European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 7,1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21aec basketball to sem sweep by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Wiesbaden a Germany a the eagles have landed. That s the Wiesbaden eagles and they be landed in the army european championship series after watching last years series from the bleachers. Lamar Oden engraved the invitation with a 23-Point explosion and Eddie Tucker added 17 As Wiesbaden trounced the Vii corps Champion Stuttgart stallions 83-65 in the dec semifinals saturday sweeping the three game series 2-0. A i remember �?T89 and �?T90, but i want to forget it a Oden said referring to Wiesbaden s loss to Karlsruhe in the then usar eur championships in 1989 and losing in the v corps finals to dec runner up Baum older last season. A we want to concentrate on this year and win it Oden led Wiesbaden a Banshee press Early in the first half that stumped the stallions into oblivion. With the press tripping up Stuttgart and the stallions own Swiss Choc be styled defense the eagles look a 42-32 halftime Lead. A we went Down there the other night and said Stuttgart a guards weren to that Good Quot eagles coach Luther Jefferson said. A they looked like they lacked Confidence. 1 done to think they be had pressure like a that before a. Stuttgart hit its first shot of the second half then hit nothing but air in its next eight attempts. While Stuttgart stumbled Wiesbaden went on a nine Point shooting spree to open a 52-35 Lead Early in the half. Harry Lyons kept the stallions barely alive with a Lay in and a free throw to Cut the Gap to 54-38, but he was assessed his fourth personal foul Midway through the half and played cautiously the rest of the Way. Lyons made his curtain Call with less then two minutes left when he was nailed with a. Technical foul for a saying something 1 have still Lyons led stallion shooters with 19 Points. Cedric How list was Stuttgart a second leading scorer with 10 Points despite missing seven of his first shots in the second half a basically they look us out of our game a Lyons said. A a we were looking for the press we were prepared for the press but we just did no to have what it took to break it. It Wasny their defense. We just make Wiesbaden Wasny to without its problems. Three Point Sharpshooter Howard Mack missed his first five attempts before nailing a jumper outside the key. Troy a the Joy Russell a teammate of Odens on that 89 team was less than a Joy to Wiesbaden a fans. He would have won any Bart Simpson a underachiever of the week award hands Down. As flashy and dynamic As his a bal handling. Was during the game and his deliverance of a thundering Olarti Dunk Early in the first half Russell was ineffective and often a hindrance to Wiesbaden a explosive offence. Russell finished the game with 9 Points but hit on Only 3 of 11 during the game. Rather than joining Wiesbaden s Complex passing network Russell often decided to go in for the kill but was met with a swarm of Rcd Jer Seyed Stuttgart defenders. Still Jefferson stuck by his Pride and Joy. A the can do almost anything he wants with a basketball and basketball court. Troyes dedicated a lot of stamina. Yeah he had an off game but Oden Only had 12 the other night and look at him today in a not worried. We re a Good team and we re 12 deep on our Bench. We can take Troy Oden muck out and put anyone else like Eddie Tucker. Tucker screamed through the first half hitting 5 of 6 from the Field finishing the game with 17 Points. A a in a still proud of these Guys a Stuttgart coach Steve Richardson said. A a we went through this season with 14 different starting lineups and used 35 different players because of deployments. And to make it this far with that is an a town goes on in of a a a. A a a a a. A. A a. A amps Dave did Stuttgart a Dan Carrera chalks up a Board on saturday Kaiserslautern get Many a Linzy Stovall came up big on both ends of the floor in overtime to put Kaiserslautern into the dec final series with a 94-91 Victory Over Berlin with the score tied at 91 in the extra Frame Stovall came up with a big Block to keep Kaiserslautern even grabbed the Loose Ball got fouled and hit both ends of the one and one to put his team up for Good. Stovall a heroics gave Kaiserslautern a 2-0 sweep of the semifinal series and the Host Slot at Kleber Cavern for wednesdays 7 . Opener in the dec finals. Stovall also negated Michael Dingle a bid at the heroes role with Berlin trailing 88-85, Dingle hit a Trey with 4 seconds to play that forced the overtime. Dingle finished with 17 Points. Mark Bullock paced Kaiserslautern with 20 Points and 10 assists Donald Robinson had 18. Game honors however went to berlins Bobby Goodin who finished with 24.Heidelberg, Karlsruhe earn finals berths by Buck Fox staff writer Heidelberg Germany the Heidelberg lady generals pulled rank on Stuttgart saturday. They also pulled height and Speed and roster size while whipping the lady stallions 86-57 to Complete a two game sweep of their army european championship semifinal series. V. The generals will March their. Five Star act against. Karlsruhe which downed Hanau in two straight to decide the championship. The Best of three finals open at 7 . Wednesday in Heidelberg a Home gym at a where else a Patton Barracks. The generals played As if Patton were Yelling from the Bench saturday. The noise actually came from assistant coach Reginald Miller who ordered a full court press that flattened the stallions. When the generals weren to stealing everything but the Stuttgart sneakers they were dishing to their Skyline. The biggest Points came from big women �?22 from 6-foot-6 Mary Berryhill and 14 from 6-2 Clestine Harley. V. A a a a _ Harley motored under the bucket for a game High 12women�?Ts semifinals rebounds and three blocked Berryhill erupted from a l-for-7 first half to can 10 of 14 shots in the final 20 minutes she also grabbed six rebounds and blocked three shots. All that from a woman who did no to Start. Berryhill credited her second half makeup Call to a my concentration. When you have your head in the game your intensity is up.�?�. Her army hitch will be up in August. The specialist plans to return to her Hometown school Florida state where she played from 1985 to �?T87. When Berryhill sat 6-3 Amy Kamphuis came in. Heidelberg also threw in 6-1 Yvette Macklin making this team perhaps the tallest in Usa eur women a basketball history. The generals complemented their height with Swift guards Deonna Jennings who scored 10 Points and Karen Bryant who hit nine. Their Speed ran figure eights around the stallions who countered with two threats Cynthia Jackson a 6-2 Center who had 27 Points six rebounds and nine blocks and Forward Tammy Sanders who muscled in for 12 Points and seven boards. Stuttgart a problem was its roster. What was left of it. The. Stallions suited up six players. That did t include Melody Bland their leading scorer in wednesdays game 1 loss. _ Stuttgart coach Kenneth Dinkins said Bland get off work. As for the other absentees Dinkins said a few quit after the game 1 loss. Karlsruhe 69, Hanau 66 Karlsruhe Germany a the lady pacers who beat Heidelberg during the season will get a Chance to do it again thanks to a 26-Point Effort by Janice Johnson and some second half defense and Ball control. Hanau which led 36-28 at halftime ran into a a revitalized and More patient Karlsruhe Souad after intermission and saw a game Long Lead finally dissipate with under 3 minutes when Johnson hit a bucket to forge a 58-58 tie. Debbie Richertt put the lady pacers in front for later. Rhea Howard added 19 Points for the winners Hanau was led by Brenda Hairston with 19. A a a. A. A a a
