European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 30 the stars and stripes sports monday december 12,1994 Shaw claims both ends As Orlando goes 15-3 Aba by the associated press Orlando Fla. Shaquille o Neal dominated at both ends of the floor saturday night scoring 33 Point Sand grabbing 13 rebounds to Lead the Aba s hottest team the Orlando magic to a 109-98 Triumph Over . The Victory was the 13th in the last 14 games for or Lando which improved the league s Best record to 15-3. In other games saturday knfcks107,76erslb3 new York Patrick Ewing who missed most of the third Quarter because of foul trouble hit two crucial hop shots Down the stretch and finished with a season High 28 Points and 15 rebounds. Pacers 117, heat 103 Indianapolis hot shooting Reggie Miner tied his season High with 33 Points As Indiana earned its fifth straight Victory. Miller hit 9 of 11 shots from Thefield arid made 10-of-l 1 free throws in 27 minutes. Nets 108, celtics 96 East Rutherford . , Brown hit four baskets As new Jersey the Aba s second worst shoot ing team hit its first 10 shots and built a 31-11 Lead. Suns 103, Timber wolves 89 Minneapolis Rookie Esley person score seven of his 25 Points during a 17-1 run in the fourth Quarter As Phoenix improved to 22-0 against Minnesota. Mavericks 99, hornets 86 Dallas Jamal Mashburn scored 31 Points an Jim Jackson added 20 As Dallas earned its ninth Victory of the season a total the Mavericks did t reach untilapril5 last season. Lakers 120, jazz 113 Salt Lake City Sedal Threatt in his firs Start of the year scored a season High 38 Points and Cedric Ceballos added 27 As los Angeles handed Utah its third straight Home loss. Bucks 06, bulls 103 Milwaukee Glenn Robinson s three Point play with 5.3 seconds remaining helped Milwaukee snap a nine game losing Streak. Robinson finished with 18. Spurs 108, rockets 96 Houston Avery Johnson led a balanced Sanantonio attack with 24 Points and Chuck person hit 6 of-9 3-pointers and finished with 22 Points. Kings 106, warriors 94 Sacramento Calif. Brian Grant scored 23points, including 11 of Sacramento s final 20 Points As the Kings handed Golden state its fifth straight loss. Nuggets 11.1 bullets 89 Denver Mahmud Abdul Rauf came off the Bench to score 31 Points including five 3-pointers, leading Denver to its fourth straight Victory. Cavaliers 87 pistons 79 Cleveland Chris Mills scored 17 Points including the final five of the clinching 13-3 run As Cleveland beat injury riddled Detroit. Sonics 132, clippers 127,2 of los Angeles Shawn Kemp scored eight of his career High 42 Points in the second overtime and hit 20-of-22 free throws As Seattle snapped los Angeles two game winning Streak. Gary Payton scored a career High 33 Points an added .1.4 assists. Hawk Andrew Lang gives Shaquille o Neal some space. Minutemen rebound 5-74 College football playoffs Massa to repay by the associated pres Baltimore this time Chusett a a last March the minutemen blew a 10-Point second half Lead and fell to Mary land in the Mcaa tournament. On sat urday fifth ranked Massachusetts lost a nine Point Lead before coming Back witha 15-3 run and defeating no. 11 Mary land85-74. Mike Williams scored 12 of his 18points after halftime As mass 3-1 overcame a 30-Point Effort by Joe Smith of Maryland 6-2. In other games saturday no. 2 Urcla 99, Cal 65 los Angeles Sophomore Charles o Bannon equated his career High Vith 23 Points and also grabbed 10rebounds in Urcla s Victory the Bruins 3-0 outscored the titans 57-29 in the second half no. 3 Arkansas 94, Murray St. 69 Fayetteville Ark. Forced to shoot from the outside and Corey Beck made 6 of 8 3-pointers inthe first half and Dwight Stewart hit a Trio of 3s in the second half no. 4 Kansas 96, n. Carolina St. 91 Raleigh . Sean Pearson hit five 3-pointers and led Kansas to a re Cord setting Long Range shooting night Ashe Jay Hawks remained unbeaten. Pear son finished with 16 Points As Kansas 5-0 broke the school record for 3-pointers in a game hitting 15. No. 6 Florida 91, Texas 73 Gainesville Fla. Dametri Hill scored 17 Points and grabbed a career