European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 b the stars and stripes sports monday. March 1,1993indiana turns Back Minnesota by the associated press. Minneapolis a Greg Graham scored 11 of his 19 Points during a 26-4 run that began late in the first halt and no 1 Indiana built a 17-Point Lead before surviving a flurry of 3-pointers to beat Minnesota 8675 Matt Nover and Damon Bailey scored 17 Points each and Calbert Chancy had 15 for Indiana 253,141 big ten. Vashon Lenard hit 22 for Minnesota 15-9,7-8. In other games saturday no. 2 Kentucky 80, Auburn 78 Lexington by. Rodrick Rhodes made a 15-footer with three seconds left giving Kentucky the win. Auburn s Wesley person got off 25-footer that rimmed out of the Basket As the final Horn sounded. Jamal Mashburn who was Given a pos game tribute in his final Home regular season game after announcing he was turning pro on thursday scored 22 Points for Kentucky 213, 11-3 Southeastern conference. Person led Auburn 13-10,6-8 with 24 . 3 North Carolina 86, no. 6 Florida St. 76 Tallahassee Fla. It looks like North Carolina could end the regular season As the top seed in the acc tournament and the top ranked team in the country. Quot a a a since no. 1 Indiana and no. 2 Kentucky have already lost this week North Carolina May become the sixth team to be ranked no. 1 this season. Brian Reese scored 18 of his game High 25 Points in the second half a including six straight to key a decisive late 15-2 run a to Lead the tar heels. No. 4 Arizona 99, Oregon 68 Tucson Ariz. A Chris Mills scored 23 Points in just 19 minutes and Arizona opened an Early Lead As it extended its Best in the nation win Streak to 19 games. The wildcats 21-2,14-0who have already clinched the Pac-10 title and an automatic berth in the Mcaa tournament jumped out to a 10-1 Lead in the first two minutes and eventually led by As much As 40. Oregon 9-18,2-13 suited up Only eight players after coach Jerry Green suspended starter Andre Collier and top reserves Clyde Jordan and Johnnie . 7 Kansas 72, Colorado 68 Lawrence Kan. A Steve Woodbery came off the Bench to score 18 Points As Kansas struggled past Colorado. It was the Jay Hawks 10th straight Home win Over the buffaloes. Kansas 22-5, 9-3 big eight avoided what would have been consecutive defeats for the first time since november 1990.no. 8 Vanderbilt 80, Mississippi state 39 Starkville miss. Billy Mccaffrey scored 17 Points and no. $ Vanderbilt made 10 3-pointers in the second half to Snake off a slow Start. Vanderbilt 23-4, 122 in the Southeastern conference led Only 22-19 at halftime but opened the second half with a 12-2  67, no. 10 Cincinnati 60 Birmingham Ala. Cincinnati lost for the second Lime in three games by blowing a 12-Point halftime Lead and shooting just 40 percent from the Field. Lab ensured the Victory at the tout Tine. The blazers 16-12, 4-5 great Midwest made 25 of 32 free throws the bearcats 21-4, 7-2 made Only 8 of 10. Robert Shannon led lab with 29 Points. Nick Van Exel had 33 for  1 Utah 89, no.23 by 83 Salt Lake City a Phil Dixon scored a career High 28 Points and Utah held off Brigham Young in a Battle for first place in the Western athletic conference. Josh Grant added 18 Points for the utes 22-3, College basketball Northwestern i Kevin Rankin closely defends Purdue s Glenn Robinson in game won by the wildcats 62-59. 15-1who took undisputed leadership of the wac. Gary Trost led by 21-6,14-2 with 26 . 12 Wake Forest 58, no. 22 Virginia 56 Winston Salem . A Rodney Rogers scored 24 Points and hit a key 3-Pointer Down the stretch. The Victory moved the Demon deacons 18-6,9-5 into a tie with Duke for third place in the Atlantic coast conference. Virginia 16-8k8-7 lost its third straight for the first time this . 14 Selon hell 82, Connecticut 74 Hartford Conn. A Terry Deere scored 21 Points and keyed a late 190 run As scion Hall won its sixth straight. Deere who had Only two at halftime scored eight during the decisive run As the huskies went scoreless for 5 56. The Victory by the pirates 22-6 Overall 12-4 big East ended a six game winning Streak for Connecticut 15-9,9-7 no. 15 Arkansas 85, Mississippi 63oxford miss. A Scotty Thurman scored 15 Points and sparked an 11-0 run Early in the second half As Arkansas 18-6,9-5 retained a one game Lead in the Sec West with two games to  94, no. 16tulano67 Louisville by a Troy Smith scored a career High 21 Points on perfect shooting from the Field As Louisville clinched the top seed in the metro conference tournament. The win also assured Louisville 16 i 8,10-1 of at least a tie with the Green wave 20-6, 8 2 for the regular season league championship. Northwestern 62, no. 17 Purdue 59 West Lafayette ind. -. Northwestern snapped its 60-game Road losing Streak mine  Ana its 19-game los Itig Streak to Purdue. The wildcats 7-16,2-12 had not won a conference Road game since feb. 20,1986, and had not won at Mackey Arena since the 1972-73 season. Northwestern took the Lead for Rood at 59-56 on Kip Kirkpatrick s 3-Pointer with 1 28 left. Glenn Robinson scored 29 for Purdue 15-8,6-8 no. 18 Iowa 66, Michigan state 84 Iowa City Iowa a Wade Lookingbill a 15-foot jumper with three seconds left gave Iowa 19-6 Overall 8-5 big ten its second come from Behina Victory Over the spartans 14-9, 6-8 this season. It was Iowa s fifth consecutive Victory. Acie Earl led Iowa with 20 Points 10 ramp Bounds and seven blocked shots. Shawn Respert scored 16 Points for Michigan . 