European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 c the stars and stripes monday february 24,1992irish, Wolf pack pull off upsets by the associated press there a no sweeter Victory for notre Dame than a win Over Urcla. And there a no one North Carolina state would rather beat than North Carolina. Both got their wish on saturday. Daimon Sweet scored 25 Points As the fighting Irish upset second ranked Urcla 84-71 at South Bend. Kevin Thompson scored a career High 29 Points As . State beat no. 4 North Carolina for the second time in a month 99-94 at Chapel Hill. It Wasny to notre Dames first shocking upset of Urcla saturday s College hoops at the athletic and convocation Center. The Irish ended the Bruins record 88-game winning Streak there on Jan. 19,1974. Kind of thing happens Kucla coach Jim Harrick said a the season is just too Long and too hard and this a a _ happens Kucla a a a a after saturdays loss. Laphonso Ellis added 22 Points for notre Dame 1111which has won four straight at Home against the Bruins 21-2the last time . State beat North Carolina twice during the regular season was 1974, when the Wolf pack was in route to a National championship. This time state 10-15 Overall 48 acc needed the Victory Over the tar heels 18-5, 8-4 to snap a school record nine game losing Streak. In other games involving ranked teams it was no. 3 Kansas 54, Kansas state 52 no. 10 Arkansas 90, no. 14 Alabama 87 no. 11 Michigan state 70, Purdue 68 no. 12 univ 69, new Mexico state 58 no. 15 Southern Cal 73, Stanford 72 no. 19 Cincinnati 104, South Alabama 78 no. 20 Michigan 76, Northwestern 63 no. 21 Connecticut 94, Providence 73 Villanova 74, no. 22 Seton Hall 59 Nebraska 80, no. 23 Iowa state 70 and no. 24 St. Johns 71, Pittsburgh 65. Also Prairie View tied an Mcaa record with its 27th straight loss a 108-86 defeat to Texas Southern that enabled the tigers to Clinch a tie for the southwestern athletic conference championship. Prairie View 0-27 is the Only Mcaa division i team without a Victory this season. The panthers share the Mcaa record for most losses in a season with Washington state 6-27, 1953 Pacific 3-27, 1984 . International 1-27, 1985 and George Washington 1-27, 1989 no. 3 Kansas 54, Kansas stats 52 Steve Wood Beriy a 12-footer at the Buzzer gave the Jay Hawks their ninth straight Victory in Manhattan. The Jay Hawks 20-3 Overall 8-2 big eight got the Ball when Askia Jones Kansas states leading scorer missed from the Corner and Rex Walters grabbed the rebound with 24 seconds left. After a timeout Woodberry worked free on the right Corner and hit the winning Basket. Kansas reached the 20-win plateau for the third straight year and became the first big eight team with 300 conference . 10 Arkansas 90, no. 14 Alabama 87 Todd Day hit a tie breaking Bank shot with 23 seconds left and Reserve Warren Linn scored a career High 22 Points for the Razorbacks at Fayetteville. Arkansas 20-6 Overall 9-3 took Over first place in the Western division of the Southeastern conference. Alabama dropped to 20-6 Overall and 7-5 in the . 11 Michigan St. 70, Purdue 68 Mark Montgomery a steal and breakaway Layup with 50 seconds left gave the spartans a win Over the visiting boilermakers. No. 12 univ 69, new Mexico state 58 . Rider had 27 Points and seven rebounds As univ clinched its lot straight big West conference regular season championship. Elmore Spencer scored 16 Points and Dexter Boney. A a a a sax is the longest in the country. Univ 24-2, Lft-0 has also won 47 straight games at the Thomas amp Mack Center the longest current Home court winning . 15 Southern Cal 73, Stanford 72 Harold miners driving Layup with 24 seconds remaining in overtime broke a tie and sent Southern Cal Over visiting Stanford. Two free throws by Miner with four seconds left made it 73-69 and clinched the Victory for the trojans 19-4, 11-2 Pac-10who overcame an eight Point deficit in the final 1 i minutes of regulation to . 19 Cincinnati 104, South Alabama 78 Herb Jones scored 27 Points and Cincinnati used two second half runs to defeat South Alabama in Mobile. The jaguars 13-12 committed 18 turnovers while Cincinnati 20-4 had Only seven in the first meeting Between the two . 20 Michigan 76, Northwestern 63 Chris Webber scored 12 of his 14 Points in the second half and led a late 17-4 run for the visiting wolverines. It was the fifth win in six games for Michigan 176 Overall 8-5 big ten. Northwestern 8-15, 1-12 lost its fifth . 