European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 27, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 17 All Europe Cage teams name Thornton Hutchinson Butler Toth top players coaches  a Haik a a text Annino _. Ulm s Pam Thornton. Outstanding girl player by Ben Abrams prep sports editor Pam Thornton and Steve Hutchinson. Ernie Butler and Charlie Toth. They were the top people in Dodd basketball this year. Ulm s Thornton is the stars and stripes girl player of the year Wuerzburg s Steve Hutchinson is her counterpart As the out standing boy basketball player in Dodds. And Munich s Butler and Giessen s Toth turned in the two most impressive performances to wins a coaches of the year accolades. For Toth it was a spectacular year. Giessen was accorded Dodds High school status Only this year and the Griffins won the a Silver and a football championships unscathed before losing to is in the Small schools playoff game. Toth won is coach of the year recognition for those achievements. And the Griffins boys team won a Silver laurels and the Small schools championship in basketball under his astute guidance. Hence the s a coach of the year recognition. Twice in the same school year. No other coach has Ever won such honors. Thornton a 5-5 guard and Heidelberg s Britta Kilpatrick selected at Forward Are the Only repeaters on the two All Europe squads. Joining the 5-9 Kilpatrick at Forward on the 10-player team Are Mannheim s Regina Nolan Aviano s Heidi Miley and Torrejon s Diane Roberts. At guard with Thornton arc Baum older s Sanjanetta Wilson Naples Kelly Nichols and Heidelberg s Tanya Poslik. The centers Are american school of Lon Don s Felicia Santelli and Wuerzburg s Mary Ford at 6-4 the tallest player on he squad. Miley is a Sophomore Ford and Santelli juniors the rest seniors. Hutchinson at 6-7, gets one Center Slot on the boys team with Baum older s Nathan Scott Manning the other. Forwards Are Hei Delberg s Bryan Knapp Pitburg s Stacey dil lard bad Kreuz Nach s Terence Daniel and Stuttgart s Tim Barnes. Giessen s Vince Mcgee Vicenza s Andre continued on Page 21 Wuerzburg s Steve Hutchinson. Top boy performer by the associated press Richfield Ohio Atlanta scoring machine do Minique Wilkins did not expect to dominate a game so quickly after battling a Case of food poisoning. I was very surprised. When the game started i was in my rhythm and Felt very Good Wilkins said after scoring 34 of his 36 Points in the first three quarters to Lead the Hawks to a 97-91 National basketball association Victory Over the Cleveland Cavaliers on tuesday night. Wilkins the league s second leading scorer with a 29.6 average had to sit out saturday night s game at Milwaukee and Atlanta suffered its fourth setback in 18 games. The Victory pulled Atlanta within two games of Phila Delphia for the third Best Eastern conference record. We re working for position and building our Confidence. We want to win All of our remaining games Wil Kins said. We be set our goals High but we want to go into the playoffs with momentum and  the cars Are 1v4 games ahead of Indiana and Chicago in the race for the final conference playoff spot. Mel Turpin led Cleveland with 26 Points. Lakers 121, nuggets 115 Denver James worthy scored 11 of his 30 Points in the final seven minutes As los Angeles Defeated Denver to end the nuggets three game winning Streak Over the defending Aba champions. The lakers have won 13 of their last 14 games in improving their record to 56-17, second Only to Boston s 58 13. Denver fell l /2 games behind Idle Houston in the Battle for the Midwest division Lead. The nuggets won the season series from the lakers 3-2, the Only team besides Boston to claim that distinction. Los Angeles led the entire final three quarters building its advantage to 81-66 Early in the third period following a 12-0 run. Denver put together an 8-0 Streak Early in the fourth period to close within 102-96 and trailed 111-108with 4 02 remaining. But magic Johnson who had 19 assists scored on a drive and the lakers were Able to stave off the nuggets. Kareem Abdul Jabbar had 24 Points Byron Scott 18 and Johnson 14 for the lakers. J i healthy 36 disables Cavaliers rib Roundup Bucks 118, nets 105 Milwaukee Craig Hodges scored 24 Points and Sidney Moncrief added 22 to Lead Milwaukee to its fifth consecutive Triumph. Albert King led the nets with 34 Points. Terry cum mings added 20 for the Bucks. Bulls 111, kicks 98 Chicago Orlando Woolridge scored 22 Points Gene Banks added 20 and Michael Jordan had 19 to Lead Chicago and snap a five game losing Streak. The Triumph lifted the bulls into a tie with Idle Indiana l /2 games behind Cleveland in the race for the final play off berth in the Eastern conference. Warriors 125, pistons 121 Oakland Calif. Starters Joe Barry Carroll and Terry Teagle led Golden state s attack and the warriors got excellent play from their Bench to nip Detroit. The warriors won for the fifth time in six games in their Battle to escape the Pacific division cellar. Carroll scored 24 Points Teagle had 23 and Eric Floyd had 19. Reserves making important contributions included guard Geoff Huston who had seven Points in the fourth Quarter and Forward Peter Verhoeven who finished the night with nine Points. Kelly Tripucka and Vinnie Johnson scored 24 for Detroit. The warriors did not commit a personal foul for the first 14 minutes and were charged with Only 11 for the game tying the Aba Low for the season. Kings 116, Trail blazers 99 Sacramento Calif. Reggie Theus scored 18 Points and dished out 17 assists As Sacramento Defeated Portland for their 11th consecutive Home court Triumph. Theus assists were the most in a single game for the Kings in their past 13 Aba seasons. Kiki Vandeweghe topped Portland with 23 Points. The Victory enabled Sacramento to climb out of last place in the Pacific division. The Kings Lead san Antoni Oby one half game. Up Phot Atlanta s Dominique Wilkins very surprised by 36-Point performance Navy s Evans named Pitt Cage coach Pittsburgh a Paul Evans courted by a number of schools while steer ing Navy to the Best season in its history was named the University of Pittsburgh s basketball coach wednesday. Pitt athletic director Edward Bozik announced at a morning news conference that trans 41, has agreed to a multiyear con tract after coaching Navy to a 30-5 record and the Mcaa East regional finals. Evans refused to detail terms of the agreement but school sources who did not want to be named said the contract covers four years. The Deal is Worth a reported $800,000, about four times what Evans earned at the . Naval Academy at Annapolis my. Evans succeeds Roy Chipman who re signed after failing to transform the pan thers into one of the big East conference s Powers despite recruiting some of the top Talent in the school s history. Pitt was 15-14 Overall and 6-10 in the big East this season losing eight of its last 10 games and falling to Georgetown in the conference tournament and to Southeast Missouri state in a first round nit game. In Paul Evans we feel we have the Best possible coach we could have for the Pitt basketball program. We feel coach Evans will Lead the Pitt basketball team to Success in the big East and on a National scale Bozik said wednesday. He has recruited Well under difficult circumstances and Given the demands of Academy life he has displayed exceptional coaching and leadership ability Bozik said. Evans said the Challenge of coaching in the competitive big East was just what i was looking for after skip Pering Navy to three consecutive 20-Victory seasons and two Mcaa tournament berths. The mid Shipmen had Only five winning seasons in 18 years prior to Evans arrival