European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 stars and stripes sunday March 9, 1986 Gumbo s Ball hawking paces Falconette wins a photo by Gus Schuetzle Frankfurt s Jackie Gumbo. Dribbles around Giessen s Shirley Berry by Tim Boivin staff writer Frankfurt with Tufe game on the line saturday the Frankfurt Falconette turned to a Ball Hawk someone who could Lay Down the Law and hold on to the Ball. That someone was Jackie Cumbo and when this my Captain secures something Frankfurt can lock up a game and throw away the key. Such was the Case saturday As Frankfurt handcuffed a Pesky Giessen squad 76-66 at Drake Edwards gymnasium to improve its record to 10-1 on the year in v corps. And it was Cumbo whom the Falconette kept turning to when the game appeared As if it was starting to slip away. Giessen which fell to 7-4, was counting on its own bal handlers to upset the Falconette who had come from behind earlier in the season to thrash the wolverines 57-45. We have six players now that we did t have then Giessen coach Byron Pernell said before the game. We let that earlier game slip away from us in the last five minutes. Then they pressed us and we did t have any body who could handle the Ball coming up court. I think we do now in Valerie Allen who had to play Forward last time because of our Lack of  Allen got her Points 22 in All but she could probably still learn a thing or six about bal handling from Cumbo. Cumbo Only had 14 Points but the Virginia Beach a. Native was a commanding Force on offence gearing Down or revving up the Falconette offence whenever the Situa Tion called for it. Meanwhile the wolverines appeared to be trying to throw this game away Early literally. Giessen s inside game must have stepped outside for some fresh air in the first half As the wolverines Only hit on 7 of 17 shots from underneath the Basket. That set the tone for a poor shoot ing Day for Giessen which shot just under 40 percent from the Field for the game. Meanwhile Cumbo and mates set up a Box and one to Cut Down the Giessen bal handlers. That led to a Bunch of turnovers which were converted into a 39-28 halftime Frankfurt advantage. And it was Cumbo leading the Way either hounding the Ball handler on defense As the Point in the Box and on or dribbling circles around the wolverines and then dishing off Crisp passes from backcourt to the front line of Bonni Cannon and Donna Brayboy for inside shots. Cannon gunned in 25 to Lead All scorers while Brayboy added 17. The wolverines did t quit. They came out after the half and went on a 14-4 spurt to close the Gap to one 43 42 with 15 minutes left. According to Cumbo it was purely intentional that she did t happen to handle the Ball As much As the wolverines closed the Gap. When they started to put More pressure on me after the half we decided to let the other players handle the Ball. We wanted to let them know that other players on the team were capable of handling the Ball also the graduate of St. Augustus . College said. But that was t what turned the game Back Over to the Falconette. Giessen went up 48-47 As Center Brenda Moore blocked three shots that the wolverines brought Dow court and turned into baskets. But then Pernell pulled Moore out citing fatigue. The Falconette then went from the Box and one to a 3-2 and trapping the Ball with the three guards. Without the dominant defensive Force of Moore in the Lane the Falconette with Cumbo went Back inside to Brayboy and Cannon. Frankfurt moved out to a 60-53 advantage before Cannon finished off the wolverines with her usual end of game bombing run. Cannon who has the inside knockout punch needed at the end of a close game had 9 of the Falconette last 17 Points to Seal the Victory. Pernell was also counting on Moore for the offence to offset the Falconette front line of Brayboy and Cannon but Moore s contribution on offence was negligible. She ended with Only one Field goal and six Points. Aba from Page 21 or. Boston coach . Jones who had been arguing against the referees Calls was then hit with his second technical by referee Mike Mathis and ejected from the game. The celtics immediately responded with a 21-4 run Larry Bird scoring seven and Jerry Sichting getting six during the spree which gave Boston a 53-47 advantage. New York never again Drew closer than three Points. Pistons 104, nets 102 East Rutherford . Kelly Tripucka scored 34 Points including 15 in the fourth Quarter and Joe Dumars hit a crucial jump shot in the final minute As Detroit downed new Jersey. After Tripucka scored with 1 25 to play to snap a 100-100 tie Dumars hit from the right Side with just one second remaining on the 24-Sccond clock to give the pistons a 104-100 Lead with 38 seconds left and secure their 12th Victory in their last 13 games. Albert King hit two foul shots for new Jersey with 32 seconds left to bring the nets within two Points. After Tripucka missed a jumper from the left Side the nets called a time out with five seconds to go but King s three Point shot rimmed the Basket. Hawks 112, bulls 108 Chicago Dominique Wilkins scored 42 Points and Kevin Willis added 19 and grabbed 21 rebounds to Lead Atlanta to a