Wooden race narrows LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mateen Cleaves and Morris Peterson of Michigan State, Khalid El-Amin of Connecticut, and Kenyon Martin of Cincinnati are among 30 candidates for the John R. Wooden Award as the nation's top college basketball player. Cleaves, Mark Madsen of Standford and Hanno Mottola of Utah didn't play the minimum number of games in the first half of the season to qualify because of injuries, but they were given alternate status because the selection committee felt their team impact may be measurable upon their return. Madsen and Mottola have rejoined their teams and Cleaves is expected back this week from a stress fracture in his foot. The other candidates are: Shane Battier of Duke, who is from Birmingham, Mich., Courtney Alexander of Fresno State, Harold Arceneaux of Weber State, Cory Bradford of Illinois, Chris Carrawell of Duke, Jason Collier of Georgia Tech, Ed Cota of North Carolina, Marcus Fizer of Iowa State, Kevin Freeman of Connecticut, Kenny Gregory of Kansas, A.J. Guyton of Indiana, Tony Harris of Tennessee, Mark Karcher of Temple, Lamont Long of New Mexico, Desmond Mason of Oklahoma State and Chris Mihm of Texas. Also, Mike Miller of Florida, Terence Morris of Maryland, Troy Murphy of Notre Dame, Eduardo Najera of Oklahoma, Chris Porter of Auburn, Michael Redd of Ohio State, Quentin Richardson of DePaul, Doc Robinson of Auburn, Matt Santangelo of Gonzaga, Etan Thomas of Syracuse and Michael Wright of Arizona. The Wooden Award will be presented on April 7 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Originally on page 7B in the 1-5-2000 issue of the Daily.