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4B a Herald-Zeitung Sunday, January 11, 1998 Spurs get burned by Suns PHOENIX (AP) Rex Chapman and Antonio McDycss each scored 18 points, and the Phoenix Suns played a turnover-free game for three quarters to snap San Antonio's five-game winning streak, 100-79 Friday night. Steve Nash scored 16 points, and Jason Kidd had 10 points and 12 assists for the Suns, who did not commit a turnover until McDyess lost the ball out of bounds trying a spin move on David Robinson 1:50 in the fourth period. By then, Phoenix had an 85-61 lead after McDyess dunked and hit a jumper in the first 80 seconds of the period. Chuck Person scored 16 points for San Antonio. Robinson had 15 points and 16 rebounds, and Tim Duncan had 15 points and nine rebounds.

The Suns finished with seven turnovers three more than their franchise-best and four more than the NBA record held by Portland and Orlando. But they had just two before coach Danny Ainge sent in the reserves, who committed four more in Friday's Game Suns 100, Spurs 79 Saturday's Game vs. Sacramento, (n) Next Game at Boston Celtics 6 p.m. Tuesday Radio: WOAI (1200 AM); Spanish on KCOR(1350AM) the last five minutes. Another was charged to the team.

Cedric Ceballos had eight of his 14 points in the first 6:09 of the third quarter, when Robinson and Duncan were rarely on the floor together. By the time Ceballos came out, the Suns had increased their 53-45 halflimc lead to 67-51. Chapman made it 70-53 with a 3-pointer with 4:58 left in the third period, and Nash hit another with 3:09 to go, making it 73-56. Phoenix finished the quarter with an 8-0 spurt as Nash hit a 13-foot jumper, Chapman had a three- point play, and George McCloud sank a 3-pointer from the corner. No more than five points separated the teams until Kidd made a layup to give the Suns a 35-28 lead with 8:53 left in the second quarter.

Phoenix increased the lead to eight points four times in the quarter, the last time after Chapman made a short shot in the lane with six seconds to Play- But the Suns' 10-of-16 free-throw shooting kept them from opening a wider gap. Notes: The Spurs had won 12 of their last 13 games, outscoring their opponents by an average of 11.6 The Suns are only the second team in 14 games to score more than 89 points against San Antonio, and only the eighth in 34 games this season. Phoenix won its 50th game in a 91-game Suns 100, Spurs 79 SAN ANTONIO (79) Person 8-12 0-0 16, Duncan 8-13 3-6 15, D.Robinson 5-17 5-7 15, Johnson 3-9 0-0 6, Jackson 2-9 0-0 5, M.Williams 2-5 1-2 5, Herrera 0-1 0-0 0, Geary 1-4 0-2 2, Alexander 3-7 0-1 7, Perdue 2-8 4-4 8, Rose 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 30-86 13-22 79. PHOENIX (100) Ceballos 6-14 2-2 14, McDyess 8-11 2-6 18, C.Robinson 171-43, Kidd 4-9 2-4 10, Chapman 7-12 2-2 18, Bryant 2-3 00 4, McCloud 5-8 0-0 13, Nash 6-12 3-3 16, J.WIIIIams 0-3 24 2, Millo 0-1 0-0 0, Thompson 1-3 0-0 2.

Totals 40-83 14-25 100. San Antonio 24 21 16 18 78 Phoanlx 25 28 28 19 100 3-Polnt Antonio 6-14 (Person 4-7, Jackson 1 -3, Alexander 1-4), Phoenix 6-15 (McCloud 3-5, Chapman 2-4, Nash 1-2, C.Robinson 0-1, Kidd 0-1, Ceballos 0-2). Fouled Antonio 61 (D.Robinson 16), Phoenix 58 (Ceballos 8). Antonio 17 (Johnson 6), Phoenix 29 (Kidd 12). Total Antonio 21, Phoenix 23.

series. Robinson and Duncan had combined for 40 points in 14 games, including eight rimes in the last 13. They combined for 30 against the Suns. The Spurs played their third straight game without Sean Elliott, who strained his groin Jan. 3 and did not travel to Phoenix.

