European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Page 30 the stars and stripes sports Friday december 31,1993 bobcats stun Conn by the associated press Ohio University took command Early and then made the free throws Down the stretch wednesday to Haid no. 14 Connecticut an 85-76 semifinal loss in the big Island tournament Alfhilo Hawaii. The bobcats to made 17 of 21 foul shots in the final 2 13, the crowning touch after a night of mixing up defences that frustrated Connecticut. No. 4 Temple 63, far Leigh Dickinson 51 the owls 5-1 took third place in the Recac Holiday festival behind Aaron Mckiev a 18 Points. No. 6 Kansas 73, Rhode Island 60 the Jay Hawks 12-1 dominated the backboards and overcome 28 turnovers to Advance to the championship game of the Golden Harvest classic against Southern methodist. Clams on a Rayfield Ragland rebounds in hint of army a Dave Lyle during the tigers 73-48 Victory wednesday. No. 9 Massachusetts 94, Maryland 80 Lou Roe scored 30 Points and Mike Williams had Ca reer highs of 25 Points and 10 assists As the minutemen 9-1 won their own Hall of Fame classic at Springfield. No. 11 Louisville 83, Florida 68 Dwayne Morton had 22 Points As the cardinals 7-1 advanced to the championship game of the Rainbow classic at Honolulu. No. 15 Georgia tech 71, St. Johns 69 the yellow jackets 9-1 benefited from what a College basketball geared to be a bad Call to win the Recac Holiday festival at Madison Square Garden. With the score 69-69, Georgia tech called a timeout with 26 seconds left of the game clock and 22 on the 35-second shot clock. Travis Best dribbled out the time and found Tivano Newbill for a Layup that appeared to be late but it was the games final Points with 3.6 seconds to play. No. 17 Wisconsin 103, Gramb Longst. 83 freshman Center Rashard Griffith had 20 Points seven rebounds and four blocks for the badgers 8-0who blew away from a 55-47 Lead with a 19-4 run. Dan Avery had 22 Points and 12 rebounds for the visiting tigers 4-5who have lost four in a Row. No. 19 Syracuse 85, Colgate 74 the orangemen 8-1 went on a 17-0 run for a 69-42 Lead in the Home Victory. John Wallace had 24 Points to Lead Syracuse. No. 20 Oklahoma St. 79, Cal Santa Barbara 74 Randy Rutherford had 15 of his 17 Points in the second half when the cowboys 8-4 broke from a 27-27 halftime tie in the Consolation round of the Rainbow classic. Oklahoma state Center Bryant Reeves continued to struggle with 10 Points giving him 14 in the two tournament games. The gauchos 3-6 were led by Doug muses 20  Warrior panthers subdue whalers by the associated press Hartford Conn. A Scott Mellanby arid Scott Levins each had a goal and an assist wednesday night As the Florida panthers extended their Road unbeaten Streak to seven games with a 5-3 Victory Over the Hartford whalers. A Tom Fitzgerald Stu Barnes and Andrei Lomakin also scored for the panthers who Are s-0-2 in their last seven gamer away from Home. The firs Tycar team beat the whalers for the first time in three meetings. In other games wednesday no rangers 4, blues 3 St. Louis a Adam Graves and Esa Tikkanen scored two goals  5, islanders 3 Quebec a Joe Sakic who had two goals and Craig Wola Nin scored 18 seconds apart in the first minute of the final period to spark  4, Maple Leafs 0 Dallas a it Russ Courtnell had a goal and an assist and Darcy a Akalak posted his fourth career shutout As Dallas snapped a four game Home win less Streak. Jets 3, Blackhawk 2 Winnipeg Manitoba Dean Kennedy scored the winning goal with 2 38 remaining in the game As Winnipeg nipped Chicago sobering facts s a a fact alcohol related Highway crashes Are the leading cause of death for american adolescents and Young adults. Fact roughly 1.4 million family members friends and neighbors Are injured in these crashes every year. Fact a dui in the military can Cost you your career. Done to let yourself or a Friend become a statistic. Sponsored in part by Usa eur mar act Nebraska to furnish no contest for noles by Rick Warner a nobody does it better. Military sales group Ide automotive excellence at your cafes new car sales Center the does not express or imply endorsement of the amp sponsors or its products services. 1 football writer Miami a Florida state has won eight straight bowl games Nebraska has lost six in a Row. Florida state has won six of its last 10 games against top 10 teams Nebraska is 1-9 is the top 10 in the last five years. Florida state has beaten Nebraska three straight times Nebraska has lost its last five games against teams from Florida. So its Rio Surprise that top ranked Florida state 11-1 is favored by 17 Points Over no. 2 Nebraska 11-0 in saturdays Orange bowl. Its the largest Point spread in a 1-2 game in at least two decades but that does no to bother Nebraska coach Tom Osborne. A i have Learned not to work about flt it spreads weather playing surfaces the Talent of the opposition a All those things i can to control Quot he said. Quot i control what i  but can the Cor huskers control heis Man trophy Winner Charlie Ward and Florida states fast break offence which averaged 43.2 Points and 548 Yards. Florida states main Challenge will be stopping Nebraska a powerful running attack which averages almost 300 Yards per game. Notre Dame used a rugged ground game to beat the smaller seminoles 31-�?~v, but otherwise the flu defense has teen hard to Dent. The underdog has won the last 10 meetings Between no. 1 and no. 2 in the associated press poll. The Streak will end new years night in Miami. Florida St. 38-14. Other new years bowls sugan no. 8 Florida minus 6v bowl predictions is. No 3 West Virginia  Virginia if Florida state wins. 11-0 could gain a share of the National championship by beating Florida 10-2 in  bowl. The mountaineers Are ranked no. 3 in the a Media poll and no. 2 in the Usa today can coaches poll where Nebraska is no. 1 and Florida state no. 3. West Virginia is a 6-Point underdog to the no 8 gators whose Only losses were to Florida state and no. 5 Auburn 11-0. But the mountaineers Are on a Mission. West Virginia 31-28. Cotton no. 4 notre Dame minus 7 is. No. 7 Texas a amp my a rerun of last year. Notre Dame 34-17. Rose no. 14 Urcla minus 6v4 is no. 9 Wisconsin badgers get first Rose bowl Victory. Wisconsin 24-21. Citrus no 6 Tennessee minus 9vi c is. No 13 Penn St. Volunteers Are 13-1-1 under Phillip Fulmer. Tennessee 28-21. Fiesta no. 10 Miami minus 6 is. No 16 Arizona hurricanes win defensive struggle. Miami 14-13, car quest no 15 Boston College minus 6 is. Virginia Cavaliers lost three of last four games. Boston College 31-24. Hall of Fame no. 23 Michigan minus 14 is. North Carolina St. Wolverines outscored last three opponents 111-17. Michigan 31-14. Last week. 2-0 straight 2-0 spread. Season 178-45 straight 103-93 spread