European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 11,1993 sports the stars and stripes b Pago 29 7 win on court. By the associated press. With the College basketball season now knee deep in conference play some big name schools Are starting to lose with regularity. Three ranked big ten schools a no. 8 Iowa no. 9 Purdue and no. 14 Michigan state a dropped to 0-2 in College basketball the conference with losses saturday and two ranked big East teams a no. 17 Georgetown and no. 24 Pittsburgh a fell to 2-2 in that conference. No 18 Vanderbilt and no. 22 Massachusetts also lost conference games saturday meaning that seven ranked teams were Defeated saturday. A ranked Boston College won for the first time at the capital Center in Landover md., when four different Georgetown 8-2,2-2 players missed shots in the final 10 seconds giving the eagles 9-2,30 a 57-56 Victory. Quot All those shots could have gone in a Hoya coach John Thompson said. In saturdays top-25 action. Kentucky 84, Tennessee 70 Lexington by. A Pale Brown scored a season High 23 Points and Jamal Mashburn added 21 As no. 2 Kentucky 11-0, 2-0  overcame a 31-Point performance by Allan Houston. Brown hit three 3-pointers during a 13-2 run that Kentucky used to open a 40-32 Lead. Michigan 98, Wisconsin 73 Madison wis. No. 3 Michigan 12-1, 2-0 big ten avenged an 18-Point loss at the Wisconsin. Field House last season. Chris Webber scored 20 Points and Jalen Rose and Juwan Howard each had 18. Kansas 78, Iowa state 71 Lawrence Kan. A Iowa state went to a spread offence and stayed close throughout but Richard Scott and Adonis Jordan ignited two key runs that carried the no. 4 Jay Hawks 11-1 past the cyclones., Indiana 105, Penn state 57 Bloomington ind. A the Kittany Lions were crushed in their first big ten Road game As the fifth ranked hoosiers 13-2, 2-0 never trailed. Damon Bailey finished with a season High 28. North Carolina 101, Maryland 73 Chapel Hill . Eric Montross dominated inside scoring 17 Points and grabbing 13 rebounds As the no. 6 tar heels 12-1, 2-0 acc won easily. North Carolina reached Ioc Points for the seventh time this season by shooting 55.7 percent. Seton Hall 91, Providence 79 Providence . A Terry Deere scored 28 Points including 24 in the first half. Deere a third 3 Pointer gave no. 7 Seton Hall 13-1, 3-0 its largest Lead in the first half at 52-20 with 2 10 remaining. Ohio state 92, Iowa 81 Columbus Ohio freshman Greg Simpson came off the Bench to score a career High 23 Points and Ohio state matched a school record with u 3 Wisconsin a Brian Kelley grabs Chris Webber by the pants As he tries to Stop a Michigan fast break in saturday s game. Poi no. Pointers in lowering Iowa a big ten record to. 0-2. The 8 Hawk eyes Are 11-2 Overall. Minnesota 81, Purdue 60 Minneapolis the Golden gophers off to their Best Start since 1989-90, got 17 Points from to Shon Lenard and Jayson Walton. Minnesota broke a 43-43 tie with a 17-6 run. The no. 9 boilermakers 9-2, 0-2 were led by Glenn Robinsons 25. Arkansas 86, South Carolina 76 Columbia . A freshman Scotty Thurman had 24 Points and nine rebounds to Lead no. 13 Arkansas 11-1, 2-0 Southeastern conference to its third straight win. Illinois 52, Michigan state 39 East Lansing Mich. Illinois held no. 14 Michigan state 8-3, 0-2 big ten to its lowest Point a gent the spa a the final 2 24. Msue a Mike Peplowski averaging 17.1 total in 13 years and in spartans scoreless Over Points was held to two Urcla 89, Arizona state 85 los Angeles red of Bannon scored 24 Points and grabbed 11 rebounds As Urcla 10-3,1-1 paci0 withstood a 13-of-34 3-Point shooting performance by Asu. The 15th-ranked Bruins did not score a 3-Point goal while the Sun devils 13 set a Pauley Pavilion record. Cincinnati 80, St. Louis 65 St. Louis a the no. 16 bearcats 9-1, 1-0 great