European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Zweig monday february 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25kes Aviano Greenham common Hahn a so win openers by Walt Morrissett staff writer Torrejon a Spain it was Aviano s Speed Little Guys versus Wei Brincken s big height advantage in the opener of the 1989 Safe men s basketball championship Here sunday and Speed was ahead for about 32 minutes. But unfortunately for Aviano it was a 40-minutegame. Tony Hicks hit two 3-Point rainbows to Start a 23-5explosion with eight minutes left that allowed the warriors to take an 80-66 Victory from the eagles. Hicks finished with a game High 26 Points with four threes and 14 rebounds. Wei Brincken s height advantage included starter the 6-foot-6 Hicks 6-6 Christopher Middleton and 6-5 Darryl Reeves up front and 6-2 George Vasiloff and 5-11 Dairy Walker in the backcourt. Aviano countered with its fast Little Guys 5-7darryl Ferguson and 5-11 Michael Malone in the Back c9urt and a front one of 6-4 John Livingston and Mel Vin Kinnebrew with 6-5 Brady Odom in the Middle. Aviano s 2-1-2 zone and a trap out front by the guards harassed the warriors into 17 first half turnovers which resulted in Aviano s 38-31 halftime Lead. The eagles took their biggest Lead 12 Points at 45-33,when Malone passed full court to Ferguson for a Layup Hicks hit his first two 3-pointers to Cut into the Lead. The eagles still led 58-51 with 8 00 left  scored 13 unanswered Points Over the next four minutes to take control of the game. Hicks hit his third and fourth 3-Pointer Over the Aviano zone to bring we Brucken Back to within two at 58-56. Wayne Miller s 15-footer tied it at 58. Doug Las Moore took it All the Way in on a pretty scoop move for a 60-58 Lead. Hicks hit four consecutive free throws to make it 64-58. We Brucken made 12 of 15 foul shots in the 23-5run to a 70-63 Lead. Aviano missed the front end of four straight 1-and-is. Aviano came into the game with a reputation for playing a fast game and for hitting the outside shots we Brucken coach skip Thomas said. We were beat ing ourselves in the first half. I told my men at half time that As bad As we played in the first half we were Lucky to be Down by Only seven Points. If we would Stop making the stupid turnovers and Start hitting our shots we would be All right. Safe men s basketball i i Haje a philosophy when you Are ahead the rim looks this big Thomas said while making a Circle with his arms. When you re behind it looks this big " 5? a.T11 a Circle with his Index Finger Andl Hubb , made the rim look smaller in the second half for  it was As Small As a thimble for Aviano  s big charge. Reeves and Moore backed up Hicks with 13 Point apiece and Middleton added 11 Points and seven re Bounds. Ferguson led Aviano with 14, followed by David Palmer with 13, while Livingston and Joe John son scored 10 each. Both teams finished with Low shooting percentages 0 Vivano a / s 26 for 80 32.5 percent and we Brucken was 2tor 77 36.3 percent. The difference was Zweibruck in s 47-percent shooting from 3-Point Range 8 for 17 we never quit Thomas said. We were Down by18 to Ramstein and we beat them in overtime to get into the Csc  we Brucken finished 12-8 in the Csc regular season then won the overtime game with Ramstein to break a fourth place tie in the standings and Advance to the Csc tournament. The warriors went 4-3 in the tournament second to Hahn s 5-1 to Advance to Safe. Thomas an air Force Captain in personnel pulled Alast one to keep his team together for Safe. Hicks Reeves Vasiloff and Moore All extended until april to play in Safe Thomas said. The Mediterranean sports conference does t Havet Raveling teams during the regular season but Aviano went 6-0 in the Mac tournament to Advance to Safe As the league s top seed. The round Robin tournament runs through wednes Day. Sunday s late games matched Greenham com Mon against we Brucken and san Vito against Avi Ano. In other games sunday Greenham common 115, san Vito 97greenham s fundamentals triumphed Over san Vito s Flash in this Battle of the crusaders. Greenham s blistering 65.7 percent Field goal shoot ing 50 for 76 offset san Vito s 65-31 rebounding Edge. Greenham s Superior perimeter shooting and Tea passing game eventually overwhelmed san Vito s fast break dunking exhibition featuring five slam dunks by6-4 Herbert Bowman. San Vito shot 38 percent from the floor making 35 of 90  a game with a deceiving final score Greenham led by Only 94-85 with five minutes remaining before san Vito s defense fell apart. Greenham found men open under the Basket time after time while closing the game with a 21 -12 cruise. Greenham s Paul Harrell led six teammates in Dou ble figures with 24 Points. Terry Adolph had 18. Jesse games and Howard Graves scored 15 each Leo Palmer had 11, and both Danny Street and Edwart Gayton finished with 10.san Vito s Dennis Roberts hauled in a game High 19 rebounds to go with his 18 Points. Rissel Johnson topped