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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1979
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HOUSTON — Kareem Abdul-
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turdayintli 6 46-114 victory over the Hous-
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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
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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.
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