High 11 rebounds As Florida 4-1vstopped Texas. The longhorns 3-1 were led by guard Roderick Anderson who scored 21 Points. College basketball no. 7 Kentucky 90, Boston u. 49 Lexington by. Tony Delk an Antoine Walker each scored 13 Points As Kentucky crushed Boston University. The wildcats 4-1 scored 30 Points Offu s 26 turnovers and Lim Tecl the terriers 3-2 to 17rfor-63 shooting. No. 9 Duke 69, no. 23 Michigan 59 Durham . Duke endured a 24-0 Michigan run in the first half to earn its 92nd consecutive win Over a non con Ference opponent at Home its 24thstraight in december 14th in a Row Over a big ten opponent and sixth straight Over Michigan no. 13 Clancy 110, 56 Cincinnati stunned by Friday Sunset loss Cincinnati took out its frustrations on Over matched Tennessee Martiny scoring 64 Points in the opening half then coasting to the Consolation title inthe Delta air lines classic. It was the first time that Cincinnati 4-2 failed Towin its own year old tournament. E. Michigan 92, no. 14 Wisconsin 76 Ypsilanti Mich. Brian Tolber scored 26 Points and Eastern Michigan grabbed a 37-Ppint Lead in route to up setting Wisconsin. Kareem Carpenter added 21 Point Sand pulled Down 18 rebounds for the eagles 4-0. Nebraska 96, no. 15 Mich. St. 91 of Lincoln neb. Nebraska score the first seven Points of overtime and made five of six free throws in the final27 seconds to upset Michigan state. Michigan state s Shawn Resper scored 37 Points for Michigan state 2 l Jaron Boone led Nebraska with 23points. By the associated press Oise state overcame four turnovers and a 17-Point deficit to beat mar shall 28-24 saturday in the Naadi vision i a semifinals and will play defending Champion Youngstown state in the Patton rushed for 142 Yards on 26 carries and scored twice a Youngstown state Defeated Montana 28-9 title game will be played sat urday at Huntington other playoffs saturday North Alabama repeats Florence Ala North Ala Bama became Only the third team to win Back to Back Mcaa division i championships relying on its purple swarm defense to preserve a 16-10victory Over Texas am Kingsville. The Lions 13-1 did nothing on of sense in the second half after building a 16-3 Lead at the break. But Texas a Kingsville 12-2 managed Only one touchdown despite great Field position throughout the third Quarter when North Alabama played it Safe facing a stiff wind on a cold Rainy Day. North Alabama joined Southwest Texas state 1981-82 and North Dakota state 1985-86 As the Only teams to win two consecutive championship since the National playoffs began in 1973. Texas am Kingsville which won seven naia championships when the school was known As Texas a i was playing in the division ii championship game for the first time. Ground game boosts Albion Salem a. Jeff Robinson s i a final Rushing and Albion s big play defense led the britons to the Mcaa division Iii championship with a 38-15 Victory Over Washington & Jefferson in thermos Alonzo Stagg bowl. Robinson rushed for 166 Yards and Friree touchdowns and Albion 13-0 turned three turnovers by the presi dents into 10 Points on the Way to win Ning its first Ever appearance in the title game for the Mcaa s smallest schools. Neola. Tops naia Pine Bluff Ark. Eddie Akins rushed for 136 Yards and the game winning touchdown with less than five minutes to play As Northeast state of Oklahoma rallied to beat Arkansas Pine Bluff 13-12 for the naia Divi Sion i championship. Nus s Troy Franklin intercepted pass by Chris Robinson with 26 seconds remaining to Seal the threw three interceptions. Defending champs reach final Puyallup Wash. Defending Champion Pacific lutheran earned a repeat appearance at the naia Divi Sion ii title game. The no. 2 Lutes turned fumbles into two touchdowns to beat fourth ranked Northwestern College of Iowa 28-7. Pacific lutheran 11-1 will face no. 3 Westminster pa., 11-2 sat urday in Portland ore., in a rematch of the 1993 championship game won by the Lutes 50-20. At new Wilmington pa., Andy Blatt ran 27 times for 238 Yards and three ads As Westminster whipped Lambuth 46-6 in the other division ii semifinal. It
