European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 23, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 25 College basketball Arkansas upsets no. 2 Arizona by the associated press Fayetteville Ark. A the Arkansas razor backs know More than one Way to play defense. The 19th-ranked Razorbacks who built a reputation under Nolan Richardson As a pressing forcing team eschewed those tactics saturday and upset second ranked Arizona 65-59. A i think that we played the Best Man to Man that we have played All year in the last part of the game Quot said Lee Mayberry who made four key free throws in the final 38 seconds. A they  get a decent  a a in be been in this business a Long time and that was a game plan that was executed Well a Richardson said. Quot it was one of the Best defensive games we be played in years and we rebounded Well. We done to have the numbers to press like we did last  the wildcats big people a Chris Mills Sean Rooks and de Stokes a made Only 5 of 24 shots. Mills and Rooks each averaging More than 16 Points a game scored a total of 10. Last year Mills and Rooks combined for 60 in a 12-Point Victory Over the Razorbacks. A your front line had its Tail kicked pretty Good by Arkansas front line Quot Arizona coach Lute Olson said. Quot when we get Only 13 Points out of our front line we re really in  Robert Shepherd converted both ends of a one and one for a 59-56 Lead with 2 14 left. Mayberry who led Arkansas 7-2 with 15 Points made two free throws with 38 seconds remaining and two More with 21 seconds left to make it 63-56. The Razorbacks known for an up Tempo offence at times in the second half worked the shot clock under 10 seconds. Arkansas took the advantage with a 17-4 surge in the final nine minutes of the first half for a 35-29 Lead at the break. Arizona 5-1 pulled within a Point three times in the second half. In other games saturday Southern Cal 79, no. 4 Ohio St. 77 los Angeles a Harold Miner scored 31 Points including the game winning Basket with u seconds left in overtime As Southern Cal upset fourth ranked Ohio stale. Miner s winning Points came on an Allcy Dop pass from Duane Cooper who had a career High 18 Points and four assists for the trojans 7-1. Cooper hit a 3-Pointer with 21 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 69 and Send it into overtime. Jim Jackson scored 28 Points to Pace the buckeyes who lost their first game after six wins. Southern Cal used an 11-1 run to take the biggest Lead of the game at 26-18 with 8 06 left in the first . 5 Oklahoma St. 100, Houston Baptist 57 Stillwater okla. A Corey Williams scored a career High 30 Points and Reserve Randy Davis added 17 As fifth marked Oklahoma state routed Houston Baptist. I he cowboys played without their leading scorer and rebounded Byron Houston who injured an ankle during practice last week. But Oklahoma state still managed to improve to 10-0 for the third time in school history. Houston Baptist an na1a team that restored the program this season after a two year Layoff dropped to 1 he cowboys scored 100 Points for the first time this season and just the third time in Eddie Sutton a two years As . 6 Kansas 97, Seattle Pacific 62 Lawrence Kan. A Rex Walters scored 18 Points find Richard Scott added 14 As no. 6 Kansas extended its Home court winning Streak to 23 games with an easy Victory Over Seattle Pacific. Walt ers scored six Points in a 17-0 run Midway through the first half As Kansas raised its non conference record in Allen fieldhouse to 64-1 since 1983, including 29 straight victories outside the big . 13 Georgia tech 81, no. 8 Kentucky 80 a i Lanta a Jon Barry scored 24 Points including two tree throws with five seconds remaining As no. 13 Georgia tech nearly blew a 20-Point Lead in the second halt before holding off no. 8 Kentucky. Barrys free throws negated a 3-Point Basket at the Huzer by Jamal Mashburn a the closest Kentucky came after tech had taken a 61-41 Lead with 13 27 to play on a Layup by Malcolm Mackey. F he yellow jackets 7-2 started a 30-3 run late in the first half to erase a 38-3,1 Kentucky . 14 Indiana 82, no. 10 St. Johns 77 new York a Indiana used everybody to try and slow Douai Malik Sealy and Jamal Meeks and Alan Henderson it it of care of most of the scoring for the last six minutes As a he i4th-ranked hoosiers beat no. Lost. Johns. Scaly St. John s leading scorer did get his average in Arkansas Oliver Miller left and arizonans de Stokes fight for the Ball in saturdays game. 25 Points but it was on 7-for-26 shooting and his last Points came with 5 56 to play and Indiana holding a 6766 Lead. Henderson a freshman and Meeks then scored Indiana s next 11 Points the last with 38 seconds to play when Meeks two free throws gave the hoosiers a 78-73 Lead. St. Johns twice got it within three Points but Calbert Chancy and Eric Anderson both made two free throws to bring it Back to . 12 Michigan St. 90, Cincinnati 89 East Lansing Mich. A Kris Weshinsky s 3-Pointer with five seconds left capped a furious second halt rally and gave i2th-Rankcd Michigan state a Victory Over Cincinnati. Cincinnati led by 18 with 12 43 to play but Michigan state fought Back and tied it at 85 on Jon Zulauf jumper with 34 seconds remaining. The teams traded baskets before Allan Jackson hit two free throws to give Cincinnati 7-1 an 89-87 Lead with 22 seconds left. The win extended Michigan state s season opening winning Streak to eight . 