European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports thursday december 23,1993bowler s 900 number May Corunna Mich. A Troy Ockerman and his pals knew they were part of something special at Riverbend bowl. It May have been Bowling history but that remains to be seen Ockerman roiled three straight 300 games a 36 consecutive strikes a last saturday in the final three matches of a monthly King of the Hill tournament. He said his string of strikes nearly ended twice once when a woman yelled As he released his Ball and another when two pins teetered before finally falling. Otherwise he said a everything fell for me. 1 did no top anything  after the last pin fell several bowlers hoisted Ockerman and carried him around the Alley. A it was incredible a the 24-Ycar-old Ockerman said. A a it a not just once in a lifetime. Its once in history. I dropped Down to my Knees and i screamed a yes a they said the color left me. I went  the 43 bowlers at the monthly tournament clapped and cheered As Ockerman a video game repairman piled up strike after strike. A people were joking and he was joking Back a tournament director Eric Cornell said. A the was relaxed. Everybody was standing Here saying a come on Troy get it a its like the four minute mile being broken for the first  now comes the hard part. For the feat to mean anything it must first be recognized by the american Bowling Congress. A there is no question he bowled three consecutive 300 games a said Steve James abcs executive of communications. A that will be  but whether it will count As the first sanctioned 900 series in history remains to be seen. James said the Abc will withhold judgment on that until it receives a full report in about a week. Quot its our understanding that this was in a step ladder Type of tournament a James said at the Abc Headquarters in Wisconsin. Quot we have to look at our bylaws and see if this meets the standards a there is a Chance Ockerman wont meet the standards Tor a 900 series because his games weren to bowled in the same match. Ockerman an 11-year Bowler with a 216 average was the second seeded qualifier in the tournament. In his first match be beat Jerry Schulze 300-258. Then tie won the tournament by beating top seeded Jim Porter 300237. That advanced Okerman to the match against the previous months a King a Wayne Bunce whom he Defeated 300-204. L a i have no doubt that hell be awarded the three 300v�?T James said. A that in itself is a tremendous feat. But it May not be a cries As we know  the abcs official series record is an 899 bowled by Tom Jordon of Union . In 1989. He shot 300299-300-299 in a four game tournament and the first three were recognized As a series. Bowling a Only other known bid for a 900 series came in 1982, by Glenn Allison at the 900 bowl in la Habra Calif. But the lanes did not pass Abc Stan Dard when they were inspected after the series. Since then Abc Lane conditioning and sanctioning procedures have changed. The lanes at Riverbend bowl in Corunna had been Given Abc certification eight Days before Ockermann a feat Ockerman Hopes his Roll will carry him into the ranks of professional bowlers a dream he said had faded since he first aspired to it six years ago. A a in a hoping this can be a springboard a he said. A this will get me  he plans to begin giving up his weekends to Bowling tournaments. He will also trim 15 pounds from his 160-Pound, 5-foot-4-Inch Frame. The 300 games Cave him five for his career with the first coming on nov. 27. Guards lift Arizona . To impressive Maui tourney wins by the associated press Lahaina Hawaii a no. 13 Arizona a and no. 18 Boston College used impressive backcourt performances in their opening round victories tuesday at the Maui invitational. Both teams arc now 7-0 and were to meet in wednesdays semifinals. Khalid Reeves scored a Carcer High 32 Points and his backcourt partner Damon Stoudamire added 16 in arizonans 98-79 Victory Over Pesky notre Dame. Howard Eilcy had 20 Points and eight assists and Malcolm Huckaby added 10 Points and six assists As both guards saw limited time in the eagles 108-61 Victory Over Host Chaminade a a this is going to be known As the tournament of Stellar backcourt a said notre Dame coach John Macleod. Macleod went deep into the thesaurus to talk about Reeves. A a he a a great player a rocket a hyper Jet a Macleod said. A a there slots of horse Power in that Guy a in the other semifinal matchup fifth ranked Kentucky which beat Texas 86- 61, was to play Ohio state a 98-77 Winner Over Tennessee tech. Arizona  put notre Dame f2-4 away until the final four minutes. The wildcats finally took control by forcing turnovers and scoring easy baskets. Arizona appeared to take control Midway through the second half taking a 7259 Lead with 10 43 to play. Notre Dame got the Lead Down to 78-74 with 5 46 left and it was 82-76 1 17 later. But Reeves scored the next five Points the last three on his fifth 3-poin or of the game that gave him his career High. He was 5-for-7 from 3-Point Range. Stoudamire hit a 3-Pointer with 3 41 left to make it 90-77 and notre Dame was out of comebacks. Monty Williams led notre Dame with 24 Points just off his 28-Point average Ana Ryan Hoover added 17, All but three in the first  Coll. 108, Chaminade 61 the no. 18 eagles set a tournament record for margin of Victory As they held the Host Silver swords 0-4 scoreless for the games opening 6 55 while taking an 18-0 Lead. Boston College had a 42-24 rebounding advantage and went ll-for-17 from 3-Point Range with Eisley leading the Way at 6-for-7. Boston College coach Jim of Brien made it Clear after his game that he wanted to ploy Arizona. A nothing against notre Dame but we played1 them already a he said. A you want to find out How Good you Are and the Only Way you can do that is by playing Good  Chaminade a division ii school which has a 323 record in 10 years of playing Host to the tournament was led by Charles Mclemoree a 16  86, Texas 61 the fifth ranked wildcats 5-1 did an outstanding defensive Job on the Texas backcourt of Terrence rancher and by. Tyler and Jered Prickett came up big with 14 Points and a career High 14 rebounds Kentucky led 37-27 at halftime broke it open with a 27-17 run to take a 66-44 lean with 10 38 to play and extended the Lead to As much As 81-52 with 5 03 left. Tony Delk led Kentucky with 15 Points and Travis Ford had seven Points and eight assists. Reggie Freeman led the longhorns 2-4 with 18 Points. Rencher finished with 15 Points and Tyler had four Well off their team leading figures of 17.6 and 16.0,  St. 98,  77 the buckeyes 5-2 had seven players score Between 13 and nine Points As they cruised past the eagles 24who went 10-for-29 from the free throw line and 3-for-19 from 3-Point Range. Ohio state started the second half with a 12-2 run for a 59-38 Lead and it got As High As 28. Jamie Skelton led Ohio state with 13 Points while Lawrence funder Burke had 12 Points and 11 rebounds. Maurice Houston led Tennessee tech with 23 Points and eight  74,  66 at West Lafayette ind., Glenn Robin son who missed eight of his first 10 shots came Back to score 36 Points and Pace no. 10 Purdue 9-0 to a hard fought Victory Over the moccasins 3-2/ the boilermakers led 41535 at halftime and closed to 43-4yand, later 6054. But Robinson score five Points in a Row to make it an 11-Point Edge with 5vz minutes to go. Maurio Hanson led Tennessee Chattanooga with 21  84, la. Truch 46 at Milwaukee the no. 24 warriors went on a 27-0 tear to turn a close game into a Laugher. Anthony Pieper scored nine of his 14 Points As the warriors 6-2 transformed a 16-14 Lead into a 43-14 bulge at intermission. Louisiana tech 1-4 failed to score for Over 10 minutes at the end of the half and finished the opening period missing 30 of 36  Eford scored 15 Points for Marquette. Leonard Williams had 23 for tech. College basketball pm