European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 7, 1993 s4s Dick to  Span Dahlem s Denise ridges drives past  a Caria Balcon in route to a Spang Dahlem tc"rv5"gfc loaf Rhca he Angl 23-Polnt Outing in the sabers 70-59 Victory Friday on the eagles Home floor. Bowl and Justina Perry 23 fight each other for a rebound , Spang Roll in openers 6is oort Cito Lakenheath a Jeannie Watkins snares a pass in the lady eagles Victory saturday. By Mark wonders staff writer Raf Laken Heath England Span Dahlem and Mildenhall posted in. Pressie wins Friday while advancing in the Safe women s basketball championship. Csc Champion Span Dahlem overcame the Home court advantage to trim the eagles 70-59 behind Donna porters 30 Points. . Champion Mildenhall destroyed the san Vito crusaders 79-43 in the second game. The championship game is scheduled for noon today. An second game will be played at 6 . If required. Lakenheath held an Early 4-2 Lead but a 10-Point sabres run led by porters six Points gave Span Dahlem a 12-4 Lead. The sabres held the Lead until under a minute left in the half when the eagles Nikki Burch hit on a turnaround in the paint and was fouled for a three Point play to give Lakenheath a 31-30 Lead. Teammate Carla Balcon who had us Points in the last minute and a half put sack a rebound to give her eagles a three Point halftime Lead. Balcon again led the Early second half charge with three More baskets giving the eagles an 8-Point advantage at the is minute Mark. But a pair of buckets by Terri Finley and another by Denise ridges quickly Cut the deficit to 47-45. Span Dahlem took the Lead at the 5 17 Mark on porters Layup to make it 55-54. After Barbara Mceachern hit on the Back end of her free throws to tie ridges went to the other Side of the court and calmly Sank four free throws on two fouls to give her sabres the Lead they never relinquished. Balcon who led the eagles with 23 Points indicated some unhappiness with the officiating. A it was very physical a said Balcon. A it Safe women could have Benn called a Little  a everyone decided we did no to come All this Way to lose the first game a said Porter of her team s comeback. A we re just a better second half team Quot added ridges who said the key was getting the Ball to Porter underneath a most of the time she a open so 1 just have to get the Ball to  in addition to Balcon the eagles were paced by Burch with 12 Points and Jean Nie Watkins with 10. Ridges backed porters big Effort with 23 Points for Spang Terri Finley added 8 Points. In the other game Friday night Mildenhall 79, san Vito 43 the crusaders were held scoreless the first four minutes of the second half while the marauders opened up a 20-Point bulge and never looked Back. Mildenhall was paced by Angela Mccarter with 26 Points followed by Leanna rom Inge with 18 and Rebecca Womack with 14. Patsy Harris led the san Vito Effort with 10 Points. Lakia Gomez and Sonja Mitchell chipped in with 8 apiece. In saturday s elimination game Lakenheath 76, san Vito 62 a four Point play a two free throw on a foul Ana two More on a technical on the san Vito Bench a Early in the first half saturday provided the impetus As Host Lakenheath stayed alive in the Safe women a basketball tournament with a 78-62 Victory. Jeannie Watkins in route to a 10-for-10 Charity line performance nonchalantly canned the four free throws As the lady eagles too command and marched to a 44-34 halftime advantage in eliminating the crusaders. Watkins finished with 30 Points