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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, January 5, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 5, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 25 pc v. K. A .,1. I . He. It a a a commentary Lockwood puts Teeth in demons or it wait Morrissette after the Darmstadt demons swept two local Christmas military basketball tournaments i wondered a who Are these Guys a a i found put that they Are a team of Good players working with a great passing system one that frees them for High percentage shots. The demons usually have a different leading scorer each game because of this system. / a 1 Timothy Goss took Home the Kaiserslautern Christmas shootout map trophy after averaging 11 Points 16 rebounds four assists seven steals and three blocks in five games. Herman Manuel Darmstadt a 5-foot-7 Point guard took map honors in the Rhein main. Christmas tournament after leading the demons second half comeback against Mannheim in the championship game. A -. A _ a a a a Terry Musgrave a smooth jump shooting guard who played at Middle Tennessee state in 1987-88 before enlisting hit six straight second half shots against Mannheim. W a and Carl Morrison who came from the fort Carson Colo base team rebounded in Musgraves missed free throw in the final seconds to lock up Darmstadt a 96-92 Victory Over Mannheim in the Rhein main tournament final. As Good As Darmstadt a players Are they trailed 48-41 to Mannheim a Mustangs at halftime sunday thanks to tremendous one on one play by Forward Norman Maynie 14 Points and seven boards in the first _ 12 minutes and guard Glenn Lockwood Mike Grimes. These Guys hit shots with people draped All Over them. But the Mustangs could t play one on one for a full 40 minutes and win. A we just play together that Sall a Goss said in explaining Darmstadt a comeback. A we see our mistakes and we just change  / a. The change they made was to Stop forcing Buncom portable shots. The demons went Back to the passing patterns taught to them by coach Glenn Lockwood. That freed Musgrave for what he called a the same shots 1 hit in  _ although it was Darmstadt a third tournament title in two seasons Lockwood Wasny to totally satisfied with the result. A we were Lazy with our passes in the first half against Mannheim a Lockwood said a sixteen of our 18 first half turnovers were not caused by the defense they wore our mistakes. We Cut them Down to eight in the second half. T f. A i teach them different defensive sets offensive patterns in our first practices. I worked them real hard in tryouts that a where they got conditioned. But we be had trouble getting 10 Guys to come so we can run a full court practice. Sometimes wed get Only five to seven Guys out. Quot a i know we an do better but six full court practices Arentt enough. A. Lockwood is in his first year As Darmstadt s coach. He uses a system he honed while coaching the fort Sill okla., base team against military Junior College naia Mcaa division ii and even a few Mcaa division i schools in five seasons from 1985-86 through 1989-90. His teams compiled season Marks of 34-3,236,58-22,29-18 and 31-15.before then he led finder Barracks to three straight Niernberg Community crowns in 1981, 1982 and 1983. His Niernberg Community team won the setae Christmas tournament championships at Vicenza in �?T82 and san Vito in �?T83, and Madej he 83 Usa eur final four. A in 1989-90, Lockwood and fort Sill played live Mcaa division i schools including the big time a november visit to Birmingham ala., to take on Gene. Bartow sub blazers. A a a the first five minutes Hurt us in the lab game Lockwood said. A your players were in Awe of the situation of playing in front of 4,500 fans a division f school the cheerleaders. Vve fell behind 27-5. A but we Cut it to 14 Points by halftime and to six Points late.�?