European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 27,1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 Aguirre Sparks pistons by the associated press East Rutherford . Mark Aguirre came off the Bench to score 31 Points in his fourth game for the Detroit pistons As they rolled to a 113-95 Victory saturday night Over the new Jersey nets. Detroit opened the game hitting six of 19 shots and fell behind 16-12. But the pistons took the Lead no Roundup for Good with a 9-2 spurt that included five Points by Dumars who finished with 26 Points and 10 assists. Detroit later outscored the nets 13-4, with Aguirre and Dumar scoring four Points to take a 54-40 Lead at the half. Aguirre was Trade to the pistons by Dallas last week. Dennis Hopson had 20 Point for the nets. In other games saturday Hawks 125, bulls 95 Atlanta Moses Malone and Glenn Rivers scored 22 Points each As Atlanta broke Chicago s five game winning Streak. It was the sixth Victory in seven games for Atlanta which used a 30-10 burst at the Start of the third Quarter to take control of the game. Hornets 124, spurs 113 Charlotte . Kelly Tripucka scored 40 Points and Kur Rambis added 16 Points and a Ca reer High 22 rebounds giving Char Lotte a Victory Over san Antonio. Mavericks 127, bullets 93 Dallas after going 0 for 7 a night earlier in his Dallas debut newly acquired Forward Adrian Dantley came off the Bench to score 32 Points lifting the Maver icks past Washington. Rolando Blackman scored 13 of his 28 Points during a 28-8 run latin the second Quarter and Early in the third period As the Maverick bounced Back from Friday night s 35-Point loss to Golden state the most lopsided Home defeat in fran Chise history. Bucks 121, rockets 105 Milwaukee Paul Pressey and Jack Sikma scored 10 Points each in a third Quarter spurt As Milwaukee sent Houston to its fourth straight Road defeat. Pressey who matched his sea son High with 25 Points and Sikma helped the Bucks outscore Houston 34-21 in the third period for a 98-75 Lead heading into the final Quarter. Kings 97, supersonics 94 Seattle Kenny Smith scored 24 Points and newly acquired Way Man Tisdale added 20 As Sacramento snapped a six game losing Streak. Vinny Del negro added 16 Points including a 20 foot jump shot that gave Sacra mento a 96-91 Lead with 1 15 to play. The Kings won for Only the fourth time in 28 Road games while the sonics lost for Only the fifth time in 27 Home games. Sacramento used just seven players because Danny Ainge and Rad Lohaus acquired in a Trade with Boston on thursday still have not joined the team. No. 1 Oklahoma bows to no. 7 Missouri 97-84 by the associated press Columbia to. The no. 1merry-go-round is Back in service. Byron Irvin scored 34 Points and no.7 Missouri used an 18-2 run Early in the second half and Defeated top ranked Oklahoma 97-84 saturday. I know the players went out there and gave everything they had acting coach Rich Daly said. It was a must win because things had t been going Well for us. I told them i m going to let you  re going to run up and Down the court " Missouri ranked As High As no. 3 ear Lier this season fell to no. 7 shortly after coach Norm Stewart underwent cancer surgery and then the tigers lost to okla homa state on wednesday. With Missouri one Point behind okla homa at halftime Stewart telephoned Daly from his room at a Columbia hos Pital. Norm called me and said i was having enough fun out there Daly said. He said we weren t running the  Greg Church and Gary Leonard fuel Edthe decisive run against Oklahoma. Oklahoma 24-4 Overall and 10-2 in the big eight has held the no. 1 spot for two straight weeks after a stretch of four consecutive weeks in which the top ranked team was Defeated and dropped Back. The sooner who got 26 Points from Stacey King could have clinched its  Ond straight big eight title and the top seed in the league s postseason tournament with a Victory. Missouri which trails the sooner Byone game with two to play has won 16 straight at Home including 15 in a Row this season to go 23-6 and 9-3. The sooner who had made 50 per cent of their shots this season shot just 40 percent against Missouri. In another big eight game Kansas Bea Colorado 111-83 to snap an eight game los ing Streak and become the third team inn Caa history to win 1,400 games. In other top 20 games no. 3 Georgetown 63, St. John s 55 new York Charles Smith and Alonzo mourning each scored 14 Pointras visiting Georgetown beat St. John s and clinched the big East regular season championship. The hoyas 22-3 Overall and 12-2 inthe league will be the top seed for the conference tournament. It was the third regular season title for the hoyas. St. Johns 14-11 and 5-9, had its Caa tournament Hopes dashed. No. 4 Indiana 75, Minnesota 62 Minneapolis Joe Hillman scored College basketball Missouri s Byron Irvin. Scores 34 Points 15 Points including a Basket that started game ending 17-4 run leading Indiana past Minnesota and snapping the gophers 12-game Home win Streak. Hillman s Basket with 5 35 left gave Indiana 23-5 Overall and 13-1 in the big ten a 60-58 Lead. The hoosiers Are the first big ten team to beat Minnesota 14-10 and 6-8, at Williams Arena this season. No. 5 North