Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.scores From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: scores Thu, Mar 5 1992 Date: Thu, 5 Mar 92 05:55:52 EST Message-ID: $$%1 USA TODAY RADIO SPORTS REPORT From the USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network Thursday, March 5, 1992 This report: Copyright 1992, USA TODAY National Basketball Association Wednesday, March 4 Boston 125, Orlando 100 Philadelphia 107, Atlanta 102 Detroit 110, Indiana 107, OT Charlotte 119, Milwaukee 110 Portland 129, Denver 100 Utah 102, San Antonio 93 LA Lakers 101, New Jersey 92 Cleveland 109, Sacramento 108 National Hockey League Wednesday, March 4 New Jersey 5, N.Y. Rangers 4 Toronto 5, Edmonton 2 Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3 SPORTS SHORTS: DUKE, INDIANA ESCAPE WITH WINS: No. 1 Duke and No. 2 Indiana barely avoided upset in college basketball Thursday, but No. 3 Kansas wasn't so lucky. Duke trailed by as many as 19 before beating Clemson 98-97 in the ACC. Indiana got past Iowa 64-60 in the Big Ten. Kansas lost a Big Eight game at Iowa State 70-66, but still clinched the conference title when No. 24 Oklahoma surprised No. 8 Missouri 81-67 in Columbia, Mo. FLORIDA UPSETS KENTUCKY: Florida surprised No. 9 Kentucky 79-62 in a Southeastern Conference college basketball Wednesday. In other games: No. 11 Oklahoma State 69, Colorado 63; No. 13 North Carolina 79, Georgia Tech 75; Marquette 73, No. 19 DePaul 65; No. 17 Alabama 84, Mississippi 83; Connecticut 85, No. 21 Syracuse 78; No. 22 Seton Hall 90, Miami 82, OT; Memphis State 68, No. 20 Tulane 67. WHITE SOX WORRIED ABOUT BO: The Chicago White Sox, concerned about the ability of Bo Jackson to run due to the hip injury he suffered playing football, have contacted free agent Dave Parker. In an intrasquad game Wednesday, Jackson ran out a single tentatively. "Sometimes I think he has enough to get by, but other days I don't think he has enough," said trainer Herm Schneider. STICH TOPS CONNORS: Michael Stich of Germany beat Jimmy Connors 6-4, 6-3 Wednesday in the second round of the Newsweek Champions Cup at Indian Wells, Calif. In other matches: No. 4 Guy Forget of France fell 6-4, 6-0 to Andrei Cherkasov; No. 9 David Wheaton lost 6-2, 6-3 to Spain's Francisco Clavet; and No. 10 seed Andre Agassi beat Bernd Carbacher 6-1, 1-6, 7-5. No. 1 Jim Courier and No. 2 Pete Sampras also won. This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM