European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 b the stars and stripes Friday november 22, 1991richer s 3 lifts devils past Caps by the associated press East Rutheford . Stefan Richerts third goal of the game at 1 41 of overtime lifted the new Jersey devils to a 6-5 Victory Over Washington on wednesday night halting the capitals winning Streak at four games. The winning goal came after Alexei Kasat nov collected a rebound of a Richer shot and backhanded the puck Back into the Washington Goalmouth. Richer collected it there and slipped a backhand shot past a sprawled Don Beaupre. The devils appeared to be on their Way to a 5-4 Victory in regulation. But Peter Bondra scored his 12th goal in front of the devils net with just 17 seconds to play to Send the game into 5, flyers 2 Pittsburgh Kevin Stevens scored his 16th goal to extend his Point scoring Streak to 10 games and Jaromir jagr had a goal and two assists As Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia. Stevens has the no la a longest Active Streak and also tied the career Best he set from oct. 25 to nov. 14, 1990. He has 13 goals and 11 assists during his Streak longest by a Penguin this 3, Bruins 1 Buffalo by. Rookie Donald Audette scored twice and Rookie Brad May got the game win Ner As Buffalo increased its unbeaten Streak to five games with a Victory Over 3, islanders 1 Winnipeg Manitoba goal tender Bob Essensa kicked out 40 shots to record his third straight win and 50th of his nil career As Winnipeg beat new 5, Maple Leafs 2 St. Louis a Brett Hull ended a season Long frustration against goal tender Grant Fuhr with two goals and two assists and Jeff Brown also scored twice As St. Louis Defeated Toronto. No. 4 Kentucky romps by the associated press Lexington by. A fourth ranked Kentucky did no to hold anything Back wednesday night in the opening round of the preseason nit. The wildcats hit 16 of 32 3-pointers and scored 36 Points off West Virginia a 28 turnovers in posting a 106-80 Victory before 22,360 fans in Rupp Arena. A a that Sas Good As we can play right now a said senior Forward John Pelphrey who hit three straight 3-pointers in a 12-2 run in the first half that gave Kentucky control of the game. A we hit some 3s in while Kentucky coach Rick Pitino was pleased _ with his teams 3-Point marksmanship he was As satisfied with a defense that held West Virginia to Only l-for-8 shooting beyond the 3-Point line. A the Guys really did a fantastic Job defending their offence a he said. A we cannot play any better than this for an opening game. One of our goals for the 3-Point shot is not Only to make ours but to Stop theirs if it is to have any Validity at All. A everything we hoped to do defensively we did tonight. And that made us look West Virginia coach Gale Catlett Wasny to sure his team showed up. A the team in be been coaching in practice and exhibition games i did no to see tonight a he said. A i was very disappointed in shot selection passes and defense. I was very disappointed in the game in Kentucky advances to Friday nights second round game in Rupp Arena against Pitt a 72-61 Winner Over Manhattan. In other preseason nit games wednesday night Colorado St. 80, Boise St. 67 Boise Idaho a Sophomore Forward Aaron Atkinson scored 21 Points and Junior guard Keith Bonds added 15 As Colorado state Defeated Boise state. Colorado state will play at no. 23 Georgia tech on Friday night in the second round. The yellow jackets beat James Madison 93-69 on wednesday night. Boise state led Early at 18-16 on a breakaway Basket by Michael Trotter. But the rams took a 31-22 Lead with 6 15 left in the first half on a Field goal by Bonds. Colorado state led 41-35 at halftime and opened the Gap to 56-43 with 7 34 to play. Bonds 3-Pomter with 3 30 to play gave the rams a 72-61 72, Manhattan 61 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh did no to pull away from stubborn Manhattan until late in the game getting 14 Points and 19 rebounds from Chris Mcneal to Nail Down the Victory. Coach Paul Evans getting his 100th Victory at Pitt experimented with a variety of preseason nit Georgia tech s Matt Geiger pulls away from James Madison a Michael Vinson far right to score past Troy Bostic wednesday night in tech s 93-69 Romp. Players and lineup combinations enabling 10 different players to score. Sean Miller with 10 Points was Pitts Only other double figure scorer. The panthers will travel to Kentucky for a second round game on Friday tech 93, James Madison 69 Atlanta a freshmen Travis Best and James Forrest had impressive collegiate debuts As they led no. 23 Georgia tech to a Victory Over James