European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 16, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 25college basketball Cla rallies sews up Crown by the associated press los Angeles a the letdown Urcla feared was looming at halftime. The no. 8 Bruins who beat second ranked Arizona 89-81 in an emotional game thursday night were tied 46-46 with Arizona state at the end of the first half saturday. They needed to beat Asu to win the Pacific-10 title outright. When the Sun devils took a 51-48 Lead Early in the second half Urcla responded with a 13-0 run that broke the game open. A at halftime i told our team we needed to pick it up defensively and be More patient on offence a make one More pass and take a better shot a Bruins coach Jim Harrick said. A it seemed to have  Don Maclean scored 25 Points in his last game at Pauley Pavilion As Urcla went on to defeat the Sun devils 85-77 and win their first conference title since 1987. The Bruins took the court minutes after Southern Cal Defeated Arizona 70-69 and knew a loss would Pacific 10 mean sharing the Pac-10 title with the trojans who beat them twice this season. A knowing that so won made us focus More on the game a Maclean said. A we thought we might have a letdown after thursday  us finished second followed by Arizona which had won the last four championships. Because the conference does no to have a postseason tournament Urcla also earned the Pac loss automatic bid to the Mcaa tournament. Urcla 25-4 Overall 16-2 Pac-10 led 85-71 with 45 seconds remaining before Arizona state 18-13, 9-9 scored the last six Points in the last 31 seconds. After a hot shooting first half Arizona state tried relying on the outside shot but made Only four of 16 3-pointers. A we ran out of Gas and a clan a zone was a Factor a Arizona state coach Bill Frieder said. A in the second half we did no to work hard enough to get the Ball  after the 13-0 spree gave the Bruins a 61-51 Lead the Sun devils came Back to close to 68-65 on Stevin Smiths 3-Pointer with 8 11 to play. But the Bruins went on to outscore Asu 11-4 before Dwayne Fontanas Basket with 3 36 left made it 79-71. Asu did no to score again until 31 seconds remained. Tracy Murray scored 22 Points and helped the Bruins with 13 rebounds eight on offence where he had several cutbacks. Smith finished with 17 Points. Die Sun devils were led by Mario Bennett with 20 Points and Fontana with 19. However Between them they scored Only 13 in the second . 10 Southern Cal 70, no. Arizona 69 los Angeles a Rodney Chatman hit a 12-foot Juit Mer As time expired giving no. 10 Southern Cal a 70-69 win Over no. 2 Arizona. It was the second straight loss for the wildcats 24-6t. Harold Miner led Southern Cal 23-5 with 21 Points and became the second Pac-10 player since Lew Alcindor to score More than 2,000 Poir three years. Points in buckeyes Clinch share of title fun Jim Jackson leads buckeyes to another title by the associated press Minneapolis a Jim Jackson scored 26 Points saturday As no. 5 Ohio state beat Minnesota 94-63 for its sixth straight Victory assuring the buckeyes of at least a tie for their second consecutive big ten championship. Ohio state 23-5, 15-3 started the game in a first place tie with Indiana which ended its regular season sunday at Purdue. Ohio state and Indiana were big ten co champs last season. The buckeyes also will find out sunday if  be a no. 1 seed in the Mcaa tournament for the second straight year. The buckeyes who Are 30-6 in the conference Over the last two seasons now have won 15 big ten titles. Its the big ten first time they successful to defended a conference title since winning Back to Back crowns in 1962-63 and 1963-64. The gophers 16-15, 8-10 had hoped they could get invited to the Mcaa tournament with an upset of the buckeyes. Now the gophers who have lost six of their last seven including three straight Likely will have to Settle Tor a spot in the National invitation tournament. Minnesota which started the game with a big ten Low shooting percentage of 40.4 percent again was Hurt by its poor shooting. The gophers missed nine of their first 10 shots and made just six of 28 21.4 percent for the half. Chris Jent who scored 18 Points made a 3-Pointer to open the game and Ohio state never trailed. The buckeyes led 10-2, 15-4, 25-6 and 33-11 before finishing the first half with a 24-Point  68, Illinois 59 Ann Arbor Mich. A Jalen Rose scored 15 of his 22 Points in the second half leading Michigan to a 68-59 win Over Illinois in a big ten conference game saturday. Roses efforts woke a slumbering Michigan team that trailed 24-22 at halftime. The wolverines shot just 36 percent in the first period. But Michigan 20-8 Overall 11-7 big ten went on a 22-4 run in the second half kicked