European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 17, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 Usa eur basketball Stuttgart takes men s Crown Sfa on Down Lions 97-92 for first Ever title Bubuc Syfox Feut writer Bobingen we Germany with 6 47 left the Panzer gym rumbled like the Lank it s named after. Suite Gati slut pm the jammed fans were meting la their Stuttgart stallions whose second half surge finished setae 97 91 saturday night. The crowd was also celebrating Stuttgart s first Usa eur men s basketball championship. The stallions swept the Lions in in is Tiik series 2-0. It s my last year Here said Stuttgart guard Beverly Morris who struck Tor 15 paints in the second half for a team High 22, now can go Home and Lake this with Morris held his fj5areur championship plaque. So did j Ulius Thomas who also canned 15 Points in the second half for an 1s total so did Sam Jones who scored 19 and grabbed a team High eight rebounds and Tony Long who scored 14,12 in the second halt you eel the idea. Stuttgart won in in the last 20 minutes. I was not really into the game in the first half said Long. Then coach Melvin Elliott gave us a Pep talk at halftime. Thai pumped me up. In inc second half wanted to the stallions trailed 53-44 at halftime. That was worse than their 34-32 deficit in game i wednesday when they came Back to win 79-72. Even worse Stutt Gart fell behind 63-48 with 1 6 45 left. Fifteen Points Down. No one was stopping Stafi Marlon Perry who would finish with 35 Points and 13 rebounds or Pino Gregory who would total 21, no one is Hilling in Stuttgart s vaunted backcourt. Thai u. Until Thomas and Morris look charge. Said Elliott "1 told them that this team s Backbone has been the backcourt All year. 1 said i Don t want to play to Morow for a game 3. I told them they be got to take control out they heard Bim. Over the not seven minutes Stuttgart outscored inc men from the Mediterranean 2fi-9. Eleven of those Points came from Thomas and Morris. And when Thomas clicked from the right Corner Stuttgart led 74-72 with 9 48 left no doubt Thomas said of his stallions precarious position Early in the second half. We have five three Point shooters so i knew we d come Thomas hit three of the stallions three pointers and Morris hit two. Thomas also hit the winning Point at the foul line with 54 seconds left. His shots made in 93 87, and Octaf could t come Back. In All the stallions hit 54 percent from the door. Which was a Good thing because Illey missed is of 29 from the foul Tine. Setae hit 47 percent of its Field goals. The biggest gun was Perry a 6-fool-4 Forward from St. Louis. He clicked on 13 of 23 from the floor including four three pointers Perry wowed the crowd with 19 in the first half. Stuttgart ordered Jones to Slop him in the second half. Perry still hit is. They did t really Slop me said Perry who it stationed in Grace a i just did t really get the Ball in inc second half. But they played a super Jones said the stallions pressing defense turned he lights out on the Lions. We settled Down and started playing defense like we re capable of said Jones a to Ursular Center from , when we re clicking nobody can beat Saio Perry we could be had them. We had Lois of Breaks in the first half. Then we slopped Gettin break. They re Good but they re not Bevier than it town which setae beat in the Usa heur semifinals Dwayne Green a Captain from Lake City. S.c., who scored 14 Points said when Ulicy put the press on us that turned it around. We had Loo Many what turned it around said setae coach Doug Urner. Our mountains and Valley. We hit a couple of valleys. What we did t do we did not Chi cute our Brcak the press. I can i fault anybody. We win As team and lose As a team. Stuttgart deserves the championship. They beat us. I m still proud of those lids even though they drove me crazy. We did More things than teams playing a three four months. We barely played a no one s playing any longer. Especially Stuttgart. The Community commander maj. Tier. James Allen ordered this team has monday Mannheim whips Mainz to Square women s series Mannheim s Pitr Lunf Johnson rebounds against Saundra Weathers of mini 10. Mainz West Germany talk about a least in need of a tailor Mannheim s lady Mustangs looked like an ill fill ing suit on wednesday dropping the first game of inc bust of three Usa eur championship series to Mainz 73-66. Mannheim did t have the offensive fabric or defensive fiber to fend off a needling main squad. Saturday the tailor Tracy Taylor that is to came to town and sewed up inc Loose ends. She studied the nets for 35 Points As Mannheim squared inc series a one game apiece with an 80-67 win Over maim forcing today s do or Dic contest at 2 . Mannheim pulled a total role reversal on Mainz. Instead of being needled by the defense Mannheim did the needling they focused on Mainz s Sheryl Brown who Cut through the Mannheim defense like scissors through silk and Terri Miller Price who laced 20 Points in wednesday s showdown. We picked her brawn up at half court said Mannheim coach Ralph Snoddy. We made her go the Way we wanted her to about Miller Price we did t concentrate on her. We played a Lone a Little More aggressively he said. Mannheim was rebounding from a lethargic performance wednesday in which the Only Mannheim Bright spol was Taylor who canned a. Game High 24 Points. Taylor scored in fint half Points sat urday As Mannheim knitted n 40-24 mid Way Lead. With 6 23 left in the first half 5-foot-7 Forward Louise Mckay of Wal Lingford. Conn., hit two straight baskets for a 20-12 Edge. Darlene Johnson. Mannheim s Board crashing 6-foot Center from Panama City fla., was hacked by Brown while shooting. The shot fell and Johnson hit the Chanty loss for a 23-12 Lead. Taylor came Back Al 5 06, sinking a bucket and a free throw to increase the distance to 26-14, a minute later Taylor completed another three Point play for a 33-16 advantage. Mannheim was off. They were a blur. Shots we missed in Mannheim wednesday we were making today said Snoddy. We concentrated on offence More. We were More intense. We were up at one Lime by 20 that 20-Poinl Lead came Al 16 02 of the second half when Taylor drove inc Lane for a Layup and a 50-30 score. Mannheim boosted inc Lead to 21 when guard Donna Jenning hit Forward germanic Sanders in the paint for a Layup and a 57-36 Lead. And the visitors bettered that by going up by 22, 62-40, when Taylor completed a three Point ploy after being fouled by Carlo leu at 11 44. Maim mounted a steady comeback and by 9 59 Cut the deficit to 64-48 with an in foot jumper by Kecia Thomas. But. That s were it ended. Jennings canned a turn around jumper fora 70-49 Lead. Mainz was history. Jennings finished with 14 Points and Johnson had 11. Maine s Miller Price and Carle Lett each had 16. Thomas netted 14 and Saundra Weathers added 10
