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16 Wednesday, December 28,1988 The Salina Journal Stephens, McMillan capture NFL rookie awards Patriots' star edges Jackson for offensive honor FOXBORO, Mass. (AP) John Stephens did much more than an NFL rookie reasonably could be expected to do. One thing he couldn't do was satisfy himself. His accomplishments were exceptional: five games with more than 100 yards rushing in his last nine, a total of 1,168 yards, fifth best among NFL runners and fourth most in New England history, and just one lost fumble in 297 carries. In the game the Patriots had to win to make the playoffs the season finale in Denver he carried the offense again: 130 rushing yards, a 23-yard touchdown run and a 52-yard ramble.

But the Patriots lost 21-10 and missed the playoffs. "I'll think about it over and over again," said Stephens, as hard on himself as he was on defenders. "If I had done this or that, maybe we would have made the There was something else he couldn't do: avoid attention. His play made that impossible, a fact underscored Tuesday when he was named the NFL's offensive rookie of the year by The Associated Press. Stephens, drafted by the Patriots out of Northwestern (La.) State with the 17th pick, received 30 votes.

He edged Philadelphia tight end Keith Jackson, who had 29. Cincinnati running back Ickey Woods John Stephens had 19 and Los Angeles Raiders wide receiver Tim Brown had 4. The voting was done by sports writers and broadcasters in each NFL city. "It makes me feel good," he said, "but I mainly don't concern myself with awards because you control what happens with them. If you set your sights on awards and you don't get them, you're disappointed." The running back who expected to be a backup this season is headed for the Pro Bowl Jan.

29 when he will team with Eric Dickerson in the AFC's starting backf ield. It's not the playoffs but, "every game I play in I try to win," he said. "I'll play as hard as I can possibly play." "I hope that the John Stephens we know right now doesn't ever change," Patriots coach Raymond Berry 'He brought a lot to this football team quite apart from his playing ability. He's a great young man and has a great Stephens' small college background didn't keep pro scouts from recognizing his talent. But his small college coach thought about keeping him from becoming a running back.

At Springhill High School on the Louisiana-Arkansas border, Stephens was an offensive lineman and linebacker. "We recruited him with the idea that we'd start him out at running back, but he'd probably end up at linebacker," Goodwin said. But he was a running back throughout college and ended up as his school's top career rusher. His play in the Blue-Gray game and Senior Bowl convinced him he could play with top competition. He soon convinced others.

Berry rebuilt his offense around Stephens early in the season. "He's a horse," Patriots' offensive tackle Bruce Armstrong said after Stephens ran 10 times for 65 yards in the preseason opener. "I hope we can give him the ball a lot." Former Mizzou player a surprise standout for Jets By The Associated Press Erik McMillan of the New York Jets, who led the AFC with eight interceptions, was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year by The Associated Press on Tuesday. McMillan, a free safety from Missouri drafted in the third round, was the only rookie defensive player named to the Pro Bowl. Although he missed three games with a foot injury, McMillan easily finished first in balloting by a panel of sports writers covering all 28 NFL teams.

Linebacker Chris Spielman of the Detroit Lions was a distant runner- up. The son of Ernie McMillan, a former All-Pro offensive tackle for the St. Louis Cardinals, Erik was the cornerstone of the Jets' rebuilt secondary. He returned two of his eight pickoffs for touchdowns and had three interceptions of Dan Marino in a 44-30 victory at Miami. "Erik came into camp and showed he could handle the starting job," Said Jets coach Joe Walton.

"He's aggressive, he learns quickly, he plays hard and smart." The Jets started four new defensive backs this year: McMillan, cornerbacks James Hasty, also a rookie, and Bobby Humphery, a converted receiver, and strong safety Rich Miano. They combined for 16 of the team's 24 interceptions, Erik McMillan which led the AFC and was third in the league. "It's been a very satisfying year," McMillan said. "When I came to minicamp, I didn't think there was any chance of starting with Lester Lyles and Jerry Holmes there. They were two of the most popular guys, and I thought they'd be the last guys cut.

They were the first guys cut. "The Jets were telling me I'm the man. It was quite evident because there was no one else to turn to." It wasn't until the eighth game of the season, the win at Miami, that McMillan felt comfortable. "That was the first game I knew exactly what the offense was trying to do to us and also knew everything about the defense," he said. "That whole week started my foundation." McMillan even engaged in a few verbal jousts with Marino, who had thrown for 521 yards but was picked off five times.

While McMillan got most of his recognition for his pass defense, Jets defensive coordinator Bud Carson was just as satisfied with the rookie's work against the run. "Erik likes to challenge people and he does that best supporting against the run," Carson said. "He'll knock a guy's head off if he gets the chance, and he wants to get involved." McMillan could have been involved in severe overmatches this year. How many rookie defensive backs have an immediate impact in the NFL particularly in the AFC East, where Jhey face receivers such as Mark Clayton and Mark Duper in Miami, Stanley Morgan and Irving Fryar in New England, Andre Reed in Buffalo and Billy Brooks in Indianapolis? McMillan credits Walton, Carson and secondary coach Mike Faulkiner for "having the faith in me to give me the job. They could have gone with a veteran and had me sit, maybe play in passing situations (as a nickel back).

