European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Max. I Friday january 25, 1991 the stars and stripes a a a Page 21 of a to v c to a j. So Iua . By the associated press a Raleigh . A Rodney Monroe scored 35 Points to Lead five players in double figures and Chris Corchiani parked a second half rally wednesday Sli night As North Carolina state upset no. 9 uke95-89. Monroe the Atlantic coast conferences leading scorer at 28.8 Points per ame scored 19 Points in the opening half and helped stake the Wolf pack 10-4, 3-1 in the acc to a 13-Pojnt Lead 12 minutes tin to the game. Duke 15-4, 4-2 in the acc closed to 47-41 at halftime and then tied the score twice during the first three minutes of the second period but never led. With the scored tied at 53, Corchiani bandaged and bleeding from his left knee took charge As the Wolf pack went on an 18-7 spurt Over a 5/2-minute Span. The senior Point guard Only made one Basket during the run but had several steals and key assists As the Wolf pack took a 71-60 Lead with 11 35 left. A Duke which has lost five in a Row at As Reynolds coliseum pulled to 82-76 with 5 06 remaining on a pair of free throws by Grant Hill. A super bowl preview in it i a a a a today s strip College basketball but the Blue devils had committed ohly one team foul in the first 16 minutes of the half and were forced to Chase the Wolf pack players around the court fouling at every Opportunity. When Duke finally sent the Wolf pack to the line after the seventh team foul  state was near perfect hitting nine. Of 10 in the final 1 57. . State which had shot under 40 percent in each of its three previous acc games hit 35 of 55 shots for 63.6 percent. Monroe connected on 13 of 19 to Lead the Way. A a a a a. A. A. Bryant Feggins added 17 Points while Kevin Thomspon had 16, Tom Gugliotta 14 and Corchiani 11 Points and 14 assists. Christian laettner led the Blue devils with 23 Points while Bobby Hurley added 18, including six of eight 3-Pointcrs. Billy Mccaffrey had 17. In other games wednesday night no. 8 Kentucky 81, Florida 65 Lexington by. Sean Woods scored 11 of his 18 Points during a 13-6 run in the first half that sparked eighth ranked Kentucky to its 10th straight Victory a Southeastern conference win Over Florida. Jeff Brasso who finished with 14 Points and 10 rebounds started the spurt with a Layup that gave Kentucky 15-2 Overall 7-0 Sec a 25-22 Lea with 5 54 remaining in the half. A Woods then hit three driving layups and five throws Over the next four minutes As Kentucky a advantage grew to 36-28. Florida 7-9, 3-4 Cut the Lead to 36-31 on Stacey Poole a rebound Basket before tailing behind 38-32 at the half. John Pelphrey scored on a Layup and Sank a 3-Poinler As Kentucky surged to a 51-38 margin with 15 44 left in the game. Florida could draw no closer than eight Points the last time at 54-46 when Dwayne Davis hit a 10-foot Baseline shot with 12 12 to go. Kentucky s biggest Lead was 79-58 on Woods three Point play at 2 03. Pelphrey added 14 Points and Reggie Hanson had 10 Points and 14 rebounds As Kentucky won its 16th straight game in Rupp Arena. ,. . Carter led Florida with 18 Points Duke followed by Davis with 12 and Renaldo Garcia and Poole with 10 apiece. Kentucky a full court pies Sig defense forced Florida into 22 turnovers which the wildcats converted into 25 pouts. No. 18 Virginia 86, \ Irginia tech 61 Richmond. A. L i Shinan Cornel Parker making his first Start fuelled a first half surge that sent no. 18 Virginia to a Victory Over slumping Virginia tech. Virginia 13-4 beat its intrastate rival for the third consecutive time a the Cavaliers have a 63-42 Edge in the series and have won 14 of the last 17meetings. Virginia tech 7-8which had difficulty rebounding against the More Active Cavaliers lost its fifth straight game. The 6-foot-7 Parker was pressed into duty when Virginia a starting shooting guard Anthony Oliver broke a Bone in his right hand two Days earlier. Parker had eight Points three rebounds and a steal As Virginia broke from a 10-10 tic with a 32-12 run Over the last 12 19 of the first half. The Cavaliers who dominated the offensive boards also got five Points each in the surge from Bryant see College on Page 24seles faces Novotna in final today a stars and stripes has something extra. You la find it in the Middle of the paper. You can pull it out and mull it Over and get ready for super sunday. You guessed it. Its our super bowl special a Complete with preview stories features pictures and rosters. If your weekend game plan includes watching or listening to the new York giants and Buffalo Bills do Battle sunday Midnight get in super bowl xxv today a stripes will help prepare you for the Kickoff. Portland lands Walter Davis in 3-team East Rutherford . A Walter Davis went to Portland Drazen Petrovic and Terry Mills moved to new Jersey and Denver acquired a first round draft pick and Greg Anderson wednesday in a three team Aba Deal. Davis who has averaged nearly 20 Points per game for his 14-year career joins an already potent guard rotation for the Trail blazers the defending Western conference champions who have the a bad a Best record this season. Davis was Denver a no. 3 scorer averaging 18.7 Points in 27 minutes this season. For Petrovic and Mills the nets gave up Anderson acquired Only last week from Milwaukee and their no. 1 pick in 1992,1993 or 1994. _. The nuggets will get new jerseys first round selection in f992 if its not one of the first 12 picks. If Denver does not get the pick in 1992, the nuggets will receive the nets 1993 first Rounder As Long As its not among the first seven. By Larry Siddons Melbourne Australia a suddenly it was Flushing Meadow in Melbourne Southwest London Down under. Monica Seles grunting louder Orf every Point was in trouble in a grand slam tournament. A last year it was a third round loss to unknown italian Linda Ferrando at the . Open and a quarterfinal upset by Zina Garrison at Wimbledon. On thursday it was Mary Joe Fernandez mixing big ground strokes with drop shots and volleys who blitzed Seles in the second set and held match Point at 6-5 in the third after Seles won the first three games of the final set. Seles could think Back and that helped her to move ahead into the women a final of the australian  it was a different match but the same things happened the same things As today a Seles said. A i kept telling myself a you better  a after blowing the 3,-0 Lead Seles saved match Point on a backhand error by Fernandez and went on to win 6-3, 0-6, 9-7, earning a spot in saturdays championship match against Jana Novotna of Czechoslovakia. Novotna advanced to her first grand slam singles final with a 6-2, 6-4 Victory Over Arantha Sanchez Vicario. The Sunshine almost did in Seles. A it was hot and in the third set we were both dragging a Little a Seles said. A i was tired and i never thought i was going to pull off the  the temperature was 82 degrees but it was close to 100 on the court surface. Seles converted her first match Point with a service Winner and reached her second grand slam final. She a 1 for 1, with a win in the French open last year. Reaching this final was tougher. A it would have been a Relief if i would have lost just to get out of there today a she said. A but i just tried to hang  Novotna Seles will face a player who upset defending Champion Steffi Graf in the quarterfinals and beat Sanchez despite a late change in tactics caused by the stadiums retractable roof. Saturdays championship match will be Only the second meeting Between Seles and Novotna. Novotna won the first 7-6, 6-4 at the 1989 european indoors. Australian open Jana Novotna lets out a yell after another Victory in australian open on thursday