�. That a when a Abs a 6-8 guard Andrew Kennedy took Over and canned four 3-pointers to help the blazers win 111-92, Lockwood a Gem was 6-4 Melvin Jones who had 39 Points and 17 rebounds against a huge lab front line. Jones had played two years at Florida. Behind Vernon Maxwell. What was Bartow a pos game reaction a the was impressed with our discipline Quot Lockwood said. Army base teams stateside had picked up a reputation for being More interested in arguing with the. Referees and starting fights than playing Good basketball a we watched game films afterwards. A fort Sill went on to beat Oral Roberts 106-95 at Tulsa and lose to Texas Arlington 88-65 at Home. Then on a two game Bayou Binge the canno neers lost 79-75 at Northeast Louisiana but edged Alcorn state 114-109 in of at Lorrian miss. Finally Lockwood bit off More than he could Chew a he invited the a bad a Wichita Falls texans to Sill. A we had four Guys 6-4, they had a 7-footer and five Guys who were with the Dallas Mavericks until the a final Cut a Lockwood said. The texans won 168-118. Eleven of his fort Sill players were offered full four year basketball scholarships a a tradition he plans to continue in Darmstadt. A the coach at fort Hays state was so impressed with my program that he said hell use anybody i Send him a Lockwood said. A i can help my players get scholarships. Herman Manuel i ants a scholarship when he gets out in �?T92. Ill be Able to help him get  Lockwood an army major somehow juggles coaching evening practices  games with dentistry in a clinic strained by personnel shortages because of the Gulf crisis then there a his family life. His wife Maggie manages the Darmstadt Community level sports programs and two gyms Lockwood a Grad of by and the University of Pacific dental school has been doing this juggling act since his residency at fort Sill in 1979-80, a and i  have it any other  that a when he coached his dental team to a 34-1 record in battalion level Competition. The 6-4 Lockwood has been hooked on basketball a Long time. He played for Inglewood High school in California a in the Days before the forum a Lockwood said. A they built the forum Home of the los Angeles. Lakers during my two year Mission to Germany in �?T66-68. Two decades later while Lockwood drills his patients and players these questions surface is Darmstadt really army european championship material Are the demons army air Force series material if Safe and the dec Powers in charge pull it off ? Darmstadt has played Well against army and air Force Competition the past two years. When the do Mons won the 1989 Rhein main tournament it was their first tournament Victory since 1985�?Ts Rhein main event. A -. A the demons got 26 Points from Morrison 19 from Andre Miller and 14 from Manuel to Down Hahn 10492 in the 1990 Rhein main opener despite giving up 41 a amp its to Dobie Strong the Csc a leading scorer who averaging 27 Points a game. The demons also beat Host Rhein main in route to making it Back to Back titles on the rockets parquet floor. How would Darmstadt perform against defending Safe Champion Pitburg remember the Barons Are unbeaten in 48 consecutive games including a 360 Mark last year and 13-0 in the Csc this season. _ record Wise Darmstadt is right up there with bit Burg. The demons Are 32-4 Overall this season and 5-0 in v corps. Baum older is also 5-0 in v corps. A we Haven to played Pitburg yet a Lockwood said a but the Hahn and Rhein main coaches said wed match up pretty Well with them. But George Price bit urge a coach said he wants to play us bad. He heard we match up Well with them  a Lockwood has invited Pitburg to a proposed army air Force classic at Darmstadt on feb. 22-23, which would include a Berlin air Force team and another army team. Price said he wants to play but the invitation is on Quot hold pending wednesdays meeting in Heidelberg Between Safe officials and the army a major commands who run the dec. They will discuss the pro posed army air Force championship series and other interservice Competition possibilities. If Lockwood and Price can pull it off that Pitburg Darmstadt matchup would be the next big game for the demons. A but first things first. The demons visit bad Kreuz Nach on saturday a after the chiefs beat Baum older twice dec. 30 to take the Frankfurt Christmas classic. Then Darm  Jas. A amps l Lynta or. Carl Morrison has Darmstadt rising in army hoops. Hamas a Sas l Emmott Lotta it. Herman Manuel landed pm tourney map honors. Stadt has four games against the 1990 v corps finalists two games with defending v corps Champion Baum older a including a Jan. 12 Date at Darmstadt a and two More with Wiesbaden featuring 6-5 Lamar Oden and 6-3 Troy Russell who is Back As a civilian. Lockwood was upbeat Friday about his teams championship chances. A we had 12 players at practice last night a Lockwood said. A it was our Best practice in quite  Tbs Sian Btij a Wpm  
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