European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 c the stars and stripes tuesday february 4, 1992 cowboys go 20-0 with 84-61 rout of no. 8 Missouri by the associated press of All the great teams in big eight history going Back to the Days of Wilt Chamberlain and beyond none Ever did what Oklahoma state has done this season. The third ranked cowboys improved to 20-0, the Best Start in league history by routing visiting no. 8 Missouri 84-61 sunday. The Victory coupled with a loss by second rated Urcla earlier in the week will certainly move Oklahoma state up a notch still behind no. 1 Duke. This week the cowboys play at Nebraska on wednesday and then return Home saturday for a big meeting with no. 5 Kansas which is also Likely to Advance a couple of spots in the next poll. A even though we May both be undefeated in the big eight its still up for grabs a Oklahoma state Star Byron Houston said. A we might hit a slump or they might hit a slump or other teams might Start stepping up and playing a lot better than what they re  Oklahoma state won its 27th straight Home game led by Corey Williams 22 Points. Houston added 19 Points and seven rebounds. The cowboys and Kansas 16-1 Are each 4-0 in the big eight. Missouri is 14-3 Overall and 2-2 in the league. Quot i thought experience was the difference Between the two teams today a Missouri coach Norm Stewart said. A they have four seniors and they played like four seniors. We could not come up with any Breaks. It seemed everything bounced their  Anthony Peeler leading the big eight with a 26.7-Point average was held to 18 Points. Williams with some help from Cornell watchers was responsible for stopping Peeler. A Corey and Cornell did a sensational Job on one of the Premier guards that we College basketball have not Only in our league but in College basketball a Cowboy coach Eddie Sutton said. A Corey not Only did a great Job defensively but he had one of his Best offensive performances since in be been  Oklahoma state built a 16-Point Lead and finished the first half with a 45-37 Edge. Missouri managed Only three baskets in the first four minutes of the second half As and Oklahoma state pulled away. In other games sunday no. 9 Arizona 86, Oregon St. 58 Sean Rooks scored 20 Points and Arizona 15-3, 5-2 Pac-10 forced 21 turnovers including 11 steals. The wildcats led 39-22 at halftime. Leu 74, no. 14 Kentucky 53 Shaquille of Neal had 20 Points 20 rebounds and six blocked shots As leu won easily at Home. The tigers 13-4, 5-2 Southeastern conference hit their outside shots Early and later of Neal dominated inside against Kentucky 15-5,5-3. Overtime record set at Norfolk va., old Dominion and William amp Mary set an Mcaa record for the most Points by two teams in an overtime period by combining for 40 Points. Old Dominion outscored William amp Mary 25-15 in the overtime and won the saturday menus game 102-92. The previous record was 39 a 23 by Mississippi state and 16 by Louisiana state a on Jan. 4,1991. The 25 Points by old Dominion in one overtime period tied the record shared by Texas a amp a against North Carolina on March 9, 1980, and by Wisconsin Green Bay against Cleveland state on feb. 27, 1988. Oklahoma states Byron Houston 35 decks Missouri a Jeff Warren during sundays  finds a place for Hawkins legend by Joe Gergen new Day in ushering Connie Hawkins into the Naismith memorial basketball Hall of Fame the electors honoured the myth As much As the Man. I use the term in the contemporary sense meaning someone whose greatest feats were not performed on network or Cable television. Unlike the vast majority of his Peers Hawkins finest moments have been passed Down byword of Mouth. Its All Well and Good that Hawkins was chosen for the All Star team in his first four National basketball association seasons. But the Man was 27 before he played a game in the company of the Best professionals of his time and what be achieved with the Phoenix suns merely suggested the kind of Talent he had been. He left his imprint in High school on the new York playgrounds with the Harlem globetrotters the life. American basketball league and the american basketball association leaving us to rely mostly on Oral history in assessing his Contri Hawkins Button to basketball. A a in a love to have coached him at 19,�?