European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday february 25,1989 kicks win 20th in Row at Home by the associated press new York the new York kicks Are ready tomake their own history at Madison Square Garden. We have to go Down As one of the Best teams Everto play Here Patrick Ewing said after scoring 28 Points As the kicks tied the team record with their20th consecutive Home Victory a 139-114 rout of the Charlotte hornets thursday night. It Means a lot Ewing said. Hopefully we cancan set a record on sunday then we can have our own destiny without worrying about the  new York which is 23-1 at Home matched the 20-game winning streaks by the kicks 1968-69 and 1972-73 teams. They could set a team record by beat ing Boston at Madison Square Garden sunday. It does t matter who we get the record against said Mark Jackson who had 20 Points 15 assists and seven steals against Charlotte. It just happens to Bethe celtics. It would be very special to have our place alone in kicks  kicks coach Rick Pitino said that he had thought about the fact that the 1973 team won an Aba championship but i think i la mention it to  Ewing scored 11 Points As the kicks started the game with a 36-13 run and the hornets got no closer than 12 Points after that. Ewing who had t reached his average of 21.3 Points Aba Roundup in his previous five games said he was Able to score easily because the hornets did t double team him. It s my Job to take the shots when they Don t Dou ble me said Ewing who was 12-for-20 from the Field. He s been passing More lately but tonight they did t double him so he took advantage of that pit Ino said. He has t really been in a shooting  Charlotte coach Dick Harter said the hornets tried double teaming Ewing in a 129-117 kicks Victory at Charlotte on feb. 14, but it did t work. He destroyed us so we decided to try something else Harter said. This did t work either. He did what a Good Center is supposed to  Ewing and Jackson led nine kicks in double Fig ures while Dell Curry had 19 Points and Brian Row som 17 for Charlotte both season highs. In other games thursday nets 111, clippers 100 East Rutherford . Roy Hinson scored35 Points and Lester Conner had a career High 18 assists As new Jersey extended the los Angeles clippers losing Streak to seven games. The clippers who have lost 26 of their last 27games, including 15 straight on the Road Haven t beaten an Eastern conference team on the Road in 36 consecutive games dating Back three years. After building a 60-41 halftime Lead the nets surged ahead by As Many As 27 Points late in the third  final score was As close at los Angeles got in the second half. The nets snapped a tie at 21 and took the Lead for Good in the first period on baskets by Conner and Hinson. After the clippers closed to 27-25 on a basketry Norm Nixon the nets reeled off an 11-2 run Span Ning the first two periods to go up 38-27. Keith Lee scored four Points in the spurt. New Jersey broke the game open later in second period with a 13-4 burst. Hinson and Conner each had 3ur Points As the nets opened a 20-Point Lead. Hawks 100, pacers 97atlanta Dominique Wilkins scored 26 Points All in the second half As Atlanta beat Indiana handing the pacers a club record tying 12th consecutive loss. The Hawks who trailed much of the first half Wen ahead to stay four minutes into the third Quarter but almost blew a 12-Point Lead in the final two minutes of the game. The pacers Cut the Lead to 100-97 with six second left. After Atlanta s Cliff Levingston missed two free throws Chuck person s 30-footer bounced off the rim just before the Buzzer. The pacers now 1-26 on the Road this season had two other 12-game losing streaks in 1983 and 1985. Quick scores give whalers 4-2 Victory by the associated press Hartford Conn. Dav Tippett and Tom Martin scored 33 seconds apart late in the first period to Lead the Hartford whalers to a 4-2 Victory Over the Quebec nor piques thursday night. Dave Babych added a Power play goal and Ray Ferrari scored his 30th of the season into a empty net in the final minute sex nil Roundup attending his goal scoring Streak to seven games. Mike Hough and Michel Goulet scored for the nor piques. For Goulet it was his 57th goal against Hartford in 68 career games. Hartford 26-30-4, opened a six Point Lead on the last place Nordi ques in a Battle for the final play off berth in the Adams division. The whalers have 56 Points in 60games while Quebec 22-35-6, has 50 in 63 games. Hartford out shot Quebec 50-33,the whalers first 50-shot game in nearly five years. In other games thursday penguins 6, red wings 6 Detroit Steve Yzerman scored his second goal of the Gam with five minutes left in regulation As Detroit made up a six goal Defi Cit to pull out a tie. Lee Norwood s Power play goal Early in the final period trimmed Pittsburgh s Lead to 6-5. Canucks 2, Maple Leafs 1 Vancouver British Colum Bia Jim Sand Lack scored his 16th goal with 18 seconds left i overtime to give Vancouver a Vic tory Over Toronto extending the canucks winning Streak to seven games. The seven straight victories also extended a club record. The canucks who trailed 1-0 after two Peri ods entered the game with a record of 0-19-0 when trailing after two. Vancouver fourth in the smythe division has 61 Points