European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday March 21,199076ers rip nets move into first by the associated press East Rutherford . A Charles Barkley had a triple double As the Philadelphia 76crs took Over first place in the Atlantic division with a 108-94 Victory monday night Over new Jersey the nets seventh straight loss. Barkley had 29 Points 15 rebounds and 10 assists As the 76ers broke a four game Road losing Streak and moved a Hall game ahead of the Idle new York kicks. Hersey Hawkins added 21 Points for Philadelphia. The nets losers in 26 of their last 29 games got 19 Points from Chris Morris and 18 from Lester Conner new Jersey which fell behind by 24 Points in lie first period pulled to 79-78 late in the third period but then went scoreless for 7 / minutes in the fourth Quarter. In other games monday Mavericks 117, Hawks 110 Atlanta a Brad Davis made two three Point baskets to spark a 10-Point run and Sam Perkins scored 12 Points in the fourth Quarter to Lead Dallas Over Atlanta. Davis put the Mavericks ahead to stay at 93-92 on a three Point goal with 9 04 remaining. Over the next 1 50, Roy tar Pley made a Field goal Davis got another three Pointer and Perkins tossed in a Basket to make it 100-92. Tarpley had 24 Points and 14 rebounds for Dallas. Perkins and Derek Harper scored 21 Points apiece and Davis came off the Bench to score 20, Dominique Wilkins had 32 Points for Atlanta including 11 in the fourth Quarter. Moses Malone added 18 Points and 20 rebounds. Atlanta pulled to 113-108 with 56 seconds left on Malone a Layup but Rolando Blackman a Field goal and harpers two free throws finished the Hawks. Jazz 105, Kings 97 Salt Lake City a John Stockton had 27 Points and 11 assists and Karl Malone added 32 Points As Utah beat Sacramento. The jazz led by As Many As 18 Points in the third Quarter but the Kings Cut the deficit to 98-93 when Antoine Carr made two free throws with 1 26 left. But Stockton Sank five free throws and Bobby Hansen added two More to preserve the Victory. Wayman Tisdale led Sacramento with 24 Points and Danny Aings added 21. The Victory improved the jazz Home record to 30-4. Spurs 113, suns 102 Phoenix a David Robinson scored 34 Points and Willie Anderson had 12 of his 18 in the fourth period As san Antonio beat injury riddled Phoenix to end the suns 19-Gamc Home winning Streak. Terry Cummings added 23 Points and 10 rebounds and Robinson grabbed 14 rebounds and had blocked eight shots for the spurs. It was san Antonious fifth win in six games and sixth in its last nine on the Road. Phoenix which had won eight straight games Overall was led by Kevin Johnson a 36 Points 18 coming in the fourth Quarter. The suns were playing without two starters All Star Forward Tom Chambers strained right hamstring and guard Jeff Hornacek left knee surgery. Eddie Johnson and Mark West finished with 18 Points apiece for Phoenix. Mavs James Donaldson sits on Moses Malone As the Hawk scrambles for Loose nip Leafs Clinch playoff spot by the associated press Toronto a the Chicago Blackhawk done to have to struggle anymore. Despite a 2-7-2 record in their previous 11 games monday nights 3-2 Victory Over the Toronto Maple Leafs ensured the Blackhawk of a spot in the Stanley cup playoffs. A we played Strong defensively and that is what we have to do to prepare for the playoffs. That was one of our better defensive games a coach Mike Keenan said after Denis Savard scored two goals and goalie Greg Millen ended a personal 15-game wingless skein. With six games left Chicago has 80 Points for second place in the Norris division. That a five More than Toronto and 14 More than Minnesota and Detroit tied for fourth place. Either the North stars or red wings can finish with the same amount of Points As Chicago but the Blackhawk arc assured of having nil Roundup More victories than Detroit. Against Toronto the Black Hawks got the Goa tend ing they expected in acquiring Millen and left Wing Michel Goulet from Quebec for three prospects. A we knew we could Clinch if we won a said Savard who returned to the lineup March 7 after missing 17 games with a broken Finger. The Blackhawk took a 1-0 Lead just 1 38 into the game on Steve Thomas 