European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 29, 1991 the stars and stripes tar heels win Page 25 College basketball by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Giessen Germany a Hubert Davis scored 20 Points and George Lynch added 15 to Lead eighth ranked North Carolina to a 100-74 exhibition Victory Over mtg Giessen Friday night. Davis the Only senior on coach Dean Smiths roster this season exploded for 14 second half Points to spark the tar heels. It was a Homecoming game for German native Henrik Rod who scored 10 Points for North Carolina As a capacity crowd of 2,500 watched their native son. A a it a great to be Home for Christmas a Rodl said. A it was really exciting during the warmups when the fans were All cheering for  the tar heels connected on 18 of their first 28 shots in the second half to open a 90-67 Lead with just Over three minutes left to play in the game. North Carolina fell behind 43-40 on a 3-Pointer by Axel Schubert with five seconds left before the half. Mtg Giessen used a 20-10 run to erase a 26-20 deficit and overtake the tar heels but it would prove to be the last Lead the germans would take. Sam Kincheon a former collegian who played for Oklahoma state kept Giessen close by penetrating the Lane under North Carolina Center Kevin Salvadori and Sophomore Eric Montross. Kincheon banged in 14 first half Points including a pair of thundering slams off Dan Mooney feeds. His first Dunk made it 35-32 with 2 28 left in the half for the German club and his second nearly a minute later made it 37-32. Kincheon of Austin Texas finished with 20 Points to Lead mtg Giessen. North Carolina bounced Back with an 8-2 run before Schubert set the halftime margin with his 3-Pointer. Rodl a native of Heussenstamm a suburb of Frankfurt was Given the Christmas present by Smith and the unc athletic Germany department. Smith has made it a yearly habit to play one tar Heel game a year at the Home site of one of his players. Rodly a father Helmut is a teacher and basketball coach in Germany and was on hand to watch his son who was held to just one Basket in the first half. Brian Reese scored 13 Points and Derrick Phelps had 10 Points for North Carolina. Unc opened the second half with a 19-7 run Davis scoring 10 Points in that run. Mtg Giessen a roster boasted Henning Harnisch who will be a member of the German olympic team and who plays for Leve Kusen the winning St team in the German professional league and Olaf blab the younger brother of former Aba Journeyman la we blab. Harnisch had 12 Points and blab was held scoreless. The Victory is the third on a three game run for the tar heels through Europe. North Carolina notched two victories in the Canary islands last week and was to return to Chapel Hill saturday morning. A i think we gained a lot of self Confidence and self respect a said Montross who finished with 7 Points. Quot we got some Guys in who done to get to play  mtg Giessen a five time Winner of the Deutsche Bunde Sliga the German equivalent of the Aba. Was dearly no match for the ranked tar heels. Unc wowed Rodl s countrymen with a 50-Point second half. Giessen is 12-5 and is in second place behind Stuttgart in its league. Rodl came to Chapel Hill in 1987 As an Exchange student and helped Lead Chapel Hill High to the North Carolina state championship that year. As a freshmen and Sophomore at unc he received limited playing time averaging fewer than 10 minutes a game. This year he averages about 14 minutes per game. Kansas Alonzo Jamison gets off pass from the floor As a prone Dallas Dale of Southern Mississippi tries to . St. Rolls by Austin Peay for 9-0 record by the associated press Michigan state was just an afterthought in preseason rankings mentioned in the midst of the a also acc living votes category following the associated press top 25. Now the spartans Are ranked ninth in the nation and Are 9-0 following their 82-71 Victory Over Austin play Friday night. Its the first time Michigan slate has won its first nine basketball games since the 1916-17 season. The reason. Easy. Michigan states inside game. The spartans gave an example of their inside prowess against Austin Peay 4-6getting 35 Points and 21 rebounds from the front line Trio of Anthony Miller Mike Poplowski and Dwayne Stephens in the opening round or the spartan classic on Msue a Home court in East Lansing. The spartans were to play in the title game saturday night against Stanford which beat Siena 94-72. In other top-25 games Friday no. 4 Kansas 109, Southern Mississippi 76 Eric Pauley scored 16 Points and Adonis Jordan added 14 in the Jay Hawks big Victory. Kansas 7-0 won its 23rd game in the past 28 at Kemper Arena As fourth year coach Roy Williams raised his record against non conference opponents to 50-7. Six players scored in double figures for the Jay Hawks who got 52 Points from their Bench to hand Southern Mississippi its worst loss since 1989. Kansas burst to a 17-4 Lead in the first seven minutes and coasted the rest of the . 5 Connecticut 112, Central Conn. St. 58 Chris Smith had 22 Points and eight assists As Connecticut dominated inside Over the out manned Central in the first round of the Connecticut Mutual classic. Rod Sellers was 8-for-9 from underneath and scored 17 Points while Toraino Walker was 6-for-7 with 12 Points. Each grabbed 13 rebounds As the huskies out rebounded Central 72-36.no. 10 Indiana 86, Texas tech 69 Calbert Cheaney scored 11 of his 20 Points in a decisive second half run for Indiana in the first round of the Hoosier classic. Indiana 7-2 led 51-44 with just Over 13 minutes to play then had a 21-6 spurt Over the next eight minutes to pull away from tech 5-3 no. 14 Oklahoma 118, Morehead St. 99 Damon Patterson scored 36 Points including 22 in the first half and Brent Price added 19 As Oklahoma advanced to the final of the 56th annual All College tournament. No. 23 Iowa 114, Butler 92 Acie Earl scored 31 Points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Hawk eyes in their first round Victory in the Tampa Tribune Holiday invitational tournament