European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday february 13.1990 College basketball Michigan Rolls by Illinois 93-79 Stephen Banjo and Kendall Gill see Rumeal Robinson Dunk. By the associated press Ann Arbor. Mich. Rumeal Robinson matched his career High with 29 Points but it was Michigan s front line which really impressed Illinois coach Lou Hanson. Center Terry Mills scored 20 Points and Forward Loy Vaught added 16 Points and a career High 18 re Bounds As the no. 7 wolverines 18-4, 8-3 beat no. 12 Illinois 17-5,7-5 93-79 in a big ten game. We could not do anything with their front  Hanson said. Their front line just dominated. For us to win. Our front line has to put it together and play Good Ball. They did their Best but they arc not Able to go up against players As Strong As Mills and  he said. Mills and Vaught helped Clear the Way for Robin son who made nine of 15 shots from the Field and nine of 10 free throws. Robinson scored 15 second half Points including nine during a 13-1 run that turned a one Point Michigan Lead into a 56-43 Lead. The Guys came out ready to play today and get the Job done Robinson said. The Guys remembered the thrashing last time on this  he was referring to a 91-73 loss to Purdue on Jan. 31. Michigan has won three straight since then. Maybe Well be Able to say that was the game that turned it around for  said Michigan coach Sieve fish or who is 3-0 is. Illinois both conference meetings this season and last year s final four confrontation. I like the look of what we re doing now. You expect games like this from Rumeal and Terry. And Loy is not Only one of the Best rebound cars in the big ten. But in the entire  Kendall Gill scored 29 Points to Lead Illinois and move into 12th place on the Zillini s All time scoring list. Stephen Bardo added 15 Points. In other games sunday no. 17 Minnesota 73, no. 10 Purdue 72 Minneapolis Mclvin new born s twisting 12 Trot jumper with 32 seconds remaining lifted no. 17 Minnesota Over no 10 Purdue. Newbern. Who finished with seven Points had thrown the Ball away 21 seconds earlier to allow Pur due 17-4, 9-2 to take its final Lead in the big ten matchup. Tony Jones picked off Newbern s pass near the top of the key and raced the length of the court for a Dunk giving the boilermakers a 72-71 Lead with 53 seconds left. Newbern redeemed himself by penetrating Down the right Side of the Lane hovering in the air and Hilling a jumper Only his third shot of the second half. Sunday s round Purdue which saw its Lead Over Michigan in the big ten Cut to one game called a timeout with 13 seconds left and got the Ball to Jones for u final shot. His 16-Footcr bounced out and Minnesota guard Kevin Lynch tipped the rebound to Newbern with two seconds  a timeout Minnesota 16-5. 6-4 threw a full court pass to Forward Richard Coltey who tossed the Ball into the air to allow Lime to expire in front of 16,704 fans the largest Home crowd of the season. Minnesota won its i2lh straight game at Williams Arena this season and the gophers have won 26 of their last 27 Home games. Purdue lost on the Road for the first time in six big ten games and had beaten the gophers 13 of the last 14 times before sunday s game. Purdue Center Steve schemer the nation s leading Field goal percentage shooter at .721 coming into the game missed Only one shot on his Way to a game High 22 Points. Forward Willie Burton led Minnesota with 18 Points. No. 18 Oregon St. 57, orc Ron 55 Corvallis Ore. Gary Paylon scored 30 Points and ignited a 7-0 second half run with a three Pointer As no. 18 Oregon state Defeated Oregon. The beavers who beat Oregon 11-10. 6-6 for the third time this season held first place in the Pacio at 11-1 and improved to 18-3 Overall. After the ducks rallied from a 33-27 halftime deficit to tic the score at 47, Payton hit the three Pointer with 4 31 remaining to give the b avers a 50-47 Lead. Payton then fired a pass to Earl Martin for a Layup 20 seconds later and Martin added two free throws for a 54 47 Oregon state Lead with three minutes remaining. The ducks rallied in the final minute on baskets by Terrell Brandon and Keith Reynolds but lost a Chance to tie when Martin forced a jump Ball with one second to go underneath the ducks Basket. Payton added eight rebounds while Martin had 11 Points and Scott Haskin 10 for Oregon state. No. 10 Oklahoma 89, Seton