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Friday, February 8, 1985/The Battalion/Page 13 r " U of H using new tactics 1 Coogs revitalized 'If II Associated Press p HOUSTON — The Houston Mougnts are best known for their nerve-rattling slam dunks, but ^ they’ve been turning to dif f erent tac tics lately. ‘ HutieI Houston broke a tour-game los- r iis lis ing streak Wednesday by maintain- ngsien ing a game-long full court press against the Texas, instead of shower ing the Longhorns with slam dunks. ^ SiptjB Coach Guy Lewis says the Cou- ■% Mgars are likely to use a variation of Hhat defensive strategy against Texas Tlit; • i fech in Lubbock Sunday. oilieijH “We’ll have to use something a little different against Tech,” agreed ■ticalli j guard Alvin Franklin, who orches- tfated a balanced offense that had lat’silit five players in double figures in to me Wednesday’s 94-80 victory, w He K backinH “They’ve ( Tech) got (guard lershei IBiubba) Jennings outskle to worry about and you have to deny the ball e inter- inside so we’ll probably use some Hines and mix our defenses.” ie. “Sa; H non are || But against the plodding Long horns, the Cougars pressed man-to- i. SipeHan from the start, forcing the place i Longhorns into 23 turnovers. e roomH “The players wanted to run it (the ore ate man-to-man press),” Lewis said. “I can’t say it was great defense when frump (Texas) scored 80 points, but from a standpoint of getting us revved up, it •1 don't did that.” m....Do K The victory kept Lewis from di recting a five-game losing streak for only the second time in his career and improved the Cougar record to H -8 for the season and 6-4 in South- / AFTER A OrAIAEUKZ THAT OAB HtTH BAYU>/Z. / HBEO A WEEKEND OFF-! SAY, THAT'5 A GrOOD aUESTIO/V ! by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds TANK MCNAMARA “The players wanted to rtm it (the man-to man press)* J cm*t my h was ■defense when (Texa^kmed' SO points, & standpoint of getting;yp$s r revved up> it ■— Houston Coach Guy V. Lewis west Conference games. “I’m so glad to get off that dam ned 13,” Lewis said. Houston’s Rickie Winslow had four dunks in the game but was more pleased with ending the losing streak. “It’s a relief,” he said. ‘‘I got a little tired. But I hope we go into the rest of the season games pressing. There was no more catch up tonight. We felt more like a unit.” Houston’s Guy Lewis Franklin had 10 assists against the Longhorns and hopes the trend will lead to a more balanced attack the rest of the season. “We’ve been trying to win with the jump shot,” Franklin said. “I started paying attention in practice to get ting the ball in to the big men. I was really trying to get everyone in volved in the offense.” Houston’s trademark in three Texas Coach Bob Weltlich praised straight appearances in the Final Houston’s press but also gave his Four championship tournament has Longhorns partial credit for making been the slam dunk. But the dunks it work, have become a sideshow since the departure of Akeem Olajuwon. “Quickness is part of it, but when you break the press and then come The Cougars had 194 dunks over down and throw the ball out of 37 games last season and had 122 af- bounds or over somebody’s head ter 22 games a year ago. But at the that’s something else,” he said. “We same juncture this season, Houston just were not taking care of busi- has only 70 slammers. ness.” Driver killed in Daytona Speedway practice Associated Press L'reaies 11 iwanll DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The doth of an ARCA stock car driver ddened Thursday at Daytona International v-found Speedway added to the tension as Daddi ^ Grand National cars prepared vs “I for a high-speed onslaught on the idv had P 0 ^ position for the Daytona 500. ■ Francis Affleck, a 34-year-old Ca- gjfadian-born driver who had pre- viously raced at Daytona in four sportsman events and a modified race, died of massive head injuries after his late model Ford stock car flipped wildly down the backstretch during an Automobile Racing Club of America practice. | Observers at the 2.5-mile, high- banked oval said the car was travel ing alone on the track between 180 and 190 mph when Affleck appar ently lost control. It was the 14th racing death at Daytona since the historic track was opened in 1959 and the first since Ricky Knott was killed during one of the twin 125-mile qualifying events for the 1980 Daytona 500. The Grand National cars are fas ter than the ARCA cars, which will race here Sunday prior to the Busch Clash for 1984 pole position win ners. And at least a dozen of the cars that will race in the $1.2 million Day tona 500 on Feb. 17 are expected to ualify at more than 200 mph Satur- ay when the pole position and out side spot on the front row go up for grabs, v “Any time you run over 200, you’re on the ragged edge,” said Bill Elliott, a rising Grand National star and one of the favorites to win the pole position after testing a Ford Thunderbird at more than 203 mph here in December. “I fully expect 12, maybe 15 cars to be over 200 in qualifying,” Elliott said. “I suppose there could be some danger in that, but the speeds in the race will be down somewhere in the 192 to 195 range, I expect.” That’s not a very comforting thought for the entries who are going to have to drive on that same ragged edge just to get up into the 190s in qualifying or in next Thurs day’s twin 125 qualifiers. “With the equipment that the top teams have, they can coast at the speeds it takes everything I’ve got to get up to,” said Ronnie Thomas, a veteran of Grand National racing who never has finished higher than seventh. 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