Midwest used aggressive defense to go on a 16-0 spurt in the first half Florida 62, Vanderbilt 61 Gainesville Fla. A Stacey Poole a jumper from the foul line was Good at the Buzzer ruining a 29-Point performance for no. 18 Vanderbilt a Billy Mccaffrey. Florida is 8-3 Overall and 2-0 in the . Arizona 81, Southern Cal 73 Inglewood Calif. A los Angeles native Chris Mills had season highs of 28 Points and 13 rebounds to Lead no. 20 Arizona to its second win in three Days in the . Area. The wildcats 7-2, 2-0 beat Urcla on thursday. Syracuse 89, Miami 81 Syracuse . A coach Jim Jocheim won the 400th game of his career and the no. 21 orangemen 9-3, 1-3 big East snapped a three game losing Streak. Freshman John Wallace scored a career High 23 Points and grabbed 13 rebounds for Syracuse. Temple 52, Massachusetts 44 Philadelphia a the 22nd-ranked minutemen 6-4, 0-1 Atlantic 10 posted their lowest Point total in six years. Temple 5-3, 1-1 depended on Aaron Mckie s 19 Points and a late 10-0 run for the win. Flu 74, Wake Forest 72, of Winston Salem , a Sam Cassell converted a three Point play with one second left in overtime for no. 23 Florida state 9-5,1-1 acct. Johns 65, Pittsburgh 77 new York a Lamont Middleton scored 20 Points and St Johns made 13 of its last 14 free throws to end no. 24 Pitt s seven game winning Streak. St. Johns never trailed in winning its 21st straight Home game. Pitt fell to 9-2,2-2. Virginia 73, North Carolina state 56 Raleigh . A unbeaten Virginia extended the nations second longest winning Streak to 14 games. The no. 25 Cavaliers 9-0, 2-0 acc were led by 25 Points from Cory Alexander love sinks clutch putt to Lead or win m i pm s a i re. In i.  a a a i. �11 by Bob Green Carlsbad Calif. A Davis love Iii May or May not have won the tournament of champions with a 15-foot Birdie putt on the 54th Hole saturday. A the Only thing certain is that he took the third round Lead in the Kickoff event on the 1993 pea tour. And no one was sure whether the fourth round would Ever be played. The la Costa resort course a already saturated a faced an ominous forecast going into sunday s scheduled final round. Another severe Winter storm was expected to produce one to three inches of tournament of champions rain overnight with rain continuing into the Day on sunday. Quot i Felt like he won the tournament a Paul Azinger said after loves last Hole putt broke a tie Between the two and put love one stroke in front. Loves clutch putt which dropped in on top of Azinger a 40-footer, finished off a 3-under-Par 69 and produced a 54-Hoje total of 203, 13 under Par on the storm battered rain soaked course. Azinger who three putted three times on the Back nine shot 70 and was at 204. Brad Faxon was next at 67-207, with Mark of Meara ant Danfor Sinan tied at 208 in the elite Field of winners Only from the 1992 season. Of Meara had a third round 68 and Forsman 69. They were followed by . Open Champ Tom Kite John Cook and Greg Norman. Cook shot 68, Kite 69 and Norman 71. In a separate but simultaneous Competition for last years winners from the senior pea tour Jim Dent and defending Champion a1 Geiberger were tied at 209. Geiberger who had a 69, retained a share of the Lead with a 6-foot Par putt on the final Hole while Dent had a 70 but made up three shots with a Back nine 33., the Only other seniors to break Par for 54 holes were Dave Stockton George Archer and Mike Hill tied at 212. Stockton shot 69, Hill 70 and Archer 72. In the event sundays play was washed out Dent and Geiberger would face the need to find a Hole in the storm Long enough for a sudden death playoff for the seniors�?T$52,500 first prize. Ray Floyd the first Man to qualify for Competition in both segments of the tournament struggled to a 73 and was at Par 216, 13 behind love and 7 Back of Dent and Geiberger