European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday january 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 Purdue re by the associated press Glenn Robinson had Praise heaped upon him once again. Northwestern heard Good things for the first time in a Long Long while. Robinson considered the Best player in the big ten had 34 Points including the game winning jumper with nine seconds to play to Lead no. 10 Purdue to a 68-67 Victory Over Northwestern the conference Doormat for years. Basically it came Down to a superstar As Good As advertised Wildcat coach Ricky Byrdsong said. College basketball there were a couple of areas of the game we could have controlled better rebounding and turnovers but you can t control Robinson held scoreless for the game s first Ivi min utes As Purdue fell behind 22-9, never took Northwestern for granted. After All the wildcats entered the game unbeaten and had beaten the boilermakers last season to snap a 60-game Road losing Streak in the conference. We did t take them lightly said Robinson who also had 14 rebounds and two blocks. They beat us last year and everybody laughed at us. They Are going to be laughing a lot at other teams this a 3-Pointer by Robinson gave Purdue 12-0 a 66-61 Lead. But Pat Baldwin scored three straight times to give the wildcats a 67-66 Lead with 40 seconds remaining. Robinson then hit a Lorf opt jumper from the right Side with three defenders in his face for the win. Ever time i Post up there Are three Guys on me so i m used to it Robinson said. Northwestern had a final Chance on a Buzzer beater by Baldwin but Robinson also affected that. I saw Glenn in front of me. I put an arc on it and it did t go in Baldwin said. I got Good screens and the shots were there. They were falling except for the last Baldwin finished with 18 Points. In other games involving ranked teams wednesday no. 1 Arkansas 87, Mississippi 61 the Razorbacks 10-0, 1-0 Southeastern Confer ence used a 20-0 run to set the defensive tone and cruised again at Home As Corliss Williamson had 25 Michigan state s Shawn Respert 24 Battles Michi Gan s Juwan Howard for a rebound wednesday. Points. Mississippi 5-4, 0-1 had 20 turnovers by half time and was never closer than 14 Points in the second half. David Johnson led the rebels with 14 Points. No. 2 North Carolina 88, North Carolina St. 58 the tar heels 11-1,1-0 Atlantic coast conference won their ninth straight and have Defeated the Wolf pack 4-7, 0-1 by an average of 36 Points Over the Las three meetings. North Carolina played its second straight game without leading scorer Donald Williams 20.6who is bothered by tendinitis. The tar heels broke it open at Home with an 18-5 run to Start the Sec Ond half. It wildcats no. 3 Duke 71, Clemson 65 the Blue devils 8-0 opened acc play with a Victory for the seventh straight year As Grant Hill scored 22points and Clemson 6-4, 0-1 was held to two free throws Over the final three minutes. Visiting Duke took the Lead for Good at 65-63 and then shut Down the tigers who Only got off two shots Over the final 3 43. Sha Rone Wright led Clemson with 15 Points and 18 re Bounds no. 5 Kansas 90, 44 Steve Woodberry had 16 Points to Lead the Jay Hawks 14-1 to their 10th straight Victory. Kansas coach Rov Williams is a native of Asheville. The bulldogs 2-6 went 10 minutes without a Basket Early in the second half and lost their.20t.h straight Road game. To. 9 Arizona 98, Ariz ban St. 81 guards Damon Stoudamire and Khalid Reeves had30 and 24 Points respectively As the wildcats 11-1 opened defense of their Pac-10 title by dominating the boards 59-33. Arizona state 5-4,0-1 trailed just 37-31 at halftime but let the wildcats Start the second half with a 21-4 run. Isaac Burton led the visiting Sun devils with 29 Points 24 in the second half. No. 13 Michigan 75, Michigan St. 64 Jalen Rose had 22 Points and Juwan Howard added 17 As the wolverines 9-2, 1-0 big ten beat the spar tans 9-4,0-1 for the fourth straight time. Dugan Fife who had a career High 13 Points hit two 3-Pointcfs in Michigan s decisive second half run. Shawn resport who had guaranteed a Michigan state Victory finished with 22 Points. No. 17 Cincinnati 103, Chicago St. 49 Lazelle Durden had 33 Points and matched his school record with eight 3-Peinters As the bearcats 11 2 crushed the cougars 1-12 for the second straight year. No. 25 Marquette 79, Memphis St. 67 Damon key had 18 Points and Rony Eford added 16 As the warriors 8-3,1-0 great Midwest bounced Bac from the loss to Wisconsin on sunday. Marquette took control Early by making eight of its first 14 shots. The visiting tigers 5-5, 0-1who never got closer than 10points in the second half were led by Justin Wimmer s 17 Points. To Fano edges Davis in technical program Detroit a there won t Beany leisurely skates to another National title and then on to the olympics for Brian Davis and Todd Eldredge have made sure of , the four time National Cham Pion and 1988 olympic Gold medallist Back from five years As a professional won the technical program wednesday night at the . Figure skating championships. He barely edged defending world Champion tops . Lugers new York a the . Luge team finalized its roster wednesday for the 1994 Winter olympics with few sur Prises naming Cammy Myler Duncan Kennedy and world Champion Wendel Suckow to Lead the Way. Suckow of Marquette mich., shocked the luge world last year when he won the world championships at Calgary. He is currently ranked first in the world cup standings. Kennedy of Lake Placid n.y., ranked second behind Suckow will be making his third olympic appearance. Kennedy who became the focus of Media attention in late october when he was beaten up by a group of skinheads during a racial incident in oberhoff Germany is off to his strongest season Ever. He has meddled in. Three of four world cup events to Date. Rounding out the men s team was Robert Pipkins of Staten Island n.y., Pipkins won the 1992 Junior world championships in Sapporo Japan and the senior . National championship last year. Champion Davis taking five first places with the nine judges while Davis got three. Eldredge the 1990-91 . Winner was third with one first place vote. The top two finishers after thursday night s free skate Worth two thirds of the total score will qualify for the Lillehammer olympics next month Boitano the 30-year-old Veteran recognizes the Challenge. I was just really proud of myself he said of the technical program. 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