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Scholarship Good Neigh -itizensofiht es and Cuba, ip have iheii losen by tht uerestedeai i Pavilion, ports Friday, February 3, 1984/The Battalion/Page 15 omen ■ upset '“ v Houston ring an aulo- Engineering ' compete ini are open for beginners to . lime ineatli md the timed or Sports Cat ators are wei By DONN FRIEDMAN Sports editor I HOUSTON — For the Texas A&M women’s basketball team, it was an upset. Not the kind of upset that makes the cover of Sports Illustrated, but an upset nonetheless. The Aggiesjumped to a 20-4 lead in the first 7 minutes — a lead which they never relin- uished, winning 81-80. It was he first win for the Aggie omen’s team at Hofeinz Pavil- lion since 1976. I Despite yielding six inches to ilhe Cougars 6-5 Monica Lamb, ■he Aggies out-rebounded I |Iouston 18-16 in the first half to lielp A&M to a 37-25 halftime I But with Michelle Tatum sit ting on the bench in foul trouble i ^br the first 9 minutes of the lecond half, the Cougars were Ible to fight back. I Tatum came in and hit a tur naround jumper to put the Aggies up 59-46, but shortly ■hereafter she drew her fourth foul and went back to the bench. l i l ■ With 3:20 left in the game e scholarship | nd lhe A ies 72 .68, Tatum is AdmmistH'B ame m 0 f f t y ie bench. ements ir graduation nents can be x, room 211, O' arships 11 award eight lolarshipsthii r professional on thebasisol potential sue- tilting a! b. 23. I Jenni Edgar hit a turnaround jumper after a Tatum offensive rebound and advanced the Aggie lead to 74-68. As the ■ggies made the transition to defense, point guard Mary Ann Swearngin fouled out. The Battalion , I From then on it was a matter of missed Aggie free throws and made Cougar layups. But the Cougar’s run at the Aggies wasn’t quite enough. I The win was Cherri Rapp’s "'N first in Hofeinz as the Aggie coach. OH MY OOSH ! THE A&S AA£T REALLY MAO HOW AMO THEY'RE OohmA TAKE IT OUT ON ME JUST 'CAUSE l'R\ FROM HOUSTO/y! A full house AT G. AOLLIE SATURDAY NIOrHT WOULD BE A etc- help! REMEtA&eR QO^ Fear factor prevails; UH beats ‘sick’ Aas By DONN FRIEDMAN Sports editor HOUSTON — When a team takes on the Houston Cougars they usually have three things to fear: Akeem Olajuwon on de fense; Akeem Olajuwon on offense, and Michael Young from the corner. But the Aggies had extra worries Thursday night. They had to play the No. 6 team in the country without starting point guard Todd Holloway and guard Darnell Williams. Williams was back home in the hospital with the flu while Holloway sat at the end of the bench in street clothes suffering from tendentitis in his big toe. Olajuwon was more of a fear factor on defense with eight blocks than on offense with nine K oints, but Young hit from base- ne to baseline scoring a career- high 30 points. The Cougars de feated the Aggies 87-65. The Cougars took little time taking advantage of the Aggies lack of their starting guards as they jumped out to a 13-4 advan tage. But A&M was not about to take both a loss and a blow to their pride without a bit of a fight. Winston Crite cradled the ball in his arm and drove to the basket slamming the ball with a Phi-Slama-Jama-Who’s-No. 6- in-the-country-who’s-in-the- Southwest-Conference-cellar- it’s-in-your-face-slam over the top of Olajuwon. Shortly thereafter Alvin Franklin tried to retaliate with a dunk on a fast break but Roger Bock would have none of that. Olympic hopeful in Aggieland By KAY MALLETT Sports writer He was a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic track team and he’s a top contender for the 1984 team. He is highjumper Jimmy Ho ward, a 1982 graduate of Texas A&M, and he’s going for the gold. Howard, who is one of the topjumpers in the world, says he is confident of a spot on the 1984 track team. “If I jump (at the U.S. Olym pic team tryouts) what I usually jump,” Howard said, ‘‘I shouldn’t have any problem. I’m beating all the best in the United States right now.” But team tryouts aren’t until June. Howard realizes that any number of things could happen between now and then. “Some problems could come up, but I don’t foresee anything that could happen,” he said. “But then again, you have to look at the tryouts themselves. It’s a one day thing and I could have an off-day.” Or somebody could do what Howard did in 1980. “I think I wasjust ranked 10th and I went to the tryouts for ex perience. But I got one of those ‘once in a lifetime’jumps and I made the team. I was in total shock.” He was so shocked that he says he didn’t care that the Un ited States didn’t compete in the 1980 games in Moscow. But the Aggie from Alvin has changed his point of view for the 1984 games. He’s made some personal sacrifices and taken time out of his life to train for the upcoming event. He’s currently competing in international indoor meets as a member of the Pacific Coast Club. The club is a non-profit orga nization consisting of the top pole vaulters and high jumpers in the United States and Canada. The executive director, Tom Jennings, acts mainly as an agent for the athletes to get them into most of the major meets across the nation. “It’s very difficult getting into these major meets,” Jennings said. “It’s mainly politics. My job is to get athletes on my team and get them into the meets. It’s me using their influence as top athletes to get them into the va rious competitions. And because of the calibre of athletes I work with, they are in essence self- supporting.” But Jennings isn’t a coach for the team. “It’s ideal that they (the athletes) live and train in the area they’ve been in,” he said. “That way, there are no drastic changes they have to go through.” So Howard is currently train ing in College Station and flying out each weekend to the various meets. Last weekend he competed in the Melrose Games in Madison Square Garden and placed second behind Dwight Stones. Howard and Stones tied at 7-6 1/4, but Stones won because he had the least number of misses at that height. “I just felt like I jumped too good to get second. I hate it when Stones beats me,” Howard said. He hates it because he feels like he’s better than Stones and he wants to be recognized as the top American jumper. A posi tion that Stones has dominated for years. “I’m a better jumper than he is,” Howard said. “I want to be the best American and I’m not see HOWARD page 16 He slammed both Franklin and the ball to the floor, sending the Cougar to the free-throw line. Franklin’s free throw was off and Bock was after it — diving after the ball and flicking it to his A&M teammates. But fight was not enough and the Aggies fell behind 42-31 at the half. The second half started out badly for the Aggies with Doug Lee and Mike Clifford laun ching shots that hit nothing hut backboard. The Cougars pulled away 52-35 and it was Houston from then on. 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