European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 8, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 25 Usa eur basketball bears Hornetter win v corps tilts  writer Baum older Germany Baum Holder s men got by on the big heart of George Valentine in their 89-86 Victory Over Hanau saturday while Danaus women drove a Ford toward their 7j-55rout of inc lady bears in the shoot out at the Rock. With the men s win. Inc bears ended their regular season 10-3 in the v corps Western Region for second place behindwiesbaden.12-1, Hanau fell to 8-4, lied Tor first Wii Frankfurt with one game left the Hornetter Victory gave them a10-2 record lied for first with Frankfurt in the Eastern Region. Gum Holder Slady bears fell to 7-6, firs in the West pm Region. Baum older men 89, Hanau 86 prior to saturday s game Baumholz Delcoach Fred Clark was going Over what the fans watched for when they came to see the bears. Jump shots slams passing and inc heart of Valentine. Well the big 6-foot-5 lug of a Forward warmed the bean fans hearts and scaled the win Over he hornets by grilling his Teeth and doing whatever had to be done. Baum older took a 40-33 Lead int halftime but Hanau came Back and Cut that to 40-39 with i8 3 left. Then Val Entine scored eight Points in a 10-2 spree that gave inc bears a 50-41 Lead on his Cut to the hoop with 16 50 left Valentine who had three fouls was Given a rest by Clark and the hornets came Back again behind Gerald Davis who had been shut Down by Valentine in the first  scored just five Points in the first half but with Valentine on the Bench the Chi Lown Sharpshooter took aim with seven straight Points to Cut Thebau Holder Lead to 65-63 with 9 03 left. Baum other could get no More than five Point advantage the rest of inc Way until Park put Valentine Baek in with the game on the i  hornets actually lied the game at 84 on is Corlton Bivins shot Down under with1 08 left. Then Valentine unbounded the Ball got it Back brought it up court an drove the Lane to give inc bears the Lead for Good with 31 seconds  got the Hall on the Wing for the hornets Tui was whistled for travelling when he tried to keep from shooting and instead pass off i was getting ready to shoot and two Guys Yaj la for the Ball said Davis whited All scorers wish 25. "1 did t know whether to shoot or pass the  did neither and Valentine iced the game with two free throws for the  have certain leaders for certain situations Valentine said and the Guy looked for me because Thev knew i was the one cooking. There s always someone cooking on our team and we give them the Ball and let them do what they can do.1 and the cooking Valentine did warmed the bears1 fans hearts with the win Over the archrival  women 75, bum Holder 55 Carolyn Ford normally a Forward was forced to the Pivot when the Hor ncllcs1 regular Center cd Nalenc Burgess fouled out with 10 06 left. Ford responded by grabbing it re Bounds and scoring 19 Points before Leav ing inc game herself with 2 32 left after crashing to inc ground on a drive to Lite  thought if we gave it oni last run we would put it out of reach said Ford who scored live straight Points to Seal the win. Eddie Riley a s-2 guard had 21points to Pace the hornets Afler getting off to a disastrous 3-for-ll firs  had three three pointers and said her slow Start was due to shooting from unfamiliar territory. Baum older was led by re acc Nella with 17 Points and 14 rebounds. Mannheim quintets topple Pir Masens ii j told by l  Lek or. Firm ask in Ruth jacks in caught Bette to Mannheim Tracy Taylor and Doris Harris 31. Byte Saunders staff  Germany Strong second halves for the Mannheim men Sand women s basketball teams shot Down any flying Hopes of the Pir Masens Road runners to a Tirone a feat or a face other of he Mustangs teams first place standings saturday. Mannheim s men clinched the 21stsupport come s Southern Region title with an 83-71  Mannheim women extended their season s unbeaten Streak to 13 with an85-60 Triumph. In both instances dense silenced the opposing offence and turned tight games into runaways. According to mus tangs men s coach Thomas Benson that s just what his team planned to do we wanted to come Here and whup pm with defense and i think we did. We won it on a said Benson. Pir Masens opened the scoring with the first two buckets but Benson s Forte of five hit the a switch and ran off the next 13points for a 13-4 Mannheim Lead. Pinna Sens fought Back As Kenny Loyd hit bucket and James Baldwin canned two More to lighten theg Apio 13-10.Mannheim took Back a Point with a free throw from Eddie Tucker but fit Masens Edwards Nash Hii a three Pointer from the top right of the key and Loyd drilled jumper from 10 feet out for a 15-14 Road runner Lead and Pinn Sens sent a flock of Hopes flying toward an upset Pir Masens ran the score to 28-21 wit key perimeter shooting Bui that was All she wrote for the roadrunners. Mann Heim squeezed into a 39-36 halftime Lead behind Tucker s nine Points Garden weight and seven front Elkanah Crockett. Mannheim s Warren Evans ranked eighth for scoring average in the 21st support cum and Peter alte Ync pretty Well wrapped up he Tille combining for 25 second half  action was pretty much dominated by Mannheim throughout the remainder of the game. The Mustangs built leads of 50-40 and60-41 luring the half then gave a Little bit of perimeter Shoolin Glo Pir Masens which brought a 60-41 deficit to 60-51 at one Point before Mannheim hit the auxiliary switch and amassed a 67-51 Lead. Evans contributed six Field goals in the half one a hair raising monster Jam and finished with 18 Points Allyn a. Who to tales 17 Points canned seven of eight shots from the Charity Stripe an threaded three Field goals to provide Laie half offence and sew up the  was Pir Masens top scorer with 18 and James Baldwin hit Lor 12."we weren t rebounding Well in the first half said Benson. Whenever redid get a defensive rebound. Pir masons defense slowed us Down. We had a col first  Mannheim used an almost four cornered slow Down offence to Start the Sec Ond half luring Pinn Sens defenders Loco me outside which according to coach Benson set up one on one situations something be feels his team handles Well our offence brought Parma sons out of their zone defense and put us into one on one situations something we can play with against anyone in Usa eur. We go out and play Mustang basketball team basketball said Benson. Mannheim women 85, plan uni 60mustang women s coach Spivey Green regards defense As the winning ingredient for his least. We re defense oriented. We try toehold other teams Down with the a then on offence use patience and concentration Good shot selection said Green. Pir Masens started strongly by claiming 14-13 Lead with Diena Coats nailing iwo Field goals and a free throw. Tomb Ell hitting two buckets and Niccy King and Rulh jacks Canning one apiece.  c was just too much to the Mustangs too much Kampala Ivory and to much Tracy Taylor. Ivory and Taylor paced the first half Mannheim offence with 10 Points apiece and lifted the Mustangs from an 18-17deficit to a 27-22 Lead with each Hilling iwo from the Field. An sports television College basketball Atlantic ram  championship 7 . Sun a. Radio Caulfi basketball Alt Chiuppi gunship 7 . Sunday big Cut Confer ence championship 9 . Sunday Pacific 10 conference championship joined in Progress