European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 14, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 College basketball terrapins snap Back -. By the associated pres College Park my. A the Maryland terrapins can now turn their attention toward final exams because All memories of last weekend s debacle against Massachusetts have effectively been  players scored in double figures As no. 12 Maryland rebounded from its disheartening loss to mass by beating Torso restate 120-73 monday night. It was Maryland s highest scoring game in16 seasons. The mass game isomer now said Keith Booth who scored 18points to match his career High. Right now i just want to focus on the game we have ahead of  it s exam week at Mary land so the terrapins 7 2 Don t play again until dec. 23. Their runaway Booth Victory Over Towson state eased any leftover sorrow from saturday s 85-74 set Back a game Maryland had in its grasp with four min utes left. Tonight s game will help us put the mass Gam behind us Maryland Center Joe Smith said. We did t want the loss to mass to linger for these two weeks.",. In other games involving ranked teams no. 7 Arizona beat Lasalle 92-76 and no. 18 Michigan state Defeated Cleveland state 111-68. All 13 players on the roster scored at least two Pointras Maryland rolled to its biggest offensive outburst since a 129-103 win Over Canisius Early in the 1978-79season. / a we wanted to get everyone involved coming off the mass game Booth said. A couple of Guys were Down and we wanted to keep everyone on the Sam Page going into finals Maryland built a 60-33 halftime Lead its highest scoring first half since november 1991, in quickly Dis Pelling any notion that the terrapins might still be feel my Down from saturday s loss. I was really pleased we were ready to play tonight. Iwasyn t sure we would be Maryland coach Gary Wil Liams said. I think our Guys snowed Good character coming Back that quickly from saturday because we were really Down after the  the terrapins inside game was too much for the tigers who committed 32 fouls. Maryland was 38-for-56 at the line Ralph Blalock scored 13 Points for the tigers 3 who Are 10 against Maryland and 21 against the at lactic coast conference. It was the most Points eve scored against Towson state. I expected this would be a difficult game Towson coach Terry Truax said. When Good teams lose to Good teams and come Back Home it s Tough for the team they re playing. I was hoping Maryland would beat  it was the terrapins 36th consecutive non Confer ence Home Victory since december 1989. No. 7 Arizona 92, Lasalle 76 at Tucson ariz., Ray owes scored 21 Points and Damon Stoudamire 19 for the wildcats. Arizona 1 won without coach Lute Olson who missed the game because of Back problems caused while weightlifting. Assistant Coah Jim Rosborough Rathe team. Lasalle 1 trailed Only 40-37 at halftime. No. 18 Michigan St. 111, Cleveland St. 68 at East Lansing mich., Shawn Respert scored 27points and Jamie Feick had 20 Points and 13 rebounds for the spartans. Michigan state 1coming off an overtime loss to Nebraska sent the Vikings 3 to their third straight loss.-.  .,.- the spartans led 15-2 after five minutes. Eric Snow scored 14 Points and Jon Garavaglia finished with 12. Big eight teams own 40-7 record against outsiders Kansas City to. A big eight basketball coaches Are starting to believe that fro top to Bottom the league May surpass preseason expectations. Led by no. 3 Kansas the big eight barrelled into this week with a 40-7 Mark against outsiders an .851 winning  most impressive big eight team has Bee the Jay Hawks whose Early seasons victims in clude then no. 1 Massachusetts and then no. 6florida. Last weekend the Jay Hawks vanquished North Carolina state in front of the Wolf pack first sellout in several years. We did t play As Well at times As we d like coach Roy Williams said. But i think our team s playing much better than it was nine Days  Iowa state s Victory at Iowa and Nebraska Sunset of then no. 15 Michigan state added to the big eight s Luster Kansas has to be the school that right no you have to be really impressed with Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson said. Coming from the Pac-10, i played against Ano. 1 team five times. Kansas looks to me like a no. 1 team. There s great size great guard  be cot kids coming off the Bench who can raise the level of play on the  another notable win was Colorado s Victory a Wyoming the buffs first Road win in 29 games. A "  " to say it was a big win for the big eight May be overstating it a bit coach Joe Harrington said. But it was a very Good win. It was the first time in 31 years that Colorado won at Wyum � it. Ing.", a  \ s f a .-.r,  s f beat the Rush shop Early arid Saye Inkney with our Holiday Early Bird specials � vss4 a army & air Force Exchange service