European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes sunday March 18,1990damphousse hat trick lifts Leafs past sabres by the associated press Buffalo . A Vincent Damphousse recorded his third career hat trick and Lou Francc Schatti added the game Winner in the third period As the Toronto Maple Leafs turned Back the Buffalo sabres 4-3 in the Only National hockey league game Friday night. Francc Schatti snapped a 3-3 tie while Toronto was Short handed with 5 06 left to play. A Sabre Giveaway in the Buffalo zone ended with Franceschett one timing a 40-foot slap shot that sailed Over the Glove of goalie Daren Puppa. Damphousse scored the first three goals for the Leafs who snapped a two game losing Streak and moved within three Points of second place Chicago in the Norris division. The sabres who lost 6-5 in overtime wednesday to the visiting los Angeles Kings got goals from Dave Andreychuk Rookie Bob Corkum and Rick Vaive. Bird scores 46 to top Orlando by the associated press Orlando Fla. A Larry Bird scored 20 of his 46 Points in the fourth Quarter Friday night including a tie breaking turnaround jumper with 27 seconds left lifting the Boston celtics to a 130-127 Victory Over Orlando the magic a eighth consecutive  Roundup Florida sets . Mark Evans wins 2nd event Austin apr the University of Florida 200-Yard Medley relay team set an . Record Friday and Stanford a Janet Evans won her second event in As Mcaa swimming Many Days setting an Mcaa record in the 400 Medley at the Mcaa women a swimming and diving championships. Defending team Champion Stanford trailing Texas by 26 Points after the opening round thursday captured the Lead with a two Day total of 411.5. Texas dropped to second with 391 and Florida remained in third with 334. Florida a record of 1 minute 40.05 seconds in the 200 Medley toppled the previous Mark of 1 40.22 set by Stanford in 1986. Sophomore Kristen Linchan gave the lady gators the Lead in the opening leg with a 25.36 split in the backstroke. Ste Chanie Zunich recorded a 27.72 in the breaststroke and freshman Whitney Hedgepeth recorded a 24.24 in the Butterfly. Lorraine Perkins anchored the squad with a 22.73 freestyle split. Zunich said the lady gators were not chasing the record. A it was an exciting win we did no to even expect it. We just wanted to beat Stanford and Texas a Zunich said. Three of the four later won individual events. Hedgepeth won the 200 freestyle in 1 45.21. Katy Arris of Texas was second in 1 46.04. Zunich won the 100 in 1 01.37. Stanford a Lori Heisick was second in 1 01.87. Linehan swam a 54.10 to win the 100 backstroke. Teammate Lea Loveless was second in 55.38. Texas swimmer Jodi Wilson broke up a Florida sweep posting a time of 55.49 for third. Perkins was fourth in 55.64. Evans who set an american record in the 500-Yard freestyle thursday swam the 400 Medley in 4 07.59 to better Tracy Caulkins 1981 Mcaa record of 4 07.75. Evans a freshman from Placentia calif., and three time olympic Gold medallist in 1988, was timed in 4 13.35 in the preliminaries in the 400 Medley. Caulkins still holds the american record 4 04.63, set in 1981. Evans finished the evening by bringing Stanford from behind on the final leg of the 800 freestyle relay to win in 7 07.58. Florida was second with a 7 08.30. Krista Wilson earned the title in the 3 the celtics trailed 127-123, but two free throws by Kevin Mchale who scored 30 Points made it 127-125 with 1 26 to play. After Bird rebounded a missed shot by Orlando a Jerry Reynolds a Layup by Dennis Johnson tied the game with 1 05 remaining. The magic a Scott Skiles then missed a shot and Bird grabbed the rebound before making the 15-footer that put the celtics in front for the first time since the first Quarter. After a timeout Orlando Sotis Smith who scored 24 Points was tied up by Reggie Lewis who controlled the tip on the ensuing jump. The celtics ran Bird out most of the clock before Kevin Gamble was fouled and hit one of two free throws at the 2.4-second Mark to create the final margin. Orlando led 121-109 but Bird scored the next 10 Points to make it 121-119 with 4 01 left and set the stage for the final moments. Mavericks 104, nuggets 97 Dallas a Derek Harper who sprained his left shoulder in the third Quarter came out of the locker room and scored 12 of his 26 Points in the fourth period leading Dallas Over Denver. Roy Tarpley had 25 Points and 18 rebounds As the Mavericks won for the 12th time in 13 Home games. Walter Davis scored 24 Points and fat lever 23 to Lead the nuggets. Hawks 106, pacers 104, of Indianapolis a Moses Malone had 27 Points and 11 rebounds and hit a pair of free throws with 12.4 seconds left in overtime helping Atlanta defeat Indiana. The Hawks were playing without leading scorer Dominique Wilkins who sprained an ankle tuesday night in a loss to Boston. However Doc Rivers returned to the Hawks after missing 26 games with a herniated disc. 76ers 119, nets 110 Philadelphia a Hersey Hawkins and Charles Barkley each scored 25 Points but Philadelphia had to rally after blowing a 19-Point Lead before beating new Jersey. The Victory moved the mixers just .004 behind the new York kicks for first place in the Atlantic division. Terry Catledge scored 27 Points for the magic who lost