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Thursday, January 19, 1984AThe Battalion/Page 13
Ag men lose
SMU stomps
By DAVE SCOTT
DALLAS — SMU crushed
S |l 0r ^Texas A&M’s mens basketball
3 team 83-56 Wednesday night,
but the Aggie women fared
Rmuch better winning 78-69 be-
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The woman’s team improved
their SWC record to 1-2. Center
Tatum lead the Aggie woman
with 28 points and 17 rebounds
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On the men’s side of the
md then |floor, the game was never in
per milfe doubt. Mustangs’ Center Jon
icentrati?: jKoncak made sure of that,
workeni Koncak finished the night
in cancet w hh 20 points, 20 rebounds and
tuff tolipeven blocked shots.
Even though Koncak domin
ated, he was kind to the Aggies
fter the game.
“The ball just bounced our
shownt!a ivay,” the 7-foot center said. “It
atofthep ivasn’t like playing a bunch of
3-2 white guys. They have a real-
y good team. Whenever you
F.OR hfrajpeat A&M it’s a great win."
Texas A&M head coach Shel-
ay Metcalf was more blunt and
more realistic about the contest.
He gave full credit to the
h and d Mustangs, but also blamed his
earn. “We just had a horrible
light,” he said. The intensity
out ofii hat A&M displayed against
Houston was no where in sight.
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“It looked to me like SMU
wanted it more than we did,” he
said.
“We just weren’t ready to
play. And everybody has to be
going hard, for us to have any
success.”
SMU lead from start to finish
building their lead up to 30
points.
A&M shot a poor 35.6 per
cent from the field, with most of
their shots being forced from
the far outside.
And when the Aggies missed,
Koncak was there to gobble up
every rebound. He started the
game hot, grabbing almost a re
bound each minute for the first
ten minutes of the game. Met
calf said that was the key.
“A lack of rebounding to start
the ballgame really killed us,”
Metcalf said.
“And rebounding has been
our forte.”
Leading scorer for the Aggies
was A1 Pulliam with 14 points,
ten of those coming in the first
half. Doug Lee added 13.
The men who are now 9-7 on
the year and 2-3 in SWC play
take on TCU back at the friendly
confines of G. Rollie White
Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
The women who are now 8-5
on the year will also play at
Saturday at home. They tip-off
against Arkansas at 7:30 p.m.
Photo by DEAN SAITO
SMU Center, Jon Koncak, shown here in
action last season dominated the Aggies
Wednesday night. Koncak scored 20 points,
20 rebounds and seven blocked shots.
dwks’ Rivers happy to start
United Press International
i’t unden« ATLANTA (UPI) — Atlanta
gy,” she a Hawks’ rookie Glenn ‘Doc’ Riv-
iernsteioa-ers polished his game against
'e grainoNBA stars in the Chicago sum-
d, Thatimer leagues so he wasn’t too
s meaninjpved on his first trip around the
ting abomi league.
t consisieB But Rivers, a 6-foot-4 guard
pearedail who gave up his senior season at
[Marquette to turn pro, was left
arne.anwpeechless when Philadelphia
explaindli^Cers’ star Julius Erving made
he mosidhis first visit to Atlanta this
ants fori*eason.
des thaiS “I had always been in awe of
n. Hesaidllbe Doctor’ because they call
toxic c® We ‘Doc,’” said Rivers. “I went to
e now ii* chapel services before the game
s have» an d suddenly ‘Doc’ walked in
ect if inki^ith about seven Philadelphia
>re expea players.
t types. I “He came up to me and said,
THow are you doing, Doc?’ That
[just shocked me. He’s about the
-»p ionly player I hadn’t met. I didn’t
know he knew I existed.”
|, I When the game began. Rivers
ElllOll couldn’t wait to show Erving
Bow he picked up his nickname,
ffhe first time I got the ball I
wanted to drive and try to dunk
so bad,” he recalled. “I got one
later in the game over Moses
(Malone).”
I The 22-year-old Rivers was
the 31st player taken in last
year’s draft but he’s quickly
made a name for himself
around the league, averaging
9.2 points and nearly four assists
a game. He recendy moved into
the Hawks’ starting lineup,
teaming with veteran Johnny
Davis in the backcourt and with
Eddie Johnson now coming off
the bench.
“He’s doing extremely well
right now,” said rookie Atlanta
Coach Mike Fratello. “He’s got a
long way to go but he’ll get better
as he plays more games and gets
more minutes.”
Rivers runs the Atlanta
offense and his strength is tak
ing the ball to the basket. He’s
also very quick and Fratello says
he “could be an outstanding de
fender by the time he’s done.”
