European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 30,1990 the stars and stripes a Page 19hoosiers rally to Down Irish by the associated press South Bend ind. A Indiana did it the hard Way. With leading scorer Calbert Cheaney and top play maker Damon Bailey out on fouls and the loth ranked hoosiers leading notre Dame by a Point with 37 seconds left the Indiana Bench came through. Pat Graham hit four free throws in the final 18 seconds As Indiana held on after rallying from a 12-Point second half deficit for a 70-67 Victory Over the Irish. A notre Dame got the Best of it All in the first half and then we came Back with them a Indiana coach Bobby Knight said. Jamal Meeks who did no to play in the first half hit 11 Points in the second half and led the hoosiers with eight assists a a 3-Point attempt by Elmer Bennett who scored 18 Points rolled off the rim at the Buzzer and left the Irish 2-3 losers in eight of their last 10 games against Indiana 3-1. Grahams late free throw shooting gave him the school record with 38 in a Row dating to last season. He broke the Mark of 37 set by Keith smart. Cheaney who scored All of his 15 Points in the second half fouled out with 37 seconds left. Damon Bailey who leads the team in assists so far this season with 17, fouled out with no assists and nine Points at 5 38. Notre Dames zone defense stymied the hoosiers who trailed until Cheaney hit consecutive Field goals to Ive Indiana a 55-53 Lead at 6 37. The Irish took a 60-58 Ead on Laphonso Ellis tip in at 3 37, but Indiana came rack with five straight Points and held the Lead the rest of the Way. Notre Dame pulled to 63-62 with 37 seconds left when Bennett hit a pair of free throws after Cheaney fouled out. Indiana a Greg Graham and Bennett then each hit two free throws before Pat Graham stepped to the line for the first of his decisive free  basketball Roundup the Irish held a 12-Point Lead 45-33, at 14 16. But a 14-4 Hoosier spurt with four Points each from Cheaney and Bailey put Indiana Back in the game. In other top 25 action wednesday no. 11 Ohio St. 116, Delaware St. 67 Columbus Ohio a Jim Jackson scored a career High 29 Points and Lith ranked Ohio state set a team record for Points in a Victory Over Delaware state. The previous school record for Points was set in a 112-89 Victory Over Butler in 1969 and matched in a 11280 decision against Ohio University in 1972. Mark Baker added 19 Points and 8 assists and Perry Carter had 15 Points and 13 rebounds for the buckeyes. Tom Davis scored 29 Points for Delaware state 1-1while Emanual Davis scored 17 Points and had eight assists. No. 13 Pitt 82, Siena 80 Albany . A Jason Matthews scored four Points in the last 79 seconds and Sean Miller added two free throws As 13th-ranked Pittsburgh held on for a Victory Over upset minded Siena. Pitt took a 79-77 Lead with 1 19 left to play when Matthews hit a 3-Point shot from the Corner. He hit one of two foul shots with 31.5 seconds remaining and Miller made both of his with 10 seconds to go for an 82-77 Lead. Siena 2-2 had a Chance to tie the game after Matthews free throw. But Bruce Schroeder missed a 3-Point shot and after Siena controlled the rebound do Remus Bennerman threw the Ball away with 12.5 seconds to go. Senior Forward Bobby Martin led Pitt 3-0 with 21 Points and 12 rebounds. Matthews and Darren Morningstar had 15 Points apiece. Siena was led by Marc Browne a 22 Points. Schroeder finished with 20. No. 17 Georgia 124, w. Kentucky 65 Athens a. A Jody Patton scored 21 Points and Litterill Green 20 As 17th-ranked Georgia used runs of # 18 and 20 Points in its second Best offensive showing Ever in routing Western Kentucky. The bulldogs scored More Points Only in a 138-91 Victory Over Arkansas a amp a to open the 1967-68 season. Georgia 3-0 extended its Home court winning Streak to 14 games dating Back to a loss to Tennessee in the next to last game of the 1988-89 season. Rod Cole added 17 