European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Kansas bolts past Missouri for of Victory g by the associated press by the associated press Columbia to. A Rex Walters saved his Best for last As no. 6 Kansas survived its big eight conference opener. A the made some big shots for us a coach Roy Williams said of Walters who had 9 of his 21 Points in overtime As the Jay Hawks held off no. 13 Missouri 92-80 on monday night. A i d say the 3-Pointer he made after we ran Down the clock was maybe the biggest shot of the  Walters hit a 3-Pointer with 1 59 left in overtime to Pul Kansas ahead 83-78 and added two free throws with 1 17 to go to give the Jay Hawks a seven Point Lead. He said he had trouble getting into the flow of the offence until overtime. Walters went 3 for 6 from 3-Point Range. Teammate Steve Woodberry added 19 Points and was 3 for 3. Each had a 3-Pointcr in the overtime Kansas has gone 44 for 95 from 3-Point Range in its last six games. The Jay Hawks 12-1 rebounded from a loss to Louisville on saturday that ended its 24-game Home court winning Streak. Kansas won despite the fact four players fouled out three of them starters. Anthony Peeler had 30 Points and 12 rebounds for Missouri despite the fact Kansas used a Box and one defense to hold him Down in the second Walters half. Lamont Frazier did no to play in the first half but added 15 Points. Missouri was playing without 6-8 Jeff Warren who has the flu. Poor free throw shooting 33 for 49 also Hurt. It was the second straight loss after 17 victories in a Row for Missouri 11-2. The tigers winning Streak which had been the longest in the nation ended with a loss at Memphis state last wednesday. Peeler and Frazier carried Missouri in the second half to Force the overtime combining for All but eight of the tigers 37 Points. Peeler made two free throws with 1.1 seconds left in regulation to Force overtime at 73-73. In other games monday night no. 14 n. Carolina 96, Maryland 76 Chapel Hill . Hubert Davis provided a first half spark with 16 of his 26 Points As no. 14 North Carolina Shook off a slow Start and Defeated Maryland in an Atlantic coast conference game. The stars and stripes january 15,1992 a Page 28 the terrapins 7-7, 0-4 acc lost for the sixth straight time after starting the season 7-1. Brian Reese added 16 Points for North Carolina 11-2, 2-1while George Lynch had 13. Walt Williams led the terrapins with 32 Points before fouling out late. Evers Burns added 17. No. 19 Tulane 83, new Orleans 61 new Orleans a Pointer Williams a Reserve freshman Point guard scored 17 Points and had six steals As 19th-ranked Tulane remained undefeated. Four of Tulane a reserves dubbed a the posse by coach Perry Clark scored in double figures. None of the starters did a but the Green wave 120 Stilt handed new Orleans its worst Home loss in the nine years the privateers have played in lakefront Arena. Carlin Hartman and Kim Lewis each added 12 Points for Tulane and Greene had 10, All in the first half. Matt Reed and David Whitmore had nine Points apiece to Lead Tulane a starting five. Ervin Johnson led new Orleans 11-5 with 23 Points. Dyer had 16, Villanova 73, no. 21 Seton Hall 68 East Rutherford . Lance Miller hit two free throws and a jumper Early in overtime to give Villanova the Lead for Good and the wildcats took advantage of no. 21 Seton Halls woes from the free throw line to defeat the pirates. The Victory was the fourth straight for suddenly revived Villanova 6-6 and 4-1 in the big East conference and ended an eight game losing Streak against the pirates the pirates 9-4, 2-3 built a 57-46 Lead with 4 54 to play in the second half and then gave the game by missing 11 of 19 free throws attempts in the final 4 54 of regulation including six in a Row in one Missouri s Anthony Peeler right collides with Kansas Steve Woodberry monday. Stretch in the final 1 35. Miller led Villanova with 26 Points including 13 of 13 from the free throw line. The wildcats were 32 of 37 from the free throw line for the game compared to Seton Halls dismal 19 of 37. Terry Deere led the pirates with 17 Points before fouling out. West Virginia 87, notre Dame 67 Morgantown . Guard Chris Leonard scored 30 Points and keyed a 22-6 first half run that gave West Virginia 9-5 control of the game in a Victory Over notre Dame 4-6elmer Bennett scored 15 for the Irish. Navy 75, Loyola my. 73 Baltimore John Haase scored 23 Points As Navy beat Loyola my. 75-73 monday night. Midshipman Victor Miek Al hit two free throws with seven seconds remaining to Clinch the Victory. Loyola s Michael Reese Ted All scorers with 26 Points hitting a three Point Field goal with seven seconds remaining. Green added 23 Points for the greyhounds. Derrick Wall and Nick Marusich scored 15 Points each for Navy. Graf pulls out in Australia Melbourne Australia apr three time australian open Champion Steffi Graf withdrew from the tournament tuesday citing a viral infection. The women a Tennis association made the announcement just australian open a see p. 23,25 hours before she was due to play her first round match against compatriot Katja Oeljeklaus. The German player was affected by a Middle ear infection during the hopman cup in Perth 10 Days ago. She won the australian open in 1988,1989 and 1990. Lucky loser Ann de Vries of Belgium will take grass place in the draw organizers said. Magic still wants to be on olympic squad inside sports Norwood still haunted by a the miss a Page 25 shorthanded clippers beat sonics a Page 26 Jordan voted male athlete of year a Page 26 Moses drops olympic bobsled bid a Page 27 Washington a magic Johnson said monday he intends to play for the United states olympic basketball team at the Barcelona games this sum Mer. Johnson who retired from the los angles lakers after testing positive for the Luman immunodeficiency virus that leads to aids was picked for the . Team before he announced on nov. 7 that he had tested positive for his. He had not previously said whether he still intended to be part of the olympic team although he said he hoped he could a a a a. This is the first olympics in which a players Are eligible to compete. A i will play in the olympics a Johnson said in response to a question from a student at Cardozo High  the virus i can still  Johnson declined comment on the current state of his health. He has become a spokesman for Safe sex since disclosing his diagnosis. He came to Washington for a meeting tuesday of the presidents aids commission. Johnson declined to say whether he had been Given medical clearance to play i a Eam which is comprised of 10 of the a bad Stop players including Michael Jordan Patrick Ewing Charles Barkley Karl Malone and Chris Mullin. A a he a still a member of the team and if he feels he Sable to compete he will provided he a healthy of course a Usa basketball spokesman Craig Miller said today from Colorado Springs Colo. A there is no Ioc Rule that would prevent someone with his from competing in the  meanwhile the lakers announced at Inglewood calif., monday that they will retire Johnson a no. 32 at their feb. 16 game at the forum against Boston. The lakers have previously retired four numbers Jerry West s no. 44, Elgin Baylor a 22, Wilt chamberlains 13 and Kareem Abdul Jabbary a 33