European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday april 11. 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 25 setae nips a town to gain final Vicenza Italy Dino Gregory rebounded a this was our eighth game of the whole season steal Hartman connected for another the Pointer. Misled shot dribbled up court and setae coach Doug Umer said. We feel really great Goodman got two baskets and l Riner called a Hast uncorked a 12-Footcr with 2 7 seconds Remai Ning Here about i nning. T s really Lough to put a game to Goth timeout. Din Misse idol b i Nin Here sunday to give the setae Lions a 69-68 Victory and their first Ever appearance in the Usa eur men s Basalt Cabal finals. The Victory moved the Lions into the bust of three championship series against the Stuttgart stallion who Defeated the Baum older bears 80-67, in the if no Cussary game of their semifinal set at Stuttgart sunday. The championship series begins Here wednesday night. Setae led 54-36 with 15 19 remaining. But the Lions needed Gregory s shot for their second straight win in the Best of three semifinal series. Kaisin lantern. The 21st support Corad Champion staged a spectacular comeback and moved ahead 68 67 with 1 14 remaining on a pair of free in Row by Michael Hartman. Hartman had a Chance to win the game with ii seconds left but his id footer Crommed off the rim and Gregory got another big rebound. Setae turned the Ball Over on Tatj end of the court with a second on the clock but Hartman could t get a shot off in time following the throw in. Thi r eighth game of the whole season about winning. It s really Lough to put a game together Al the end of the year and have to compete successfully against teams that have been playing to Gether All year for 20 or 30 games. I would t Trade this team Tor any of the teams i be Ever coached and there have Bun quite a few Over Many years Urner added. go a three Point goal from Marlon Perry out the opening tip and held the Load until Jimmy Chc i drove for a Layup to give the panthers a 12-11 advantage. Kaiser Mautern then ran up a 10-Point Lead at27-17cneu, Hainan and Alc Goodman got hot. However setae went on a 10-2 run to get Back in the game. The Lions moved ahead 35-33 by inter Mission As Perry Gregory Sieve Branton Tyrone Harris and Vincent Jackson i the nets for Point. Gregory opened lie Mccond half by scoring an Layup and Perry Cam through with a pair of baskets to ignite the Lions on their sprint to an to Point advantage. That the panthers began to Roar. Chess hit a three Pointer Keith Sutton scored on a steal Hartman tonn cycled for another the Pointer. Goodma l my Hasty timeout. We lost oaf poise and i tried to Calm the Guys Down he said. The i it worked momentarily As setae came Back to Width its advantage to 64-50 with 9 33 remaining. But Kaiser Lauvern came on Strong again. Goodman got a fret thro oium followed with Layup. Was of build and converted chess added two More free throws and Goodman matched him Mak ing it 64-s8. Gregory broke the momentum with a 10-Fooler, but chess hit a three to incr to make it 66-61. Brailon convened for setae hut he missed the second out and rebounded. Chess got a free throw and missed the net one. Teammate Perccy Brown got the rebound Drew a foul and made two free throws to make it 67-64. Goodman rebounded for a Basket and Hartman hit his shot to set the stage for Gregory s Winner Perry paced the winners with z1 Points and Gregory finished with 8. Chess in All scorers with 24 Points and Hartman and Gor Jan tallied 14 apiece for the panthers. Mannheim unseat Wurzburg Byton Saunders staff write Mannheim a Sci Germany the lady Mustangs will definitely win the Usa eur women s basketball title. Which lady Mustang team is he answer yet to come Mannheim s version of the lady mus tangs stunned the two Lime defending Champion Wiir Burg lady haulers 73-66 sunday id Advance to the title series against Mainz. Mainz s vision of the lady Mustangs rocked the Heidelberg generals 66-49. The iwo herds of Mustangs meet at 730 . Wednesday at Mannheim to Upoff the Best of three tide series. The Mannheim and Mainz wins capped successful comebacks. Both teams lost wednesday then recorded wins saturday to Force sunday s if Nec Siary matches. Mannheim won sat urday night s game 81-66. Sunday. Wurzburg seemed to be seeth ing from saturday s loss. No one wanted to talk about it. Coach Fred Short did say our main objective is to Slop Tracy the lady rattlers could pc used bazookas for a defense and they would t have stopped Mannheim s 5-fool-Lo for Ward Taylor who Slung the lady rat liars with 22 second half Points saturday to extend the Best of three series. Sunday she scaled the lady mus tangs berth in the ii Tab with 22 Points 12 rebounds and five steals. Seven of Taylor s Points were reeled off in the final 1 38 As Mannheim padded a two Point Lead and raced out of danger at 69-60. One Factor a Reburg did t figure on was Darlene Johnson of Panama City fla., which is just Down Ibe Road from Taylor s Hometown of Quiney Johnson found the Groove in the Sec Ond half and pumped in 13 of her game High 23 paints. She also roped a game High 17 rebounds while fending aft the likes of defender Jeannine Jean Pierre Wil Ryburg s Board busier. Seven of Johnson s second half Points helped the lady Mustangs trample a 7-0 lady Walller burst. "11 feels Good said Johnson la was a matter of playing physical Ball. We had to play Street Ball. I did t like it at first but i got into physical is the key word. Al the end of the first half the men in