European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes March 9,1992 c Page 28 Duke shakes off heels Durham . A Christian laettner scored 26 Points in his last game before his Home crowd and top ranked Duke held off no. 16 North Carolina 8977 sunday to avenge one of its two defeats this season. Laettner a senior Day game was slow to develop As he did no to score for the first 14 minutes. When he hit his stride he connected on five consecutive 3-pointers, the biggest the last shot of his run. North Carolina stayed close to the Blue devils 25-2, 14-2 acc by choking off the Middle and it held a 71-69 Lead after a Short Baseline jumper by Derrick Phelps with 7 14 to play. But the tar heels would miss their next four shots and Duke would go on a 7-0 run. A Layup by Brian Davis created the 12th Lead change of the half. Another Layup by Antonio Lang and laettner a 3-Pointer at 4 43 put Duke up 76-71. Hubert Davis who finished with a career High 35 Points hit a jumper at 4 10 to get North Carolina 19-8, 9-7 Back to 76-73, but the tar heels Drew no closer in losing for the fifth time in six games. The teams played to a 46-46 tie at halftime. Bobby Hurley hit three 3-pointers to open the game and finished with 19 Points while Thomas Hill had 18 and Lang 10. Grant Hill returned to action for Duke after missing three games with a sprained ankle and scored eight Points. Brian Reese scored 11 Points and George Lynch had 10 for the tar heels. Share big East Crown pirates hoyas win tie redmen top 25 by the associated press it was Only fitting that the big East ended in a three Way tie saturday. Seton Hall St. Johns and Georgetown All finished 12-6 in conference play after Seton Hall beat St. Johns 78-71 and Georgetown downed Pittsburgh 67-57. St. Johns could have won the title outright by beating Seton Hall. But like All the other big East leaders this season the redmen  clearly prove they were the Best team in the conference. Because of a tiebreaker system Seton Hall 20-7 will be the top seed in next weeks league tournament. Georgetown 19-8 will be seeded second and St. Johns 18-9 third. A a in a Happy to share the title with Georgetown and St. Johns a Seton Hall coach . Carlesimo said after earning the schools first regular season championship. A i Hope we can build on this for the  the 22nd ranked pirates held a 15-Point Lead with 8 15 left but almost blew it. St. Johns Cut it to 71-69 with 1 54 remaining but Seton Hall made All six of its free throws in the last 1 05. It was the first Home loss of the season for the redmen who were led by Malik scaly a 27 Points. Terry Deere scored 25 for Seton Hall. In other top 25 games saturday no. 4 Arizona 89, Stanford 83 Tucson a Matt Othick hit a go ahead 3-Pointer with 1 53 remaining As Arizona recovered after blowing a 14-Point Lead. Scan Rooks Sank three free throws in the final minute and Chris Mills added two As Arizona 24-4, 13-3 remained in the Pac-10 title Chase a Naif game behind co leaders us and Urcla. Stanford 16-10, 8-8 was led by Adam Keefer a 27 . 5 Ohio St. 93, Northwestern 78 Columbus Ohio a Jim Jackson scored 26 Points As Ohio state handed Northwestern its 54th consecutive Road loss in the bitten. Lawrence Funderburke added a season High 20 Points for the buckeyes 21-5 Overall 13-3 big ten. Cedric Neloms scored 29 for Northwestern 8-18,1-15 no. 7 Arkansas 100, Mississippi 83 Fayetteville Ark. Todd Day scored 23 of his 28 Points in the second half As Arkansas clinched the title in the secs Western division. Clint Mcdaniel added 13 Points for Arkansas 24-6, 13-3 Sec. Mississippi u-16, 4-12 was paced by Joe Harvelle a 24 Points. See Page 25 for College tourneys no. 10 Kentucky 99, Tennessee 88 Lexington by. John Pelphrey sparked a late 9-1 run that led Kentucky Over Tennessee. Kentucky 23-6 Overall 12-4 Sec saw an eight Point Lead dwindle to one when Tennessee 17-13, 8-8 ran off seven consecutive Points. But Jamal Mashburn hit a 3-Pointer to give Kentucky a 75-71 Lead. Mashburn led Kentucky with 30 Points. No. 12 okla. St. 77, Kansas St. 69 Manhattan Kan. Bryant Reeves three Point play capped a 10-0 run in the final minutes As Oklahoma state got its first season ending Road Victory in 27 years. Oklahoma state wound up 24-6 Overall and 8-6 in the big eight. Kansas state finished at 15-12 and 5-9.illinois 80, no. 13 Michigan St. 71 Champaign Deon Thomas had 26 Points and eight rebounds As Illinois beat Michigan state. The Zillini improved to 13-13 Overall 7-9 in the big ten. Freshman Shawn Respert led Michigan state 19-7, 9-7 with 22 Points while Matt Steigenga had 20 for the spartans no. 14 Cincinnati 69, Memphis 59 Memphis a Nick Van Exel had 24 Points and Herb Jones added 16 to Lead Cincinnati to a big Midwest Victory. Van Exel hit 8 of 12 Field goals and All five of his free throws for Cincinnati 234, 8-2. Anfernee Hardaway had 17 for Memphis state 18-9,5-5 no. 15 Depaul 66, notre Dame 65 Rosemont Iii. Stephen Howard scored a career High 31 Points including a free throw with 2.2 seconds left after a technical foul on notre Dame coach John Macleod As Depaul 20-7 edged notre Dame 14-13 no. 17 Georgetown 67, Pitt 57 Landover my. A Alonzo mourning had 20 Points 11 rebounds and eight blocks As Georgetown gained a share of the big East title. Mourning who started the second half on the Bench with four fouls returned to score 10 Points Over a 3vi-minute . 20 Alabama 82, Auburn 80 Tuscaloosa Ala. Latrell sure Well scored 26 Points As Alabama tied the school record for regular season victories. The tide improved to 23-7 Overall and 10-6 in the Sec heading into next weeks league tournament. Auburn 1215,5-11 is ineligible for the tourney. Lamont Middleton of St. Johns Jerry Walker 21and Terry Deere scramble for . 21 Tulana 80, Southern miss. 70 Hattiesburg miss. A Kim Lewis scored 25 Points As Tulane snapped a Tive game losing Streak and won the regular season metro conference title. Tulane 20-7 Overall 8-4 metro got a 21 Points from its . 23 leu 89, Mississippi St. 80 Baton Rouge la a Clarence Cea Sar made three steals and hit a pair of 3-pointers in the first five minutes of the second half to spark leu 19-8 Overall 11-4 Sec. Shaquille of Neal led leu with 31 Points 11 rebounds seven blocks. Orein Atson 21 Points paced the bulldogs. Inside sports Elliott claims 2nd in Row Page 22 Watson ends Victory drought a Page 25 Mullin leads warriors past rockets a Page 26 Roenicke a 50th lifts Blackhawk a Page 26