European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday february 1989 Hahn survives Aviano rally by Walt Morrissett staff writer Torrejon a Spain Aviano almost pulled Toff. The eagles nearly grounded the Hahn Hawks flight toward its first Safe basketball title in 17 seasons. Hahn took a 20-Point second half Lead then with stood a furious Aviano rally to survive 84-81 tuesday and Clinch a berth in the Safe men s basketball championship game. Hahn 5-0 will play we Brucken which finished round Robin play at 4-1 by beating 0-5 san Vito 55-38 tuesday. The championship game starts at 6 . Wednesday. In other games Chicksands held off Greenham common 1-4 and dumped Aviano 2-3and Hahn beat Greenham 131-100. Derek major s reverse Layup gave Hahn a 67-47 Lead Over Aviano with 9 10 left. Then the eagles came Back. Michael Malone s three Pointer capped a 21-9 run and Cut Aviano s deficit to 76-68. Hahn coach Mel Mungin called timeout but Aviano kept on coming. Malone s steal and drive Cut the Gap to 76-70 at3 50. Brady Odum s Layup at 3 20 made it 76-72. Melvin Kinnebrew fouled out on Glen Hixen Baugh s drive to the Basket at 2 57. Hixenbaugh Sank both free throws for a 78-72 Hahn Lead. Mike Owens Hixenbaugh and then Owens covered l-of-2 free throw attempts. Major scored inside to make it 83-72with 1 59 left and Send the lunch time crowd heading for the exits. They missed Aviano s 50-second 8-1 run. Malone Safe men s basketball put in an offensive rebound with 18 seconds left tomake it 84-80. Malone was fouled while shooting a three Pointer with 02 left. He made the first shot to make it 84-81. He shot the second free throw against the  a mad scramble Aviano s Saul Jackson picked up the Ball at the three Point Circle but the Buzzer went off As he went up for the three Pointer. Jackson s shot hit nothing but net meaning Avi Ano missed overtime by a split second. Owens led Hahn with 27 Points and five  Walton had 13 and Strong j 0. Malone led Aviano with 19 Points followed by Odom with 16 and a game High 15 rebounds. Darryl Ferguson scored 14, Kinnebrew 11 and William Porter 10. Hahn 131, Greenham common 100 Hahn c9tnpleted a 5-0 sweep through the round Robin by winning this shootout. Dobie Strong pumped in 32 Points and Owens had21 Points and 18 rebounds. The Hawks scored at will off the fast break stretch ing a 56-45 halftime Lead to 102-82 with 6 21 left. Bradshaw and major had 13 Points each Terence Johnson and Alex plumber had 12, Todd Childs 11 and Glen Hixenbaugh dished out nine assists. Despite clinching first place already Hahn found this game critical. If the Hawks had lost and finished in a 4-1 tie with we Brucken wednesday night championship game would have been for All the mar Bles. But under the rules of this tournament an undefeated finalist gets an if necessary game if it loses the 6 . Game. That s we Brucken s task wednesday. I told my Guys we be got a game to win wednes Day Hahn coach Mel Mungin said. The championship is ours for the taking. There s no one Here that going to beat us  he explained the unexpected close game with Avi Ano by saying we could t make free throws 17 out of 32." they also missed the front of four 1-and-Isin the last two minutes. We Brucken 55, san Vito 38 the warriors clinched their championship rematch with Hahn by overcoming san Vito s slowdown game. San Vito the walking wounded of the tournament Down shifted a bit after losing four straight High scoring affairs. The crusaders used most of the 45-second shot clock on nearly every Possession then fed the Ball inside to their Best and Healthiest player Herbert Bow Man. The warriors led by Only 22-17 at the half. But the crusaders scored Only one free throw in the next nine minutes while the warriors cruised to a 34 18 Lead. We Brucken led 40-25 with 6 11 left. Doug Moore scored 15 Points to Lead we Brucken and Darryl Reeves had 12 including three 3-pointers. Tony Hicks grabbed seven rebounds but was held to Only four Points 22 below his tournament average. Chicksands 105, Greenham common 95 the Chicks blew an 18-Point Lead in the first half but Jerry Winston s 15-footer started an 8-0 second half run that gave Chicksands the Lead for Good. Chicksands 83, Aviano 74 