European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday december 30,1990 Indiana freshmen whip Texas am Michigan romps by the associated press Indianapolis Calburt Chaney had 21 Points thursday night but it did t really seem to matter which fresh Man Indiana coach Bob Knight used against Texas am. They All were effective. We got really Good play from Gre Graham and Chris Reynolds in the Sec Ond half and i thought that Matt overcame Back and played Well. Cheaney obviously played Well throughout said Knight whose pith ranked hoosiers remained unbeaten with a 94-66 Victory for the Hoosier classic championship. Knight s seven freshmen combined for 66 of Indiana s 94 Points. This is my 19th season and it is Only the fourth Lime we have gone through thenon conference season undefeated. It is a Nice accomplishment for this team Knight said. What they do beyond that who knows it s a team i think that is growing and trying to develop. Like anything that s growing it has pains and lapses occasionally yet they really come Cheaney named most valuable player of the tournament hit 8 of 11 shots to Lead the hoosiers. Indiana 10-0off to its Best Start in seven years and playing with its ninth Dif Ferent starting lineup took a seven Point Lead at halftime and put the game out of reach with a Streak of 11 straight Points Midway through the second period. I like Indiana s bal club am coach she by Metcalf said. They have Good shooters and they Don t take bad shots. Greg Graham is a great Graham had eight Points during the key Streak As the hoosiers built a 74-51 Lead with eight minutes to go and were never threatened. In other games thursday no. 5 Michigan 102, n. Michigan 74 Ann Arbor Mich. Terry Mills scored 14 of his 18 Points in the second half As fifth ranked Michigan Defeated Northern Michigan. Coi leae basketball Mills led the defending Mcaa Cham pions charge at the Start of the second half. Loy Vaught topped the wolverines with 20 Points while Dan Viitala led Northern 6-3 with 14 Points. Syracuse 85, Lafayette 64 Syracuse . Sophomore guard Billy Owens had is of his 17 Points in the first half when no. 1 Syra Cuse pulled away from scrappy Lafayette for its 15th straight Home court Victory. Syracuse which also got 17 Points from Stephen Thompson improved to 9-0 with the Victory while Matching its longest win Ning Streak in the Carrier dome. The last Home court loss for Syracuse was against Pittsburgh 81-76, on Jan. 4, 1989. Syra Cuse also won 15 straight during the 1984 1985 and 1985-1986 seasons. Richard Solo led the leopards with 15. No. 21 Arizona 74, Penn St. 55 Tucson Ariz. Matt Othick had 17 Points and Arizona s defense held Penn state to 30 percent shooting As the no. 21 wildcats earned their fifth straight appearance in the final of the fiesta classic. Arizona 4-2 held Penn state to Only 18 Field goals in 60 attempts breaking a tournament record set earlier in the evening by Purdue which beat Wake Forest 66-52 in the opener. Purdue limited the Demon deacons to 31.8 percent shooting. Matt Muehlebach scored three of Arizona s three pointers and Othick added a pair including one with 11 58 left in the first half that broke a 13-13 tie and Trig gered a 10-2 run. No. 14 Georgia tech 111, Pittsburgh 92 Atlanta freshman Kenny an Derson had 32 Points 18 assists and 12rebounds As no. 14 Georgia tech mauled Pittsburgh in the championship game of the Kopoc theimer classic. Anderson was named the tournament s most valuable player. Georgia tech 8-0off to its Best Start Northern Michigan s Michael Nelson and Michigan s Chris Seter vie for a rebound. Since the 1962-63 season when the yellow jackets won its first 11 games. Dennis Scott had 30 Points and 10 re Bounds for Georgia tech and Brian Oliver scored 28. No.20 la Salle 76, Florida 69 new Orleans Lionel Simmons scored 33 Points including six of la Salle s last eight Points to Lead 20th-Rankcd explorers to a 76-69 Victory Over Florida and the championship of the sugar bowl classic basketball Tournai mint on thursday night. The Victory improved la Salle s re Cord to 7-0. Florida 4-3 had Cut a 13 Point deficit to 70-67 with 1 12 left inthe game. But Doug Overton dribbled away 40 seconds and passed to Sim Mons who hit an 8-foot jumper with 28 seconds left in the game. Jack kurd had 14 Points and Randy Woods added 11 Points for la Davis had 19 Points for Flor Ida. Livingston Chatman had 7 Points for Florida Renaldo Garcia had 13 and Dwayne Schintzius had 12. No. 13 Duke 101. Drake 77 Honolulu Christian laettner