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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday january 25,1989 hoyas beat St. John s 75-64 by the associated press Landover my. A fight forced St. John s for Ward Jayson Williams out of monday s game against Georgetown Long after hoyas Center Dike be my Lombo took the punch out of the redmen s offence. Mutombo set a school record with 12 blocked shots and Dwayne Bryant scored 18 Points As second ranked Georgetown beat St. John s 75-64 in a scuffle interrupted big East game. The hoyas 15-1 Overall and 5-1 in the big East never trailed in taking Over first place in the Confer ence with their sixth straight Victory. A big Factor was Mutombo who helped limit the redmen to 18 of 57 32 percent shooting from the floor. Mutombo a 6-foot-11 Sophomore had averaged two blocks per game in limited action behind standout freshman Alonzo mourning. But mourning got two Quick fouls against St. John s and Mutombo got mischance. The fight Between Williams and Georgetown s John Turner occurred with just less than 14 minutes left in the game with Georgetown holding a 46-32 Lead. The two were quickly separated before being ejected. College basketball under big East rules both players must miss their team s next big East game. Moments after the scuffle the redmen worked the deficit Down to 50-42. But Georgetown responded with an 11-6 run to make it 61-48 with 8 12 left and St. John s never Cut the Gap below six Points the rest of the Way. Matt Brust scored 23 of his 26 Points in the second half to Lead the redmen. St. Johns which had won five of its six previous games at the capital Centre had a five game winning Streak snapped and fell to 12-5 and 4-3. Charles Smith had 16 Points for the hoyas who have won 16 straight at Home. St. John s made Only 8 of 34 Field goal attempts 24 percent in the opening half As Mutombo blocked nine shots. Indiana 71, Michigan 70 Ann Arbor Mich. Indiana ran its winning Streak to 13, six in the big ten As Jay Edwards scored 20 second half Points to Lead the 16th-ranked hoosiers to a Victory Over no. 10 Michigan. The hoosiers led 71-70 when Edwards off balance jumper from beyond the free throw line spun out of the Basket. Michigan got the rebound and called timeout with 40 seconds remaining. When play resumed the wolverines ran the clock Down to 15 seconds and called another timeout. Terry Mills missed a Baseline shot from the right Corner then Mark Hughes missed from the left Corneas time ran out. The score was tied at 64 on a Basket by Mills with 4 23 remaining. But Edwards hit a 3-Pointer with 4 06 remaining and the hoosiers led the rest of the Way. Michigan s Sean Higgins scored with 3 45 remain ing then Edwards answered with 3 20 showing for a69-66 Indiana Lead. Indiana which lost four of its first seven games is 16-4 Overall 6-0 in the big ten. Michigan Riding a two game losing Streak has slipped to 15-4 and 3-3. Edwards finished with 29 Points. Glen Rice had 19for Michigan. An up Side Downer the Nordques Marc Fortier find himself in an awkward position after colliding with Hartford s Sylvain cot along the boards in the first period at Quebec monday night. The whaler blanked the Nordques 5-0. In other nil games monday Calgary ende Montreal s 18-game Home unbeaten Streak 3-1, Minnesota downed new Jersey 7-2 and the new York rangers nipped Edmonton 3-2 nil standing Sand summaries on Page 22. Zillini take top spot in a College poll by Jim o Connell a basketball writer Illinois monday became the first team this season other than Duke to hold the no. 1 position in the associated press College basketball poll. It was the first time the fighting Zillini have held that spot in the regular season in 37 years. Duke had held the no. 1 spot in the preseason poll and in the first nine regu Lar season polls but the Blue devils lost two games last week a 20-Point Home loss to North Carolina and a 75-71 loss at Wake Forest to fall to eighth in the voting with a 13-2 record. Now the Only undefeated division i team Illinois received 62 of the 65 first place v9tes cast and 1,296 Points from the nationwide panel of sports write Sand broadcasters. Georgetown Louisville and Oklahoma each advanced one place behind Illi Nois. The hoyas 15-1, took second with one first place vote and 1,173 Points just six More than Louisville 13-2, which had the other two first place votes. Oklahoma 15-2, moved up to fourth with 1,079 Points and was followed by fellow big eight Power Missouri 16-3, which received 939 Points in moving up three places from last week. Arizona 13-2, which also moved up three spots was sixth with 884 Points nine More than North Carolina which improved to 16-3 with victories Over Duke and North Carolina state. The tar heels had fallen to 13th in last week s voting the first time in 63 polls dating to the 1983-84 season they had not been inthe top 10. Duke Seton Hall and  out the top 10. The Blue devils received 860  Hall 17-1, had 788 and Michigan 15-3 after a 71-68 loss to Wisconsin dropped from sixth with 719 Points. Florida state 14-1, led the second 10 followed by Iowa Nevada Las vegas Syracuse North Carolina state Indiana Ohio state Kansas Stanford and provi Dence. Mcenroe draws lend Navratilova bounced. Melbourne Australia a flamboyant John Mcenroe and stoic Ivan Lendl scored straight set victories tuesday to set up a quarterfinal shootout in the $2.4 million australian open a Tennis tournament neither has won. Mcenroe aiming to win his first grand slam title in More than four years played with tremendous guile and touch to defeat fellow american Aaron Krickstein 7-6 7-46-2, 6-3. Lendl re covered from a slow Start to overwhelm 16th-seeded Amos Mansdorf of Israel 7-6 7-26-4, 6-2. In women s play fifth seeded Helena Sutkova of Czechoslovakia upset three time Champion Martina Navratilova 6-2,3-6, 9-7 to gain the semifinals. Navratilova said Sutkova s aggression had made the difference. She hits winners All Over the place when she plays me because there is no pressure on her Navratilova said. I had my chances but she came up wit the big  defending Champion Steffi Graf of West Germany moved into semifinals of the women s singles with a 6-2, 6-3 Triumph Over compatriot Claudia Kohide Kilsch. I Don t see her losing to anyone said Ohde Kilsch the no. 8 seed. Lendl and Mcenroe rivals for a decade will meet on Center court wednesday. Mcenroe last won a grand slam title at the 1984 . Open but said after his Victory Over loth seeded Krickstein that he Felt he was fast approaching his form of the Early 1980s, when he was the world s top player. I be come a Long Way he said. I feel More comfortably mentally and my game is coming together. If i can play better tomorrow i know 1 have a Chance to win. Obviously it would be great to beat Lendl but the Job would t be Over. The ultimate goal is Towin the  two time Champion Stefan Edberg of Sweden also advanced with a 6-4, 6-0, 6 2 win Over Hometown hero Pat Cash but suffered a Back injury in the final game and could miss his quarterfinal wednes Day against Lith seeded Thomas Muster of Austria  
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