European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Irish continue Mastery Over top 25 clubs saturday in College hoops by the associated press if notre Dame played top teams All the time the Irish might be ranked in the top 25. Laphonso Ellis hit All 16 of his free throws and scored 30 Points As the Irish pulled off another upset saturday with a 79-70 Victory Over no. 20 St. Johns at South Bend ind. The Irish 13-12 have beaten a top 25 Powers Southern Cal Urcla North Carolina Syracuse and Depaul this season but they be also lost to the likes of Butler Detroit and Dayton. So they probably have to win their final three games against Xavier Depaul and Evansville to make the Mcaa tournament. Ellis a 63 percent shooter at the line tied the school record for consecutive free throws in a game set by Donald Royal against Depaul in 1986. Daimon Sweet who finished with 16 Points hit a 3-Point shot with 11 11 left to give notre Dame the Lead for Good 55-53. Malik scaly led St. Johns q7-8 with 21 Points. In other games saturday no. 5 Arizona 70, Oregon St. 62 Sean Rooks led a late rally As Arizona Over powered Pesky Oregon state with its bruising inside game in the final 9vi minutes. The visiting wildcats 22-4, 11-3 Pac-10 trailed 54-51 with 9 39 to play. But they scored the next 12 Points six by the 6-foot-10 Rooks and four by 7-foot de Stokes to pull ahead 63-56, then held on to pull a game behind Pac-10 co leaders Southern Cal and  St. 73, no. 6 Missouri 69 Wylie Howard Sank two free throws with 35 seconds left and Gaylon Nickerson blocked Anthony peelers Short jumper with four seconds remaining to preserve the Victory for Kansas state. Peeler drove for a Basket that would have tied it at 71, but Nickerson got a hand on the Ball and deflected it. Askia Jones then made two free throws that clinched the Victory for Kansas state 1510 Overall 5-7 big eight which snapped a four game losing Streak to the visiting tigers 20-5, 8-4 no. 8 Ohio St. 78, no. 12 mus 65 Jimmy Jackson scored 20 Points As visiting Ohio state beat Michigan state in the stars and stripes March 2,1992 c Page 28 the big ten. Ohio state 19-5, 11-3 led 49-41 with 14 minutes left before Michigan state 18-6, 8-6 started a comeback. The spartans outscored the buckeyes 8-2 Over the next two minutes but Jackson a jump Hook ended the run and Ohio state then converted three Michigan state turnovers into six Points and a 59-49 . 9 Arkansas 84, miss. State 76 Todd Day scored 27 Points and Reserve Roosevelt Wallace added 16 As Arkansas won at Mississippi state. The Victory left Arkansas 22-6 tied with leu for the Sec West Lead at 11-3 going into their game tuesday night in Fayetteville. Losing a fourth straight Mississippi state fell to 14-11 acid 6-8.lsu 73, no. 16 Alabama 65 Shaquille of Neal scored 28 Points grabbed 18 rebounds and blocked five shots As leu overcame a miserable performance from the foul line. Leu 18-7 Overall 11-3 Sec hit Only three of 16 free throws Over one stretch in the final 11 . 18 Georgetown 76, . 60 Robert Churchwell sparked a 19-0 first half run As Georgetown took a big Lead then held off a second half rally to beat Boston College. Boston College 15-10 Overall 7-9 big East is 0-11 against Georgetown at the capital Centre. The eagles who trailed 35-25 at halftime Cut it to 49-45 with 9 26 left but could get no closer. Georgetown 18-7 Overall 11-5 put the game away at the foul line. The hoyas made Only three Field goals in the final 10 minutes but hit 20 of 22 free throws a including their last 19. Mississippi states David Domingue 42 scores Over Arkansas defender Todd . 19 Cincinnati 63, lab 58 Reserve tarrance Gibson scored 11 Points and Cincinnati held on to win in Birmingham. Gibson a 3-Pointer with 3 49 remaining broke a 52-All tie and put Cincinnati 224, 7-2 great Midwest ahead for Good. Alabama Birmingham 19-7, 3-6 closed to a Point behind when Elbert Rogers hit a jumper with 43 seconds left but the blazers did not score . 21 Depaul 88, St. Louis 71 Reserve Jeff Stern scored a career High 20 Points As visiting Depaul clinched the championship of the great Midwest conference. Terry Davis added 19 Points for de Paul which has won eight in a Row and 13 of 14. The Blue demons Are 19-6 Overall and 8-1 in the . 22 Syracuse 68, Miami 63 Lawrence Moten who Hadnot taken a shot by halftime hit five 3-pointers and scored All of his 20 Points in the second half to help Syracuse win at . 25 Nebraska 84, Colorado 70 Derrick Chandler scored 17 Points and Nebraska hit 21 of 26 second half free throws to defeat visiting Colorado in the big  on the air Central Europa an Tim an seb television College basketball a Georgetown at St. Johns followed by Oklahoma state at Kansas 1 30 . Tuesday. Maryland extends tar heels slide to 4 by the associated press College Park my. Walt Williams tip in with 1.3 seconds left sunday gave Maryland an 82-80 Victory Over no. 10 North Carolina sending the tar heels to their longest losing Streak since 1965. Maryland led 51-29 at halftime before North Carolina 18-7, 8-6 acc rallied. The tar heels took their first Lead at 8079 on a three Point play by Hubert Davis with 18.5 seconds to go. Evers bums then missed a Short jumper for Maryland and Williams tipped up the rebound. Williams got his hand on the Ball again and converted his second tip in attempt for the  s College hoops Williams who finished with 28 Points made a final free throw with 0.1 seconds left. North Carolina came in following losses to Virginia North Carolina state and Florida. The last time the tar heels dropped four in a Row was from dec. 19, 1964 to Jan. 6, 1965 against Alabama Florida Maryland and Wake Forest. That was Dean Smiths fourth season at North Carolina. Williams reached 20 Points for the 15th consecutive game the longest current Streak in division i. Burns had 22 Points for Maryland 12-13, 4-10match ing his career High. Davis scored 24 Points for the tar heels and Eric Montross scored 17. In other Early games sunday Seton Hall 77, no. 24 Connecticut 64 East Rutherford n j. Bryan Caver left out of the starting lineup for violating team rules scored 11 straight Points in the second half and finished with 18 sunday As Seton Hall beat no. 24 Connecticut. Seton Hall 18-7, 10-6 big East has won nine of 11, including six against ranked teams. Two of those victories Are against the struggling huskies 17-8, 8-8who have lost seven of eight. Side sports Mansell races to win in s. Africa a Page 21 Gibson a Royal no show a Page 22 Barons win 3rd title in Row a Page 25 hornets Nab fourth straight win a Page 26