European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 4, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 College basketball Arn it. 2, id 4.in i Onck m 1. 3.w. So sub Sparks tar heels by the associated press when Donald Williams was injured Dante Calabria got his Chance. Mar shall s thundering Herd could t Tell the difference. Calabria a 6foot-4 Sophomore guard hit 8 of 10 from the Field in scor ing career High 20 Points and leading no. 2 North Carolina Over Marshall 116-62 sunday. Williams,.-a 6-3 Junior who has been averaging 20 Points a game is nursing what has tentatively and hopefully been diagnosed As tendinitis in his left foot. During the game he sat in Street clothes at the end of the tar heels Bench. North Carolina coach Dean Smith said the injury to Williams makes him nervous especially Corning just As the tar heels face the beginning of the at lactic coast conference season. I m worried Smith said. The Doc tors said it could be the fifth metatarsal which would be the worst scenario or it could be tendinitis which would be the Best. We certainly want him Back As quickly As possible. Right Nowy i d say he s very doubtful for wednesday and possible for North Carolina faces North Carolina state on wednesday and travels to Maryland on saturday both acc games. In other games sunday involving ranked teams Temple stopped St. Joseph s 67-54, Purdue beat san Francis co 95-81 and Connecticut Defeated Winthrop 113-59. Also Wisconsin downed marquette71-52, Illinois got by Texas 83-78 and Boston College Defeated Coppin state 90-64. Arkansas still no. 1 new York Arkansas and North Carolina remained atop the col lege basketball poll monday the fifth consecutive week they have been nos. -1-2-. Vanderbilt and California rejoined the rankings this week replacing okla homa state and Western Kentucky. Arkansas 8-0 received 49 first place votes and 1,580 Points from the National Media panel to easily outdid Tance the tar heels 11-1who were no. 1 on 10 ballots and had 1,515 Points. Duke 7-0which had four first place votes stayed third while Ken Tucky 9-1 and Kansas 13-1 each moved up one place to round out the top five. Urcla 7-0which was listed first on one ballot moved from eighth to sixth. Aba nuggets7 w a string at 9 by the associated press every once in a while there is an Aba game that defies logic. One such instance came sunday night at Denver where the nuggets had their nine game Home winning Streak and five game Overall winning Streak ended by the lowly Philadelphia 76ers 96-80. Amazingly it was t even close. The mixers led by at least 10 Points through out the second half and answered Denver s Only charge with a 10-0 run that put them ahead by 20 in the fourth Quarter. It was probably our worst performance of the year Denver coach Dan Issel said. There really is not one Posi Tive thing you can say about it. You Nave two or three nights like that in a at 11-17, Philadelphia has the fifth worst record in the Eastern conference. Denver despite its 14-14 record was the hottest team in the league entering play sunday night. None of that mattered to the 76ers, who completed a season sweep of the nuggets. Philadelphia beat Denver 101- 93 on dec. 15. Laphonso Ellis led the nuggets with 15 Points. In other games sunday hornets 124, knocks 123 at Madison Square Garden the Hor nets got a big boost from Eddie Johnson and Leron Ellis who helped fill in for injured starters Larry Johnson and Alonzo mourning. Johnson scored 32 Points including 18 in the fourth Quarter and Ellis had a Ca reer Best 15, including a three Point play in overtime that put Charlotte ahead for Good. The hornets have beaten Chicago and new York in the last two games without their top two players. Jazz 92, Trail blazers 90 at memorial coliseum the jazz came Back from a 19-Point deficit to get their fourth straight got us into a half court game. They kind of lulled us to sleep port land s Rod Strickland said. Defensively things weren t the same. We got som easy baskets by playing defense in the Anthony Peeler of the lakers drives for two Points against the spurs David Robinson. First half. In the second half it did happen like Karl Malone scored 18 of his 25 Points in the second