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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Knight s lost recruit wins game for jays by the associated press that a twice that Jacque Vaughn has disappointed Bob Knight. Knight hit the recruiting Trail looking for a someone who could replace Damon Bailey Indiana a talented senior guard and found a Likely candidate in Vaughn. Unfortunately for the Indiana coach Kansas coach Roy Williams found him too and eventually landed him. On wednesday night. Vaughn stuck another Dagger into Knight by sinking a 3-Pointcr inside the last second of overtime to give the sixth ranked Jay Hawks a 79-76 Victory Over the 12th-ranked hoosiers. Quot it seemed very strange to beat him. I have so much re Spect for coach Knight a said _ Vaughn who nonetheless Wasny to about shot. Quot that a what College basketball is All about Quot he said. Quot sometimes a said Williams who a been around a lot longer than Vaughn Quot special people Are put in special situations like that. Sometimes youngsters arc Given an Opportunity to make big plays and Jacque made that. That was a shot and a prayer and it was answered. Hell remember that for the rest of his life a there were several other memorable shots on a wednesday night that More resembled the third week of the Mcaa tournament than of december. Cherokee Parks hit two free throws with 3.3 seconds left and no. 3 Duke held off Iowa 79-76 for coach Mike Krzyzewski a 400th Victory. Lamont Frazier made five free throws in the final 64 seconds and Missouri nipped no. 19 Illinois 108-107 in triple Parks to give Back the College basketball overtime. No. 11 Louisville needed an overtime As a Well before defeating no. 25 Western Kentucky 78-73 and no. 20 Cincinnati had to hang on the Edge Miami Ohio 78-75. No. 13 Arizona got a big 3-Pointcr from Reggie Geary with a minute to go and Defeated no. 18 Boston College 70-65 in a semifinal game of the Maui invitational. The other semifinal was one of the rare decisive victories As no. 5 Kentucky throttled Ohio state 100-88. No. 21 Syracuse also had an easy time in an 81-5.2 Romp Over Miami Fla. Bailey held to six Points in the first half was spectacular in the second with 30 Points almost  Indiana 5-2 from a 39-30 deficit Early in the second half. Bailey who missed a 3-Pointer at the end of regulation made two free throws to give the hoosiers a 72-70 Lead at the Start of overtime and his jumper made it 83-83 with 18.3 seconds left Quot we got a lot More movement out of Bailey and Pat Graham 22 Point which we did t in the first half a Knight said. A what you Hope for when you re playing when two really Tough teams Are playing against each other is to be in a position to win the game a and we . 3 Duke 79, Iowa 76. Parks scored 18 Points and Antonio Lang and Chris Collins had 17 each for Duke 6-0which make Iowa 5-2 its second straight big ten victim. The Blue devils beat Michigan 73-63 on dec. 11. Russ Millard scored 25 Points 15 in the second half and James Winters added 22 to help Iowa Cut a 52-34 deficit to 56-54, and the Hawk eyes trailed Only 71-68 with 2vi minutes . 5 Kentucky 100, Ohio St. 88 Kentucky 6-1 neutralized Ohio stale a inside strength with the 3-Pointer, with Tony Delk hitting 7 of i and Travis Ford 4 of 10. Ford finished with 27 Points Delk had 23. No. 11 Louisville 78, no. 25 w. Kentucky 73, of Dejuan wheat scored 24 Points including a 3-Pointer at the Start of overtime that helped Louisville 51 avenge barely last years 78-77 loss to the Hill toppers 3-2.  had 24 Points for Western Kentucky. No. 13 Arizona 70, no. 18 Boston College 65 the last of four ties was 63-63 with 1 39 left on a tip in by Arizona Joe Blair. Ley. 2d 2 the stars and stripes ports december 24,1993 Page 32 Ipin i _ after Billy Curley who led by 7-1 with 19 Points missed a jumper with 1 14 left Arizona 8-0 grabbed the rebound and called a timeout. Geary connected from the left Comer with 1 minute left. Missouri 08, no. 19 Illinois 107,30t freshman Kiwane Garris of Illinois 62 missed a Chance to win the game in the first overtime when he was called for charging with 4 seconds left. With time expired in the second Garris a 96-Pei-cent foul shooter missed two free throws. Given two reprieves Missouri 6-1 won it at the free throw . 20 Cincinnati 76, Miami Ohio 75 Lazelle Durden hit a 3-Pointer, Don Tonio Wingfield a jumper and Keith Gregor two free throws in the last three minutes As Cincinnati 8-2 held on after Miami 3-3 cu6t the bearcats Lead to 65-63.no. 21 Syracuse 81, Miami Fla. 52 Adrian Autry and Lawrence Moten each hit four 3-pointers, and Syracuse f7-1 hit 11 in 21 tries in burying Miami 62which had led the big East in shooting defense and scoring defense. Moten scored 23 Points and Autry 20. Steve Rich had 25 for the hurricanes. Detroit a Barry Sanders to longer the a Fly a leading rusher now leads the leagues running backs in another important statistic salary. Sanders signed a four year s17.2 million contract wednesday that will pay him an average of $4.3 million a year agent Lamont Smith said. Earlier this season Emmitt Smith of the Dallas cowboys signed a four year $13.6 million Deal. A we always assumed that Bariy would be the highest paid running Back a Lamont Smith said. A we wanted him treated As a franchise  the Deal makes him the third highest paid player in the league behind san Francisco a Steve Young who makes a reported $4.9 million a year and Denver a John Elway who gets a reported $4.7 million. A a he a More than a running Back a Smith said. A a he a the focus of the Detroit lion offence the player they build the team around. And he accounts for about 40 percent of the Detroit lion  takes reins at Rice Houston apr Ken Hatfield who coached six seasons at Arkansas returned to the Southwest conference on wednesday As the football coach of Rice. He replaces Fred Goldsmith who resigned dec. 16 to coach Duke. It Rice athletic director Bobby May declined to elab-9i orate on the terms of the multiyear contract. A we Hope its forever a he said. Quot Ken Hatfield is the kind of coach fans will want to come out and see. Its going to be  Hatfield has a 113-62-3 record Over 15 seasons a see Page 30 Lor More College football five years at air Force six at Arkansas and most recently four at Clemson. Rice went 6-5 the past two seasons and could have qualified for a bowl game has season if it had beaten one More Mcaa division 1-a Cam. A Quot the Sec is a great conference that has meant so much to College football a Hatfield said. Quot we re going to be a viable part of the conference and anything changes that come Rice will be right in the Middle of  Hatfield was an assistant coach at army Tennessee and Florida and he was offensive coordinator at air Force for one year in 1978 before becoming head coach there. Hatfield compiled a 32-13-1 record at Clemson. His Best year was his first with a it -2 record in 1990,mavs tierriarliwith20thloss former notre Dame offensive coordinator Louis l. A a skip Holtz or. Centerton of the Irish head coach tries on the Connecticut Cap Given him by athletic i Lou two tries on Conn Rector Lew Perkins left and University president Harry Hartley during a news conference welcoming the huskies new head coach to Storrs conn., wednesday. 0 �?T2a6850 0g  
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