They didn't do that and it worked out." Scoreboard Basketball NBA standings National Batketball Association By The Associated Press All Times CST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division I Pet. GB New York 18 8 .692 Philadelphia 15 11 .577 3 Boston 12 13 .480 5V, New Jersey 11 16 .407 7V, Washington 7 17 .292 10 Charlotte 7 18 .280 Central Division Cleveland 19 5 .792 Detroit 18 7 .720 IVi Atlanta 18 9 .667 2V, Milwaukee 15 10 .600 4'A Chicago 13 12 .520 6V, Indiana 5 20 .200 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Pet. GB Houston 18 9 .667 Dallas 16 9 .640 1 Denver 16 11 .593 2 Utah 15 12 .556 3 SanAntonio 7 19 .269 Miami 3 22 .120 14 Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 17 10 .630 Portland 16 10 .615 Phoenix 15 10 .600 1 Seattle 13 11 .542 2V, Golden State 10 14 .417 L.A. Clippers 9 17 .346 7V, Sacramento 5 18 .217 10 Monday's Games Washington 120, New Jersey 108 Houston 97, Charlotte 95 Miami 111, San Antonio 109 Phoenix 111, LA.

Lakers96 Tuesday's Games Atlanta 128, New York 126 Houston 101, Miami 93 Cleveland 107, Chicago 96 Milwaukee 120, Indiana 107 Dallas 110, SanAntonio 101 Denver 130, Boston 109 Seattle at L.A. Clippers, (n) Philadelphia at Golden Slate, (n) Portland at Sacramento, (n) Wednesday's Games Indiana at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m. Charlotte at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m. Phoenix at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. Sacramento at Utah, 8:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Thursday's Games Houston at Washington, 6:30 p.m. New York at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Seattle, 9p.m. NBA boxscores HAWKS 128, KNICKS 126 New York (126) Newman 3-4 6-8 12. Oakley 12-153-4 27, Ewing 7-11 2-5 16, Jackson 7-12 3-4 19, G.Wilkins6-164-4 17, E.Wilkins3-72- 5 8, Strickland 4-11 3-4 13, Tucker 2-5 1-1 6, Walker 1-3 2-2 4, Green 2-9 0-0 4. Totals 47-93 26-37 126. Atlanta (128) Levingston 7-123-617, D.Wilkins 12-26 6-6 30, Malone 918 12-13 30, Rivers 2-5 34 7, Theus 11-16 10-10 32, Carr 3-7 0-0 6, Webb 0-0 0-0 0, Koncak 1-3 2-2 4, Battle 1-3 0-02.

Totals 46-90 36-41 128. New York 24 36 34 32-126 Atlanta 35 39 28 26-128 3-Point 2. Strickland 2, G.Wilkins, Tucker. Fouled York 57 (Oakley IB), Atlanta 49 (Levingston 10). Assists-New York 19 (G.Wilkins 5), Atlanta 27 (Rivers, Theus 8).

Tolal York 31, Atlanta 25. Oakley, New York delay of game, New York Cooch Pitino. MAVERICKS 110, SPURS 101 San Antonio (101) G.Anderson 10-14 2-2 22, W.Anderson 7-12 4-5 18, Gudmundsson 2-7 0-0 4, Maxwell 4-11 7-10 15, Robertson 11 -1834 25, Whitehead 2-5 0-04. Cook 3-9 0-0 6, King 1-6 0-0 2, Greenwood 1-3 2-2 4, Comegys 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 41-86 19-25 101.

Dallas(llO) Aguirre 11 -18 10-11 33, Perkins 3-5 2-2 8, Donaldson 1 -3 2-24, Harper 4-7 2-2 10, Blackmon 9-162-2 20, Tarpley 6-9 2-214, Schrempf 4-9 2-2 10, Davis 2-6 2-2 6, Wenninglon 1-2 1-2 3, Blab 0-1 2-2 2, Tyler 0-1 0-0 0, Wiley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41 7727-29110. SanAntonio 28 24 22 27-101 Dallas 25 25 33 27-110 3-Point Fouled None. Antonio 31 (W.Anderson 6), Dallas 58 (Tarpley 16). Antonio 25 (Robertson 8), Dallas 23 (Harper 7).

Total Antonio 26. Dallas 22. ROCKETS 101, HEAT93 Houston (101) B.Johnson 8-122-2 IB, Thorpe 7-11 7-8 21, Olajuwon 6-16 10-14 22, Floyd 8-15 I- 1 18, Woodson 4-9 4-5 12. F.Johnson 1-3 0-0 2, Leavell 1-4 0-0 2, Chievous 0-6 2-2 2, McCormick 1-3 0-0 2, Short 0-1 0-0 0, Be.Thompson 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 37-82 2632101.

Miami (93) Curnmings 5-120-0 10, Long 1-4 5-67, Seikaly 3-5 0-2 6, Edwards 2-7 1-1 5, Sparrow 4-130-08, Washington 2-7 0-04, Bi.Thompson 3-7 3-4 9, Sundvold 10-15 2- 2 25, Shasky 2-5 2-3 6, Gray 6-8 1-1 13. Totals 38-8314-1993. Houston 21 20 35 Miami 18 32 21 93 3-Point 3, Floyd. Fouled 49 (Thorpe 12), Miami 52 (Bi.Thompson 8). Assists-Houston 27 (Floyd 11), Miami 22 (Wpshington B).

