European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes Friday january 5,1990college from Page 21 Pointer 21 seconds later that narrowed the margin to 76-75. Mickey Hinnant added 16 Points for the Wolf pack. Monroe . State s leading scorer at 23 Points per game was held scoreless in the first half and finished with 11 Points. Davis added 18 Points and 13 rebounds for Clemson and Young had 16 Points. In other games wednesday Northern Iowa 77, no. 20 Iowa 74 Cedar Falls Iowa a Reserve Brad Hill hit two three Point baskets and teammate Cedrick Mccullough forced a key turnover As Northern Iowa rallied in the final two minutes to upset no. 20 Iowa before the largest basketball crowd in state history. A crowd of 22,797 in Northern Iowa a uni dome saw the panthers 7-2 beat Iowa for the first time in 77 years railing with a 10-0 run after blowing an 11-Point Lead. Iowa 8-2 led 72-67 with 2 20 left but did t score again until Ray Thompson s Layup at the Buzzer. No. 1 Syracuse 80, Pittsburgh 78 Pittsburgh a Stephen Thompson scored 24 Points including a three Point play with five seconds left As no. I Syracuse rallied from 13 Points Down blew a five Point Lead but rebounded to beat Pittsburgh. Derrick Coleman contributed 23 Points and 14 rebounds for the orangemen 10-0. Jason Matthews led Pitt with 20 Points but had Only two Points in the final i9v5 minutes. Bobby Martin added 18 Points. No. 6 Oklahoma 101, Alaska Anchorage 81 Norman. Okla. A Damon Patterson scored 25 Points and keyed a 12-0 run in the final four minutes that lifted sixth ranked Oklahoma to a surprisingly Tough Victory Over Alaska Anchorage. The sooner 9-0 had won their first eight game by an average of 45.7 Points and scored at least 130 Points in six of them. But the Mcaa division i sea wolves three times Drew within one Point of Oklahoma in the second half. No. 10 univ 94, Fullerton state 66 Las vegas a Anderson Hunt scored a career High 28 Points for the second straight game As no. 10 Nevada Las vegas rolled to a big West conference Victory Over Fullerton state. Coach Jerry Tarkanian pulled his starters Midway through the second half with the run Nin rebels leading by As Many As 32 Points. Univ 8-2, 3-0 won its fifth straight game. Fullerton 6-4 lost its conference opener. No. 13 Duke 108, Citadel 69 Durham. . A Phil Henderson scored 29 Points and Robert Brickey sparked a second half run As 13th-Rankcd Duke routed the Citadel. No. 14 Arkansas 82, Houston 78 Houston a Todd Day scored 22 Points including a three Point Basket with 1 23 remaining As i4lh-ranked Arkansas held off a Houston comeback to Post a Southwest conference Victory. Days big Basket came after Houston rallied from a 75-62 deficit on two straight three Point baskets by Byron Smith and another by Carl Herrera. Herrera led the cougars with 23 Points. No. 15 Urcla 89, Southern Cal 72 los Angeles a Don Maclean scored 35 Points and Trevor Wilson added 27 to Lead no. 15 Urcla Over Southern Cal the Bruins eighth consecutive win Over their Crosstown rivals. Urcla 9-1 Overall 3-0 in the Pac-10 opened a 35-20 Lead in the Fust half and led 45-34 at the intermission. The trojans 5-4, 0-3 got 15 first half Points from Ronnie Coleman who finished with 27. No. 17 la Salle 63, Temple 62 Philadelphia a Lionel Simmons scored 23 Points and made two free throws with 11 seconds left leading i7th-ranked la Salle past Temple and breaking the owls 2 a year Home winning Streak. Vanderbilt 68, no. 22 Alabama 67 Tuscaloosa Ala. A Derrick Wilcox hit a 14-foot jumper with three seconds remaining As Vanderbilt rallied from a 16-Point deficit and handed no. 22 Alabama its first Home loss in almost two years. It was the Southeastern conference opener for both teams. No. 21 Memphis state 68, Northeast la. 47 Memphis Tenn. A freshman Kelvin Allen starting his first game at Memphis state scored 11 Points and grabbed 11 rebounds to Lead the no. 21 tigers Over Northeast Louisiana. Rangers snap Streak by the associated press new York a the new York rangers snapped an 1 a game wingless Streak their longest in 24 years As John Ogrodnick and pc Ftp bloc Borg scored 97 seconds apart late in the second period for a 2-1 Victory Over the Washington capitals wednesday night. The rangers had gone 0-8-3 since a 5-3 Victory Over new Jersey on dec. 6. The Victory drought was their longest since they also went 0-8-3 from nov. 25-dec. 18, 1965. The win was the first in seven Home games for the rangers who had been 0-4-2 at Madison Square Garden since beating the devils four weeks ago. The capitals who lost for the second time after winning four in a Row had won the two previous games this season Between the Patrick division rivals. Dino Ceccarclli gave the capitals a 1-0 Lead at 2 09 of the second period. Ceccarclli skated Down the right Side and be goalie John Vanlies Brouck with a shot from the lower right Circle for his 20th goal. But Ogrodnick tied the score when he knocked a a his team leading 24th goal through the legs of goal tender Don Beau pc at 17 11. Bloc Borg then gave the rangers the Lead at 18 48 with a slap shot from the right Circle while both teams were skating one Man Short. The goal was Bloemberg s second. Van Biesbrouck finished with 31 saves to break a personal nine game wingless Streak. The 0-6-3 drought was the longest of his career. The capitals Power play continued to sputter. Washington went 0-for-7 and has scored just four times in its last 45 Power play opportunities. The capitals already without defens men Rod Langway arid Scott Stevens because of injury