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THE TELEGRAPH ThurSi, Dec. 23,1993 C-3

Kansas goes overtime to sneak past Indiana By The Associated Press

That's twice that Jacque Vaughn has disappointed Bob Knight. T Knight hit the recruiting trail looking for a youngster who CQU!£ replace Damon Bailey, Indiana's talented senior guard, afid Sound a likely candidate in Vaughn. Unfortunately for the Indiana coach, Kansas coach R6y "Williams found him, too, and ^eventually landed him. On Wednesday night, Vaughn sfjl.cK.another dagger into Knight by sinking a 3-pointer inside the last second of overtime to give the sixth-ranked Jayhawks a 7£76;victory over the 12th-ranked'Hoosiers. ."It! seemed very strange to beathim. I have so much respect for Coach Knight," said Vaughn, whpjfionetheless wasn't about to give'back the shot.

• College Roundup "That's what college basketball is all about," he said. "Sometimes," said Williams, who's been around a lot longer than Vaughn, "special people are put in special situations like that. Sometimes youngsters are given an opportunity to make big plays and Jacque made that. That was a shot and a prayer and it was answered. He'll remember that for the rest of his life." There were several other memorable shots on a Wednesday night that more resembled the third week of the NCAA tournament than of December. Cherokee Parks hit two free throws with 3.3 seconds left and No. 3 Duke held off Iowa 79-76 for coach Mike Krzyzewski's 400th victory. No. 11 Louisville needed an

overtime as well before defeat- 72-70 lead at the start of overing No. 25 Western Kentucky time and his jumper made it 78-73 and No. 20 Cincinnati had 83-83 with lfc.3 seconds left. to hang on the edge Miami, Ohio "We got a lot more movement 78-75. out of Bailej' and Pat Graham (22 No. 13 Arizona got a big points), whifch we didn't in the 3-pointer from Reggie Geary first half," iKnight said. "What with a minute to go and defeated you hope i for when you're No. 18 Boston College 70-65 in a playing, whten two really tough semifinal game of the Maui Invi- teams are playing against each tational. other, is toj be in a position to The other semifinal was one of win the game — and we were." the rare decisive victories, as Dukjb 79, Iowa 76 No. 5 Kentucky throttled Ohio Parks scored 18 points and State 100-88. No. 21 Syracuse Antonio Ldng and Chris Collins also had an easy time in an 81-52 had 17 each for Duke (6-0), which romp over Miami, Fla. make lofa (5-2) its second Bailey, held to six points in the straight Big Ten victim. The first half, was spectacular in the Blue Devi/Is beat Michigan 73-63 second with 30 points, almost on Dec. li. Russ Millard scored singlehandedly rallying Indiana 25 points 15 in the second half, (5-2) from a 39-30 deficit early in and Jam^s Winters added 22 to the second half. Bailey, who help Iowa cut a 52-34 deficit to missed a 3-pointer at the end of 56-54, ana the Hawkeyes trailed regulation, made two free only 7168 with 2Vfc minutes throws to give the Hoosiers a remaining.

Hatfield takes over at Rice

Arizona 70, Boston College 65 The last of four ties was 63-63 with 1:39 left on a tipin by Arizona's Joe Blair. After Billy Curley, who led BC (7-1) with 19 points,

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Marcus Timmons scored 19 of his 22 points in the first half and unbeaten SIUC held off a furious rally by Wichita State for a 72-64 victory Wednesday night. Wichita State's Darin Miller hit a jumper to tie the game 64-64 with 4:15 left, but the Shockers missed their last seven field goals. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (6-0 overall, 1-0 Missouri Valley Conference) sealed the victory when Chris Lowery made a fast-break layup and added two free throws with 33 seconds left. Paul Lusk finished with 12 points and Lowery added 11 for the Salukis.

• College Basketball , Hatfield pledged to continue the-turnaround Goldsmith made iri.hTs,Tive seasons as coach. But rfecruiting and drawing fans is different in Houston than Little Rock; :"We've got a great opportunity to win on and off the field," Hatfield said. "Rice has been a viablaniember of the SWC and it is a'gppd television market Rice is goin'gvto be in the midst of any

Cincinnati 78, Miami, Ohio 75 '-',,':'\ LaZelle Durden hit a 3-poiht= er, Dontonio Wingfield a jumper and Keith Gregor two f^eS throws in the last three minutes as Cincinnati (8-2) held on after • Miami (3-3) clawed within 65-63. Syracuse 81, Miami, Fla. 52 Adrian Autry and Lawrence Moten each hit four 3-pointers and Syracuse (7-1) hit 11 in 21 tries in burying Miami (6-2), which had led the Big East in shooting defense and scoring defense. Moten scored 23 points and Autry 20. Steve Rich had 25 for the Hurricanes. ..