Total fouls-Houston 21, Miami 28. BUCKS 120, PACERS 107 Indiana (107) Person 13-21 6-6 32, Williams 8-12 2-5 18, Smits 1-3 2-2 4, Miller 4-91-1 9, Sklles 6-90-0 14, Dreiling 2-4 2-26, Long 1-71-1 3, Tisdale 8-143-319, Frederick 0-0 0-0 0, Stephens 1 -4 0-0 2, Gray 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 44-8317-20107. Milwaukee (120) Cummings 13-26 3-3 29, Krystkowlak 8-15 10-11 26, Sikma 6-13 3-3 15, Moncrief 3-5 2-2 8, Pressey 3-7 2-4 8, Pierce 5-6 0-0 10, Humphries 5-9 6-6 17, Breuer 0-1 0-0 0, Grayer 0-3 0-0 0, Roberts 2-4 1-25, Mokeski 1-1 0-02. Totals 46-90 27-31 120.

Indiana 21 30 33 Milwaukee 28 25 36 3-Point 2, Humphries. Fouled 39 (Person 12), Milwaukee 51 (Krystkowiak 14). 29 (Skiles 10), Milwaukee 27 (Sikma 7). Total 22, Milwaukee 21. Skiles (ejected), Humphries (elected).

CAVALIERS 107, BULLS 96 Cleveland (107) Nance 7-13 4-4 18, Sanders 3-10 3-4 9, Dougherty 3-12 9-11 15, Harper 7-14 1-2 15, Price 8-15 0-0 17, Ehlo 7-10 1-2 16, Williams 3-4 5-811, Valentine 0-0 0-0 0, Dudley 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 41 -82 23-31 107. Chicago (96) Pippen 3-11 0-0 6, Grant 7-9 1-2 15, Cartwright 4-12 1-1 9, Vincent 2-6 1-3 5, Jordan 18-30 6-6 43, Paxson 0-4 0-0 0, Hodges 4-10 2-3 11, Sellers 2-3 2-2 6, Corzine 0-0 1-21, Davis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-8514-1996. Cleveland 33 24 27 Chicago 25 21 24 96 3-Point Ehlo, Jordan, Hodges.

Fouled 50 (Nance 9), Chicago 49 (Jordan 12). 31 (Price 11), Chicago 27 (Hodges 5). Total 16, Chicago 22. NUGGETS 130, CELTICS 109 Boston (109) McHale 9-14 5-8 23, Lohaus 0-4 0-0 0, Parish 4-13 3-6 11, Johnson 1-3 2-2 4, Ainge 10-20 0-0 22, Lewis 3-6 0-2 6, Shaw 10-17 1-1 21, Paxson 2-7 1-35, Acres 1-4 0-0 2, Grandison 3-5 4-6 10, Rivas 1-1 0-0 2, Gamble 1-51-2 3. Totals 45-99 17-30 109.

Denver(130) English 15-32 7-1037, Cooper 2-50-04, Schoyes 5-7 9-9 19, Adams 9-20 1-2 22, Turner 0-3 0-0 0, Rasmussen 4-9 0-0 8, Davis 9-11 0-0 18, Natt 4-5 4-5 12, Lane 49 0-4 8, Hanzlik 1-1 0-2 2, Vincent 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 53-104 21-32 130. Boston 21 25 31 Denver 21 36 40 3-Point 3, Ainge 2. Fouled 62 (Parish 11), Denver 65 (Schayes 12). 18 (Johnson 5), Denver 34 (Adams 12).

Total 26, Denver 23. NBA today Wednesday, Dec. 28 By The Associated Press SCOREBOARD Philadelphia at L.A. Lakers (9:30 p.m. CST).

The 76ers, 3-7 in their first 10 rood games, play their second away game in two nights they face Golden State Tuesday night trying to hand the Lakers, 8-0 at the Forum, their first home loss of the season. Los Angeles, the NBA's only unbeaten home team, has lost seven of its last nine. STARS Monday Kevin Edwards, Heal, scored 18 points on 8-for-14 shooting, handed off 10 assists and mode six steals to lead Miami to a 111-109 victory over San Antonio that gave the expansion team consecutive victories lor the first time in its history. Darrel! Walker, Bullets, scored 13 points, grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds, handed off six assists and made four steals to lead Washington to a 120108 victory over the Nets that snapped the Bullets' eight-game rood losing streak. Akeem Olajuwon.

Rockets, scored 23 points including the only two of the last 3:24 of Ihe game and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Houston to a 97-95 victory over the Charlotte Hornets. STARTS Phoenix reserve Tyrone Corbin hit on nine of 11 shols and scored 21 points in his first career start for Ihe Suns on Monday against the L.A. Lakers. Corbin, normally a forward who started at guard for the injured Jeff Hornacek, added 10 rebounds and four assists in the Suns' 111-96 victory. STEAMING Since beginning Ihe season with an NBA-record 17 straight losses, the expansion Miami Heat have posted a 3-4 record with victories over the L.A.

