European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a athe stars and stripes Friday january .18,1991 Owens led Syracuse tips Conn by the associated press Syracuse n a a Billy Owens made four straight free throws to give no. 8 Syracuse the Lead in overtime and the orangemen held on for an 81-79 Victory wednesday night Over no. 13 Connecticut. Syracuse 15-2, 3-2 won despite itself missing four of six free throws in the final minute of the big East con Fern acc game. Connecticut 12r3, 3-2 got the Ball Back for the last time with 4.1 seconds left after freshman guard Adrian Autry made one of two free throws to give Syracuse its final two Point advantage. Chris Smith who led Connecticut with 20 Points drove the length of the court but was unable to get a shot off before time expired. The game went into overtime when Leron Ellis slammed in Dave Johnson a errant Layup attempt with 3 seconds to play. Johnson drove the length of the court spinning and ducking through the huskies trapping defense after Syracuse had called a timeout with 10 seconds left. Smith had Given Connecticut a 71-69 Lead when he made a 3-Pointcr with 12 seconds to play. Owens missed the front end of a l-and-1 with 42 seconds to go and the orangemen leading 69-68. In other wednesday action no. 9 Kentucky 95, Mississippi 85 Oxford miss. John Pelphrey scored a career College basketball High 29 Points to Lead Kentucky to a Southeastern conference Victory Over Mississippi. Pelphrey was 8-for-16 from the Field including 6-for-9 from 3-Point Range As Kentucky 13-2, 5-f remained the Only undefeated team in conference play. The wild cats however Are on probation and cannot win the title. Pelphrey led five wildcats in double figures As Sean Woods added 17.Points arid Deron Feldhaus 12. Reggie Hanson contributed 11 Points and 13 rebounds. Joe Harvill led the rebels with 21 Points. Patrick Eddie added 17 Points and 11 rebounds. Stanford 89, no. 7 Urcla 82 los Angeles a Adam Keefe scored a season High 30 Points and led Stanford to an 89-82 upset of no. 7 Urcla on wednesday night giving the Cardinal consecutive victories at Pauley Pavilion for the first time Ever. Andrew Vlahov added 12 Points As the Cardinal 105, 3-2 in the Pac-10extended its winning Streak against the Bruins to five games. Last year Stanford won at Pauley for the first time in 25 seasons. Urcla which lost at no. 6 Arizona on saturday fell to 13-3, 2-2. Tracy Murray led the Bruins with 24. No. 12 Duke 83, Citadel 50 Charleston . A Christian laettner scored 18 Points and had eight rebounds As Duke beat handed the Citadel its seventh consecutive loss. Bill Mccaffrey added 15 Points for Duke 14-3 and Grant Hill playing with a Brace on his broken nose had 13. Ted Mosay led the bulldogs 2-10 with 19 Points. No. 14 Virginia 76, Maryland 62 College Park my. A Bryant Stith scored 16 Points including six in an 18-6 run at the beginning of the second half and Virginia overcame a sluggish Start to beat Maryland in an Atlantic coast conference game. Kenny Turner and Ted Jeffries both had 14 Points for the Cavaliers who rebounded from saturdays double overtime loss to North Carolina to win the ninth of their last 10 games and improve to 8-1 on the Road. Virginia i 1--3, 3-1 trailed by five  first half and needed a 9-4 run to take a five Point halftime Lead against Maryland 8-7, 1-4playing its first game without injured injured guard Walt Williams. No. 22 s. Carolina 83, a. Tech 67 Columbia . A Barry Manning tied his career High with 20 Points and Jeff Roulston sparked a key second half run As no. 22 South Carolina rallied to defeat  Page 21 Jersey before the nil game Between the devils and Chicago. A a in a upset and a Little depressed. In a afraid there will be a lot of bloodshed a a said Andi Henig moments before she performed the National Anthem at the Meadowlands. A a in la be singing with a great Deal of  there was a slight Chance that san Antonio spurs Star David Robinson a Navy reservist would be called to Active duty. But he would be assigned to duty in Washington d.c., an official said. A a he a currently not assigned to a unit so his chances of being called up Are slim a cmdr. Dottie Schmidt said. In los Angeles Danny Manning one of the first players to arrive for the clippers game against Washington was watching a to in the lock room that is usually tuned to an Aba games a it a very big. This is our country we have our men Over there fighting for us and we want to know what a going on a Manning said. Middie s missed foul shots costly but quickly forgotten by John Roll Annapolis my. A two missed free throws with time expired Cost Navy a basketball game wednesday night against Richmond but loss was All but forgotten a few minutes later when the team Learned the . Was at War. Naval Academy head coach Peter Herrmann herded his squad into the locker room after the game and