European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 26,1990 the stars and stripes a Page 17 Basket bust in Over . 92-85 Alonzo mourning puts one up against soviet Center Dmitri Sumarev on tuesday by Jim of Connell a basketball writer Seattle a nothing was the same from the last .-soviet basketball game except Valeri Tikhon Enko and the result. The soviet Union beat the United states 92-85 tuesday night in the Goodwill games for its second straight Victory Over a . Team in a major International Competition. The last one came in the 1988 olympic semifinals. In that game Tikhon Enko the Only player from either country to play in both games had just three Points As a Reserve. He had 30 on tuesday night As the soviets went outside for the qualifying round win. They made eight of 15 three Point attempts to Only 3 of 13 for the United states. That made the americans 3 for 23 in its two outings at the Goodwill games. A the soviets played an outstanding game and Tikhon Enko was fantastic but we knew that going in a said . Coach Mike Krzyzewski. A this three Point shooting spread us out and that has been the strength of the soviet Union and its style of  the soviets did the same thing in Seoul on the Way to the Gold medal when the . Settled for Bronze. A i think the americans concentrate More on two Points instead of three that a Why we won today. The win today was important but not As important As the olympic win a said the 6-foot-9 Tikhon Enko who was 5 for 9 from three Point Range. A this team is very Young still developing and that a Why the win was very  it also made the soviet Union 2-0 entering wednesdays final qualifying round game against wingless puerto Rico the United states and Italy also were to play on wednesday with a berth in the medal round at stake. A your biggest game is against Italy a Krzyzewski said. A the object of the first three games is to get into the semifinals. In the semifinals everyone starts 0-0.�?� they do but it will be difficult for the United states to shake the Tough opener with puerto Rico i 00-94, or the loss to the soviets. The United states closed to 64-62 with 11 09 to play on four straight Points by Billy Owens. But Tikhon Enko who had 26 in the soviets opening win Over Italy then scored All the soviet Points in an 8-2 run. He scored on a three Point play nailed a 3-Pointer and then hit a Short jumper As the soviets moved ahead to 72-64 with 8 54 left. The United states stayed cold from the Field and the soviets led 83-71 with 5 02 left. Krzyzewski tried a number of combinations but the inexperienced soviet guards handled the pressure. It was never close in the last few minutes. A their three Point shots were deflating for us a Krzyzewski said. A we would make a run and they would make a really big three Point shot. That s the sign of a mature Good basketball team. A i did t think our kids played that badly but we had a hard time scoring. Our jump shots were Short but we never got anxious about it. At times i thought we played  soviet coach Valdas Atastas admitted he looked at the United states As a weak outside shooting team. He left it at that. A we had a certain tactic for this game but i can to Tell you because we May meet them again a he said. Arkansas Lee Mayberry missed All five of his three Point attempts in an Overall 0-for-6 Effort from the Field a i just did no to Knock Down the shots a Mayberry said. Krzyzewski interrupted him and said �?o1 want him to take those same shots  Alonzo mourning who was ejected against puerto Rico for fighting led the United states with 20 Points and 14 rebounds. His four blocked shots in the first half seemed to turn the tide in his teams favor. It was Short lived however. The soviets turned a 45-42 halftime deficit into a Quick Lead with a 6-0 run to Start the half. The United states never Jed , Sanders extend . Swimming Success by John Nelson Seattle apr if basketball was another blow Tor the United states at the Goodwill games America s Pride Rode High on the Waves of swimmers Matt Biondi and summer Sanders. Biondi won two More Gold medals giving him four Tor the games and Sanders won her third. Dave Wharton also won a . Swimming Gold As american muscle continued to assert itself in the water tuesday. Biondi who won five Gold medals at the Seoul olympics in 1988, claimed his third and fourth of these games in the menus 100-meter freestyle and 400-meter Medley relay. He already had won Gold medals in the 50-meter freestyle and the 400 freestyle relay. Men was 49.02 seconds Well off his orld Mark of 48.42. Biondi holds the eight fastest times Ever in this event. He used that Speed a Little later in the evening. Bion mood Wilt Roundup i swam the freestyle Anchor of the Medley relay. He started out four to five meters behind the soviets but won at the finish in 3 40.97. The soviets had 3 41.26. Wharton who won a Gold medal in the 400 individual Medley in a rare dead heat two Days before won his second race in another near dead heat. He beat . Teammate Ron Karnaugh by .09 second in the 200 individual Medley. Sanders meanwhile capped what became a . Women a rout in the Pool with an easy Victory in the 200-meter Butterfly giving the 17-year-old californian Elliree Gold medals. . Women won 9 of 13 individual swimming medals. Related Story on Page 19. Her time was 2 09.46, making her the fifth fastest swimmer Ever in the event track and Field Michael Johnson the fastest Man in the world this year at 200 meters led All the Way in his first major International meet. He finished in 20.54 running into a Strong headwind. Dan o Brien runner up in the nationals took a 218-Point Lead after four events of the decathlon. The rapidly improving of Brien coming off his career Best of a wind aided 8,483 Points built his advantage in the 100 meters 10.99long jump 25 feet 11 h inches shot put 49-9 and High jump 6-9 team handball the . Team beat Japan 23-22 to finish the preliminary round with a 1-1-1 record Good for second place behind the soviet Union in group  sports radio baseball a Philadelphia at Pittsburgh 1 30 am. Friday