Hall 8-1east Rutherford. . Smokey Mccovery scored 20 Points and Oklahoma withstood a late charge led by scion Hall freshman Terry Delcre. Oklahoma 17-3. Led by As much As 77-63 before Delcre who finished with a season High 30 Points Sank four three Point baskets in the final six minutes. Sch arc s successive three pointers and a free throw Drew the pirates within 85-82 with 58 seconds remain ing but Damon Patterson and Mccovery each made a pair of free throws to put the game out of reach. Mourning s play puts Joy in hoyas b David g1nsburc Landover. My. A one must look beyond the Box score to appreciate How valuable Alonzo mourning is to the Georgetown hoyas. Mourning s 18 Points per game aver age is second on the team Bonind mar Tillmon and his rebounding average less than thai of disc Mac Mutombo. Bui Mere numbers Don t begin to reveal the role the 6-Lbol-Io mourning has played in no. 3 Georgetown s 19-2 season. I Don t know who s a but scr Center in the  Hoya coach John Thomp son said saturday after mourning scored 14 Points and had 12 rebounds in Georgetown s 56-40 Victory Over Flor Ida. Alonzo s Point local will never re of Eccl his ability because of the Way he s  he s had very few Opp Ortu mics to shoot because they re always triple learning him or fouling  mourning s real value according to Thompson is the manner in which he affects his teammates. He makes people around him  Thompson declared. Everyone is talk ing about How great Mark or disc Mac arc playing. That s the True sign of mourning s  mourning came to Georgetown last year from Chesapeake. A. As one of the nation s prize recruits. Tabbed As the next Patrick Ewing. He received Ewing s old number 33 and was designated As the Man to Lead the hoyas Back to the final four. He helped Georgetown get to the round of Highl in 1989. And now he s determined to top thai achievement As a Sophomore. Our goal this year is to win it All mourning said. We can do it Loo. If we play up to our potential in every  the hoyas were almost eliminated in the first round of last year s Mcaa tournament by a Princeton icam thai used a deliberate Pace designed to slow in Georgetown offence Down to a crawl. It worked and the hoyas barely escaped with a 50-49 Victory. Florida tried the same tactic saturday Wilh immediate but not Long lasting Suc Cess. After zooming to leads of 9-1 and 15-10. The galore fell victim to a mourn ing led 16-1 Hoya run thai All but decided the Issue. Mourning scored 10 Points in the surge taking advantage of a Florida learn Hal was without a player Over 6-8. We were definitely trying to get the Ball to Alono Thompson said. Slow and easy May be Nice for Ketchup lovers elderly Drivers and the under manned galore but in in t George town s style. In was like the Princeton game and i hate playing in games like thai mourn ing said. Were basically a running school and our whole offence is based on fast break Points. But it s Good playing games like this because you can learn from  we controlled the Tempo but we could have done a Beiler Job of getting Good shots admitted Florida coach Don Dvoe. The Georgetown defense had some Girj Jtimo s Alono mourning. Make people around him great thing to do with that. Entering the game the hoyas had been ranked no. I nation ally in Field goal percentage defense Al lowing their opponents to convert Only 36.7 percent of i hair attempts. Jay Hawks Bock on top by the associated press Kansas and Missouri switched places monday As the top learns in the College basketball poll. The two meet tuesday night at Lawrence kan., with first place in the big eight at stake As Well As the top spol nationally an television. 1 30 . Wednesday. Missouri won the first meeting this season. Kansas Only loss and one which ended the Jay Hawks two week slay As no. I. The 1-2 matchup is the first since top ranked North Carolina beat no. 2 Georgia tech 78-77 on the Road on feb. 4. 1986. Kansas 24-1 received 58 first place votes and 1.570 Points from the nationwide panel  ers and broadcasters while mis Souri was named no. I on four ballots and had 1,42 Points. Missouri had been no. I for three weeks until losing at Kansas state 65-58 on thursday. The tigers rebounded with a 107-85 win Over Nebraska on saturday. Georgetown and Syracuse both of the big East each moved up two spots from last week to third and fourth. Complete poll on Page 24.