European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pig 32 the stars and stripes sports sunday november 21,1993freshman keys tar Heel Victory by the associated press Chapel Hill  r it was the tale of two talented freshmen in North Carolina s 90-63 Victory Over Cincinnati in the second round of the preseason nit. Rasheed Wallace of the top ranked tar heels was relaxing in the locker room Friday night taking questions after his 12-Point, 13-rebound, 5-Block game against the 19th-Rankcd bearcats. Meanwhile Dontonio Wingfield had a scowl on his face and refused to be interviewed after being benched at the Start of the second half by Cincinnati coach Bob Huggins because of his temper. After playing the tar heels on even terms despite starting three freshmen Cincinnati was forced to play the final 8 43 of the opening half without Wingfield. He went to the Bench with three fouls after being called for a charge and then a technical when he threw the bal preseason nit about 20 feet in the air. From that Point the bearcats offence seemed out of sync and the Veteran tar heels went for the kill going on a 12-0 run to take command. It was a Shock Back to reality for the 6-foot-8, 256-Pound Wingfield after the Best debut in bearcats history against Butler on wednesday night a things came easy to Dontonio in High school and now you Are at a level where everyone is relatively As Good As you Are and you have to get through that a Huggins said. Wingfield followed wednesdays 30-Point, 12-rebound performance with 5-for-17 shooting and four rebounds in 22 minutes against the tar heels. Part of his time was lost on the Bench with foul trouble a the other part was Tost when Huggins sat him Down. The tar heels Advance to the tournament semifinals wednesday at Madison Square Garden against the Winner of saturday nights Massachusetts Towson state game. Meanwhile the 6-10 Wallace recorded North Carolinas first double double by a freshman since Pete Chilcutt in 1987. He was 6 for 6 from the Field and several of his blocks in the second half led to easy baskets for the tar heels who were Lea by Donald Williams 21 Points. In Friday s other nit game Kansas 73, California 56 Lawrence Kan. Richard Scott scored 19 Points and Steve Woodberry added 14 As no. 9 Kansas withstood a valiant second half charge and beat no. 6 California. The Golden bears went the last seven minutes of the first half without a Field goal but then Jason Kidd and Lamond Murray became a two Man team and sparked a 19-5 run that sliced Kansas 19-Point halftime Lead to five. Murray a tip in of a miss by Kidd made it 46-41 with 13 30 to go. Then the Jay Hawks who missed 11 of their first 13 shots in the second half got a steal and two free throws from Calvin Rayford and went on 16-6 spree. Murray had 24 Points and Kidd 22, and except for one two Point Basket by Michael Stewart beginning the second half nobody else scored a Field Goat for the bears after intermission together Murray and Kidd scored All but 10 of californians Points. For the second straight game the bears were missing injured starters Alfred Grigsby and . Roberts. Kansas which ousted Cal from last years Mcaa tournament in route to a final four appearance outscored the bears 23-5 Over the last nine minutes of the first half. Courier s Frankfurt Germany up Jim courier hoisted the White Flag Friday and none too soon. Midway through his match against Michael Stich in the at world championships courier handed his Racket to a Bellboy urging him to play the next rally a a lighthearted sign of his frustration on the International Tennis courts Over recent months. Courier eventually resumed play to lose 7-5, 6-4 to Germany s Stich bowing out of the $2.75 million tournament without a Victory in three matches. If it Hadnot been for fridays incident the two time at event runner up might Only be remembered for Reading a Book during changeover Breaks against Andrei Medvedev a few Days earlier. A a in a glad the seasons Over. Time to go Home a a courier said Friday As he prepares for a six week Layoff. A a it a not fun to lose three Mac pcs but thinking positive i was glad to have made it for this  the Dade City fla., resident opened the season by successfully defending his australian open title Ana winning two of his Riet three tournaments. He claimed further titles in Rome and Indianapolis but has failed to qualify for the quarters in the six tournaments since his last Triumph on aug. 22. Courier relinquished the world no. 1 ranking to Fel Low american Pete Sampras april 12, and found himself on the losing end of two grand slam finals a to scr i bruguera in the French open and to Sampras at Wimbledon. ,. A a i Don t know Why it happens if