European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 11,1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 sooner rally top Missouri by the associated press Norman okla. Missouri assistant coach Rich Daly said he and the tigers did t have time to get nervous thursday after learning he would have to coach against Oklahoma. It showed. The third ranked tigers took no. 5 Oklahoma to the wire thursday night before falling 112-105 to snap an11-game winning Streak. Daly replaced head coach Norm Stewart who was taken to an Oklahoma City Hospital thursday afternoon after blacking out on the team s flight from Columbia to. Stewart was suffering from a bleeding ulcer and fatigue and watched the game from his hos Pital bed school officials said. Ill Tell you what. I m going to take a car course when i get Back Daly said. It was the longest eight minutes of my life waiting for the plane to land. After that the rest of the Day was easy. We shot around ate and played the  How Tough a situation was it for the the six year Missouri assistant and his team the sooner had won 24 straight at Home and 89 of 91. On hand was the largest crowd in Lloyd Noble Center history 11,734. The tigers did t look awed at All however As they led 21-5 less than five minutes into the game. While Oklahoma eventually rallied the game was t decided until Stacey King who finished with 32 Points converted a three Point play with 55 seconds left. The Victory moved the Sonners 20-3 Overall into a tie with Missouri for the big eight Lead with a 6-1 record. The tigers fell to 20-4. This was a great basketball game Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs said. And i think Rich Daly did a great great Job  Missouri s top assistant Bob Sundvold also missed the game. Sundvold was suspended indefinitely by the school on wednesday in the Wake of reports that he allegedly paid for an air plane ticket for former Tiger . Mays. The tigers scored the game s first eight Points and held leads of 10-1, 15-3 and 21-5 in the opening five minutes. We were Way ahead., but we weren t ahead the Way we wanted it to be said Daly who praised his seniors for their help. Lee Coward does a 360 and it goes in everything we threw up was going in. We knew it was t going to stay that  it looked Early on As though Tubbs would also be a Spectator As he was assessed technical fouls with 15 29 and 14 50 remaining in the half. The second came when he took the Public address announcer s microphone and told the crowd to Stop throwing debris on the court regardless of How Terri ble the officiating  the Guy official ordered me to go up there and say something to the crowd Tubbs said. I just responded. That the technical is his  while it Cost his team two Points it also seemed to inspire the sooner. The teams were tied 53-53 at halftime and the larg est Lead for either team after that was four Points until the closing minutes. Byron Irvin led Missouri with 22 Points. In other games thursday no. 13 Indiana 72, Northwestern 56 Evanston 111. Jay Edwards scored 18 of his 24 Points on 3-pointers to Lead no. 13 Indiana to a Victory Over Northwestern. Freshman Eric Anderson added 24 Points As the hoosiers captured their 16th Victory in 17 starts and College basketball file Missouri coach Norm Stewart. Hospitalized before key game upped their record to 19-5 Overall and a first place 9-1 in the big ten. Northwestern fell to 8-12 and 1-9. Freshman Evan Pedersen led Northwestern with 18 Points while Walker Lambiotte fouled out with 13 Points. Northwestern trailed 31-26 at halftime but quickly tied it on five straight Points by Lambiotte. Moments later Anderson broke a 35-35 tie with a Field goal and two free throws to Start a 10-Point run that included 3-pointers by Edwards and Joe Hillman. The wildcats never recovered. No. 18 Stanford 65, Washington St. 53 Stanford Calif. Todd Lichti scored 20 Points and Stanford defensive specialist Bryan Mcsweeney sparked the decisive run with three key plays to Lead the 18th-ranked Cardinal Over Washington state. Stanford led 49-46 with 5 06 remaining when my Sweeney keyed an 11-1 run Over three minutes that put the game away. Stanford improved to 18-5 Overall and 9-3 in the Pac-10 conference while Washington state fell to 7 13 and 2-9. No. 17 . State 98, no. 6 North Carolina 88 Raleigh . Chucky Brown scored a career High 29 Points to Lead five North Carolina state play ers in double figures and the 17th-ranked Wolf pack ran away from no. 6 North Carolina. The Wolf pack 15-4, took Over sole Possession of first place in the Atlantic coast conference with a 6-2 Mark. North Carolina 18-5, dropped to 5-3 and has lost its last two both league games. No. 10 Michigan 108, no. 8 Iowa 107,2ot Iowa City Iowa Loy Vaught scored the final six Michigan Points including a Layup with two seconds left in the second overtime to give no. 10 Michi Gan a Victory Over no. 8 Iowa. Michigan 18-4, blew an 18-Point Lead in the final 91/2 minutes of regulation then rallied from deficits of six Points in the first overtime and five in the second to remain tied for second place in the big ten with Illinois at 6-3, 2 a games behind first place Indiana. Iowa which was Down by As Many As 20 Points in the first half fell to 17-5 and 5-4 with its first Home loss of the season. Glen Rice led Michigan with 24 Points scan Hig gins scored 22 including three 3-pointers in the first overtime and Rumeal Robinson had 20. Vaught finished with 18 Points and Terry Mills 12. Roy Marble topped Iowa with a career High 32 Points after going l-for-7 with two Points in the first half. . Armstrong and de Horton added 19 