European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 the stars and stripes sports Friday january 14, 1994jackets rip top ranked tar heels by the associated press it was t a Good night to be on top. Eleven top 25 teams were in action wednesday night and five of them lost. And none of the defeats was More surprising than no. 1 North Carolina s 20-Point loss at Georgia tech. The 17th-ranked yellow jackets who got a 27-Point performance by Travis Best crushed North Carolina 89-69. It was tech s second Victory in a Row Over the tar College basketball heels when they Are ranked no. 1, the other coming in the final of last year s Atlantic coast conference tournament. Tech also beat Duke 80-79 a year ago when the Blue devils were ranked no. 1. We gave one of the finest performances i be seen. Since i be been coaching Here tech s Bobby Cremins said after collecting his 250th Victory at tech and 350th Overall in 19 years on the  played a tremendous game North Carolina coach Dean Smith said. That s not just the coach talk ing. I think anyone who saw the game would say that. Maybe they re better than we Are every night but i Hope  Best scored 10 of his 27 Points in the final 2 45, eight of those on free throws As the yellow jackets 10-3,1 2 acc ,. Who never trailed snapped Carolina s 10 game winning Streak. The tar heels dropped to 12-2 and 2-1. In other games no. 8 Kentucky beat Mississippi 98 64, no. 9 Purdue beat Michigan state 89-77, no. 12 Wisconsin lost to no. 18 Minnesota 90-53, no. 20 bos ton College lost to Seton Hall 61-53, no. 22 Alabama Birmingham beat Sacramento state 88-46, no. 24 Vanderbilt lost to Alabama 73-67, no. 25 Missouri lost to notre Dame 77-73, and no. 25 Xavier of Ohio beat dayton57-46. Tech also got 22 Points from James Forrest eight of those in the last 3 10 when the jackets took control after Eric Montross jump Hook closed the deficit to 68 64 with 3 55 to play. Montross led the tar heels with 20 Points. No. 8 Kentucky 98, Mississippi 64 at Louisville ky., Walter Mccarty got off to a great Xavier Forward Brian Grant goes up for a shot against Dayton defender Andy Meyer on wednesday night. Start in his first Start. The Sophomore Forward hit five of his first six shots As Kentucky 12-2, 2-1 Southeastern conference jumped out to a big Lead and coasted. Mississippi 5-6,0-3 lost its fifth straight. No. 9 Purdue 89, Michigan state 77 at West Lafayette ind., the boilermakers 14-0, 2-0 big ten used a 15-2 run to break a late tie. Glenn Robinson the nation s scoring Leader at 29.5 Points per game started the decisive run with a free throw and finished with 25 Points. Shawn Respert led the spar tans 00-5,1-2 with 21 Points. No. 18 Minnesota 90, no. 12 Wisconsin 53 at Minneapolis Arriel Mcdonald had a team record 16 assists and Vashon Lenard scored 23 Points As the gophers 11-3,2-0 big ten beat a higher ranked team in their conference Home opener for the sixth straight season. No matter who we would have played tonight we would have won coach Clem Haskins said. Michael Finley scored 15 Points for the badgers 111, 2" ". Seton Hall 61, no. 20 Boston College 53 at East Rutherford ., Bryan Caver and arturas Karnis Hovas scored the last 18 Points for Seton Hall 8 4,1-3 big East which won despite shooting 33 percent 20 for 60 from the Field. Boston College 10-4, 2-2 finished at 39 percent 18-for-46. No. 22 lab 88, Sacramento state 46 at Birmingham Alan Robert Shannon s 19 Points led five lab players in double figures As the blazers 12-1 won their 10th straight. Sacramento state 1-13 has lost 40 straight Road games. Alabama 73, no. 24 Vanderbilt 67 at Tuscaloosa ala., Jamal Faulkner scored 21 Points As Alabama notched its second surprising Victory in the past week. The Crimson tide 5-5, 2-1 Sec upset then no. 1 Arkansas 66-64 last week. Ronnie mama Han scored 23 Points to Lead Vandy 8-4,1-2. Notre Dame 77, no. 25 Missouri 73 at South Bend ind., Ryan Hoover hit five 3-Poihters and scored 25 Points All in the second half As the fighting Irish 5-7 beat a ranked opponent for the first time in almost two years and snapped the tigers 10-2 nine game winning Streak. No. 25 Xavier Ohio 57, Dayton 46 at Cincinnati Brian Grant scored 11 second half Points As Xavier 10-1 Shook off perhaps its worst half of the season to beat Dayton 4-8which has lost five in a Row. By Carmen Fleetwood Camden  A Rutgers Camden set an Mcaa men s Basket Ball record for the most consecutive losses when it dropped its 48th in a Row a 95-73 loss to Richard Stockton College. I Don t like it. I would t wish it on my worst