� Cotton Fitzsimmons said one night. This was in 1976 and Fitzsimmons was coaching the Atlanta Hawks with whom Hawkins was concluding his abbreviated Aba career. A a there a no question in my mind that at 19, he was the Best Ever to play the game at that time a Fitzsimmons said. Of course by 19, Hawkins was a cult figure. Five years older than Kareem Abdul Jabbar he was regarded As the most gifted player in new York Schoolboy annals. He was the Hawk Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. A a it a hard being a living legend a the Man said at 33 As he considered his final appearance at Madison Square Garden. �?o1commentary started at 17.�?� fortunately for Hawkins the basketball Hall of Fame is open to players at All Levels of the sport Amateur and professional alike. The Aba chapter or his life which was compressed into seven seasons was summed up in Brilliant fashion by Joe Gilmartin the Phoenix Gazette columnist. Quot Connie Hawkins is a work of Art a the Man once wrote. A sometimes poetry in motion sometimes still  the athleticism the huge hands the moves that made Hawkins special still were in evidence with the suns. What was lacking upon occasions was the intensity the passion. If he had worked with him during his prime said Fitzsimmons the once and current coach at Phoenix a my thing would have been to get him More organized in team  not surprisingly it is As a soloist that Hawkins is Best remembered. In a the City game a the wonderful sociological study of new York basketball authored by the late Pete Axthelm former Marquette Star Pat Smith recalled camping out in a tree on the Day the Hawk showed up at a Harlem playground for a Rucker tournament game already under Way against a team that featured an Aba Star named Wilt Chamberlain. At the time Hawkins was a year or two out of boys High a Man without a team or a league. A the crowd was hushed As they called timeout a Smith said. A they surrounded the Man. They undressed the Man. And finally he finished lacing up his sneakers and walked out into the backcourt. He got the Ball picked up Speed and started his first move. Chamberlain came right out to Stop him. The Hawk went up a he was still Way out beyond the foul line a and started floating toward the Basket. Wilt taller and stronger stayed right with him but then the Hawk Hook dunked the Ball right Over Chamberlain. He Hook dunked nobody had Ever done anything like that to Wilt. The crowd went so crazy that they had to Stop the game for five minutes. And i almost fell out of the tree. If he Hadnot pursued the matter legally that might have been the extent of Hawkins Fame. As a freshman at the University of Iowa he was embroiled in a fixing scandal. He was never indicted or even accused of shaving Points but he had consorted with gamblers. As a result his College career was ruined and he was barred from the Aba. After touring with the Trotters and starring in the ignored Abl and with patroness Aba teams in Pittsburgh and Minnesota Hawkins won a million Dollar lawsuit and gained admission to the Aba As a member of the suns. He earned All Star status that first year and for three years thereafter i never expected miracles from him Quot said Fitzsimmons the coach during the Hawks second and third seasons in Phoenix but i think the Aba did. He was a legend when he got to the league. If he did no to give you a swoop shot people were disappointed. I love the Guy. I never Felt Connie Ever let me Down. There were nights he did no to play As Well As 1 thought he could or he Felt he could. But i loved to watch him  his desire to win May have been sapped by those dreary add i Lour an n lie empty Arenas of the Abl and Aba. We were going to Chicago stadium one night Quot Fitzsimmons recalled. A it was a big game for us. And Connie said one thing about when i was with the Trotters when you got on the bus you knew the  a Hawkins never had the Opportunity to be a Champion. He made the Hall of Fame As a showman a precursor of Julius trying and Michael Jordan. Think of the Man waving the pall Over his head in his huge right hand then turning soaring and swooping toward the Basket. Alas it was a rare sight alter those first four years in Phoenix. The spectacular moves and dunks were relegated to memory. I be got to save my Energy now Quot Hawkins said As he con emulated the end of his career at 33. A a they be heard the forc a ii a a years Ater hat legend has been preserved Bah of Fame. It is no Small service to Basket