European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. April 10, 198b the stars and stripes Page 25 Usa eur basketball bears top stallions to even series by Bucky Fox stall Wriler Stuttgart quil dicing that filth. Hold off on the Flowers. The Baum older beats Aren t dead yet. If anything the bears Are picking their a la after devouring Stuttgart s stallions 90-84 saturday night. Looking for a Bear with a full Stom Ach Check Oul Tony Banna Man who ate up Stuttgart with 27 Points and seven rebounds. After that feast. Baum older will return to he Kelley Barracks gym for sunday s 2 . Brunch with Stutt Gart. This Usa eur Best of three semifinal series is lied it. No double we re going to win Laid Baum older Center Malcolm March after scoring 10 of his 14 paints in Hie bears second half surge. Nobody can Cal us  Jimmy Davis who scored eight Point while trying 10 relive his Baum older title Days of 1983, added. We have one under our belts. Two is  Stuttgart coach Mclvin Elliott in t so sure. We came in cocky tonight admitted Elliott we weren t hungry a sigh. To Morrow Well be  if the sullion were on a High horse it was because of their 86-70 Breeze at Daum Holder in game i wednesday. Away from thai Bear pit Stuttgart figured to sweep this Serin and and Vance to Iii week s Usa Feur finals. The stallions hungry for their tint Usa eur title chewed up the Bear in Iii first 14 minutes. When Jona than Robinson bit a Layup with 1 36 left in the first half Stuttgart Ted 42 35. Then the heart started Licking their chops. Clyde Harp and David hit of flow ups. And William Bolden canned a 3 Pointer from the Corner with 01 showing. Suddenly the bears had clawed Back for a 44-42 deficit at halftime. They had just begun to bite. I told them to Gou and Plav Baum older basketball said coach King Cooper of his half Irne speech. That Means defense hitting the boards exploding for the running  when the bears exploded for seven straight Points Early in he second half capped by Bolden s 3-Pointer they led 49-46. The bears outscored the stallions 15-5 to make it a 66-55 runaway with 11 minutes left. In the second half we were stand ing around on defense lamented Elliott. We were not executing our half Ruurt  Baum older was executing every thing especially Stuttgart. Wielding the biggest axes were ban Norman and Marti inside and Bolden 14 Point Sharp 11 and Daryl Frierson nine outside. "1 was in a Little slump said March who Oul muscled Stuttgart s big Pounders Kelvin Stephens and Ronald Coray. "1 knew my team mates needed me to come through. The beats offence 48-percent shooting was merely a reaction to their defense. Their 3-2 zone forced the stallions 10 shoot outside. Result 4d percent from the floor. Julius Thomas lied for Stuttgart scoring honors with 16 Points on 6-of 12 shooting. Beverly Morris also hit 16. But wu5 for 13. Cart Lind Jackson s 14 Points Cameon 5-of-l5 shooting Sam Jones and Tony Long each Hie 10, but combined on 6-of-l9 shooting. They have excellent shooters said Cooper but we had a hand i their face and made them pass off and take bad  said Elliott we were not attacking their zone defense. We weren t penetrating and miking them collapse. We plan to a that tomorrow. They can t match up with us Manto Man so they threw thai zone at us. The key to this thing is who gels the rebounds. We played Lousy and they played As Welt a they can  Stuttgart struck for ii straight Points to Cut ill deficit to 76-75 with 3 46 left. Bannerman Davis and Frierson responded with Sil straight Points. We be got our Heads on straight said Davis. We re Gonna Roll now Mainz ftps Heidelberg Tatj Tracy tanners it writer Mainz Wesl Germany perhaps it was the do or die situation that drove the Mainz lady mus tangs saturday As they overcame Heidelberg 49-41 in the second game of their Beal of three a Jar eur semifinal basketball series. Maim was Down by one after Heidelberg Cal the lady Mustangs 59-55 in the series opener wednes Day at Heidelberg. The maim Victory forces an if necessary tie breaker Here sunday at 2 . In the Mcculley Barracks gym. Coach James Draper of Mainz Felt his team gave wednesday s game away. Draper Wasyl blaming any one for that loss. He knew his team could out shool out run and basically out play the he Kleberg team and Felt confident the game would prove just that _ the girls were a mule nervous and maybe a Littleover confide in after beating Frankfurt Draper said of wednesday night s loss. They did t exe cute Well on offence and if they had they d have executed better on  Heidelberg s coach Billy Rush took Draper save Llie game away remark in stride if they did i Hope they do it again Rush said. However he was Quick to bring up he team s second half game Nitrai egy of taking the Ball Low. It s easier to make Layup than it is a jumper Rush explained. However saturday s game saw a dormant Hei Delberg team go scoreless through two five minute periods in the second half. Meanwhile Mainz was racking up the Point