European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 5, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 25 Ken t o c by use s 3s to Knock off Indiana 81 -78 by the associated press Louisville by. Kentucky made the 3$ and Indiana could t hit the frees. The third ranked wildcats remained unbeaten sunday with an 81-78 Victory Over the no. 4> hoosiers making Indiana coach Bob Knight wait at least one More game Tor career Victory no. 600. Kentucky 9-0 lived up to its reputation As a team that loves the 3-Point shot and the wildcats made 16 of 41, almost As Good a percentage As Indiana 11-2 managed from the free throw line where it went 18 for 36. A we want to shoot anywhere from 20 to 30 3-Points a game 41 is a lot a Kentucky coach Rick Pitino said. A that was the major difference in the game.�?�. Jamal Mashburn and Travis Ford each had 29 Points for the wildcats and the two scored their final 13 Points of the game the first nine from a where else a beyond the 3-Point line. The loss kept Knight from becoming the 14th coach Ever and the fourth Active to reach the 600-Victory Mark. And it offset 29-Point efforts by Calbert Cheaney and Matt Nover who also grabbed eight rebounds each. Indiana which trailed by As Many As 11 late in the first half fought through the poor free throw shooting and took the Lead at 67-65 with 5 28 left on a 3-Pointer by Cheaney one of. Six shots the hoosiers made from beyond 19 feet 9 inches. Kentucky got the Lead Back at 74-72 with 2 45 left on Ford s seventh and final 3-Pointer of the game. Nover a senior Center who scored his career High tied the game for the last time 21 seconds later and the wildcats had the Lead for Good on Mashburne a 3 Pointer with 2 02 left. Indiana got within one Point two More College basketball times the last with 16 seconds left when Alan Henderson scored on a Layup. Ford made two free throws with 9. Seconds remaining and Damon Bailey s 3-Pointer with 4 seconds left bounced off the rim. Ford a senior Point guard who transferred from Missouri finished with a career High with the 29 Points on 7-for-12 shooting from 3-Point Range. Henderson finished with 10 Points the Only player besides the top two scorers from each team to break double figures. When the wildcats started the 3-Point run with 13 44 to play in the first half they trailed 15-10 before a Freedom Hall record crowd of 20,060. Their next six shots were from beyond the arc and each was Good. Ford made one then Junior Braddy made two. Ford added two More before Mashburn capped it with his second of the game. Mashburn made a Side jumper a a Mere 2jpointer a before making another 3. That made Kentucky 9 for 14 from 3-Point Range. A the hoosiers were scoring at the other end each time on a High percentage shot that followed a Nice pass or Strong Cut to the Basket. The Only problem was that each Kentucky Possession meant 3 Points and Indiana s was Only Worth 2. When the run was Over Kentucky had a 33-25 Lead with 8 48 left in the half. Meanwhile Missouri coach Norm Stewart did win his 600th on sunday in a 99-56 defeat of North Carolina Asheville. Stewarts record in 32 seasons is 600-294, including 503-252 in 25 seasons at Missouri. H6 is the 14th coach to reach the plateau. North Carolinas Dean Smith leads Kentucky s Jamal Mashburn shoots Over Indiana s Matt Nover and Alan Henderson 44. Active coaches with 749 wins. California 84, Texas Southern 69 Berkeley Calif. Alfred Grigsby had 13 Points and 12 rebounds and five other California players scored in double figures As the no. 19 Golden bears beat Texas Southern on sunday. California 6-2recovering from losses to James Madison and Cornell at the scion Hall Meadowlands tournament last week finally put away the tigers 27 with a Strong second half shooting per forma Nee a 17 of 27 for 63 percent. Kevin Points to top Granger scored a game High 20 Texas Southern. M 11th Penn state gets need to know look at its new league by Chuck Schoffner Des Moines Iowa apr there Are Hawk eyes buckeyes and badgers a basketball coach who can to keep his sweaters pulled Down and a football coach who wears sunglasses Eyen on the gravest of Days. There a a Bronze pig an Oak bucket and a Brown Jug a football team that plays indoors and two of the most famous fight songs of All time. Welcome Penn state fans to the big ten. With the Start of the big ten basketball season tuesday marking Penn states first major Competition in the 98-Yearold league there Quot Are some things the nit Tanya Lions and their followers need to know about the conference. Quot lets Start with the schools. The big ten not Only has some of the nations Best known and most respected schools it also has some of the largest. Ohio state leads the pack with an enrolment of 54,000. Wisconsin has 43,000 students Michigan state 42,000 and Minnesota 41,000. At the other end of the spectrum is Northwestern the leagues Only private University. The Evanston 111. School on the shores of Lake Michigan has 7,400 Lin de grads. In addition to its throngs of students Wisconsin has one of the nations Best known and most copied fight songs. Spend any time at a High school tournament in any state in the country and you la hear a on Wisconsin so often you i be humming it in your sleep. Roughly 2,500 schools have adopted the song according to the University. But the grammy for fight songs has to go to Michigan for its stirring a Hail to the and the Wol pc rings Are Good enough that their band gets to play it a lot. Iowa s fight song Isnit particularly Well known but it does have one of the More noted composers. It was written by Meredith Willson whose More famous works include a the music big ten football teams have a thing about rivalries thus Iowa and Minnesota play for a Bronze pig named Floyd of Rosedale Indiana and Purdue play for the old Oaken bucket the Wisconsin Minnesota Winner gets the Paul Bunyan axe and Minnesota and Michigan play for the Little Brown Jug. This season Ohio state and Michigan added a new \ one. They played for the Ohio state coaches Job. The game was a tie and John Cooper kept his Job anyway. Even in a rare Down year at Ohio state the band is a Delight to watch especially when it spells out Ohio in script and the tuba player runs around a while before _ dotting the at Wisconsin football fans stick around after the game whether the badgers win or lose for a half hour band concert known As the a fifth with the arrival of Barry Alvarez Badger fans have celebrated a few More victories the past couple of years. Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight might be face big tends most recognized figure although be does no to get Many plaudits for his wardrobe. Knight finally got rid of his hideous plaid sport coat now he wears red sweaters that keep rolling up above his stomach. Iowa football coach Hayden Fry is easy to recognize o. He a the one in the sunglasses and White pants. Too in Fry incidentally is one of the better storytellers i the league. One of his Best is How As a High school teacher in Texas he made a Young Roy Orbison stand in the Corner with a wastebasket Over his head. Fry s How Orbison developed a nasal twang in his singing voice. The big ten has hundreds of notable alumni ranging from the nation s Only Twe time Heisman trophy Winner a Ohio states Archie Griffin a to the first Man on the Moon a Purdue s Jaleil Armstrong. The Purdue guide also proudly Points out that Popcorn King Orville Redenbacher was a boilermaker. Actor Robert Urich earned his degree at Michigan state Wacky producers David and Jerry Zucker of a air planet and a naked gun Fame went to Wisconsin Disney studios president Rich Frank is an Illinois graduate and pollster George Gallup attended Iowa. Although animals Are the most popular school nicknames nationwide that a not so in the big ten. While there Are badgers Wisconsin wolverines Michigan wildcats Northwestern and Golden gophers Minnesota there also Are spartans j Michigan state hoosiers Indian buckeyes Ohio Stal boilermakers Purdu Lollini Illinois and Hawk eyes Iowa ,. Belonging to the big ten Means playing a football game indoors every once in a while Minnesota plays in the metronome in downtown Minneapolis. Up there indoors is a Good place to be much of the year
