European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 16, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 bal he i of he be Hub   by Wurzburg Karl lady rattlers sweep to title sports Usa eur basketball championship rywalt Morrissette staff writer Wurzburg West Germany the fans in the standing room Only crowd Here did t want to see a third game in the Usa eur women s basketball final they Gat their wish  Wiir Burg beat inc Mannheim lady musings 86-72. To win their third Usa eur championship in four years the lady rattlers were running and Tracy Taylor s Effort kept the. Midlands in the game for about is minutes. Wiir Burg took control of the game Wilh a 20-4 out burst from that Point Wurzburg led Only 14-1 l. By the Lime Mitchell Jefferson hit a Man around Lumper in the Lane Wilh .4 13 left the lady rattlers had a 34-15 Lead. The Rali lers led 39-20 at the half and Taylor led a couple of charges in the second half bin the Mustangs could t get any closer than id Points the rattlers hit 30 of 61 49 percent from the Field and were deadly from the line 26 of 34. The Mustangs Hil Only x of 36 shots in Lite first half 22 percent. J2 for b7."f�r the game 37 percent. They also missed 15 of 22foujshois. A cannae i an Pierrc led the champions with 23points and 111 rebounds. Patricia Jean had 16 Point Sand nine rebounds. Velma Dampier had 5and Angi Cronck added 12. Jefferson and Virenda Taylor had six  -.". -.-. Taylor led All scorers with 30"Points. She also. Grabbed 13 boards. To am Griffin and shunt Etca son added 12 Points each. We Diin l want a third game Coachi mpniqiii1omni said after the game. We had been playing Well since we loss to Stuttgart in the vhf corps tour Vantent ican l believe ii. I m Happy we Wun it  were All by pal. Fut the game Roicy said to. Knew we weren t going to a third  this was revenge for us Jefferson said they beat us Iri the tournament last  we Pia cd so., much More together this car. Last year Jean Ron Yand up got All in hype. This year we know we have ii Good players and we All get credit for our contributions n Mailer How  Lay Lor had a reason for her All out Effort. I wanted to win she said. I was Here last year when we lost to main in the finals. This is my third and last  Jean who placed on the 87 Usa Keur championship Miguad wild the 89 team is much belter we have More shooters and More height than in 87." the Vivory ends a Long postseason March for the new champs after cruising through the Vii corps regular season Wuh a 9-1 record Wilra Burg won the Vii corps title b eliminating Stuttgart in the championship game. Nem came v corps Champion Frankfurt in the Usa eur semifinal. The. Lady.  grounded the Falcon tics in two straight names to earn their Slot  final series. Mannheim survived a grueling round Robin tournament to in the 2hi Talcom Lute then eliminate positional Winner Heidelberg 10 get to the final Wii Buff took the series opener at Mannheim 81 73 to up As record to 14-2. Mannheim dropped to 16-3 with that loss and finishes at 16-4. Tiny Russell puts up u shot out Man in Peoples win pacers Enof men s series byte Boivin staff writer Wiesbaden West Germany Lowe and behold Karlsruhe lives Larry Lowe led five pacers in double figures with 18 Points As Karlsruhe whipped the Wiesbaden eagles 90-75 saturday to lie the bust of three Usa eur men s basketball championship at one game apiece. The two teams will face off at 2 . Sunday to decide the Usa eur title but the eagles do not expect to have Alt army Star Troy Russell on the court i can feel the Tendon aching now and i Don t think i la be Able to go at anything but 65 percent Tomor Row Russell said. Thai much would be More than what the rest of he eagles except Lamar Oden Mcd to give out in the second half saturday. And when  Back in it looked like Odin and them of out there for the eagles. Odin had 13 Points in the second half but the rest of the eagles were flying in a lower Altitude about ground level. Russell went out after turning his ankh a in the first half and tried to return but this Eagle was winged too bad to be anything hut a minus for Wiesbaden when he. Came Back in the second half. The score was tied seven times and there were nine Lead changes before Russell came Back into the game Wilh the eagles trailing d j-59. Lul the pacers out scored the eagles16-5  Ted by 0 the rest of the Way to even the series. -. "1 though it would give the team an emotional lift with him coming Back  Wiesbaden coach Luther Jefferson  he could t go and that might. Have hurl us worse than if we had kept him out hut Karlsruhe. Proved it could slay with the eagles before Russell went Down and it was Lowe cutting through inc Tanc Down Low who was the proof of the pacers pudding. Lowe hit six if seven shots in the game and drove the. Lane on the eagles vaunted zone defense to Pace the pacers.  you hash in and it All depends on if the guards Sec you Lowe said. His guards saw him and Lowe skied High against the taller and brainier Eagle frontline for his Points. ,. ?  play Good defense but they Only play zone Lowe said with a hint of disapproval in his voice. And the Wiesbaden one could not Slop lows or Ivy Coble is Points or Robert Eslos 15points or the Power of the Peoples. Man in Peoples 14 mints Edward Wright was the other pacer in double figures with 12. People think we re a one person team with Eitts the Only Guy who can score Lowe said. But we be come a Long Way. We be stuck together and you can underestimate a team ii does i matter if they Are 0 one person who does t underestimate Karlsruhe i Jefferson who said i think they wanted it More. In the first half i thought we May have wanted it but in the second half we could t score a bucket could t gel the Loose Ball they got All of the Loose Ballan Degot away from our game  the eagles had the tables turned on them. The wanted to gel the Hall Down Low but could t do it with an offence that seemed to has shackles on its feel inthe second half. Oden was the Only Eagle who seemed to play As if he warned to win in the second half. Everything is serious with it 6-foot-7 Forward from his High fives to his jump shots to his rebounding. He Ted the eagles with 24 Points and 10 rebounds but Hosea Mcquilla was the Only other Eagle in double figures Wilh 16, and he sea pacers on Page 23