Clippers, Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs SCORING Rory Sparrow, who averaged 9.3 Today's schedule WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28 BASKETBALL Wichita St. vs. Washington (Palm Beach Classic), 7:30 p.m. FOOTBALL Liberty Bowl Indiana vs. South Carolina, 7 p.m.

points going into the season, scored a season-high 28 points Monday In Miami's 111-109 victory over San Antonio. In his last four games, Sparrow has scored at a 20-point clip to lift his season average to a team-high 13.3 points. SCORING DROUGHT The Houston Rockets, leading Charlotte 95-88 with five minutes to play Monday night, scored only two points for the rest of the game but hung on and kept the Hornets scoreless for the final 3:24. Charlotte, which erased the seven- point lead with a 7-0 run, failed to get a shot off in three possessions after Akeem Olojuwon's dunk off a lob pass by Otis Thorpe with 63 seconds left. STREAKS Washington snapped an eight-game road losing streak with a 120-108 victory over the Nets The defending champion L.A.

Lakers last their sixth consecutive road contest at Phoenix, 111-96. San Antonio's 111-109 loss at Miami was Its sixth straight on the road and 10th in the Spurs' last 11 Houston's 97-95 victory at Charlotte was its fifth straight. SIDELINED Phoenix rookie Dan Majerle, hospitalized with abdominal pain stemming from mononucleosis, has an enlarged spleen and may be sidelined up to three months, the Suns team doctor said. "It's a complication of mono," Dr. Paul Steingard said.

"It takes a spleen one to three months to go down to normal size in 90 percent of cases. We don't know how long Dan will be out yet. It looks like an indefinite period of time." NBA voting NEW YORK (AP) Results through Dec. 26 of fan voting for the Eastern Conference starting team in the 39th Annual NBA All-Star Game, to be played Feb. 12at The Astrodome in Houston: Centers 1, Moses Malone, Atlanta, 101,047.

2, Patrick Ewing, New York, 96,655. 3, Robert Parish, Boston, 61,449. 4, Jack Sikma, Milwaukee, 46,780. 5, Bill Lalm- beer, Detroit, 41,894. 6, Mike Gminski, Philadelphia, 41,847.7, Brad Dougherty, Cleveland, 29,224.

8, Bill Cartwright, Chicago, 23,137. 9, Steve Stiponovich, Indiana, 15,435. Forwards 1, Dominique Wilkins, Atlanta, 165,198. 2, Charles Berkley, Philadelphia, 103,579. 3, Larry Bird, Boston, 66,138.

4, Kevin McHale, Boston, 64,254. 5, Larry Nance, Cleveland, 55,466. 6, Charles Oakley, New York, 53,249. 7, Brad Sellers, Chicago, 49,507. 8, Wayman Tisdale, Indiana, 48,038.

9, John Salley, Detroit', 45,423. 10, Adrian Dantley, Detroit, 43,509. Guards 1, Michael Jordan, Chicago, 257,375. 2, Isiah Thomas, Detroit, 101,025. 3, Dennis Johnson, Boston, 58,908.

4, Mark Jackson, New York, 54,824. 5, Mark Price, Cleveland, 54,270. 6, Hersey Hawkins, Philadelphia, 49,491. 7, Jeff Malone, Washington, 47,974. Glenn Rivers, Atlanta, 45,793.

9, Ron Harper, Cleveland, 41,867. 10, Paul Pressey, Milwaukee, 39,336. NBA player NEW YORK (AP) Clyde Drexler, who led the Portland Trail Blazers to a 3-0 record last week by averging 38.7 points per game, on Tuesday was named the NBA Player of the Week. Drexler shot .571 from the field, hit- ling 44 of 77 shots, including 3 of 6 from 3-poinl range. He also averaged 8.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3.0 steals per game.

Drexler ranks seventh in the league in scoring at 27.5 ppg and second in steals at 3.8 per game. He scored a career-high 43 points to lead the Blazers over the Nuggets at Denver 127-124. Then, in a home-and-home series against Golden Stole, he hod 38 points in a 117-109 victory and 35 points and 12 rebounds in a 111-107 victory Other nominees for the award included Terry Cummings of Milwaukee, Karl Malone and Thurl Bailey of Utah, and Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers. College scores Tuesday's College Basketball Scores By The Associated Press EAST Iona65, HofstrooO Providence 100, Maine 78 St. Peter's 93, Wagner 58 Syracuse 100, Rutgers 81 SOUTH East Carolina 97, County 78 Kentucky 85, Austin Peay 77 Mississippi 83, Sam Houston St.

73 N. Carolina SI. 95, Monmouth, N. J. 50 West Virginia 69, Maryland 61 MIDWEST Bay 58, Colorado St.

43 Xavier, Ohio 93, Niagara 70 SOUTHWEST Texas-El Paso 91, S. Carolina St. 68 FAR WEST Montana St. 95, Col-Davis 73 S. Utah 82, Idaho BI TOURNAMENTS ECAC Holiday Festival First Round Ohio St.

93, Florida 68 St. John's 84, Fordham 59 For West Classic First Round Oregon 80, Chicago SI. 75 Lobo Invitational First Round New Mexico 94, George Wash. 73 Wake Forest 75, Foirf ield 59 NYU Invitational First Round NYU 75, Colorado Col. 46 WOMEN'S RESULTS EAST St.

Joseph's 81, Illinois 66 FAR WEST Maryland 76, Long Beach St. 72 Montana 82, Rocky Mountain 23 TOURNAMENT La Invitational First Round Mount St. Mary's 74, Florida 67 Loyola, Md. 61, Northeastern 55 Robert Morris 56, Wright St. 47 College men SYRACUSE 100, RUTGERS $1 Syracuse (100) Thompson 9-162-3 20, Coleman 6-12810 20, Owens 7-134-4 19, Roe 3-7 2-211, Douglas 6-12 0-0 15, Johnson 0-2 3-4 3, Harried 4-7 2-2 10, Manning 1-2 0-0 2, Rogers 0-00-00.

