European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes monday january 23,1989 Jordan scores 53 in bulls loss by the associated press Chicago Michael Jordan scored an Aba sea son High 53 Points but the Phoenix suns beat the Chi Cago bulls 116-107 saturday night after overcoming a19-Point first Quarter deficit. Jordan scored 50 or More Points for the fourth time this season and the 16th time in his career. Elgin Bay Lor had 17 50-Point games second to Wilt chamber Iain s 118. Jordan also had 14 rebounds and eight assists. Phoenix 8-11 on the Road this season after going 6 35 last year snapped Chicago s six game winning Streak its longest since december 1983. Tom Chambers scored 29 Points for the suns who trailed 69-57 at halftime and outscored Chicago 32-18 in the third Quarter. Eddie Johnson scored nine of his27 Points in the fourth Quarter and Kevin Johnson had 18 Points 15 assists and 10 rebounds. Phoenix led 102-96 with 5 17 left before Jordan Hita jumper and pair of free throws with 3 52 remaining. Scottie Pippen s jumper and Jordan s Basket Pulle Chicago to 104-102. Hornacek then made a three Point play for a five Point Phoenix Lead. Jordan s Dunk Cut it to 107-104 with 2 55 to go. The suns missed their next shot but Jordan was called for an offensive foul with 2 35 left. Eddie Johnson s Layup with 1 10 remaining put Pho enix up by five. Jordan s turnover then enabled Kevin Johnson to put the game out of reach with a soft jumper. In other games saturday Bucks 116, nuggets 107 Denver Ricky Pierce scored 21 Points an Milwaukee outscored Denver by 20 Points in the third Quarter to beat the nuggets. Aba Roundup Michae Adams of the nuggets made eight 3-Pointshots to tie the Aba record held by Ricky Barry of Houston and John Roche of Denver. Adams who extended his Streak to 78 consecutive games with at Lea Stone 3-Pointer, finished with 28 Points. Hawks 137, hornets 113 Atlanta Moses Malone and Dominique Wil Kins scored 21 Points each leading eight Atlanta play ers in double figures As the Hawks rolled past Char Lotte. The Hawks posted their season High in scoring sur passing the previous Best in a 133-130 loss to Denver on dec. 10. Wilkins had 17 Points in the first Quarter As atlant stayed close despite 70 percent shooting by Charlotte which led 34-33 after one period. The hornets we replaying without leading scorer Kelly Tripucka who was ill with the flu. Robert Reid scored 26 Points for the hornets Andrex Chapman 22. Bullets 107,76ers 105 Landover my. Steve Colter scored eight of his 10 Points in the fourth Quarter and John Williams blocked Charles Barkley s last second shot to preserve Washington s Victory Over Philadelphia. The Triumph was the second straight for the bullets and their first in three games against Philadelphia this season. The 76ers have lost two straight both on the Road. Colter hit the game winning jump shot with 42 seconds remaining then Drew a foul from Barkley with 28 seconds left. Washington was called for a 24-secondviolation after gaining Possession giving the Ball Back to the 76ers, but Williams was Able to swat away bark Ley s shot from the top of the key. Cavaliers 115, nets 103 Richfield Ohio Larry Nance scored a season High 33 Points and combined with Ron Harper for 28 Points in the third Quarter As Cleveland overcame a 13-Point halftime deficit to beat new Jersey. Cleveland with the Aba s Best record at 29-7, has won four straight and 16 of 18. The Cavaliers trailed 64-51 at halftime but Nance tied it at 74-74 on a three Point play with 3 30 left in the Quarter. Harper made a pair of foul shots with 1 44remaining, giving Cleveland its first Lead 80-78. A Basket by new Jersey s Walter Berry tied it for the final time before Harper made two More free throws and Nance made a