15 Michigan 87, Rice 70 Ann Arbor Mich. A Jalen Rose scored 15 of his 19 Points in the second half As i5th-ranked Michigan snapped Rice a five game winning Streak. Chris Wehber and Juwan Howard each added 14 Points for Michigan 6-1. Kenneth Rourke had 16 Points off the Bench for Rice 7-3. And Marvin Moore added 13 for the owls. Michigan built its winning margin from the free throw line. The wolverines made 30 of 40 foul shots while Rice hit 10 of 11. Despite the defeat Rise is off to its Best Start in 36 . 16 Oklahoma 144, Morgan St. 81 Norman okla. A Damon Patterson scored a career High 41 Points and no. 16 Oklahoma easily surpassed its season High in scoring with a Victory Over wingless Morgan state. The sooner 6-0playing for the first time since a dec. 10 Victory Over Texas dominated the boards and forced 49 turnovers in Topping their previous season High of 119 Points against Missouri St. . 17 Missouri 99, Jackson St. 76 Columbia to. A Anthony Peeler scored 26 Points to Lead Missouri Over Jackson state. Jevon Crudup added 23 Points for Missouri 7-0. Lamont Frazier had 22 for the tigers while Melvin Booker had 14 and Reggie Smith 10. Lindsey Hunter led Jackson state 4-5 with 34 Points including 26 in the second half. Missouri led 5331 at halftime and built a 33-Point Lead three times during the game. Peeler s 11 first half Points moved him into fifth place on Missouri s career scoring list. John t Aylor scored 13 Points for Jackson Staten. 18 Utah 58, Wichita state 36 Wichita Kan. A Sophomore Phil Dixon scored 16 Points and Junior Tyrone Tate scored a career High 15 As no. Is Utah broke away from Wichita state Utah 9-1 led 24-23 at halftime then outscored the shockers 2-3 19-4 in the first 10 48 of the second half. Wichita state shot just 6-for-29 in the second half. Senior guard Robert George led Wichita stale with i i Points and freshman Center John Smith added 10. George had Lour steals in the first . 20 Alabama 87, Southern miss. 64 Biloxi. Miss. A James Robinson scored 26 Points and Robert Horry had 20 Points and 19 rebounds As no. 20 Alabama beat Southern Mississippi. Alabama improved to 8-1, its Best Start since the 1984-85 team slatted with the Samco Mark. Southern fell to 4-3. Southern jumped to a 12-4 Lead but Alabama rallied behind . 21 Wake Forest 74, Richmond 60 Richmond a. A Rodney Rogers had 28 Points and a career High 16 rebounds As no. 21 Wake Forest beat Richmond. I he Demon deacons 5-1 also got 22 Points from Anthony 1 Ucker and a Good defensive Effort from Marc Blucas who held High scoring Curtis Blair in Cheek for much of the game no. 23 Georgetown 79,  Shore 37 Lan Dover my. A Georgetown held Maryland Eastern Shore to 17 Points in the first half while forcing 17 turnovers and the no. 23 hoyas breezed to an easy Victory. No one played More than 25 minutes for Georgetown 6-1. Alonzo mourning led the hoyas with 15 Points and freshman guard Irvin Church had 12.no. 24 . Charlotte 83, William amp Mary 75 Kapaa Hawaii a Henry Williams scored 19 of his 25 Points in the second half and no. 24 North Carolina Charlotte stopped William and Mary. Rodney Odom added 21 Points for the 49c is 6-1. William and Mary 4-4paced by the inside play of Ben Blocker trailed 35-31 at the half and stayed close for most of the second half. The 49ers�?T Lead fluctuated Between three and five Points until Delano Johnson a coast to coast drive and three Pointer made it 70-61 with five minutes left. Thomas Roberts had 25 and Blocker had is Tor the . 25 Louisville 93, leu 92 a i on Rouge la. A Keith Legree hit a desperation jumper from 26 feet at the Buzzer to give no. 25 Louisville a Victory Over Louisiana state. Lsuis Maurice Williamson missed a pair of free throws with seven seconds left in the game and leu leading 92-90 in leave i he door open for Louisville. Legree a shortstop in the Minnesota t wins organization brought the Ball across mid court under pressure then launched his winning three pointers through a Thicket of hands. The Buzzer went off As his shot arched toward the Basket.  s Shaquille o Neal had 22 Points. 14 rebounds and six blocked slots before fouling out with 4 42 left in the  69, army 51 w is i Point y. A Junior Forward Keith Bullock scored a game High 22 Points and Manhattan used a i 7-6 rim Over the final six minutes of the first half to pull away trom army. There were four lies and five Lead changes in the Early going with army 2-6 Knotting the game for the final time at 19-19 on u three Point jumper by Spencer Staggs with 6 12 remaining in the first halt. But Manhattan 5-3 reeled Oil nine consecutive Points in opening up a 36-25 halftime  Force 72, Kent 64 air Force Academy Colo. Dak French had game highs of 25 Points and nine rebounds As air Force Defeated Kent. Air Force shot 58 percent in the first Hall and was 6 of 10 from 3-Point Range on the Way to a 37-24 halftime Lead behind French a 12 Points. I he Falcons 4-3 opened the second half w Ith a 7-2 run to take its largest Lead of the game 44-26. Kent 34 could come no closer than the game s final margin of eight Points