European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday january 28,1989 Minnesota upsets no. 1 Zillini by the associated press Minneapolis Minnesota upset top ranked Illinois 69-62 thursday night As Willie Burton had 20 Points and 13 rebounds and sparked a first half burst that sent the Zillini to their first loss of the season. Illinois 17-1 Overall and 4-1 in the big ten had been the Only undefeated Mcaa division i team. The Zillini playing without standout Point guard Kendall Gill who was injured in their last game this week had earned their first no. 1 ranking since 1952. Minnesota 11-5 and 3-3, pulled off its second upset in 12 Days having beaten then no. 5 Iowa on Jan. 14. Burton enjoyed perhaps the Best All around game of his three year College career. His biggest contribution came Midway through the opening half when the Forward s three consecutive tremendous passes helped Minnesota turn a 12-11 Lead into a 25-11 bulge. The gophers maintained their 14 Point Lead Well into the second half before holding off a late Illinois rally. After Melvin Newbern s Layup made it 14-11, Bur ton s court length pass found Kevin Lynch for a Dunk Lynch was fouled and made the free throw. Illinois turned the Ball Over and Burton i bounding from 35 feet hit Richard Coffey with a perfect Alley top feed. Burton then assisted on Jim Shikenjanski s Layup for a 21-1 Mead. Newbern and Coffey scored to finish the run during which Illinois went scoreless for 5 a minutes. In other games thursday night no. 17 Ohio state 100, Northwestern 68 Columbus Ohio Perry Carter took control inside and matched his career High with 25 Points As no. 17 Ohio state rolled Over Northwestern in the bitten. Nil Roundup Malarchuk turns Back 42 shots in 1-0 Caps win by the associated press Philadelphia Washington goaltender Clint Malarchuk made Geoff Courtn Alfs Early goal stand up by turning Back 42 shots thursday night As the capitals snapped a four game wingless Streak by beating the Philadelphia flyers 1-0. It was the 100th Victory and 10th shutout of Malarchuk s nil career but his first since feb. 27. The shutout was the first suffered by the flyers at the spectrum since a 3-0 loss to Boston March 22. The Victory lifted the capitals into a second place tie with Pittsburgh in the Patrick division. They Are five Points ahead of fourth place Phila Delphia. In other games thursday canucks 6, Kings 2 Inglewood Calif. Barry Pederson scored two Power play goals As Vancouver vaulted Over Winnipeg into fourth place in the smythe division. The Kings Bernie Nicholls bidding to become the sixth player in nil history to score 50 goals in 50 games settled for his 48th. Flames 5, rangers 3 Calgary Alberta Joe Mullen Lanny Mcdonald Gary Suter and Hakan Loob scored on four of Calgary s 22 second period shots As the flames won the Battle of nil division leaders. North stars 5, Nordques 3 Bloomington Minn. Brian Bellows had a goal and two assists and Marc Habscheid and Dave Archibald had Power play goals in the second period As Minnesota climbed int9 a second place tie with St. Louis in the Norris division. Bruins 4, blues 2 Boston defens Eman Glen Wesley scored the first of Boston s three Power play goals and assisted on another to Lead the Bruins Over St. Louis. Islanders 8, jets 6 Uniondale . Struggling Mikk Makela had his first multiple Goa game of the season. Makela netted his 10th and 11th goals of the season As the islanders scored five times in the first 13 49 in extending their unbeaten Streak to 4-0-1. College basketball Carter made his first eight shots from the Field and ended up making 11 of 14 As Ohio state took leads of 16-2 and 25-4 at the outset and was never headed. No. 12 Iowa 78, Wisconsin 70 Iowa City Iowa Roy Marble got 24 Points and became Iowa s All time leading scorer leading the no. 12 Hawk eyes Over Wisconsin in the big ten. Iowa improved to 15-3 and 3-2 in the conference while Wisconsin fell to 10-6 and 2-5. Marble a 6-6 senior broke the record of 1,768 Points set by Greg Stokes four years ago. De Horton added 22 Points for Iowa which played its first Home game since dec. 30. No. 3 Louisville 95, s. Mississippi 76 Hattiesburg miss. Pervis Ellison scored 26 Points and no. 3 Louisville beat Southern Mississippi in the metro conference for its 14th straight Victory. Louisville outscored Southern Mississippi 22-6 to open the second half increasing its Lead to 65-45 with 11 40 to play. Kenny Payne scored nine of his 19 Points during the stretch and Ellison added six. The cardinals Are 14-2 and 3-0 in the league. The loss snapped a three game winning Streak for Southern Mississippi which fell to 6-9 and 2-3 in the Confer ence. No. 6 Arizona 96, Arizona St. 71 Tempe Ariz. Sean Elliott scored 20 Points and no. 6 Arizona used a first half burst to Bury Arizona state in the Pacific-10 conference. Anthony Cook added 16 Points and sparked a 21-4 spree that put the wildcats ahead 21-8 nine minutes into the game. Arizona led 45-27 at halftime and coasted in improving to 14-2 and 8-1 in the conference. Arizona state 9-8 Overall and 3-6 in the Pac-10, committed 11 turnovers in the first half and shot 38 percent from the Field making nine of 24 attempts. No. 15 n. Carolina St. 88, no. 8 Duke 73 Raleigh . Brian Howard scored 23 Points and 15th-ranked North Carolina state relied on its Ball hawking defense to score an Atlantic coast con Ference decision Over no. 8 Duke sending the Blue devils to their third straight loss. The Wolf pack s defense made eight steals in the first half then tightened in the