follow shot. Buck Williams led the nets with 18 Points. Warriors 136, Kings 111 Sacramento Calif. Mitch Richmond scored25 Points and Golden state beat Sacramento giving the warriors an eight game winning Streak their Long est in 14 years. Rod Higgins added 22 Points on 10-for-l 1 Mullin scored 21 Points and had 12 assists. Vinny Del negro and Rodney Mcray scored 17points each for the Kings. Kenny Smith scored 16 with seven assists. Supersonics 121, kicks 119 Seattle Nate Mcmillan and Dale Ellis made3-Point baskets in the final 90 seconds As Seattle rallied past new York for the supersonics 15th consecutive Home Victory. It was the kicks third straight loss on the Road with four More games left before they return Home. The kicks led 70-56 at the half. College from Page 21 sets As the sooner broke away from a100-Aii lie. Oklahoma which trailed by 11 Points in the first half is 15-2. The Host cyclones dropped to 9-6. Stacy King who did not Start because he was late for a pre game meeting made two foul shots with 29 seconds left i regulation to Force the extra period. King held to one Point in the first half finished with 15. Wisconsin 71, no. 6 Michigan 68 Trent Jackson made the go ahead free throw with 30 seconds left and Tim Locum added two More with four seconds remaining As Host Wisconsin upset Michigan in the big ten. Locum s clinching free throws came after Michigan s Rumeal Robinson Inis cd two free throws with nine seconds remaining. Jackson scored 21 Points As Wisconsin 10-5, ended a four game losing Streak. Glen Rice had 25 for the wolverines 15-3. No. 7 Iowa 67, Purdue 66 de Horton scored 26 Points including the winning Basket with four seconds left As Iowa rallied to beat Purdue. The visiting Hawk eyes had trailed 56-45 Midway through the second half. . Armstrong scored 17 for Iowa 14-3. Stephen Scheffler who tallied 12 for Purdue 9-9, missed a shot As time expired. No. 8 Missouri 105, Oklahoma St. 83 Byron Irvin scored 30 Points and sparked a second half comeback that sent Missouri past visiting Oklahoma state in the big eight. The tigers trailed 62-54 before going on a 25-8 burst. Anthony Peeler added22 Points for Missouri 16-3. Freshman Byron Houston scored 27for the cowboys 10-3. No. 9 Arizona 75, Villanova 67 Sean Elliott got 31 Points and set the school s All time scoring record As Arizona beat visiting Villanova in a matchup of wildcats. No. 11 Syracuse 99, notre Dame 87 Sherman Douglas scored 26 Point Sand Syracuse ended a three game losing Streak by winning at notre Dame. No. 13 North Carolina wins 84-81 Steve Bucknall scored 14 Points an North Carolina held off North Carolina state throwing the teams into a tie for the Atlantic coast conference Lead. No. 14 Florida St. 95, Cincinnati 80 George Mccloud scored 29 Points and Irving Thomas had 21 As Florida state beat foul plagued Cincinnati. The seminoles 14-1, won their sixth straight game. The winners shot 42 for 52 from the foul line. Cincinnati which led 55-52 Early in the second half lost its 17th consecutive metro conference Road game. Steve Jackson scored 18 Points for the Bear cats 8-6. Kentucky 66, no. 18 Tennessee 65 Derrick Miller scored 23 Points and Deron Feldhaus made two clinching foul shots with 12 seconds left As Kentucky held on to upset Tennessee 66-65. Feldhaus two free throws put Ken Tucky ahead 66-62, offsetting a 3-Point shot by Greg Bell at the Buzzer. Kentucky improved to 9-9. Host ten Nessee fell to 12-3 and 5-1 in the Sec. No. 19 Indiana 75, Michigan St. 60 Jay Edwards scored 17 of his 19 Point sin the second half and Indiana beat Michigan state for its 12th straight Victory and sole Possession of first place in the big ten. The hoosiers 15-4 Overall and 5-0 inthe conference took the Lead for Good at 40-37 with 16 22 left on