Totals 36-71 21-25100. Rutgtrs(81) Ward 2-3 3-7 7, Savage 6-17 4-4 18, Duckett 2-5 1-2 5, DaaUa 3-7 0-0 7, Carter 6-12 0-0 12, Martin 1-3 0-0 3, Dlxson 5-7 3-4 13, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Perry 3-7 5-6 12, McGinnis 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 296218-2581. 45, Rutgers 30. 3- point 7-15 (Roe 3-6, Douglas 3-6, Owens 1-2, Thompson 0-1), Rutgers 5-17 (Savage 2-7, Martin 1-3, Perry 1-3, Dadika 1-4).

Fouled 40 (Coleman 12), Rutgers 35 (Perry 8). 13 (Douglas 10), Rutgers 10 (Dadika 3). Total 20, Rutgers 18. OHIO STATE 93, FLORIDA 68 Ohio State (93) Bradley 0-1 0-0 0, Burson 13-22 2-2 37, White 5-11 1-2 11, Jent 1-6 2-2 4, Brewster 0-1 0-0 0, Brown 4-7 0-0 9, Carter 6-12 2-2 14, Dumas 0-1 0-00, Lee 1 -2 0-0 2, Hall 1 -3 0-0 2, Francis 4-42-211, Mateen 1-2 0-2 2, Robinson 0-1 1-21. Totals 36-7310-14 93.

Florida (68) Ramos 2-4 0-0 5, Lett 2-9 4-4 8, Hogan 2-3 0-0 6, Chatman 2-6 0-34, Schintzius 8113-4 19, Kerr 1-32-24, Portlllo2-50-1 4, McKinnon 2-4 1-2 6, Davis 5-6 2-4 12. Totals 26-51 12-2068. St. 47, Florida 29. 3- point St.

11-18 (Burson 9-13, Brown 1-1, Francis 1-1, Bradley 0-1, Jent 0-2), Florida 4-6 (Hogan 2-3, Ramos 1-1, McKinnon 1-1, Lett 0-1). Fouled None. St. 37 (Carter 9), Florida 28 (Schintzius 7). St.

20 (Burson 8), Florida 20 (Chalman 5). Total St. 20, Florida 16. N.C. STATE 95, MONMOUTH 50 Monmouth, N.J.

(50) Garris 0-5 0-0 0, Matthews 2-5 0-0 4, Sanders 10-180-0 20, Calloway 0-2 0-0 0, Kennedy 0-1 2-4 2, McKay 4-9 2-4 11, Lewis 5-51-1 11, Keane 0-0 0-0 0, Strum 1 -3 0-0 2, Nyemchek 0-0 0-2 0, Partee 0-0 0-0 0, Mobley 0-0 0-4 0, Fromhartz 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-48 5-1550. No. Carolina State (95) Howard 7-12 1-2 15, Brown 6-82-3 14, Lester 4-4 2-3 10, Corchianni 1-2 0-1 2, Monroe 12-18 2-2 31, Hinnonl 3-7 1-1 7, Weems 4-7 2-2 10, D'Amico 1-1 2-2 4, Poston 0-2 0-0 0, Knox 0-0 0-0 0, Lee 1-5 0-1 2, Whilley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-66 121795.

Carolina St. 53, Monmouth 21. 3-polnt 1-5 (McKay 1-2, Garris 0-1, Calloway 0-1, Strum 0-1), N. Carolina St. 5-9 (Monroe 57, Howard 0-1, Hinnant 0-1).

Fouled 25 (Sanders 10), N. Carolina St. 35 (Brown 9). 15 (McKay 5), N. Carolina St.

23 (Corchianni 11). Total 17, N. Carolina St. 18. AP Top 20 polls MEN The Top Twenty teams in Ihe Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parent- heses, total points based on 20-19-18-1716-15-14-13-12-11 -10-9-8-7 -6-5-4-3-2-1, record through Dec.

25 and last week's ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Duke (44) 7-0 1167 1 2. Michigan (9) 11-0 1123 2 3. Syracuse (1) 11-0 1065 3 4. Illinois 9-0 982 5 5.

Georgetown (5) 7-0 926 6 6. Oklahoma 8-1 914 7 7. North Carolina (1) 10-1 876 8 S.Arizona 6-1 747 9 9. Iowa 10-1 676 4 10. Florida State 7-0 622 11 11.Missouri 10-3 579 10 12.Nev.-LasVegas 5-2 529 13 13.SetonHall 10-0 453 15 U.Louisville 6-2 447 14 15.

Ohio Slate 7-2 333 12 16. South Carolina 6-0 292 18 17. Georgia Tech 5-1 248 16 18. N.Carolina Slate 4-1 195 17 19.Tennessee 6-1 123 19 20. Kansas 8-1 101 20 Others receiving votes: Georgia 68, Connecticut 29, Boll State 19, UCLA 11, St.