closing 10 minutes of the second half with four More steals to hold off a Duke comeback. . State raised its record to 13-2, 4-1 in the acc and has won 11 of its last 12. Duke mired in a slump after winning its first 13 games and playing without leading scorer Danny ferry dropped to 13-3 and 3-3. Ferry has been bothered by Back spasms All season. The Blue devils hit 77.3 percent of their first half Field goals yet needed Phil Henderson s 35-foot, 3 Point Basket at the Buzzer to get within 45-39 at half time. No. 11 Florida St. 69, South Carolina 67 Columbia . George Mccloud hit a 3 Pointer with seven seconds left to lift no. 11 Florida state Over South Carolina in the metro conference. Mccloud s jumper from the left came 30 seconds after Terry Dozier s two foul shots gave South Carolina a 67-66 Lead. The seminoles 15-1 and 3-0 in the league worked the clock to set up Mccloud s third 3-Point Basket. The gamecocks 12-4 and 2-2, could not get a final shot and threw the Ball out of Bounds As the Horn we Toff. Hornets nip jazz 89-88 by the associated press Salt Lake City Kurt Rambis grabbed a Loose Ball under the Charlotte Basket and banked it in at the Buzzer to give the hornets an 89-88 Victory Over the Utah jazz thursday night. Utah had gone in front 88-87 on a Basket by Eric Leckner with 47 seconds remaining. After misses by both teams the hornets called a timeout with eight seconds remaining. Kelly Tripura unbounded to Michael Holton who drove the left Baseline but had his shot blocked. Ram Bis picked up the Ball and scored As time ran out. Rex Chapman and Robert Reid scored 18 Points apiece to Lead the hornets who snapped a four game losing Streak and Tripura added 16. Rambis scored Only eight Points but pulled Down 15 rebounds. Karl Malone led the jazz with 25 Points but had a poor shooting night hitting just 9 of 28. Dan Ell Griffith had 18 Kurt Rambis Points and Thurl Bailey 16, with John Stockton Deal ing out 16 assists. Mark Eaton had a season High 15 Points 11 rebounds and six blocked shots for Utah. The jazz led 55-42 at the half and 61-48 with 7 13 remaining in the third period. But Charlotte holding Utah to Only 13 Points in the period went on a 20-7 run to knot the score at 68 going into the fourth Quarter. Neither team managed More than a four Point advantage in the fourth Quarter. Tripura gave the hornets an 83-79 Lead with 3 07 remaining but Griffith followed with one of his three 3-pointers and Bailey put the jazz ahead again at 2 24. The Lead changed hands twice More before Leckne gave Utah its final Lead. In other games thursday rockets 106, clippers 100 Houston trailing by 16 Points at the half Houston rallied behind sleepy Floyd s 17 second half Points including eight in the final two minutes of play to defeat the los Angeles clippers. It was the clippers 13th consecutive loss and let straight on the Road. Otis Thorpe led Houston with 21 Points. Floyd had20 Points and 13 assists and Akeem Olajuwon 20 Points and 15 rebounds. Reggie Williams led the clippers with 26 Points followed by Joe Wolf and Ken Norman with 16 each and Benoit Benjamin with 15 Points and 13 rebounds. Aba Roundup bullets 126, pacers 106 Landover my. Charles a. Jones scored six Points in the first three minutes of the fourth Quarter and Washington fought off a Strong Indiana comeback to take a decision Over the pacers. It was the third straight Victory for Washington and the fourth consecutive Road loss for the pacers whose 1-19 Road record matches Miami s As the worst in the Aba. The bullets led by As Many As 23 Points Early in the third period before Indiana trimmed the margin to 84 81 on a three Point play by Rik Smits with 11 48 remaining in the game. Washington responded with a 14-7 run. Jones had six of those Points scoring twice on layups off passes from Steve Colter. Washington continued to pull away and led 120-99 with two minutes remaining. Kings 112, nets 109 East Rutherford . Kenny Smith had 24 Points and 10 assists and Rookie Rick Berry scored 20 Points As Sacramento Defeated new Jersey. The Kings who snapped a two game losing Streak led by 12 Points Early in the fourth period then he doff a furious nets rally to win. Lester Conner who scored nine of his 13 Points in the fourth period Cut the nets deficit 105-103 with 2 27 to play when he hit a fast break Layup. Smith gave the Kings a 107-103 Edge on a driving shot 20 seconds later and after two free throws by the nets Roy Hin son Smith gave Sacramento a 4-Point Lead again by hitting a Layup. Berry sandwiched two free throws around baskets by Dennis Hopson and Hinson giving the Kings a 111 109 Edge. But after a miss by new Jersey s Buck Wil Liams Rodney Mccray grabbed the rebound and hit one of two free throws to ice the Victory. Mccray had 19 Points for the Kings and Jim Peter sen added 16. Williams led the nets with 21 and hop son added 18. Conner had 11 assists. Bucks 127, Trail blazers 109 Portland Ore. Larry Krystkowiak scored a career High 31 Points and Reserve Ricky Pierce added 25 to Lead hot shooting Milwaukee Over Portland. Jerome Kersey s 25 Points led the Trail blazers who lost their fifth straight game and fourth in a Row at Home. The Home losing Streak is the longest for the Trail blazers since 1986. It was the Bucks third consecutive Road Victory and10th in 18 games this season. Nuggets 129, heat 108 Miami Alex English scored 34 Points and Walter Davis came off the Bench to add 17 to Lead Denver Over Miami ending the nuggets four game losing Streak. The loss dropped the expansion Miami franchise to4-35