announced that the United states had launched air strikes on targets in Iraq and Kuwait. The team and the coach then sat Down and watched president Bush address the nation on television Herrmann Learned of the attack 40 seconds before the game started but decided against telling his Teanus i thought the Best thing at that Point was to just go out and play the game and go from there a Herrmann said after the game. A a it a been a very sober somber Day for  a. A a a. A. The coach said the news hit the midshipmen particularly hard because former team Captain Cliff Rees is a Marine stationed in saudi Arabia. Reese parents were in the crowd wednesday night. The Academy graduates Marine officers As Well As naval officers. Eric Harris Navy a starting Point guard said the news from the Middle East put the 83-82 loss into perspective. A it the game matters to us but the big thing to us now is what a going on Over there a he said. Athletic director Jack Lengyel said Academy officials will review the persian Gulf crisis to determine whether to continue the basketball season. A a cancelling the season is a possibility Only in the event of a crisis situation that put the Academy or midshipmen in jeopardy Lengyel said. While the team played in ignorance of events in the Middle East the crowd of about 800 was informed at halftime. Almost half went Home said Lengyel. Rear adm. Virgil Hill Academy superintendent said some thought had been Given to cancelling the game. A we thought about it but we were Halfway through a Hill said. Midshipman Pete Olsen of Annapolis was in the crowd when Hill announced the air attacks. A everyone was really enthusiastic from the game. We were up by seven. And then they announced it. There was dead silence. It was a real scary  Page 21 Points As Cleveland ended an 11-game losing Streak by beating the heat. The heat losing for the sixth time in eight games is without Center Rony Seikaly out since late december with a sprained knee. His replacement Rookie Alec Kessler was unable to handle Daugherty who scored 13 Points to help the cars take a 58-39 halftime Lead. Craig Ehlo scored 16 Points and Larry Nance 14 for Cleveland which won for just the third time in 21 games since losing Point guard Mark Price on nov. 30. Willie Burton led Miami with 19 Points. Spurs 100, Mavericks 94 san Antonio a David Robinson scored 30 Points a and Rod Strickland 21 As surging san Antonio rallied for a Victory Over Dallas which scored just nine fourth Quarter Points. Dallas led by As Many As 19 Points late in the third Quarter on 90-percent shooting in the period. But san Antonio winning for the 16th time in 20 games held Dallas without a Basket for the first 6 11 of the final Quarter during a 16-1 surge to tie the game at 86. A subsequent 8-0 run by the spurs iced the game. Derek Harper led Dallas with 27 Points while Alex English had 21 and Rodney Mccray 18. The Mavericks lost their fourth straight game and ninth in 12. Bucks 126, pacers 119 it. Milwaukee a Jay Humphries scored 33 Points and Ricky Pierce 31 As Milwaukee beat Indiana to snap a four game losing Streak with its 19th Victory in 20-Home games this season a Reggie Miller led the pacers now 2-17 on the Road with 26 Points. He made six 3-Point baskets. Danny Schayes added 18 Points and Jeff grayer had a season High 16 for the Bucks. Nuggets 111,hornets 104 Denver a Walter Davis made 13 of 13 free throws including eight in the final 1 18, and finished with 31 Points leading Denver Over hapless Charlotte. It was Only the third Victory for the nuggets in 17 games. The hornets lost their third straight game and 17th in 20. Reggie Williams scored 24 Points on 10-for-13 shooting and Michael Adams had 16 Points and 14 assists for the nuggets. Rex Chapman scored 23 Points for the hornets. Bullets 101, clippers 99 los Angeles a Bernard King had 32 Points and Ledell Eackles 20, including decisive free throws with 2.4 seconds left As Washington continued its Domina Nace of the los Angeles clippers. Benoit Benjamin led los Angeles which lost 10th time in 12 games with 19 Points and 1-5 rebounds. Winston Garland had 18 Points off the Bench. Timber wolves 93, kicks 89 new York a Sam Mitchell scored 12 of his 20 Points in the fourth Quarter and Minnesota won its third straight Road game by defeating new York. The expansion Timber wolves who had never before won consecutive Road games until they beat Orlando and Miami last1.week,.handed the kicks their 12th loss in 20 Home games. Kiki Vandeweghe scored 25 of his 26 Points in the first half for new York but took Only five shots in the final 24 minutes. Charles Oakley had 14 Points and 19 rebounds for the kicks. Tyrone Corbin led Minnesota with 22 Points while Pooh Richardson had a career High 16 assists. A. A warriors Mitch Richmond can to Stop Dee Browne a Layup As Robert Parish 00 and Chris Mullin watch