European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                34 the stars and stripes sports wednesday november 30i 1994 College basketball bearcats on Temple by the associated press Piscataway no. After Labouring to get past a lower Echelon team in the Atlantic 10 conference no. 10 Cincinnati will have to step it up against one of the a-10 s Best. The bearcats did what they had to Doin a 7261 Victory monday night Over Rutgers. Their attention now shifts to Friday s game with Temple in the open ing round of the tournament of champions in Charlotte . It will be the first real test for Cincin Nati which routed Austin Peay and con trolled most of the game against Rutgers Temple s so much different than either team we be played coach Bob hug gins said. John Chancy is Gonna play that matchup zone and try not to turn it Over. Against Temple you gotta make shots. You re Gonna get shots you just gotta make shots. You have to make perimeter shots but at the same time no get too perimeter  the bearcats 2-0 made nine of 21 3-pointers against Rutgers. But the key win was the inside work of 6-foot-8 Forwar Dart Long who had 17 Points and nine re Bounds. After Rutgers 0-2 Cut a 10-Point Defi Cit to 50-47 with 11 05 remaining Cincin Nati 2-0 responded with a 13-4 run to open a 63-51 Lead with 6 13 left. Long had five Points in the run including . Long credited the presence of fresh Man Danny Fortson Tor his second half performance. Fortson who had 25 Point opening night against Austin Peay played just one minute off the Bench in the first half before getting two  the end i started getting a lot More rebounds when Danny Fortson Wasin the game said Long who made seven of 10 shots. Dan took up a lot More space than the other Guys and i was Able to use my Speed and ability to jump an get around Guys to get to the Loose  Cincinnati needed Long s contributions. It was never Able to get into the free Wheeling offence normally produced by its three guard lineup. The bearcats were stalled by the High number of fouls52 total 27 on Cincinnati. Our offence could t get into the game the Way they were calling every Little touch every Hittle reach and every thing Long said. It takes you out of it mentally. The refs took us out of our game More than  no. 25 new Mexico state 99 Western new Mexico 71 Las Cruces . After a turn on the National stage in last week s pre season nit new Mexico state coach Neil Mccarthy welcomed a break. This was a Good pressure reliever he said monday night after the aggie beat Western new Mexico 99-71. Our play ers were tired from the new York trip. It Cincinnati s Art Long goes to the Basket against Rutgers Eric Clark monday night was time for our kids to have some fun and most of them  skip Mccoy s 17 Points led four new Mexico state players in double figures for the no. 25 aggie 4-1coming off second place showing in the preseason nit. New Mexico state lost last friday84-80 in overtime to then no. 23 Ohio. The Mustangs 4-2making the jump this season. From naia division i to Mcaa division ii led Only once Jud Parks Layup for a 2-0 Lead. The aggie outscored Western new Mexico 23-2 in a a minute stretch led by Mccoy s two 3-pointers and two Lay ups during the run. Coach kept me in so i could find my shot Mccoy said. New Mexico state built a first half Lead of 41-14 when Clyde Jordan put Back a missed shot by Rodney Walker. Western new Mexico coach Dic Drangmeister said he knew his team would be Over matched against the a Gies aggressive defense. To prepare he said the Mustangs practice their offence against an eight Man defense. We won t face this Type of tenacious defense the rest of the year Drangmeister said. Crafton Ferguson scored 15 Points while Walker and Jordan had 12 each for new Mexico state. New Mexico state forced 27 turnovers and Troy Brewer led the aggie with five steals. Jordan had 11 rebounds for the aggie who held a 53-32 rebounding Edge. B Sam James led Western new Mexico with 24 Points and eight rebounds. A poll Byeff Donn Amherst mass. A for mar Cus Camby the journey from number none to number one Borders on the impossible. / it feels a Little crazy. I still Don t think it s sunk in yet the Sophomore Cente for the University of Massachusetts said. But across this 22,000-student Ca Pusin Western Massachusetts it was sinking in nicely monday. Students and staffers were reveling in the National attention lavished upon their first top ranked basketball team. It was like ethnic Pride Day and mardigras rolled into one for this Public Cam pus which has Long lived in the publicity Backwash of private schools to the East and perennial sports Powers to the Southand West. We re not used to the limelight like Anorth Carolina or Duke or someone who is always winning championships Lyle Ore a senior said during a break in a pickup basketball game. A team that went 10-18 for the seasons recently As 1989, the minutemen be came a top 25 teams in january 1992 forthe first time. But this season s team anchored by Forward Lou Roe has become the first in new England to climb to the top of the National rankings. Connecticut reached no. 2 last season. Boston College gain edits Best spot at no. 6 a decade ago. Massachusetts rocketed past them Allon the strength of Friday s season open ing 104-80 Blowout of defending inca Champion Arkansas then ranked first but now fourth. The National Media panel polled by the associated press gave the minutemen All but seven of 65 first place votes lifting it from third place. The minutemen moved up two spots inthe poll leapfrogging North Carolina which received six first place votes after beating Texas in its season opener. Kentucky which had the other first place vote moved up one spot to third and Arkansas which bounced Back witha 97-79 Victory Over Georgetown dropped to fourth. Three teams used Early season tournament victories to vault into the top 15. Arizona state which beat Michigan and Maryland in winning the Maui invitational debuted in the poll this season Atno 12, while Minnesota which beat Ari Zona in its three game run to win thereat Alaska shootout came in the rank Ings at no. 15. Arizona state was last ranked in the 1991-92 season. Ohio University the preseason nit champions which included Virginia a and new Mexico state among its four Victo Ries moved from 23rd to 14th. Urcla moved from sixth to fifth an was followed in the top ten by Duke Kansas Florida Arizona and Cincinnati. High scoring Nevada Forward suspended to 1?x.t\  v a a. To m a or is in a \ of % a / 1.nnll1- _ f. Reno Nev. Nevada Forward Jimmy Moore a top scorer in the big West conference will miss at least two games following his arrest for allegedly attacking a woman outside a Reno night club the school said monday. Basketball coach Pat Foster suspended re from two away games pending the outcome of an investigation into sunday s incident. Moore 21, was jailed on suspicion of three Misdemeanour Battery charges then released on $1,359 bail. If the District attorney s office decides to file Gross Misdemeanour or felony charges it would mean an automatic sus pension from the team according to spokeswoman Faith Greaves. Three people signed complaints against Moore who led the big West in scoring last year. One witness said Moore pulled a woman from a car at a Stop Light near the easy Street dance club about 1 . Sun Day. Moore allegedly punched the woman several times and struck another woman and a Man who tried to intervene. The 6-foot-8,220 Pound senior is a Sec Ond year Transfer from Dixie Junior col lege in St. George Utah. He scored 16 Points in saturday s 71-68 Victory override. He s one of our Best players and is a person who in All other instances has conducted himself in a very Good Way Foster said on sunday. Jail records show Moore also has three outstanding warrants from Las vegas for failing to appear in court on traffic charges