come from behind Victory Over Chicago. Willis hit a key rebound Basket with 16 seconds left As the Hawks recorded their 24th Triumph in the last 34 games. George Gervin led Chicago with 37 Points. Spurs 142, clippers 126 san Antonio Alvin Robertson scored 30 Points and pulled Down 11 re Bounds and san Antonio snapped a seven game Aba losing Streak with a Victory Over los Angeles. Wes Matthews added 22 Points and handed out 16 assists and Mike Mitchell scored 22 Points for the spurs who played without starting Center Artis Gilmore out with a pulled hamstring. Nuggets 134, pacers 117 Denver Alex English scored 34 Points to Lead Denver to an easy Victory Over Indiana. Calvin Natt who had 20 Points broke a 6-6 tie with a Short shot two minutes into the game and the nuggets were never headed. English scored 12 Points and Wayne Cooper 10 in helping Denver to a 34-30 first period Lead. The Victory left Denver just one game behind Idle first place Houston in the mid West division. Sonics 120, Cavaliers 106 Seattle Little used Ricky Sobers came off the Bench in the third Quarter to score 15 Points in eight minutes and help Seattle defeat Cleveland. Seattle s Jack Sikma led All scorers with 26 Points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Jazz 105, suns 103 Phoenix Ariz. Adrian Dantly the Aba s third leading scorer had 19 of his 36 Points in the fourth Quarter As Utah overcame a 10-Point deficit to beat Phoe Nix. Down 87-77 with 11 02 remaining Utah took the Lead for Good 90-89 on Dantley s Layup with 7 40 left. The jazz led 100-95 on Thurl Bailey s Dunk with 4 29 to go before Phoenix closed to 102-101 with two minutes remaining. Dantley s jumper with 58 seconds left offset a Layup 18 seconds later by the suns Walter Davis who had 24 Points. Blazers 125, Mavericks 114 Portland Ore. Portland s Kiki Vandeweghe scored 34 Points and the Trail blazers pulled away in the final period to beat Dallas. The blazers who won their third in a Row after losing 12 straight led 95-94 one min Ute into the fourth Quarter. But they out scored Dallas 19-4 Over the next 6 a min utes to build a 114-98 Lead with 4 /2 minutes remaining. College from Page 21 meet in the other semifinal. Southeastern James Blackmon scored four Points and had a steal that led to the go ahead Basket in an 8-0 run that carried Kentucky Over leu and put the wildcats in the Sec championship game against Alabama. Winston Bennett led Kentucky 28-3 and Winner of 10 in a Row with 15 Points. Alabama earned the other final berth with a 77-65 Victory Over Mississippi state. Buck Johnson scored 29 Points for Ala Bama appearing in the Sec final for the fourth time in five years. Big East in the big East semifinals in new York St. John s got 29 Points and 14 rebounds from Walter Berry to beat Villanova and earn a berth in saturday night s final against Syracuse. The 29-4 redmen led by As much As 72-56 on a three Point play and another Field goal by Mark Jackson with 2 32 to play. Rafael Addison hit seven of eight free throws in overtime to Lead Syracuse Over Georgetown. Dwayne Pearl Washington led the 25-4 orangemen with 21 Points. David Wingate s jumper for Georgetown tied the score 65-65 with nine seconds left in regulation. Metro in the metro quarterfinals at Louisville Memphis state routed South Carolina As Vincent Askew scored 18 Points. Andre Turner added 14 Points and 15 assists for the tigers 26-4. Memphis state will meet Florida state which upset Virginia tech 77-76, in the semifinals. Peewee Barber hit a 25-footer at the Buzzer for the seminoles who ousted Virginia tech in last year s metro tourney. In the evening game Myron Hughes had 29 Points and Tony Wilson hit two foul shots with nine seconds left As Cincinnati rallied to beat Southern Mississippi 75-74. Cincinnati meets Louisville which Drew a first round Bye in the semis. Pacific coast in Inglewood Anthony Jones scored 25 Points to Lead univ into the final of the pc a tournament by beating Fullerton state. The Runnin rebels 30-4, scored eight straight Points to take a 62-48 Lead with 8 11 to play and Fullerton state got no closer than 10 Points until the final min Ute. Southwest in the evening set of the Sec opening round Winston Crite scored 22 Points to Lead second seeded Texas am Over a Kansas 67-51. John Brownlee had 33 Points to Lead Texas Over Houston 78-62. The longhorns will meet the aggie in the semifinals. In the afternoon top seeded Texas Chris Tian overpowered Rice 78-59 and Texas tech stopped Southern methodist 45-40. Thu got 15 Points from Greg Grissom and tech won thanks to Dewayne Chism s three Point play with 18 seconds left and Sean Gay s Dunk at the Buzzer. The two winners were to play later saturday. Western athletic in Laramie wyo., Quintan Gates 22 Points and some clutch free throws from Hernell Jackson enabled Texas Elpaso to beat san Diego state 78-76, in the semifinals of the wac tournament. Arn sports television College basketball Atlantic coast conference final teams to be announced7 . Sunday. Radio College basketball metro conference final teams to be announced7 . Sun Day Southwest conference final teams to be announce joined in Progress 9 . Sunday