European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 b the stars and stripes Friday february 21, 1992st. John s slips past Syracuse by United press International Chucky sproling finally hit the jumper for which St. John s fans Nad been waiting three years. Sproling a senior was a highly touted shooting sensation when he came to St. John s As a freshman from Colorado. His career with the redmen though has been a succession of missed 3-pointers and failed expectations. Until wednesday. Sproling scored the last seven Points for St. Johns including the winning jumper with 11 seconds left to Lead the no. 23 redmen past 19th-ranked Syracuse 6362 in a big East Battle. A the is a Guy who has been struggling for the past few College basketball years and he a come through like a pro Quot St. Johns coach Lou Carnesecca said. A when other Guys Are not playing Well he a there to Hammer it Home. He made some Gutty buckets. We gave him the Ball sproling a 15-foot leaner came with one second remaining on the shot clock. Syracuse had one final Chance but freshman Lawrence Moten missed a 3-Pointer from the Corner and Conrad Mcrae missed a follow shot As time expired. A we had the opportunities inside he sproling made a Tough shot and that a the Way things happen in this game a Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. Sproling scored 17 Points to Lead St. Johns which won its fifth straight game and improved to 15-7 Overall and 9-5 in the big East. The redmen Trail first place Georgetown by a half game. Malik Sealy added 14 Points and 11 rebounds for the redmen who out rebounded Syracuse 39-25. Jason Buchanan handed out 10 assists for St. John s. Moten scored 16 of his 18 Points in the second half for the orangemen who fell to 16-6 and 8-5. David Johnson added 16 Points Mcrae 13 and Adrian Autry had 12 for Syracuse. Elsewhere on a night of upsets in the up Hall of Fame top 25, Nebraska upended no. 3 Kansas 81-79 in overtime Virginia shocked no. 4 North Carolina 8673 no. 7 Indiana demolished no. 10 Michigan state 103-73, no. 21 Oklahoma edged no. 8 Oklahoma state 70-67 Colorado tripped no. 9 Missouri 77-60 no. 12 Kentucky topped Mississippi state 89-84 no. 14 Alabama ripped Vanderbilt 85-64 Georgetown nipped no. 15 Connecticut 60-58, and no. 18 Michigan pounded Minnesota 95-70.nebraska 81, no. 3 Kansas 79, of at Lincoln neb., Jamar Johnson drilled a 3-Pointer from the Corner at the overtime Buzzer As the Corn huskers took advantage of hideous Kansas free throw shooting. Johnson a Basket came after Kansas leading 79-78, missed four straight free throws in the final 10 seconds. Nebraska a fifth Victory in their last six Home meet file Chucky sproling hits Winner thursday for St. Johns. Ings against Kansas lifted the Cor huskers to 16-6 Overall and 4-5 in the big eight. Kansas which made Only 14 of 36 free throws in the game dropped to 19-3 and 7-2.Virginia 86, no. 4 North Carolina 73 at Charlottesville va., Bryant Stith collected 30 Points and 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers 12-10 Overall and 5-6 in the acc. Cory Alexander added 24 Points for Virginia. Sophomore Derrick Phelps led the tar heels with a career High 21 Points and George Lynch added 12. North Carolina 18-4 Overall and 8-3 in the acc trails first place Duke by two games in the . 7 Indiana 103, no. 10 Michigan state 73 at Bloomington ind., Damon Bailey scored 24 Points Greg Graham added 22 and the hoosiers avenged a 76-60 loss to Michigan state 18 Days ago at East Lansing Mich. In that game Bailey went scoreless. Indiana 19-4 Overall Ana 10-2 in the big ten leads second place Ohio state by a half game heading into their showdown in Columbus Ohio sunday. The spartans dropped to 17-5 and 7-5.no. 21 Oklahoma 70, no. 8 Oklahoma state 67 at Stillwater okla., Brent Price scored 22 Points and handed out eight assists As the sooner ended the cowboys 28-game Home winning Streak. Oklahoma improved to 16-6 Overall and 4-5 in the big eight. Oklahoma state which has lost three straight fell to 21-4 and 5-4. Byron Houston led Oklahoma state with 20 Points and 12 rebounds before suffering a slight ankle sprain in the final 77, no. 9 Missouri 60 at Boulder colo., Donnie Boyce scored 21 Points Billy Law recorded 11 Points 10 assists and eight rebounds and Colorado upset a nationally ranked opponent at Home for the third straight wednesday. Colorado coming off wins Over Oklahoma and Oklahoma state the past two weeks improved to 12-10 Overall and 3-6 in the conference. The tigers 18-4, 6-3, were paced by Anthony peelers 22 . 12 Kentucky 89, Mississippi state 84 at Starkville miss., Deron Feldhaus scored 18 Points John Pelphrey added 17 and the wildcats withstood a furious Mississippi state rally. Kentucky 19-5 Overall and 8-3 in the Sec led by As Many As 14 Points in the second half before Mississippi state Cut the deficit to 3 Points with 27 seconds remaining. But the wildcats made their free throws Down the stretch paced by Richie Farmer who made All eight of his . 