European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 2, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 a nobody the big eight. But Columbia to. Picked Missouri to win _ w then nobody asked the 20thranked tigers. Missouri hammered Home the Point that it is now the confere it see favorite by beating third ranked Kansas 79-67 monday  i think they re very Good a Kansas guard Steve Woodberry said. Quot they re definitely in control  Kansas 19-3, 4-2the three time regular season Champion in the big eight came to town with a Chance to pull into a tie for the Lead. They left two games behind surprising Missouri 15-2, 6-0which is 14-1 since a school record 120 Tiger Mark Atkins shoots Between Kansas Steve Woodbury 20 and scan Pearson. 68 loss to then top ranked Arkansas in the second game of the season. Well surprising to most of the country. Quot i Haven to been surprised at All a Kansas coach Roy Williams said after the Jay Hawks second loss in five games. Quot throw out the Arkansas game. People Are giving Way too much value to that. Without that game they re in the top five or 10.�?� the Kansas Missouri game was the Only one monday night involving a ranked team. Melvin Booker led a balanced Missouri attack with 16 Points All but two in the second half. The tigers who went 5-9 in the big eight last season have won 10 straight in the conference. They also ended a six game losing Streak against Kansas. Center Chris Heller had been the Only player on the Missouri roster to have been on a team that beat Kansas and the tigers seven other seniors were Ali too award of the Streak. The tigers also did no to let Kansas one College basketball dominant stretch get to them. Starling in the final minute of the first half Kansas went on a 14-1 spurt to go ahead 40-35 with 16 57 left in the game. Woodberry had consecutive baskets and then stole the Ball and passed it to Richard Scott for an easy Basket to end the run. Missouri quickly regained the Lead outscoring Kansas 13-2 in the next 3 33 to go up 48-42 As Booker and Kelly thames scored four Points apiece. Kansas never threatened the rest of the Way. Williams said it was depressing to watch Missouri shrug off Kansas Only charge of the night. But he said the conference race was far from Over. A they done to Crown the Champion in the first half a Williams said. Quot hopefully Well play Well enough to make the return game at our place mean something thames and Mcvon Crudup each added 14 Points for Missouri. Lament Frazier and Paul of Liney had 13 Points apiece. Frazier a senior who a averaging 7.5 Points led Missouri at the starts scoring seven of the first 12 Points. Missouri coach Norm Stewart said it was the Best game of Frazier a career. Quot they were daring me to do what i wanted to do because they did no to think i could make the plays a Frazier said. Booker who leads Missouri with an 18.2-Point average missed All six of his shots in the first Naif. But he went 6-for-7 at the line in the second half and added three baskets. Woodberry scored 19 Points for Kansas. Greg Ostertag added 13 Points and a game High eight  the associated press Mark Messier has passed Alex Delvecchio and Mike Gartner is about to do the same to Bobby Hull. A a those Are just two More milestones for the players on a new York Hanger team that seems destined to make some history of its own this season. A they be got to be thinking they re going to the Stanley cup a Pittsburgh defens Eman Larry Murphy said after a 5-3 loss to the rangers at new York monday night. In the process of improving their league Best record to 33-13-3, the rangers got historically meaningful performances from two of their top players. With a goal and an assist Messier moved past Delvecchio into 10th place on the All time scoring list with 1,282 Points. With three goals Gartner boosted his career total to 607 a three behind Hull for fifth place. A a lot of players have gone through the National hockey league Messier said. Quot to be in a top 10 of All time is a great feeling. But it la probably mean More when in a finished. I still have a lot of hockey  Alt of Gartner s goals came on the Power play As the rangers converted three of their six Man advantages in the Battle of division leaders. Gartner a first two goals helped the rangers build a 4-0 Lead Midway through the second period. Gartner clinched it with a third period goal that gave him 24 for the season. It was the 19th hat trick for Gartner in his career and fourth with the rangers. It was the first rangers hat trick since de Olczyk scored three against Philadelphia on March 24,1993. Sergei nem chinos also scored for the Atlantic division leading rangers. Mike Stapleton Joe Mullen and Martin Straka scored for the penguins who were the Northeast division leaders coming into the game. In other monday games Blackhawk 1, senators 0 Eric Weinrich scored the Only goal and de Belfour stopped 19 shots for his fifth shutout of the season. Belfour was at his Best in facing a furious flurry by Jeff Beuk Boom 23 upends Penguin Ron Francis As Ranger goalie Mike Richter watches in monday nights game. The hosting senators in the final minute after they pulled goalie Craig Billington for an extra attacker. Chicago won for just the third time in 11 games. Weinrich a second goal of the season came at 17 56 of the second period and ended almost 60 consecutive minutes of scoreless hockey Between the two teams stretching Back to saturdays 3-3 overtime tie in  4, Nordques 3 at Boston Cam Neely scored his 35th and 36th goals As the Bruins extended their unbeaten Streak to seven games. Boston 6-0-1 in its last seven has beaten Quebec in All three meetings this season. Defens Eman Ray Bourque had three assists and was on the ice for All of the Bruins goals. The assists gave Bourque 46 for the season. Jon Casey meanwhile turned Back 25  3, Kings 1 at Vancouver Martin Gelinas scored two goals and Kirk Mclean made several key saves in the third period As the canucks Defeated the Kings. Gelinas gave the canucks a 2-1 Lead in the first period and added his 11th of the season in the third to preserve the canucks third win in four games against their Pacific division rivals. With nine shots Over two periods Mclean Wasny to Busy until the last period. Then he stopped Mike Donnelly on a breakaway and made solid saves on Tomas Sandstrom and Wayne Gretzky