European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 05, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 the stars and stripes thursday january 5, 1995 _ a Aposton College s Danya Abrams drives hard into Syracuse s . Craf Snyder who Connecticut s Travis Knight pulls Down a rebound in front of Villanova s Jason Law helped Lead the no. 10-Rankcd orangemen to a 81-72 Victory. Son 42 and Travis Knight in first half action tuesday night. Conn won 77-62. 20 blocks lift mass Over w. A. By the associated press there Are signs when you know your team has had Arough night. One could be when your opponent had More blocked shots than you had Field goals. Another might be when your opponent had More 3-pointers in the first half than you had any kind of Field  those things happened to West Virginia on tuesday night in a 95-65 loss to no. 4 Massachusetts tand then mountaineers coach Gale Catlett went to Thebo score to find yet another Nightmare number. It s a staggering statistic when you see that Only on of mass starters played More than 20 minutes cat. Lett said Massachusetts 6-1 was impressive on whichever Ondof the court you wanted to Check. Its 20 blocked shots were an Atlantic-10 record and were just one shy of Georgetown s Mcaa record set in december 1993 against Southern of new Orleans. The minutemen made 13 3-Pointcrs, one off the school Mark and led by As least 26 Points the entire second half. In the past we had teams that people said could to shoot said Lou Roe who had 13 Points in 1.5 minutes. Adding that shooting just puts us up to another level.". So do the blocked shots. Marcus Camby a 6-foot-Llsophomore Center had five blocks while 6-8 Inus Norville and 6-6 Donta Bright had four each and 7-2 Jeff Meyer three. West Virginia 4-4 finished the game with 18 Fiel goals in 74 attempts 24 percent and the minutemen had 10 3-pointers in taking a 58-29 halftime Lead in the conference opener for both teams. Massachusetts was led by guards Edgar Padilla with 17 Points and carmelo Travieso with 15. An ankle in jury sidelined Mike Williams the minutemen s top College basketball scoring guard. West Virginia was paced by Seddon Jef Ferson with 20 Points anal its top scorer Zain Shaw had three Points in 20 minutes. The minutemen made 10 of 15 3-ppinters in the first half while West Virginia made Only eight of 29 treys. In other games involving ranked teams tuesday no. 5 Kansas 105, East Tennessee St. 73 freshman raef Lafrentz had 20 Points and eight re Bounds and senior Greg Ostertag blocked four shots for 201 in his career As he passed Danny Manning forthe no. 1 spot on the Kansas career list. The Jay Hawks 9-1 forced 27 turnovers and dominated inside for the Home Victory. Andy Pennington had 18 Points to Lead the buccaneers 4-6. No. 6 Connecticut 77, Villanova 62 Ray Allen returned from a one game absence be cause of a sprained ankle to score 19 Points leading the huskies 8-0, 2-0 big East to the Road Victory. Vil Lanova 7-4, 1-1which finished 5-for-20 from 3-Pointrange trailed 60-54 before a 3-Pointcr by Allen keyed Connecticut s closing run. Kerry Kittles led the wild eats with 2-5 Points eight in the final three minutes. No. 10 Syracuse 81, Boston College 72 Lawrence Moten had 28 Points and made 9 of 10 free throws Down the stretch As the visiting orangemen 9-1, 2-0 won their ninth consecutive game. The eagles led Kevin Hrobowski s career High 18 Points made it close with a 10-3 run Over the final 1 15. Moten had 12 Points including three 3-pointers, As he scored one More Point than Boston College Over the final 9 /2minutes of the first half. No. 12 Georgetown 55, Pittsburgh 46 the hoyas 8-1, 2-0 won their eighth in a Row a they forced Pittsburgh into a big East record 35 turn overs. Georgetown had the better night shooting in Ishi Ngat 32 percent to the panthers 31.3 percent. Freshman Allert Iverson had 15 Points to Lead the visiting hoyas while Jaime Peterson had 17 Points and1.2 rebounds for Pittsburgh 4-6,0-2. Louisiana St. 70, no. 13 Florida 66 Randy Livingston scored 22 Points and made five of six free throws in the final minute As the tigers 7-3 held off the visiting gators 6-3 in the Southeastern conference opener for both teams Florida trailed by 10 Points with-3 52 left before closing to 67-66,but Dan Cross missed a wild shot with three seconds left. Cross and Dametri Hill each had 15 Points for the gators. No. 16 Iowa St. 74, Loyola new Orleans 44 the cyclones 11-1 won their school record ninth straight game As Julius Michalik had 18 Points and 12 rebounds. Fred Hoiberg hit a 3-Pointer with three Mriln utes left to tie Justus Thigpen s school record of 125. Brian Lumar had 12 Points to Lead visiting Loyola new Orleans 4-8an naia division ii team. " Cal Santa Barbara 75, no. 20 new Mexico St. 65 Lelan Mcdougal scored 17 Points to Lead the Gau chos 6-2 in the big West opener for both teams that saw visiting new Mexico state s four game winning Streak snapped. The aggie 9-3 were held to 35 percent shooting after averaging 51 percent during the winning  Brewer had 19 Points to Lead new Mexico state which was never closer than eight Points Over the final nine minutes