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THE BATTALION Page 15 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1979 spi IT’S BASKM'XBnkU TIME/ P^s andL Ke to put li i; le season^ his exa mine(l 1 and 01 it, but^ 0u 8h topi. unable list * John Dutt, to the NF[ Aggies face TLC after road trip ^ notrep,, >tic. ay ? I’m sure Pointed ifj, I ,andn without Ot; HjdUff/nllEiI&If&lKl 'ome in an! Lot remat :a t confide] ations.” akers top Rockets, 116-114, ers dunk Spurs, 132-120 t at a 53 pi of 73 field 1 was hit >ereent. W United Press International HOUSTON — Kareem Abdul- i liar scored 29 points before be ASTICS ss ejected with 3:44 to play, and [Xibro’s uni | in Nixon scored three points in ics team- e final 25 seconds Wednesday y for a fi> |l l110 ra lly the Los Angeles Lakers turdayintli 6 46-114 victory over the Hous- ention Ceri Lrckcts. ■quad willd 3^^ forward Jamaal Wilkes put hman froit, wo rebound shots with two mi- Connie lp<s left in the fourth quarter to mston (Sti»his team its first lead of the quar- imanfrom (at 111-110. ihomore ill); Kay ] land (Riel senior ipete in dance bear! earns in tkl -sity ofTei iklahoma, ity and a [he lead changed hands four more the last time when Spencer twood stole the ball from Rick fry and started the Lakers to Nix- |!s layup and a 115-114 lead. The Rockets then missed two shots and with one second left Nixon boosted his game total to 26 points with a single free throw. Center Moses Malone led the Rockets with 30 points and his two free throws with 3:44 to play boosted the Rockets to a seven-point lead and an apparent victory as Jabbar was forced to leave the game due to two technical fouls being called on him. The Lakers victory was their third straight on the road. Wilkes chipped in 18 points for the Lakers and Ear vin Johnson added 16. PHILADELPHIA — Julius Erving scored 28 points and Bobby Jones added 22 Wednesday night to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 132- 120 victory over the San Antonio Spurs and extend their winning streak to seven. The Sixers, trailing 80-73 midway through the third period, came to life in the fourth quarter behind the play of Erving, Jones and Darryl Dawkins. They posted a 108-99 lead with 6:42 left when Dawkins shat tered the backboard with a slam dunk. When the contest resumed an hour and 14 minutes later, the Spurs were unable to get closer than six points. Dawkins had 20 points for Phi ladelphia, while rookie Clint Richardson added 16. George Ger- vin pumped in 42 points for the Spurs, 24 of them in the first half, and Kevin Restani 22. reen makes Walter Camp team United Press International |EW HAVEN, Conn. — Run- backs Charles White of South- alifornia and Billy Sims of Okla- ia were the top vote-getters on Walter Camp Football Founda- 1979 All-American team mncetl Wednesday. JWiite, this year’s Heisman Tro- ies to Af ]by winner, last week received the s coverin. jfj][ er Camp 1979 “Player of the r” award. [he selection of the 24 member [American team was announced William T. O’Brien Jr., president laneousj dhletic announcef David Wai ormationi| ffective ports, g Texas student® mation was a spoi* foe organization dedicated to car- n and spoi ) the uni' 1 ion station Football Foundation Awards Ban quet on Feb. 2, 1980 in New Haven. Another top vote-getter was offen sive guard Brad Budde of USC, one ^ of three schools with two players on 1 the all-star sqiiad. Sims and line backer George Cumby represented the Sooners, while Johnson and de fensive tackle Steve McMichael were chosen from the Longhorns. Also named to the All-American offensive team were: wide receiver Ken Margerum, Stanford; tight end Junior Miller, Nebraska; tackles Greg Kolenda, Arkansas, and Mel vin Jones, Houston; guard Ken Fritz of Ohio State; center Jim Ritcher of North Carolina State, and punter Jim Miller of Mississippi. Other defensive team mehibel*?; were: end Jacob Green of Texas A&M; tackle Bruce Clark of Penn State; middle guard Ron Simmons of Florida State; linebackers Ron Simp kins of Michigan and Mike Singlet ary of Baylor; back Roland James of Tennessee, and place kicker Dale Castro of Maryland. The Texas A&M basketball