European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars aft stripes sunday february 3,1991 conflict engulfs middies Annapolis my. A the seniors on Navy a basketball team have More on their minds than jump shots and zone defences. A there a a War going on and some of their friends who used to shoot basketballs Are shooting guns. While the persian Gulf War has been a distraction it also has made Many players realize that wins and losses on the basketball court really Arentt All that important. A we talk about the War constantly and worry about what a going to happen to us after graduation a senior guard Erik Harris said. A something like this certainly puts everything in its proper  several sex Navy players including Vernon Butler and Cliff Rees Are stationed in the Gulf. Butler is the schools second All time scorer behind David Robinson and Rees played with Robinson on the Navy team that took a 26-6 record into the 1987 Mcaa tournament. Navy officials would not say where in the Gulf the two Are stationed. Harris and other seniors done to have to worry about being sent to saudi Arabia immediately after graduation but they know their futures could turn out to Mirror the lives of Butler and a Rees a Quot. V a. A no one knows How Long this War will Goon a Harris said. Still be said during the midshipmen a skid of six losses in seven games a my competitive spirit Hasni to changed at  _ _ _ Erik Harris a we. Worry about what a going to happen to us after  jackets Button up Maryland Atlanta a Georgia tech gave coach Bobby Cremins one Good half of basketball Friday night but it was enough. The 23rd-ranked yellow jackets used an Early f8-0 run to take control in an 80-65 Atlantic coast conference Victory Over Maryland. It was fridays Only top 25 game. A i was really excited about the first half and 1 wish we could have kept it going a Cremins said. A we got complacent. They kept on playing hard they never gave up and they got Back into the  Jon Barry and Bryan Hill each scored five Points in the Early run that gave the jackets an 18-2 Lead one they stretched to 25 Points in the opening half. But tech shot Only 33 percent in the second half allowing the terms to chop into the Lead. Tech stretched its Lead to 25-4 less than eight minutes into the game led by 25 at halftime and coasted to Victory. The terms 12-8 Overall 2-5 acc got within 13 Points three times in the second half first at 61-48 on a Basket by Kevin Mclinton with 6 08 remaining. Kenny Anderson scored 19 Points to Lead tech 13-6, 5-3but he had no Points in the 18-0 run that started after Maryland a Matt Roe had scored the first Basket of the game. Roe led Maryland with 25 Points 18 of them coming in the second half. It was techs fifth Victory in a Row in the series with Maryland and its 15th in the last 16 meetings Between the two. Obscurity muffles top guns by Paul Newberry Montgomery Ala apr three of College basketball Stop guns a Al Phonso Ford Bobby Phills and Steve Rogers a Are filing at a collective rate of 93.6 Points per game. But nobody seems to hear them. Nobody that is except Aba scouts who like the freewheeling sound of the Southwest Ern athletic conference. A we would rather see a Guy play an up. Tempo game and not play zone defences a said Marty Blake the leagues director of scouting. A it helps them to be familiar with a pro oriented style of  obviously Ford Phills and Rogers Are Well oriented at Mississippi Valley state Southern University and Alabama state. They Are All shooting guards in the truest. Sense of the term expected to handle the bulk of their teams scoring. Ford ranks second in Mcaa division i with an average of 33.3 Points per game. Phills is third at 31.2 and Rogers is sixth at 29.1. They give the Swap a High scoring Trio that can to be matched a statistically at Leas by any other conference. Take Phills. In Southern a offence he is expected to take the bulk of the outside shots a which come frequently. A we try to get about 93 shots per game a coach Ben Jobe said. A we like to shoot about every eight seconds no More than 10.�?�. The plan appears to be working. Southern is second in the nation with an average of 107 Points per game. Blake said there can be advantages to playing at Small schools. A player who May get lost in the crowd at a North Carolina or Kentucky Geft a Chance to show off. A is to my mind to thinking before every came that once i have the Ball its going to be hard to Stop me a said Phills a 6-Jfoot, 4-Inch senior. A you May get a couple of blocked shots or a couple of Good defensive plays. But once 1 shoot it it has a Good Chance to go in because i shot  Phills has inside help from Center Robert Youngblood another Aba Prospect who is 26th in the nation in scoring at 23.9. But Ford has to handle most of the Load for struggling Mississippi Valley state 7-12. Ford a 6-foot, 3-Inch Sophomore accounts for More than a third of the Delta devils scoring. Rogers May be known for his shooting but his talents make him particularly . The 6-foot, 5-Inch Junior is third in the league in assists 4.6 per game ninth in rebounding 7.7 and second in steals 2.7. San Antonio spurts at s by Hank Kurz or. Map sports writer the san Antonio spurs arc fourth in the Aba standings but they re easily the leagues most adept team at coming from behind when trailing at halftime and after three quarters. _ the spurs trailed after 24 minutes 22 times in their first 42 games and came no other Aba team 1. To. Has even won half the time when trailing after half the time. San Antonio Isnit finished ujan trailing with 12 minutes left  Are 12-10 in those situations.  team is remotely close to .500 under Aich circumstances with Bostons 6-10 .375 the second Best Mark. When leading at the midpoint und three quarters Points the spurs have 18-1 and 19-0 records respectively. A Reggie Williams with Denver after Anba notes stint in san Antonio seems to have rediscovered the touch that deserted him his first three Aba seasons. The former Georgetown Star and no. 4 selection of the . Clippers in 1987 is clicking on 48.6 percent of his Field goal tries 42.9 percent of his 3-Point tries and 83.8 percent of his foul shots. Thais after entering the season with career Marks of-40 percent from the Field 24.6 percent from downtown and 75 percent from the foul line. Williams was shooting Well in san Antonio Early this season but was waived on Christmas Day after which teams were obliged to pay All players that had been on. Their rosters since opening Day. While Williams continues on the comeback Trail to Kimble seems Likely to spend a Good portion of the second half on the clippers Bench especially now that Ron Harper is Back. Kimble chosen with the eighth pick this year made Only 38.9 percent from the Field in his first 41 games and was being spotted even before Harper returned with 36 Points in his first 43 minutes of action. A j Aba teams impressed with the production other teams Are getting from Continental basketball association Cal Lups have increased their monitoring of the developmental league. A record 36 Aba scouts representing 25 of the 27 teams turned iut for the Cuba All Star game at Cedar rapids last saturday. That was despite poor weather that closed tie Airport for part of Friday morning. One of the most recent Eye opening Cuba pickups is Henry James of Cleveland a 6-foot-9 Forward who failed to make the Cavaliers in training Camp but has emerged As a solid scorer since , them. A James fio played  last season began this season with Wichita Falls of the Cuba. He was summoned to a eve it land on dec. 31, with the injury riddled Cavaliers two thirds of the Way through a Streak that saw them lose 17 of 18 games. Cleveland continued to lose after adding James dropping seven in a Row but he did More Jinn the cars could have hoped for. After debuting with 2 Points against Phoenix James had successive games of 13, 25, 21, 14, 14, 10 and 14 for an average of 15.9. For the season he is averaging 10 Points with a High 25 at Chicago on Jan. 5 that is fourth highest among the 15 players to have worn Cavaliers uniforms this season. James is one of 46 former Cuba players currently on an Aba roster