European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pa6e26 a the stars and stripes sports Friday saturday january 1/2,1993 a Quot or by Chris Sheridan a sports writer it was a night of upsets and near upsets in the top 25 wednesday As Arkansas Syracuse and California lost and Kentucky Georgetown and Arizona survived close Calls. Quot. A a a Quot i no. 2 Kansas also lost but the 8674 defeat at the hands of no. 6 Michigan in the final game of the rain Bow classic hardly qualified As an upset. The most surprising upset was no. 9 Arkansas 87-78 loss to Northeast a Juisiang unless you ask coach Nolan Richardson y a /. A. A live said All year we have a Bunch of great Guys who College basketball  hard workers but our defense has to be excellent and we have to hit our free throws to win Richardson said. Quot we be been Good at the line but when we Arentt Good at the line we become a very average  the Razorbacks who went from a ranked to the top 10 on the strength of wins Over Memphis state Arizona and Missouri missed 12 of 26 free throws against Northeast Louisiana a. No. 12 Syracuse lost 94-93 in overtime to Boston College when Howard Wistey hit a 23-foot jumper at the Buzzer. ,. No. 19 California lost to Cornell 74-54 with injured freshman sensation Jason Kidd sitting opt the game. In other top 25 games no. 1 Duke beat Boston uni varsity 102-62, no. 3 Kentucky Defeated St. Johns 8677, no. 5 North Carolina downed Hawaii 10184, no. 7 Seton Hall beat James Madison 87-66, no. 10 Georgetown edged Cal Fomia Irvine 64-60, no. 11 Urcla got past Cal state Fullerton 90-82, no. 15 Oklahoma beat Texas 85-79, no. 16 univ stopped Hofstra 79-41, no. 17 Michigan stale Defeated Washington state 77-61, no. 18 Florida state beat South Florida 94-73, no. 20 Nebraska topped Fordham 79-55 and no. 22 Arizona edged West Virginia 75-74. No. 1 dukej02, Boston University 62 a a a at Durham n.c., Duke 8-0 breezed to a 55-16 halftime Lead and left the second half to the subs. Sophomore backup Center Erik Meek ended up As the 2 Erik Meek Lea Blue devils 8-0 Meatling scorer with 21 Points. Coach Mike Krzyzewski Sitf he Wasny to surprised at the play of the reserves. Quot they run As a unit in practice and they do it against Bobby Hurley Grant Hill and Cherokee  _ no. 6 Michigan 86, no. 2 Kansas 74 at Honolulu the Michigan wolverines 9-1 j won the Rainbow classic with a hawaiian hat tricks beating ranked opponents Nebraska North Carolina and Kansas Jalen Rose the hero of tuesdays last second win Over the tar heels finished with 25 Points against the Jay Hawks 9-1 and keyed a crucial second half drive that broke the game open. No. 3 Kentucky 86, St. John s 77in new York City St. Johns nearly caught the wildcats 8-i looking ahead to their weekend matchup with Indiana. Tote redmen 5-4 trailed 60-58 with 9 24 left but could t get the deficit below five in the final minutes. ,. / Vino. 5 North Carolina 101, Hawaii 84 the tar heels 9-1 used a career High 28 Points from Eric Montross and 19 from George Lynch to dominate inside in the third place game of the Rainbow classic. Jar inn Akanad a 18 Points led Hawaii 44. No. 7 Seton Hall 87, James Madison 66 at East Rutherford n.j., an Elbow thrown by Terry Deere at Kent Culuko provided the most excitement. James Madison 6-3 coach lefty Dreisel called the incident the dirtiest he a seen in Over 35 years of coaching. Luther Wright the tournament map had a season High 16 Points and 12 rebounds for the pirates 11 Northeast Louisiana 87, no. 9 Arkansas 78. At Little Rock ark., Isaac Brown made two consecutive 3-pointers to give Northeast Louisiana 6-2 the Lead for Good and Maurice Stephens provided 22 Points and 19 rebounds. Arkansas fell to 8-1. No. 10 Georgetown 64, California or Vine 60 at Irvine Calif the hoyas 7-0 were Able to keep their Lead Between two and five Points in the final minutes to escape with a win. Quot we did not play this game to lose. We could have and probably should have won a Irvine 2-4 coach Rod Baker said. No. 11 Urcla 90, Cal state Fullerton 82 at los Angeles Mitchell butter a tight defense in the second half cooled off Fullerton a 5-2 Don Leary who made his first five 3-Point shots and scored 16 Points Early. De of Bannon had 23 for the Bruins 82 leads flyers Over Sharks 6-2 Daly City Calif. A Mark Recchi scored two goals and Rob Brind amour had a goal and two assists As the Philadelphia flyers beat the san Jose Sharks 6-2 in the Only nil games scheduled on wednesday night a Philadelphia is 2-0-1 and has scored 21 goals in its last three games. San Jose has lost two straight and is 1-15 since nov. 25, Philadelphia took a 4-0 Lead before Tom Pederson and Ray Whitney scored in the first 1 35 of the third Perio djo make it 4-2. Philadelphia s Garry Galley scored at 8 08 and Gord Hynes followed at 13 00 to restore the four goal margin. San Jose Rookie right Winger Rob Gaudreau was held scoreless for the first time in his