European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ewing rallies kicks to win Over hornets wednesday december 4, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 25 by the associated press Charlotte . A for three quarters Patrick Ewing made the Charlotte hornets look like the a bad Stop defensive club. Until the final period the new York a Nicks Center was held to just 10 Points by the hornets who entered monday nights Only Aba game with the leagues worst defense. But Ewing scored 13 of his 23 Points in the decisive fourth Quarter and the kicks erased a 17-Point deficit to beat the slumping hornets 99-97 for their sixth straight Victory. It also marked the seventh straight game in which the kicks have held the opposition under 100 Points. A we kept him Ewing out of the picture until the last Quarter a a dejected Charlotte coach Allan Bristow said. A if we could have done our part at the end of the third he would have never been a  Ewing said he was battered All game by hornets centers Kenny Gattison and Eric Leckner and Forward Larry Johnson. A i was Able to absorb a lot of Contact throughout the game a Ewing said. A i was still Able to make some shots in the fourth Quarter. The problem was that i let some of the Contact bother me  ground flyers 4-2 new York a de Senseman Mark Hardy scored his first goal of the season with 5 22 left to Lead the new York rangers to a 42 Victory Over the slumping Philadelphia flyers on monday night. Hardy the defensive minded de Senseman who had scored just one goal in the previous two seasons pinched in from his left Point position and slapped Paul Broten a pass past flyer goaltender Ken Wreggit to break a 2-2 tie. Hardy last scored on oct. 6, 1990 against Hartford and last recorded a game Winner dec. 1, 1988. Sergei nem chinos added a breakaway goal at 18 09 on a Lead pass from John Ogrodnick who recorded his 800th career Point with the assist. The flyers 0-6-1 in their last seven games played without injured players Rick Tocchet Mark Howe Keith Acton Jiri latal Steve Kasper and Ron Hextall. The rangers playing their first Home game after a 3-3-0 Western Road trip improved their season Mark to 16-10-1. Philadelphia Forward Andrei Lomakin had tied the score 2-2 at 9 44 of the third period with the help of a pass from Steve Duchesne. Lomakin flipped a backhand shot on Ranger goaltender John Vanbiesbrouc who Only got a piece of the shot. Ewing scored three straight baskets to give the kicks a 97-95 Lead in the final minute. After Kendall Gill was called for an offensive foul Greg Anthony hit one of two free throws for the kicks. Anthony had made two free throws to give the kicks an 81-80 Lead with 8 48 to play. But the hornets who lost their fifth straight game fought Back and took a 9591 Lead on a jumper by Gattison with 2 05 remaining. A this game should not have gotten away a said hornets guard Tyrone a Mug a syn Bogues who finished with 10 assists. A you can t let a team like the kicks get Back in it with a Star player like Patrick Ewing. He just took Over and won the game for  the hornets who got 20 Points and 15 rebounds from Johnson fell to 4-14 record for the worst Start in their history. The hornets went on a 14-4 tear Early in the third Quarter to take their 17-Point Lead. Johnson scored six Points during the surge with his Layup making it 70-55. After the kicks Cut Charlotte s Lead to six Points through three quarters Ewing hit three straight baskets to key an 11-3 new York spurt. A we were coming in having to catch a team desperate for a win a new York coach Pat Riley said. A we were Down 17 but we kept  hornets Center Eric Leckner reacts As kicks Center Patrick Ewing blocks his shot. Huskies Roll Over deacons by United press International Hartford Conn a Connecticut created its own shots and confounded Wake Forest s in the second half monday night in route to winning the opening game of the acc big East Challenge 84-75. Chris Smith collected 24 Points to Lead Connecticut. �?o1 Wasny to getting enough shots in the College basketball first half a Smith said. A if i Wasny to getting them off our offence i was going to have create my own shots. And that a what i  defensively the huskies 3-0 began to Clamp Down on the Demon deacons Anthony Tucker after intermission. Tucker was limited to nine of his game High 26 Points in the second half. Wake Forest forced a 60-60 tie on a foul shot by Chris King with 6 45 left. But the huskies 3-0 went on a 10-2 surge to break open the game and denied Wake Forest any Hopes of a comeback by converting 10 of 11 free throws Over the final 1 14. Scott Burrell scored 20 Points and Rod Sellars tossed in 16 for Connecticut. King added 23 for Wake Forest. In the other game at Hartford monday night Tom Gugliotta scored 25 Points including the deciding free throw with 6.9 seconds to play As North Carolina state beat Pittsburgh 78-77 to even the acc big East Challenge after two games. After Gugliotta hit 1 of 2 free throws with 6.9 seconds remaining Pitt 3-2 called a timeout. Chris Mcneal missed a three Pointer at the Buzzer and . Slate held on for the win. In other games monday night Michigan 100, Detroit mercy 74 Detroit a Chris Webber the no. 1 prep player in the country last season score eight of his 19 Points during a decisive burst in the second half to Lead no. Connecticut a Chris Smith drives for two of his 24 Points against Wake Forest. 25 Michigan Over Detroit. It was the fourth game for Detroit 22but that did no to account for All of Michigan a 34 turnovers. A we really did turn the Ball Over too much and a lot of those were unforced a Webber said. A but give Detroit some credit. They were playing before probably the biggest crowd they re going to have All season and they were  the game attracted 9,989 fans. Michigan started three of the five freshmen rated by Many analysts As the Best recruiting class Ever assembled. Webber Jalen Rose and Juwan Howard were on the floor when the game started but Ray Jackson and Jimmy King both got plenty of playing time. And they All scored. Rose Naa to Points Jimmy King 15, Howard 13 and Ray Jackson s. Arkansas 96, Alabama state 80 Pine Bluff Ark. Roosevelt Wallace scored 13 Points and added 12 rebounds to Lead Arkansas Over Alabama state. Wallace suspended for the month of november for disciplinary reasons keyed the Razorbacks Victory. Isaiah Morris scored 16 Points and Lee Mayberry contributed 13 Points and eight  St. 75, air Force 74,2 of Thibodaux la. Keldrick Porter pulled Nicholls state to within a Point of air Force late in the second overtime and then won the game for the colonels on a Layup with two seconds left in the period. The outcome left each team at 1-3. Nicholls state had trailed most of the time since the 11 58 Mark of the second half but tied the game at 64-All at the end of regulation play. It was 67-All when the first overtime ended. A turnaround jumper by Porter who had 14 Points on the night pulled the colonels to within one Point 74-73, with 49 seconds remaining in the second overtime period with a turnaround jumper. Nicholls called timeout at that Point and when air Force went into a stall the colonels got the Ball on an alternating Possession Call. Nicholls Valachi Miles rough the Ball Dow court drove into the Lane and fumbled the Ball into porters hands for the game winning Layup. Greg puckering led Nicholls with 18 Points. Charles Smith also with 18 Points led air Force and Dale French added 17