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: 4 Feb 90 05:39:38 GMT Lines: 108 Approved: clarinews@clarinet.com ACategory: sports Slugword: bkc-colbkrup Priority: major Format: summary ANPA: Wc: 616; Id: s0072; Sel: ns--s; Adate: 2-4-1230aes; Ver: 2takes; Ref: sked Codes: yskcmxx. This was not the break that St. John's was looking for. The No. 19 Redmen, who had suffered consecutive losses to Big East front-runners Connecticut and Syracuse, needed a victory over No. 6 Georgetown Saturday to keep pace in the conference. Any ideas that the Redmen had of an upset quickly ended less than four minutes into the game when Jayson Williams -- their top scorer and best inside threat -- limped off the court and into the dressing room with an injury. Williams, who had missed 10 games earlier in the season with a non-displaced fracture of his right foot, suffered another fracture in the same area of the foot and was replaced with 16:29 to play in the first half. Without Williams the Redmen had to take on the Big East's version of the Twin Towers -- Georgetown's frontline of Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo. The Redmen put up a valiant effort without Williams, who was recovering from an early nine-point deficit to lead 37-32 at the half. But in the second half, Mourning and Mutombo took full advantage of Williams' absence, fouling out starting center Robert Werdann and reserve Sean Muto. The Hoyas' guards also benefitted, easily driving the lanes and picking up fouls. ``You can't lose a player like Jayson Williams and not let it have a negative effect on you,'' said Georgetown Coach John Thompson. Mark Tillmon scored 20 points and the Hoyas made 23 foul shots in the second half to improve to 17-2 overall and 7-2 in the conference. Mourning finished with 15 points and Dwayne Bryant added 10. Malik Sealy led the Redmen, 17-6 and 6-4 with 19 points. Boo Harvey added 13 points and Billy Singleton had 13 point and 12 rebounds. Despite absorbing their third straight tough loss, St. John's Coach Lou Carnesecca was proud of team's effort. ``We are not shooting the ball well, but we're playing hard. The ball was simply not falling for us. We have to regroup, because of this injury to Jayson. Everyone has to pull together to get through these tough times.'' The Hoyas opened the second half with a 16-8 run, completing the burst on hook shot by Mourning that put Georgetown ahead 48-45. Georgetown dominated from there and the Redmen were unable to draw closer than six the rest of the way. Williams, who never fully recovered from the first injury, twisted his foot on a drive and knew it was bad. ``I tried to costume it, but that would have been hurting the team,'' said a somber Williams after the game. ``I hope that the team can deal with the loss. But right now I have to take care of myself, because Jayson Williams hopes to have a future after St. John's.'' Williams, who was expected to be a high NBA draft pick, will likely miss the remainder of the season. ``It's not the end of the world,'' added Carnesecca. ``We're not lost, we'll be back. Elsewhere in the Top Twenty; No. 2 Kansas pounded Oklahoma 85-74; No. 4 Michigan rocked Wisconsin 77-63; No. 7 Syracuse flattened Florida State 90-69; No. 9 Purdue was upended by Michigan State 64-53; No. 10 Nevada Las Vegas edged North Carolina State 88-82; No. 13 Louisiana State outscored 148-141; No. 14 Connecticut routed Providence 92-77; co-No. 15 La Salle downed Iona 89-73; co-No. 15 Georgia Tech topped Maryland 90-84; and No. 17 UCLA defeated DePaul 87-77. _x_ _x_ _x_ _D_e_P_a_u_l_ _8_7_-_7_7_. At Lawrence, Kan., Rick Calloway scored 20 points and Kevin Pritchard added 14 to lift the Jayhawks over the Sooners. Kansas, 22-1 and 5-1 in the Big Eight conference, got the victory despite shooting just 38 percent form the floor. Jackie Jones had 18 points for Oklahoma, 15-3 and 4-2. At Madison, Wis., Terry Mills scored 18 points and Rumeal Robinson and Loy Vaught each added 15 for the Wolverines, who played without forward Sean Higgins, who is out 3 to 4 weeks with a stress fracture. Michigan improved 16-4 overall and 6-3 in the Big Ten. Danny Jones had 25 points for Wisconsin, 2-8 and 11-11. At Tallahassee, Fla., Billy Owens scored 25 points to lead the Orangemen to their fourth straight win to improve to 16-3. Owens scored 12 of his points during a 24-11 first-half run. Florida State fell to 13-10. At West Lafayette, Ind., Steve Smith converted seven free throws in the final two minutes as the Spartans handed the Boilermakers their first Big Ten loss. Smith, led Michigan State, 17-5 and 6-3 in the Big Ten, with 22 points. Ken Redfield scored all 13 of his points in the second half. Steve Scheffler led the Boilermakers with 22 points. Purdue is 16-3 overall and 8-1 in the conference. At Las Vegas, Nev., Larry Johnson scored 24 points and made four free throws in the final 37 seconds for the Runnin' Rebels, who improved to 16-4. North Carolina State, 15-6, got 31 points Rodney Monroe. At Baton Rouge, La., Shaquille O'Neal had 20 points, 24 rebounds and a school-record 12 blocked shots to help the Tigers win an overtime shootout.Loyola Marymount's Hank Gathers led all scorers with 48 points. Chris Jackson led LSU with 34 points in the highest scoring game at the LSU Assembly Center.Bo Kimble, the nation's leading scorer, finished with 32 points. At Providence, R.I., Chris Smith scored 21 points to lead five players in double figures as the Huskies blasted the Friars. The Huskies, 7-2 in conference play, share first place with Georgetown, and are 19-3 overall. The Friars drop to 12-7 on the season and 5-5 in conference games. John Gwynn scored 15 points to pace the Huskies. At New Rochelle, N.Y., Lionel Simmons scored 26 points to power the Explorers to a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference victorye. The Explorers, 16-1 overall and 7-0 in the MAAC, scored 24 of the final 32 points. Doug Overton finished with 20 points while Sean Green and Joey Johnson each scored 23 points for Iona, 8-12, 3-6. At Los Angeles, Tracy Murray and Trevor Wilson scored 18 points apiece to lead the Bruins, who improved to 15-4. Kevin Walker added 14 points off the bench for UCLA. Depaul's Stephen Howard led all scorers with 28 points and David Booth added 23 for the Blue Demons, who slipped to 12-10. UCLA honored former All-Americas Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul Jabbar by retiring their jerseys prior to the game. At College Park, Md., Dennis Scott scored 17 of his 26 points in the second half to lead the Yellow Jackets. Georgia Tech twice rallied from 11-point deficits to improve to 14-4 overall and 4-4 in the ACC. Kenny Anderson had 24 points and Brian Oliver added 21 for Georgia Tech. Tony Massenburg scored a career-high 34 points for Maryland, 13-8 and 3-4.