his team with 22, followed by Bowman with 20 Points and 12 rebounds. James Little had 16 Points. Hahn 95, Chicksands 92the Hahn Hawks broke up a close game with four minutes left. Leading 71-70, Glen Hixenbaugh assist Don four straight fast breaking slam dunks by 6-8 Vern Bradshaw Ricky Walton and two by Terrance Johnson. Center Mike Owens put in an offensive rebound with 4 24 left for an 81-72 Lead. Bradshaw Sank two free throws with 3 30 to play for an 85-75  led at the half 42-38 and the teams traded leads in the second half with neither team leading by More than five Points until Hahn s 8-0 blast. The Chicks did Cut the Lead to 89-87 with 33 seconds left but Owens responded with a three Point play and Johnson s reverse slam made it 93-87.but Chicksands was not finished yet. After Daniel Terwilliger hit two free throws Jerry Winston hit Athree Pointer with 14 seconds left to Cut the Gap to 93 92. Dobie Strong then hit two free throw with eight seconds left to ice it. Winston s three Point shot glanced off the front of the rim with two seconds left and Terwilliger s followup fell to the left As time ran out. Owens led Hahn with 22 Points. Strong had 14bradshaw 13, Todd Childs 12, Johnson 12, and i Xci Baugh 10 Points with a game High eight , Owens and Walton had nine rebounds apiece. Chicksands Robert Martin led All scorers with 35points. Kevin Fordham had 14 Points and a game High 14 rebounds. Andre Mcclendon and Winston each scored 13. Nil All Star gome features Gretzky 5 Hometown oilers by Ken Rappoport Edmonton Alberta a the Hometown fans will have a league High five players on the ice at the nil All Star game tuesday night. But the biggest cheers will probably be for an out of Towner. Wayne Gretzky will be Back. Gretzky skated in an oilers uniform for 10 years before his Trade to the los Angeles Kings last summer. He has made eight previous appearances in nil All Star Competition All with the oilers. Last october Gretzky returned in regular season game with the Kings and received a Lusty ovation from the Oiler fans some of whom wore Gretzky s no. 99 Jersey. I look Forward to the game Gretzky said. It will be Good to see Alt my intends up  los Angeles left Wing Luc Robitaille and defens Eman Steve Duchense were also voted to the team by the fans giving the Kings half of the Campbell Confer ence starting lineup. The oilers also have three starters with goaltender Grant an sports Radi College basketball Louisville Florida state 2 . Tuesday. At Fuhr defens Eman Kevin Lowe and righting Jari Kerri. Oiler centers Mark Messier and Jimmy Carson were later added to the Campbell conference stars As reserves by Edmonton coach Glen Sather coaching the All stars for the fourth time. Bosto coach Terry o Reilly will coach the Wales for the first time. As for Gretzky he probably would mind approaching his map performance at the 1983 All Star game at the Nassau coliseum in new York when he scored four goals to Lead the Campbell Confer ence to a 9-3 Victory Over the Wales. That was the last time the Campbel conference won under the present for mat which was established in 1975.since then the Wales has won four straight including last year s 6-5 Over time Victory in St. Louis which featured a great performance by Pittsburgh Cente Mario Lemieux. Lemieux had three goals and three assists in a record six Point performance including the game Winner in overtime to give the Wales conference a 10-2 Lead in the series. Only other Victory for the Campbel conference came in 1981 4-1 in los Angeles. Lemieux the nil scoring Leader this season and two time All Star map will once again be the featured player for the Wales conference from his Center Posi Tion. Lemieux was the leading All Star vote getter with 355,419 votes. The rest of the starting team for the Wales conference includes left Wing Mats Naslund of Montreal right Wing caneely of Boston defens Emen Paul Coffey of Pittsburgh and Ray Bourque of Bosto nand goaltender Sean Burke of new Jersey. The Campbell Wales series has been interrupted twice by Competition be tween the nil and soviets in 1979 forthe Challenge cup series and in 1987 for Rendez Vous 87, when two games we replayed in Quebec. Prior to the present system six All Star games were played under an East West format. Before that when the league had Only six teams the game pitted the previous year s Stanley cup champions against a team of All stars composed of the other five. The first official nil a Star Gam took place in Toronto in 1947, resulting in a 4-3 Victory for the All stars Over the Maple Leafs. It is generally regarded As one of the Best games in the series. Before that there were unofficial contests As Early As 1934, mostly Benefit games to raise Money for injured players. For the 40th annual game a sellout crowd of More than 17,000 will be on hand at the oilers rink. The game will also be shown nationally on the nil s television network sports Channel America. Wayne Gretzky returns to Edmonton. In his 9th All Star game