European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Dodger Welcome los Angeles skipper Tommy Lasorda right welcomes new dodger Darryl Strawberry to Dodge town in Vero Beach Fla., wednesday. For Mare on the dodgers and news from the other baseball training Camps see Page 25. O Neal leads a a a a. A a a a a a a a a a a. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Quot s leu to Victory tie for Sec title by the associated press Gainesville Fla. A bruised and bumped Shaquille o Neal still did a bang up Neal playing most of the second half with his left knee wrapped tight had 19 Points and 19 rebounds wednesday night As no 18 Louisiana state beat Florida 79-66 and clinched a tie for the Southeastern conference championship. Leu 20-7, 134 Sec plays at second place Mississippi state on saturday. The Winner gets the top seed m the leagues postseason tournament. O Neal limped to the Bench Early in the second half after getting hit in the knee. The 7-foot-1 Star Center came Back two minutes later and got eight More Points and six rebounds. _ a i really did t know How hard he could play. Me could barely jump Quot leu coach Dale Brown said �?o1 told Shaquille i did no to want to push him. Me sucked it up. There s nothing serious about it it was t knee cartilage or a ligament a just a bad of Neal took Only one shot and was scoreless in the games first seven minutes. He then scored 11 straight leu Points As the tigers took Over. Florida 11-15. 7-10 made a late run cutting a. 15-Point deficit to 66-59 with an 8-0 burst. Of Neal ruined the rally with a three Point. Play and leu added four foul shots and two breakaway dunks Dwayne Davis had 18 Points and 12 rebounds for the gators but at 6-7 had trouble stopping pineal. Stacey Poole scored 21 Points for can win the Sec outright with a win this weekend at Mississippi state. The bulldogs who were picked to finish near the Bottom of the pack Are trying for their first league championship in nearly three decades. They have won seven of the last eight games against leu and can tie the tigers for the Best record with a Victory. A a the season All comes Down to one Mississippi slate s Greg Carter said. A we know it Wilt be Tor the title so Well get up Tor 79, Clemson 62 \ Durham . A Christian laettner scored .17 Points and eighth tanked Duke completed its first Ever fb-0 Home season. scored 15 Points and Thomas Hill added 14 As Quot the Blue devils 24-6. 10-3 moved into the acc Lead pending Sun Orlando works its magic i inside sports wings rally past canadians Spring training Roundup Perry a Happy Hall of earner Page 22 a Page 25 a Page 25 Tarkanian a version of american dream a Page 26 Olajuwon Back with rockets a Page 27 by the associated press Phoenix a with a 5-22 record on the Road the Orlando magic in to Quot throwing fear into Many Aba teams. But lately the magic has been up to new a tricks. A they played a super game Quot Phoenix coach Colton Fitzsimmons said after the magic stopped the suns Home winning Streak of 13 with a 124-116 decision. A they did what they had to Dol they outplayed us and they re playing Good basketball. We made a valiant run at them but it. Was t Good . The Victory was Orlando s fourth straight three of them on the Road. The suns last lost at Home on Dee. 21 a a 132128 overtime defeat against san lot of Guys contributed. very important for us Quot magic coach Matt Gou Kas said. A we made just enough Freenab throws to hang on Down the stretch. We be been playing pretty Well on the Road even though we done to have a lot of wins to show for . Scott Skiles scored 22 Points and Jerry Reynolds had nine of his 15 in the fourth Quarter for the magic. A Phoenix which trailed 59-57 at Quot halftime and 93-88 after the third period took a 9695 Lead on Kevin Johnson s free throws with 8 57 remaining. Reynolds put Orlando ahead to stay at 9796 on a running right hander in the Lane w Ith 8 36 to Skiles hit a jumper and a free throw and Reynolds had five foul shots for a 117-110 Lead with�?~57 seconds show ing. R the suns closed to u8rfl6 with 37seconds left on three Point goals by Johnson the stars and stripes March 1, 1991 b Page 28college basketball Day s matchup with no4 North Carolina David Young scored 23 Points for Clem son 10-16, l-f2. Duke led 43-19 at halftime. Duke coach Mike Krzyzowski called at a Quot special game a both because it came after a double overtime loss to Arizona and because it came on seniors Day. Quot i thought we really concentrated tonight a he said. A i was worried that we might be a Little tired and not at our Best tonight because of the trip state b0, Nebraska 69 Stillwater okla. No. 12 Oklahoma state finished its first perfect Home season since 1955. And moved into a tie for first place in the big eight by beating no 15 Nebraska. A a a the cowboys 21-5, 10-3 big eight went 14-0 at Home. They Are even with Kansas for the conference title with one game left against Iowa state Nebraska 23-6, 8-5 finishes against Kansas. Byron Houston Oklahoma stale s cad ing scorer was held to just 13 Points in below his average and fouled out with four minutes left Johnny Pittman at 7 foot-2, had 12 Points eight rebounds and five blocks. Rich King ice the Cor huskers with 18 Points and 11 rebounds Tony Farmer added 13 62, Seton Hall 60, of Storrs Corin Chris Smith missed with three seconds overtime got his own rebound and scored at the Buzzer to see College on Page 22 and Jeff Hornacek. But Reynolds made a free throw with .31 seconds remaining and his stuff with 15 seconds left made it 123-f 16. Skiles finished with 11 assists As the magic won in Phoenix for the first time a its two year Aba history. A they did what they had to do Quot Eit Sim Mons said of the magic a they got us into isolation plays. That was their game. Every time we thought we had a mismatch they d play a one on one game with suns backup Center Andrew Lang set a. Team and Arena record with seven blocked shots in the first half. In other games wednesday night jazz 118, warriors 103 Salt Lake City a Karl Malone scored 38 Points 15 in the decisive fourth Quarter As Utah turned a one Point. See Aba on Page 22