Earlier Friday, the Suns gave guard Brooks Thompson another 10-day contract. Thompson, who was waived Wednesday, originally joined the team as a free agent last Dec. 11. He played five minutes and made one field The Spurs, averaging an NBA-high 7.03 blocks, had three. Phoenix had nine blocks, including five by Hot Rod Williams.

Football College Bowl Games At A Glance By The Associated Press All Times CST Saturday, Dec. 20 Las Vegas Bowl At Las Vegas Oregon 41, Air Force 13 Thursday, Dec. 25 Blue-Gray Classic At Montgomery, Ala. Gray 31, Blue 24 Aloha Bowl At Honolulu Washington 51, Michigan State 23 Friday, Dec. 26 Motor City Bowl At Pontlac, Mich.

Mississippi 34, Marshall 31 Saturday, Dec. 27 Heritage Bowl At Atlanta University 34, South Carolina Southern State 28 Insight.r.om Bowl At Tucson, Ariz. Arizona 20, New Mexico 14 Sunday, Dec. 28 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. LSU 27, Notre Dame 9 Monday, Dec.

29 Humanitarian Bowl At Boise, Idaho Utah State 19 Carquest Bowl At Miami Georgia Tech 35, West Virginia 30 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Colorado State 35, Missouri 24 Tuesday, Dec. 30 Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Purdue 33, Oklahoma State 20 Wednesday, Dec. 31 Sun Bowl At El Paso Arizona State 17, Iowa 7 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn. Southern Mississippi 41, Pittsburgh 7 Fiesta Bowl At Tempo, Ariz. Kansas State 35, Syracuse 18 Thursday, Jan.

1 Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Georgia 33, Wisconsin 6 Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. North Carolina 42, Virginia Tech 3 Citrus Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Florida 21, Penn State 6 Cotton Bowl At Dallas UCLA 29, Texas 23 Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. Michigan 21, Washington State 16 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Florida State 31, Ohio State 14 Friday, Jan.

2 Peach Bowl At Atlanta Auburn 21, Clemson 17 Orange Bowl At Miami Nebraska 42, Tennessee 17 Saturday, Jan. 10 East-West Shrine Classic At Stanford, Calif. East vs. West Saturday, Jan. 17 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala.

North vs. South, 1:30 p.m. (TBS) 12. New Mexico (11-1) at Wyoming. Next: at Colorado State, Monday.

13. Florida State (12-3) vs. No. 2 Duke. Next: at No.

24 Clemson, Tuesday. 14. Mississippi (11-1) at Alabama. Next: at Tennessee, Saturday. 15.

Princeton (12-1) at Brown. Next: vs. College of New Jersey, Monday, Jan. 26. 16.

South Carolina (9-2) vs. LSU. Next: at No. 6 Kentucky, Tuesday. 17.

Michigan (12-4) vs. Michigan State. Next: at Ohio State. 18. Syracuse (13-1) vs.

Louisville. Next: vs. Providence, Tuesday. 19. Xavier (9-3) vs.

Fordham. Next: at George Washington, Wednesday. 20. Marquette (10-1) did not play. Next: at Cincinnati, Sunday.

21. Hawaii (11-1) at San Diego State. Next: vs. Southern Methodist, Saturday. 22.

Arkansas (12-2) at Memphis. Next: vs. Florida, Wednesday. 23. Rhode Island (9-2) vs.

Duquesne. Next: at La Salle, Tuesday. 24. Clemson (10-5) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 13 Rorida State, Tuesday. 25. West Virginia (13-2) vs. Miami.

Next: vs. Notre Dame, Thursday. NO. 4 KANSAS 102, TEXAS 72 KANSAS (19-2) Earl 5-15 5-6 15, Pierce 11-20 9-13 31, Chenowith 2-7 0-1 4, Robertson 1-4 4-4 6, Thomas 9-13 1-2 27, Nooner 1-1 0-0 3, Gregory 3-7 1-4 7, Bradford 2-3 0-0 4, Janisse 1-1 0-0 2, McGrath 0-0 1-21, Martin 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 36-75 21-32 102.

