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gs saw Varsity’s horns off idle Glenn said oa le Press" televis IVe have alol By DAVE SCOTT Sports Writer AUSTIN — After the game he was called the “The Thief of ned vigoroii' Baghdad” by teammate be counted Winston Crite and the thief axpecl to d st0 | e everything in sight from iter than w (he 1'exas Longhorns Saturday. ■The Thief’ is Darnell Wil iams, a 6’3” guard for the Ag gies He stole the ball eight in New Hairp: t i rneS) a Texas A&M school re- > do very we. cor( j anc j j n doing so, he stole , who finished the show londale in McWilliams scored a career-high ged he is slippit; I5 p 0 j n t S) hitting 11-13 field three Souther*^ i n l eac ii n g the Aggies to a 1 primaries ec |2-57 win over the University of , but he said y eX as. The win has assured s efforts are f# a fjfth place Southwest mpshirenow Conference finish and a home lay could K w,,,, f or the first round of the tor several. SWC tournament, lets, altho“£ 1 I n a rowdy Aggie lockeroom 0 go on re. jf ter the game, Williams re- back in the fid ifealed the reason for his espe cially motivated play against the ’ton. Holliiu Longhorns. Before Saturday, re considere his career high had been the 18 ile, with Ja iolnts he scored against them rn seen earlier this year, at least the how ;h 13. f Williams said UT had re- on CBS’s “F cruited him while he was at Gar- if he will foldL den City Community College in poorly in Net Kansas, but that they had de- anston said:“1: dried to use the scholarship on eployed my n afreshman. nd 1 intend to wf I just wanted them to know 1 showwhatli they made a mistake,” Williams :e.” said. , From the first tip-off, the Ag- C gies let UT know the entire ^Ndlllv game was a mistake. lA&M came out with full court pressure using a zone trap and it worked to near perfec tion. Texas turned the ball over onjeach of their first three pos it programs, sessions, astice DePjUtnxfl legations. | T he Aggies used the pres- uigh the orga!ii sure 10 outscore the Longhorns own usthefflif 4 - 5 midway through the first s see the socll™ and take a commanding tm the title atoP‘l ea< d. it it was wnlwf Aggie coach Shelby Metcalf olitical motiveKP 11 switched defenses because 1 by people ivki : °l some early foul trouble. The aw what thev’tf c * lan g e allowed UT to narrow pokesmanToii:l ; [ he g a P 10 ei g hl points, 38-30, at lay. hal k ftime - Reagan adniiB®| ^ ot unexpectedly after such usly enforcingtf slron g first ha,f > lhe A gg ies vsandhasdoif f me out a flat and P er ' ars We have to aa P s lackadaisical in the second minal civil rigtis^ 1- y administrati#B‘\v e had a big lead,” Williams ved into nw said, “and we thought they were he rights of ingoing to let us coast in.” aersons at ’ rights UH overcomes Hogs United Press International HOUSTON — Center Akeem Olajuwon produced 19 points and guard Alvin Frank lin scored all but two of his 14 points in the second half Sun day to pace third-ranked Hous ton to a comeback 64-61 win over 1 Ith-ranked Arkansas that virtually locked up the second consecutive SWC title for the Cougars. Franklin, held without a field goal in the first half, provided the surge Houston needed to overcome a withering Arkansas defensive effort. He scored eight straight points midway through the second half which gave the Cougars the lead for good with eight minutes re maining. Arkansas, which was led by Alvin Robertson’s 20 points, owned the lead until the 14:50 mark of the second half when Olajuwon went high over 6-11 center Joe Kleine and tipped in a basket for a 41-40 advantage. Houston, 25-3, won its 38th straight Southwest Conference game and opened a two-game bulge over the Razorbacks. The Cougars need only a win over last-place Baylor Wednesday night to capture the title. Olajuwon, a junior who is the leading shot blocker in the na tion, scored 19 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked