European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december 8,1991 the stars and stripes Page 21 shape basketball Wade s Block saves . Win by Rob Staggenborg staff writer shape Belgium a when push came to shove 6-foot-6 Center Barton Wade slapped one for old glory. Waders Block of Jean Luc Selickis jumper with 54 seconds left helped preserve the .�?Ts 81-77 Victory Friday night Over Belgium in the semifinals of the shape International military basketball tournament. The Victory put the . Into saturday nights final against Italy for the seventh time at shape. The ., which finished fourth last year has won 18 titles since play began in i960 a with the last title coming in 1989. Italy has won 11, including the 1988 and 1990 championships. With the . Clinging to a 79-77 Lead Wade swatted Selickis jumper out of the paint and As the . Went to the stall Lamar Oden was fouled and Sank a pair of free throws to ice the Victory. A this whole tournament i ainu to done much really a Wade said �?o1 told my teammates i had to Rise to the occasion. In a Here to win the Gold and i know i have to play the Best Ball i a the was up for this game All Day a Oden said of his slumping teammate a any player that a getting pulled in and out of a game gets out of sync. Tonight Wade was the Italy topped Greece 94-73, earlier Friday night to set up a rematch with the . For the championship. The .�?Ts a Stone a two Field goals and a 3-Pointer. Sparked by Glen Dejongs shooting Belgium closed the Gap to 65-63 on a pair of a Jungr _ Quot _ on Paul Bayer a jumper with 8 27 to go. Dejong free throws and got the equalizer 8&s Michael Abrams Barton Wade. Rises to occasion Only loss came to the italians 117-94, thursday night. Wade finished with 10 Points and eight rebounds but those boards came at clutch times during the game. The . Stretched to a 59-50 Lead in the opening minutes of the second half with a 13-6 run aided in part by a1 Lan the . Took the Lead on Langstone a Back door Lay up. Belgium answered with an 8-4 burst for a 71-67 Lead. The americans regained the Lead 7371, on Odens jumper from just inside the arc with 3 05 left. Ralph Baltimore drove inside the paint to get the Lead but missed the inside jumper. Wade ripped the Ball from the boards and Drew the foul. He Sank his pair of freebies to make it 75-71. A what can i say about Wade a . Coach Glenn Lockwood said. A the Rose to the occasion and showed Why he son this team. He got some key boards for us. He inspired the whole team out staring at the .�?Ts 75-71 Lead Belgium readied for its frontal assault with 1 32 left. Delong hit a jumper to make it 75-73 with less than a minute left to play but Oden answered with a jumper to restore the 4-Point advantage. Bayer drove to the 3-Point arc As did . Point guard Floyd Ward who hacked Bayer to set up three Charity shots. Bayer Cut the Gap to 77-75 but his third attempt chromed off the rim. Selicki got the Board and was promptly introduced to waders hand. Wade Ted Ward who went in for the Lay up on the break to make it 79-75 with 50 seconds left. Eric Herman a jumper Cut the Lead to 79-77. On the ensuing stall play Oden Drew the foul and Sank his free throws to Post the final. After the game Lockwood was still incensed Over wards foul. A that was a stupid play a Lockwood said a Good Call but stupid play. We did no to want to foul the Guy. Ward went up and got a piece of his hand. Luckily the Guy Only made the two. The worst thing you want is to have the clock stopped in that Oden led All . Shooters with 25 Points. Baltimore added 19 and Langston dumped in 14 for the night. Sam staggers led Belgium night with a 22-Point night. Philip Debaere scored 18 and Keith Scales tipped in 12. The belgians made it close in the first half by capitalizing on five . Turnovers. Debere led the charge dumping in 16 of his Points in the half. Oden who had by his standards slumped in the .�?Ts loss to Italy thursday by hitting Only 7 of 14 attempts and being shut out from the 3-Point arc got the . Started in the opening half. He hit two 3-Pointcrs in the half and finished the opening instalment with 18 Points. Belgium pulled close Only once in the first half. Slick in a jumper Cut the . Lead to 44-40. Oden pumped in a 12-foot jumper to set the 46-40 halftime Edge. The americans jumped to a 8-Point Lead their largest of the game capitalizing on four belgian turnovers Ana steals by Wade Langston and Ernest Scott. Anticipation adds spice for Curry by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Mons Belgium a Bart Curry gobbled up his eggs and munched on a croissant saturday morning his mind racing Forward in time to 8 . The talk at the breakfast table was of the . Shape teams game that night against the favored italians winners of two of the last three shape International basketball tournaments. A a they re going to turn Down the tights and introduce every body a Jerry Phair of Hanau told Curry. Curry a eyes widened behind his Brown wire framed glasses. He chugged his Orange juice and smiled. This was the closest the kid from Pir Masens was going to come to the big time and he was primed to savor every second of it. The Bartman was just Happy to be part of it All trying to keep Pace with the whirlwind of activity going on around him. He went to the club and was greeted by people he did no to know. His .a. Emblem on his sweats his meal ticket. A everyone was telling me we better beat Italy and i know we can we be got a Good team a he in a game the . Dropped 11794, Curry hit in double figures said. Curry who just barely escaped coach Glenn Lockwood sax on the final Cut for the team has been one of the .