European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wins on East a career by the  press the expected scoring Duel Between two of the big East a Premier guards Lawrence Moton and Kerry Kittles never materialized. In the end Moton made the biggest shot of the game As he hit a Long 3-Pointer with 6.6 seconds to play lift ing no. 8 Syracuse to a 61-60 Victory Over visiting Villa Nova on monday night. Moton on track to become the scoring Leader finished with 14 Points on 6-for17 shooting. He was 0-for-6 from 3-Point Range before his game Winner. A if there s anybody you want shooting the Bat at the end of the game its that Guy. We just wanted to get him some kind of Opportunity Quot Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. A a he a going to go 4-for-7 some nights and some nights he a going to go l-for-7. He snoots Baa percentages but he shoots big ones. And he a going to make some. Moton Well take our chances with him shooting the  Moton never thought to hesitate when he fired away from 24 feet a even after missing two of three free throws in the final 37  i Wasny to thinking about a three. I was really thinking about driving. But at the time i was open. He Kittles gave me a Little area Quot said Moton who moved into third place on Syracuse a career scoring list with his game winning shot. Quot when i let it go it Felt Good Quot said Moton who also led Syracuse with six assists and two steals. Quot earlier 1 had a couple that were in and out. Those things happen. But i m the Leader on this team. If we arc going to lose we arc going to lose with the Ball in my hands. Coach Boeheim wanted me to have the Ball and i took the shot. It was a 50-50 Chance and it went  a  a a a a a a a a in the Only other games involving ranked teams monday no. 3 Kansas Defeated no. 17 Missouri 102-89 and no. 24 new Mexico state outlasted Cal Irvinc 85 80. A. It was the 11th straight win for Syracuse 11-1, 4-0 big East which won despite a six minute scoreless spell in the second half that wasted a 7-Point Lead it was also the orangemen a fourth consecutive Triumph Oyer the wildcats 8-5,2-2who won four of their previous five games in the Carrier dome. Villanova had a final Chance to win calling a timeout with 2.4 seconds to play. Jonathan Haynes a bounded the Ball at Hal court to Alvin Williams who was called for travelling As he tried to catch the Ball under pressure from the Syracuse defense. A we were hoping to get the Ball to Kerry or Alvin and step Jonathan Back in Bounds and get him the Ball. Maybe they a forget about him Quot Villanova coach Steve Lapp Assaid. Quot a a Chuck Kornegay making his second Start since becoming eligible at mid season As a Transfer led Villanova with 16 Points the final two on a Dunk with 1 45 to play that gave Villanova a 5,8-57 Lead. Haynes made two of four free throws around a foul shot by Moton to make it 60-58 with 21 seconds to play. Villanova which trailed by As Many As nine in the first half narrowed the deficit to 30-26 at halftime de spite a to. A crap until half. He finished with a season Low nine Points. No. 3 Kansas 102, no. 17 Missouri 89 the Jay Hawks 11-1, 10 dominated inside in handing the tigers 102, 11 their first regular season big eight loss since March 2,1993, a Span of 16 games. Scot Pollard and scan Pearson each had 22 Points for Kansas and freshman race Lafrentz grabbed 16 rebounds As the visiting Jay Hawks finished with a 44-33 rebound advantage. A Paul of Lincy had 25 Points for Missouri which bantered itself in a comeback Effort by shooting 16-for-29 from the free throw line. Kansas on the other hand made 15 of 18 free throws in the second half 13 in a3-Pointer Row at one stretch to hold off Missouri which Cut a 17-Point deficit to five on four occasions. Missouri a other loss this season was to no. 5 Arkansas. V a. V a a. A a no. 24 new Mexico St. 05, cat or Vine 80 Reserve Paul Jarrett playing in place of suspended Forward Crafton Ferguson matched his career High with 19 Points As the aggie 11-3, 2-1 big West beat the ant caters at Home for the 11th time in 12 meetings. Irvine 46, 0-3 closed to 83-80, but Jarrett made two free throws with 10 seconds left to Seal the win Ferguson was