Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!looking!clarinews From: clarinews@clarinet.com (TOM WITHERS, UPI Sports Writer) Newsgroups: clari.sports.basketball Subject: College Basketball Roundup Keywords: basketball, men's college Message-ID: Date: 2 Feb 90 08:10:30 GMT Lines: 71 Approved: clarinews@clarinet.com ACategory: sports Slugword: bkc-colbkrup Priority: regular Format: summary ANPA: Wc: 799; Id: s0388; Sel: ns--s; Adate: 2-2-305aes Codes: yskcmxx. Georgia Tech's Three Basketeers combined Thursday night to hand North Carolina its worse conference loss in 27 years. Dennis Scott scored 37 points, Brian Oliver added a career-high 34 and freshman Kenny Anderson handed out 17 assists, and No. 15 Georgia Tech gave No. 18 North Carolina a 102-75 beating, the Tar Heels worst defeat in the Atlantic Coast Conference since 1963. ``That's probably as well as we can play,'' said Georgia Tech Coach Bobby Cremins, ``I really thought we played an outstanding game.'' In particular, Cremins singled out the play of Anderson, who has more than lived up to his preseason billing. ``I told Kenny Anderson a long time ago, `that probably your best game would be when you could get 15 or 16 assists and score eight points'. He had that type of game. He provided tremendous leadership.'' Anderson scored only six points but it was his ball handling and assists that carried the Yellow Jackets, who improved to 13-4 overall and 3-4 in the ACC. The Tar Heels, who got off to a poor start this year and had fallen out of the national rankings, had won five straight. ``I can't ever remember us being out of a game with two minutes to play,'' said Carolina Coach Dean Smith. ``Of course I felt we were out with five minutes to play.'' Scott, averaging 28 points a game, went over the 30-point mark for the 10th time this year and extended his three-point streak to 68 games. ``I thought Scott and Oliver had great games,'' said Smith. ``We forced Kenny Anderson into some turnovers, but he made some nice passes. Our defense has been so good and it was non-existent today. But a lot of that had to do with Georgia Tech.'' Cremins felt his team desperately needed a conference win after dropping three straight. ``Even though we've had our backs to the wall. We played as well as we can play. We put out some great moments at times. I'm really proud of this team.'' The Tar Heels, 15-7 and 5-2, managed to cut their deficit to 14 at 76-52 on a 3-pointer by Rick Fox, but could get no closer. Fox led the Tar Heels with 18 points and Hubert Davis added 15 off the bench. Georgia Tech held its biggest lead of 28 points five times late in the second half. Elsewhere in the Top Twenty; No. 10 Nevada Las Vegas plastered Utah St. 124-90; No. 12 Louisville pummelled Virginia Tech 96-69; No. 17 UCLA was upset by Southern Cal 76-75 and No. 20 Minnesota held off Michigan State 79-74. At Las Vegas, Nev., Stacey Augmon scored a career-high 34 points and the Runnin' Rebels also did some brawlin' after the game. Several players exchanged punches at the game's conclusion, although none was hurt. The Rebels, who had all five starters score in double figures, improved to 15-4 overall and 9-1 in the Big West Conference. Utah State, which fell to 11-10 and 5-5, was led by Kendall Youngblood's 16 points. At Louisville, Jerome Harmon led five players in double figures to lead the Cardinals. The Cardinals, who improved to 16-3 overall and 6-1 in the Metro Conference, never trailed and forced the Hoakies into 23 turnovers. Louisville, which opened up a 31-point lead in the second half, used a 14-0 first-half run to put it away early. Virginia Tech, 9-12 and 1-5, was led by Dirk Williams who scored 32 points. Bimbo Coles, the Hoakies leading scorer, managed only two points playing with the flu. At Los Angeles, Freshman Harold Miner scored 27 points, including the game-winning free throw with 30 seconds left, to lift the Trojans. The victory snapped the Trojans' seven-game losing streak to the Bruins dating to 1986. Ronnie Coleman added 19 points and 9 rebounds for USC, which improved to 7-10 overall and 2-8 in the Pacific-10. UCLA, which had won three straight, dropped to 14-4 and 8-2 in the league, one game behind first-place Oregon State.Freshman Tracy Murray and Trevor Wilson led the Bruins with 19 points apiece. At East Lansing, Mich., Kevin Lynch blocked Kirk Manns' 3-point attempt and raced the length of the floor for a layup with 14 seconds to play and the Golden Gophers got a hard earned Big Ten victory. Walter Bond scored 15 points and Melvin Newbern 14 to lead six Gophers in double figures. Minnesota, which improved to 15-4 overall, moved into sole possession of second place in the Big Ten with a 6-3 mark. Michigan State, 16-5 and 5-3, was led by Manns' 21 points.