Mary's, Calif. 9, Col-Santa Barbara 8, Purdue 7, Texas 7, Villanova 7, Indiana 5, La Salle 5, Stanford 5, West Virginia 5, Kansas State 4, Wichita State 4, North Carolina Charlotte 3, Notre Dome 2, Michigan State 1, Providence 1, Texas-El Posol.Vonderblltl. WOMEN The Top Twenty women's basketball rankings, with first-place votes in parentheses, total points based on 1, record through Dec. 26 and last week's ranking as compiled by Mel Greenberg of The Philadelphia Inquirer: Record Pts Pvs I.Tennessee (42) 7-0 340 1 2. La.

Tech 9-1 794 2 3. Auburn 9-0 758 3 4. Georgia 8-1 704 4 S.Mississippi 9-0 676 5 6. Iowa 7-2 605 7 7. Long Beach St.

6-2 568 8 S.Maryland 5-1 518 9 9. Stanford 6-2 516 6 10. Rutgers 5-1 454 10 11. Louisiana St. 4-1 425 11 12.

Purdue 7-1 394 12 13. Texas 3-3 300 13 14. Virginia 5-2 259 14 15. San Diego St. 8-0 230 15 16.

Steph. F.Austin 8-0 218 16 17. South Carolina 6-0 197 17 18. Western Kentucky 5-2 98 IB 19. St.

Joseph's 4-1 61 20 20. Vegas 8-0 46 Others receiving votes: Duke 45, N. Carolina St. 36, Vanderbilt 15, Kansas 13, Washington 13, La Salle 11, Middle- Tennessee 9, West Virginia 5, Nebraska 4, Old Dominion 4, Tennessee Tech 3, Wake Forest 3. Football NFL playoffs National Football League By The Associated Press All Times Central Saturday, Dec.

24 AFC Wild Cord Houston 24, Cleveland 23 Monday, Dec. 26 NFC Wild Card Minnesota 28, Los Angeles Rams 17 Conference Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 31 Philadelphia ot Chicago, 11:30 a.m. Seattle at Cincinnati, 3 p.m. 1 Houston at Buffalo, 11:30 a.m.

Minnesota ot San Francisco, 3 p.m. AFC championship, TBA NFC championship, TBA 22 At Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami Super Bowl XIII, 4 p.m. NFL coaching By The Associated Press The coaching record of Marty tenheimer, who announced his nation Tuesday: Regular Season Schol- resig- 1984 Cleveland 4 1985Cleveland-x 6 1986Cleveland-x 12 1987Cleveland-x 10 1988Cleveland-y 10 4 4 5 6 Totals 44 27 Post-Season 1985 Cleveland 0 1986 Cleveland 1 1987 Cleveland 1 1988 Cleveland 0 Totals 2 1 1 1 1 4 Overall Total 46 31 x-AFC Central Champion y-Wild Card Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 .667 .625 .620 .000 .500 .500 .000 .333 .597 College bowls By The Associated Press All Times CST Saturday, Dec. 10 California Bowl At Fresno, Calif. Fresno St.

35, Western Michigan 30 Friday, Dec. 23 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. So. Mississippi 38, Texas-El Paso 18 Saturday, Dec. 24 Sun Bawl At El Alabama 29, Army 26 Sunday, Dec.

25 Aloha Bowl At Honolulu Washington St. 24, Houston 22 Blue-Gray All-Star Classic At Montgomery, Ala. Blue 22, Gray 21 Wednesday, Dec. 28 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn. Indiana (7-3-1) vs.

South Carolina (8-30), 7 p.m. (Raycom) Thursday, Dec. 29 All American Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Florida (6-5-0) vs. Illinois (6-4-1), 7 p.m.

(ESPN) Freedom Bowl At Anaheim, Calif. Brigham Young (8-4-0) vs. Colorado (8- Friday, Dec. 30 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Wyoming (11-1-0) vs. Oklahoma State (9-2-0), 7 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl At Atlanta Iowa (6-3-3) vs. North Carolina State (7-3-1). 12p.m. (Mlzlou) 1 Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Flo.

Georgia (8-3-0) vs. Michigan Slate (64-1 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 2 Hall of Fame Bowl At Tampa, Flo. Louisiana State (8-3-0) vs.

Syracuse (92-0), 12 p.m. (NBC) Citrus Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Clemson (9-2-0) vs. Oklahoma (9-2-0), 12 p.m. (ABC) Cotton Bowl At Dallas Arkansas (10-1-0) vs.

UCLA (9-2-0), 12:30 p.m. (CBS) Fiesta Bowl At Tempt, Arii. Notre Dame (11-0-0) vs. West Virginia (11-0-0), 3:30 p.m. (NBC) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Michigan (8-2-1) vs. Southern Cal (101-0), 4 p.m. (ABC) Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Florida St. (10-1-0) vs. Auburn (10-1-0), 7:30 p.m.

(ABC) Orange Bowl At Miami Nebraska (11-1-0) vs. Miami, Fla. (101-0), 7 p.m. (NBC) Saturday, Jan. 7 Hula Bowl At Honolulu 3 p.m.

(NBC) Japan Bowl At Yokohama, Japan TBA (ESPN) 15 East-West Shrine Classic Al Stanford, Calif. 1:40 p.m. (ABC) Saturday, Jan. 21 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. lOo.m: (Mizlou) Baseball Arbitration list NEW YORK (AP) A list of the 177 players eligible for salary arbitration.

