European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 a the stars and stripes Friday january 10, 1992klingler Hopes bowl prepares him for nil Honolulu apr Houston quarterback David Klingler looks at saturday s Hula bowl As a Chance to prepare for the future. Klingler played his entire College career in a run and shoot offence that employed four wide receivers one running Back and no tight end. Come saturday though Klingler will get a Chance to run a pro style offence. A it will be a Good Opportunity to get used to a tight end and two backs. It will be a Good Warmup Quot Klingler said wednesday. A there s going to be a Day when i be got to learn to throw to a tight end so i might As Well get a head Klingler and Fresno state s Tommy Barsotti will get plenty of chances to showcase their arms in the 46th annual game As West coach Lavoll Edwards of pass Happy Brigham Young said he plans to put the Ball in the air most of the time. A we re going to throw it a Little bit Quot Klingler said. A we have a couple of running plays but for the most part its going to be that has t made the West running backs Happy but they re taking it in stride. A when we were out practising passing routes coach Edwards told the receivers to go Here and the tight ends to go there Quot Urcla running Back Kevin Smith said. A when i asked him what he wanted the backs to do he said just go Over to the Side and throw some balls to each other a kind of like an afterthought. We Haven to gone Over any running plays yet. Still Smith said he hoped once Edwards saw that the backs could catch passes that they would be integrated More into the offence. A we have Good quarterbacks and Good receivers so if that a his game plan i m All for it Quot Smith said. Its much the same thing for the East team where Florida state s Casey Weldon and Virgin a a Matt Blundin tried to develop timing with receivers they Haven t met before this week. A a it a real simple stuff. But without cohesion its Tough to execute on offence Quot Weldon said. Quot the defense has the Edge they can just turn it East coach Steve Spurrier of Florida said the hardest part has been getting the players to forget the Way their teams run plays or what they Call them. A the terminology is the hardest part Quot he said. A a we re just trying to coach up these simple Little pass patterns but most All of these Guys had different systems and different ways of running Surprise orangemen 83-74old pro English still shooting lights out in italian league Columbia . A former Aba Star Alex English who turned is this week still has some basketball left. English has averaged 17.1 Points in his first three games for the Napoli Basket team of the italian league. The Columbia native spent 15 years in the Aba before playing out his contract with the Dallas Mavericks last year. When no Aba team called this season English left in mid december for Italy where he said he would play out his career while experiencing european culture and travel. Widely known for his interest in poetry acting and the arts English had talked about playing in Europe to broaden his children a and his own education. English the a bad a seventh All time leading scorer with 25, 13 Points led the Aba in scoring in 1983 with Denver. The -toot-7, 190-Pound Forward made the Aba All Star team eight times while playing for the nuggets before finishing his career at Dallas. A we tried looking for a situation for Alex in the Aba Quot said Jerry Levine English s agent. A but what we found was almost All Aba teams were looking for younger so English turned to agent Joe class a specialist in placing players abroad. By the associated press for four straight seasons Syracuse has started out with at least 10 straight victories. And for the second time the Streak has been stopped by Pittsburgh. Sean Miller scored All 11 of his Points in the last 4 08 and the panthers stung the no. 20 orangemen 83-74 wednesday night. Syracuse 10-1, 2-1 big East led by seven Points in the second half before pit came Back to win at Home. Darren Morningstar added 21 Points for the panthers. Pitt also got in the Way in the 1988-89 season when it saddled Syracuse with its first loss after 13 wins. In other games no. 1 Duke beat Maryland 83-66, no. 4 Kansas downed Wichita state 81-51, Memphis College basketball state upset no. 12 Missouri 89-78, no. 16 Alabama Defeated no. 13 Arkansas 65-63, no. 14 Georgia tech beat North Carolina state 80-63, Virginia upended no. 19 Wake Forest 58-53, no. 22 North Carolina Char lotto Defeated Virginia tech 62-53 and West Virginia held off no. 25 