on the heavy hitting of keen Thomas who scored 10 other game High 18 Points in the second half. After coming bade from the 27-27 half Irne break the lady Mustangs had three fouls within the first two and a half minutes the first coming on a push by Sandra Weathers As the Ball was being thrown in la Stan the half the centrals jumped Oul to a three Point second half Lead before the Mustangs began their scoring. Heidelberg watched As the Mustangs tallied 10 straight 10 take a 41-32 Lead. The rest was history. The generals managed to sink a few More baskets before going into another scoreless five minutes Bui the Mustangs never Looka break As Terri Miller Price sunk i hair final bucket at the Buzzer. After a turnover plagued first half the score was tied at intermission. The teams traded turnovers and the Lead was Back and Forth throughout the first  with her 18 Points Thomas was Good for i i rebounds. Miller Price was Mainz s second High scorer with 12 Points and 12 rebounds. Center Theresa Morzell added 13 Points and 14 rebounds for Heidelberg. Joyce Anderson grabbed i1 rebounds far the generals. Mannheim women stay alive Mannheim West Germany Mannheim kept its Usa eur women s basketball title Hopes alive saturday night. The Mustangs representing the 25 is support come bouncy Tiack from wednesday s opening loss to Vii corps Wurzburg to even the Busl of three semifinals series by lashing the lady rattlers 81 -66. The Victory forced on if necessary game also Here at the Benjamin Franklin Village sports Arena at 2 .  Winner will Advance to the championship playoff against the Winner of the Mainz Heidelberg series which also went to a third game. Mannheim broke a close contest wide open be tween the 14 and 10-Minuti Mark of the second half n Tracey Taylor and Darlene Johnson look charge of both the scoring and rebounding. Mannheim led 30-28 at halftime and the mus tangs were leading by Only three Al the 14 03 Mark. Then Taylor who scored 22 of her game High 30 Point after intermission hit two baskets and Johnson hit three while Wurzburg was managing Only two Points. With 10 25 remaining the hosts were up 56-42. The Mustangs full coun press forced Wurzburg into 3 flock of turnovers and when the lady ral Tler i managed to gel the Ball Uncort they usually got Only one shot at the Basket As Johnson and Taylor dominated the Board. They combined for 23 rebounds in the  backed up Taylor s scoring with 21 Points of her own she finished with 13 rebounds. Dexiu Jennings followed with 13 Points and Dana Johnson scored 12. The Mustang did a Fine Job of blocking the rattlers j Connie tean Pierre from the boards. Jean Pierre who got 17 Rcpt quids and blocked five Holsin wui73urg 74-65 win wednesday got Only Mif boards Ai d did t Block a shot saturday. Anneta Carson led Wurzburg in scoring with 14 Points. Jean Pierre followed with 12 and to Muc Grant finished with 10. Diane Huron led the lady Fulller with five rebounds. Green boosts setae Over a town in of Vicenza Italy Setas Dwayne Green put the brakes on the Sec saw saturday Hilling the game win nog bucket with two seconds to play in overtime to propel the Lions of a 106-102 Victory Over the kaisers a Ulm  Victory forces a decisive third game Here Sun Day in the Usa eur semifinal series Between Posi Tion Toumey Winner setae und 21st support come Champion kaisers Lautem. Green s winning Basket his 16th and 17th Points of the game was the final Lead change of a game in which neither team was Able to opon any Daylight after the last 16 minutes of regulation. It put the Lions ahead to slay at 104-102. An at tempt by the panthers to Call Lime out when they had none left resulted in the game s final margin two free thrown by Marlon Perry on the technical. Both teams had chances to win in regulation which featured a furious final 1 30. After a town s George Bennalt knotted things at 83. Perry converted two free throws to give the Home Side an bs-83 Edge. Daryl Jackson erased that with his fourth 3-Poinlcr of the game Perry answered with a follow of a missed shot and a town s Jimmy chess got the Lead Back with a Burtic before Sieve Braito Pul the Lions ahead 89-88 with 13 seconds 10 play Perry then fouled Percy Brown before Kaiserslautern could work for the game winning Buekel. Brown hit the first 10 Clinch the tic but his second shot fell off the rim to Force the overtime setae Center Dino Gregory and Perry did most of the work in overtime for the winners. Gregory who led ail scorers with 29, canned 6 in the Cora Pend As did Perry who finished with 25. The Lions also got 12 Point from Bra ton and 10, All in the second half from Vincent Jackson. Kaiserslautern s chess led his club with 25 Points. Brown added 17, Jackson 14 and Keith Sui Ion ii. Mike Hardman of the panthers had eight Point before being ejected in the first half along with be Tafs Joe Brown for flagrant fouls sports television conf masters find mud. 10 pin. Sunday. 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