TEXAS (6-8) Muoneke 5-10 2-2 12, Vazquez 1-3 4-4 6, Mihm 3-13 1-6 7, Wagner 4-11 2-4 10, Axtell 518 6-7 18, Perryman 1-6 0-0 3, Goode 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 4-7 0-0 10, Carter 1-10-0 2, Clark 2-5 0-0 4, Drakes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-74 15-23 72. 39, Texas 25. 3-Point 9-17 (Thomas 8-11, Nooner 11, Gregory 0-1, Pierce 0-2, Robertson 0-2), Texas 5-20 (Smith 2-3, Axtell 2-7, Perryman 16, Vazquez 0-1, Wagner 0-3). Fouled Chenowith.

51 (Pierce 10), Texas 48 (Mihm 13). 22 (Robertson 6), Texas 14 (Wagner 4). Total 17, Texas 22. National Basketball Association At A Glance All Times CST By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Sunday, Jan. 18 Hula Bowl At Walluku, Maul South vs.

North, 3 p.m. (ESPN) Basketball Top 25 Fared By The Associated Press How the top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll fared Saturday: 1. North Carolina (17-0) beat Virginia 81-73. Next: at Maryland, Wednesday. 2.

Duke (13-1) at No. 13 Florida State. Next: at Wake Forest, Wednesday. 3. Utah (12-0) at Brigham Young.

Next: vs. Colorado State, Thursday. 4. Kansas (19-2) beat Texas 102-72. Next: at Texas Wednesday.

5. Arizona (12-3) at Washington. Next: vs. Arizona State, Thursday. 6.

Kentucky (13-2) at Mississippi State. Next: vs. No. 16 South Carolina, Tuesday. 7.

Stanford (13-0) vs. California. Next: vs. Southern California, Thursday. 8.

Connecticut (13-2) did not play. Next: at Boston College, Sunday. 9. Purdue (13-3) at Houston. Next: at Illinois, Tuesday.

10. UCLA (11-2) vs. Oregon. Next: at California, Thursday. 11.

Iowa (13-2) did not play. Next: at Ohio State, Wednesday. Miami New York New Jersey Washington Orlando Boston Philadelphia Chicago Indiana Atlanta Cleveland Charlotte Detroit Milwaukee Toronto 22 19 18 19 18 16 9 11 15 15 18 17 17 23 Central Division 24 22 21 20 21 16 15 4 11 11 12 12 13 18 19 30 Pet .667 .559 .545 .514 .514 .485 .281 .686 .667 .636 .625 .618 .471 .441 .118 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Utah San Antonio Houston Minnesota Vancouver Dallas Denver 22 22 17 17 10 6 2 11 12 14 16 26 28 31 Pet .667 .647 .548 .515 .278 .176 .061 3 4 5 5 6 12 1 2 2 2 7 8 19 GB 4 5 16 20 Pacific Division Seattle 29 6 .829 L.A. Lakers 27 8 .771 Phoenix 22 10 .688 Portland 19 14 .576 Sacramento 15 20 .429 LA. Clippers 9 26 .257 Golden State 7 24 .226 Friday's Games Seattle 111, Boston 92 Atlanta 82, Washington 77 Chicago 90, New York 89 Detroit 101, Golden State 72 Minnesota 96, Portland 91 Miami 98, Denver 79 Charlotte 98, Vancouver 90 Phoenix 100, San Antonio 79 LA.

Lakers 125, LA. Clippers 115 Saturday's Games Minnesota at New Jersey Boston at Orlando Toronto at Cleveland Golden State at Chicago Indiana at Dallas Utah at Houston Sacramento at San Antonio Portland at Milwaukee Sunday's Games Atlanta at Washington, noon LA. Clippers at Detroit, 6 p.m. Seattle at New York, 6:30 p.m. Miami at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at LA. Lakers, 8:30 p.m. Monday's Games New Jersey at Toronto, 6 p.m. Golden State at Minnesota, 7 p.m. L.A.

