European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a the stars and stripes sunday March 4,1990notre Dame mauls Missouri by the associated press South Bend ind. A Monte Williams led a balanced attack with 14 Points As notre Dame moved Back into the Mcaa tournament picture by stunning third ranked Missouri 98-67 saturday. The Irish forcing numerous turnovers built a 13-Point halftime Lead holding the big eight conference Champion tigers to 40-Perccnt  they quickly stretched the margin to 29 Points on a 20-4 run that closed with a Laphonso Ellis steal and Basket and two free throws by Ellis after another notre Dame steal much of it came against Missouri backups who started the second half. The Irish 15-11 went on to outscore the tigers 52-34 in the second half As they revived the Mcaa tournament Hopes that had been Hurt by three straight losses following a Victory two weeks ago against Syracuse. Missouri fell to 26-4.Doug Smith led the tigers with 13 Points. In other Early saturday games no. 5 Oklahoma 107, Oklahoma state 94 Stillwater okla. A William Davis scored 27 Points including 10 in a 27-2 second half run As fifth ranked Oklahoma Laid claim to the no. 1 ranking. Smokey Mccovery had nine straight Points in the closing minutes to help the sooner hold on As state had Cut a 27-Point Gap to four. The Victory in the regular season finale capped a week in which the sooner 23-4 Overall 12-3 in the big eight also beat the no. 1 teams in the country Back to Back Missouri and Kansas. It assured Oklahoma the no. 2 seed in the upcoming big eight tournament. Oklahoma state ends the regular season 15-12 Overall 6-8 in the league. The cowboys will be the no. 5 seed in the conference tournament. The sooner led 86-65 with just under seven minutes left. But John Potter made a 3-Pointer to Start a 13-4 Cowboy run that brought them to 90-77. Potter finished with 21. Mccovery who scored 13 of his 16 Points in the second half started his College basketball nine Point surge with a 3-Pointer that gave Oklahoma a 95-83 Lead with 2 45 left. A 9-1 Cowboy run made it 96-92 with 1 41 left. The tight finish was nothing unusual for Oklahoma in Stillwater. The sooner so previous five victories in Stillwater had come by a total of 14  Houston had 23 Points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma state. Oklahoma which had three players foul out out rebounded the cowboys 57-40. No. 14 mus 75, no. 17 Minn. 73, of Minneapolis a Steve Smiths jumper with 29 seconds left in overtime capped a career High 39-Point Effort and gave no. 14 Michigan state a one game big ten Lead with its 10th straight Victory. The spartans 24-5 Overall 13-3 in the conference have games remaining at Northwestern and against Purdue which takes a 12-4 conference Mark into sundays game against Michigan. Michigan states winning Streak is its longest since 1978-79, when magic Johnson led the spartans to the National championship and their last big ten Crown. Msue a 24 regular season wins break the school record of 2 3 set in 1977-78. In losing for Only the third time in its last 30 games at Williams Arena Minnesota 20-7 and 11-6 was eliminated from the big ten title picture. Smith scored seven Points during a 94 run that put the spartans ahead 60-49 with 3 23 left in regulation. But Michigan state did no to make a Basket in the final 5 03 and missed three free throws Down the stretch As Melvin new Bem Jim Shikenjanski and Willie Burton led a 13-2 spurt to Send the game into overtime at 62-62. Burton Schmed from the Lane with five seconds left to tie it. Newbern and Burton each scored 20 Points for Minnesota. Dayton 111, no. 19 Xavier 108 Dayton Ohio a Negele Knight scored 30 Points and Ray Springer a career High 26 As Dayton upset no. 19 Xavier by running up a 26-Point second half Lead then withstanding a late comeback. Sooner so Tony Martin Aims Over Oklahoma states Byron Houston on saturday. The musketeers who finished 24-3 in the regular season outscored Dayton 4219 in the games last 8 45, but  close the Gap. It was the seventh straight win for Dayton which finished 18-9. The two midwestern collegiate conference teams could meet again within a week. Dayton will be Host for the three Day Mcc tournament starting thursday. Anthony Corbitt added 22 for Dayton and Robinson 12. Michael Davenport led Xavier with 19 Points. Tyrone Hill had 17 Points Derek Strong 14 and Parker 13. No. 15 leu 103, Mississippi 94 Baton Rouge la. A Chris Jackson scored 37 Points and Shaquille of Neal had 20 Points 14 rebounds and five blocked shots to Lead 15th-ranked Louisiana state. The Victory guaranteed leu 21-5 and 11 -4 at least a second place tie in the Southeastern conference. Mississippi ended its regular season 11-16 and 8-10. Stanley Roberts Back in the starting lineup for the first time in a month had 18 Points nine rebounds and four blocked shots for leu. Maurice Williamson had 16 Points for leu and Harold Boudreaux had 10. Nil from Page 21 with a Bench penalty at i and to Detroit coach Jacques Demers right goes after Toronto coach Doug Carpenter Friday. The end of the second period and the rangers used the Power play Opportunity to get their winning goal from John Ogrodnick 48 seconds into the third period. A the complained about penalties in the first period and i warned him about it a said Shick who gave the rangers 10 Power play opportunities to five for the islanders. A when he continued to complain in the second period i had no Choice but to give him the penalty. A a Al san emotional Guy and his team is fighting for first place i understand that. Its Over As far in a  while Ogrodnicki a goal broke a 3-3 tie it was Turcotte who brought the rangers Back with a dramatic goal at 19 28 of the second period. Turcotte tied the game with his 26th goal a 40-footer from the right Side that hit islanders goalie Glenn Healy and slowly trickled into the Cage. A we played a terrible second period and i think my first goal gave the team a lift a said Turcotte who also scored on a breakaway at 5 08 of the final period. In other games Friday jets 9, Kings 3 Winnipeg Manitoba a Thomas Steen returned to the Winnipeg lineup after missing 21 games with a Back ailment and took barely two minutes to score his 14th goal sparking the jets. The Victory highlighted by a three goal outburst in just Over a one minute Span Early in the game gave Winnipeg an eight Point Lead Over fourth place los Angeles in the smythe division. Phil Sykes and Doug Evans each scored twice and Dave Mcllwain Teppo Numminen Paul Fenton and Fredrik Olausson also connected for the jets who ended the Kings four game winning Streak before a sellout crowd of 15,582, Winnipeg a largest of the season. Dave Taylor Steve Duchesne and Tim Watters scored for the Kings. Red wings 3, Maple Leafs 2, of Detroit a Steve Yzerman scored his second goal of the game with 1 16 left in overtime lifting Detroit out of last place in the Norris division with a Victory Over Toronto. Yzerman who tied the game with a Power play goal in the third period took a pass from Dave Barr and beat goalie Jeff Reese with a Low wrist shot for his 53rd goal. The win pulled the red wings 24-3210 into fourth place. Devils 6, penguins 5 East Rutherford . A Jon Morris and Pat Conacher both celebrated recent returns from the minor leagues with their first goals of the season. The Victory was Only the third in 16 games 3-9-4 for new Jersey and it ended the penguins six game winning Streak against Patrick division foes. Whalers 4, capitals 3 Landover my. A Kevin Dineen scored twice in 30 seconds Early in the third period for Hartford and Pat ver Beek had the whalers two other goals