European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday january 17,1987 no one overlooks cadets Star now army s Kevin Houston leads Mcaa division 1 scorers a 31.4 Points per game. College from Page 21 conference play. Wisconsin which has t Defeated Indiana since 1980, dropped to10-sando.j. Alford the no. 3 scorer in i Indiana history raised his career Point total to 2,008 in Only 29 minutes of play. He was seven of eight from outside the 3-Poinl line and did t attempt a shot inside it. Depaul 84, Loyola 65 Chicago Dallas Comegys scored 23 Points and Kevin Edwards added 21 to Lead Mcpaul s undefeated and seventh ranked Blue demons to Victory Over Cross town rival Loyola. It was the 13th Victory for the Blue de Mons and the 1,000th in the school s history Temple 66, Penn state 49 Philadelphia Junior guard Howard Evans scared a career Shioi 24 paints and ignited a second half explosion As 11 the ranked Temple Defeated Penn state in an Atlantic 10 conference game. Oklahoma 76, Kansas 74 Norman okla. Tim Mccalister s jump shot with nine seconds remaining broke a tic and Ricky Grace blocked Alist second shot As no 16 Oklahoma Defeated Kansas in a big eight game. N. Carolina St. 75, we Forest 67 Raleigh . Bennie Bolton scored 14 of his 18 Points in he first half As nth ranked North Carolina stale look advantage of Wake Forest s cold shooting in route to an Atlantic coast conference win by Malcolm Mohan new York not in and around Ilic Multi purpose sports facility at West 1 mini ., the Story has been circulated so Many time  its Lime and place Are occasionally forgotten or run. Fused. On q basketball court at fort Knox. Ky., in the summer of 1985, n group of enlisted men gathered for a pickup  they chose sides they overlooked one eager Cadet their omission was understandable Hyrc re 20 people in this gym said los to Ihk the army conch and Here s this Little kid with  to Ihk the beneficiary of the omis Sions of others made the same mistake himself. He was new to he army Job when he watched a tryout for the Empire state games and saw a player the cadets had begun recruiting i thought if this is the kind of kid we recruit no wonder we re not winning " he said. Even now with he help of a weight program Kevin Houston holds 165 pounds on a 5-foo1-l i Inch Frame in his senior season at the . Military facade my. He would not be expected to win Many Baseline to Baseline races. He rarely propels himself More than a few inches towards the ceiling. To watch Houston As he walks on a basketball floor there could be just one embarrassment worse than being excluded from a game Between shirts and skins dial is being selected by the skins. When the enlisted men made their choose up mistake they merely repealed an error that had been committed by the establishment that has turned basketball into a 12-month business. For All the hours College coaches an their assistants spend watching games viewing films Obs Rye it Camps checking grapevines and talking fast they cannot Over All the cracks. Pcs pile the National obsession Wii Hyoung athletic Talent the outrageous nicknames that Are fastened to teen agers with superlatives hat create unfurl billable expectations they still Don i spot it Alt As a senior at Pearl River  High school Houston had three options army army and army he has become the leading scorer among the division i schools in the nation averaging 31.4 Points for an army team that Lias averaged 66,5. Houston has scored 34 or More Points in five of his last six games. He has reached double figures in 41 consecutive games. He has made 9s.j recent of his free throws thit season Wiinnie Range of the division record of 95.9. Gary Winton s school scoring record of 2,296 Points once considered out of Houston s reach could be tied if he aver Ages 30,4 Points for the remainder of the season and army 6-7 reaches the finals of the metro Atlantic athletic Confer ence tournament. More significant than the numbers however is How Houston has gone from an unwanted High school senior to a candidate for the Naismith award As the outstanding player in the nation under 6 feet. With a thorough knowledge of the subtleties of the game a collection of intuitive head and shoulder fakes near perfect foul shooting and an army program that offered an Opportunity to grow baselines have been turned into allies stronger and quicker defenders have been made helpless and the Odds have been overcome. As a High school senior overlooked bythe basketball Powers Houston was left with the demands of a West Point Educa Tion and the five year commitment that would follow. That s a pretty Long time in that stage of your life to give up Houston said. So he decided to try the Academy s prep school. It gave me a Little knowl Edge about what the army life it a labout Houston said. In helped me get a better study process Down and it gave me another year to play Ball. With his Gaudy scoring average hous ton has attracted comparisons with David Robinson the Navy Center whose military commitment was recently reduced increasing the Chance for a professional career. The comparison would not interest the National basketball association. It appeared on a sign during a game at West Point Kevin will serve the sign said. Navratilova Shriver Advance in Australia no. 3 seed Pum so dlr a. Breezes into 4lh round Melbourne Australia a de fending Champion Martina Navratilova romped to a 6-2, 6-1 Triumph Over fellow american car mlle Benjamin on Friday and moved into the fourth round of the $1.6 million australian open Tennis championships a Jooyong. Second seeded Hana Mandrikova of Czechoslovakia and no. 3 Pam Shrive Rof Lutherville md., also won Friday. Navratilova took less than an hour to overpower Benjamin a 2 year old base liner from Bakersfield  powerful left hander who lives in fort Worth Texas is aiming to win the australian open for the fourth time in her career. But she was Given very Little opposition by Benjamin a former French open , 30, overcame a blustery wind that swirled around Center court. Mandrikova Winner of a tournament in Brisbane Australia earlier this month lost her service Early in the firs set. She roared Bock to Post an easy 6-3, 6-2 Victory Over Veteran Anne Smith of Dallas Shriver 24, was never in any trouble As she Defeated Young Etna Reinach of South Africa 6-2, 6-4. To Durie the lanky i4lh seed from Britain cased into the fourth round with a 6-1, 6-4 Triumph Over austrian Baseline or Judith Polzl. Durie found the wind extremely difficult but expressed satisfaction with her form. She will face Shriver next Overall i thought i coped  Durie said. I just kept doing what i was meant lobe doing. Facing Shriver will be a whole different Ball game though. I la have to go for it a bit  Catarina Lindqvist of Sweden the 10th seed recovered from a slow Start to defeat Marie Christine Calleja of france4-6. 6-1, fi-3. Veteran Sylvia Hanika of West Germany ousted Akiko Kyj Jimut of Japan 6-3,6-3. Tournament officials announced that australian Davis cup Star Pat Cash to health seed in the men s singles has been fined 1500 for Liering an audible obscenity in his four set second round Victory Over Claudio Pistolesi of Italy on thursday Cash was Given a code of conduct violation by Umpire Richard Ings in the third set tiebreaker and was penalized Point after arguing with Ings at the Start of the fourth set. The fiery Cash eventually won 7-i. 2 6, 7-6, 6-2 and had an off Day on Friday. No men s singles were scheduled for Fri Day As officials attempted to catch up on backlogged doubles matches