Edwards 3-Point shot. Ken Redfield had 12 for the visiting spartans 10-5. No. 20 Stanford 84, Urcla 75 Todd Lichti scored 18 Points an Howard Wright added 17 As Stanford beat visiting Urcla in a key Pacific-10clash. Lichti also held Urcla guard Pooh Richardson to six Points nine under his average. The Cardinal improved to 14-4, drop Ping the Bruins to 10-5. Others coach . Newton got his 500th Ca reer Victory As Vanderbilt beat Texas 94 79. Newton who ranks Lith on the Active list in victories coached 12 years each at Alabama and Transylvania and sin his eighth season at Vanderbilt. He is 500-369 lifetime. Mcenroe Krickstein win face each other for quarterfinal spot by Rick Warner Melbourne Australia a John Mcenroe will have to beat the Only other american left in men s singles to reach the quarterfinals of the australian open Tennis championships. Mcenroe seeking his first grand slam title since the 1984 . Open meets loth seeded Aaro Krickstein tuesday in a fourth round match at the National Tennis Cen ter. They be met twice with Mcenroe winning both times. Krickstein snot the Type of player who beats Mcenroe himself but if i keep up my concentration i think i la be in Good shape Mcenroe said sunday after beating West Ger Man Patrick Kuhnen 6-2, 7-5, 6-2. Mcenroe played impressively against Kuhnen who had beaten Jimmy con nors at Wimbledon last year. I was very steady he said. I be gone through a lot of and Downs in my last few matches and that did t Krickstein who scored his first tournament Victory in five years last week in Syd Ney Australia advanced with a 6-4,7-5,6-4 win Over niclas Kroon of Sweden. I m playing better now than i have in a while said the 21-year-old Michigan native who has been plagued by foot and leg injuries in recent years. I can do More things now than i Ever could. I can come in and win some Points at the net which i could t do Krickstein expects a Tough match against Mcenroe who beat him in straight sets last year in Detroit. I need to get into the match Early and feel like i can beat him Krickstein said. Australian open he s still capable of great Tennis but Idon t think he is playing at his also advancing to the fourth round Sun Day were second seeded Ivan Lendl no. 4 Stefan Edberg no. 11 Thomas Muster no.13 Pat Cash and no. 16 Amos Mansdorf. Lendl Defeated Nicklas Kulti of sweden6-2,6-4,6-3. Edberg beat Johan Kriek 7-5,7 5, 7-5 in a Battle of two time australian open champions and Mansdorf eliminated american Brett Garnett 6-2,7-5,6-2. Muster of Austria outlasted South Afri can Danie Visser 6-7 2-76-3,3-6,6-3,11-9 in 4 hours 39 minutes. It was two minute Shorter than the longest match in australian open history Dennis Ralston s quarterfinal Victory Over John Newcombe in 1970. Cash runner up in the australian open the past two years eliminated Brit Ain s Jeremy Bates 7-6 8-66-2, 6-3 be fore a cheering Hometown crowd. I think people Here expect me to win but i m trying to ignore that the 1987 Wimbledon Champion said. You be got to enjoy your Tennis or it just becomes the Magnus Gustafsson of Sweden rallied after losing the first two sets and trailing 2 4 in the third to beat . Open Semi Mal is Darren Cahill 6-7 7-90-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6 4. In women s play top seeded Steff Graf no. 3 Gabriela Sabatini no. 6 Zina Garrison and no. 8 Claudia Kohide Kilsch moved into the quarterfinals. Graf beat australian Nicole Provis 6-4, 6-0, but the grand slam Winner was t completely satisfied. I should never have let her get to 4-4in the first set Graf said. I did t use enough Power in my shots Sabatini beat 13th-seeded Raffaella Reggi of Italy 6-0, 4-6, 6-1, Garrison downed american Cammy Macgregor 7 5, 6-1, and Kohide Kilsch ousted Donn Faber of the United states 6-3,6-3
