European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday february 15, 1993 sports the stars and stripes b Page 33 y a deacons Homey bedevil Duke Durham . Up Wake Forest Junior foward Rod Ney Rogers returned in style to his Hometown saturday scoring a Carcer High 35 Points to Lead the 14th ranked Demon deacons to a 98-86 upset of third ranked Duke. Junior Forward to clinic Owens and guard Marc Blucas also scored career highs 21 and 14 Points respectively to help the Denton deacons improve to 16-4 Overall and 7-3 in the Atlantic coast conference. Duke guard Bobby Hurley said the deacons were indeed demons on saturday. A Rodney was possessed i think a said Hurley. A the did whatever he wanted to out there. In be never seen a player do that to us in the four years in be been the 6-foot-7 Rogers who played at Durhams downtown Hillside High school and sneaked into Dukes Cameron indoor stadium As a teenager to watch the Blue devils hit 14 of 16 shots from the floor and 7 of 8 from the line. A it feels great to come in Here and win like this a Rogers said. A to play so Well in your own backyard is special. Everyone played hard. We were determined to do our Best and we Owens hit 7 of 11 from the floor and 7 of 8 at the line. Guard Randolph Childress the acc Stop scorer was held to 15 Points but got a Carcer High eight assists. Blucas hit 4 of 5 shots from 3-Point Range. Duke fell to 19-4 Overall and 7-4 in the acc with its first loss after six straight wins. The Blue devils also suffered the temporary loss of Star Grant Hill who exited late in the first half with nine Points and what Duke coach Mike Krzyzowski termed a a turf a Wake Forest was Tough Tough today a Krzyzowski said. Quot i Admire How Well and How together they played. Rodney was sensational. No he was better than that. My vocabulary is too limited to say How Well he Center Cherokee Parks and guard Thomas Hill led the Blue devils scoring with 18 Points each. But Parks was outre bounded by Wake Forest counterpart Derrick Hicks 15-2 As Wake Forest pounded Duke on the boards 40-29. Wake Forest trailed 20-11 and 38-31 in the first half but fought Back behind 10 Points by Rogers in the final 2 48 of the half to get to 42-41 Down by the break. Rogers gave Wake Forest its first Lead with a Layup off the opening Possession of the second half sparking a 7-0 run and a 48-42 Deacon Lead the Dea cons never trailed again. Wake Forest led by As much As 96-81 late in the game before Duke freshman guard Chris Collins fired in three Long Range goals for eight unanswered Points in the final 35 seconds. Coming off a 111-94 loss wednesday at Florida state the deacons avenged an s6-59 defeat at the hands of Duke and scored the most Points by an opponent Oil the Blue devils Home floor since North Carolinas 105-81 win in 1983. A we showed a lot of heart and we showed a lot of togetherness a said Wake Forest coach Dave Odum. Quot Rodney had a wonderful wonderful Kentucky rides its to Conquest of Irish notre Dames Jon Ross does High kick As he collides with Kentucky Sandre Riddick. By the associated press South Bend ind. Second ranked Kentucky shut Down Monty Williams in the second half and used deadly free throw shooting to beat notre Dame 81-62 saturday. Williams scored 26 Points in the first 24 minutes for notre tame 9-12but managed just two foul shots the rest of the Way. Meanwhile Kentucky a Gimel Martinez and Travis Ford combined for 15 straight Points after Wildcat Star Jamal Mashburn sat Down with four fouls with 10 36 to play. Mashburn scored 22 Points for Kentucky 18-2. Kentucky came into the game shooting 67 percent from the foul line. But the wildcats converted 76 percent against notre Dame 25 of 33. In other games saturday. No. 5 Arizona 81, Washington 72 Seattle a Arizona stretched its winning Streak to 15 games and remained on track to become the first Pac-10 team to go undefeated in the league since Urcla went 14-0 in winning the Pac-8 in 1978. Khalid Reeves scored 15 Points and Chris Mills added 14 for the wildcats 17-2, 11-0who had six players in double figures. No. 7 Kansas 67, Missouri 63 Columbia to. Rex Walters scored 16 Points As Kansas ran its winning Streak to six. It was the second Victory Over Missouri in 12 Days for Kansas 20-3, 7-1 big eight which won 86-69 feb. 1 at Home. Jevon Crudup scored 24 Points for Missouri 15-8, 4-4 despite playing most of the second half with tour no. 8 Cincinnati 64, St. Louis 39 Cincinnati Coric Blount scored 19 Points and dominated the Middle As Cincinnati took the Early Lead and rolled Over St. Louis. The bearcats 19-2, 61 great Midwest conference did no to Trail after Blount led them on a game opening 16-7 run. St. Louis 8-12,0-5 lost its 23rd straight Road game and its 16th straight conference game. No. 10 flu 87, Maryland 84 College Park my. Bob Sura won a scoring Battle with Kevin Mclin ton and Florida state survived a late Maryland rally to win its sixth straight. Sura scored 23 of his 34 Points in the second half but the seminoles blew a 15-Point Lead before coming Back to win. Mclinton had a career Best 32 Points but his potential game tying 35-footer at the Buzzer fell Short. Florida state 19-6, 9-2 Atlantic coast College basketball has won 10 of 11, while Maryland 10-11, 1-10 has lost six in a Row. No. 11 Vanderbilt 81, m. Tenn. St. 51 Nashville Tenn. Billy Mccaffrey scored 17 Points and Vanderbilt started the second half with a 30-2 spree. The commodores 19-4 led 36-30 at halftime before pulling away from Middle Tennessee state 9-11. Alabama 93, no. 14 Arkansas 82 Tuscaloosa Ala. James Robinson broke out of a slump with 27 Points and Alabama posted the biggest win of first year coach David Hobbs career. Lab 44, no. 15 Marquette 38 Milwaukee Stanley Jackson made six free throws in the final 34 seconds and Alabama Birmingham used a slowdown offence to upset Marquette. It was the warriors second straight loss after a 10-game winning Streak. No. 17 Pittsburgh 95, Illinois 79 lies i scored 30 Points and Grabby eight rebounds As Pittsburgh pulled away at the Champaign Iii. Chris Mcneal 1 _ up. End. The panthers 15-5 made eight of 14 3-Point shots after making Only eight of 49 in their last three games. Icon Thomas had 26 Points for Illinois 15-7. No. 18 Purdue 90, Wise. 87,2 of Madison wis. A Glenn Robinson scored 42 Points and blocked a potential game tying shot in the final seconds As Purdue beat Wisconsin in double overtime. Robinson the big pen s leading scorer with a 26.4 average scored six Points in the second overtime. No. 19 Seton Hall 65, Villa a 59, of Villanova a. Terry Delcre scored six of his game High 24 Points in overtime for Seton Hall. Dec re a 3 Pointer with 24 seconds left in regulation put the pirates 18-6, 8-4 big East ahead 53-50, but Lance Miller hit a tying 3-Pointcr at the Buzzer for Villanova. s 65, no. 21 . 61 new York St. Johns stayed on top of the big East despite nearly blowing a 17-Point Lead in the second halt. The redmen 14-6, 9-3 big East won their 23rd straight game at alumni Hall. No. 22 mass. 68, g. Washington 65 Washington Mike Williams hit a 3-Pointcr with less than a second remaining to Cap a second half rally by mass. A
