European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes wednesday february 5, 1992syracuse nips Connecticut by United press International Syracuse . A next time Lawrence Moten May save his kisses for pos game celebrations. Mike Hopkins sent in to replace injured Conrad Mcrae made one of two free throws with three seconds left monday night and no. 12 Syracuse moved into first place in the big East with an 84-83 Victory Over loth ranked Connecticut. With the score tied 83-83, Mcrae was fouled underneath by Toraino Walker while shooting and Hurt his shooting Arm. Unable to shoot the free throws Mcrae was forced to the Bench and Syracuse coach Jim Boe Heim inserted Hopkins a 50 percent free throw shooter on the season. Hopkins made his first attempt and Moten who scored 23 Points walked up to Hopkins and gave him a kiss on the left Cheek. It was nearly the kiss of death. Hopkins apparently unnerved by the Peck shot an air Ball on his second attempt giving Connecticut a final Chance. A i was confident at the line and concentrated and i made it. Moten kissed me and it changed everything a Hopkins said. Following a timeout the huskies got the Ball to guard Chris Smith. He was trapped at Hal court by Adrian Autry and Mcrae who tipped Smiths pass out of Bounds As the Buzzer  basketball Mcrae a injured Arm had apparently made a Quick recovery during the timeout. Maybe Moten kissed it and made it feel better. Syracuse battled Back from 9-Point halftime deficit to improve to 16-3 Overall and 8-3 in the league. The orangemen have won 20 straight games at the Carrier dome. Dave Johnson scored 26 Points for the orangemen who attempted a big East record 32 3-pointers, making eight. _ a we picked up the intensity in the second Hupf a said Autry who had 12 Points and seven assists. A the last play we just wanted to keep him Smith in front of us and not  Connecticut 16-3 Overall fell to 7-3 in the big East after suffering its second straight league loss. The huskies were blown out by St. Johns 90-57 saturday. Chris Smith led Connecticut with 25 Points Rod Sellers added 15 and Scott Burrell 14. Connecticut freshman Brian fair who scored 19 Points in his first Start had Given the huskies an 83-79 Ead with 2 21 remaining. The orangemen tied the score when Johnson scored off a rebound with 1 29 left and Moten recorded a steal and Dunk with 1 01 remaining. In other games monday night no. 3 Kansas 80, Kansas state 58 Lawrence Kan. A Junior College Transfer Eric Pauley scored a career High 17 Points to lift third ranked Kansas to an 80-58 big eight Victory. The Jay Hawks winners 18 times in the last 22 meetings against their state rivals improved to 17-1 Overall and 5-0 in the conference. The wildcats fell to 11-7 and 1-4. The Jay Hawks won their 12th straight big eight Victory at Home. Kansas surpassed Kansas state As the All time Leader in big eight victories. Since the league was formed in 1958, Kansas is 297-170 in the conference and the wildcats Are 296-171.wake Forest 69, no. 13 Tulane 66 Winston Salem . A Rodney Rogers recorded 21 Points 12 rebounds and made two key free throws with three seconds to give the Demon deacons the upset of Tulane. Wake Forest 12-6, shot 60 percent from the floor and dominated the boards out rebounding the Green wave 41-29. Rogers made 7 of 8 shots in the first half and finished 9 of 12 from the floor. David Whitmore led Tulane 16-2, with 14 Points Matt Greene added 13, and Kim Lewis and Anthony Reed added 10 apiece. Tulane was held to its lowest Point total this season. Penguins goalie Tom Barrasso looks to cover the puck As his defens Eman Grant Jen Ninga a hard Check takes Keith Primeau of the red wings out of the  ties Detroit by the associated press Pittsburgh Pittsburgh a new no. 1 line of Bryan Trottier Mark rec Chi and Kevin Stevens combined for four goals As Pittsburgh rallied twice to tie Detroit 4-4 on monday night extending a four year unbeaten Streak against the red wings. The penguins Are 7-0-4 in their last 11 games against the red wings. Trottier filling in for the injured Mario Lemieux and Recchi scored twice apiece As the penguins withstood Sergei Fedorovas two goals to rally from deficits of 2-0 and 43. Steve Yzerman and Fedorov scored it Detroit ahead be third period goals to put fore Recchi tied it with 4 41 remaining. In