for the 15th time in 16 games despite hitting a franchise record 60 percent 50 of 83 from the Field. In other games Friday night suns 129, heat 103 Phoenix a Tom Chambers scored 36 Points before leaving with a strained hamstring in the third period As Phoenix beat Miami for its eighth consecutive win and 19th in a Row at Home. Meter springboard divine with a score of 561.55. Kelty Jenkins of Texas was second with 539.70. Julie Farrell of Michi an state who won the 1-meter title thursday was third with 513.55. The three Day National collegiate athletic association meet was to end saturday. Pistons 106, bulls 81 Chicago a James Edwards scored 21 Points a his fourth consecutive game with 20 or More a and Detroit held Chicago to 11 Points in the fourth Quarter in route to its 10th straight Victory. The pistons who opened an eight game Lead in the Central division outscored the bulls 32-11 in the final Quarter to win for the 23rd time in 24 games. The loss was Only the second in 13 contests for the bulls whose Home record fell to 24-4. Trail blazers 124, hornets 109 Portland Ore. A Kevin Duckworth scored 24 Points and Clyde Drex Ler added 22 As Portland Defeated Char Lotte for its eighth straight Victory and the hornets eighth consecutive loss. The Trail blazers 28-4 at Home pulled within one game of the first place los Angeles lakers in the Pacific division. Clippers 118, rockets 95 a los Angeles a Charles Smith battling a tender knee came off the Bench to score 26 Points As los Angeles opened the game with a 10-0 run Anc Defeated  holds off Bowling Green by the associated press Cincinnati a Brady Hughes scored his Only Points of the game on three key three Point shots in the second half helping Cincinnati to its first 20-win season in 13 years with a 75-60 Victory Over Bowling Green in the first round of the nit on Friday night. Cincinnati 20-13 led 30-26 at halftime but lost the Lead six minutes into the second half when Joe Moore scored three straight baskets and a free throw to give the Falcons a 40-36 Lead. Cincinnati a Luvertis Robinson made a Field goal and free throw to give the bearcats the Lead. After another Layup by Moore made it 42-39, Hughes hit his first three Pointer with 11 minutes left tying the game at 42. He hit two More three pointers in the next four minutes As Cincinnati opened a 57-48 Lead. The bearcats made 14 of 16 free throws in the final 3 24. Cincinnati will play a second round game at Mcpaul on tuesday night. Bowling Green finished 18-11. Moore had 30 Points and nine rebounds for Bowling Green and de Colbert added 14 Points. Andre Tate led Cincinnati with 23 Points Banks had 19 and Robinson added 10. In other first round games Friday night Rutgers 87, holy Cross 78 Piscataway . A Keith Hughes scored 24 Points and Mike Jones hit 10 free throws Down the stretch to Lead Rutgers Over holy Cross. Rutgers 17-16 will play Host to Fordham 20-12 of the metro Atlantic athletic conference on monday night. Holy Cross of the Mac finished 24-6, its Best season since 1953-54. The Scarlet knights of the Atlantic 10 conference took control in the final 7�?~/2 minutes with a 10-3 spurt that featured four Points by Anthony Duckett and three apiece by Hughes and Rick Dadika. Depaul 89, Creighton 72 Chicago a Stephen Howard scored 23 Points and Depaul took control Midway through the second half and held off a Creighton rally. The Blue demons 19-14 got 17 Points apiece from David Booth and Kevin Holland. Creighton 21-12 was paced by Bob Harstad a 27 Points and Chad Gallagher a 20. Ahead 61-58 with 10 34 left to play Depaul went on a 10-1 run and led 71-59 with 6 40 left. Holland capped that spurt with a rebound Basket and a Dunk. Depaul led 40-37 at halftime. Jeff Luechtefeld scored a career High 15 Points for the Billiken 18-11. Jorge Wallace added 13 Points. Ric Ible Vins had 24 Points for Kent state 21-8followed by ton Banks with 19 and Harold Walton with 18. Bonner the leading rebounded in Mcaa division scored 19 Points in the first half As the Billiken took a 47-40 Lead. His 1,901 career Points erased Roland Gray a Mark of 1,877 Points set last season new Mexico 89, Oregon 78albuquerque . A Kurt Miller a Tench his season High with 22 Points and nit Veteran n Mexico held off a late Oregon rally. The new Mexico 18-12 is making a record sevc straight appearance in the nit. Providence Appe in six straight from 1959-1964. Oregon 15-14 lost m final four games including a 94-76 first round Louclla in the Pac-10 tournament. Long Beach state 86, Arizona state 71 Tempe Ariz. A Tyrone Mitchell helped Long Beach state open a 19-Point halftime Lead o former school and the 49ers held on for a Victory Arizona state. St. Louis 85, Kent state 74 St. Louis a Anthony Bonner became St. Louis University a career scoring Leader with 31 Points and pulled Down 13 rebounds in leading the Billiken Over Kent state. Mitchell a senior guard who played a Mii Viii a 5ciiiui Guariu 0 l Arizona state before transferring to Long Oca is an assist and two baskets in the final 1 1 01 half and scored 17 Points. Q a a \ Isaac Austin scored 24 Points for Arizona a a it a Laip am/1 air Al Attlas Alp. Llulu r Charles Newberry added 16 Points and 10 assists and in the second half and his brother Alex had and 11 rebounds