Andre Mcclendon scored a Layup and Rob Martin Sank two free throws in the last two minutes to help the Chicks improve to 3-2 and drop the eagles to 2-3 inthe last game of the Safe round Robin. College from Page 21 17 Points As did cookie Blaylock for the sooner. Victor Alexander had 19 and Mark Baugh added 17 for the cyclones. No. 9 Syracuse 85, no. 11 Seton Hall 79 East Rutherford . Sher Man Douglas scored 28 Points and Syra Cuse built a big Lead and then held off furious rally to beat Seton Hall giving the orangemen their seventh consecutive 20-game winning season. Stephen Thompson added 23 Points a Syracuse 20-4, won its sixth straight this season and 17th in a Row Over Seton Hall,19-4. It also tied the orangemen and pirates for second place in the big East with 6-4 Marks three games behind George town. Douglas who became the fourth orangemen to score 1,800 career Points was the catalyst for Syracuse which made 16 of 22 shots in the second half and finished the game at 61.5 percent from the Field. When Seton Hall opened the Gam with a 14-8 run Douglas scored 10 Points in a 23-8 counter spurt to put the orangemen ahead 29-24. He added the final five Points of the half for a 42-36lead and then ignited and capped a 23-13 run at the Start of the second half that gave Syracuse a seemingly comfortable 65-49 Lead with 13 41 to go. Seton Hall played with an injured John Morton but got a career High 24 Points from Ramon Ramos. Derrick Coleman had 13 Points and 10 rebounds for Syracuse which beat Seton Hall for the second time this sea son. No. 16 Ohio St. 70, Purdue 58 Columbus Ohio Jay Burso scored 26 Points and Ohio state beat Purdue in a fight marred big ten con Ference game. Ohio state 16-5 Overall and 5-3,moved into a four Way tie for second place in the league behind Indiana. Pur due dropped to 10-12 and 3-6. Ohio state broke open a physical an close game Midway through the second half soon after a fight broke out. Pur due s Kip Jones and Grady Mateen of Ohio state were ejected from the game atthe 11 59 Mark of the second half for trading elbows and then punches wit Ohio state leading 41-36. Jerry Francis who finished with 15points, hit a driving Basket at the 10 58 Mark to give Ohio state a 45-39 Lead an touch off a 12-2 run. Francis Field goal ended a string of 13 straight misses fro the Field for the buckeyes. Ryan Berning had 16 Points and Stev Scheffler 13 for Purdue. Burson hit double figures for the 33rdstraight game. Francis started his 114th consecutive game tying an Ohio stat record. Virginia 78, no. 20 Georgia tech 71 Charlottesville a. Rich Ard Morgan scored 23 Points and Virginia continued its Home hex Over Atlantic coast conference teams by beating Georgia tech. Virginia which routed highly ranked North Carolina and North Carolinas ate at Home earlier this season is tied with those teams for the league Lead at 5 2. The Cavaliers Are 13-6 Overall after their sixth straight Victory. Brent Dabbs scored 17 Points an Bryant Stith had 16 for Virginia. Georgia tech which fell to 14-7 and4-3, was led by Tom Hammonds with 23 Points. Brian Oliver added 19. No. 19 univ 77, us Santa Barbara 61 Las vegas Nev. David Butler scored 21 Points and Greg Anthony added 19 As Nevada Las vegas ended its firs two game losing Streak since 1984. The Runnin rebels Are 15-5 and 10-1 in the big West. Santa Barbara fell to 15-4 and 6 4. Florida am 2, Morgan St. 0 forfeit Tallahassee Fla. Florida a was awarded a 2-0 forfeit Over Morgan state when bears coach Nat Frazier re fused to leave the gymnasium after being ejected from the game. Frazier was called for his third technical foul and ejected for arguing Calls at 15 40 of the second half when Morgan state led the mid Eastern athletic conference game 42 a i but instead of leaving the gym Frazier took a seat in the seventh Row of the stands. Officials refused to resume play until the coach left the gymnasium. After giving him several More chances the officials awarded a forfeit to Florida am. I thought the officiating was Lousy Frazier said after the game. They either did t know the rules or overlooked the rules. The films will verify what i  Syracuse s Sherman Douglas is fouled by a falling Pokey Wigington of Seton Hall