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20—MANCHESTER HERALD. Monday, Dec. 3, 1990 In Brief . Portland hits road on winning note TUESDAY UConn women top Harvard By BILL BARNARD The Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. — The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team evened its record at 2-2 Sunday The Portland Trail Blazers, feeling right at home in the LOCAL NEWS INSIDE as it whipped Harvard, 96-55, in the consolation game of NBA early in the season, are ready to take their 14-1 the Duke Dial Classic. record on the road. Kerry Bascom, who set a school career scoring mark The Blazers, after beating Utah 101-97 Sunday night ■ Ribbon Mill bonds go to the wire. in the Huskies’ 89-87 overtime loss to No. 9 Purdue behind Buck Williams’ season-high 23 points and 11 Saturday night, led No. 23 Connecticut with 22 points. rebounds, have compiled the NBA’s best record by play­ Laura Lishness added 18 points for the Huskies, who ing all but four games at home. ■ Welfare director raise is nixed. placed five in double figures. They leave this week for four games on the road, but What’s The 96 points for UConn were the fourth highest the first three stops are in Miami, Orlando and Indiana, ■ Murdock is acting Chamber chief. single game points scored in the program’s history, and where the teams have won less than 30 percent of their News the most since a 96-92 overtime win over BU during the games. The fourth game will be at Chicago. 1980-81 season. “We know going on this trip that we have Miami and ■ Ethnic holidays now on calendar. Purdue (3-0) took the title by beating host Duke, Orlando and if we play well we have a good chance to 69-58, behind tournament MVP MaChelle Joseph’s 20 Dec. 4,1990 points. Local/Regional Section, Page 7, Bascom and Lishness were named to the six-member NBA Roundup all-toumament team. Gulf at a glance UConn resiunes action Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the (AP) Here, at a glance, are the win. If we don’t play well, they’ll knock us off,” coach Gampel Pavilion on the Storrs campus when it hosts Fair- ybur Hometown Newspaper Voted 1990 New England Newspaperiifralb of the Year Newsstand Price: 35 Cents latest developments in the Per­ Rick Adelman said. “We have every ability to win on this field. sian Gulf crisis: Rockville wins Class L grid title trip.” Portland snapped Utah’s five-game winning streak ■ Baghdad backed away from NEW HAVEN (AP) — Steve Mikulski hit Mike Leary with more late-game heroics by Terry Porter, who scored its confrontation with Moscow with a 1-yard touchdown pass with 37 seconds left as 10 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, including two on Tuesday, saying it would Rockville beat Newington 14-10 Saturday to win the 3-pointcrs in the final 5:06. allow all 3,000 Soviets stranded On Saturday night. Porter’s 3-pointcr at the buzzer Children rescued from sinking car Class L state football championship. in Iraq to leave, but it demanded Chris Daniel set up the winning touchdown drive forced the second overtime in Seattle, and the Trail the Kremlin pay compensation when he recovered a fumble by Chris Begley on the 50- Blazers won in the three overtimes. By RICK SANTOS for canceling their work con­ yard line. “That reminds you of what he did last year in the Manchester Herald tracts. Moscow was Iraq’s main Mikulski, who was 18 of 34 for 210 yards, completed playoffs,” Adelman said. “I think Terry always has that arms supplier and chief ally passes of 18, 8 and 3 yards as Rockville marched to the ability. He’s always been a big-time player when the Real-life hero MANCHESTER — In an acci­ before the gulf crisis began on Newington 4-yard line. game is on the line.” dent Monday afternoon, two young Aug. 2. “We knew we could score, we just had to execute,” “I’m not afraid to do things at the end of a ball game,” children were miraculously rescued Leary said. Porter said. ■ Senate Democrats for a from a car that veered into a pond Mikulski then hit Leary with the winning pass on a Karl Malone, who led the Jazz with 36 points and 16 rescues youths fifth day expressed reservations rebounds, said the team had reason for encouragement off Buckland Street. Police have not over the Bush administration’s fourth-down play. filed charges, nor do they have despite the loss. gulf policy. