European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday december 10, 1994 sports of the stars and stripes Page 37 r men by the associated press it s rare for anybody connected with a College Basket Ball team to look ahead on the schedule especially a i coach " -. ,.Well Maryland s Gary i Williams and his players broke the unwritten Rule thursday night As the Lith ranked terrapins cleared the final prelim hurdle for a meeting with no. 5 Massachusetts. The terrapins 6-1 beat Colgate 113-53, the fourth win Over an obviously i weaker opponent in the last 10 Days. Of saturday they get the minutemen one of the three teams to hold the no. 1 ranking sofar this season. In a game like this behave better1 players so you expect to win Williams said. You look for other things like intensity and How Well we run the of sense. I thought we did things pretty Well Given the situation. Well find Williams out saturday. We feel that we be earned the right to go in there and play a team that s ranked higher ,." .-.-. Sophomore Center Joe Smith had la Points and 15rebounds As the terrapins took an 80-32 Lead with 10 Minutesleftwe knew mass was hanging at the end of week. It was kind of hard for us not to think about it Smith said. It s a big game for us and for mass. We jus wanted to play hard in these games so it would prepare us for in other games involving ranked teams thursday night it was no. 1 North Carolina 75, no. 24. Villanova 66 no. 3 Arkansas 78, Southern methodist 66 no. 8arizona 81, Houston 67 no. 20 Virginia 109, Bethune Cookman 69 and no. 25 Wake Forest 53, Richmond 49, a " ,. A. Smith came close to not getting to play against Mas College basketball Sach setts. He was involved in a scuffle with Colgate s Tucker Neale with 9 18 to play. Smith said he Acci Dently hit Neale with an Elbow and the guard responded with a punch and was ejected. If a player is ejected for fighting he automatically misses the team s next game. /. -. It was a learning experience Smith said. That s very unlike Joe Williams said. I can t re member any other incident he s been involved in like that i think there was some frustration with the score and everything. " / ". I m just glad Duane Simpkins pulled him was a very Heady Johnny Rhodes and Exrene Hipp each had 17 Points for Maryland. Freshman Center Adonal Foyle coming off a 32-Point, 25-rebound Effort against Texas South Ern had just nine Points for the re raiders 0-6. Maryland put some pressure on us and we just threw thei Ball away to much Colgate coach Jack Bruen said. We did t show much patience on of sense and to be honest our mistakes led to a lot of their Points /.v.-v. A ". No. 1 North Carolina 75, no. 24 Villanova 66 at Chapel Hill n.c., Donald Williams had 14 of his18 Points in the second half As the tar heels 5-0 overcame a season Low four Points by Center Rasheed Wallace. Jerry Stackhouse who had 17 Points made three free throws. Dante Calabria hit a 3-Pbintef and Stackhouse added a Short jumper off a turnover to give North Carolina a 69-61 Lead with 2 19 to play. Kerry Kittles had 22 Points to Lead the wildcats 4-2. No. 3 Arkansas 78, Southern methodist 66 at Dallas Corliss Williamson had 2i Points to Lea the Razorbacks 5-1who played without Forward Scotty Thurman who injured his ankle tuesday Mustangs 1-4 were within 48-44 with 16 31 to play when Arkansas which came in averaging 99 Points per game turned up the intensity with its full court pressure Troy Matthews led sum with 16 Points 12on 3-pointers. No. 8 Arizona 81, Houston 67 at Tucson Ariz. The wildcats 5-1 took control Early leading 24-8 in the opening 6vi minutes 51-30 a halftime and then held on behind 16 Points each from Damon Stoudamire and Ray owes. Damon Jones scored All but two of his 20 Points on 3-pointers for the cougars 1-3who were never closer than 12 Points. No. 20 Virginia 109, Bethune Cookman 69 at Charlottesville Cory Alexander had 28 Points and Junior Burrough added 19 to Lead the Cava Liers 4-2who led 61-27 at halftime. Alexander a senior guard was coming off his worst Effort As a Colle Gian four Points and seven turnovers in a loss to Vanderbilt. Latroy Strong scored 15 Points for the wildcats 2-2who played their first three game against naia teams. No. 25 Wak Forest 53, Richmond 49 at Richmond va., Rusty Larue who also play quarterback for the football team made two big plays in the closing seconds As the Demon deacons 4-1 were held to their lowest Point total since 1989-90. Larue hit a desperation 3-Pointer for a 5247 Lead with17 seconds left and then stole the Ball and made one of two free throws. Travis Banks led Wake Forest with 12 Points while freshman Daryl Oliver led the spiders 2-3 with 15 Points. Columbia 77/army 76 at new York cd. Thorn Kins hit a Bank shot at the Buzzer thursday night to give Columbia a 77-76 Victory Over army. ". Thorn Kins who led the Lions 2-3 with 22 mints drove the length of the court for the winning Basket after Mark Luezine gave the cadets a 76-7.5 Lead wit two free throws with 7.7 seconds remaining. Lucking led army 3-2 with 35 Points including 10in the game s final 4 41. Alex Morris had 19 for the Ca dets. A Thompkins scored 16 of his 22 Points in the second half As the Lions who twice trailed by As Many As Tseven rallied. Tony Doyle added 16 for Fred Johnson had 12 e Lions while by . Fallstrom r st. Louis a it was almost a perfect night for Saint Louis guard Erwi Claggett. He made All 10 of his shots from sever Al different spots on the floor in wednes Day s 95-68 Victory Over Missouri Kansa City. He hit four 3-pointers., one of them from Aba Range. He had 24 Points in23 minutes and also had two assists. So what was missing he did t miss coach Charlie Spoonhour said. Heddin t shoot enough Claggett a senior who was a preseason a great Midwest pick is the key Daggett gunner on a team that bombed its Way into the Mcaa tournament last season for the first time in 37 years. He put up 209 shots from 3-Point Range and hit 41.6 percent of them. This season he s been even better forthe Billiken. In the first four games All victories he s 14-of-28 from Long Range. The 6-1, 4-year starter likes to launch the longer shots. For Orr 3-Point Range i feel More comfortable Claggett said. I get a lot More open shots and can create for myself or my teammates. When i penetrate i like to dish a lot and sometimes i m shooting Over bigger Guys. So naturally i m going to shoot a lower on wednesday he hit from everywhere. Claggett hit a 3-Pointer for Saint Louis firs Basket. He scored off the drive twice connected from the Baseline scored off the Glass and converted a steal. He got Good shots Spoonhour Saidhe took a couple when he was sort of feeling it and they were a Little bit nonetheless he s going to make a lot of those. Our Guys can shoot it. There s no reason to sit around and worry and fret about our Missouri Kansas City coach Lee Hunt put his Best defensive player on still got burned. Claggett is one of the Premier shooter sin America Hunt said. He just jumped Over our players tonight and snot it in. He was 7 Claggett said he knew it was going to Bea Good night for him and backup guard Carl Turner when everything went in Dur ing the team s shoo around before the game. Turner was 6-for-8 from 3-Point-. Range -. _ it seemed like we shot a couple Hun dred jump shots Claggett said. We just kept shooting and the shots were feeling Spoonhour was t surprised. He s use to watching Claggett s scoring sprees by now and is looking elsewhere for improvement. I m sure he s a better player than Las year Spoonhour said. He works harder defensively. 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