mondays other nil game North stars 4, Maple Leafs 2 Bloomington Minn. A Brian Bellows broke a 2-2 second period tie with his first goal in nine games As Minnesota ended Toronto a four game winning Streak. Bellows who scored 90 goals in the last two seasons got his 18th at 2 35 of the Middle period. Jim Johnson scored an empty net goal to provide the final margin. The loss dropped the Leafs 11 Points behind Minnesota in the race for the final Norris division playoff berth. Underclassmen add Quality to nil draft by Dave Goldberg new York a the Quantity is about the same but the Quality is much higher for underclassmen choosing to enter this years nil draft. A total of 34 players led by Heisman trophy Winner Desmond Howard were officially certified monday As entrants in the leagues lottery which will be conducted april 26-27. That compares with 38 and 33 in the first two seasons in which underclassmen were unconditionally admitted. But a dozen or More could be first round picks this season More than the first two years combined. That a in part a product of increasing pressure by agents who see the Advent of a Rookie salary scale that would eliminate seven figure signing bonuses for first year players. A i would think you have 13 or 14 who Are potential first round picks a new York giants general manager George Young said. A but How Good is the draft ask me in three or four  two years ago a total of 38 players declared. Eight were taken in the first round three More in the second. But Overall just 18 were chosen. Last season 33 underclassmen came out but just two went in the first round Eric Swann the Semi pro player taken sixth Overall by Phoenix and Todd Marinovich the Southern California quarterback who went to the los Angeles raiders. Swann played in 12 games despite a knee injury and Marinovich came on late although he had a terrible Day in the raiders playoff loss to Kansas City. This year the first five picks could be underclassmen better even than in 1990, when five of the first seven were juniors. Three of the underclassmen taken in 1990 a san Diego a Junior seau Dallas Emmitt Smith and Chicago a Mark Carrier a played in the pro bowl sunday and the giants Rodney Hampton and Smith were among just seven 1,000-Yard rushers in the nil this past season. This years group is led by Howard the All purpose receiver kick returner who is More highly regarded this year than rag hib a a rocket Ismail was when he was considered the no. 1 Choice in the draft before signing with Toronto of the Cal. Howard who is also talking to the Canadian league is considered a better Prospect but probably wont be the first Overall pick defensive lineman Steve saints acquire another Mora new Orleans a Jim Mora son of new Orleans head coach Jim Mora has been hired to coach the saints defensive backs the team announced monday. The younger Mora 30, fills the vacancy created last week when Dom Capers was named defensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steeles. He joins the saints after serving three years As secondary coach for the san Diego chargers. The younger morals appointment widely speculated after Capers departure is just the second change to occur on the saints staff since the elder Mora became head coach in 1986. The younger morals appointment also forms the second father son coaching combination in saints history. Wade Phillips now defensive coordinator with Denver served As the saints defensive coordinator under his father bum Phillips from 1981 to 1985. Emtman of Washington is liable to get that designation. Emtman a 280-Pounder, is considered a Strong run stopper who needs work on his pass Rush but is likened Overall to Ray Childress of Houston one of the leagues Best defensive linemen. The Indianapolis Colts who have the drafts first two picks reportedly Are considering Emtman and another underclassmen offensive tackle David Whitfield of Stanford. Howard actually is not an underclassman. He graduates this Spring. But because he was re shirted As a freshman he has a year of eligibility left. He is expected to go in the top Hal dozen picks and so May defensive end Sean Gilbert of Pittsburgh and Marco Coleman a pass Rushing defensive end and linebacker from Georgia tech. The Only senior who might drop into that group is Houston quarterback David Klingler