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., Rockville, which lost 46-0 to West Haven in last much infonnalion about the acci­ year’s title game, finished the season 10-1 and captured “Portland is a great team. A lot of people say they’re chairman of the Senate Armed dent. By RICK SANTOS Services Committee, said on its first state football title. Newington finished 9-2. the best team in the league,” he said. “We’ve won five in Manchester Herald a row and we had a heck of a chance to win tonight. Police spokesman Officer Altui B. Monday the U.N. trade sanctions Anderson said the initial report from Hartford wins own tourney You’ve got to be encouraged.” against Iraq should be given the investigating officer has not MANCHESTER ■— A stereotypi­ more time to work before WEST HARTFORD (AP) — A1 Jones hit four free Utah coach Jerry Sloan said his team is showing signs been completed and therefore police cal hero seen on TV might dive into Washington considers war to throws late in the game and Ron Moye scored 20 points that its slow start is finally over. cannot release many details. The icy waters, force open the door of a liberate Kuwait. as Hartford beat Holy Cross 57-55 SatmeUty to win the ‘Wl'cii a team gets into a struggling situation, all the fepoiit ts expected To be complctco suomergea car, ana snaten two But Defense Secretary Dick Hawks Unlimited Tournament. breaks seem to go the other way,” he said. “I’m en­ later today or tomorrow. young children from the clutches of Cheney and Gen. Colin Powell, Long Island captured third place with a 71-69 victory couraged that the worst is behind us.” Meanwhile, witnesses and the death. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of over Columlua. The Jazz trailed most of the game, but never by more man primarily responsible for the Christopher C. Vamet, 25, of Staff, told Senate hearings the The game was tied 32-32 at the half. But Holy Cross than 11 points. Malone scored 6 straight to put Utah Ths Assoclatsd PrM& rescue are not sure how the car Springfield, Mass., did just iliat. same day that Saddam Hussein jumped out to a 42-34 lead with 17:04 to play. Virmie ahead 84-83 with 5:56 to play, but Porter’s 3-pointer Ajid like most real-life heroes, he at­ from the top of the key with 5:06 remaining gave the NOT THIS TIME — Indiana center Rik Smits, right, blocks the dunk attempt by Milwaukee’s ended up in the pond. could survive the embargo. Baker’s jump shot tied the game again at 46. But the The ^iver of the car. Saliatu In- tempted to downplay his ac­ Military action was the only sure Hawks took the lead 51-46 with two free throws by Larry Blazers the lead for good. Alvin Robertson during their game Sunday night at the Hoosier Dome. The Pacers won, complishments. His 3-pointer with 1:15 remaining put the Trail 107-103. kotariah, had left the vehicle unat­ way to drive Iraq from the oil- Griffiths and Moye’s sixth three-pointer. tended while she paid the gasoline “I don’t feel like I did anything rich emirate, they said. Blazers ahead 95-89. Clyde Drexler, who scored a Pacers 107, Bucks 103: Chuck Person scored 20 she had just pumped at me Exxon spectacular,” he said. “I just did U.S. takes the Davis Cup season-low 9 points, sealed the outcome with a NBA’s worst offensive club widi a 93.9 scoring average. what 1 feel like anyone should do.” ■ Iraq said on Monday that Utah allowed 79 against the Timberwolves Friday night points as Indiana fought back from a 14-point first-period station on Buckland Street. the sanctions were hurting. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The United States breakaway dunk with 52.7 seconds left. deficit and snapped a four-game losing streak by defeat­ In the car were her two daughieis, The incident look place about John Stockton added 17 points and 14 assists for Utali, in Salt Lake City. 2:20 p.m. on Monday afternoon. Baghdad’s Health Minister clinched its first Davis Cup title since 1982 on Saturday ing Milwaukee. Helena, 2, and Lateye, 3. as dominant serving lifted Rick Leach and Jim Pugh to a which shot only 41 percent from the field. The Clippers used an 11 -0 run down the stretch to turn The native of Enfield was driving on Abdul-Salam Mohammed Saeed the game into a rout. They limited the Timberwolves to While the mother was in the store, said 1,400 children under the four-set victory over Australia. Clippers 102, Timberwolves 77: Minnesota failed to Person and Reggie Miller, who scored 19 points, hit the car somehow rolled across the tlie Buckland Street off-ramp of In­ reach 80 points for the second straight game and Los An­ two field goals over tlie final 5:18.

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