• College Football; Wichita State (1-5, 0-2) lost'its: fifth straight game and its sev"-", enth straight to the Salukis.'. ' Ryan Herrs, who finished with.; 21 points, hit three consecutive 3-pointers during a 16-4 run that cut an 18-point deficit to 57-51 i: with 11:23 to play. Herrs also,/ had a steal, two assists and took;' two charges during the stretch';,';! Miller finished with 16 points; for the Shockers, who also start- > ed shaky and fell behind 16-4' less than six minutes into the game. Timmons was 8-for-9 from the ; field in the first half as the Salu-•-;-' kis built a 50-33 halftime lead. ^

Skip Holtz named Connecticut coach

STORRS, Conn. (AP) - When Skip Holtz heads for New England to lead Connecticut's football program, he won't necessarily be in unfamiliar territory. After all, the 29-year-old son of Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz. was born just miles from the Storrs campus. The university announced Wednesday that Skip Holtz, Notre Dame's offensive coordinator, had been named Connecticut's head coach. But he doesn't expect to turn Connecticut into an East Coast version of Notre Dame. "I'm not coming in with a lot of high-priced terms because I was at Notre Dame," Holtz said Wednesday during a campus news conference. "I'm coming to the University of Connecticut to do the best job I can to field a competitive team." Holtz replaces Tom Jackson, who resigned Nov. 17 after the Huskies finished 6-5. Holtz will stay at Notre Dame through the

^Hatfield has a 113-62-3 record as"a head coach over 15 seasons iridluaing five at Air Force and six-fit '•Arkansas. ..AtCJlemson, Hatfield compiled a 32-13-1 record, including this season's 8-3 record and berth a'ggjhfcst Kentucky in the Peach Bowl: He will not coach in the game" lt:»l .

IHatfield said one of his first assignments will be visiting personally with all the athletes have have committed to the Owls. .!'! pIan to go into the homes of those who have committed to Rice and assure them that we stiirwant them," he said. Rice athletic director Bobby May^would only say that Hatfield's contract was multi-year. ;;"W,e hope it's forever," May saidi ^'Ken Hatfield is the kind of coactf fans will want to come out ajjjd^see. It's going to be exciting; '^:

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Notes 3,-Rpjnter to pull Mizzou to within 74-68 with 1:10 to play, and senior Mark Atkins nailed a pair ofu3-ppinters in the final minute to make it 78-76 Illinois. After Garris made one of two free^ throw attempts, with 17.1 seconds showing, Frazier cs,rifle.d a 3-pointer with 10.3 secpnds-'left to send the game to "overtime tied at 79. The Illini missed four free throws in the final 1:10, while Mizzou connected"dh three 3-pointers in that time. "We played a good second half . until the end," Henson said. "We got a little tired and our defense let us down. You have to make free throws. We botched it really badly toward the end." The Illini rushed to an 86-81 lead with 43.2 seconds left in the first overtime. But a pair of Missouri freshmen, 6-7 Kelly Thames and 6-1 Jason Sutherland, came up big for the Tigers as the starters began to foul out. Sutherland scored a big basket, was fouled and hit fche free thVow, and Thames scored with 2Q,4 Seconds left to make it 87-86 Illinois. Thames scored again with.".nine seconds to play to f^e.Jhe second OT. 'Illinois took a four-point lead early0 in the second overtime period before Missouri rallied again.' Freshman Derek Grimm sankjwo clutch free throws with

Louisville 78 W. Kentucky 73 DeJuan Wheat scored 24 points, including a 3-pointer at the start of overtime that helped Louisville (5-1) avenge, barely, last year's 78-77 loss to the Hilltoppers (3-2). Mike Fraliex had 24 points for Western Kentucky.

missed a jumper with 1:14 left, Arizona (8-0) grabbed the"" rebound and called a timeout. * Geary connected from the lett * corner with 1:00 showing on the« clock.

Salukis improve record to 6-0

, .HOUSTON (AP) - Ken Hatfield: hopes to continue what Fred Goldsmith started at Rice University — a winning trend. Jfatfield, who led Arkansas to Southwest Conference titles in iQSSIand 1989 before moving to Clemson for four years, was appointed football coach at Rice on i;, Wednesday. He replaces G.qldsmith, who resigned Dec. 16 to coach at Duke.

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Kentucky 100 Ohio St. 88 Kentucky (6-1) neutralized Ohio State's inside strength with the 3-pointer, with Tony Delk hitting 7-of-ll and Travis Ford 4-of-10. Ford finished with 27 points and Delk had 23.