Players with three or more seasons of major league service whose contracts have expired and are not eligible for free agency may submit for salary arbitration from Jan. 5-16: AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE (6) Phil Bradley, of; Joe Orsulak, of; Rick Schu, inf: Mickey Tell- leton, Mark Thurmond, Jay Tibbs, p. BOSTON (5) Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, Rick Cerone, Roger Clemens, Nick Esasky, 1 Wes Gardner, p. CALIFORNIA (9) Tony Armas, of; Chili Davis, of; Jack Howell, of; Wally Joyner, Ib; Kirk McCaskill, Darrell Miller, c-inf; Greg Minton, Dick Scholleld, inf; Bill Schroeder, c. CHICAGO (6) Ivan Colderon, of; Carlton Flsk, Ozzle Guillen, ss; Dannie Hill, inf; Steve Lyons, inl; Mark Solas, c.

CLEVELAND (8) Scott Bailes, Tom Candiotti, Joe Carter, of; Carmen Castillo, of; Jelf Dedmon, Brad Havens, Brook Jacoby, 3b; Oddibe McDowell, of. DETROIT (6) Chris Brown, 3b; Mike Heath, Mark Huismann, Dwayne Murphy, of; Gary Pettis, of; Pat Sheridan, of. KANSAS CITY (7) Jim Eisenreich, of; Sieve Farr, Jerry Don Gleaton, Mark Gubicza, Larry Owen, Kurt Stillwell, inf; Danny Tarlabull, of. MILWAUKEE (7) Rob Deer, of; Ted Higuera, Mirabella, Juan Nleves, Dan Plesac, Bill Wegman, Mike Young, of. MINNESOTA (5) Keith Atherton, Greg Gagne, 3b; Dan Gladden, of; Steve Lombardozzi, Klrby Puckett, of.

NEW YORK (3) Charles Hudson, Mike Pagllarulo, 3b; Joel Skinner, c. OAKLAND (4) Jose Canseco, of; Mike Gallego, int; Ron Hassey, Curt Young, p. SEATTLE (9) Steve. Balboni, 1 Scott Bradley, Darnell Coles, inf; Henry Cotto, of; Alvin Davis, of; Mark Langston, Ji.n Presley, 3b; Harold Reynolds, 2b; Dave Valle; c. TEXAS (5) Jose Guzman, Pete Incaviglia, of: Bobby Meacham, inf; Geno Petralli, Jeff Russell, p.

TORONTO (5) John Cerutti, Tony Fernandez, ss; Kelly Gruber, 2b; Tom Henke, Jimmy Key, p. NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA (8) Albert Hall, of; Dion James, of; Gerald Perry, Ib; Charlie Puleo, Raul Runge, inf; Lonnie Smith, of; Zone Smith, Andres Thomas, ss. CHICAGO (6) Shawon Dunston, ss; Al Nipper, Pat Perry, Calvin Schiraldi, Mitch Webster, of; Curtis Wilkerson, ss. CINCINNATI (B) Tom Browning, Eric Davis, of; John Franco, Danny Jackson, Jeff Reed, Jose Rijo, Ron Robinson, Herm Winningham of. HOUSTON (4) Juan Agosto, Glenn Davis, Ib; Jim Deshnies, Bill Hatcher, of.

LOS ANGELES (7) Dave Anderson, ss; Rick Dempsey, Mariano Duncan, ss-of; Orel Hershiser, Ricky Horton, Tim Leary, Franklin Stubbs, 1 b-of. MONTREAL (10) Tim Burke, Mike Fitzgerald, Andres Galarraga, Ib; Kevin Gross, Joe Hesketh, Wallace Johnson, 3b; Andy McGaffigan, Otis Nixon, of; Spike Owen, ss: Pascual Perez, p. NEW YORK (9) Rick Agullera, Ron Darling, Len Dykstra, of; Sid Fernandez, Dwlght Gooden, Howard Johnson, inf; Roger McDowell, Edwin Nunez, Tim Teufel, 2b. PHILADELPHIA (9) Don Carman, Darren Daulton, Ken Howell, Steve Jeltz, inf; Steve Lake, Tom Nleto, John Russell, of-lb Juan Samuel, 2b; Floyd Youmans, p. PITTSBURGH (10) Rafael Belliard, ss; Bobby Bonilla, 3b; Sid Bream, Ib; Brian Fisher, Bob Kipper, Bill Krueger, Mike LaValliere.

R.J. Reynolds, of; Jeff Robinson, Andy Van Slyke.of. ST. LOUIS (7) Vlnce Coleman, of; Danny Cox, Jose DeLeon, Jose Oquendo, inl-of; Terry Pendleton, 3b; Milt Thompson, of; Todd Worrell, p. SAN DIEGO (6) Greg Booker, Pat Clements, Dennis Rasmussen, Walt Terrell, Dickie Than, ss; Marvell Wynne, of.