off by a Chris Webber jumper at the 16 45 Mark and capped by roses Layup with 8 20 remaining. That put the wolverines up 50-38. Rose had 10 Points in that spurt and finished 8 of 12 from the floor. Sex sabres Lead islanders past them by the associated press Uniondale . The 10,315 fans at the Nassau coliseum on saturday came to boo Pat Lafon Taine. They wound up cheering the players he was traded for. Two sex sabres Pierre Turgeon and Benoit Hogue handled the offence while Lafontaine had a less than triumphant Homecoming As the new York islanders heat Buffalo 4-1 on saturday. Lafontaine was booed All Day Long in his first visit to the coliseum since being dealt by the islanders to Buffalo on oct. 25 after a Messy contract dispute and holdout. A i did no to know what to expect a Lafontaine said of his reception. A i understand the fans feelings. You just have to take it in stride and be professional. I have no resentment just a lot of fond  the Only sizeable cheering that Lafontaine heard came 1 20 into the second period when referee Dan Marouelli waved off what would have been the tying goal ruling that he had blown the whistle before la Lontain jammed the puck past goaltender Mark Fitzpatrick. A the puck was just lying there and i guess the referee lost sight of it a said Fitzpatrick who made 38 saves a Only two on Lafontaine who was hounded All Day. A it was probably a Quick whistle. It was a Good break or  Turgeon and Hogue who came to the islanders in the Deal were instrumental in the Victory. Turgeon had a goal and an assist while Hogue set up two goals As the islanders rallied from an Early 1-0 deficit. In other games saturday flyers 3, capitals 1 Philadelphia a Keith Acton scored with 1 57 remaining As Philadelphia beat Washington extending its Home dominance. Philadelphia is 14-2-6 in its last 22 Home games. Washington entered As the no la a bes National hockey league Road team at 19-13-5. Ron Hextall entered the game with a 12-9-3 lifetime record against the capitals but had been particularly Strong at the spectrum. Hextall was 7-1-3 with a 1.98 goals against average at Home against Washington coming  stars 4, red wings 1 Bloomington Minn. A Mike Modano continued his hot scoring Pace with a goal and two assists and Jon Casey recorded his first Victory since feb. 3 As Minnesota Defeated Detroit. The end to Casey a personal six game losing Streak came easily As the North stars out shot the red wings 39-17. Modano whose six game goal scoring Streak ended in a 3-0 loss to Toronto wednesday scored his 31st goal and now has eight goals and four assists in his last eight  6, flames 4 Calgary Alberta a Petr Nedved a goal Midway through the third period snapped a 4-4 tie As Vancouver Defeated Calgary. Nedved took a drop pass from Adrian Plavsic and beat goaltender Mike Vernon with a wrist shot after Gary Roberts second goal of the game 22 seconds into the third tied the game. Pavel Bure Greg Adams Igor Larionov Sergio to Messo and Trevor Linden also scored for Vancouver which strengthened its hold on first place in the smythe division with its fourth straight  Leafs 6, penguins 3 Toronto a not even Mario Lemieux a 400th career goal could make up for some shaky goal ending by Wendell Young As Toronto downed Pittsburgh. Lemieux a Milestone goal came on a Power play in the second period when Pittsburgh out shot Toronto 16-1. But it was the Only goal of the period As Grant Fuhr made 15 saves Many of them Superb. Toronto now 10-1-1 at Home since the All Star break remained six Points behind Minnesota in the race for the last playoff berth in the Norris division. Pittsburgh fourth in the Patrick division saw its Lead Over the new York islanders shaved to four  6, blues 0 St. Louis a Rookie Tony Amonte scored three goals and Brian Leetch had three assists to Back John Vantries Broucke a goal ending As the new York rangers beat injury depleted St. Louis. St. Louis was without the no la Stop goal scorer Brett Hull who has a Back injury and is listed Day to Day. Top blues goaltender Curtis Joseph also missed the game due to an ankle injury. Vanbiesbrouc stopped 27  3, devils 2 Daly City Calif. A Johan Garnen Lov waisted a 25-foot shot from the right Circle past new Jersey goaltender Chris Terreri with 2 48 remaining to break a third period tie and give san Jose a Victory Over new  3, whalers 1 Edmonton Alberta a Vince Damphousse ended a 10-game drought with his career High 34th goal of the season As Edmonton downed  5, Nordques 4 Quebec a Bob Carpenter scored at 1 27 of overtime As Boston snapped a five game wingless Streak with a Victory Over  5, Kings 2 Montreal a Patrice Brisebois and Russ court Nall scored 22 seconds apart Early in the final period to lift Montreal to a comeback Victory Over los Angeles