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D5 THE COURIER-JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1991 Shooters use steals to sink Albany SPORTS BEAT EDITED BY LOU YOUNKIN lOOO'sof Shoes On Sale: Every Pair In Stock Is On Sale NIKE Air PegasuS comp. ADA ALBANY 103 UuM Player mln fgfga ft ftarab to a pf tp Jones 36 8 13 2 3 8 7 3 2 18 Lewis 35 2 4 4 7 9 4 1 2 6 O'Sullivan 29 5 7 2 4 5 0 1 8 12 moves toward the end and did a lot caiioway 34 eu 663523 21 of good things that don't show up in I I I 1 1 the box score," he said. "Milt and costnw ...11 031 222011 Alfredrick played well. The new- IS I I I I I comers Chris (Jones), Patrick flTT" ,1 A ,2 1, Totals 240 37 66 28 40 39 34 13 21103 (Greer) and J. J.

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out of contention both times. Next for the Shooters is tornor- jured resme list Neumann said, so row's 7:05 p.m. home game against -f 'th the Memphis Hot Shots, who are Sumpter could visit his ailing moth-coached by former Memphis State er Louis. mentor Dana Kirk and who feature Roth became the first Shooter to ex-MSU Ail-American Keith Lee. foul out of a game.

"I could've told NOTES Shooters center Barry you that," Roth said. "I'm always Sumpter was put on the 10-day in- the one in foul trouble." NIKE Air Max 4 Men's or ladles' comp. $125 By GEORGE RORRER Staff Writer In the first Global Basketball Association battle of the Shooters of Louisville and the Sharp Shooters of Albany, it was the stealers who counted most. "We had 40 turnovers, I'll bet you," said angry Albany coach Mauro Panaggio, who missed by only six. Louisville's pressure defense coaxed the Sharp Shooters into 34 floor errors and beat them 116-103 last night before a crowd announced at 2,783 at Louisville Gardens.

The victory gave the Shooters a 6-5 record, leaving them a half-game behind Western Division-leading Mid-Michigan, which whipped Wichita 101-77 last night. Albany, second to Fayettewlle by a half-game in the East, slipped to 7-3. "Our press hurt them bad," Louisville coach Johnny Neumann said. Said Panaggio: "I guarantee you when we come back to Louisville, you'll see a lot of different players." Panaggio's team shot sharper than the Shooters, all right, hitting 56.1 percent of their field-goal attempts to 48.9 for Louisville. But they got away only 66 shots to the Shooters' 92 and were outgoaled from the field 45-37.

Sneakiest of the Shooters' stealers was Alfredrick Hughes with four. Reggie Hanson, Milt Wagner, Patrick Greer and Darelle Porter had three each, and Jerome Harmon and Chris Jones had two apiece. Harmon and league scoring leader Wagner paced the Shooters' attack with 33 and 32 points, respectively. J.J. Eubanks, formerly of Seneca High School and Sullivan College, added 14 in his debut as a Shooter.

Harmon, leading the team in scoring for a fourth consecutive game, made 13 of 18 field-goal attempts. Panaggio, the winningest coach in Continental Basketball Association history, said he was impressed by Wagner, who once played for him with the Rockford Lightning and played for Panaggio's son with Quad Cities last season. "Milt can still fill it up," Panaggio said. "We didn't do much to slow him down, either." Of the 22-year-old Harmon, Panaggio said, "When you let a man have wide open shots and he's a good shooter, he'll kill you. That's a good-shooting club.

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Matthews, who guided the Gators to a 10-1 record, their first conference championship and a Sugar Bowl date against Notre Dame, broke or tied 14 school records this season. He received six of the 10 first-place votes. Tennessee quarterback Andy Kelly was a distant second in the balloting. Spurrier, who was selected Player of the Year in 1966 when he was Florida's quarterback, received eight of the nine possible first-place votes for Coach of the Year after guiding the Gators to a No. 3 national ranking in the final Associated Press regular-season poll.

Coaches were not allowed to vote for themselves. Gerry DiNardo of Vanderbilt was second. TENNIS Guy Forget, one of the stars of France's Davis Cup triumph, led the way into the quarterfinals of the $6 million Grand Slam Cup in Munich, Germany, with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Jamie Yzaga. Forget was down 0-3 in the second set, then won the last six games. David Wheaton moved into the quarterfinals by defeating Paul Haarhuis 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, while Todd Woodbridge downed Aaron Krickstein 6-3, 6-3.

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By the very nature of the game you're on the court a lot, and we didn't work on half-court skills a lot. "I've tried to nurture her to the outside. I think she's ready to turn the corner. She's seen some college ball now and knows it's a little different inside." Said Cunningham, "I feel more secure in the post. But now I can play outside as well as inside You have to want to play basketball more (to make the transition), and it's a challenge." Weedman said she's become more versatile.

"When she started, she was just a put-back player," he said. "But you've got to defend her all over the floor now." Cunningham has ambitions to continue her basketball beyond college, possibly playing professionally in Europe or in the United States if another women's league is formed. "I'd like to play professionally after college," she said. "I talked to (former Kentucky star) Patty Jo Hedges and she likes the competition and the money." Continued from Page 1 break the mark this year if she keeps up her 26-point average. Quick and athletic, Cunningham has displayed her skills off the court as well, having run the 100 meters for the track team for four years.

"She ran the 100 meters in state when she was in the seventh grade," Wright said. "That's the kind of athletic ability she has." "As long as I'm not playing against her, she's been fun to watch," Oldham County coach Dave Weedman said. "When I'm playing against her, however, it's not fun." Boone County center Holly Lueb-bers was impressed after Cunningham had 28 points and 18 rebounds as the Lady Rockets defeated her team 74-60 Monday. "She's really agile, powerful and strong. You can't get around her," Luebbers said.

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