European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Friday March 31,1989 trounces Yugoslavia 88-63 defense keys 4th Victory in Schweitzer tournament Ruben Abrams prep sports editor Mannheim West Germany the offence was t so or cts but inc defens Ewas very effective. The , All stars Rode that defense. Hal Pesky harassing defense in their fourth straight Victory in he 15th Albert Schweitzer basketball tournament humbling Yugoslavia 88-63 in the first Cross group Competition. The americans won group 15 and inc yugoslavs finished second in group a the . Was paired against croup b. Champion Greece thursday night. Defensively we met our goal tonight  we Orre kind of  Roach Dick Mccann said after the Victory. We 5et 65 Points  maximum we. Wanted to allow that team and we Hel them to 63. On offence we weren t mov ing the Ball like we should have been especially in the first Hilf. I think the Day off tuesday hurl us More than it help eco. We were jus going through inc motions out there a Good Deal of the time to an Mustin Del i around Yuros Laua s torus or me in u tent a Dux action. In that first half,.the americans trailed on a once Jit 10-s, Hilt they never could come up with any kind of a sustained drive As the yugoslavs Hung in close. The . Opened up a 26-16 Gap and appeared to be shaking their lethargy but Yugoslavia Cut its deficit to 32-29 before the defending champions score Don a drive in by Thomas Hill a Dunk by Calvin Byrd and a 12-Foolet by Hill la closeout the Hal ahead 38-29, Tomas Cizmic got a Yugo Basket 10 Start the second half bul the . Sud Denly got into offensive drive and ran off a Ifil Streak to put the game out of reach. Jeff Webster ignited the surge with a two handed. Dune Conrad Mcrae Fol Lowed with a rebound slam and Byrd finished the spurt with iwo More crowd pleasing shims. Franjo Nakic  Basket for Yugo Slavia to break the . Domination Andoci the deficit Back Down to 20 Points. But Zan Mason Gol hot at that juncture and scored 8 of the next id american Points the . Ran its advantage to a com manding 78-41 with 6 29 left before you fio Slavia Cut into that margin with a 12 10. Spree against american reserves. The ., however was in no danger of blowing the game As it notched its 57th win in 60  1973 to stayin stride for its third straight title and its seventh in the last nine meets Byrd Wii i six dunks among his eight Field goals led the . Scoring Contin gent with 22 Points. Mason finished with 16 and Hill and Shauh Gosdin notched 13 apiece. Hill who enjoyed an s-for-8 Field Goa night in the  Victory Over West Ger Many b monday night ran his string to 12 straight by popping in his first tour against the yugoslavs. He finished with 5 of 7 for the game. Golden Atio was5 for 7, Mason went 8 for 11 and Byrd was 8 for 13 As the .connected on .16 of 68" from the Field however for inc first Lime in the tournament the . Did t have a the acc Poi goal All night. Yugoslavia meanwhile managed 19 baskets on just 49. Shots. The . De fenders forced the yugoslavs into 15turnovers, and Many of those 49 shots were taken under pressure As Hill. Byrd Paul Johnson and Golden applied the pressure. Mcrae Byrd Mason and Jeff Webster controlled the boards. Nikko Lorica and i Mic notched 11points apiece to Pace Yugoslavia. Each included a three Pointer among his Field goals. Indiana s Edwards will opt for Aba skip last 2-y ears Bloom Jungton and. A the big ten player of the year told to University wednesday he is passing up his finn two years of eligibility to make Lii Msall available for Themla draft. He fell he had nothing More to accomplish assistant athletic director Steve Downing said. The 6-foot-4 sophomon1, a second to com All american. Averaged 20 Points a game and led the 1 lookers to inc big ten title the Only other Indiana underclassman t to fave Early to play professional basketball during. Hub Knight s 8 years As coach was Siah Thorn-2 As he departed Milsht years ago after leading Indiana to the second of us three Mcaa Criam Pion ships under Knight. A George Mcginnis also Eft Indiana after his Sophomore season a year before Knight became coach. Knight in a  by the sport information Ottice Jaid " wish Jay the very hut and Hope his decision works out Well for  to Ards Tjio also was Hie big ten freshman of the Yeu in 1988, had u two Jear average of about 1 8 Points a game Jay Lold me Toda he is going to the. Naan Dippl for hardship Downing said in a pre pared statement. He fell he had nothing More to occur Ripish i Indiana he said with his player of the year Honor in the big ten he would never be any hotter As an Aba Prospect than he ii now patched celts Cool blazers by the associated Prosn Boston Reggie Lewis scored 27-of his 35.Points in the second half As the injury plagued Boston celtics using a Patchwork lineup beat the Portland Trad blazers 106-97 wednesday night. F despite the absence of. Robert Parish arid Kevin Mchale the Ccllins Ionly deficit wa�.2-0 but the hads to hold off o Portland rally Ihal Dit the Lead to 95-92 a Ciuni ring jumper with 3 31 logo began an 11-3 nor that peaked with the score 106-95 As Den Nis Johnso  throws with 20 seconds left. Eds Mckney aria Mil Chetyl his season High of 22 Points made the score 9fji2 with two free throws. Afler portland1 Clyde  a Basket Una Shaw s Layup and 1 Pinckney s free Trow gae Boston a 102-94 Lead with 2 13 remaining. A Portland s Kevin Duckworth Sank a free Tafb Vilh 1 33 to go before Shaw made a Short jumper Givin be celtics a 104-95 advantage Una he remaining. Duek i Worth got Portland s final Basket. Portland which trailed by eight to 20 Points throughout the second and third quarters was led by Jerome Kersey with 19 Points. Terry Porter with 18 and Drexler with 6. The loss was the Trail blazers fifth straight. Lewis had scored a career High 39 Points Topping his previous Best of 34, in tuesday night s 117-1 is overtime loss Al Philadelphia Parish who bad started Alt of the celtics previous 68 games has a bruised left knee. Mchale sat out his third consecutive game with an injury id his right fool. Guard Jim Paxson k out for the season after under going surgery on his right wrist tuesday Larry Bird Hasnal played since having Heel surgery nov. 19 and in t expected Back during the regular season. The celtics Are 11-4 in their last is games after their Aba Roundup sixth consecutive Victory against Portland. Caldy Cal Jones jumper 16 seconds into inc Gam gave Portland its Only Lead 2-p. The celtics got the next 14 Points As Portland tailed to score Tor More than 3 i minutes Boston led by 11 Points after each of the first three periods 32-21, 51-40 and 83-72. The celtics Trail second place Philadelphia by to games in the Aba i Atlantic division Portland s cad Over Dallas in the race for the eighth arid final playoff berth in the Western conference has been trimmed to pne game in other games wednesday pacers96,1tut 89 Indianapolis Indiana s Chuck port who scored 31 Points keyed an by run to open the fourth Quarter and the pacers snapped Miami s  winning Streak. A i inks 120, ballets Jcj Atlanta Domini be Wilkins scored 30 Points and info a Malone 28 for Atlanta. The Hawks nose trailed Bui Muga 23-Point Lead late in the third Quarter and again i Rittu fourth period. Atlanta s Lead staged at 10 or More  Carr hit two free throw with 1 28 left in the so Jed charter for a 59-49 Hawks advantage. In bulls 106, bucfcjl02 Milwaukee Michael jord Wicorek 32 Points including Sis late free throws and led Chicago Over Milwaukee. The Bucks 11-g.tmc Home winning Streak was snapped and the bulls Victory their sixth in a Row left them just 1 games behind third place Milwaukee in the Aba Central division. The Bucks have lost 13 of their lost 14 games to Chicago