six shots. Kleine countered with 17 points and 1 1 rebounds. Houston senior forward Mi chael Young, the SWC’s leading scorer, added 17 points under heavy defensive pressure from Leroy Sutton. Young was under particular pressure in the first half when Arkansas led by as many as eight. The Razorbacks owned a 32-27 advantage at in termission. Robertson made five steals in the first 10 minutes of the game as the Razorbacks caused Hous ton trouble with a man-to-man, full-court press. Houston freshman Ricky Winslow, who totaled 10 points in the game, helped kept his team close in the opening half. The Cougars won their ninth stright game and ended a Ra zorbacks’ winning streak that had reached seven contests. The loss was Arkansas’ sec ond in the SWC race against a dozen wins, both of the setbacks coming in Houston. The Razor- backs previously lost to the Rice Owls, 65-62. The Razorbacks and Cougars will meet again next Sunday in Fayetteville and could well play again the following Sunday in the championship game of the SWC’s post-season tournament. USFL season opens Darnell Williams goes up for two af ter stealing the ball from Texas’ Karl Willock. Williams scored a career Photo by DEANSAITO high 25 points and had 8 steals as the Aggies beat the Horns 72-57 in Austin Saturday. Gamblers fall United Press International TAMPA, Fla. — Cary Ander son ran for 114 yards and a pair of touchdowns to spark the Tampa Bay Bandits to a 20-17 triumph over the Houston Gamblers Sunday. Anderson scored on a 2-yard run at the end of the first half and scored the winning touch down on a 12-yard burst with 2:33 to play in the game. Jim Kelly, who passed for 229 yards and two Houston touchdowns, moved the Gambl ers to the Tampa Bay 35, but on fourth-and-five, he was stopped on a 2-yard keeper. The Ban dits then took over and ran out the clock. Jeff Brockhaus gave Houston the lead 17-14 in the fourth quarter when he kicked a 26- yard field goal. Siingers lose SAN ANTONIO — Fullback Mark Schellen ran for one touchdown and quarterback Johnny Walton threw a fourth- quarter scoring pass to give the New Orleans Breakersa 13-10 win Sunday over the San Anto nio Gunslingers in their USFL opener. New Orleans began the fourth quarter facing a 10-7 deficit, but went in front with a 40-yard touchdown throw from Walton to flanker Frank Lock ett with 10:39 to play. The Breakers scored on their opening drive of the game as Schellen dove over from the 1- yard line. he said ery area of chi tent — hoi*! t and schools- 1 >ws we have J al to protect it*! f individuals. | town by thesul in budget and the Civil Ri| Guard Todd Holloway choed Williams’ feelings: “We don’t have the killer in- A&M’s lead dwindled to four tints before the defense came p to life. Crite, with nine unts and five rebounds, had l:k-to-back dunks as part of •ecair^ said,V i ! I1 ' ne P°i nt Aggie run to seal the larged the adi# 016 - LmeS Si kward Kenny Brown sunk a 4(Moot jump shot with no tions areatiJfe r H maining as A he f was drib “ gress and theft downcourt. A few Texas « rip-upfl 2 rki* 5 were offended that Brown ich could n|uiS )arantI y had rubb ed salt in . • open UT wounds. But race and iJf™ had 3 g0 ° d ex P ,anation: hereportsaid | was going in that direction nanner without ('anyway (toward the A&M lock- ccent history,tWoom).” tice Departnteti 1 Lly sought to li J its own avftij ll authority and 1 ' cecutive at come On out! Join US For Bar-B-Que and an Old Fashioned, Down Home Red, White and Blue TEXAS RALLY for Richard Smith Candidate for State Representative with Congressman Phil Gramm Tuesday, February 28th 7:00 p.m. VFW Hall-FM 2818 "Live Music" Tickets: $8.50 Students $7.50 Available at: Richard Smith Campaign Office 3701 Texas Ave. at North Ave. 846-0047 Pol. Adv. paid by Citizens for Richard Smith Robt. R. wood. Treas., P.O. 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