lost an John Ogrodnick nil Roundup other player when left Wing Bob Joyce suffered a sprained right knee in a first period collision with Ranger  Brian Mectch. In other games wednesday Blackhawk 3, oilers 2 Chicago a Steve Thomas goal with 3 59 remaining in regulation time gave the Blackhawk a Victory Over the oilers in a meeting of Campbell conference division leaders. Thomas set up by Mike eagles and Steve Conroyd knocked his own rebound past Bill Ranford to give the Blackhawk their second Victory in three meetings with the oilers. Denis Savard and Jeremy Roc Nick also scored for Chicago 9-3-1 in its last 13 games. Craig Simpson and Steve Smith tallied oilers goals. Jets 4, whalers 2 Hartford Conn. A Winnipeg Rookie Bobes Sensa stopped 25 shots and the jets held off a Hartford rally to move three games Over .500 for the first time this season. Dave Mcllwain Tippo Numminen Brent Ashton and Phil Sykes scored for the jets who broke an 0-5-1 wingless Streak at the Hartford civic Center. Essensa had shut out the whalers until the final four minutes when Ray Ferraro and Pat Verbeek scored 39 seconds apart. Maple Leafs 5, Nordques 4 Toronto a Mark Osborne a goal with 39 seconds left in regulation lifted Toronto Over Quebec. Osborne beat goaltender Greg Millen with a wrist shot to the far Side As Toronto moved within a game of .500 at 20-21-1. The Nordqu Csc 7-26-6 record is the worst in the nil. De Olczyk Gary Occman Daniel Marois and Lou franc Cuchetti also scored for Toronto. Joe Sakic tallied twice for Quebec and Guy Laflour had his 545th career goal moving him past Maurice Richard into sole Possession of eighth place on the All time goals  from Page 21 games and seven of eight. James Edwards scored 15 of his 16 Points in the second half for Detroit. Charles Smith tallied 27 for the clippers who arc i-11 on the Road after winning their first Road game of the season tuesday in Minnesota. Ron Harper added 19 for los Angeles. Trailing 64-60 Early in the fourth Quarter the pistons got baskets from Dennis Rodman Thomas and Edwards to go ahead 66-64. The clippers tied it 68-68 before Thomas hit two free throws to give Detroit the Lead for Good. Bulls 93, Cavaliers 87 Richfield Ohio a Michael Jordan scored 38 Points and sparked an 11-1 run in the last three minutes As Chicago Defeated Cleveland 93-87. Jordan had five Points and an assist and a key steal Down the stretch leading the bulls to their fourth straight Victory and 10th in their last 12 games. Cleveland went ahead 86-82 on a Dunk by Chucky Brown with 3 04 remaining. Then a Basket by Jordan and a pair of foul shots by Bill Cartwright tied the game with 2 42 left. Another free throw by Jordan with two minutes remaining put the bulls ahead for Good and his Basket with 1 18 remaining made it 89 86. Jordan made a steal and fed Cartwright for a jump shot to Pul Chicago ahead 91-86 with 47 seconds left. Jordan made 15 of 32 shots had eight rebounds and eight assists. Horace Grant contributed 20 Points for the bulls. Rockets 117, pacers 103 Houston a Buck Johnson scored a career High 27 Points on his 26th birthday leading Houston past Indiana. Johnson had 17 second half Points As Houston snapped a four game losing Streak and won for Only the third time in the last 11 games. Akcam Olajuwon led the rockets with 28 Points and 17 rebounds while sleepy Floyd had 23 Points and 12 assists and Otis Thorpe 21 Points. Vim Fleming led the pacers with 26 Points followed by Delict Schrumpf with 20 and Reggie Miller with 18. Spurs 103,76ers 94 san Antonio a Willie Anderson scored 21 Points including seven in a Row late in the fourth Quarter As san Antonio beat Philadelphia for its 12th consecutive Home Victory. David Robinson and Terry Cummings Points for the spurs while Maurice checks scored a i season High 19 against his former team. Philadelphia which led by 16 Points in the first half was led by Charles Barkley with 24 Points and 13 rebounds and Mike Gminski with 18 Points. Bucks 110, nets 96 East Rutherford . A Ricky Pierce scored 20 of his 32 Points in the second half including 12 Down the stretch As Milwaukee pulled away from new Jersey in the last four minutes. Milwaukee squandered a 56-38 halftime Lead As the nets rallied with a 30-12 run in the third period to tie the game at 68-68 on a pair of free throws by Sam Bowie with 3 57 left in the period. Alvin Robertson answered with a Layup and Paul Prescy added a three Pointer giving Milwaukee the Lead for Good at 73-68. Lakers 114, nuggets 98 Inglewood Calif. A magic Johren scored 27 Points and Reserve Forward Orlando Woolridge added 4 As the los Angeles lakers broke open a close game in the third Quarter to beat Denver. Despite hitting Only 3 of 18 Flold goal attempts at the Start of the second half the lakers trailed Only 7674 with 2 16 left in the third Quarter. Los Angeles then took control of the game As Byron Scott scored 6 of his 17 Points during a 10-0 run that finished the period. Denver which got 22 Points from Walter Davis got no closer than eight Points in the final Quarter. Jazz 119, sonics 108 Seattle a Thurl Bailey scored 13 of his 22 Points in the fourth Quarter in Utah s Victory Over Seattle. The supersonics trailed 110-105 before Bailey s two free throws with 2 01 left. Earlier the 6-foot-ll Forward had a three Point play to give the jazz a 105-99 advantage. Karl Malone who led the jazz with 36 Points and 11 rebounds scored 14 Points in the final period. Xavier Mcdaniel led the sonics with 25 Points Dale Ellis added 23 and Michael Cage had 17 Points and 19 rebounds