career ending his 12-game Streak. ,. Mark Recchi opened the scoring at 4 47 of the first period skating around Sharks goalie Jeff Hackett and pushing the puck into the Back Corner of the net from just in front of the crease. The flyers made it 2-0 with 3 51 to go in the first period just seven seconds after Hackett was called for interference on Recchi. Brindz amour coming off a six Point game at los Angeles on tuesday night scored on the Power play by knocking in the rebound of Recchio a shot from the Slot. Lakers vets polish off magic by Fred Goodall. Orlando Fla. A Shaquille of Neal and the Orlando magic got a painful reminder wednesday night there a no substitute for experience in the Aba. Anthony Peeler kept the lakers within striking distance and Sam Perkins scored nine Points in the final six minutes As los Angeles rallied to Stop a three game losing Streak with a 96-93 Victory that spoiled a 23-Point, 23-rebound by Orlando a outstanding Rookie. Peeler had All six of the lakers Points in the first half of the fourth Quarter before Perkins took Over with Orlando leading 85-77 and threatening to pull away Perkins Cut the deficit to 85-80 with a three Point play and his jump Hook made it 85-85 with 3 21 to. Go. He added two free throws with 1 05 left to finish with 21 Points. Quot we had a Lead and we should have put it away a Orlando a Dennis Jscott said. A i think winning a tight game Down the stretch in going to take some experience. They be got a group of veterans Quot who be been in a lot of situations Tike that before and know How to   Anderson led the magic with 30 Points including a 3-Point shot that forced los Angeles to the foul line to protect its Lead Down the stretch , Green made three free throws in the last 10 seconds after of Neal was called for travelling As he eluded Vlade diva on the Baseline for a Layup that would have tied the game with 11 seconds left. A Rookie Call brother a said of Neal who hit 7 of 11 shots from the Field but also had seven turnovers and failed to Block a shot for the first time As a pro. A a in a going to be a vet next year and in a going to get All the Calls a he added a a in a going to be going to the foul Linenbach the time a Jusi like Karl Malone just like Jordan a _. Green finished with 11 Points Elden Campbell had 10 and Peeler was 4 of 4 from the Field a All in the fourth Quarter a As the lakers Bench outscored Orlando a reserves 36-8 arid took advantage of its size to out rebound the magic a substitutes 16-2. In other games wednesday nets 118, Timber wolves 92 Minneapolis a Kemp Anderson embarrassed in an Early season loss to Minnesota scored 10 of his 16 Points during a 27-9 second Quarter spurt and new Jersey handed the Timber wolves their eighth straight toss. Derrick Coleman had 23 Points and 12 rebound for the nets who Hadnot beaten a team by More than 11 Points this season and who had the distinction of being one of Only four clubs to lose to the  196rheat 100 _ Miami a Michael Jordan scored 30-of his 39 Points in the second half and Miami missed 14 of 15 shots during one stretch in the final period. Glen Rice scored 33 Points for Miami including three 3-pointers in the final 36 seconds. But Chicago improved to 19-0 against the heat including three victories in the first round of the playoffs last Spring. Kicks 94, pacers 90 Indianapolis a Greg Anthony scored 19 Points and new York overcame Patrick Ewing a foul trouble to erase a 17-Point deficit. John Starks added 15 and pc Mer pacer Herb Williams had 14 for the  118, bullets 110 Auburn Hills Mich. Joe do Mars scored 36 Points and Orlando Woolridge added 29. Dennis Rodman had 23 rebounds for the pistons who won their eighth straight game at the Palace and 12th in the last 15 games. Bill Laimbeer added a season High 19 Points for Detroit. Spurs 114, nuggets 94 Denver a David Robinson had 29 Points and seven blocked shots wednesday night in san Antonious 114-94 Victory Over Denver the nuggets franchise record 12th straight loss. Denver had lost 11 in a Row twice last season. A suns 133, rockets 110 Phoenix a Kevin Johnson scored 11 of his 25 Points in the third Quarter wednesday night when the Phoenix suns broke away for their 14th straight Victory a 133-110 Romp Over the Houston rockets. J jazz 119,76ers 110 Salt Lake City Karl Malone ored 32 Points grabbed 12 rebounds id handed out nine assists wednesday night As the Utah jazz won their fourth ame in a Row and eighth consecutive at Cople u9-u0 Over Philadelphia. A a. Clippers 105, celtics 99 los Angeles a Danny Manninj keyed a fourth Quarter rally with 12 of his 26 pointy and the los Angeles clippers tied a franchise record with 16 blocked shots. It was their first win at the sports Arena against the celtics. Trial blazers 111, Mavericks 92 Portland Ore. A Terry Porter scored 30 Points including h in the final Quarter As the Trail blazers and handed the Mavericks their seventh straight loss