21 Connecticut 94, Providence 73 Chris Smith scored 32 Points and became Connecticut Sall time leading scorer As the huskies stopped a five game losing Streak with a win at Home. Smith broke the school scoring record of 1,990 Points held by Tony Hanson at the 13 47 Mark of the first  74, no. 22 Seton Hall 59 Lance Miller scored 25 Points and Greg Woodard added 16 As Villanova stopped Seton Halls five game winning Streak. Villanova 10-13, 7-7 never trailed. With the score tied at 34, the wildcats went on a 15-4 run capped by Calvin Byrds Basket with 13 47 to play. Terry Deere scored 19 Points for Seton Hail 16-7,8-6 Nebraska 80, no. 23 Iowa St. 70 Eric Piatkowski scored 23 Points and made four key free throws late in the game As Nebraska handed Iowa state its first Home loss this season. Nebraska 17-6, 5-5 big eight overcame 26 turnovers to win its second consecutive game against a ranked team. The co huskers beat no. 3 Kansas on . 24 St. Johns 71, Pittsburgh 65 Malik Sealy scored All but four of St. Johns Points in the final seven minutes and the redmen won their sixth straight  76, air Force 67 at Honolulu Phil Lott scored 25 Points and Reserve Bert Woodard added 18, but Hawaii had to hold off air Force in the second half in posting a Western athletic conference Victory Over the  81, army 67 at West Point ., Jean Prioleau scored 16 of his ame High 24 Points in the final 10 minutes of the first Alf keying a 30-9 Fordham run that helped carry the rams past army in Patriot league action. Added 14 for the rebels whose 21-game winning Stream. Notre Dames Malik Russell and a clan a Mitchell Butler fight for a first half  upend orangemen by the associated press Syracuse  A Alonzo mourning scored 27 Points As no. 25 Georgetown held off no. 17 Syracuse 72-68 sunday for its fourth straight Victory. Sophomore guard Joey Brown added a career Best 23 Points As Georgetown beat Syracuse for the first sundays College hoops time in six tames to tighten its grip on first place in the big East. The hoyas Are 10-4 in the league 17-6 Over All. Syracuse 16-7, 8-61 suffered its fourth straight  85, no. 16 Florida St. 75 St. Petersburg Fla. A Stephen Howard score 20 of his season High 27 Points in the second half Anc Depaul made six free throws in the last 1 34 to regain control and beat no. 16 Florida . 9 Missouri 66, no. 8 Oklahoma St. 52 Columbia to. A Jevon Crudup scored 19 Point and Jamal Coleman 18 As no. 9 Missouri Defeated no 8 Oklahoma state in a big eight conference game. Reggie Smith added 10 Points for  convalescing goalie turns Back stars by the associated press Uniondale  Mark Fitzpatrick recovering from a life threatening blood disorder stopped 30 shots As the new York islanders beat the slumping Minnesota North stars 2-1 on saturday night for their fourth straight Victory. Fitzpatrick who missed almost All of last season after being diagnosed with Eosinophil Lia Myalgia syndrome was within 7 46 of his first shutout in More than two years before Dave Gagner banged in a rebound for his 25th goal. The islanders also got Back to the .500 Mark 26-26-7 for the first time since they were 2-2-1 on oct. 13. In other games saturday canadians 2, penguins 1 Montreal a defens Eman Patrice Brisebois scored his first nil goal in the second period lifting Montreal Over Pittsburgh. The canadians continued their domination Over the pen wins at the forum where they ave a 47-4-5 record against the  4, Maple Leafs 3 St. Louis a Paul Cavallini scored Midway through the third t h period and Curtis Jose stopped 37 shots lifting Louis past Toronto and into sole Possession of second place in the Norris division. The blues who picked up their fifth Victory in six games have 65 Points two More than the Idle Chicago Blackhawk. The Maple Leafs dropped their third  7, flyers 5 Landover my. Goalie Ron Hextall a second costly error of the game led to Mike Ridley a tie breaking goal with 15 02 left and Washington ruined Mark Recchio a smashing debut with Philadelphia. Recchi acquired from the Pittsburgh penguins on wednesday in a three team Trade had two goals and an assist in his first game with the  4, Nordques 0 Hartford Conn. Goal tender Peter Sidorkiewicz broke a personal 12-game losing Streak As Hartford kept Quebec win less on the Road this season. John Cullen broke a scoreless tie in the third period and Michel Picard added a goal 2 22 later As Hartford extended que Becks Road woes to 30 games 23-7 and 35 Overall this season Sidorkiewicz made 21 saves i recording his first shutout of the  wings 2, Black Hawks Detroit a Detroit Wei 16 games above .500 for the fir time in almost 22 years As of red wings got Power play Goa from Ray Sheppard and Kevi Miller in a Victory Over Chicago it was Detroit a fifth consecutive Victory the red Wing longest winning Streak sine 1990. The last time Detroit 318-9 was 16 games Over Breal even was March 11,1970