky with 34 Points including five 3 pointers. Chris Mills added 13 and Reggie Hanson 11as the wildcats made 27 of 58 shots for 47 percent. No. 11 Missouri 96, Morgan state 66 Gary Leonard scored a career High 23 Points in1 Ith ranked Missouri s rout of Morgan state. Leonard a 7-foot-1 senior Center made 9 of 14 Fiel goals attempts and 5 of 6 free throws and surpassed his previous High of 17 last season. The guards seemed willing to throw the Ball inside lot so you take that when you can get it said Leon Ard who came into the game averaging 8.8 Points pregame. Missouri s game plan was obviously to go to Leon Armand he did a Good Job Morgan state coach Nathaniel Frazier said. He stayed in the paint like hews supposed to do and they got the Ball to  the tigers used a 20-2 first half spurt to build a 45-26 halftime Lead and continued to cruise in the second half. Byron Irvin added 18 Points and Lee Coward 14 forthe tigers who improved their record to 12-3. The bears who got 27 Points from James Mccoy fell to 4 peach from Page 21 but it was enough to  barely enough thanks to Hartlieb who led a second half comeback that came up Short. Hartlieb played an exceptional Gam under the circumstances Iowa coach Hayden Fry said. When you get Down 28-3 and you have to pass on almost every Down your quarterback becomes a sitting  the Wolf pack 8-3-1, scored three touchdowns in the first 4 23 of the Sec Ond period to break open the contest. The Hawk eyes closed to 28-17 in the third period and Hartlieb Sean Smith with a 7-Yard scoring pass with eight seconds left for the final margin. A two Point conversion failed. Hartlieb finished with 30 completion sin 51 attempts but was intercepted four times. Gator from Page 21 North Carolina state s Mai Crite plows Forward As Iowa tacklers try to pull him Down in the first half. The Wolf pack won 28-23. Minute of the fourth Quarter. But the big ten spartans could overcome an Early 17-0 deficit. Johnson a senior who passed for just945 Yards and four touchdowns during the season connected with Hampton on first half scoring passes covering 6 and 30 Yards and Steve Crumley kicked on of his two Field goals As Georgia took a 17-7 Lead. Georgia finished its year with a 9-3record while Michigan state which came into the Gator bowl with a six game win Ning Streak fell to 6-5-1. In 25 seasons at Georgia Doole coached the bulldogs to 201 victories including sunday s win Over Michigan state in the first meeting Between the universities. No. 19 Georgia took a 17-0 Lead scor ing on its third successive offensive series when Johnson threw for 66 Yards on a five play 74-Yard scoring March culminated by a 30-Yard to pass to Hampton who also caught a 22-Yard pass on the drive. Johnson passed for a career High 227yards