Rivers skipped his senior sea
son at Marquette because bas
ketball was no longer fun.
“Basically, I wasn’t happy with
the system at Marquette,” he
said.
“I think a lot of people misin
terpreted what I said and
thought I wasn’t happy with
Coach (Hank) Raymonds. It’s
just I am more of a transition-
type player and Marquette was
walking the ball up the court. We
were playing zone defense and I
love playing man-to-man and
going after people.”
Rivers, nephew of former
NBA player Jim Brewer and
cousin of Baltimore Orioles’ star
Ken Singleton, was dis
appointed he did not get picked
until early in the second round
of the NBA draft, but that only
heightened his resolve to make
the Hawks.
“I just came in here and said
T’m going to make this team,’”
he recalled.
Seven veteran guards re
ported to the Hawks’ preseason
camp along with first-round
pick Randy Wittman and Rivers.
But Rivers who did not have a
guaranteed contract quickly
earned a job and he’s played a lot
of because of the early season
injuries to the Hawks’ guards.
The Hawks have hovered
around the .500 mark all season
but Rivers says they are due for a
streak. “The chemistry just isn’t
there yet but it’s coming,” he
said.
“Somewhere down the road,
we’re going to win five in a row
or 10 out of 12 and once we do
that, we’re going to put a lot of
space between a lot of teams.”
Rivers thinks he could score
more “but right now they are not
looking to me to score. My job is
an assist man and score when I
have to. We have so many great
scorers on this team I bet I don’t
average five shots a game, but
I’m hitting over 50 percent.”
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Cowboys sale still up in air;
Rozelle to screen applicants
United Press International
DALLAS — Dallas Cowboys
president and general manager
Tex Schramm insisted Wednes
day that the sale of the franchise
was, “not close,” and said the
names of several prospective
buyers would be forwarded to
the National Football League
for scrutiny.
The leading contenders in
the Cowboys’ sweepstakes
appear to be local businessmen
Vance Miller and W.O. Bank
ston, whose names have been
submitted to NFL Commission
er Pete Rozelle for preliminary
inquiries.
“I wouldn’t consider this (the
submission of names) a major
step because a number of names
will be submitted to the league.
“The names that are coming
up in the newspaper are there
because it is the choice of the
people concerned. There are
other people involved who ha
ven’t chosen to have their names
in the newspaper.
“I certainly wouldn’t expect
anything (to be finalized) before
the Pro Bowl.”
Schramm, who was recently
hospitalized with stomach prob
lems, did say he felt better about
having to sell the team than he
did when the decision was first
made by current owner Clint
Murchison and the Murchison
family.
Murchison has never inter
fered with the running of the
team and Schramm, along with
other members of the organiza
tion, admitted it would be diffi
cult to find another such person
who still was willing to spend in
the neighborhood of $60 million
on the team.
Raiders talking pass against Skins
United Press International
TAMPA, Fla. — For all that
talk about how physical Sun
day’s Super Bowl matchup be
tween the Los Angeles Raiders
and Washington Redskins prob
ably will be, Malcolm Barnwell
sees it as more of “a cat and
mouse game.”
“We are two physical teams,
no question about that,” the
Raiders’ wide receiver said
Wednesday. “But if you look
back to our first game against
the Redskins (in October), you’ll
find we both got most of our yar
dage by throwing the football.
“We run good routes, they do
too,” Barnwell said. “Our whole
offense is designed toward find
ing the open receiver. We’re
going to attack them and they
know they are going to be
attacked.”
Raiders’ coach Tom Flores
appeared to agree with his
young receiver.
“We play a tough brand of
football,” said Flores. “But,
when I talk about attack football,
I’m talking about throwing the
ball deep.”.
Flores tried to make a joke
Wednesday of the fact he had
fined seven of his players $1,000
each on Tuesday for showing up
late for an early-morning
meeting.
“Someone check,” Flores said
kiddingly, “and let’s see how
many members of the media
showed up on time for this
gathering.”
Flores continued to refuse to
name the seven players who
were fined, but other sources
listed them as quarterback Jim
Plunkett, cornerbacks Ted
Watts and James Davis, safety
Kenny Hill, defensive ends
Johnny Robinson and Greg
Townsend, and offensive guard
Curt Marsh.
Of those, only Plunkett ex
pects to start in Sunday’s game.
Raiders senior linebacker
Ted Hendricks is still suffering
from “a strained abdominal
muscle,” but Flores said he’s
counting on him to start against
the Redskins.
“That injury has bothered
him for some weeks now,” said
Flores. “We’ll be taking him out
on certain plays, but he’s still a
pretty dominating player.”
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