19.2 seconds left to knot things at 97-97. Garris was fouled at the buzzer by Julian Winfield and went to the line to shoot a pair with no time on the clock. The Illini were one free throw away from victory. But both shots missed their mark, and the third overtime was necessary.* Garris entered the game as a 91.4 percent free throw shooter, so his 12 of 22 performance was unexpected. "He'd made 24 straight going into Saturday night's game," Henson said. "I thought he'd make both of them. Overall, Kiwane did a good job. He just missed some shots down the stretch." "After he missed the second one,' I figured someone was watching over us and they wanted us to win," Missouri guard Melvin Booker said. Keene stood up for his teammate. "That's a tough place to put yourself in. People don't realize that's a tough shot to make in front of 18,000 fans." Those misses seemed to deflate the Illini, and the Tigers, now playing without Atkins, Crudup and Booker, took control. Sutherland drained a 3-pointer to start the third OT, and Missouri never trailed again. Illinois made things interesting late as Garris sank a 3-pointer with 4.8 seconds left to make

it 106-104. But Frazier hit tv/o free throws a second later, aitd Garris' 3-pointer at the buzzer was nothing more than window dressing. [ Thomas finished with 19 points for Illinois, while Keene (17), Clark (17) and T.J. Wheeter (10) also scored in double figures. Missouri received |21 points and a school-record 13 assists from Booker, 20 poihts from Frazier, 16 from Thartes and 12 from Atkins. So the Braggin' Rights trophy stays in Missouri for another year, and Stewart feels that, since the game is played ir] St. Louis, that's where it belongs. "This is home," he said. "Maybe it's real close to the other side, but it's still Missouri.V

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were battling each other. But with age, both of us have changed a little bit. "But I haven't mellowed," Stewart quickly added. Neither has the rivalry. And after Wednesday's game, it should be stamped forevefon both team's schedule for qvery December. It was one in a! million, no matter who won. You may never see one like that again.

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Illinois returns to action Sunday, Jan. 2, at home with Texas. Game time is 1 p.m. at the Assembly Hall. It's Illinois final nonconference game of the season. The Illini will begin their 18game Big Ten Conference slate Jan. 8 at Michigan State. Their Big Ten home opener is Jan. 12 against Northwestern. Missouri, meanwhile, welcomes Mercer, Ga., on Dec. 30 and Washington on Jan. 2 before playing Wednesday, Jan. 5, at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

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Illinois coach Lou Henson (615-297 record) is the seventhwinningest active NCAA Division I men's cage coach. He's also the winningest coach in U of I history. Henson is 375-190 in 19 seasons in Champaign. Missouri counterpart Norm Stewart (618-307) is in his 27th year with the Tigers. Stewart has coached 925 games, second only to North Carolina's Dean Smith. Other Division I coaches who have won at least 600 games include: Adolph Rupp, Henry Iba, Ralph Miller, Phog Allen, Ed Diddle, Ray Meyer, John Wooden, Marv Harshman, Norm Sloan, Jerry Tarkanian, Don Haskins, Lefty Driesell, Bobby Knight, Gene Bartow and North Carolina's Smith.

• College Football Cotton Bowl against Texas A&M,! on Jan. 1, then take over at Con- • necticut on Jan. 3. r , Holtz agreed to a four-year contract with an annual salary
Norris seeks another shot at pro boxing title NEW YORK (AP) - Bring on Prior to his defense against Simon Brown again. Terry Nor- Brown, the cocky Norris had ris can't wait. described the challenger as just Norris, dethroned as WBC a stepping stone on the way to a super welterweight champion by second world title, in the midBrown in a stunning fourth- dleweight division. round knockout Saturday night Instead, Norris' plans were at Puebla, Mexico, is anxious for derailed by Brown. a rematch and another shot at Norris denied that he was the title he won in March 1990 looking beyond Brown. and successfully defended 10 "I never underestimate anytimes. body," said Norris, who has lost "I have to come back and show four times in 40 fights. "I could I'm still a true champion," Nor- have looked past him, at bigger ris said Wednesday during a and better things, but I didn't/' teleconference call from his Brown disagreed, saying Norhome at Campo, Calif. "I want to ris' attitude motivated him. ; do it soon. After the fight, he said Norris "I'm eager to get back into the was "thinking about the millions ring. I have a hunger to fight of dollars down the line and not again. I want the title back, and I thinking about what's in front of want it back as soon as possible. him there." I want to get back into the ring Now, Norris has to look with Simon Brown." toward Brown again. First, however, Norris proba"We're sure he's capable of bly will have a couple of tuneup beating Simon Brown," Sayatovfights, his manager, Joe Sayatov- ich, said. "He wants to get his ich, said. A rematch with Brown title back." probably won't occur until next If a Brown rematch doesn't summer. materialize, Norris could fight The setback to Brown blew WBC welterweight champion Norris' boast that he was "the Pernell Whitaker, Sayatoyieh greatest fighter" pound-for- said. pound in the world. Norris is Norris, known for -his knockconfident he can regain that out prowess — he has stopped 21 self-proclaimed position. of his 36 victims — said he made "I believe I'm still the best a mistake by trying to put away fighter in the world," he said. Brown. "When I fight Simon Brown "In a rematch, I would bpx again, I will show that." him more," Norris said.