�?Ts pleasant surprises. Though his court time has been limited in the semifinals by the sudden emergence of a1 Langston As a scoring threat Curry Hasni to made Lockwood regret his decision. Against Italy thursday night the . A Ray hit _ for the third time Here. He was four of nine from the floor and three of four from the line. But against Belgium in the semifinals he played under two minutes hitting Only rim on his Only attempt. A i done to mind not playing All the time a he said. A a in a just playing a role. As Long As we re playing Well i done to care if i get 10 minutes on the court or two minutes. As Long As we re winning in a Curry came to Camp with fellow Pirman Ator Charles Ridley. Ridley seemed to be a shoo in for the last roster spot and Curry was destined to return Back to the Eifel Region. In the .�?Ts final exhibition against Luxembourg last name Curry first name Bart scored 13 to earn the final roster spot. A that was real difficult a Curry said of watching Ridley end his travelling duty earlier than anticipated. A personally i thought Ridley was on the team. It was a Surprise to me when he got Cut. But there a not much you can do about it. We talked about it and he told me to just come up Here and play some with a team loaded with talents like Pitburg s Ralph Baltimore Wiesbaden a Lamar Oden Bamberg a Barton Wade and Langston of Darmstadt Curry has emerged As a solid eighth Man off the deep shape Bench. A Curry has surprised the Heck out of me a Lockwood said. A the was on the Border of being let go. Then he scored 13 Points in Wiir last game. Curry and Phair came on Strong and dominated. Ridley unfortunately was one of those Good players who got Cut. When we got Down to 13, that Cut was Tough. A Curry has done Well with us a he said. A a he a Good on the boards shoots Well a about 70 percent a and gives us a real spark from the Bench. And he a a Young Guy who a going to improve More with time. But he a been a real Force the Bartman has already been a Force for Pir Masens As the roadrunners won the Baum older preseason tournament and beat the army euro Pean Champion Kaiserslautern anthers two of three times and topped the perennially Tough Karlsruhe pacers. A a we re going to win some games Down in firm. We want to win it All and think we can. We got Center Darnell Arbet and Ridley. The Only player we lost was Kuit Wilson a Point guard. And we proved in Baum older that we re going to be a Good playing on the shape team with Oden and Baltimore has erased the element of pressure on Curry a Prospect he revels in. A Woden and Baltimore a he said scooping up a Mound of eggs a those Guys Are known in Europe and in a not really known which does no to really bother me. I kind of like it that Way. I ainu to used to sitting on the Bench but that a my role and i accept it. A i just appreciate the Chance to come Down Here and be part of this team a he said the eggs now a Distant memory. A pm m8m Pir Masens Bart Curry. A a accepts Bench role really enjoying myself. I done to think i really have anything to prove. Its just a Nutter of producing the Best Way that i can to editors note because of the Early press Start required to print sunday Magazine sat Urray nights Unal g. Progress As this Eaifie on of the stars and stripes went to press in Griesheim Germany. See tomorrows edition for full coverage of the shape championship very interested in coaching gophers Minneapolis a former Alabama and nil coach Ray Perkins says he is a very interested in the head coaching Job at the University of Minnesota. Perkins coached at Alabama Between stints As head coach with the a Fly a new York giants and the Tampa Bay buccaneers. He said Minnesota officials a know in a very interested but i Haven to talked to anybody Perkins told Kare to in Minneapolis on Friday that he planned to visit the twin cities within the next two weeks for an interview. �?o1 have made slight Contact As far As sending them a resume a he said. A i was contacted one time As far As my interest in the Job. I do expect to be contacted in the near John Gutekunst announced his resignation last month As Gopher head coach before his team lost its final game to Iowa and wound up in last place in the big ten. Perkins was head coach of the Crimson tide for four years taking Over from Bear Bryant in 1983. He was head coach of the giants from 1979 to 1982, and was fired last year at Tampa Bay after four years