stripes whistled 13 fouls against Wurzburg and six against Mannheim. A physical hair we re not used to playing that physical said Mannheim coach Ralph Snoddy. People in getting Hurt. The last five minutes they the referees started clean ing it and Short fell the lady rattlers were being used for dust mop. That girl indicating Mannheim s Taylor had 19 really id foul shots in the first half. They the referees Are let Ting their girls beat ours to death Short said. We gotta keep playing Wurzburg did keep playing and opened the second half Ltd hot guard Brenda Taylor picked up a re bound from Johnson i mused Layup and drove the court for a Basket to open the scoring and the lady valuers ran ahead 45-37. They looked Tough. Just As Wurzburg seemed to have gained its composure Mannheim Gal loped Back and rattled the rattlers. Guard Deonna Jennings hit a the Etc Pointer 1 o ignite a 10-Poinl run. Johnson followed with & free throw then she look a pass from Tonya Row Cal in the paint for a Lay up. Johnson canned another Field goal end Mannheim Drew even at 4 5-45 with 11 05 to go. It was the first of four lies in the Sec Ond half and marked the decline of the lady rattlers. At 12 53 Wurzburg Forward Monique Grant Drew her fifth foul to Start the tumbling Jennings rallied Mannheim Back from a 53-49 deficit with a hoop and pc Mainc Sanders weathered a Hack by Jean Pierre to even in Al 53. The foul was Jean Pierre s fifth. With out Gram and Jean Pierre who had 10 and 12 rebounds respectively Hammer ing the boards Mannheim s Taylor had All the room in the world. It was our time to go to he boards said Mannheim s Taylor who hit the go ahead bucket at 6 40, Jennings finished with 14 for Mann Heim. Diana Huron and Brenda Taylor paced Sunburg with 14 each and an Nette Carson added 13. Stallions rip bears to win men s Semi Stuttgart with us under five minutes top a sunday Stull Gart s Bev Erly Morris and Cortland Jackson decided to collect a Bearskin Rug for he Kelley Barrack gym the pair fuelled a game finishing. Bear skinning 22-6 explosion that demolished the Baum older bears 80-64 and put the stallions into the the usar eur men s basketball title series. Morris who canned five 3-pointers on his Way to a 19-Point afternoon got things started when he put in a missed shot Wilh 4 35 to play to snap a 58-58 lie. Thai hoop effectively ended what had been a ferocious defensive struggle and put the stallions into the Best of three final series against setae beginning wednesday Al 7 30 . In Vicenia. Italy. The teams return to Stuttgart for games two and three if necessary sat urday at 7 30 . And sunday Al 2 . Morris go ahead Basic was his exclamation Point to a game in which he specialized in answering Baum older runs. His 3-Pointcr in the game s opening seconds erased a 3-0 bears Lead and Sel the stage for the Home Tram s staying in front until less than eight minutes remained in the game. Morris canned another of his 3-Poinl Enlo wipe out another Brief Baumholzer Lead with 7 55 to play when the bean had gone on top 52-51 on a Buerl by Daryl Frierson. Morris reluctance to allow his Tram to fall behind negated b Sld tar Effort by Baum older s Clyde Harp who hit 9 of 15 from the floor and 3 of 4 from the foul line for 21 Point Harp also pulled Down 12 of the los ers 31 rebounds. Bui it was t enough to overcome a 40-Board performance by the Sta Lioni who got 9 rebounds and 10 Points from Samuel Jones. Jackson s contribution came from the line where he was 6 of on his Way to a 10 Point Day. Julius Thomas and Tony Long each chipped in 12 Stuttgart Points. Tony Bannerman. Limited to 11 Points on sunday after a 27-Point Effort on sat urday was the Only Bear in double Fig ure besides Harp As the stallions de sense held William Balden and Malcolm March each a 14-Poiot scorer in the bears Victory. Saturday to 8 and 7 Points respectively on sunday. Heidelberg eliminated by Mainz Mainz. West Germany the Mainz lady Mustangs Are going to the Usa eur finals. They clinched a berth in the Usa eur women s basketball championship series by polling a 66-49 Victory Over the Heidelberg general Here sunday. The Victory was the second straight for Mainz following a Heidelberg Triumph in the opener of the semifinal series. It move the Mustangs into the Usa eur beat of Lohret championship against Mannheim which Cal Wiir Burg in the other semifinal series. A three Point goal by Cheryl Brown off the opening tip gave Mainz a lend in never relinquished. The Mustangs were up 19-15 after 10 mingles of the first half and they still led 30-25 with 5 01 left before intermission. Neither team could get on Ilic Buard again until Mainz Kecia Thomas hit a Basket with 13 seconds left Wurzburg s Angela Taylor Drew her third foul wifi 4 55 left in the half and spent thai Lime and the first five minutes of the second half on the Bench. When she got Back in the ume. Tern Milter Price and Carle Letts had sparked a maim attack that opened a 15 poin Lead. Taylor and Theresa Marzell sparked a surge which saw Heidl Benj Cut its deficit to four Points in the nut six minutes but Fol lowing a timeout the Mustangs took command again As Miller Price and Letts led the Way. This Lime mostly with key rebounds. Miller Price had eight of her 12boards and Lens five of her 10 in the second half while brow turned in a spectacular fed handling Job and sparkled on defense As the m Mustangs won going away. Miller Price finished with 18 Points Letts came through with 15 and Thomas had 13. Marzett sparked Wurzburg with 23 Points and Taylor had 12
