European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 b the stars and stripes sports sunday november 29, 1992indiana beats Seton Hall for title new Yoke up1 a Calbert Cheaney earned something much More valuable than a trophy Friday night a High Praise from homier coach Bob Knight. Cheaney scored a career High 36 Points to earn map honors leading Indiana to the pc season nit championship with a 78-74 Victory Over Seton Hail Cheaney. A 6-fool-6 senior Forward reached a career High Point total for the second straight game. He scored a then career Best 34 Points in Indiana a semifinal win Over Florida state. After that game Knight had been critical of the Forward s play saying Quot he did t play a Good basketball game Quot "1 thought after our game with Florida state that even though he scored a lot of Points Calbert Cheaney did no a play a Good game. Tonight though i thought he played a great game and 1 use that term sparingly. Quot he was Tough to guard. I Don t think tonight even i could have guarded  nit the pirates certainly . Quot they needed a super Effort from Calbert tonight Quot Seton Hall coach . Carlisimo said Quot and they got  in the Consolation game Urcla scored 4 Points in the final 4.3 seconds to defeat Florida state 86-83. In he hoosiers who lost to Duke in the Pinal Lour last season posted victories Over Murray stale and Tulane to Advance to new York for the semifinals. Knight said the experience was invaluable. Quot i done to think it was important for us to win the tournament. But it was big because this is the Best tournament played until the the Mcaa. What was important for us was to get Here. To play the four games. We May have played four teams that will make it to the Mcaa  the hoosiers 4-0 won despite some poor foul shooting Down the stretch that nearly let the pirates 31 Back into the game. Indiana which led from the 10 03 Mark of the half made just nine of is free throws in a he final 2 26 anti just three of eight in the last 49 seconds. Greg Graham scored 13 Points Alan Henderson had 11 and freshman Brian Evans scored 7 Points including two big baskets in the second half when the hoosiers were struggling. Arturas Karnis Hovas led the pirates with 22 Points and Terry Delcre scored 17 before fouling out with 49 seconds to play. In the first game Mitchell Butler scored on a driving Layup with four seconds to play and Richard Petruska tipped in a missed free throw a second later to give the Bruins third place. The Bruins 3-1 blew a 15-Point Lead in the second half and needed to rally from 8 Points Down in the final 4 51. Bob Sura led the seminoles with 27 Points Canning six of nine 3-Point attempts. Doug Edwards added 18 Points and eight rebounds for flu. Hornets Streak ends in Boston Aba by the associated press bos i on Robert Parish scored 24 Points and held Alonzo mourning to 5-of-bs shooting As the Boston celtics ended a five game Charlotte winning Streak by beating the hornets 111-102 on Friday night. Xavier Mcdaniel added 25 Points and 11 rebounds for the celtics who have won two games in a Row for the first time this season. The hornets who shot 61 percent from the floor in the first half went cold in the final two quarters and their offence stalled after Larry Johnson was thrown out of the game late in the third Quarter. Parish at 39 the oldest player in the Aba entered the game averaging just 10.1 Points a game. But he scored 14 in the first half often taking advantage of mourning s poor defense and added 10 in the second half. The hornets who have never won in eight games at Boston Garden led by six at the half thanks to constant fast breaking led by Muggsy bogus. But the celtics were tilde to slow tilings Down in the second halt and Charlotte lost its shooting touch Dell Cutty scored 20 Points to Lead Charlotte. Mourning finished with 16 Points and 12 rebounds. Mourning had nine Points in the first Quanci. But they All came in the opening three minutes. After that he seemed to run out of Energy and often found himself i railing plans when the celtics had the Ball. A Curry who came in with less than live minutes remaining in the first Quarter hit three Quick jumpers and continued his hot shooting in the second Quarter. He finished the half with 16 Points Anil Charlotte led 66-611 at halftime. In other games Friday night rockets 101, heat 93 Miami Hakeem Olajuwon took advantage of the absence of three Miami centers by Hilling 16 of 20 front the floor and scoring 33 Points Friday to Lead Houston to its seventh win in its last eight games. Olajuwon added 17 rebounds and eight blocked shots. He has had a double double a double figures in two offensive categories m each of Houston s first 10games.Cavaliers 122, Hawks 101 Richfield Ohio Gerald Wilkins outscored his brother Dominique 20-13. And Cleveland made its first ii shots in the second half As the Cavaliers beat Atlanta 1�?The Cavaliers shot an incredible 81 percent from the floor in the third Quarter to stretch a six Point halftime Lead to 94-66. Mark Price had 20 Points and Larry Nance added 17 Points and 14 rebounds. Travis Mays led Atlanta with 21  115, 76ers 111 Philadelphia a Blue Edwards made 10 of 15 shots including a crucial jumper with 39 seconds left leading Milwaukee Over Philadelphia the Bucks fourth win in six Road games. The Bucks a game behind Chicago in the Central division had a Road record of 6-35 last  102, bullets 83 Baltimore a c Huek person scored 17 of his game High 26 Points in the first Quarter As Minnesota look an Early 12-Point Lead and stayed comfortably ahead throughout it was the first of four games Lor the bullets in Baltimore this season and was billed As a Quot turn Back the clock night Quot in Celebration of the 3<uh anniversary of the Baltimore Arena. The bullets who spent 10 seasons in Baltimore before moving 30 Miles South to the Washington area in 9&Quot?3, wore replica uniforms from the i oft3-64  130, pacers 116 Indianapolis Scott Skiles scored 32 Points and Shaquille of Neal had 21 Points and i i rebounds in front of a rare sellout crowd at Market Square a re no. A crowd of 16,530 came to see o Neal but the sensational 7-foot Rookie was upstaged by Skiles. A former pacer who broke the 30-Poinl Mark for the second straight game Orlando also got 23 Points from Jeff Turner. Dennis Scott scored 21 Points and Nick Anderson had 20 As the magic won its fourth in live games Reggie Miller led the pacers with a season High 29 Points. Detlef Seh Remer added is Points Pooh Richardson scored 16, and Vern Fleming had 15.sonics 127, Mavericks 104 Dallas a Gary Lav ton scored a career High 31 Points his second straight career Best game a it Seattle handed Dallas ils fifth straight loss Dana Barros added 2n Points two Oft his career High and Eddie Johnson scored 20 As the Somes improved to n-3 Orlando a Scott Skiles looks for help after grabbing a Loose Ball Friday  112, jazz 110 Sale a Lake City a Sam Bowie had 27 Points and la rebounds As new Jersey broke an 11-game losing Streak to the jazz and extended ban s baffling Home court drought. Utah which recorded an Aba Best 374 Home record last season is i-4 at the Delta c enter this  121, warriors 107 Phoenix Charles Bat Kiev scored 20 of his 29 a nuts in the first Hail and Danny Aings Seo cd in of his 22 Points in the fourth quartet leading Phoenix a a Golden state Chris Mullin had 7&Quot Point for the our riots. Including a technical free throw and a Pointer in  Span Early in the final period which Cut a 7-Point Phoenix Lead to just three 88-85.lakers 98, blazers 90 por i land Ore. A James worthy scored 19 Points and los Angeles frustrated Portland s sputtering offence with a big lineup. I he blazers who lost their second in a Row alter opening the season with eight straight wins trailed throughout after the opening minutes and were Down by 15 with four minutes to play. Nuggets 109, clippers 106 los Angeles a Chris Jackson made a 3-Point shot from mid court at the tinal Buzzer to give Denver a Victory Over the i of Angeles clippers