Points each while Ray Thompson had 15 and Matt Bullard 13. No. 7 Illinois 62, no. 16 Ohio state 60 Champaign 111. Nick Anderson scored 22 Points for Illinois and Ohio state s Jay Burson was held to less than 10 for the first time in 34 games As the seventh ranked Zillini Defeated the no. 16 buckeyes. Ohio state had opportunities to tie the game in the final seconds but Jerry Francis and Perry Carter each missed jump shots. Illinois finally controlled the Ball with one second remaining to preserve the Victory and claim sole Possession of second place in the big ten. The fighting Zillini improved to 19-3 Overall and 6-3 in the conference leaving them 2 a games behind first place Indiana. Ohio state fell to 16-6 and 5-4. Illinois went ahead for Good with 2 23 to play when Ken Battle s driving Layup gave the fighting Zillini a 60 58 Lead. Eli Bressler s three Point play put the buckeyes ahead 52-49 with 10 33 to play and 93 seconds later their advantage was seven Points. But Illinois rallied and tied the game at 56-56 with 6 30 left. Burson who was averaging 20 Points per game scored Only five in the first half and nine in the game. Carter led the buckeyes with 15 Points. The fighting Zillini led throughout the first half be Hind Anderson s 16 Points and once held an 11-Point advantage but Ohio state pulled to within 32-31 by halftime despite shooting just 33 percent from the Field in the first half. No. 15 West Virginia 81, Marshall 73 Charleston . Darryl Prue ignited an 11-0 second half run to lift no. 15 West Virginia Over Marshall and stretch the nation s longest winning Streak to 17 games. The mountaineers who Haven t lost since dec. 3, raised their record to 18-2 with the Victory Over their in state rivals in a game played in West Virginia s state capital. After two 3-pointers by John Taft and and two Field goals by Gary Strickland had Cut West Virginia s Lead to 49-46, Prue scored six of the Points in the run that pushed the Lead to 60-46. The thundering Herd 10 11, could get no closer than five and that was with less than a minute left in the game. Prue finished with 22 Points for West Virginia which leads the Atlantic 10 conference with an 11-0 Mark. Herbie Brooks playing on the same floor where he set a West Virginia High school scoring Mark five years ago finished with 17. Steve Berger and Chris Brooks each had 14. No. 1 Arizona 78, Oregon 57 Eugene Ore. Anthony Cook had 20 Points and Matt Muehlebach scored Arizona s first eight Points of the second half As the top ranked wildcats went on to beat Oregon for their 10th straight Victory. Arizona led 47-33 at halftime then Muehlebach went on his scoring tear As the wildcats led As much As 78-54 with 1 48 to play. The wildcats improved to 18-2 Overall and 12-1 in the Pac-10, Good for a two game Lead Over Stanford. Jud Buechler added 16 Points for Arizona while freshman guard Matt Othick had 15. Langston skips arbiter gets $1.3 million by the associated press pitchers Mark Langston Scott Garrelts and Roger Mcdowell and third baseman Howard Johnson avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to one year con tracts thursday. Langston and the Seattle mariners settled at $1.3 million a raise of $437,500. He can earn an additional $ 100,000 in bonuses based on innings pitched. Garrelts and the san Francisco giants agreed at $705,000, a raise of $80,000. Johnson settled with the new York mets at $772,500, a raise of $77,500, and Mcdowell agreed to $762,000, a raise of $147,000. The mets had offered the same $695,000 that Johnson made last season while he sought $850,000. Mcdowell had asked for $890,000 while the mets offered $676,500. Langston was 15-11 last season with a 3.34 earned run average and 235 strikeouts second in the Ameri can league to Boston s Roger Clemens. It s a Relief to have the contract situation out of the baseball deals Way Langston said. But Seattle May not be so relieved. The mariners had hoped to sign him to a three year Deal since Langston can become a free agent at the end of the season. They almost traded him to the new York mets last month but owner George Argyros reportedly wanted to make every attempt to get a multiyear Deal. Langston would earn the entire $100,000 Bonus if he pitches 261 a innings the same amount he threw in 1988. He would get $25,000 for 170 innings $25,000 for 190 innings and $25,000 for 210 innings. He also would get $800 for each inning from 211 to 230 and $900 per inning from 231 to 240. Langston had asked for $1.5 million in arbitration and Seattle had offered $ 1.2 million. Garrelts was 5-9 last season in 65 games with 13 saves and a 3.58 Era. He asked for $785,000 and san Francisco offered $625,000, the same salary he made last season. Johnson slumped to .230 last season with 24 homers and 68 runs batted in after hitting 36 homers and driving in 99 runs in 1987. Mcdowell was 5-5 in 1988 with 16 saves and a 2.63 earned run average. There Are 23 players remaining in arbitration. One hearing was scheduled for Friday. Unless there is a late settlement Vince Coleman and the St. Louis cardinals were to go before arbitrator Frederick reel in Chicago. Meanwhile third baseman Tim Wallach and the Montreal expos agreed to a two year contract Exten Sion on thursday. The expos also hold an option on a third year. Since Wallach is already completing the final year of a three year contract in 1989, the Deal could make him an expo through 1992. The expos did not announce the financial terms of the contract but it is believed Wallach will earn about $5 million if the package runs for three years. Wallach hit .257 with 12 hrs and 69 Bis in 1987