European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Military basketball Barons reach final pm facing playoff Sas svs Dudlo Sammy Gipson carries rocket Hopes in sundays playoffs. By Mike Bowers staff writer. Raf Ben Waters England a whoever else gets to sundays championship game of the Safe menus basketball tournament will have to Deal with the Pitburg Barons. Again the two time defending champions coasted into their shot at a three peat with an 88-44 rout of san Vito on saturday Locking up the top spot in the round Robin standings with a 4-1 Mark. The identity of the team that will try to deny the Barons their third straight Crown however wont be known Fantail sunday because Mildenhall continues to win the must games. Saturday the marauders knocked off Rhein main 75-70 to stay in the championship Hunt. Had the rockets prevailed they like Pitburg would have been 4-1 and in sundays final. Now however both the marauders and rockets Are 3-2 and headed for a playoff on sunday for the right to play Pitburg for the title. And if Lakenheath beat Avi Ano As expected in saturdays late game there a a three Way tie for second place. If the three Way tie transpires there will be two extra games on sunday. A drawing will take place to determine which team would get a Bye. The remaining two teams would play at 10 . On sunday with the Winner facing the team that Drew the Bye. The championship game would follow four hours after the completion of that game. In saturdays Early games Pitburg 88, san Vito 44 everyone scored for Barons in this lopsided stepping Stone to the final. It was supposed to be a Blowout and there was no doubt in the first 16 minutes. Using a variety of defences the Barons limited the crusaders to just 12 Points and led 40-25 at intermission. Top scorers for the Barons were Tom Hicks 16 Point Joseph Cummings 15de Williams 12 and Ralph Baltimore 11 As Pitburg had the luxury to substitute  men s tournament Tim Leigh was High Point Man for the crusaders with 14 Roland paramore netted 11. Pitburg shot 37 for 75 while san Vito was Only 15 for 56. Turnovers were almost identical with the Quot Barons committing 21 and the crusaders 27.mildenhall 75, Rhein Maln 70 Rhein Mains hot shooting Streak seemed to carry Over from the night before As Sammy Gipson connected on two 3-pointers to put his team out in front 13-6 with just seven minutes gone in the game. Mildenhall caught up on a bucket by Darrell Collins and the teams exchanged leads seven times before the Mau raders went out in front for Good on another bucket by Collins at the 5 32 Mark. After trailing by two Points at halftime Rhein Mains shooting drastically cooled off. Mildenhall out scored the rockets 24-13 in first 11 minutes of the second half. A a we re a Man to Man team a said Buck Buchanan coach of the Mau raders. A that is what got us Here. We use a team help out defense which got us out in front and forced them to play Man to Man. A a that a when we attacked them. This was a save for the United kingdom Mission. We stayed alive for the title. We done to want the championship game to be Between two Germany teams a Buchanan said. After forcing Rhein main out of the zone Milden Hall pounded the rockets inside to build an 11-Point advantage. Most of the inside heavy duty work was performed by Stan Pitts who finished with 20 Points and eight rebounds. At one Point Pitts score 14 straight which broke the rockets Back. Pitts said he had some extra incentive to up the level of his game. A i overheard them say that i was slow and they could take me to the hoop a he said. A that fired me up and i put my game into another gear. Against them i knew i could take them Down Low. I was on a Roll and   Rhein Mains leading scorers were Tony Little with 23 and Gipson with 19. Wolfhounds flyers Post wins against a pair of army foes by Walt Morrissette staff writer Kaiserslautern Germany a Safe a Oesterberg wolfhounds and usage urn a Wei Brincken Yor towners started off the army air Force Europe a Best basketball championships with an air tight up Tempo game in Kleber gym saturday. After six ties and seven Lead changes a in the second half a the wolfhounds proved they had More wind in the end. Vernon Mills scored seven of his nine Points in a Oesterberg a 13-2 run Over the final three minutes to Lead the wolfhounds to a 88-78 Victory. The double elimination tournament with 29 menus teams and 18 women a teams runs through March 15 in the Kaiserslautern area. In the second menus game saturday the air Force made it 2-0 with Lindsey a 105-81 she lacking of the Heidelberg generals. In a women a double header sunday Kaiserslautern faces Ramstein at 2 . Followed by Pir Masens Oesterberg. The Oesterberg men advanced to play defending Aimy european Champion Kaiserslautern thursday at 8 . In Kleber gym.  a William Troy hit a 3-Pointer with 5 06 left for a 75-75 tie. Troy added a free throw with 4 43 showing to Europe a Best give the Yor towners their last Lead at 76-75. Then Mills hit two straight 15-footers to give the a hounds a 79-76 Lead. After Oesterberg stalled the helter shelter face of the game Mills drove into the Ane and hit a running Bank shot while getting fouled with 1 26 left. He completed the 3-Point play to put the game out of reach at 82-76.  a Xavier Sanders led All scorers with 27 Points including a 20-Point first half explosion with two 3-pointers which helped the Yor towners stay in the game Down 42-38 at intermission. Fred Morrison and Enos Brath Waite had 14 Points apiece for Wei Brincken. Oesterberg countered with a balanced scoring attack. Shelby Brown hit for 21 Points Curtis Worsley scored 20, Tim Harper added 18 Points and Larry Osborne scored 12. A at first we were just going too fast a Mills said. A they had a lot of open 3-Point shots in the first half. We just slowed it Down and played Good defense in the  Oesterberg coach of the Day was Ken Hudson a 6-6 Center who traded places with Brown. A Shelby was going Good so we just let him play a Hudson said. Brown hit almost All of his Points on jumpers from just inside the 3-Point arc. Hudson said a Oesterberg a transition defense was the key to Victory. A they were getting a lot of open shots in the first half Hudson said. Their 33 Sanders had 18 Points actually 20 in the first Naif. We had to adjust to  both teams had their problems from the free throw line. Wei Brincken was in the Bonus for the last 10 minutes of the game and piled up free throws. But the Yor towners could Only Cash in on 17 of 29 attempts. Oesterberg won despite making Only 10 of 21 Chanty tosses. In saturdays other game Lindsey 105, Heidelberg 81 the flyers struck with a six pronged double figure attack that shot Down the generals in impressive fashion. Damon Mccann led the assault which produced a 54-37 halftime advantage with 22 Points. Pat Barber followed with 19 and Rodney Harrell added 15. The flyers also got 14 Points from Kevin Coleman 12 from Charles Hall and 10 from Rodney Lindsey. James battlers 27 Points paced the generals. Mike Lowe added 23 and Chris Roberson finished with 16. This tournament has been billed by its 21st Talcom hosts As the biggest military basketball tournament Ever in  forces 4 ots Baum older Germany move Over Jerry West. A new a emr. Clutch emerged saturday. Baum older a Derrick Lee scored just 13 Points in the bears a corps results on Page 20 124-121 quadruple overtime Victory Over Darmstadt in the v corps Northern division playoffs but his timing was the stuff of legend. Lee hit four three pointers saturday and each of them saved his team from defeat inside what might have been the games last 5 seconds. With the bears trailing 77-74 with the clock winding Down in regulation Lee hit the first of his game changing bombs to knot the score at 77 Ana Force an overtime. As the clock was expiring in that extra stanza Baum older trailing 90-87, went to Lee again for the Trey that made it 90-90 and forced a second overtime. Lee kept his team alive again connecting a third time to erase a 101-98 deficit and Force a third extra period which he again knotted at the Buzzer when Nis fourth Trey made it 113-113. Lee did no to need a fifth Miracle against an incredulous Darmstadt squad which put a different defender on him for each bomb