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Beautiful Roses (Red, pink, yellow) from The Dixie Rose Company Buy one dozen get per dozen second dozen for Vz price To Order Call 693-2749 before Friday Roses will be available for pick-up from 2:00-6:00 p.m. Friday, Nov 1 in front of Sbisa Dinning Hall and in front of Commons. / ' ^' s Us sponsored by ENVE mmm Beat SMU! Page 8/The Battalion/Wednesday, October 30, 1985 A Christmas Bargain Imagine the splendor ot a Renaissance feast during the Christmas season complete with a hearty meal, good spirits, and entertainment. Groups which purch- ase 1 3 or more tickets to the MSC’s Madrigal Dinners will receive a bonus of two free tickets. Tickets are available at the Ticketron outlets in Rudder Tower or Dillards. Tickets are $18 for the public and $14 for senior citizens and Texas A&M students. December 4-7 Overflowing With Good Cheer MSC TOWN HALL Presents GEORGE STRAIT SPECIAL GUEST: Clay Blaker and The Texas Honky Tonk Band Thursday, November 14 • 8:00 P.M. G. Rollie White Coliseum — Texas A&M University Tickets still available. Rockets strand Sonics with big 3rd period rally Associated Press HOUSTON — Houston’s Ralph Sampson scored 1 5 of his 2 4 points in a brea kaway third quar ter to lead the Rockets to a 1 1 1-99 National Basket ball Association victory over the Seattle SuperSonics Tuesday night. Sampson, who also had 12 re bounds, sat out most of the fourth quarter after the Rockets built up a 103-73 lead going into the final min utes. Lewis Lloyd scored nine points in the third quarter to assist Sampson’s surge and the Rockets outscored the Sonics 36-17 in the period to take a 91-62 lead into the fourth quarter. Lloyd finished with 1 / points, while Akeem Olajuwon scored 13 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Tom Chambers led the Sonics with 21 points and Xavier McDaniel added 20. Sampson helped Houston to an early lead, scoring nine first quarter points as the Rockets moved to a 26- 18 lead after the first period. Houston’s Robert Reid came off the bench in the second quarter, hit ting five of six shots from the field in nine minutes for 12 jx>inis and a 55- 45 bulge at intermission. Houston increased its record to 2- 1 and the Sonics dropped to 0-2. ketball Association play. Jabbar gave the Lakers their first lead since early in the game with a stuff shot with 4:24 remaining in the third quarter. That put Los Angeles ahead 94-92 before a Reunion Ar- nea sellout crowd of 17,007. The Lakers, who trailed by as many as 14 points in the second quarter, took the lead for good at 97-95 on a stuff by forward James Worthy with 3:06 left in the quarter. Worthy led Los Angeles, 2-0, with 21 points. Guard Michael Cooper had 19. The Mavericks, 1-1, got 25 points from Mark Aguirre in their fifth consecutive loss to the Lakers. Los Angeles, playing without guard Earvin ‘’Magic’’ Johnson, out with a case of the shingles, fell be hind 46-32 in the second quarter as Jabbar sat out with three fouls. A 16- 4 Lakers run pulled them within 69- 64 at half time. SAM AMTOMIO Lakers 133, Mavericks 115 DALLAS — After spending most of the sec ond quarter in foul trouble, cen ter Kareem Ab dul-Jabbar scored 10 of his 20 points in the third quarter as the Los Angeles Lakers passed the Dallas Mavericks en route to a 133-115 vic tory Tuesday night in National Bas- Spurs 124, Jazz 112 SAN ANTO NIO — A fiery Alvin Robertson pumped in 23 points and David Greenwood F grabbed 20 re- Mnnids Tuesday as the San Anto nio Spurs bounced the Utah Jazz 124-1 12. It was the first victory of the year for the Spurs, who lost their opener to the Los Angeles Lakers Saturday. The Jazz, who lost their opener to Houston, fell to 0-2. The Spurs led 65-57 at halftime, with Mike Mitchell contributing 17 points in the first half and finishing the game with 22. 'Ihey began to pull away from the Jazz in the third period, leading by as much as 16 points and grabbing 20 rebounds to the visitors’ 9. Greenwood, who finished the Cop’ Clean new Plenty Try us Other Tuesday NBAscorfil (Home team in capitalji ATLANTA 109 New York 87 flY/M fi/VI/lf Washington 97 CLEVELAND 90 TM Tlx DETROIT 127 New Jersey 107 MILWAUKEE 119 Philadelphia 117 Denver PHOENIX (late) old Portland at L A. CLIPPERS (late) Fu (.’hicago at GOLDEN STATE (late) contest with 16 points, aunt toil Spurs last week from ChiofJ trade for longtime guard i Gervin. Point guard Johnny Moort (raining camp holdout whosim| contract Monday, entered tkg for the first time in thefounii riod. adding 10 points. Jaa 97-f were able to dostjl gap to 97-88 in the fourthpwijjl fore.the Spurs began theirfuuliM/ji ning surge. ISO The Spurs were hot Ixiards, pulling down 57totkj! I 37 rebounds. Adrian Dandey led the score the Jazz with 30, and Thud I sh< PLAZA 3 ( JWIEFt: AMMEBAT MECT finished the game with 21. Mustang players earn AP honow Associated Press DALLAS — SMU tailback Reggie Dupard and linebacker Kit Case have pulled off the rare double of teammates winning 'The Associated Press’ Southwest Conference Players of the Week awards. Their efforts led directly to SMU’s 44-14 thrashing of the Texas Long horns Saturday in T exas Stadium. Dupard, a senior from New Or leans, La., scored four touchdowns and rushed for 1 17 yards to earn Of fensive Player of the Week honors. Case, a senior from Dallas and leading the team in tackles, inter cepted two passes, recovered a tum ble, and registered 1 I tackles, six of them unassisted, and was named De fensive Player of the W f eck. Dupard scored on two shorts runs, then showed his versatility by catching a swing pass from SMU quarterback Don King and dashing nine yards for a score. Then he came right back to race 39 yards for an other touchdown. Dupard averaged 4.7 yards on his 25 carries. He passed Baylor's Alfred Ander son and Texas A&M’s Joel Hunt for ninth on the all-time SWC scoring list. Dupard has 240 career points, 54 behind the SWC record held by Arkansas’ Bill Burnett. Dupard has had 16 career 100- yard games at SMU. *T thought we would wh thought the game would btsl . Iwsr ! . I hip.U have put our adveniiy bettf when we lost to Arizona anJl on back-to-back Saturdays. rolling now." 1 he def ense also is cominjil like an avalanche behindCase!i| play -L . “I was tired of losing toTtsI Case said. “I have a lot of fej Texas and now I can have $ laughs at their expense." Case’s biggest play amf third period when he W Texas’ Eric Metcalf cold onafi and-one play at the SMU2-yrfj tvtrr aotth iTevebi SM. asm. lil»- MM-frll BEVt MIL .ft jQOUGR ■siTiurr^fl CASUAL 1FURMTUEE —gVf Bryan/College Station 1623 Culpepper Plaza (409) 696-4489 Sales & Rental iM\\ Mon-Frl 7:30/9:45 f ST€V6N Mon-I CHUCK (Mi [ master charge) TNt IMM JESSICA L Mon-Fri voute or rott WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 30 Room 110 Harrington 7:30 p.m., $1.50 \agci INEMA/ This evening’s short: Dating Dos and Done