European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 b the stars and stripes sports thursday december 24, 1992tar heels win at Ohio state from wire reports Columbus Ohio while dear. Smith passed his coach tuesday night his team passed a Tough Road test. Smith the winning St Active coach in College basketball notched his 747th career Victory tuesday night when no. 5 North Carolina ran its record to 7-0 with an 84-64 Triumph Over Ohio state in Columbus. The win moved Smith in his 32nd year with the tar heels past Prog Allen and into fourth place on the All time career win list. Smith played for Allen at Kansas in the 1650s. Smith trails by diddle Henry Iba and Adolph Rupp who posted 875 victories. Brie Montross scored 20 Points and Cgeorge Lynch pulled Down a Carcer High 16 rebounds As North Carolina overcame a 3-Poinl deficit and pulled away in the second half. �?o1 was impressed with Ohio state s defense the first half a Smith said. A i certainly was impressed with our team in the second  North Carolina trailed 38-35 at halftime before opening the second half with a 6-0 run. The tar heels took the Lead for Good 47-45, on a Basket by Derrick Phelps with 15 57 left and stretched their Lead to 57-47 on a Basket by Brian Reese with 12 28 remaining. Ohio state 4-2 made one final run scoring 7 unanswered Points to pull to 61-56 Down with 7 55 to play. But the 7-Lool, 270-Pound Montross made a free throw and then rebounded in his missed second shot to trigger an 11-0 Par Heel run that Pul the game out of reach. Montross who entered the game shooting 61 percent from the Field made All eight of his Field goal attempts most coming on dunks. Ohio state was paced by Lawrence i undo Rourke s 17 Points and 15 from Jamie Skelton. In other top-25 games tuesday Duke 96, leu 67 Lahaina. Hawaii Thomas Hill scored 25 Points and grabbed eight rebounds to Lead the lop ranked Blue devils into the final of the Maui invitational. Duke 6-1shot 64.3 percent from the held and outre hounded the tigers 40-27. A amps Gus Schuettler North Carolina coach Dean Smith. Passes former coach Bobby Hurley recorded 15 Points seven assists and seven rebounds Grant Hill added 14 Points and Marty Clark 13 for the Blue devils. Leu dropped to 6-1. Duke was to play Brigham Young in wednesday nights title game. By beat Memphis state 73-67 in overtime in the other semifinal  65, Miami Ohio 49 Lexington by. Jamal main Burn scored 11 of his 26 Points during a 26-13 run As no. 3 Kentucky overcame a seven Point first half deficit. A Travis lord contributed 12 Points hitting three of five 3-Point shots and had seven assists As Kentucky 6-0 Defeated Miami 3-2 for the 17th straight  90, Southern Illinois 70 san Juan puerto Rico a Val Barnes had a season High 23 Points and Chris Street added 20 As the no. 8 Hawk eyes downed Southern Illinois to win the san Juan shootout. Iowa 8-0 outscored Southern Illinois 21-9 in the first 10 minutes of the second half to break the game open after the Salukis 6-1 trailed Only 44-41 at halftime. Acid Earl had 12 of his 17 Points in the second half for  105, Chaminade 88 Lahaina. Hawaii the no. 6 sooner used a 23-3 second half surge to beat division ii Chaminade l-3 in the Consolation bracket of the Maui invitational. The sooner 6-i led Only 44-43 hut scored the next 14 Points. Bryan Sal Lier had 20 Points and 13 rebounds to Lead  80, is Northridge 73 los Angeles de of Bannon s Dunk with 3 35 remaining snapped a tie and put the 12th-ranked Bruins ahead of stubborn Cal stale Northridge. The matadors 2-6 tied the game 6767 on a 3-Point shot by James Morris with 3 44 to go. O banns no a Dunk nine seconds later triggered a 13-6 game ending spurt by Urcla 7-1 Syracuse 102, Lemoyne 71 Syracuse . Lawrence Moten had 16 Points and 12 rebounds in 20 minutes for the no. 13 orangemen. The dolphins 5-1 stayed close for five minutes before Syracuse 8-0 put together runs of 16-3 and 17-2 in route to a 51-27 halftime Lead. Syracuse which out rebounded Lemoyne 52-26, got 13 Points apiece from John Wallace and Reserve Glenn  81, no. 14 Arizona 66 Providence Trent l Orbes scored 27 Points including seven 3-pointers, and the friars held off a second half rally to beat the no. 14 wildcats. The friars 5-1 evoked memories of the Rick piling Era by making 10 shots from 3-Poinl Range. The wildcats 2-2 Hurt themselves with poor free throw shooting turnovers Ami Early it my trouble on several  48, so Missouri St. 45 Springfield to. A Cuonzo Martin scored 20 Points As the 15th-Rankcd boilermaker outlasted Southwest Missouri. Purdue 6-0 did t take the Lead for Good until Martin hit a turnaround jumper for a 32-31 Edge with 10 minutes remaining. Jackie Crawford hit a free throw to pull Southwest Missouri to 37-36 with 4 03 left. But Purdue used a 7-0 spurt to take control of the . Tech 81, it Chattanooga 74 Chattanooga Tenn. James Forrest had 21 Points and 17 rebounds As the no. 16 yellow jackets rallied to beat Tennessee Chattanooga. Forrest hit 8 of 15 shots and went 5 of 5 from the free throw line. Travis Best added 20 Points for the yellow