THE BATTALION
MONDAY, APRIL 30. 1979
Page 9
the sporty
jfson unhappy
Maroons win
y MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Sports Staff
hat it’s worth, the Maroon
efeated the Whites 18-7
night in the Texas Aggies
jnual spring game. A crowd of
Mut 5,000 ventured out to Bryan’s
iking Stadium to watch a preview
[next year’s Aggie team.
Twcontest gave Coach Tom Wil-
jn a chance to see the fruits of his
orklhis spring. For the past five
^■Wilson and his staff have
pking the team through a
g process. It’s been a new
(nee for everyone as Wilson
tailed new offensive forma-
iid added to last year’s I.
t players sat out Saturday’s
t with injuries, including
;er Doug Carr and corner-
eandrew Brown. Mike
who started the game at
back for the Whites, spent a
efore the game in the hospi-
a virus infection, with tem-
es as high as 103.9 degrees,
losley was released Monday and,
fteritting out the beginning of the
[worked out with the team
[ay.
Sng all but three plays in the
mwMosley hit on 3-of-16 passes
• If yards and two interceptions.
ie sophomore from Humble also
n the ball 13 times for 35 yards.
David Beal led the Maroon team
victory, going all the way at quar-
>rback and connecting on ll-of-24
asses for 143 yards and one
iown. David Brothers led the
roons, and all rushers in the
Hcollecting 58 yards on 19 car-
sand scored one touchdown.
Tm not pleased at all with the
juchi
he siii: !ai
offense tonight,’’ said Wilson, who
watched the contest from the press
box. “Our running back situation is
critical.
“We didn’t have Dickey on the
field (running at the Drake Relays)
and Temple Aday has been hurt all
spring. Emerson Brown has an As
troturf toe and hasn t worked out in
two weeks. It s pretty hard to run an
offense without a tailback.”
Not only is the running back situ
ation a worry of Wilson’s, but the
kicking game is at an ebb as well.
David Appleby, punting for the Ma
roons, averaged 32.8 yards on nine
attempts while Doug Dotter for the
Whites kicked seven times for a
38.6-yard average.
“I’m most disappointed in the
kicking game,” Wilson said. “We’ve
worked all spring with both punters
and on occasion, they’ve kicked
well. But tonight, under a pressure
situation, they didn’t perform.”
But Wilson didn’t see all bad in
the intrasquad game. The first-year
coach was very pleased with both
defenses and singled out the play of
Elroy Steen and Carl Grulich as
outstanding Saturday night.
“We moved Steen to free safety
and Grulich to cornerback,” Wilson
said. “Steen had the range to play
back there and corner is a good posi
tion for Carl.
“I feel good about the defense.
We re not going to give up the big
play this year. Teams are going to
have to move the ball on us and earn
everything they get.”
Only time will tell what other
teams will do to the Aggies. But for
now, all the Aggies know is what
they can do to the Aggies.
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fyurs on the ropes
■ United Press International
PHILADELPHIA — Rookie
laurice Cheeks hit a field goal with
|pr ‘0 seconds to play to lead the
hiladt lphia 76ers back from a 13-
oint fourth quarter deficit Sunday
id give them a 92-90 victory over
ie San Antonio Spurs, evening
beiriNBA playoff series at three
ames apiece.
ie\v
tructai
lures ii
ped as i
tans lit
The 76ers, who nearly blew the
Jlein the third quarter when they
lot 23 percent to go down by 11,
id 89-88 with 1:53 to play on a
ive I |upby Julius Erving. James Silas,
iter s)i
jipmef
|o led the Spurs with 27 points,
t aljuinper with 20 seconds re-
;y piti aining to give San Antonio back
ope*
ie lead at 90-89.
After a time out, the Sixers fed
eeks, who sank a running shot in
ie lane to give the Sixers a 91-90
t-ny
iHGWi
Silas missed a running one-
ander with three seconds remain-
igand Cheeks was fouled, sinking
ne of three free throws. Mark Ol-
erding of the Spurs saw a despera-
ion ^hot from the corner go in-
id-otit at the buzzer.
Erying and Darryl Dawkins
:amed with Cheeks to spark the
Jurth quarter rally after the Sixers
rent behind by 13, 76-63, on Larry
s follow-up shot with 10:55
remaining.
Dawkins paced an eight-point
tear as the Sixers pulled within
76-71 with 8:54 to play.
Philadelphia whittled the advan
tage until Cheek’s jumper with 4:05
to play brought the Sixers within a
point, 84-83.
Cheeks hit another jumper with
3:03 left to give the Sixers their first
lead of the second half, 85-84, and
the game see-sawed from that point
until the closing seconds.
Caldwell Jones led the Sixers with
20 points, Dawkins added 18 and
Cheeks and Erving 15 each. George
Gervin, the NBA s leading scorer,
sat out nearly half the game in foul
trouble and finished with 21.
The Spurs led 53-48 at the half
and stretched the advantage to
72-61 at the end of a sloppily played
third quarter.
The 76ers went 6:32 without a
field goal in the period but the
Spurs committed eight turnovers
during that time to keep Philadel
phia in the game. Silas scored nine
points in the quarter to keep the
Spurs in front.
The Sixers, who were down three
games to one in the series, go to San
Antonio for a Game 7 in an attempt
to become the third NBA team to
win a playoff series after losing three
of the first four games.
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