35th goal equating his career High. Thomas also had 35 goals for the Maple Leafs in 1986-87. Dave Hannan and a1 Iafrate scored for Toronto which has lost its last four Home games. Thomas stripped Lou Franceschett of the puck at the Toronto Blue line and whistled a shot past goalie Jeff Reese just 1 38 into the game. Thomas fed Savard nit from Page 21 bounded for one final shot but Tony Massonburg missed a Short jumper at the Buzzer. De Fogell scored 20 Points for Penn state which improved to 23-8 Overall and 15-0 at Home this season. Mustaf had 22 Points for Maryland which finished 19-14. In other second round nit games Vanderbilt 89, Tennessee 85 Nashville Tenn. A Derrick Wilcox scored 11 of his 26 Points in the closing minutes and Vanderbilt rallied from a 17-Point deficit to win an intrastate Battle Between Southeastern conference rivals. Vanderbilt led 76-70 before Tennessee scored seven straight Points to regain the Lead with 2 58 left on a Basket by Lan Lockhart Wilcox then took charge hitting a jumper near the key and a three Pointer to give Vanderbilt an 81-77 Lead with 1 50 remaining. The senior guard then made six free throws to offset a Basket by Lockhart and Pul the commodores in front 87-79. Greg Beil and Allan Houston each hit three Point shots Lor Tennessee in the closing seconds. Houston finished with 31 Points while Lockhart added 23 for Tennessee. Todd Milholland scored 18 Points for Vanderbilt which improved to 18-14. Tennessee finished 16-14. New Orleans 65, Mississippi state 60 new Orleans a Tony Harris scored 22 Points to Lead the privateers. New Orleans took a 54-47 Lead but Doug Hartsf Leldo a jumper started a 6-0 run by Mississippi state that Cut the Lead to one. Harris then made nine free throws Down the stretch to Clinch the Victory for new Orleans 21-10. Mississippi state 16-14 took Only one shot in the first three minutes of the game and fell behind by eight Points. Rutgers 81, Fordham 74 Piscataway . A Keith Hughes scored 28 Points and Daryl Smiths three Point play with 31 seconds left gave Rutgers the Lead for Good. Danny of Sullivan a rebound Basket gave Fordham a 74-74 deadlock with 47 seconds remaining. Smith then took a pass from Earl Duncan was fouled while making a Layup and added a free throw to make it 77-74. Duncan scored 23 Points while Damon Lopez led Fordham with 27 Points and 22 rebounds. Rutgers improved to 18-16. Fordham finished with a 20-13 record its Best season since 1971. For Chicago a second goal at 14 23, a blast from the top of the face off Circle that slipped Between Reese a pads. In mondays Only other game flames 5, blues 2 Calgary Alberta a Brian Mallet Ian a Power-1 play goal snapped a tie Early in the third period and Joe in Ouwendyk scored insurance goals 15 seconds apart As Calgary continued its drive for the no la a bests record. A1 Mclnnis also scored for the flames who extended their unbeaten Streak to 8-0-1. Calgary smythe division with 92 Points nine More than Edl Monton and trails Boston the Overall nil Leader by one Point. Both teams have six games remaining. St. Louis has lost three straight games and its Lead Over Chicago in the Norris division was trimmed to one Point. Paul Maclean and Brett Hull scoring i 69th goal tallied for the tests show dosage insufficient los Angeles apr when basketball Star hand gathers died he did no to have enough medication i system to normalize his irregular heartbeat the Cou i coroners office said monday. I toxicology tests indicate that the Loyola a 1 mount Center had a a sub therapeutic level of inc a ineral in his bloodstream when he died alter con p 1 ing in a game March 4. ,.j a that level was 26 Nan Grams per Millilitre a i 1 As therapeutic Levels Range from 50-290 Nan Ogran p Millilitre a coroners spokesman Bob a Macnei i that Means the ineral level in gathers hot. �?~1 about one half to one eleventh of the amount i to help his heart condition. ,. The coroners office say whether t u e of ineral in gathers system indicated if of had stopped taking the Bruce Fagel an attorney for gathers a. A said the test results a prove two things a l 3 was taking his medication and that the dosage sub therapeutic level which Means it was t c to do the
