European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 28,. 1991 the stars and stripes a a Page 21becker bounces Lendl Melbourne Australia apr Boris Becker grabbed his first australian open title and leaped to no. 1 for the first time in his career As he overcame Hack spasms to beat Ivan Lendl with a diving net attack. Becker shied away from the net in the opening set while troubled by his Back but after a Massage and some stretches Midway through the second set he roared Back to beat the two time defending Champion 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on sunday. Becker leaped in the air heaved his Racket High into the packed crowd of is,000, then tied  the court alter his final forehand Winner broke Lendl at 15-40 on a second match Point. The German returned moments later for the trophy pre australian open a cation and was too emotional to express himself to the crowd a it s unbelievable Tor me at this moment Quot he said. Becker 23, won three atm Blevons and one . Open but this Victory finally put him atop the men s ranking displacing Stefan Edberg who took the no. I spot from Lendl last summer. Becker matched Lendl s nine aces but won this match with his More dynamic Plav at the net frolicking on the hard Youit As if it were a nimble done a grass. Lendl played superbly m the opening set hammering winners from Corner to Corner while Becker struggled Lendl finished off the set with his fourth Ace while Becker kept flexing his Back to loosen up. Without Laking an injury a a timeout. Becker Renox Cid quickly after a your Thule Massage and started playing Moie aggressively at the net Becker won All lout of his previous grand slam matches against Lendl heating him at Wimbledon in 1 so 19s8 and 1989 and in a four set tinal in the u s open 19x9 1 hey had split their 12 tinal matches Tore this tournament Runnin res top Louisville by the associated press. A Louisville Tkv. I Low Good is univ. . A a a a a a a a saturday s 97-85 decision Over Louisville matched the narrowest Victory map. Gin of the season for the running rebels Quot the first half we played terrible a said guard Anderson Hunt who made tour three pointers and finished with 20 Points. A the second was one of our Best of the year. We played terrible but we were still up by nine at halftime a univ 15-0 has won 26 consecutive games. The rebels converted six Louisville turnovers into 10 Points to take control a a a they came at you with continuous pressure a said Louisville Forward Everick Sullivan who had is Points. A they have size and knowledge they know what to  a a a a a a a. Louisville 7-9 closed to 35-26 on James brewery a three Pointer with 6 29 remaining in the first half but could get no closer. A they Are capable of getting beat Quot Sullivan said. A at halftime we were in the game and had everything in our favor. They hit a couple of three a and the momentum swung that  in other top 25 games saturday no. 2 Arkansas 73, Baylor 68 Waco Texas a Oliver Miller scored 22 Points As Arkansas became the first division i team to reach 20 victories this  a. The Razorbacks improved to 20-1 Overall and 8-0 in the Southwest conference Baylor 9-7, 2-5 put on a 15-6 run ending with David Wesley s three Pointer to close to within 68-66 with 34 seconds to play. But Arkansas made 5 of 6 foul shots to preserve the Victory. Arlyn Bowers and Lee Mayberry scored 11 Points each for Arkansas. Todd Day the so cd a leading scorer was held to a career Low five Points College basketball in Lvi Selmore Spencer and Louisville a Cornelius Holden Chase a rebound saturday. Lakers rack up 11th straight Boston apr magic Johnson broke open a close game in the third Quarter sunday As the los Angeles lakers routed the Boston celtics 104-87 for their 11th consecutive Victory. Johnson scored 8 of his 22 Points and made 5 of his 15 assists in the third period As the lakers stopped Bostons eight game super bowl sunday winning Streak. The celtics have lost six of their last seven Overall. A a los Angeles was without its leading scorer James worthy who jammed his right foot Friday night. But the lakers wore Down the celtics who Are 4-6 since Larry Bird injured his lower Hack. It was just the fourth loss in 21 Home games for Boston. There were 10 ties and the Lead changed 21 times in the first half which ended with los Angeles ahead 53-51, then the lakers pulled away As Johnson fed Byron Scott for a medium Range jumper. After Kevin Gamble scored on a Layup Sam Perkins and Johnson scored on drives and the rout was on. Los Angeles led 79-72 going into the final Quarter. After Boston closed within six Points with 10 /2 minutes remaining the lakers went on an 11-3 Ryn. Perkins had 18 Points and Mychal Thompson playing his 900th Aba game scored 17 Lor the lakers who Are 39-11 at their Halfway Point. Kevin Milia be and Gamble scored 15 Points each for Boston. Tim Schumacher led the bears with 13 Points while Willie sublets added 12 Points and eight rebounds Wesley Bav lords leading scorer for the year was held to nine Points. No. 3 Indiana 97, no. 22 Michigan St. 63 Blooming i on ind. A freshman Damon Bailey scored a season High 19 Points As the hoosiers 18-2, 6-1 shut Down Michigan stale a Steve Smith. Smith held to 14 Points watched his Long Range jumpers Bounce off the rim in the first half As the spartans 12-6. 5-3 shot 40 percent 12 of 30 to Indiana a 66 percent 16 of 24. V California 85, no. 5 Arizona 78 Berkeley Calif. Billy Dreher scored 17 of his career High 23 Points in the second half to Lead California 10 a fight interrupted upset in the. Pacific-10. California 8-9, 4-4 beat Arizona 163, 5-2 for the first time in nine games. Brian Hendrick added 17 Points for Cal and Roy Fisher scored 15. Arizona was led by Chris Mills with 20 Points Sean Rooks with 16 and Matt Othick with 14. With the score lied at 56 Midway through the second half Cal went on a 102 run capped by Bill Elleby a three Point or that made it 66-58 with 6 20 left. The wildcats closed to 79-76 fun Mills three Pointer with 55 seconds left hut Cal hit its free throws Down the stretch to pad its Lead. A a. A v. A Arizona had to play the Lina part of he game without Forward Wayne. Womack with 5 33 left in the game Hendrick and Womack began throwing elbows under the Basket. A fight broke tint but the players were quickly separated. Womack then beg if fighting with Cal guard Ryan Drew. After a 10-minute delay in play officials ejected Womack and Drew who will see College on Page 23 tune in tomorrow if this is monday what happened to super sunday that a simple. 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