Madison. The yellow jackets will play Host to Colorado state on Friday night in the second round. Best a 5-foot-ll Point guard will have to replace All America Kenny Anderson at that position had 18 Points and nine assists. Forrest a 6-8 Forward scored six of his 16 Points in the opening minutes of the second half when the yellow jackets broke open a close 104, Washington 83 Austin Texas a . Tyler a Transfer from Depauw starting his first game for Texas had 28 Points and 14 assists As the longhorns raced past Washington. Texas will play Host to Princeton a 5847 Winner Over Monmouth on Friday night in the second round with that Winner advancing to the semifinals in new York on nov. 27. Dexter Cambridge a 6-foot-7 senior who trimmed Down to 220 pounds bettered his career High by three with 29 Points for Texas. Tyler a 6-1 Sophomore who sat out last season ran the fast paced offence with dazzling moves off the dribble and hit four of nine 3-pointers. Washington taller but slower never could get closer than five Points after the opening minutes and had three players foul 58, Monmouth . 47 Princeton .�? Sophomore Chris Mooney scored a career High 19 Points to Lead Princeton Over Monmouth. Mooney whose previous High was 12 Points had five of Princeton a 11 3-pointers As the tigers opened the season with their 28th consecutive Victory at Jadwin gym the fourth longest Home court winning Streak in the country. Princeton will travel to Texas for a second round game with the longhorns on Friday. The tigers who led the nation in defense last season held their in state opponent without a Field goal for More than eight minutes in the second half and limited Monmouth Salex Blackwell to nine Points. The muscular Forward who played on the United states Gold medal team in the world University games had scored in double figures in 28 consecutive games. After Monmouth scored the first three Points of the second half to pull to 29-21 Down the tigers went on a 12-2 run on three 3-pointers by Mooney and one by Matt Eastwick for a 41-23 Lead. Princeton which held Monmouth without a Field goal for 8 38, eventually opened a 46-26 Lead. The Hawks got no closer than the final extend Kings Road woes by the associated press Atlanta a Sacramento Saba record Road losing Streak hit one year and 42 games when Dominique Wilkins scored 32 Points and led the Atlanta Hawks to a 116-104 Victory Over the Kings. Sacramento a last Road win came exactly a year earlier nov. 20, 1900. At Washington. Kevin Willis added a season High 21 Points and 20 rebounds for the Hawks. Willis second in the Aba with 15 per game has had 20 rebounds one Short of his career High in three games this season. In other games wednesday celtics 116, pacers 101 Boston a Larry Bird scored 26 Points and grabbed 19 rebounds and Boston extended its Home court domination of Aba Indiana. In their first meeting since the celtics beat the pacers 3-2 in the first round of the Aba playoffs last Spring the celtics broke open a close game with a 22-12 surge in the last eight minutes of the third period for an s8-77 Lead. The celtics Are 26-5 against Indiana at Boston Garden since the Aba expanded in 1977.hornets 109, Cavaliers 108 Charlotte. . A Kenny Gattison made three free throws in the final 23.5 seconds As Charlotte Defeated cleveland.76ers 114, heat 107 Philadelphia Charles Barkley scored nine of his 29 Points in the last six minutes As Philadelphia snapped Miami a four game winning 92, Mavericks 89 Dallas a Patrick Ewing scored 27 Points including four in the final 6.1 seconds to give new York its first Road Victory of the 91, pistons 86 Auburn Hills. Mich. Gan Payton scored seven of his 14 Points Down the stretch and Seattle extended its winning Streak to four games by beating slumping Detroit. A a jazz 107, magic 102 Orlando. Fla. A Karl Malone and Jeff Malone each scored 26 Points As Utah held off Orlando. The magic outscored Utah 7-1 at one stretch in the final two minutes to get within 105-102. Quot but Jerry Reynolds turned the Ball Over under the Orlando Basket with sue seconds left and Jeff Malone hit two free throws with two seconds remaining Thurl Bailey scored 21 for 112, warriors 108 Oakland Calif. A Michael Jordan scored 35 Points his highest total in Oakland since 19s6, and Scottie Pippen added -6 As Chicago fought off Golden 113, nuggets 97 Phoenix a Jeff Hornacek scored 14 of his 25 Points in the third Quarter and Phoenix snapped a six game losing Streak by defeating Denver. Spurs 113, Timber wolves 106 san Antonio a David Robinson 5f, -2 Points As san Antonio won its tilth straight game and handed Minnesota its fifth consecutive loss