it s Bio rhythm or just Blind tuck or if just get tired or what a he reasoned. A i had a Good first half of the season and a disappointing second but when you say at the beginning of the year you Are going to win one grand slam and and be in two grand slam finals then i will take that for the next  \ in Frankfurt he fell 6-4, 6-0 to compatriot Michael Chang on tuesday. A my concentration has never been better a was just Jim courier right watches his a designated server a a Ball boy during Friday match with Michael Stich one of his Snappy remarks after the loss to Medvedev the following night when he blew four match Points in Between Reading sessions of Armistead maupins a maybe the  however he found his composure Friday and was even impressed by the Bellboy a a serve. Quot pretty Nice second serve better than mine sometimes a counter said. Sanchez Vicario topples Novotna in slims new York apr Arantha Sanchez Vicario nearly on the verge of elimination rallied Friday night to defeat Jana Novotna and grab a spot in the semifinals of the Virginia slims championships. Getting stronger and More determined the longer they played the second seeded spaniard toppled Novotna 6-7 2-77-6 7-26-4 in a match that took 2 hours 57 minutes at Madison Square Garden. Sanchez Vicario was to play Mary Pierce in saturdays second semifinal. The unseeded Pierce reached the semifinals in her first trip to this season ending tournament by upsetting four time Winner Martina Navratilova thursday night. The first semifinal had top seeded Steffi Graf against no. 8 Anke Huber. In fridays first match Huber made it an All German semifinal by defeating fourth seeded Conchita Martinez 6-3,6-3. It was a rare Victory Over Novotna for Sanchez Vicario who has lost eight of their 12 career meetings. The Huber Martinez match was halted briefly in the second set when Martinez asked for and received medical attention when her Back Muscles tightened up. After a Brief Massage the match resumed. The loss ended the Best year for Martinez who had victories Over Gabriela Sabatini Navratilova Mary Joe Fernandez and Graf the latter last sunday in the final of the Virginia slims of Philadelphia. It get at Home. By the associated press Cleveland Brown coach Bill Belichick has taken a beating through the Media for firing quarterback Ber Nie Kosar. On sunday Many in a crowd approaching 80,000 Are Likely to let him know How they fed about the ouster of the most popular Brown since Jimmy. It will be cd eve nil preview lands first Home game since the Cut. So much for the Homefield advantage. The Kosar controversy plus the terrible performance of replacement quarterback Todd Philcox in the Browns 22-5 loss last sunday at Seattle has Cleveland fans in an uproar. It could get ugly. A i thought about that a running Back Eric Metcalf said. A in some cases there will be fans who Are against  but Metcalf whose two touchdowns on kick returns oct. 24 provided the spark when Cleveland beat Pittsburgh a before things began to unravel for the 5-4 Browns a said there is one Way to keep the crowd from helping the visiting Houston oilers. A if we re playing Well i imagine the fans will be behind us a he said. Quot they usually Are. At the same time that a something we can to worry about right now. We need to take care of our  elsewhere in the nil sunday it will be Chicago at Kansas City Cincinnati at the new York jets Dallas at Atlanta Detroit is. Green Bay at Milwaukee Indianapolis at Buffalo new England at Miami the new York giants at Philadelphia the los Angeles raiders at san Diego Pittsburgh at Denver Washington at the los Angeles rams and Minnesota at Tampa Bay. New Orleans visits san Francisco monday night. Phoenix and Seattle Are Idle. For the Browns to win Phi Cox a subbing for injured starter Vinny Testaverde a will have to play much better than against the Seah Waks. In that game he completed Only nine of 20 passes for 85 Yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. On his first play Philcox fumbled and Seattle a Robert Blackmon returned it for a touchdown. Ratings in the Cleveland television Market showed about As Many viewers watched Kosar help Lead his new team the Dallas cowboys to Victory Over Phoenix last sunday As watched Seattle beat the Browns a Cleveland department store placed a Large and in a daily newspaper this week to announce that Cowboy jerseys bearing Kosaris name and no. 18 were on Sale for Only $35 a while supplies  the Browns after a 5-2 Start Are struggling. The oilers Are going in the opposite direction after losing four of their first five games. They Are Riding a four game winning Streak with their worst performance a 24-14 Victory two weeks ago against Seattle