half. Spurs 94, lakers 92 at the Alam dome Terry Cummings of the spurs committed a stupid foul with 0.6 seconds left but luckily for san Anto Nio it did t Cost them the game. David Robinson was fouled with one second left but he missed both free shows. James Edwards got the rebound and was fouled by Cummings but he missed the first shot. Edwards then intentionally missed the second and Eldo Campbell s tip rimmed out at the Buzzer. Nets 101, celtics 97 at Boston Garden the celtics lost their fourth straight Home game for the first time since 1978. Derrick Coleman had 23 Points and 16 rebounds for his eight straight double double. The nets also got 23 Points from Kenny Anderson As they won for just the second time in their last 11 Road games. Kings 119, Mavericks 116 at Arco Arena the Kings led 113-96 with 2 23 left but the Mavericks out scored them 20-4 and trailed by Only one with 4.7 seconds left. Walt Williams made two free throws with 3.9 seconds left before Tim Legler who scored a Ca reer High 25, missed a 35-footer at the Buzzer. We Hung in there at the end said Dallas coach Quinn Buckner. I m proud of the Way we fought heat 93, pistons 85 at the Palace of Auburn Hills the heat got a major contribution from its re serves. Rony Seikaly not starting because he had the flu scored 18 Points Brian Shaw added 15 and Bimbo Coles eight. Our Bench won the game for us Miami coach Kevin Loughery said. Bruins by gaps 8-2by the associated press Boston Cam Neely notched the 10th three Coal game of his career Sun Day As the Boston Bruins raced to a 5-0 Lead route to a 8-2 Victory Over the Washington capitals. The Gimpy kneed Winger who has missed 17 games now has 26 goals in 22 appearances. All three of Neely s goals sunday came on Power plays. The Bruins jumped out to a 2-0 Lead in the first 56 seconds on goals by Bryan Smolinski and Adam Oates. Glen Murray added a goal at 2 15, and that was All for Washington s starting goalie Don Beau pc who made one save in four shots. Necly then scored twice against Ric Tabaracci giving him at least one goal in each of the last eight games in which he has played and putting Boston ahead 5-0 at the end of the first period. In other games sunday � Maple Leafs 3, sabres 3, of Buffalo . Mark Osborn and Dmitri Mironov scored third period goals As Toronto rallied to tie Buffalo. The tie ended a four game losing Streak for the Maple Leafs. The Leafs other goal was scored by Glenn Anderson. Alexander Mogiln Brad May and Donald Audette scored for Buffalo. Mighty ducks 4, lightning 1 Orlando Fla. Anaheim goal tender Ron tug Nutt made 31 saves and came within 5 57 of his second shutout of the week leading the mighty ducks past Tampa. Bob Corkum had a pair of assists for the mighty ducks in the Victory the first for Anaheim 15-24-2 in nine tries against recent expansion team. Blues 4 flames 3, of St. Louis Craig Janney s goal with 1 08 remaining in overtime gave St. Louis its Victory against Calgary. The goal came after Brett Hull had set a new team re Cord for goals As the blues tied the score with 16 31 remaining in the game. Hull s goal was the 353rd of his career wit the blues. It broke the old record held by Bernie Fedezko. Nordques 6, stars 4 Dallas Joe Sakic had a goal and two assists As Quebec handed Dallas Only its fifth Home defeat of the season. Dallas Cut a 3-0 deficit to 3-2 in the second period on goals by Russ Courtnell and Mike Modano. But Quebec pushed its Lead to 4-2 on Sakic s 20-foot slap shot 42 seconds into the third period. Blackhawk 5, jets 1 Chicago Jocelyn Lemieux scored three goats and added an assist to Lead Chicago Over Winnipeg. Canad Lens 3, canucks 2 Vancouver British Columbia Patrick Roy returned in goal after miss ing a few games with a sore Back to help the Montreal beat Vancouver. Kirk mul Ler scored Early in the third period to lift the canadians. Sharks 4, oilers 4, of Edmonton Alberta Steve Rice capped a comeback from a two goal Defi Cit with a third period goal that lifted Edmonton into a tie against san Jose. Whalers 7, penguins 2 Hartford Conn. Seven differ ent Hartford players scored the highest goal output for the whalers All season and goaltender Sean Burke stopped 31 shots to beat Pittsburgh