SAN FRANCISCO (8) Will Clark, Ib; Scott Garrelts, Tracy Jones, of; Bob Melvln, Kevin Mitchell, Inf-of; Ernest Riles, ss; Robbie Thompson, 2b; Jose Uribe, ss. Hockey NHL standings National Hockey League By The Associated Press All Times CST WALES CONFERENCE Patrick Division Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 22 11 3 47 169 144 NY Rangers 19 14 5 43 149 139 Washington 16 14 5 41 126 124 Phlodlphio 19 18 2 40 154 134 N.Jersey 13 17 7 33 127 150 NY Isles 9 24 2 20 105 149 Adams Division Montreal 23 10 6 52 153 120 Boston 14 15 9 37 118 113 Buffalo 15 17 4 34 126 144 Quebec 13 21 3 29 132 167 Hartford 13 20 2 28 123 124 CAMPBELL CONFERENCE Norrls Division Pts GF GA Detroit 18 12 5 41 145 137 St. Louis 14 15 6 34 117 117 Minnesota II 18 6 28 111 132 Toronto 12 23 2 26 114 164 Chicago 9 23 4 22 139 171 Smythe Division Calgary 24 7 5 53 150 99 Los Angeles 24 12 1 49 198 148 Edmonton 20 13 4 44 171 142 Vancouver 14 19 5 33 123 124 Winnipeg 13 14 6 32 136 145 Monday's Games New York Rangers 5, New Jersey 1 Buffalo 2, Boston 1 Pittsburgh 4, Hartford 3, OT New York Islanders 4, Toronto 3 Calgary 3, Vancouver 2, OT St. Minnesota 5, Winnipeg 1 Tuesday's Games Washington 4, Philadelphia 3 New York Rangers 7, New Jersey 5 Montreal at Los Angeles, (n) Wednesday's Games Hartford at Quebec, 6:35 p.m. Detroit at Buffalo, 6:35 p.m.

Minnesota ot Chicago, 7:35 p.m. St. Louis at Winnipeg, 7:35 p.m. NHL-Soviet series By The Associated Press Schedule for the NHL-Soviet Union Super Series (All Times CST): Monday's Game Red Army 5, Quebec 5, lie Tuesday's Game Calgary 2, Dynamo Riga 2, tie Wednesday's Game Dynamo Riga at Edmonton, 6:35 p.m. Thursday's Game Red Army at N.Y.

Islanders, 7:05 p.rriV Friday's Game Dynamo Riga at Vancouver, 9:35 p.m.- Saturday's Games Red Army at Boston, 6:05 p.m. Dynamo Riga at Los Angeles, 9:35 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2 Red Army ot New Jersey, 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.

4 Red Army at Pittsburgh, 6:35 p.m. Dynamo Riga at Chicago, 7:35 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 Dynamo Rigga at St. Louis, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 7 Red Army at Hartford, 6:35 p.m. Dynamo Riga at Minnesota, 7:35 p.mj Soccer MISL standings Major Indoor Soccer League By The Associated Press All Times CST Pet. GB Baltimore 10 2 .833 Dallas 8 6 .571 3' Wichita 7 6 .538 Tacoma 7 8 .467 4V, San Diego 6 7 .462 Los Angeles 6 9 .400 Kansas City 4 10 .286 7,. Tuesday's Games Baltimore 8, Kansas City 6 Wichita 6, Dallas 2 Wednesday's Games Baltimore at Kansas City, 7:35 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 7:35 p.m. Thursday's Games No games scheduled Friday's Games Dallas at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. San Diego at Wichita, 7:35 p.m. City at Tacoma, 9:35 p.m. MISL leaders NEW YORK (AP) the Mojor Indoor' Soccer League scoring and goalkeeping leaders through games of Dec.

25 as provided by the league: Scoring GP A PTS Prekl.Tac 14 16 12 Mitchell, KC 13 14 11 25 Ingram, Tac 13 14 8 22 Tatu.Dal 12 11 9 SO Ward, Tac 14 14 6 20 Goossens.KC 12 8 11 .19 Borja.Wlc 11 7 12 -V) Kia.KC 13 3 15 18 Goalkeeping GP GA MINS AVG Gorsek, LA 10 30 552 3.26 Dowler.Tac 6 23 417 3.31 Illjevskl, Ball 5 15 267 3.36 Toth.SD 9 30 514 3.50 Johnsons, Tac 6 31 529 3.52 Transactions Tuesday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL National League NEW YORK METS-Named BobO'Hora' traveling secretary and Gary Cohen ra-, dio announcer. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association PHOENIX Dan Majerle, forward, on the Injured list. PORTLAND TRAIL Jerry Sichling, guard, from Ihe Injured list. Placed Craig Neal, guard, on the Injured list. FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND the resignation of Marty Schot- tenheimer, head coach, HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS-Called up Janney Ojanen, center: Doug Brown, right wing, and Chris Terreri, goalie, from Ulica of the American Hockey League.

SOCCER American Soccer league the resignation of Chuck Blazer, commissioner, so he can become president of the Miami Sharks. Today in history AP Sportllght By The Associated Press Dec. 28 1944 Maurice Richard scores five! goals and three assists to lead the i Montreal Canadiens to a 9-1 rout of the I Detroit Red Wings. 1952 Dock Walker's 67-yard third- period touchdown leads Ihe Detroit Lions to a 17-7 victory over the Cleveland Browns in Ihe NGFL championship. 1958 Alan Ameche's one-yard touchdown run at 8:15 of overtime gives the Baltimore Colts a 23-17 victory over the New York Giants, the first overtime game in NFL championship history.

1965 Wilt Chamberlain of Ihe Philadelphia Warriors scores 31 points and grabs 40 rebounds in a 102-93 triumph i over the Boston Celtics. 1981 Ray Williams of the New Jersey Nets ties an NBA record by shooting O-for-15 from the field in a 103-1 95 loss to Ihe Indiana Pacers. 4. -i I.