Page 10/The Battalion/Wednesday, December 11, 1985
Sports
Rice still
searching
for coach
Ags fight Broncs tooth
and nail for 74-67 win
A&M assistant coach
on speculative list
By BRANDON BERRY
Sports Writer
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Texas A&M of
fensive coordinator Lynn Ame-
dee’s name has been mentioned
for Rice University’s vacant head
coachingjob.
However, former Rice quar
terback King Hill, who recently
resigned as an assistant coach
with the New Orleans Saints, has
the support of some Rice alumni.
“We’d like to see King come
back,” a Rice source told The
Houston Chronicle. “He’s a quar
terback’s coach and Rice can’t
overpower anybody. We’ve got to
be able to pitch anti catch.”
A search committee held an or-
f anizational meeting Monday to
egin a search to replace Watson
Brown, who resigned Thursday
to return to become head coach at
Vanderbilt.
Committee members refused
to list coaches being considered.
But the names of former Notre
Dame Coach Gerry Faust and
North Texas State Coach Corky
Nelson have been mentioned
along with Amedee and Hill.
Hill was a quarterback for the
Owls from 1955-57 and has spent
the past 28 years in the pros as a
player, scout and coach.
Hill resigned as an assistant
coach with the Saints two weeks
ago when head coach Bum Phil
lips stepped down.
“We’ve got a lot of information
to gather and I suspect we will
meet late in the week to discuss
what has happened,” a committee
member said. “There is a sense of
urgency, not only with the re
cruiting season upon us but with
the existing players.”
Brown, who led the Owls to a
4-18 record in two seasons, has
been interviewing members of his
Rice staff for jobs with the Com
modores. Recruiting coordinator
Van Holloway is expected to join
Brown’s staff.
The 1,877 lucky fans in G. Rollie
White Coliseum Tuesday night were
treated to two sports for the price of
one in Texas A&M’s 74-67 victory
over the Pan American Broncos.
An already rowdy game devolved
to a knock-down, drag-out when ju
nior forward Mike “Clobbering”
Clifford spit his two front teeth at
Pan American reserve guard Mi
chael “The Animal” Anderson with
nine minutes remaining in the game.
Anderson had performed the im
promptu oral surgery with a swing
ing elbow about two seconds earlier.
‘Come on, ref — this is basket
ball,” an irate fan yelled to the offi
cials. But the rough play continued
till the final buzzer signalled the Ag
gies to be winners of the split deci
sion bout.
“This was an ugly-looking game,”
A&M Coach Shelby Metcalf said of a
contest in which the two teams com
bined for 49 fouls. “But I’d much
rather win ugly than lose pretty.
“I thought the officiating was pre
tty good considering the circum
stances — this wasn’t an easy game to
call. I think the caliber of the offi
ciating was higher than the caliber of
play, that’s for sure.”
Clifford was taken to a local oral
surgeon to have his teeth reinserted
into their starting line-up. Before
leaving the arena, however, he was
assessed with a technical »foul and
thrown out of the game. Anderson
received the same punishment and
retired to the Bronco locker room.
At last report, his chompers were ap
parently in place.
A&M starting center Jimmie Gil
bert received a gash on the top of his
head earlier in the second half when
Pan Am’s Willie James came down
for a rebound with his mouth open.
The method of assault was again a
tooth.
“You get a gash and a couple of
teeth knocked out and your emotion
changes from intensity to something
else:” Metcalf said, “like anger.
“We really didn’t play that smart
out there tonight. I thought Jimmie
(Gilbert — 12 points, 12 rebounds)
was our most consistent player out
there. In the second half, I thought
Winston (Crite — 17 points, 9 re
bounds) looked like his old self in
the second half.
"I thought Mike (“Gumby” Clif
ford — 4 rebounds, 5 assists) looked
good when he was in there. The
word from the locker room is that
they’ll probably be able to save the
teeth. I didn’t have any dental hy
giene courses, so I don’t what that
means, but I know he won’t be able
to play tomorrow (against Prairie
View A&M) and I doubt he’ll be able
to play the rest of the week (on Sat
urday against Oral Roberts).”
The loss of Clifford leaves Metcalf
with just nine healthy bodies, two of
them walk-ons and one a freshman.
And reserve forward A1 Pulliam has
recovered only 73 percent from a
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Senior guard Don Marbury led
A&M scorers with 20 points. Todd
Holloway added 11.
Dr. Anderson led Pan American
with 14 points, with guard Kevin
Johnson close behind with 12. For
ward Danl Williams and guard Ty
rone Scott completed Pan Am’s dou
ble figure-scorers with 10 points
apiece.
For the game, the Aggies outre-
bounded the Broncos 50-35, outshot
them from the floor 49 to 34 per
cent, and from the line, 72 to 65 per
cent. A&M led in turnovers 23-12 to
keep the game close, however.
“A lot of that (the turnovers) has
to be mental,” Metcalf said. “I think
that’ll improve. We passed the ball
around pretty well early in the first
half and I thought we had showed
up really ready to play, but it went
downhill from there.”
A&M had its lead cut to one point
twice early in the second half (at 36-
35 and 40-39) after leading by three
at halftime (34-31). However, the
Aggies responded by outscoring the
Broncs 12-4 over the next five min
utes to take a 52-43 lead with nine
knee injury suffered in the off-sea
son.
"We’re really hurting right now,”
Metcalf said. “We’re hurting when
we’re well. We just don’t have a lot of
depth and these injuries have just
made the situation worse.”
minutes remaining.
After assorted teeth and combat
ants had been picked up and thrown
off the court, Pan American never
came closer than five points the rest
of the way.
“We just have to get ready to play
again tomorrow night (tonight at
7:30 in G. Rollie White against Prai
rie View A&M) with what we have,
and hope we don’t lose anyone else.”
Metcalf said.
Or, at the very least, any more
blood, spit or teeth.
Photo by JOHN MM'.
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Pan American Tuesday night. The Ags easwl past the Broncs,"Wi
Calcagni to start for Arkansas in Holiday Bowl
Associated Press
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Fifth-
year senior Mark Calcagni will re
place sophomore Greg Thomas as
the starting quarterback when the
University of Arkansas takes on Ari
zona State in the Dec. 22 Holiday
Bowl.
against Rice when Thomas was both
ered by a knee injury.
Calcagni’s only start of 1985 came
“Mark played well against SMU
and has been here five years,” said
Arkansas Coach Ken Hatfield. “He
deserves a chance to start. Both of
them will play. Both have done a
good job for us this year.”
Calcagni said he was surprised to
learn he would be the starter. “But
I’m really excited about it,” he said.
“It means a lot for me to start for the
Razorbacks, especially in my last
game.”
Against Rice, Calcagni rushed for
160 yards in a 30-15 victory. During
the year, he completed 27 of 47
passes for 561 yards and three
touchdowns and ran 55 times for
300 yards. Thomas, who started 10
games, completed 33 of 72 passes
For 554 yards and four touchdowns
and rushed 118 times for 365 yards.
played really well for us this®
and he deserves this chance.” j
"This is Mark’s last game,” said
quarterback coach David Lee.
“Greg’s got 24 more here. It’s not
just a gift for Mark, though. He’s
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son, begin Holiday Bowlpractitc
Wednesday and Hatfield sails
game plan would be incorpoffi
immediately.
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during the break,” he said
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