in 63 games. Last season the canucks had Only 59 Points in 80 games. Duke Routs Wolf pack by the associated press Durham . Danny ferry scored 26 Points As ninth ranked Duke ran its winning Streak to seven game with an 86-65 Victory Over no. 17 North Carolina state thursday night. The Victory tightened the race for firs place and the top seed in the acc tournament. The Blue devils 21-4, improved their conference record to 8-4 and moved to within one half game of the Wolf pack. . State 18-6, fell to 8-3 in the league and now shares first place with North Carolina. The loss snapped Athree game winning Streak. Both teams opened the game with poor shooting but while a Duke run broke its cold spell the Wolf pack hit Only four Fiel goals in the first 17 minutes. From its 43-28 halftime Lead Duke stretched its advantage to As much As 80 57 after two free throws by Robert Brick by with 5 27 left to play. Phil Henderson scored 15 of his 19points in the second half for Duke. Chucky Brown scored 16 Points Rod Ney Monroe had 15 and Reserve Kelsey Weems had 10 for . State. In other games thursday no. 2 Arizona 109, Arizona St. 74 Tucson Ariz. Seniors Sean Elliott Anthony Cook and Ken Lofton combined for 53 Points in their Mckale Center finale As no. 2 Arizona clinched a tie for its second straight Pac-10 Confer ence title by beating Arizona state. Elliott a 6-foot-8 All America for Ward scored 22, while Cook had 18 and Lofton 13, along with eight assists As the first place wildcats improved to 15-1 in the Pac-10 and 21-3 for the season. Seventh place Arizona state dropped to5-11 in the conference and 12-13 Overall. No. 4 Indiana 76, Michigan St. 65 East Lansing Mich. Jay Edwards got eight of his 21 Points during a key first half burst As no. 4 Indiana beat Michigan state for its sixth straight Victory. The hoosiers 22-5, improved to 12-1in the big ten and restored their three game Lead Over Illinois. Michigan state is3-10 and 12-11. Edwards who had 12 first half Points Sank a pair of 3-Point shots during a 12-2run that gave the hoosiers a 29-17 Lead with 4 47 remaining in the first half. The cold shooting spartans who hit Only 10of 27 shots in the first half went without a Point for 6 10. College basketball up Danny ferry. 26-Point performance a jumper by Edwards was All the Hoo Siers could manage Over the final 4 47 of the first period and Michigan state Cut their Lead to 31-23 at halftime. But Eric Anderson scored eight of his 15 Points in the first eight minutes of the Sec Ond half As the hoosiers took command. No. 13 Michigan 89, Ohio St. 72 Columbus Ohio Glen Rice scored 30 Points and no. 13 Michigan reached the 20-win Mark for the sixth straight season with a Victory Over Ohio state. Michigan moved to 20-6 Overall and 8-5 in the big ten while Ohio state lost its third straight and fell to 17-9 and 6-7. Ohio state was playing its first Home game without leading scorer Jay Burson who was lost for the season after breaking Abone in his neck feb. 13. Burson received a one minute standing ovation when he came on the floor prior to the game the watched the game from the Bench. The wolverines broke out to a 6-0 Lea before Ohio state came Back with eight straight Points for a 10-8 advantage on Perry Carter s 10-footer with 14 18 left. Michigan however went on a 26-6 run Over the next 8 i minutes for a 34-16 Lead. The wolverines stretched that to 45-26 at the half and never led by fewer than 16 Points in the second half. La Salle 101, no. 12 Florida St. 100 Philadelphia Lionel Simmons had 36 Points and 10 rebounds As la Salle held off no. 12 Florida state an sent the seminoles to their fourth straight loss. George Mccloud scored 36 Points for Florida state including 10 of 17 on 3 Point attempts. His 3-Pointer with 19seconds left made it 101-98 and Tharon Mayes rebound Basket pulled the seminoles within one Point before time ran out. Jack Hurd scored 19 Points and do Goverton had 17 for la Salle 23-5. No. 11 West Virginia 65, St. Joseph s 50 Morgantown w. A. Herbi Brooks and Steve Berger scored 14 Points each As no. 11 West Virginia beat St. Joseph a extending the mountaineers winning Streak to 22 and clinching the Atlantic 10 title. West Virginia 23-2 and 16-0, has the longest winning Streak in the nation. The Victory coupled with Temple s 77-64 loss to Rutgers clinched the regular sea son championship. No. 16 Stanford 54, Oregon 50 Eugene Ore. Scott Meinert scored Stanford s Only three Field goals inthe last nine minutes As the 16th-ranked Cardinal beat Oregon. Todd Lichti scored 19 Points for Stan Ford 21-5 and 12-4 in the Pac-10, but he scored just four in the second half. How Ard Wright scored 12. Randy Grant scored 17 Points for Ore gon 8-17 and 3-12, but lost the Ball out of Bounds in the final seconds. Keith Reynolds scored 15 for the ducks. No. 18 univ 75, Fresno St. 71 Las vegas Nev. David Butler scored 19 Points and no. 18 Nevada Las vegas escaped with a Victory Over Fresno state in the big West. The Lead see sawed through much of the second half with univ pulling ahead 72-64 on a driving Layup and free throw by Greg Anthony with 51 second remaining. The Runnin rebels then squandered their Lead with a series of turnovers and Fresno state closed to 73-71 on a 3-Point Juniper by Jervis Cole with 28 second remaining