Clippers at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m Cleveland at Utah, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m. American Basketball League At A Glance By The Associated Press All Times CST EASTERN CONFERENCE Pet Columbus 24 7 .774 New England 15 15 .500 Atlanta 11 19 .367 Philadelphia 11 19 .367 WESTERN CONFERENCE Portland Long Beach San Jose Colorado Seattle 19 17 16 14 9 12 12 15 16 21 Pet .613 .586 .516 .467 .300 GB 8 12 12 GB 1 3 Friday's Games Columbus 69, Philadelphia 48 Colorado 68, Atlanta 66 Saturday's Games Colorado at Philadelphia, at Apollo Arena New England at Long Beach Sunday's Games Portland at Atlanta, 3 p.m. New England at San Jose, 8 p.m. Long Beach at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Hockey NHL Glance All Times CST Bv The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division New Jersey Philadelphia Washington N.Y. Rangers Florida N.Y. Islanders Tampa Bay 28 24 21 14 19 15 21 15 25 9 26 Pts 58 56 50 40 39 35 26 Northeast Division Montreal Pittsburgh Boston Ottawa Carolina Buffalo 24 22 20 19 20 17 23 15 19 Pts 54 52 48 43 40 38 GF 131 129 128 114 115 112 76 GF 136 121 111 104 116 99 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Dallas Detroit St. Louis Phoenix Chicago Toronto 28 10 26 11 25 15 20 18 15 19 14 21 Pts 64 61 56 47 39 35 GF 143 151 136 124 98 100 GA 68 95 120 123 129 132 130 GA 109 103 106 104 129 109 GA 95 110 114 119 99 125 Pacific Division Rs GF GA Colorado 22 9 14 58 136 110 GB Los Angeles 17 18 8 42 119 121 Anaheim 14 23 8 36 105 137 San Jose 15 22 5 35 99 117 Edmonton 13 22 9 35 105 130 Calgary 12 24 10 34 116 137 Vancouver 12 25 7 31 120 154 Friday's Games Washington 4, Philadelphia 1 New Jersey 4, Tampa Bay 1 Phoenix 4, Chicago 2 Detroit 3, Dallas 3, tie Florida 3, Calgary 3, tie Edmonton 5, Anaheim 1 Saturday's Games Late Games Not Included Carolina 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, OT New Jersey at Pittsburgh, (n) N.Y.

Rangers at Montreal, ice storm Chicago at Toronto, (n) Ottawa at Colorado, (n) St. Louis at Calgary, (n) Florida at Vancouver, (n) Buffalo at San Jose, (n) Edmonton at Los Angeles, (n) Sunday's Games Washington at Detroit, 2 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

2 Monday's Games 5 New Jersey at Boston, 6:30 p.m. 9 Pittsburgh at Carolina, 6:30 p.m. 14 Detroit at N.Y. Islanders, 6:30 p.m. 20 Toronto at N.Y.

Rangers, 6:30 p.m. 20 Montreal at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. Vancouver at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Colorado, 8 p.m. St.

Louis at Edmonton, 8 p.m. Dallas at San Jose, 9:30 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m. Transactions Friday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE the contract of LHP Norm Charlton from Rochester of the International League. Designated RHP Hector Ramirez for assignment.

CHICAGO WHITE to terms with OF Ruben Sierra and RHP Jim Bullinger on minor-league contracts. KANSAS CITY to terms with LHP Chris Haney on a one-year contract. TEXAS to terms with OF Tom Goodwin on a one-year contract. Signed RHP Brandon Knight and RHP Dan Smith to one-year contracts. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA Ed Gray one game for failing to appear at a medical appointment Friday.

Placed Mookie Blaylock on the injured list. GOLDEN STATE Carl Thomas. FOOTBALL National Football League DALLAS the resignation of Barry Swltzer, coach. Arena Football League MILWAUKEE OL-DL Herb Coleman. Waived OL-DL Dannie Lockett.

Announced the resignation of Patrick Miller, director of sales and promotions. NEW JERSEY RED WR-LB Damon Thomas. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM MIGHTY Bobby Dollas to the Edmonton Oilers for Drew Bannister. CALGARY Erik Andersson from Saint John of the AHL. CAROLINA Pat Jablonski to Cleveland of the IHL.

