European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes monday february 10, 1992 College basketball Duke cowboys rebound against top 25 squads by the associated press top ranked Duke and no. 2 Oklahoma state did no to take Long to recover from their first losses of the season. Three Days after those defeats the Blue devils and cowboys came Back with impressive victories saturday Over ranked teams. Dukes Christian laettner and Lsuis Shaquille of Neal battled to a draw in a showdown of the nations Best big men but fill in guard Grant Hill helped the Blue devils beat the no. 22 tigers 77-67 at Baton Rouge. At Stillwater Oklahoma state extended its Home winning Streak to 28 games with a foul plagued 64-56 Victory Over third ranked Kansas. Sean Sutton son of Cowboy coach Eddie Sutton scored seven straight Points late in the game to Seal the Victory for Oklahoma state which was beaten by Nebraska on wednesday. The 6-foot-11 laettner had 22 Points and 10 rebounds while 7-1 of Neal had 25 Points and 12 rebounds. But 6-8 Hill subbing at Point guard for injured Bobby Hurley had 16 Points nine rebounds and six assists to help the Blue devils 18-1 Bounce Back from their loss to North Carolina. Hill who usually starts at Forward switched positions after Hurley broke his foot in the North Carolina game. Hurley is expected to be out for three weeks. Oklahoma state 21-1 and Kansas 17-2 Are tied for the big eight Lead at 51. The cowboys used a 13-2 surge to take a 49-32 Lead with 11 34 remaining. But Kansas which had won All seven of its Road games this season rallied to Cut it to 54-48 with 4 45 left before Sutton a surge helped put the game away. Sutton finished with 16 Points while Rex Walters led Kansas with 18. In other games saturday no. 4 Urcla 82, Washington St. 61 Tracy Murray scored 20 Points and Don Maclean added 19 Points and 10 rebounds As Urcla beat Washington state for the 33rd straight time in los Angeles to remain tied for the Pac-10 Lead with Southern Cal. Urcla 17-1, 8 1 is off to its Best Start since 1973-74, when it went 18-1 before losing its second saturday a games game. The cougars dropped to 16-6 and 4-5.Memphis St. 92, no. 5 Arkansas 88 Anthony Douglas had 24 Points and nine rebounds As Memphis state handed visiting Arkansas its second straight defeat. David Vaughn finished with 23 Points and 10 rebounds while Billy Smith also had 23 Points for Memphis state 13-6. Todd nuni Day led Arkansas 17-5 with 20 Points no. 8 Ohio St. 71, Purdue 59 Jim Jackson scored 23 Points and Ohio state used spurts in each half for its 30th consecutive Home Victory. Jamaal Brown added 14 Points for the buckeyes and held Woody Austin the big tends second leading scorer with a 21-Point average to eight Points. Ohio state improved to 16-3 Overall and 8-1 in the big ten taking a Hal game Lead Over Indiana. Travis Trice scored a 21 Points for Purdue 12-9, 4-5 no. 9 . 80, Wake Forest 78 Brian Reese tracked Down his own missed shot and hit a 16-foot jumper with 1.3 seconds left As North Carolina overcame a 22-Point deficit. The tar heels 17-3, 7-2 beat the visiting Demon deacons 12-7, 4-6 for the 10tn straight time. Hubert Davis led North Carolinas second half charge scoring 23 of his career High 30  Hall 81, no. 10 Conn. 69 Terry Deere scored 24 Points and Jerry Walker added 22 As Seton Hall 136, 3-3 handed the huskies their third consecutive big East loss and their first defeat at Home in nearly a year. Chris Smith had 23 Points for the huskies 164, 7-3 no. 11 Mich. St. 79, Wisconsin 64 Mike Peplowski muscled inside for 19 Points and career High 16 rebounds and Michigan state used a late first half spurt to win at Wisconsin. Michigan state 15-4 Overall 5-4 big ten raced to a 19-Point halftime Lead. Dukes Christian laettner right and Lsuis Maurice Williamson scramble after Loose Ball. Wisconsin led by 24 Points from Tracy Webster fell to 11-11 and 2-7.no. 14tulane97, Virginia Commonwealth 80 Anthony Reed scored 14 of his 16 Points in the second half As Tulane 18-2, 6-0 pulled away from visiting ecu to stay on top in the metro conference. Tulane Reserve Center Makeba Perry got 13 Points in the first half and finished with 17 and 10 . 