Massachusetts 76-75. Pitt one of the nations worst free throw shooting teams at 58 percent entering the game scored its last nine Points from the foul line. Miller was 8 for 8 Down the stretch and also made a Long 3-Pointer. Pitt 10-4, 2-0 beat no. 18 Seton Hall last week and Morningstar and Miller kept the panthers unbeaten in the big East. Morningstar who has 37 Points in two conference games was particularly effective muscling aside 6-foot-ii Syracuse Junior Dave Siock to score off feeds by Miller and Mccullough. Morningstar divided playing time with 6-11 Eric Mobley who scored All nine of his Points in the first half. The panthers put it away when Orlando Antigua was fouled by Mike Hopkins while going for a Loose Ball and Mcrae Drew a technical foul for shoving Miller to the floor. Antigua made one of two free throws and Miller made both of the technical foul shots making it 79-71 with 55 seconds left. David Johnson scored 24 Points and made four of Syracuse s eight 3-pointers. Freshman Lawrence Moten added 17 . 1 Duke 83, Maryland 66 Thomas Hill scored 25 Points and Duke pulled away to beat Maryland for the ninth straight time. The Blue devils 9-0, 3-0 Atlantic coast conference led by 13 Points at halftime and scored the first i0 Points of the second half for a 51-28 Lead. Maryland 7-5, 0-2 never got closer than 14 Points after that and lost their fourth in a Row. The terrapins lost for the first time in seven Home games Bobby Hurley made three 3-pointers for Duke giving him a school record 129 in his . 4 Kansas 81, Wichita state 51 Adonis Jordan had 20 Points As Kansas won easily at Wichita state to stay unbeaten. The Jay Hawks 11-0 used their fast break for a 48-30 Lead at halftime and added the first 10 Points of the second half. Wichita state 2-7 made Only 19 of 53 shots and lost its seventh straight state 89, no. 12 Missouri 78 Missouri a Streak of 17 straight regular season victories ended when Anfernee Hardaway scored 2ft Points to Lead Memphis state. Missouri ill was within 69-66 with 7 50 left. But in the Battle of teams named the tigers the hosts scored the next nine Points to break it open. Hardaway shot 8 of 15 from the Field and was 9 of 11 from the foul line. Kelvin Allen added 14 Points for Memphis state 7-3. Anthony Peeler scored 25 Points for . 16 Alabama 65, no. 13 Arkansas 63 Latrell Sprewell made two key defensive plays in the last seven seconds and Alabama held on to win its eighth straight game. Alabama 13-1 led 64-63 when Todd Day who led All scorers with 21 Points made a Layup that apparently put Arkansas 12-3 ahead with seven seconds left. But pay was called for charging into Sprewell and the Basket was disallowed. After Sprewell made one foul shot he stole the Ball from Lee Mayberry at mid court in the closing moments no. 14 Georgia tech 80, North Carolina state 63 Malcolm Mackey had 24 Points and 12 rebounds As Georgia Lech won its first acc Road game of the season. Yellow jackets Malcolm Mackey dunks Over Wolf packs Anthony Robinson in Raleigh . Wednesday night. Mackey made his first seven shots and finished 10-for-13. Tech 12-2 forced 11 turnovers in the first half and led 42-28 at the break. Tom Gugliotta scored 21 Points for North Carolina state 6-5. Virginia 58, no. 19 Wake Forest 53 Bryant Stith scored 24 Points including seven of Virginia a last nine As the Cavaliers won at Home. Wake Forest 8-2, 1-1 acc trailed by 12 at halftime before rallying for a 45-43 Lead with 10 32 left. But Virginia 6-5, 2-1 went ahead 49-47 and Stith made sure it stayed that Way. Rodney Rogers scored 20 Points for the Demon deacons who had won four in a Row. No. 22 North Carolina Charlotte 62, a. Tech 53 Henry Williams scored 22 Points and North Caroti a Charlotte rallied to win for the second time in three Days. Williams made two 3-pointers As the 49ers overcame a 45-44 deficit in the final nine minutes. The game was the metro conference opener for both teams. Unic 10-1 beat North Carolina Wilmington in overtime monday night. The 49ers led 26-24 at halftime this time and again had trouble breaking away. John Rivers scored 13 Points for visiting Virginia tech 5-6. West Virginia 76, no. 25 Massachusetts 75 West Virginia held off a last minute rally and won at Massachusetts. The minutemen who got into the rankings this week after saturdays Victory Over then no. 14 Oklahoma trailed 76-70 with 21 seconds left. Tony Barbee a 3-Pointer with two seconds remaining left Massachusetts just Short. Pervines Greene scored 15 Points for the mountaineers 7-5, 1-1 Atlantic 10. Harper Williams had 23 Points for Massachusetts 11-3, 0-2
