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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Over Urcla o a. A. I Duke win his Day by the associated press Durham . Bobby Hurley gave the Home crowd what it wanted on the Day his no. 11 Jersey was retired scoring 19 Points and handing out 15 assists As no. 9 Duke beat Urcla 78-67 sunday. The Victory was the 80th straight at Home Over a non conference team for Duke 22-5 and 36th in a Row Overall against non acc schools. Duke s last non conference loss at Home was to Louisville in january 1983. Urcla fell to 18-9. Hurley a assist total left him Only College basketball five Short of the career Mcaa Mark of 1,039, held by North Carolina states Chris Corchiani against whom Hurley played two seasons. Hurley the seventh player in Duke history to have his number retired has 46 assists in his last three games. Urcla took its Only Lead at 45-44 with 17 26 left but Duke went on a 14-4 run Over the next six minutes. Hurley capped the spurt with an assist to Thomas Hill who fed Duke with 22 Points. The Bruin amp did close to 71-67 with 2 56 remaining As their transition game continued to Hurt Duke. But a Clodo Back steals by Antonio Lang and Hill helped preserve the Victory. Duke also hit seven free throws in the final 56 seconds. Cherokee Parks added 17 Points for the Blue devils. Lang had 11 of his 14 in the opening half. Edt of Bannon led Urcla with 19 Points while Shon Tarver had 15 of his 17 in the first period. In other games sunday no. 5 Michigan 66, Ohio St. 64. Columbus Ohio a Jimmy King hit two looping jumpers to give Michigan a five Point Lead with five minutes left and Jalen Rose made it stand up with three free throws in the final 29 seconds As the wolverines beat Ohio state. Michigan avoided becoming the second top five team to lose to Ohio state this week. The buckeyes shocked top ranked Indiana 8177 in overtime tuesday night. A we knew we had to play harder than Ohio state a said Rose who had 17 Points. A they were Riding the emotion after winning against Indi Ana and trying to get into the Mcaa tournament. We Shad to match How a a.  the wolverines 22-4 Overall 1 1-3 in the big ten did that overcoming a five Point deficit with 15 minutes left in front of a loud capacity crowd of 13,276. Juwan Howard scored 18 Points and had 16 rebounds for Michigan. Chris Webber the wolverines leading scorer at 19.8 Points a game did not score in the first half and finished with eight Points and 11 rebounds. The Victory gave the wolverines sole session of second place in the big in two games behind front running Indiana and a half game ahead of Illinois. No. 25 Pitt 51, Georgetown 46 Pittsburgh Chris Mcneal s free throw shooting and rebounding Down the stretch kept Pittsburgh a fast fading Mcaa tournament Hopes alive As Dukes Bobby Hurley holds up his framed Jersey during ceremonies retiring his number. Pote the panthers held off Georgetown. Pitt 16-8, 8-8 in the big East had lost three in a Row and six of eight Overall to jeopardize an Mcaa bid that the pan others had All but wrapped up when they were 13-2. Pitt had lost four of its previous five Home games. The panthers held Georgetown 13-11, 6-10 scoreless Over the final 2 52 to play to beat the hoyas for just the second time in their last seven meetings. Georgetown had won three straight in Pittsburgh and was 11-3 against Pitt since Paul Evans became the panthers coach. John Jacques gave Georgetown a 48-46 Lead at 2 52, but the hoyas a shooting 33 percent while losing for the eighth time in nine games a never scored again in losing their seventh straight on the Road. Pitt turned the Ball Over several times before Mcneal made one of two free throws with 27 seconds left. Duane Spencer was fouled on the in Bounds play and could have put Georgetown up by three but missed the front end of the 1-and-1. Mcneal fouled by Jacques on the ensuing scramble for the rebound made both free throws with 25 seconds left to give Pitt the Lead for Good at 49-48. The hoyas Likely to miss the Mcaa tournament for the first time in 15 years unless they win the big East tournament got a season High 13 Points from Jacques and 10 from Lonnie Harrell. N. Carolina St. 68, Georgia tech 60 Raleigh a Lakista Mcculler scored 19 Points and Kevin Thompson added 18 Points and 16 rebounds to Lead North Carolina slate to an upset Over Georgia tech the Wolf pack scored on eight straight possessions Midway through the second half to turn a 34-31 deficit into a 49-37 Lead with 9 05 left a three Point play by Marc Lewis extended the Lead to 54-39 with 5 31 remaining. Lewis and Mark Davis added 11 Points each for . State which improved to 8 16 and 2-12 in the Atlantic coast conference. Georgia tech 15-9,7-7 was led by Martice Moore with 22 Points and Travis Best with 17. The stars and stripes c sports March 2,1993 b Page 36 Kite Victory lifts him to $8 million Kite los Angeles a Tom Kite became golfs first $8 million Man sunday and he did it in dramatic fashion. Four shots behind with seven holes to play Kite made five birdies Down the stretch to win the los Angeles open going away. Winning for the second time in three tournaments Kite earned $180,000 for the Victory at Riviera to raise his career earnings past $8 million. He won the Bob Hope classic two weeks ago breaking the tournament record by four shots in the process. He finished the tournament at Riviera shortened to 54 holes when play was washed out Friday with a closing 4-under-Par 67 that left him three shots ahead of defending Champion Fred couples Donnie Hammond Payne Stewart and Dave Barr. Already the Tours top All time Money Winner Kite played Down the fact he passed a career earnings plateau sunday. A i know i went Over a Milestone that a real neat and in a proud of that a he said. A but if in a going to continue to play Well As Well As 1 want to play 1 can to pay too close attention to that and 1 can to get too Content. I have to downplay  although Kite turned the final few holes into a one Man show the la. Open was tight most of the Way. Ltd the three shot Victory is very misleading a he said a it was so close All Day. 1 know at one Point i was four shots Down and things changed quickly As i started getting those  Kite moved ahead of faltering Leader Jay Don Blake with a Birdie on no. 15. Kite then took sole Possession of the Lead we la a Par on no. 16 As Paul Azinger who had moved into a tie for the Lead at 5-under, bogeyed. Kite locked up the 19th win of his career with birdies on4he final two Oles. A fall the credit has to go to Tom Kite a Stewart said. Said couples a a he a a great player. Most people get these stretches and do it ail we in streaks except for Tom Kite. He can win at anytime because he a so  after an opening 73 that left him six strokes off the first Day Lead. Kite shot himself into Contention in the second round with a 5-under-Par 66, including a 30 Over the last nine holes. Kite ranks far ahead in career earn mrs with Tom Watson a Distant second at just Over $6 million. Quot Quot a a a a w1 �?5�?. I. A a a i i. \  
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