European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 1, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 21 Rhein main humbles Pitburg Gipson s 38 Burn defending champs p ii a r a. So no set is amps Dave Dudlo Sam Gipson fuels pm attack by Mike Bowers staff writer Raf Lakenheath England a leave it to old foe Rhein main to slow the Pitburg express enough to catch a ride. Sammy Gipson poured in 38 Points As the rockets handed the two time defending champions their first loss of the Safe menus basketball tournament 100-77 on Friday. The Victory tied the rockets with the Barons atop the round Robin standings with 3-1 records in the tourney which runs through sunday. Before Gipson a Sharp shoot ing which included seven 3-Ointers and 5 of 6 from the foul Ine Pitburg seemed on a direct line to its third straight title. Then Gipson caught fire. At one Point in the second half he rained in three in a Row. A the seventh time was a Charm a said coach Richard Witcher whose rockets had lost to Pitburg six times this season. A we played 40 minutes of Baske Ball instead of 20 As we did last night against  the loss was Only bit urge a third of the year in 37 games and the fifth in 109 Over the past three years. Mark Bryson tallied 16 for winners. Calvin Wilson had 15, and Tony Little 14. Ralph Baltimore hit 32 Points in a losing cause. Guard Ken Lloyd added 13 and de Williams scored 14. Trailing the two leaders in the round Robin standings Are Lakenheath and Mildenhall at 2-2 slates. Aviano and san Vito Are 1-3.in earlier games Friday Pitburg 82, Lakenheath 78 Kyle James three free throws Safe men and a last second steal by Pat Mcshan scaled bit urge a Victory one that Eagle coach Dan Murphy thinks might easily have gone his Way. A a that a the Best game they be had in 20 years a Murphy said. A no one else has played them like this. We completely took them out of their game plan by taking their big men outside and making their guards play underneath a said Murphy. A a we re the Best team in this  with 3 37 to go in the game All of Lakenheath a starters had four fouls As did Kerry Taylor who came of the Bench to score 17 Points and grab 24 rebounds. A we did no to execute the last two minutes a Taylor said. A your game plan worked to perfection but we suffered a mental letdown in the closing  it was those closing seconds that spelled disaster for a Lakenheath squad which had wiped out a 39-34 halftime deficit and took a Brief Lead at the 17 45 Mark of the second half. Pitburg then pulled ahead by eight Points but Lakenheath clawed Back to 77-76 Down with just under a minute left. That a when James took Over from the line As latent Heath was forced to foul. His two Points from the Charity Stripe gave the Barons a 7976 Edge but Taylor answered with a rebound and put Back. Kyle was again sent to the line for two shots but Only converted one to make the score 80-78. However Lakenheath never got a Chance for the final shot As Mcshan stole a pass and converted the Layup. A we need those close games a said James who finished with a game High 27 Points eight assists and seven rebounds. Baltimore added 20 Points and 10 rebounds before leaving the game with severe leg cramps. La Kenh Cathy a Rob Marr shot for 18, Mike Buster 13, and Mike Jones 10 Points for the  65, san Vito 61 the rockets seemed to show effects of last night s heartbreaking loss to Lakenheath in whipping the crusaders. After trailing Early in the game Rhein main jumped ahead 32-28 at the half. There were six ties and five Lead changes in the second half As the game Wasny to decided until the final two minutes. A it was hard to get the Guys pumped up after the disappointing defeat last night a said rocket skipper Witcher. A it really showed that we took them  Bysor Rhein main ahead 61-59 with a Bryson broke a tic and put ith Short jumper in the Lane with 1 17 left. Gipson added two free throws before san Vito a Chris Mohn hit a bucket to make the score 63-61 with eight ticks on the clock. Rhein main handled the inbound pressure and Little scored the final bucket at the Buzzer. Bryson and Little led the rockets with 14 Points. Derrick Mcnair scored All of his 10 Points in the second half. Jerry Coles and Allen Boones topped the crusaders with 13 Points each. Mohn added 11. A we played Good a said Coles. A except for a couple of last minute Tun