team settles in for a four-game homestand beginning tonight when they host Texas Lutheran in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m. The Ags will take on Vermont Saturday, Dec. 8; Sam Houston Monday, Dec. 10 and East Texas State Wednesday Dec. 12 before heading for Provo, Utah and the Cougar Classic hosted by Brigham Young. Coach Shelby Metcalf s crew will take a 2-2 record against TLC today after winning one game and losing two at the Great Alaskan Shootout in Anchorage, Alaska last weekend. With All-SWC junior forward Vernon Smith on the bench serving a three-game suspension by the NCAA, the Aggies bowed to Iona College 78-62 and Lamar 61-60. Against Iona, junior forward Rynn Wright was A&M’s top scorer with 19 points sophomore center Rudy Woods canned 17 and senior guard Comaneci hospitalized United Press International FORT WORTH — Nadia Com aneci, the most well-known gymnast in the world, was admitted to a hos pital Wednesday night for treatment of an infected left hand, but the head of the Romanian delegation said he thought Comaneci would try to com pete in the World Gymnastics Championships tonight. Comaneci, who turned in the top individual performance on the open ing day of the women’s team com petition in the championships Tues day, did so while being bothered by a scratch on her hand. That scratch turned into an infec tion and she was admitted to All- Saints Hospital at 7 p.m. EST Wednesday. Alexandru Mogos, head of the Romanian gymnastic delegation at the world championships, issued a brief statement late Wednesday night, revealing the infection. “She will spend the night at the hospital,” said Mogos. “She will compete today.” When asked whether the infection would affect Comaneci’s perform ance, Mogos said, “We will have to jwait and see. ” .i .: ; David Britton put in 16. The Aggies were without senior guard Dave Goff in the second half who sat out with muscle spasms. Goff was back in the lineup against Lamar but A&M still missed Smith as the Cardinals scored the winning basket with two seconds left in the game. A&M had gone ahead 60-59 with 21 seconds left on Steve Syles- tine’s 20-foot jumper from the cor ner. Wright was again the Ags’ lead ing scorer with 21 points followed by Woods with 14. Smith joined the team for the final game of the Alaska tournament against the University of Pacific and led the way with 28 points as A&M won 82-66. Wright scored 15 and Goff 10 the Aggies evened their sea son record at 2-2. Following the four-game homes tand, A&M competes in the BYU Cougar Classic on Dec. 14-15 where they will meet LaSalle at 8 p.m. (CDT). The University of Santa Bar bara joins the rest of the field to make up the four-team tournament. On Dec. 21-22, A&M will com pete in the Rebel Classic in Las Vegas, Nev. hosted by UNLV. The Ags’ first round opponent in that tourney will be North Texas State at 11p.m. (CDT). Montana is the other team entered in that tournament. The Aggies wind up pre conference tournament play on Dec. 28-29 at the Pillsbury Classic in Min neapolis, Minn. A&M will open against Loyola at 7 p.m. (CDT) with the Minnesota Gophers and Rutgers rounding out the field. Southwest Conference play be gins for A&M Jan. 3 against Texas Christian in Fort Worth. The first league contest at home for the Aggies is Jan. 5 when they host Baylor. All of A&M’s home confer ence game will begin at 8 p.m. The first round of the SWC Tour nament is Feb. 25 with the finals at San Antonio’s HemisFair Arena Feb. 28-Mar. 1. ■ STORAGE U - LOCK - IT B 10 x 20 - $25 fl I. 693-2339 energy, saver i g out the ideals of Camp, often led the “father of American foot- I.” e native ^ ’he team was selected by college t after se^ tball coaches and sports informa- ; ports dirt* 1 i directors. pirns and White were repeaters imthe 1978 squad. Defensive end gh Green of Pittsburgh and de- sive backs Ken Easley of UCLA 1 Johnnie Johnson of Texas, were io named to the team for the nd year in a row. ioining Sims and White in the mp All-American offensive back- id were quarterback Marc Wilson Brigham Young and running back gas Ferguson of Notre Dame. 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