19 new Orleans 71, South Alabama 62 Mobile Ala. A Reni Mason s 19 Points led four players in double figures for new Orleans 232,170which has already clinched the top seed in the Sun Belt conference tournament. South Alabama 13-12, 8-9 led at the half 34-31, but Tony Madison hit a 3-Pointer with 18 46 left to tie the score at 34-34 and the jaguars never led again. Memphis St. 68, no. 20 Marquette 63 Memphis Tenn. A Memphis state got 26 Points from Billy Smith and held Marquette to one Field goal in the final 616 minutes to take sole Possession of second place in the great Midwest conference. Marquette 19-6,5-4 led 60-58 when Jim Mcllvain scored inside with 6 34 left but could convert Only one More Basket a a 3-Pointer by Damon key with 1 05 remaining. Memphis state 18-9, 6-2 converted four of seven free throws in the final 1 22.w. Virginia 79, no. 21 Massachusetts 54 Morgantown . A Pervines Greene scored 25 Points and West Virginia went on a 32-11 run Over the tint 12 minutes of the second half to beat Massachusetts. West Virginia 14-10, 5-7 Atlantic 10 was up 32-30 when the run began. Harper Williams who had 16, was the Only double figure scorer for the minutemen 18-6 9-3 no. 24 Xavier 93, Detroit mercy 74. Cincinnati Xavier 23-3, 11-1 avenged its Only conference loss of the season and maintained a one game Lead Over Evansville in the midwestern collegiate conference with two games  57, Navy 48 new York a Dave Buckner scored 20 Points and became the 27th player in Fordham history to score 1,000 Points As the rams beat Navy in a Pat not league  77, army 67 Easton a. A Keith Brazzo scored 21 Points As Lafayette Defeated army in the Patriot  Mexico 80, air Force 60 air Force Academy Colo. Ca Cochet Neves scored 23 Points and Ike Williams added 20 As new Mexico beat Western athletic conference foe air Force. With the win new Mexico kept atop the upper division of the wac standings at third place behind Utah and Brigham Young advancing to 19-11 Overall and 115 in the wac. Air Force which was led by George Irvin with 15 Points fell to 9-16 and 3-13.cgnadiens Clinch playoff spot Bellows scores 4 nil by the associated press Montreal the Montreal Ca Nadies Wilh four goals from Brian Bellows became the first nil team to Clinch a berth in the playoffs with an 8-4 Victory Over the Buffalo sabres. Bellows with the third four goal game of his 11-year career scored three times in the first period and added another in the second. In other games saturday Maple Leafs 5, Kings 2 Inglewood Calif. John Culle and Bob Rouse scored the tying and go ahead goals less ih3n four minutes apart in the second period As Toronto extended its unbeaten Streak to nine games with a win Over los Angeles. Blackhawk 2, red wings 1 Detroit a Dirk Graham scored both goals As Chicago won its fourth straight game. Penguins 3, lightning 3 Pittsburgh a Joey Mullen of the penguins reached 900 career Points with two goals and an assist As slumping Pittsburgh blew a two goal Lead and finished in a tie with Tampa Bay. Bruins 5, capitals 4, of Boston a Vladimir Ruzicka scored with 2 57 left in overtime As Boston beat Washington in overtime breaking the capitals seven game winning  9, flyers 2 Philadelphia a Tom Fitzgerald s goal 4 21 into the third period gave new York its win Over Philadelphia. Devils 5, senators 2 East Rutherford Alexander Semak scored twice and set up two other goals As new Jersey extended Ottawa a losing Streak on the Road to 31 games. Whalers 5, Nordques 3 Quebec a Geoff Sanderson had two goals and an assist and Pat Verbeek scored a goal and added three assists As Hartford erased a three goal deficit for a Victory Over Quebec flames 5, Sharks 4 Calgary Alberta a Calgary blew a three goal Lead and needed a late goal from Theoren Fleury for a Victory Over the san  1, oilers 0 Edmonton Alberta a Mike Richter making his first Start in two weeks made 29 saves As new York beat Edmonton. Blues 3, North stars 2 St. Louis a Brendan Shanahan a goal with St. Louis holding a two Man u Volta a  period gave the blues a Victory Over Minnesota