Points for the bulldogs and Marshall Wilson and Reggie Tinch scored 10 apiece. Jack Jennings had 20 Points and 9 rebounds for the Hill toppers 0-2 and Darnell Mee added 14 Points. Patton made six of nine 3-pointers. No. 18 Oklahoma 81, Texas a amp a 65 College station Texas a Kermit Holmes scored 27 Points and grabbed 13 rebounds and no. 18 Oklahoma pulled away in the second half to beat Texas a amp a. The game was the Home debut of Texas a amp a coach Kermit Davis. Oklahoma 3-1 led 9-1, but the aggie closed to 1514. The sooner increased their Lead to 38-30 at halftime and Brent prices 3-Pointer Early in the second half gave Oklahoma a 43-32 margin. The aggie were unable to get within 10 Points after that. Oklahoma a largest Lead was 81-62. Terrence Mullins scored 15 Points for the sooner 31and Price and Jeff Webster scored 12 apiece. Lynn Suber added 10. Shedrick Anderson led the aggie with 14 Points and 13 rebounds. Brooks Thompson and Isaac Brown scored 12 each and Lynn Suber had 10. The sooner had 12 steals five by  storming into Alpine season by Piero Valsecchi Milan Italy apr Alpine King Pir min Zurbriggen and five top women skiers Are gone but a major element of the world cup season is Back after being in Short Supply for three years a Snow. Early storms in the Alps have led to optimism after three seasons of dry warm weather that disrupted the racing Calendar and crippled sponsors. With the world cup schedule set to resume this weekend organizers Hope the november snowfalls will allow a smooth Start to a season in which Marc Girardelli Alberto Tomba and a group of scandinavian youngsters seek to replace the retired Zurbriggen a four time Overall world cup Champion from Switzerland. Austrian Petra Kronberger a goal of a second straight women a Overall title has been made easier by the retirement of five top challengers including 1988 olympic medallists Michela Figini and Maria Walliser. The 1990-91 skiing program including the world championships in Saalbach Austria that begin in late january also will feature changes in some downhill races. In two of the menus downhills the starting order for the top 15 will be decided by practice times. The fastest qualifiers will be allowed to chose in which spot they would like to Start. And in the downhills in Wengen Switzerland and Lake Louise Canada Only the 30 fastest skiers in practice will qualify for the race. Those changes Are considered a first step toward major reforms sought by the . Ski federation in the 23-year-old world cup rules. The americans say the changes would Benefit competitors and their sponsors. Some leading makers of ski outfits such As Rossignol and Salomon have suffered substantial losses because of a drop in Winter tourism in recent years and have sharply reduced their sponsorship in ski racing. One of the reforms sought by the . Ski federation would allow skiers to re Italy a Alberto Tomba. Aiming for Overall title chive bigger Cash bonuses from fewer world cup races which traditionally Are concentrated in european and North american resorts Over Winter weekends. A new marketing strategy also is being pushed by the americans and is Likely to be approved by the International ski federation Early next year. . Officials had threatened to pull out of the Competition and organize an alternative circuit if their demands for an overhaul of the world cup circuit were not met. Men and women skiers each will compete in 31 races this season which ends March 20-24 in Waterville Valley . Two menus races already were held this summer in new zealand. The austrian born Girardelli who competes for Luxembourg is considered the Best All around skier among the men 1990-91 world cup ski schedule men sunday a Val Loire France super giant slalom. Dec. 8-9 a Val do Sere France downhill super g. Dec. 11 a a Estrere Italy slalom. Dec. 14-15 a Val Gardena Italy two downhills. Dec. 16 a Alta Badia Italy giant slalom. Dec. 18 a Madonna i