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Lemons defends his
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|Gay McNutt, catcher for the Texas A&M women’s soft-
11 ball team, hits the ball into the infield during the Aggies’
[sweep of Oklahoma Tuesday, as OU catcher Wendy
Ford prepares to take the pitch. Texas A&M plays at the
University of Texas at Arlington today in a double-
header starting at 4.
United Press International
AUSTIN — Despite being fired by the Univer
sity of Texas, the acid-tongued Abe Lemons with
a reputation as college basketball’s leading
humorist has no apologies for his style.
Southwest Conference’s basketball coaches
said Wednesday that they were sorry to hear of
Lemons’s firing. Even Arkansas coach Eddie Sut
ton, involved in the most recent controversy stem
ming from Lemons’ remarks, was sympathetic to
Lemons’ plight.
After learning Tuesday of his firing at the
hands of the university’s athletic council, Lemons
was bitter about the council but defended his
high-flung verbal form in his usual manner.
“I didn’t get to talk to the ones who did it,”
Lemons told reporters. “The athletic director just
came in and said ‘I’ve got some bad news. You are
fired.’
“I am kind of crusty. What you need to do is
keep your head down and keep your mouth shut
and you will stay around a long time. Abe Lemons
can’t do that.
“It was a total shock to me. If they had told me I
had been elected governor of Texas it couldn’t
have shocked me more.”
After joking that he might change jobs and
become an astronaut, Lemons vowed to remain in
coaching.
Lemons said he had not been given an exact
reason for his dismissal. Athletic director DeLoss
Dodds said only that the Longhorns needed new
leadership.
Dodds, who said that the final two years of
Lemons’ $52,000-a-year contract would be hon
ored, indicated that the firing was not precipi
tated by the unexpected collapse of the Lon
ghorns’ team this year, nor by Lemons’ deteriorat
ing relationship with the University of Arkansas.
Texas won its first 14 games and was ranked
fifth in the country only to lose 11 of its last 13
after an injury to star forward Mike Wacker.
Southwest Conference coaches were surprised
to hear Lemons had been fired and Sutton,
though he said he had not talked to Lemons since
a confrontation about one of his players, was ex
tremely sympathetic.
Lemons and Sutton have been at odds for sev
eral years and their rivalry was intensified when
Arkansas player Darrell Walker was kicked out of
a game in Fayetteville for striking Texas guard
Ray Harper.
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■For 29 games, Long Island
University proved it knew how
to score points. But Wednesday
night, the Blackbirds displayed a
remarkable facility for giving
them up.
Illinois shattered several
scoring records, including the
major college mark for most
points by a team in post-season
play, in crushing the Blackbirds,
126-78, in an opening-round
game in the National Invitation
Tournament.
■ “We live by the sword and we
die by the sword,” said LIU
Coach Paul Lizzo, whose Black
birds led the nation in scoring
this season. “Illinois took us out
of our game plan. We were
awed. I hope we see Illinois in
the Final Four.”
1 So does senior guard Perry
Range, whose career-high 28
points led six Illinois players in
double figures.
B “They were quick, but we can
run too,” Range said.
B The previous Assembly Hall
record for most points by an Illi
nois team was 121 in 1965, and
the NIT record broken was held
by Marshall, which scored 119
against Nebraska in 1967.
W The 126 points also was the
most by any major college team
in post-season play, NIT or
NCAA.
The Illini, 18-10, used a de
vastating fast-break and a de
cided height advantage to
dominate the Blackbirds from
the opening tip, opening a 65-29
halftime bulge. Following
Range were Jay Daniels with 20
points, Craig Tucker with 16,
Anthony Welch with 13, Derek
Harper with 12, James Griffin
with 11 and Quinn Richardson
with 10.
Long Island, 20-10, was led by
Riley Clarida’s 14 points.
Elsewhere in the first round
Wednesday night, Purdue beat
Western Kentucky, 72-65: Day-
ton edged Connecticut, 76-75, in
overtime; Texas A&M topped
Lamar, 60-58, and Washington
defeated Brigham Young, 66-
63.
At West Lafayette, Ind., Big
Ten scoring champion Keith
Edmonson had 29 points as the
Boilermakers, 15-13, beat a
sloppy Western Kentucky team.
“It was shocking,” said Pur
due Coach Gene Keady about
Western Kentucky’s 24 tur
novers.
At Dayton, Ohio, Roosevelt
Chapman scored 21 points to
lead the Flyers, 20-8, to a gritty
overtime triumph. With one mi
nute left and Connecticut lead
ing 67-65, Dayton’s Kevin Con
rad fouled Karl Hobbs, who
then turned around and hit
Conrad. Hobbs was ejected, giv
ing Dayton the chance to tie in
regulation. Shawn McNally’s
layup put Dayton ahead for
good in the overtime.
At Provo, Utah, guards Alvin
Vaughn and Steve Burks com
bined for 27 second-half points
in pacing Washington. The
Huskies trailed by 16 points late
in the first half, but outscored Li tonight’s first-round
BYU, 30-10, to grab the lead for games, it’s Temple at Georgia,
good on a basket and two foul Inna at Rutgers, American at
shots by Burks. Fred Roberts led Bradley and Murray State at
BYU with 22 points. Nevada-Las Vegas.
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