Carolina 100, Clemson 86 Chapel Hill . North Caro Lina took Over sole Possession of first place in the Atlantic coast conference a Steve Bucknall scored a career High 30 Points and made five of eight 3-Point shots. The tar heels 24-5 Overall and 9-3 inthe acc Are a half game ahead of North Carolina state. Derrick Forrest led Clem son 16-9 and 5-7, with 23 Points. South Carolina 77, no. 8 Louisville 73 Columbia . John Hudson scored 20 Points and with South Carolina ahead by three Points stripped ton Kimbro of the Ball with one second left preserving the gamecocks Victory Over Louisville. The Victory broke a 10-game losing Streak against Louisville. Louisville led by Pervis Ellison with 17 Points fell to 19-7 Overall and 8-3 inthe metro conference while South Caro Lina is 16-9 and 6-4. No. 13 Michigan 92, Wisconsin 70 Ann Arbor Mich Glen Rice scored 20 of his season High 38 Points As Michigan hit 70.8 percent of its shots in the first half against Wisconsin. Rice who moved past cazzie Russel Linto third place on Michigan s All time scoring list with 2,176 Points made his first nine shots including six of his seven 3-pointers. The win lifted the wolverines to 9-5 inthe big ten and 21 -6 Overall. No. 15 Seton Hall 84, Providence 80 East Rutherford . An Drew gaze hit All six of his 3-Point shots and scored 22 of his 26 Points in the first half in Seton Hall s Victory Over provi Dence. John Morton also scored 26 Points As Seton Hall raised its record to 23-5 and10-5 in the big East. The 23 victories arc the most for the school since 1952-53when the pirates went 31-2. Providence is 17-8 and 6-8. No. 16 Stanford 60, Oregon state 58 Corvallis Ore. Howard Wrigh scored 21 Points and freshman Adam Keefe made two foul shots in the stretches Stanford won at Oregon state. Stanford 23-5 and 14-3 in the Pacific-10, took a 59-58 Lead on Keefe s free throw with 48 seconds left. Leu 88, no. 18 Nevada Las vegas 87 Baton Rouge la. Ricky Blan ton hit a 3-Point shot from the Baseline with four seconds left giving Louisiana state its Victory Over Nevada Las vegas. Univ 20-7, took an 86-83 Lead with33 seconds left after Greg Anthony hit two Short jumpers in a 29-second Span. After Chris Jackson s jumper from jus inside the 3-Point line got leu within one Anthony missed the second shot Ofa 1-and-l with 15 seconds left. Then Blanton hit the Winner raising leu s record to 20-8. Jackson had 29 Points and Blanton 18, while Stacey aug Mon led univ with 25. No. 19 St. Mary s 63, Portland 41 Portland Ore Robert Hauge had 20 Points and no. 19 St. Mary s scored the game s first 18 Points to easily beat Portland. The gaels 24-3 and 12-2 in the con Ference had clinched the wac championship Friday night. Portland is 2-25 and 2-12. No. 20 Ball state 76, e. Michigan 63 Muncie ind. Curtis Kidd scored25 Points four of them during a 13-0 run in the first half that carried Ball stat Over Eastern Michigan clinching the cardinals first mid american Confer ence title in seven years. Ball state raised its record to 23-2 Overall and 12-2 in the Mac while the defending Champion Huron fell to 14-11 and 6-8. Red wings shut out Blackhawk by the associated press Detroit Steve Yzerman and Shawn Burr scored Short handed goals 54 seconds apart late in the second period and goaltender Glen Hanlon made 27 saves As the Detroit red wings beat the Chicago Blackhawk 5-0 saturday. After Doug Houda s goal gave Detroit a 2-0 Lead at 13 26 of the second period Yzerman and Burr connected while the red wings Rick Zombo was serving a roughing penalty. Petr Klima and Tim Higgins had the red wings other goals. Hanlon s shutout the 12th of his 11-year career was the first for Detroit in 64 games this season. The loss ende Chicago s five game unbeaten Streak. In other games saturday penguins 5, islanders 5 Uniondale . Randy 1 Wood s second goal of the game with nil Roundup 2 03 left in regulation capped a three goal rally in the final 13 a minutes of the third period As Pittsburgh blew a big Lea for the second game in a Row. Bruins 9, whalers 1 Hartford Conn. Randy Bur Ridge and Glen Wesley each scored twice As Boston solidified its hold on third place in the Adams division nine Point ahead of Hartford. Rangers 7, Nordques 2 Quebec Rookie Darren Turcot Teand Carey Wilson scored twice As the rang ers moved Back into first place in the Patrick division one Point ahead of Pittsburgh. Canadians 6, sabres 1 Montreal Stephane Richer Andruss Courtnell each scored twice As Montreal ended Buffalo s five game win Ning Streak. Chris Chelios and Clau Elemieux also scored for the canadians and goaltender Patrick Roy remained undefeated at the forum this season with 19 victories and two ties. Oilers 5, blues 3 Edmonton Alberta Craig Sim son scored three goals As Edmonton handed St. Louis a team record tying seventh straight loss. The Victory moved the oilers into second place in the smythe division one Point ahead of los Angeles. Maple Leafs 4, North stars 2 Bloomington Minn. Toron to s Vincent Damphousse scored the tie breaking goal with 3 08 left in the second period banging a shot past Minnesota goalie Jon Casey eight seconds after a Power play expired and de Olczyk added an insurance goal with 9 20 remaining