European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse S son Storrs Conn. A skip Holtz the son of notre Dame coach Lou Holtz and his fathers offensive coordinator has been selected As Connecticut a new head football coach. Holtz 29, flew in tuesday night and was to be introduced wednesday at an afternoon Campus news conference. A a in a excited about this Opportunity at Connecticut a Holtz told the South Bend ind Tribune on tuesday night. A the never really chased a head coaching Job be fore. In All honesty i think of it happening at a better place than Connecticut its where i was born. Its a great h0r2 replaces Tom Jackson who resigned nov 17 after the huskies finished 65. Loco in is considering a move from division i a to division 1-a. Holtz will take Over As Conn coach on Jan 2. It would be a Homecoming for Holtz who was born in Windham just a few Miles from the Storrs Campus. At the time his father then 27, was offensive coordinator under then Conn coach Rick Forzano. Skip Holtz who played for his father at notre Dame is in his fourth year As an Irish coach and his second As offensive coordinator. He also coached the receivers under Earle Bruch at Colorado state in 1989 following two years As a graduate assistant at Florida state under Bobby Bowden. The Irish averaged 36.6 Points this season ninth Best in the nation. That output came with an entirely new Backfield from the unit that averaged37,2 Points in 1992. The stars and stripes ports december 23,1993 Page 32b i g s h ots i n i t h b i g s h ots. T suns guard Kevin Johnson goes up for a shot against Nugget Forward Brian Williams sorties Edge pacers a by the associated press the Houston rockets and the Seattle supersonics who have combined for three losses in 45 games Are showing an uncanny ability to nit big shots at the end of the few dose ones they be played. The two teams with the Aba s Best records both did it tuesday night with Houston winning 90-88 at san Antonio to improve to 221, and Seattle defeating Indiana 91-88, leaving the sonics 20-2 Overall and 12-0 at Home. The rockets had the toughest time trailing 88-83 with 2 46 remaining in front of 32,631 fans at the Alam dome. Hakeem Olajuwon scored for Houston before Vernon Maxwell who finished with 35 Points tied it on a 3-Pointer with 27 seconds left and then won it at the Buzzer. Despite the presence of Olajuwon a a a a Points rockets coach Rich to lot. Who scored 21 Rudy Tomjane wanted i take the 13 Aba Tomyanovich did no to even Call a play when the rockets were in a timeout huddle. A i get said. Just go out and do and he maxwells shot came after Houston 22-1 and sporting the a bad a longest win Streak at seven games called timeout with 3.1 seconds left. The teams battled through 15 tics a 11 in the second half a Ana 16 Lead changes. David Robinson led san Antonio with Points 13 rebounds and six steals but he was held to 5-for-20 shooting. Supersonics 91, pacers 68 Seattle got two baskets from Kendall Gill in the final 1 10 and beat Indiana despite playing without Ricky Pierce in the fourth Quarter and Shawn Kemp for the game because of a knee injury. Pierce was ejected for lighting with Byron Scott of the pacers at the end of the third Quarter Scott was not thrown out because he did not throw a punch Sam Perkins scored 23 Points and Gary Payton 19 for Seattle. Trail blazers 100, warriors 98 Portland rallied from a 21-Point deficit to win at Golden state when Rod Strickland scooped in a Layup with 0,2 seconds remaining. The blazers playing without Clyde. Drexler because of an ankle injury took advantage of 2-for-15 shooting by the warriors Chris Mullin who finished with seven Points in his third game since coming Back from thumb surgery. Mullin scored 23 Points in his first Outing but was 2-for-u in his second. Clifford Robinson scored 22 Points and Strickland had 16 Points and 11 assists for Portland Latrell Sprewell led Golden state with 21 Points. Nuggets 121, suns 95 Denver handed Phoenix its second loss in 11 games As Mahmoud Abdul Rauf scored 27 Points and Reggie Williams 21. The nuggets who improved their Home record to 8-2 after starting 211 on the Road hit 53 percent from the Field compared to 40 percent by the suns who were led by . Green with 20 Points. Lakers 109, magic 102 los Angeles fought Back from a 15-2 deficit to win at Orlando scoring 100 Points for the first time in nine games. Doug Christie scored 31 Points for the lakers who out rebounded the magic 4938 and made 10 of 11 from the foul line in the last 2 14, Vlade Divac who had 17 Points and 11 rebounds hit a 17-footer after Donald royals Layup closed the magic to 104102 with 40 seconds remaining. Shaquille of Neal scored 33 Points for Orlando. Nets 85, knocks 81 Kenny Anderson missed 12 of his first 15 shots then scored eight of his 14 Points in the final 1 33, helping new Jersey beat new York. Derrick Coleman had 29 Points and 16 rebounds and combined with Anderson for the nets final 11 Points As they won their third in a Row at Home. No other player was in double figures for the nets who shot 35.4 percent and still won. Patrick Ewing who had 23 Points and 12 rebounds hit a 3-Pointer to make it 82-80 with 14 seconds to play. But the kicks missed several opportunities in the closing seconds. Cavaliers 112, jazz 97 Brad Daugherty overcame the effects of an inner ear disorder and scored 26 Points for Cleveland against visiting Itah whose four game win Streak ended. Jeff Malone scored 21 Points for the jazz but Karl Malone was held to 15. Daugherty has been diagnosed with vertigo an inner ear disturbance that can affect one s balance. He had been shooting 46 percent but Sank Loof 16 shot tuesday hornets 108, pistons 97 Dell Curry and Hersey Hawkins each scored 20 Points against Detroit leading Charlotte to its first Road win in nine tries. The hornets led by As Many As 26 Points m the second half taking advantage of the absence of pistons guard Joe Dumars who has an injured hamstring. The pistons also lost Center Olden polynice who injured his left knee in the fourth Quarter. 0 246850 504" 90q May make Bowling history a see Page 30