suspended for throwing an Elbow in last weeks loss to Cal Santa Barbara. Kevin Simmons had 25 Points to Lead the ant caters who were playing without leading scorer Chris Brown serving the second game of a two game suspension from coach Rod Baker army 64, Vale 61 Mark Lucking scored 21 Points and keyed a decisive second half run As army rallied for a 64-61 win Over visiting Yale. With the win army 7-4 equalled its entire Victory total of last season Ana is off to its Best Start in 11 years. Yale fell to 26,.the cadets trailed 2523 at the half and Yale stretched its Lead to nine Points Early in the second half behind eight straight Points by gab Hunterton but Lucking the nations third leading scorer scored seven Points in a 10-0 army surge capped by a 16-foot jumper with 13 31 remaining to give the cadets a 36-35 Lead. After army a Alfred Forbes missed the front end of a on and on free throw Opportunity with 29.3 seconds remaining Yale had two chances to tic in the final seconds. But Jim Kaw Ahitow a 3-Point attempt with four seconds remaining was blocked by Brad Wilke and his of off balance 3-Point follow up was Short at the Buzzer Alex Morris and Forbes finished with 13 Points apiece for army. Hunterton paced Yale with 16 Points followed by Crnic Colson with 14. Mass Conn grab top spots in a poll 1 % i 1 by Jim of Connell a basketball writer Massachusetts and Connecticut schools just 40 Miles from each other were about twice that Many Points apart at the top of the College basketball poll on monday. The minute Man 8-1 reached the no. 1 up tit for the second time this season climbing from fourth after last week s top three teams a North Carolina Urcla and Arkansas a All lost in a week that saw 15 ranked teams lose at least one game. Mass received 44 first place votes and 1,615 Points from the National Media panel while Connecticut 10-0one of two unbeaten division 1 teams jumped from sixth to second and was no. I on 17 ballots with 1,534 Points. Kansas 10-1the team that beat Massachusetts moved from fifth to third and had two first place votes As did North Carolina 1.0-1 which had its five week run at no 1 ended with a loss at North Carolina  Arkansas was fifth and Urcla sixth. Kentucky which also had one first place vote was seventh and was followed by Syracuse Maryland and Georgetown three teams entered the rankings for the first time this season no. 17 Missouri which was ranked As High As third last season no. 18 Clemson the other unbeaten division 1 team which is in the poll for the first time since 1990 and no. Z5 Oregon making ils first appearance in the rankings since 1977, mass held the no. 1 spot for just one week losing to Kansas in the wooden classic the weekend after moving into the top spot for the first time in school history. Minute Man coach John Calipari attended the funeral of one players grandmother and the Wake of another s on monday. His assistant John Robic said the entire program Learned from that one week at no 1, Quot i think we Learned from it and i think our players did Prohic said monday a a coach always talks about embracing Success and 1 think our Guys did a Little bit too much of that the first time. I think they re going to be More business like now Quot a a v a a. A. The next game for  was tuesday Nigel at St Bonaventure with Home games later in the week against Rutgers and no. 21 Pennsylvania. Following Michigan state in the Sec Ond ten were Arizona state Arizona Wake Forest Florida Duke Missouri Clemson Iowa and California the last five ranked teams were Penn Georgia tech Iowa state new Mexico slate and Oregon the three teams that fell out of the rankings from last week were no.19 Nebraska no 21 Indiana and no. 23 Stanford. Missouri 10-1 enters the poll on an eight game winning Streak after losing to Arkansas Clemson 10-0 did no to draw any National attention Tinti winning at Duke last week in an Atlantic coast conference opener Oregon 10-1which lost to a Clara in the fourth game of the seas arc makes conferences a pleasure for a pleasurable and successful conference arc Garmisch or Berchtesgaden offer you Elan efficient enthusiastic conference staff. 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