Recalled Mike Fountain from New Haven of the AHL. NEW JERSEY Sergei Brylin to Albany of the AHL for conditioning. NEW YORK Geoff Smith and Ronnie Sundin from Hartford of the AHL PHOENIX Chad Kilger to Springfield of the AHL PITTSBURGH C- RW Robert Dome to Syracuse of the AHL. COLLEGE ALABAMA Ken Pettiford, football coach. GEORGIA basketball Tyler Kidd has left school.

ILLINOIS Chris Wilson defensive line coach and Junior Smith runninq backs coach. McNEESE Kevin Kyle associate athletic director in charge of marketing and fund-raising. Mitch Ware wide receivers coach. SOUTHERN Shawn Slocum assistant football coach. SW Miles Aldridge football defensive coordinator.

Longhorns blasted by Jayhawks, 102-72 AUSTIN (AP) Fourth-ranked Kansas may have to wait another month for All-America center Raef LaFrentz to return from a broken finger on his right hand. But Paul Pierce and Billy Thomas are doing everything they can to hold things down until he gets back. Thomas was 6-of-6 from 3-point range in the second half and Pierce scored 31 points as the Jayhawks blew out Texas 102-72 Saturday, the Longhorns' worst home loss in 14 years. "I can't wait for him (LaFrentz) to get back in the lineup," Pierce said. "Everyone can say, 'Well, without him, Kansas isn't as Maybe not.

But this might be a blessing in disguise. "Other players are stepping up now. It might be good for us later on, when he comes back." One of those players stepping up is Thomas, who helped the Jayhawks (19-2, 3-0 Big 12) break from a 14-point halftime lead by hitting three 3-pointers in the first five minutes of the second half as Kansas went up 54-33 with 14:56 left. "In the second half, I was just in the zone," said Thomas, who was 9- of-13 from the field, including 8- of-11 from 3-point range, and finished with a career-high 27 points. Kansas, playing its sixth consecutive game without LaFrentz, won its third straight since a 76-65 upset by Hawaii.

Luke Axtell scored 18 points to lead Texas (6-8, 0-3), which lost its third straight. The Longhorns, playing without injured leading scorer Kris Clack (knee), are off to their worst start since 1992-93, when they opened 0-4 in the Southwest Conference and finished 11-17. "The bright side for us is we have a lot of young people who are going to get better," said Texas coach Tom Fenders, who starts two freshmen and two sophomores. "I have to stay positive with them and help them gain their confidence. Kansas is a great team with a great killer instinct." The loss was the worst at home for Texas since a 103-72 defeat by Southern Methodist on Feb.

29, 1984. Pierce, who also had 10 rebounds, scored 15 points in the first half to help Kansas break out of a sluggish start. The Jayhawks opened 3-of-16 from the field as the teams played to a 13-13 tie with 11:32 left in the first half. But Lester Earl, who added 15 points for the Jayhawks, scored on a thunderous dunk and Pierce scored four points in a 10-0 run that put Kansas up 23-13 with 8:21 left. The Jayhawks held Texas without a field goal for a four-minute stretch that included the run and then held the Longhorns without a field goal for 3:30 at the end of the first half as they built a 39-25 lead.

Thomas took over in the second half, hitting 3s from all around the arc as Texas seemed disoriented on defense and left him open for most of his shots. "I was surprised at how open I was," Thomas said. "I think that enabled me to relax a little and concentrate on my shot. "I'm not one for bragging, but I'll put myself against any shooter in the nation in a 3-point contest." No. 1 North Carolina 81, Virginia 73 CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

(AP) Antawn Jamison scored seven of his 26 points over a 1:05 span in the second half and No. 1 North Carolina made a season-high 35 free throws Saturday to defeat foul- plagued Virginia 81-73. The Tar Heels Atlantic Coast Conference) won for the 33rd time in their last 34 games. North Carolina made 35 of 42 free throws including its first 14 straight to win its 15th straight ACC game. The Cavaliers (8-7, 1-2) fell to 355 in Chapel Hill and 0-13 in the Smith Center, but remained in the game most of the way just days after an embarrassing loss to Liberty.

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