European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 08, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 25 College basketball Vil Lomova shocks Syracuse 93-74 by tit associated press Syracuse . The game of Sophomore Greg Woodard s Young life also turned out to be one of the top games of Villanova coach Rollie Massimino s Long career. Woodard returned to his native new York state and scored a career High 27 Points As Villanova upset top ranked Syracuse 93-74 saturday night sending the orangemen to their first loss of the season and ending their record 15-game Home winning Streak. It s a tremendous win for our program and ranks As one of the Best we be Ever had said Massimino whose team made a school record 43 free throws including 19 in the final 4 14 when the wildcats Fende Dolta Syracuse charge this is As Good As beating Georgetown in 1985 forthe National championship and beating North Carolina when they were no. 1 in 1985 Massimino said. Our people played their hearts  Woodard was t around for those victories but Lead ing the defeat of Syracuse was doubly Sweet for the 6 fool-6 guard who played High school Ball in Rochester. I m Happy we won and Happy i played so Well especially since this is As close to Home As i la get said Woodard who made 16 of 17 from the foul line. But 1 was t concerned about me i was worried about the team added Woodard who had More than a dozen family members and friends in the crowd of 32.529. Villanova 9-6, 2-1 in the big East posted its first Victory in the Carrier dome since 1982 while Register ing its most decisive Victory Ever against the Orange men in  Center Tom gris added 16 Points for the wildcats who upset Syracuse 75-73 in Philadelphia last year. Syracuse 10-1, la trailed 67-46 with 8 25 left but used a furious full court press in a 19-5 run that pulled the orangemen to 72-65 with 4 17 to play. Woodard was 8-for-g at the line to Lead Villanova s 9-of-2l foul shooting Down the stretch. In other saturday games no. 2 Kansas 94, a Anthrop 51 Lawrence Kan. Terry Brown scored 24points, including six 3-Pomtcrs, powering unbeaten no. 2 Kansas to a rout of Winthrop and raising the Jay Hawks Hopes of taking Over the top spot in next week s poll. The Victory by Kansas 15-0coupled with top ranked Syracuse s 93-74 loss to Villanova. Could boost Kansas to its first no. 1 rating since the 1957 team which included will Chamberlain. The Jay Hawks became the first Kansas team to go 15-0 since the legendary Prog Allen coached the 1935-36 squad to a 21-0 Start. No. 3 Georgetown 93, Providence 91 Landover my. Mark Tillmon s 3-Point Shoi with 52 seconds left saturday capped a career High 39 Point performance and lifted no. 3 Georgetown to a big East Victory Over Providence. Tillmon s Basket gave the hoyas a 91-90 Lead. After the friars Marques Bragg missed a free throw. Georgetown freshman David Edwards made two foul shots with 28 seconds remaining. A free throw by the friars Eric Murdock made it 93-91. And after Georgetown Center Alonzo mourning missed the first half of a 1-and-l with 10 seconds left Murdock had his last second jumper blocked by Dwayne Bryant. The Victory enabled Georgetown to improve to 110 Overall. 2-0 in the big East. The hoyas who trailed by six Points with 5 32 left Nave won 26 straight at Home. Providence 8-3 and la got 20 Points from Mur Doch 17 from Quinton Burton and 15 apiece from Bragg and Marty Conlon. No. 6 Oklahoma 66, Colorado 61 Boulder Colo. Coach Billy Tubbs of no. 6 Oklahoma said Colorado s slowdown tactics helped his tired team withstand the thin mile High air As the soon cars struggled to a big eight conference Victory saturday night. The sooner came in averaging 129.2 Points a game tops in the nation and the 66 Points was their lowest output by far Only the third time in 10 games they failed to score More than 100 Points. Their previous Low was an 89-81 Victory Over Nevada Las vegas. They played into our hands actually because our Guys were fatigued Tubbs said. And with the Alti tude that actually helped us. I thought Colorado had a Good game plan and the Only Way they could win was by slowing Down the  Tony Martin scored 22 Points to Lead the sooner followed by Jackie Jones 15 and Terry Evans 10. Oklahoma 10-0, 1-0 led 32-30 at the half and was ahead 49-47 in the second half before a 7-0 run Trig gered by Jones 3-Pointer, enabled them to pull away. Reggie Morton had 22 Points for Colorado 7-6,0-1. Shaun Vandiver added 18 Points and Steve Wise 16 for Colorado. Syracuse s Stephan Thompson and Villanova s Chris Walker Loose Ball saturday at the Carrier dome. Minnesota 91. No. 4 Illinois 74 Minneapolis Minnesota s guard tandem of Melvin Newborn and Kevin Lynch May be the bust kept secret in the country. But to teammate Willie Burton their Sterling performance saturday night in the gophers Victor Over previously unbeaten and no. 4-Rankcd Illinois was no Surprise. They played great but the fact of the matter is. That s the Way they play All the  said Burton who scored 21 Points in Minnesota s big ten opener. They did t play above their Heads Al  Burton said. That s the Way Melvin and Kevin play Ever  Newborn scored a career High 27 Points and Lynch had 17 As the gophers 10-1 Overall and 1-0 in the conference handed Illinois its first defeat after 11 Vic tories. Minnesota which won its 10th straight after a two Point season opening loss to Cincinnati took com Mand of the game in the Early minutes thanks to new Hern s drives and Burton s outside shooting. No. 7 Missouri 78, Oklahoma St. 68 Columbia to. Nathan Buntin scored 25 