European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports thursday March 11,1993 wins berth final shot by Dick br1nster a sports writer no one who watched rider beat Wagner tuesday night to win a berth in the Mcaa tournament should Ever forget what they saw. Darrick Suber certainly won t but he had a better View than most. A a in be thought about this Type of. Typ. Every Day since i was a kid a Suber Sai Quot in be been dreaming this dream College basketball a a Ever since i picked up a basketball. People across the country got their Money a Worth  what the crowd and an esp audience saw was a nearly court length drive end with riders career scoring Leader making a 12-Fopt jumper at the Buzzer for a 65-64 Victory in the Northeast conference championship game. The Victory in Lawrence Villa n.j., and that of Wright state which beat Illinois Chicago 94-88 in the mid continent tournament at Dayton Ohio brought to 15 the number of teams now qualified for the 64-team Mcaa tournament. Suber and Wagner s Bobby Hopson staged a thrilling Duel of their own. Suber had 33 Points one More than Hopson who scored his career High. Hopson had taken a one Point Lead in their personal Battle and Given Wagner 18-12 a 64-63 advantage on a lean in jumper with five seconds remaining. Quot for about 10 seconds i sat there during a timeout called with four seconds remaining and said a of no not again a a Suber said recalling a heartbreaking less to Towson state two years ago in the championship game. Quot then i turned to Chris Mikola and said get me the Ball and Well  Wright St. 94, Ihnots Chicago 88 in this game the sound of the Buzzer had a different result a very nearly a tragic one. Reserve guard Chris Mcguire was trampled when raiders fans stormed the court in Celebration of their first invitation to the big show. The crowd of 9,247 went silent when the Public address announcer called for paramedics to help an injured player. They worked on Mcguire for is minutes putting a Brace on his neck and a protective Board under his Back before taking him off on a Stretcher. Mcguire was taken to a Hospital to make sure there was no serious damage. Bill Edwards scored 38 Points and Mike Nahar 25 for Wright state 20-9. Kenny Williams scored 30 and had a four Post play to pull the flames 17-15 to 91-88 with 21 seconds left. But Wright states Andy Holderman hit a free throw stole the Ball from Williams and made another free  Blue Edwards and Hawks Stacey aug non Chase Loose Ball during first half of tuesday no gaps Atlanta win at Milwaukee. Rockets win 11 the in Row by the associated press Houston a Hakeem Olajuwon scored 18 of his 34 Points in the fourth Quarter As Houston won its 11th straight game tuesday night and snapped Miami a franchise record six game winning Streak 104-94. The 11-game Streak is the second longest in rockets history. Olajuwon hit 8 of 11 shots in the fourth period and finished with 15 rebounds. Grant Long had. 22 Points and Steve Smith 20 for the heat. In other games tuesday night Hawks 117, Bucks 103 Milwaukee a Dominique Wilkins scored 37 Points and set a franchise record with eight 3-Point goals for Atlanta against Milwaukee. Wilkins who became the eighth player in Aba history to hit eight or More 3-pointers, made his first five shots of the game including three 3-Poinlcrs. Spurs 119, Mavericks 84 san Antonio a David Robinson scored 19 Points and scan Elliott 16 in his first game after recovering from a Back injury As san Antonio beat Dallas extending the Mavericks Road losing Aba Streak to a franchise record 27 games. _ Dallas also matched a club record with its 15th consecutive loss. The Mavericks got just four Points from first round draft pick Jim. Jackson in his third pro game. Hornets 124, bullets 104 Charlotte . Charlotte won a franchise record 32nd game beating Washington behind Larry Johnson s 23 Points and 13 rebounds. The hornets won their third straight game improving their record to 32-26, the first time they Nave Ever been six games Over .500. The injury plagued bullets lost their eighth consecutive Road game. Dell Curry had 22 Points for Charlotte which shot 57 percent for the game. Buck Johnson paced the bullets with 19. Lakers 123, pistons 121 Auburn Hills Mich. James worthy scored 28 Points and . Greens free throw with 33 seconds left broke a tie for los Angeles against Detroit. Scale Threatt had 27 Points and 15 a resists and Divac 25 Points and 10 rebounds for the lakers. Joe Dumars had 41 for the pistons while Terry Mills had 24 Points and Isiah Thomas 21 Points and 13 assists. I jazz 116, Timber wolves 107 Salt Lake City Karl Malone scored 27 Points and Jeff Malone 24 As Utah held off Minnesota a fourth Quarter rally. The jazz led 103-85 with 7 18 left but had to withstand a 20-6 run that closed the Timber wolves to 109-105 with 1 21 remaining. Doug West scored 23 Points and Mich Eal Williams 22 for the Timber wolves who have lost four consecutive Road Lames. Christian laettner had 19 re funds and 17 Points but scored just five in the second half. John Stockton had 16 Points and 12 assists for Utah which has lost four straight Home games and seven of eight Overall to fall from first to third place in the Midwest division. Suns 128, Kings 108 Sacramento Calif. Cedric Ceballos scored a career High 40 Points and Phoenix used a 20-4 second Quarter run to beat Sacramento for the eighth straight time. Wayman Tisdale had 32 Points and 12 rebounds for the Kings. Ceballos made 14 of 15 shots 12 of 12 free throws and grabbed 12 rebounds. He entered the game averaging 9.8 Points and 4.3 , Aba s 1st Black All Star Dies at 69 Oakland Calif. A Don Barksdale the first Black player selected to the Aba Allstar team died of cancer at his Home relatives said tuesday. Barksdale died monday said his sister Pamelia Gore. He was 69 and would be been 70 on March 31. The Urcla graduate joined the Baltimore bullets in 1951, becoming the third Black player to sign an Aba contract. He was preceded by Chuck Cooper who joined Boston in 1950, the same year Earl Lloyd signed with Washington. Barksdale entered the Aba As a 28-year-old Rookie and made $20,850, one of the league s top salaries that year. He played two years at Baltimore and two at Boston during a career in which he averaged 11 Points in 262 games. He had 2,088 rebounds. Barksdale became the first Black Aba All Star on Jan. 13, 1953 at fort Wayne ind. He played on the East team that lost to the West 79-75, 4 the game featured ii future Hall of Farmers among them All Star map George Mikan. Quot i was extremely Happy 1 was chosen because the coaches chose you. It Wasny to like today when the tans chose a Barksdale said in an interview last month. "1 did no to touch the Ball much in the game but at least 1 was on the team. 1 was very proud of  at the time there were Only five Black players in the Aba and it was the league s third Allstar game. He averaged 13.8 Points per game and 9.2 rebounds in 1953 and was ranked Aba scorers. 15th among Barksdale also was a . Olympic basketball player and won a Gold medal at the games in London in 1948. Barksdale played semipro Ball with the Oakland bitters before joining the Aba. In 1982, Barksdale founded the save High school sports foundation which has raised More than $1 million toward funding High school sports. Don Barksdale in 1953