Campiglio Italy slalom. Dec. 21-22 a Kranska Gora Yugoslavia slalom giant slalom. Jan. 5-6 a Garmisch Germany downhill super g. Jan. 12-13 a Kitz Biichel Austria downhill slalom combined. Jan. 15 a Adel Boden Switzerland giant slalom. Jan. 19-20 a Wengen Switzerland downhill slalom combined. Feb. 9-10 a Val do Sere France downhill super g. March 1-2 a Ull Ehammer Norway slalom giant slalom. March 8-10 a Aspen colo., downhill slalom giant slalom. March 16-17 a Lake Louise Canada downhill super g. March 22-24 a Waterville Valley ., slalom giant slalom parallel slalom. Women saturday sunday a Val Soldana Italy slalom giant slalom. Dec. 8-9 a alte Markt Austria downhill super g. Dec. 14-16 a Meiringer has Liberg Switzerland downhill giant slalom super g. Dec. 21-22 a Moraine France downhill slalom combined. Jan. 6-7 a Bizeau Mellau Austria downhill slalom combined. A Jan. 9 a Bergen Germany slalom. A Jan. 12-13 a Maibor Yugoslavia slalom giant slalom. Jan. 18-19 a Meribel France downhill super g. Feb. 8-9 a a fronted Germany downhill super g. Feb. 10 a Wiesel Germany giant slalom. Feb. 23-24 a Furano Japan downhill super g. March 2-3 a Morioka Japan downhill super g. March 9-11 a Lake Louise Canada downhill slalom giant slalom. March 16-17 a Vail colo., downhill giant slalom. March 20-24 a Waterville Valley ., slalom giant slalom parallel slalom. Following Zurbriggen a retirement. But he recently had knee surgery and suffered a lower Back injury that sidelined him several months last year. Girardelli is Strong in All four disciplines a slalom giant slalom super giant slalom and downhill a and has won three Overall titles one less than the record held by Zurbriggen and Gustavo Thoeni. Zurbriggen who Defeated norwegian Ole Christian Furuseth by 123 Points 357-234 for the Overall title last year retired at age 27. Tomba and Furuseth considered Girardelli a toughest rivals in the Overall Are Superior to Girardelli in the slalom. But both avoid the downhill thus losing Points in that discipline and in combined events. Other contenders such As Italy a Kristian Ghedina Young swede Fredrik Nyberg austrian Gunther Mader and rising norwegian Star Lasse Kjus have difficulties in at least one of the four events. Tomba a double Gold medal Winner in the 1988 Calgary olympics said he will compete in the super g a against the wishes of his family a to try to keep up with Girardelli. A i must pocket Points from three disciplines if i want to win my first Overall title a Tomba said. A Girardelli is the Clear favorite. I come just behind him along with Furuseth Mader and possibly Nyberg. My teammate Ghedina could be a big  the 23-year-old italian from Bologna nicknamed a la Bombay because of his powerful aggressive style missed most of last season with a fractured Collarbone from a fall in a super g race in Val do is Ere France. Tomba enters sundays super g race in Val Loire France with 22 Points from the slalom and giant slalom held at mount Hutt in new zealand in August. Nyberg 21, who is being compared to retired compatriot Ingemar Stenmark is tied for the Lead in the standings with 25 Points thanks to a giant slalom Victory in new zealand. German Veteran Peter Roth also has 25 Points after winning the mount Hutt slalom. Austria which Hopes to succeed Switzerland As Europe a skiing superpower will rely on Mader and Rudolf Nierlich the reigning slalom and giant slalom Champion. Michael Tritscher is Strong in the technical races such As the slalom and Veteran Helmuth Hoe Flehner is a top Down Hiller. Ghedina 21, won two world cup downhills last season and has greatly improved in the super g and giant slalom. The women who did not race in new zealand begin their Competition with a slalom and giant slalom in Val Soldana Italy this weekend. Several of Kronberger Stop challengers have retired including Figini Walliser and Brigitte Oertli of Switzerland yugoslav Mateja Svet and american Veteran Tamara Mckinney