overs we Hung right in there. I figured they a come out a lot tougher. They must play better if they expect to beat  As it turned out they did. Aviano 67, Mildenhall 66 the eagles were the Only no. 1 seed and team without a Victory. That All changed when Rodney Brown hit three free throws in the last 30 seconds to Shock the marauders with a win that would have almost assured themselves of a championship game berth. Mildenhall looked Sharp Early in the game and jumped ahead by 17 Points Midway through the first half. But the tide turned and the eagles 1-3 clawed to six Back at halftime. Eugene love tied it with a 3-Pointer with less than nine minutes remaining and Kenneth Small a 3-Pointer gave the eagles their first Lead of the game. Mildenhall jumped ahead 6664 with 58 seconds remaining but could score no More. Brown was sent to the line and tied the game. With 20 seconds on the clock Mildenhall a Derick Wheeler drove to the hoop and was called for a charge after the shot resulting in two More shots for Brown. His first one was Short but he coolly Sank the next for the Victory. Quot in a too Happy to say much a said Ronald Wade interim coach of the eagles. Quot however this is our first win at Safe and we re Happy. We finally put two halves together. It was gut Check time for us. We needed this  Brown finished with 10 Points Paul Sterling had 15 and Chris Dacosta added 11. Horace Ingram netted 21 for Mildenhall while Rob Howard swished 13 and Charles Young shot for 10. Love sets 4-stroke Pace 16-year-old Tiger misses Cut by Ken Peters los Angeles a while Davis love Iii no longer draws oohs and aah from the crowd with his tape measure drives the shot control he gained in the Trade off helped him to open a four stroke Lead Friday in the los Angeles open. Tiger Woods the 16-year-old High school Sophomore who became the youngest player Ever in a pea tournament shot a second round 75 and missed the Cut. Love carded 10 birdies on his Way to an 8-under-Par 63 at Riviera country club. His 36-Hole total of 130 is a tournament record one shot better than Michael Allen two years ago. At 12-under-Par Midway through the event love held a 4-shot Edge on Tom Sieckmann and Sandy Lyle. Sieckmann had a second round 68 and i Yle a 67. Although conditions were Ideal at Riviera first round Leader Wayne Levi slipped to a 73 and fell seven shots off the Pace. Love still ranks As one of the longest hitters in Golf averaging about 270 Yards off the tee. But he had difficulty controlling his tee shots in the past and has changed to a different Golf Ball that does no to carry As far. A a in be Only hit four bad drives Here and three of them led to three of my four bogeys a said love who played in a threesome with John Daly and generally was 15 Yards or so behind Daly a the Tours longest hitter a off the tee. Love now has birdied 17 of the 36 holes in the tournament and he said everything seems to be working for  Angeles open a i was excited about it a he said after fridays round. Quot in be made a ton of birdies the last two Days. A i hit the Ball really Well did no to leave myself a lot of Long putts. I hit the Ball so Well i almost  help but score  after an opening 67, love began the second round with a Birdie on the first Hole then had six birdies to make the turn with a 5-under-Par 30. He then had four birdies on the Back nine sinking a 6-foot Birdie putt on no. 18. Woods a Sophomore at Western High in nearby Anaheim shot a 72 the first Day of the tournament. After his 75 Friday he said a a in a very disappointed i did no to make the Cut. But it was a learning experience and i Learned in a not that Good. A i think it was the greatest two Days of my life. When i hit a bad shot people still clapped. When i two putted for a bogey they still  asked what he needed to do to be Able to compete on the pea tour Woods grinned and said a grow  with a total of 147, Woods missed the Cut by six shots. His score was 125th of the 143 golfers in the Field. Fred couples shot a second round 67 to move to 7-under, putting him in a fourth place tie with Rocco mediate who had a 68. Tom Weiskopf playing again to prepare for the senior tour when he turns 50 in november remained in Contention with a 67 that left him a 5-under through two rounds. Davis love Iii watches his tee shot on the 15th Hole Friday during second round of the los Angeles open