16 so. Cal 59, Washington 56 Rodney Chatman a free throw with 45.1 seconds remaining broke a tie and Harold Miner added two More with 18.5 seconds led us 16-3, 8-1 past visiting Washington for its eighth straight . 18 Alabama 85, Tennessee 68 Latrell Sprewell scored 24 Points including 15 in the second half As Alabama pulled away at Home. Alabama 19-4, 6-3 Southeastern conference went ahead 48-39 with 16 51 left throws but Tennessee 13-8, 5-4 closed to 48-46 with 15 58 remaining. Alabama rebuilt the Lead to 64-54 with 10 55 remaining. The vols closed to 6458 before Alabama scored 11 consecutive Points for a 75-58 . 19 Kentucky 85, Auburn 67 Reserve Gimel Martinez scored 17 Points including five during a 16-2 run Early in the second half that helped visiting Kentucky break out of a slump. The wildcats who had lost three of their last four games by an average of 20 Points led nearly the entire Way against Auburn. Kentucky is 16-5 and 6-3 in the Sec. The tigers Are 10-10,4-6.no. 20 . Charlotte 95, Davidson 85 Hemy Williams scored 19 of his 26 Points in the second half saturday night As visiting North Carolina Charlotte 164 beat Cross county rival Davidson 7 11 for the second time this . 23 Florida St. 102, Clemson 90 Doug Edwards scored 27 Points and Little used Junior Reserve Byron Wells added 13 Points and eight rebounds for Host Florida state. Florida state 15-6, 7-4 Atlantic coast conference led 51-34 at halftime. Edwards hit 14 straight free throws for the winners who made 37 of 48 from the foul  runs Downs air Force 73-44 Elpaso Texas apr it was supposed to be an easy game for Texas Elpaso. But for the first six minutes it certainly did no to look that Way to coach Don Haskins. The Falcons took a 9-4 Lead before Haskins sent in Johnny Melvin. Melvin sparked the miners on a 21-4 run during the next 10 minutes and the 25th-ranked miners rolled to a 73-44 Victory saturday Over air Force. A i read the paper this morning and it said it was going to be real easy a Haskins said. A after 10 minutes 1 Wasny to real sure of that. Fortunately we finally got our act  Malron Maxey had 16 Points and Prince Stewart added 11 Points for step 18-3, 8-2. Otis Jones 10 Points led the Falcons 7-14, 1-9. Air Force which was averaging 57 Points in conference games connected on just 5 of 15 shots from the Field in the first half. Bailey leads hoosiers to 81-66 rout of Iowa by Steve Herman Bloomington ind. Apr Indiana made sure sunday that history did no to repeat itself. Damon Bailey scored 26 Points As the no. 6 hoosiers beat the Iowa 81-66, protecting a big Lead instead of squandering one As it did a year ago. It Wasny to easy though. Indiana 17-3, 8-1 big ten used a 14-3 first half Streak to build a 17-Point Lead. But Iowa 13-6, 5-4 closed to 41-30 at the break and within five Midway through the second half. Last year Indiana led by 16 Points in the second half before Iowa rallied in regulation and won 80-79 in overtime on a tip in by James Moses at the Buzzer. Calbert Cheaney who had Only 6 Points in the first half had eight during another 13-5 burst that ended Iowa a  game Cheaney finished with 17 for the hoosiers. Acie Earl led Iowa with 16. The Hawk eyes Only Lead this time was on the first Basket of the game. Iowa never came closer than five after Indiana took a 19-13 Lead on consecutive 3-pointers by Bailey Greg Graham and Bailey and a one hand rebound slam by Cheaney. Earl Iowa a leading scorer managed Only one Field goal in the first half. Moses who had 14 Points also keyed the Hawk eyes second half rally with two baskets a steal and an assist on a Basket by Chris Street that Cut the hoosiers Lead to 52-47 with 12 minutes to go. Indiana again built its Lead to 13, and Iowa never came closer than 7 in the final three minutes