enemy. But we have to take something positive from it and keep growing coach Greg Ackles said after the game wednesday night. The Streak was never in question. Stockton 6-4taking advantage of its Superior height and Speed took a 17-3lead nearly six minutes into the game and never trailed against Rutgers Camden 0-12. Rutgers Camden s sister school Rutgers Newark held the previous re Cord of 47 losses from 1983-85. Rut Gers Camden won its last game on Jan. 18, 1992, with a 77-73 win overran Apo College. In the naia the University of dal Las lost 86 straight from 1985-88. We showed up Ackles said. I be got four Guys with the flu and i m sick myself. But what makes me proud of this team is they keep giving every thing they be got and they keep  in Row we gave it our Best said Pioneer player Anthony Johnson who scored 14 Points. We Are motivated. We have to take it As a learning experience and keep  the Stockton ospreys dominated its new Jersey athletic conference opponent underneath the boards while building a 48-31 halftime Lead. We have compassion for them Stockton coach Gerald Matthews said. But we Don t want it to happen to us. They played hard but they played Only five or six people. It s hard to keep up the  Rutgers Camden was not Short on Effort throughout the game. Early in the second half team Captain Cesh Wayo Byrd Dove for a Ball and fell Over the scorers table. He was taken out of the game but he returned several minutes later. Raymond Gaines scored 19 Points to Lead Stockton and William Ginipro scored 23 for Rutgers Camden. While Rutgers Camden usually does not have Media at its Home games More than 10 reporters and photographers showed up to see the school set the new record. About 100 people attended the game. Boycott movement picking up support by Chuck Schoffner Des Moines Iowa a talk of boycotting College basketball games re Mains just that but it s getting louder. Coaches across the country Are lining up behind the Black coaches association which is spearheading the Boycott movement but won t say when it might happen. And while support is by no Means unanimous even those who Are reluctant to walk out say they d go along in a Showoff Unity. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do California coach Todd Bozeman said. Whatever the coaches decide i la abide by that  Bra director Rudy Washington the basketball coach at Drake has said a Boycott was Likely and would involve players As Well As coaches. It could conceivably last the rest of the season he said. Washington would t comment further on wednesday although when asked if the Effort to drum up support for a boy Cott was going As Well As he had expected he replied  coaches could act As Early As saturday which would coincide with the birthday of slain civil rights Leader Martin Luther King or. Stopping games on a weekend also would Knock a number of featured matchup off television depriving the Mcaa of Revenue from those telecasts. With All the Revenue generated from basketball i really believe the coaches Are holding a couple of aces Oral Rob erts coach Bill self said. If it came Down to that i think the Mcaa would be Hurt by a  the Boycott plan was triggered by a vote at the inca a convention against re storing a 14th scholarship to division i men s basketball. Coaches reacted bitterly to the vote with the Bra charging that minority athletes Are Hurt the most by cutbacks. A reduction of one scholarship Means 300 fewer opportunities the Bra says adding about two thirds of that total Likely would be Black. Claire l. Gaudiani president of Connecticut College and a member of the executive committee of the Mcaa presi Dent s commission said coaches Are Only looking out for their own interests in seeking another scholarship at a time when universities Are trimming their Aca Demic budgets. It s the wrong thing. It s the wrong Way to bring change. In fact the whole approach of the Bra has been unfortunate and misguided she said. I think the thing that disappoints me the most is that they re making it a race Issue and it s quintessential not a race Issue Gaudiani said. They re using the intimidation Factor because no one wants to be labelled a racist. I think to Boycott is another form of intimidation and if there s one thing you would identify As unsportsmanlike it s winning by  she said a Boycott is not the right Way to go about restoring a scholarship. She said the coaches would be better served sitting Down with administrators and proposing ways to Cut their budgets if they wanted to free up Money for another scholarship