scored 20 Points and no. 13 Duk romped to a 101-77 Victory Over Drake thursday night in a first round game of the Rainbow went on a 15-5 burst to open the second half. Robert Brickey who scored19 Points had two dunks As the Blue devils pushed the margin to 61-34 with 15 46 Henderson contributed 16 Points and Bill Mccaffrey 15 for Weakley led Drake with 13 Points. Kay Ion Green had 12, Sam Roark and Jack son had 11 each and Kevin Sams and Alessandro Donaldson each added 10. I1uiuic11i Rithvi Ciftan a " Stockton Sparks jazz past Portland by the associated press Salt Lake City John Stockton scored a career High 33 Points and handed out 15 assists thursday night As the Utah jazz Defeated the Portland Trail blazers ii3-109. Karl Malone added 28 Points for Utah 20 of them in the second half. Terry Porter led the blazers with 24 Points. Clyde Drexler had 18 and Buck Williams 15. The game was tied 25-25 after the first Quarter and 55-55 at the half. Portland took an 81-80 advantage into the final period. A Basket by Drazen Petrovic at the outset of the fourth period gave the blazers their biggest Lead of the game 83-80. But the jazz responded with a 17-9 run featuring three Point baskets by Malone and Bobby Hansen to take an 97-92 Lead with 7 01 remaining. The jazz managed two Field goals the rest of the Way but hit All 12 of their free throws to hold off Portland. The blazers Drew to 109-108 on a pair of free throws by Porter with 1 23 remaining. But Stockton and Mark Eaton hit four free throws to Clinch the Victory. In other games thursday nuggets 132, heat 107 Denver Alex English scored 20 Points and Denver used a 12-0 run Early in the game to rout Miami. The nuggets had eight players in Dou ble figures topped by English and Blair Rasmussen with 18 Points and 11 re Bounds. Denver trailed 2-0 before scoring the next 12 Points four each by English and Rasmussen. The nuggets led 39-27 after one Quarter and the heat got no closer than that the rest of the game. The nuggets hit 56.7 percent from the Field compared with 45.7 for Miami which was led by Grant Long Kevin Edwards and Pat Cummings with 14 Points hornets 94, Cavaliers 92 Charlotte . Benched starter Kelly Tripucka scored 14 of his season High 25 Points in the fourth Quarter As Charlotte turned Back Cleve land. Tripucka with a .375 shooting percentage this season hit his first five shots of the first half and finished the game 11 for 17. His jump shot from the Comer with 1 33 left broke an 88-88 tie and his two free throws with six seconds to play scaled the win. Cleveland had a shot to tic the Gam after Tripucka s jumper but missed two shots before Mark Price stepped out of Bounds with 35 seconds to go Givin Charlotte the Ball. Armon Gilliam hit a jumper off an offensive rebound to put the hornets head 92-88 with 16 seconds left. The Cavaliers missed again and Tripucka got the rebound and was fouled on the play. Tripucka booed continuously during the game cried at mid court after the game and blasted the hornets fans. Gilliam added 19 Points for the Hor nets while Dell Curry had 16 and Rookie j.r.reidl3.for Cleveland which lost its fifth straight Larry Nance had 27 Points Anda season High 12 rebounds. Price scored 17 Points. Kicks 106, nets 104 East Rutherford . Pat Rick Ewing had 29 Points and 16 re Bounds and new York held off a late rally by new Jersey to win its eighth straight kicks led 101-91 with 3 52 left but went without a Field goal in the next two minutes As the nets closed to 102-99with 1 18 to go. Dennis Hopson led the rally with a kicks held on to win their fourth straight Road game with a pair of free throws by Kenny Walker with 23 seconds remaining and two foul shots Byrod Strickland with five seconds left. The free throws offset a Basket by Roy Hinson and Sam Bowie s three Point shot at the led the nets with 21 Points and Hinson added 17 Points and 12 re Bounds As new Jersey suffered its fourth loss in five , who played despite bruised ribs suffered tuesday in a fall against Miami had seven Points in a 153 spurt opening the second half giving the kicks a 72-56 advantage. Clippers 139, warriors 119 los Angeles Ron Harper scored 29 Points and Gary Grant sparked a 45-Poim first Quarter with seven of his 20 assists As the los Angeles clippers routed Golden state. Charles Smith scored 22 Pom land Center Benoit Benjamin added 19 off toe Bench for the clippers whose greatest previous offensive output this season was 129 warriors were led by Mitch Rich mond with 26 Points and Chris mull with 25