jackets 5-1. The moccasins 4-4 led 40-36 at  St. 95,  Rock 64 Tallahassee Fla. Doug Edwards had 16 Points for the no. 18 Sam in orcs 6-3who won their third straight game. Florida stale allowed the trojans 3-4 to get no closer than 15 Points in the second  81, Wake Forest 65 Oakland Calif. A Lamond Murray scored 22 Points and the 21st-ranked bears sparked by the defensive wizardry of freshman guard Jason Kidd beat Wake Forest at the Oakland coliseum. Cal 5-0 Wasny to headed after kiddos 3-Pointer at the Buzzer gave the bears a 3330 halftime Lead. The deacons 4-1 Cut the Lead to 4339 on Trelonnie Owens drive with 16 40 to play but the bears then took command  an 8-0 run for a 51-39 Lead with 12 50 to  90, Fairfield 66 Hartford Conn. Scott Burrell scored 19 Points Donny Marshall had a career High 17 and no. 22 Connecticut a press overwhelmed Fairfield. The huskies 4-1coming off a 11-Day exam break had Little trouble with the Stags forcing 29 turnovers that led to 29 Points. Fairfield 4-2 had Only five  Neal bails out magic against jazz by the associated press Orlando flit. A Rookie Shui Lille o Neal had 25 Points 16 rebounds and five blocked shots and sparked a Pouilh Quarter rally that carried Orlando to a 101-68 Victory Over Utah on tuesday night. A the 7-fool-1 Center sat on the Bench late in the third Quarter and Early in the fourth period with four tools. Hut returned to bail out the faltering magic with six Points six rebounds and three blocked shots in the final 10 minutes. It was the fourth consecutive win for Orlando following a six game losing Streak. The jazz got 30 Points from Karl Malone and 20 from Jelt Malone. But the two malones were a combined 3 of 11 in the final Quarter. Of Neal picked up his fourth foul with 1 35 remaining m the third Quarter and went to the Bench. He stayed there until there was 10 58 left in the game when coach Matt Guokas put o Neal Back in after Utah had five offensive rebounds on a single Possession. In the first five minutes after his return o Neal had two blocked shots four rebounds two dunks and an assist to ignite a 14-3 run. In other games tuesday pistons 98, rockets 84 Auburn Hills Mich. A Joe Dumars scored 23 Points and Isiah Thomas 22 As Detroit beat Houston in a matchup of two of the Aba s hottest teams. The pistons have won 10 of 11 games while the loss was just the second in eight outings for the rockets. Dennis Rodman grabbed 18 rebounds Tor Detroit. Rookie Robert Horry led Houston with 20 Points and Hakeem Olajuwon scored 16.national basketball association celtics 106, nets 104 Las t Rutherford . Dee Brown s 20 foot jumper with l.4 seconds left spoiled new jerseys comeback from a 16-Point deficit in the fourth Quarter and gave Boston the Victory. The a cities seemingly took control by shooting 65 percent in the third Quarter to open a 13-Point Lead. Three times the margin increased to i Points before the nets made a frantic rally. Robert Parish paced the celtics with 20 Points Ami a season High 16 rebounds. Dra in Petrovit led new Jersey with 24  130, Hawks 114 Atlanta a Larry Johnson scored 26 Points Dell Curry 28 and Rookie Alonzo mourning 20 As Charlotte never trailed against Atlanta which lost its fourth in a Row at Home. Duane Terrell sparked the Hawks with 17  113, nuggets 108 san Antonio a John Lucas made a is ices dul Aba coaching debut As David Robinson had 21 Points. 18 rebounds and eight blocked shots in san Antonious Victory that handed Denver its eighth consecutive loss. Lucas was hired Friday night to replace Jerry Tarka Nian who was fired 20 games into the season. Dale Ellis and Sean Elliott each scored 23 Points for the spurs. Gary Plummer led Denver with 20 Points and Dike be Mutombo had 15 Points and 12 rebounds for the  102, Bucks 99, of Milwaukee a Lionel Simmons scored seven of his 23 Points in overtime As Sacramento snapped an eight game losing Streak and sent Milwaukee to its l Ith straight loss. The Bucks loss tied a club record for consecutive losses set in 1674-75 and tied last season. The Kings who have won two of 10 games during the month also snapped a 10-game Road losing Streak. Eric Murdock had a career High 30. Points for the Bucks. Mitch Richmond added 21 Points for the  107, Trail blazers 96 Pori land Ore. A Derrick Mckey scored 26 Points and Seattle survived a 2i-4 Portland burst in the fourth Quarter. The sonics built a 95-75 Lead with 7 33 Letl by Starling the fourth period with a 13-4 run but the blazers responded with the 21-4 spurt. Tilt Robinson led All scorers with 28 Points for the i rail blazers including 12 in the fourth period. Seattle playing without leading scorer and rebounded Shawn Kemp because of a sprained right knee scored the final eight Points of the game for its fourth consecutive  108, Mavericks 94 los Angeles a Mark Jackson had 21 Points. 12 rebounds and 10 assists and Ron Harper scored 25 Points for los Angeles against Dallas. Danny Manning scored 23 Points for the clippers. Derek Harper and Terry Davis each scored 20 Points Tor the hapless Mavericks whose 2-18 record is the a bad a worst