Points As no. 7 Missouri battled foul trouble and the illness of three players to beat Oklahoma slate 78-68saturday in the big eight opener for both teams. Missouri 13-1 played without Anthony Peeler who spent the night before the game in the Hospital with inc flu. John Mclyn Lyric and Travis Ford pea cd with the flu. And Lee Coward played after missing two games with a cracked rib. Oklahoma state 7-4 fell behind by 20 Points in the first half while making Only 4-of-l8 Field goal attempts at one Point but the cowboys rallied Back to Trail 62-60 with 6 44 to play on two free throws by Alexander Dumas. The tigers opened up a six Point Lead and were leading 70-66 when Ford stole the Ball from Byron Houston. Dumas fouled Ford who made two free throws for a 72-66 Lead with 1 05 to play. Doug Smith had 18 Points and Lee Coward 12 for Missouri. Manias Sahlstrom had 20 Points for Oklahoma slate. Houston finished with 15. No. Id univ Joo san Jose St. 80 san Jose Calif. Reserve David Buller scored All 19 Points in the second half and four team males joined him in double figures As no. 10 Nevada Las vegas maintained its perfect record against san Jose stale saturday. Larry Johnson had 16 Points and 15 rebounds. Greg Anthony scored 13 Points Moses Scurry 12 and Stacey Augmon 10 As the rebels beat inc spartans for the18th Lime in As Many tries univ 9-2. 4-0 in inc big West has won All six games since the return of Butler and Scurry from Aca Demic probation on dec. 23. The rebels have outre bounded the opposition by a margin of 14 a game in that stretch san Jose 4-8, 1-2 was led by Kunne Young with a career High 23 Points. Scurry scored 11 Points in the first half As univ opened a 45-35 Lead. Butler who made eight of 10shots, scored 11 Points in just Over the first six minutes of the second half. The rebels pulled away by outscoring the spartans 29-12 Over the first 10 minutes of the second half. No. 11 leu 77, Auburn 70 Auburn. Ala. Louisiana state coach Dale Brown is pointing toward the Mcaa tournament even though his i Ith ranked tigers came close to suf Fering their second straight loss. Chris Jackson scored 25 Points saturday As leu struggled to beat a Pesky Auburn team 77-70 in South Eastern conference play. Leu with two 7-Foolers in the starting lineup but no seniors had trouble putting away Auburn which shot Only 30 percent from the Field and was badly outre bounded. We re going to Sec games like this this season Brown said. At times we did some things  Auburn 3-9, 0-2which was 2-16 in the Sec last season rallied from a 12-Poinl deficit in the second half and went ahead by one with about 12 minute remaining. But Jackson scored six straight Points on a pair of18-foot jumpers and two free throws and leu 8-2, i i never trailed again. Auburn did tie the game at 55 with k of to play but Wayne Sims hit a 15-foot jumper and Randy Duvall converted a three Point play to put leu in control. Auburn never got closer than three Points inc rest of the Pam. Sims added 12 Points for leu. Auburn with no starter taller than 6-6. Was dominated on the boards by taller leu which held a 51-36 rebounding advantage. No. 13 Duke 76, Virginia 68 Durham. . Bobby Hurley broke Virginia s second half rally with two keys plays on each end of the floor and 13th-ranked Duke survived John Crol to s 22 second half Points for their 16th straight Victory Over the c Avail cars in an Atlantic c Oast conference game saturday. Crony had eight first half Points but also committed five turnovers As Duke s tenacious Man to Man defense and height advantage Kepi the c Avail cars 8-2 from getting easy shots. In the second half with Hurley benched because of foul trouble Croft began his scor ing barrage. No. 14 Arkansas 92, Texas tech 75 Lubbock k. Texas no. 14 Arkansas beat tech 92-75 saturday using a full court press and the 24 Points of Lee a Berry including four 3-Pointcrs. Arkansas now is 10-2 Overall and 2-0 in inc Southwest conference while the red raiders fell to 5-6 and 0-2. Our press was terrific Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson said. We really got after them. At times it seemed like we had seven players on the floor. We attacked w Ith our  and when they weren t attacking with their defense the Razorbacks were singing the red raiders wit their offence. Linz in Howell was scoreless for the Razorbacks but Arkansas compensated with a 16-Poim contribution from Oliver Miller and 14 Points from Ron  Butts led the red raiders with 16 Points and will Flemons scored 15 Points and grabbed 15 re Bounds. It was the fifth time this season Flemons scored and rebounded in double figures. Ohio St. 79, no. 20 to 73iowa City. Iowa freshman Jimmy Jackson scored 17 of his 28 Points in the first half saturday nights Ohio state notched its second consecutive big ten Victory Over a top 25 team defeating no. 20 Iowa 79-73. Ohio state 7-4. 2-0which beat no. 9 Indiana on thursday night won for the sixth time in its last seven games. Iowa 8-3. 0-1 trailed by 12 Points but rallied to 67 65 on Matt dullard s off balance jumper and followed by Michael ingrain s Basket off a steal with 7 24 to play. The teams traded baskets until Jackson re bounded a missed free throw by Trig Lee with 3 19 left to give the buckeyes a 71 -67 Lead. Jackson made 12 of 16 shots including one of two 3-Pointcrs As he bettered his season average by 15 Points. Alex Davis had 18 for the buckeyes and Jama Lbrown added 13. Bullard a 6-fool-10 senior making his first Start since sustaining a knee injury two months ago drilled six 3-Point shots and scored 23 Points to Lead Iowa