14 Alabama 85, Vanderbilt 64 at Tuscaloosa ala., James Robinson scored 23 Points to become the first Sophomore in Alabama history to reach the 1,000 career Point plateau and the Crimson tide rolled. Alabama 20-5 Overall and 7-4 in the Sec honoured coach wimp Sanderson in pregame ceremonies. It was Sanderson a 916th game coaching the Crimson tide in some capacity exactly one half of the schools games. Vanderbilt is 11-11 and 3-8.Georgetown 60, no. 15 Connecticut 58 at Landover md., Joey Brown stole a bobbled pass and went in for Layup at the Buzzer As the hoyas moved into sole Possession of first place in the big . 18 Michigan 95, Minnesota 70 at Ann Arbor Mich., Chris Webber scored 23 Points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Juwan Howard added 16 Points for Michigan which led by 31 Points at 62, Navy 54 Annapolis my. A Spencer Staggs scored 15 Points As army beat Navy for the second time this year. Army also got 12 Points and eight rebounds from Kevin Fricka 11 from Craig Rose and 10 from David Arda fio. Navy was led by Mark Majick with 14 Points and Brad Cougher with 10 Points and eight rebounds. Army improved to 4-20 with the Victory while Navy fell to 6-18.norman-led clippers thump lakers by the associated press los Angeles the los Angeles lakers losing Streak reached five games for the first time in 13 seasons As Ken normans 22 Points and 13 rebounds Points led the los Angeles clippers to a 125-94 Romp and their fifth straight Victory wednesday night. Loy Vaught added 14 Points and 15 rebounds in the clippers most lopsided Triumph Over the layers since the franchise was born in Buffalo in 1970. Then known As the braves their previous Best was a 124-101 win on nov. 3, 1974 at the forum. The Victory improved the clippers record to 5-0 since Larry Brown became head coach. It was Only the seventh Triumph by the clippers Over their Crosstown rivals in 43 tries since moving Here from san Diego in october 1984, and marked the first time they had beaten the lakers twice in a season since the 198586 Campaign. The lakers missing Center Sam Perkins for the second game in a Row with chronic Patella tendinitis were led by be Dale Threatt with 16 Points. In other games wednesday jazz 118, Mavericks 96 Salt Lake City Karl Malone scored 23 Points including Utah a first 11, and the jazz steadily pulled away Tonga give Dallas its 12th straight Road loss. The jazz improved its league Best Home record to 25-2 with its fifth straight Victory. The Mavericks have won just three of their last 24 112, magic 99 Orlando Fla. A Michael Jordan scored 22 of his 27 Points in the first half and Chicago rallied from a 10-Point deficit in the second Quarter to beat Orlando. Jordan also had 10 rebounds and eight assists. The bulls who improved the leagues Best Road record to 20-7, Are 230 in games in which they be held the opponents to fewer than 100 106, pistons 102 East Rutherford . Backup guard Tate George scored 10 of his 19 Points in the fourth Quarter lifting Home Appy new Jersey Over Detroit. Drazen Petrovic had 25 Points and Derrick Coleman 20 for the nets who have won eight of nine Home games despite losing nine of 12 Overall. Isiah Thomas scored 29 Points for the pistons who won their previous 10 games when scoring 100 or More. Dennis Rodman had 25 rebounds for Detroit his eighth time in 11 games with More than 20. A pacers 129, Kings 115 Indianapolis Chuck person scored 18 of his season High 41 Points in the first period and surging Indiana beat Sacramento. Reggie Miller added 24 Points for Indiana which has won nine of its last 11 games and a season High four in a Row. Detlef Schrempf contributed 18 Points and 15 103, Hawks 102, of Atlanta a Ledell Eackles matched his career High with 40 Points and Pervis Ellison had 30, including six in overtime As Washington edged Atlanta. The Hawks overcame a 14-Point second half deficit and appeared to have the game won in regulation until Eackles hit a game tying 3-Pointer from the left Corner with 4.5 seconds left in regulation to end the bullets three minute scoring drought. Washington a Victory its first in three Ames came despite Kevin Willis who and an Aba season High 33 rebounds and 20 Points for the 117, celtics 112 Oakland Calif. A Tim Hardaway posting up and penetrating almost at will scored a career High 43 Points As Golden state beat Boston for its fifth consecutive e Victory. Hardaway who twice before scored 40, made 14 of 25 shots and 13 of 15 free throws As the warriors equated their longest winning Streak this season. Chris Mullin had 27 Points and Saru Nas Marciulionis added 23 for Golden state which blew a 16-Point first half Lead before rallying. Reggie Lewis scored 30 Points and Kevin Gamble 20 for the celtics who concluded a six game Road trip with Only one Victory. De Pinckney added 16 Points and 18 rebounds a including 10 offensive a for 106, nuggets 104 Charlotte . A Johnny Newman Laid in teammate Muggsy Boguess air Ball with 1.1 seconds left As Charlotte edged Denver for its fifth Victory in seven games. Denver a Reggie Williams who finished with 31 Points and 10 rebounds had his last second jump shot 113, Timber wolves 103 san Antonio David Robinson scored 15 of his season High 39 Points in the fourth Quarter As san Antonio pulled away from Road weary Minnesota. Terry Cummings added 20 Points for san Antonio and Vinnie Johnson matched his season Best with 16
