European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                If t Page 38 the stars and stripes sports monday december 2d, 1993 Utah a Karl Malone looks for help from the door As Washington a Tom Gugliotta defends from prone position in saturdays game. F Over by the associated press Atlanta Kevin Willis scored a season High 31 Points saturday night As the Atlanta Hawks won for the 15th time in .16 games defeating Denver 102-96 for the nuggets ninth straight Road loss. The nuggets kept it close in the first half leading 47-46 with 4 16 left in the second Quarter before a 14-0 run put the Hawks in front to stay. Mahmoud Abdul Rauf scored 22 Points for the nuggets who slipped 2-11 on the Road. Laphonso Ellis had 18 Points and 13 rebounds and Brian Williams a season High 16 Points for Denver but Dike be Mutombo was held to four Points. In other games saturday jazz 102, bullets 96. Landover my. Karl Malone scored nine Points in the fourth Quarter after picking up his fifth foul Ana Utah rallied from a 15-Point deficit to hand Washington its 10th straight loss. Malone called for his fifth foul with 10 46 left finally fouled out with 16 seconds left leaving with 26 Points and 14 rebounds. Supersonics 126, warriors 111 Seattle Ricky Pierce scored 15 Olheis 26 Points in the. Fourth Quarter As Seattle pulled away to defeat Golden state. The sonics along with Houston remained one of two unbeaten teams at Home this season and improved their record to 19-2. Chris Webber led the warriors with 19 Points and 11 rebounds. Gary Payton finished with 23 Points and eight steals for Seattle. Heat 113,76ers 90 Miami a Glen Rice scored 30 Points and Steve Smith 29, and they combined for 13 in a 14-4 third Quarter spurt that lifted Miami past Philadelphia. Rockets 104, Mavericks 93 Houston Houston 2m pulled within two victories of the Best record in Aba history by a team with one defeat and pushed Dallas closer to a record for consecutive losses As Hakeem Olajuwon scored 28 Points. The Mavericks 1-21 lost their 18th in a Row two Short of the Aba record. Jamal Mashburn scored 30 Points and Jim Jackson 27 for the Mavericks. Pacers 108, nets 98 Indianapolis a Haywoode Workman scored 10 of his season High 21 Points in the final 3 46 and Reggie Miller had 28 Points lifting Indiana Over new Jersey. Rik Smits had 22 Points and a season High 13 rebounds for the pacers the loss was the seventh straight on the Road for the nets who got 25 Points and 12 rebounds from Derrick Coleman. Aba bulls 102, spurs 90 Chicago a Horace Grant had 16 Points and 18 rebounds As Chicago won for the ninth time in 10 games wearing Down san Antonio. Pistons 98, Cavaliers 92, of Auburn Hills Mich. Rookie Lindsey Hunter scoreless through three quarters scored eight Points in the fourth period and five in overtime leading Detroit Over Cleveland. The Cavaliers who led by As Nany As 17 in the second Quarter made Only 3 of 23 shots in the final 17 minutes in losing their seventh straight on the Road. Terry Mills led Detroit with 25 Points and Olden polynice had 18 rebounds. Mark prices 25 Points led Cleveland. Suns 116, clippers 109 Phoenix a Dan Majerle scored 28 Points including a key 3-Pointer late in the lame and two free throws with 23 seconds left As Phoenix Defeated los Angeles. Ron Harper scored 14 of his 25 Points for the clippers in the Fourt Quarter. . Green scored 25 Points for the suns. Blazers 105, Timber wives 95 Portland Ore. A Clifford Robinson made a rare Start at Center and scored 22 Points boosting Portland Over Minnesota. Christian laettner scored 24 Points and Rookie Isaiah rider 18 for the Timber wolves. E world notes Long Beach wins Mcaa from wire reports Madison wis. A Nichelle Burton had 28 kills and Danielle Scott 21 As As Long Beach state Defeated Penn state 15-13, 12-15, 15-11, 16-14 saturday for the Mcaa volleyball championship. Long Beach f32-2the 1989 Champion won its final 16 