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¥ Page 10 I Ht BAT I ALION TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1981 Indiana takes title, 63-50 Staff photo by Chuck Chapman Double play! David Kennard, playing shortstop rather bleheader with Oklahoma City University, than his regular second base position for the Substitute second baseman Clint Heard Texas A&M baseball team, turns a double looks on. The Aggies won both games, 8-1 play during the first game of Monday’s dou- and 9-8, and will play OCU again today. Weekend results . Lacrosse The Texas A&M men’s lacrosse team defeated the Bayou Lacrosse Club of Houston, 11-9, in Hous ton over the weekend. The win extends the team’s re cord to six wins and three losses for the season. Tony Scazzero led the Aggies with three goals in the game. Teammates Al Adler, Ken Foultz and Rich Cody each had two goals. The Aggies return to action this weekend when they will host Sam Houston State University Satur day and University of Texas Sun day. Both games will be held at the main drill field and are sched uled to begin at 1 p.m. Gymnastics The Texas A&M men’s gymnas tics team held on to defeat the University of Texas-Arlington and the Texas Tumblers to win its first home gymnastics meet of the year. The Aggies scored a team re cord 171.25 points en route to the victory. UTA finished with 145 and the Texas Tumblers with 121. The Tumblers are a private gym nastics club. Top individual finishers for the Aggies were Ray Moltz, second place all-around, Mark Hartwell, fourth place all-around, and David Semon, fifth place all-around. Rifle team Traveling to Austin to compete in the Central Texas Invitational Meet, the Texas A&M University Rifle team came away with the first place trophy. Mike Winzeler led the Ags with a high aggregate score of548 out of 600 possible points. Kurt Nauck finished third with a score of 539. Winzeler also took first place in the individual high standing divi sion with a score of 168. Following Winzeler was Kurt Nauck with a score of 539, John Heye, 523 and Glenn Park, 505. Team members who competed as individuals but were not counted on the team total are: Troy Smith, 524; Harvey Haney, 511 and Renee Ruth, 449. The team’s next competition will be at the Fiesta Invitational Meet April 24-25 at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. Men's golf The Texas A&M men’s golf team tied for third in the 24-team Morris Williams Invitational in Austin last weekend. The University of Houston, ranked 10th nationally, won with an 858 total, Oklahoma State Uni versity was runner-up with 871. The Aggies tied and with Oklaho ma University tied for third with 875. The University of Texas, sponsor of the par 72 course, was next at 876 and number one- ranked Oral Roberts had an 877. Bart Cobb led the Aggies with rounds of 69-75-72 for a ninth place finish with 216. Gary Krueger scored 72-75-72 for a total of 219. Richard Crom well, Brad Jones and Danny Briggs each finished with scores of 220. The team heads to Houston this week for the All-American Inter collegiate April 1-4 sponsored by UH. Women's golf Texas A&M’s women golfers finished sixth in a 23-team field at the Lady Paladin tournament last week in Greenville, S.C. Texas A&M’s final score was 923, with Florida State won the tournament with a score of 887. opiPDinniDnicmiDPPt United Press International PHILADELPHIA — When they give out the Academy Awards in Hollywood tonight, high on the list of nominees should be Indiana’s remake of “The Phi ladelphia Story.” The Hoosiers, returning to the site of their last championship in 1976, captured the NCAA crown Monday night with a powerful performance in a 63-50 victory over North Carolina. “I’ve never seen a group of kids stay with a goal or work harder toward an end they had set for themselves,” said Indiana coach Bobby Knight. “Never losing sight of the fact that they had to improve.” Indiana, which began the year in disarray with a 7-5 record, re grouped in astonishing fashion. The Hoosiers went on to win the Big Ten title before burying Mary land, Alabama-Birmingham, St. Joseph’s and Louisiana State en route to the title game. In all, their average margin of victory during the five tournament games was nearly 23 points. Backed by All-America Isaiah Thomas — the tournament’s Most Valuable Player — with 23 points and Randy Wittman with 16, the Hoosiers thwarted North Caroli na’s bid to at last win an NCAA title for Coach Dean Smith. Indiana led 27-26 at the half on a buzzer shot by Wittman from the corner. Then came the charge of the Knight brigade. The Hoosiers opened second half with a fury. They went on a 12-4 burst with Thomas hit ting four baskets and making two steals. That brought the score to 39-30 and the Tar Heels were all but through. Thomas, who made 7-of-10 shots from the floor in the second half after going l-of-7 in the first half, did not think his performance after intermission was the key. “I thought the most important play of the game was Randy at the end of the half,” he said. “It gave us momentum and we went up one point and we reasserted ourselves. He did a hell of a job when he hit that shot at the end of the half. I think that was the single most important play.” Wittman said the Hoosiers ad justed to the news of the assassina tion attempt on President Reagan in Washington earlier in the day. “It was a tragic thing,” he said. “We felt for him and the other people that were shot but we had a national championship on the line and we had to go out and play.” Before the game, rumors ran rampant that the NCAA might de cide to postpone its national bas ketball championship in the wake of an attempt on the life of Presi dent Reagan. “I did not know they (tourna ment officials) were considering The pressure Monday night to call off the NCAA finals was great. The Academy Awards had been postponed and the New York Stock Exchange closed early. As the president remained in surgery, rumors of the game’s postponement persisted as the meeting between NCAA tourna ment officials and officials from In diana and North Carolina became longer and longer. But finally, about a half-hour before the scheduled 7:23 p.m. tipoff, the announcement came: The game was on. “Based upon the reports we have obtained in the past couple of minutes, we have decided to pro ceed as planned with the cham pionship game,” said Wayne Duke, chairman of the NCAA Di vision I basketball committee. “Following consultation with all officials, the tournament commit tee decided to proceed in that manner. The coaches of the com peting teams were const rately concerning the mtl In reality, the ment committee didhtW choice. The Philadelph had reserved the Speitr.; for an NBA playoffgarntt; Most of the spectators ii| out crowd of 18,276\vertt of town and had made tr for today. “It was not until afteitlf of the Spectrum were opt) fore the first gamethatlt relative to the President^ jured as a result of the gt made available to us,” ft A prayer was offered h game by Dr. Donald Ft!; chancellor of students North Carolina, followed: ment of silence and thei anthem. Normally, thei anthem is played when lit are in the locker room and the attention of national !■) aaoatPDiQq jqpapqpcEaaacra agon Presented by Shelton Studio of Dallas • Working professionals demonstrate day-to-day assignments. • Discuss problems and solutions. • Slide presentation. • Question and answer session. • Learn what it's really like! 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