European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 14,1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 sooner Knock off Arizona by the associated press in College basketball this season it s not Good to be the King. No sooner do you get to the throne than someone comes up and lops off your head. Arizona became the third team in three weeks to reach the top and lose it within a week when it lost 82 80 to no. 5 Oklahoma sunday. Since Oklahoma beat no. 3 Missouri this week Sec Ond ranked Georgetown lost to Pittsburgh and fourth ranked Louisville lost to Florida state and Urcla the sooner were expected to retake the top spot in the associated press poll monday. We volunteered last week Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs said. Any time you need us for no. 1, Well do it. Someone s got to do  Stacey King scored 24 Points and Oklahoma Over came a seven Point second half deficit. Tubbs thinks his team which also beat Arizona in the National semifinals last Spring should be no. 1. When you really got Down to it and i had to be fair i d probably put us in there he said. In other games sunday involving ranked teams Urcla beat no. 4 Louisville 77-75, no. 6 North Caro Lina beat Virginia 85-67, no. 13 Indiana beat Purdue 64-62, no. 19 Nevada Las vegas beat no. 17 North Carolina state 79-70 and no. 18 Stanford beat Wash College basketball Oklahoma Back on top a men s basketball poll Page 25 in ton 82-74 in overtime. In beating Arizona Oklahoma won its 27th consecutive Home game. Sean Elliott scored 26 Points for Arizona 18-3, which had its 10-game winning Streak snapped. Urcla 77, no. 4 Louisville 75 Pervis Ellison was called for goal ending on Pooh Richardson s 8-footer with one second left and Louis Ville lost for the second time in a week. The Bruins 16-5, scored five Points in the last 1 10 to overcome a 75-72 deficit taking advantage of two bad passes by the cardinals 17-5. Trevor Wilson made two free throws with 70 seconds remaining. Kenny Payne threw away a pass and Derrick Martin tied it on a free throw with 41 seconds to go. Richardson picked off Everick Sullivan s pass with 10 seconds left and took his shot which Ellison swatted away. Referee Willis Mcjunkin made the goal ending Call immediately. Wilson scored 21 Points and grabbed 13 rebounds for Urcla. Payne scored 22 for Louisville and Ellison added 19. No. 6 North Carolina 85, Virginia 67 Steve Bucknall scored 19 Points As the tar Heel avenged a 106-83 loss to the Cavaliers last month. North Carolina 19-5 and 6-3 in the Atlantic coast conference made eight of its first 11 shots while Vir Ginia made just two of its first 12. The Cavaliers 13-8and 5-4, never got the deficit below seven Points after that. Bryant Stith scored 20 Points for Virginia. No. 13 Indiana 64, Purdue 62 Jay Edwards made a game winning 14-foot jumper with four seconds left handing Purdue its sixth Lossin seven games. The hoosiers 20-5 Overall and 10-1 in the big ten rallied from an 11-Point deficit Midway through the second half and won their 14th consecutive Home game Over two seasons. Purdue 10-13 and 3-7, led 59-5 j with 4 56 left be fore Indiana scored six straight Points. Joe Hillman s 3-Pointer gave Indiana a 62-60 Lead with 1 02 left. Tony Jones Bank shot with 27 seconds left tied it. Edwards scored 27 Points for Indiana. Kip Jones see College on Page 26 Malone Stockton Pace West Victory Aba All Star game Utah s Karl Malone holds his map trophy aloft after West s All Star Victory. By Bill Barnard Houston a Utah teammates Karl Malone and John Stockton led the West to a 143-134 Victory Over the East sunday in the Aba s annual All Star game. A lot of people wonder where Utah is Malone said after being named the ame s most valuable player. It s in Alt Lake  Malone scored 18 of his 28 Points in the first half and hit 8 of 9 shots from the Field in the first two periods most of them coming on dunks or feathery Lay ups. This is really emotional for me Malone said of winning the map award. I can t believe i m standing Here. John Stockton deserves half of this  Stockton the Only Point guard on the West team after the los Angeles lakers Earvin magic Johnson the scheduled starter was injured wednesday night directed a record breaking attack in the first half. As soon As i found out Earvin would t be Here i put in some plays from the Utah offence for Stockton and Malone said Pat Riley who coached the West for the seventh time in eight years. Stockton had to play a lot of min utes but he s a great  Stockton wowed a record All Star crowd at the Astrodome with a record nine assists in the first Quarter and finished with 17 to go with his 11 Points. There were Guys everywhere Stock ton said. After practice saturday i told my wife i have never seen anything like that. There were players in every  the West led by As Many As 31 Points in route to an 87-59 halftime Lead breaking by one the All Star record for Points in a half set by the West in 1962. The East got As close As seven in the fourth Quarter before faltering. Stockton s nine assists in the first Quarter broke Johnson s 1984 Mark of eight although Stockton did t play the last 3 minutes and 18 seconds of the period. There were 23 other tremendous players out there Stockton said. It gets you to thinking How Many Good players there Are in this league and How Many others deserve to be in this  Ellis of Seattle saturday s 3 Point shooting contest Winner hit 12 of16 shots from the Field mostly from out Side and scored 27 Points for the West John Stockton. Sets assist record while Alex English of Denver had 16points. Michael Jordan of Chicago scored 12 of his 28 Points in the fourth Quarter and Isiah Thomas of Detroit had 19 Points and 14 assists for the East which still leads the All Star series 25-14. The East had won seven of the previous nine games. The lakers Kareem Abdul Jabbar in his 20th and last season appeared in his 18th All Star game. He missed his first five shots and scored Only four Points including the last Basket of the game. He set the career All Star scoring record Las year. The attendance of 44,735 broke the record of 43,146 at the Indianapolis Hoosier dome in 1985. It was the largest Aba crowd Ever away from the Pontiac Silver dome which has the four largest. The West broke away from a 12-12 tie by outscoring the East 35-19 in the last 8 minutes and 14 seconds of the first period. The spurt started with a 13-2 run Dur ing which Malone scored six consecutive Points and Ellis five. With Stockton out the West offence hardly slowed Down. Chris Mullin Golden state s 6-foot-7 Forward took Over at Point guard and got help bringing the see Aba on Page 26