matches. Penn state finished at 31-4. Mize holds Golf Lead Montero Bay Jamaica Larry Mize took a three stroke Lead after the third round of the $2.7 million Johnnie Walker world championship saturday. Mize shot a 3-under 68 saturday to move to 12-under 201 for the tournament. Colin Montgomerie also shot a 68 saturday to remain three strokes behind Mize. Bernhard Langer shot a 69 and was alone in third place at 5-under. Locher nips Tomba Alta Badia Italy Steve Locher of Switzerland denied Alberto Tomba a birthday gift edging the italian favorite sunday to win a world cup giant slalom. Locher 26, hipped the 27-year-old Tomba by 1.01 seconds. Christian Mayer of Austria the first run Leader placed third. Schneider triumphs St. Anton Austria Vreni Schneider of Switzerland won a world cup ski slalom on Here sunday. She finished ahead of swedes Pernilla Wiberg and Kristina Andersson. Lopez retains title Stateline Nev. Unbeaten Ricardo Lopez methodically boxed and bloodied Manny Melchor before knocking him out in the 11th round to retain his world boxing Council Straw weight title saturday. Lopez is 35-0-0 with 26 knockouts. Williams saves tar Heel win Over buckeyes by the associated press Chapel Hill . A his teammates sent out a distress Call and Donald Williams came to the Rescue one More time for no. 2 North Carolina. Williams delivered the tar heels from the Post exam doldrums saturday scoring 16 of his 26 Points in the final seven minutes for an 81-68 Victory Over Ohio state. The buckeyes who trailed by 14 Points in the first half rallied to tie it at 58 with 7 09 left. Williams then took Over and Ohio state could t Stop him. With the tar Heel offence spreading out to give Williams room to operate he started his Streak on a running jumper with 6 47 left to break the lie. Jerry Stackhouse added a free throw and Williams came Back with a 3-Pointer in transition Williams the most valuable player of the 1993 final four added another Basket on the break and converted a three Point play with 4 45 left giving the tar heels 8-1 a 69-58 Lead. Jamie Skelton led Ohio state with 27  96, Jackson St 80 Fayetteville Ark. A Corliss Williamson an College basketball Scotty Thurman scored the first 16 Points of the second half for Arkansas 6and the top ranked Razorbacks Defeated Jackson state 4-3 Kansas 89, Georgia 79 Atlanta a sixth ranked Kansas used a 19-5 run sparked by freshman Jacques Vaughn and Steve Wood Berry to build a 16-Point Lead. It was the fifth Victory in a Row for the Jay Hawks 91. Woodberry and Richard Scott led Kansas with 23 Points each and Vaughn added 17. Bernard Davis led Georgia 3-3 with 21, Urcla 100, Louisiana St. 80 los Angeles a seven foot George Zidock scored 17 Points 13 in the first half As ninth ranked Urcla 5-0 easily passed its first significant test of the season by Downing no. 25 Louisiana state 4-1 Louisville 72, Wyoming 55 Laramie Wyo. A no. 10 Louisville 4-1getting 18 Points and 14 rebounds from Clifford Rozier used a 15-5 surge in the closing minutes to draw away. Tho Ratliff scored 26 for Wyoming 3-2 Purdue 97, a. Southern 59 West Lafayette ind. Glenn Robinson scored 28 Points to Power no. 11 Purdue 8-0 past Georgia Southern. A Inson averaging 28.3 Points a game has scored in double figures in 30 consecutive games Lonnie Edwards led Georgia Southern 4-2 with 18  91, e. Kentucky 80 Bloomington ind. A Damon Bailey matched his career High with 32 Points and helped no. 12 Indiana pull away in the second half for a Victory Over Eastern Kentucky. The Victory raised Indiana a Home winning Streak to set from 1973 76ames> Assembly Hall record the hoosiers 5-1 got their fifth straight . Tech 86, Vanderbilt 77, of Atlanta a Fred Vinson forced overtime with a a Pointer and Ivano Newbill put no. 14 Georgia tech ahead to stay in the extra Pend As the yellow jackets downed no. 24 Vanderbilt 4-2. Tech 6-1 overcame a six Post deficit in the final 42 seconds of regulation