Friday, December 12, 1986/The Battalion/Page 13
Sports
es Lady Ags face tough tests
In Dial Classic tournament
By Doug Hall
Sports Writer
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end, the Texas A&M women’s
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IClassic women’s basketball tour-
Rnent tonight at the California
State-Long Beach site against
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Big2-3 A&M team.
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was going to be at the same site.
It’s usually not good for teams
from the same conference to play
in preseason, but they put us on
opposite sides of the bracket.”
If she had her preference,
however, Hickey would like to see
her team take on the 7th-ranked
49ers from Cal State-Long Beach
whose only loss in five games this
season came at the hands of No. 1
Texas.
“I hope we get to play Long
Beach,” Hickey said. “The pur
pose of the preseason is to see
some other good teams around
the country.
“Our first problem though is
Montana State. We need another
win to get our confidence back.
We don’t want to look ahead, but
just play one game at a time.”
Hickey also said that although
the Lady Aggies are trying to bo
unce back from last weekend’s
disappointing 83-79 loss to Ne
braska, the entire team is healthy
for the first time since practice
started.
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struggled through a 3-2 start, re-
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last vear’s 23-6 team, including
|eaclmg scorer Tracy Hill, a 5-11
iHior forward.
I A&M Head Coach Lynn
jBkey is well aware of the week
end’s competition and is hoping it
will give her team some experi
ence against quality opponents.
^■This is a really good tourna
ment with a lot of tough teams,”
Hickey said. “Montana State
lasn i started off real well this
Kr, but they’re still a good team,
^■f we get by them, then we
fever (2-4) Arkansas or (4-1) Cal-
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•"■Lady Aggies have been in-
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By Homer Jacobs
Sports Editor
Texas A&M basketball Coach
Shelby Metcalf said he wanted to
have a pre-finals bash for all Ag
gies, complete with punch and
cookies at Sunday’s A&M-Univer-
sity of Nebraska game at G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
But when his elaborate plans
fell through, Metcalf resorted to
asking Aggie fans to come out at
2 p.m. at least to take a Jpreak
from studying.
“When finals come, they’ll (stu
dents) have an alert mind and a
relaxed body,” Metcalf said.
A&M students may have a re
laxed mind and body, but the
Texas Aggie basketball team
probably will have one big head
ache.
A&M, 3-1, takes on a small,
quick, three-point bomb squad
from Nebraska that could run cir
cles around the taller, less mobile
Aggie big men.
“They got a lot more three-
point shooters than we have,”
Metcalf said.
The head bombardier for the
Cornhuskers is 6-0 guard Brian
Carr, who averages 18.5 points
per game. He’ll likely share of
fensive output with 6-2 forward
Anthony Bailous, who also pours
in 18.5 points a contest.
Forward Bill Jackman (6-8) is
the only Nebraska starter over 6-
4.
Metcalf said he’s still in search
of a true center to anchor the Ag
gies’ inside game.
“We need to have somebody
come through at the center pos
ition,” he said.
A&M assistant coach John
Thornton said the team’s overall
defense must improve if the Ag
gies are to negate the quickness of
the Cornhuskers.
“Everybody is going to have to
play team defense,” Thornton
said. “Our post defense is going
to have to be really better than it
has been.”
The Aggies will take a break
for finals after Sunday’s game,
before resuming play at the Ken
tucky Invitational Dec. 19-20 in
Lexington, Ky.
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Paper reports Murray
received cash illegally
From staff and wire reports
A Dallas firm allegedly paid Texas
A&M quarterback Kevin Murray
more than $3,000 for work he never
did, two former employees of the
firm told the Fort Worth Star-Tele
gram Wednesday. The payments
would be in violation of National
Collegiate Athletic Association rules
if Murray did not actually perform
the duties.
In a copyright story, the newspa
per said that Murray received at
least 11 checks totaling $3,550 be
tween January 1983 and January
1984 from Venture Properties Inc.,
a Dallas firm owned by Rod Dock
ery, who has close ties to A&M.
Dockery has said Murray was paid
for cleaning printing presses at the
firm, but a former employee says the
work was not performed by Murray.
A&M President Dr. Frank Van
diver issued a statement, saying the
allegations were essentially the same
as the ones reported about a year
ago.
“In any event, I see no useful pur
pose is served in commenting on
such reports. We are well aware of
the basic allegations, and so is the
NCAA,” Vandiver said.
The Battalion contacted A&M
Coach Jackie Sherrill Thursday, but
Kevin Murray
he would not comment on the alle
gations.
The Star-Telegram said it has ob
tained copies of the checks. Mike
Swan, a lawyer who represents Mur
ray, said the NCAA also has copies
of the checks.
The payments would violate
NCAA rules under each of the fol
lowing circumstances: if Murray was
paid in excess of the going rate for
work he performed; if Murray did
not work; or if Murray worked while
school was in session.
Judy Nelson and Reggie Oakley,
the former employees, said Murray
did not clean printing presses and
was paid in excess of the going rate.
Murray, a junior, could lose his el
igibility if he is found to have vio
lated NCAA rules, and the A&M
football program could also face
sanctions.
“It was just unbelievable that he
(Dockery) would say that Kevin
worked there,” said Nelson, who
said she was fired by the company.
Nelson said the only time she saw
Murray at the company was one time
when she was instructed to give him
the keys to a company car.
Attempts to reach Dockery by
phone and in person were rebuffed
by his office workers.
Murray would not comment un
less Sherrill gave permission, the
A&M sports information office said.
The allegations against Murray
were reported last year, but no puni
tive action has been taken by the
NCAA.
Efforts to reach Swan Tuesday
and Wednesday were unsuccessful.
Sputtering Cowboys face Eagles
IRVING (AP) — The Dallas Cow
boys try to shake out of their worst
slump in 21 years on Sunday against
the lowly Philadelphia Eagles who
have yet to win an NFC Eastern Divi
sion game.
The Cowboys, who have had a
winning record for 20 consecutive
years, plunged to a 7-7 record after a
6-2 start.
The Eagles, 17-14 losers to the
Cowboys in October, are 4-9-1 and
0-6 in the division under new coach
Buddy Ryan who predicted Phila
delphia would win them all.
The Eagles have 21 players with
three years’ experience or less.
Dallas Coach Tom Landry said
the Eagles “have good, young play
ers. They will have to be reckoned
with in the future.”
The Cowboys are nurturing dis
tant hopes for the NFL playoffs.
They have to beat Philadelphia
and Chicago then hope San Fran
cisco loses twice and Minnesota loses
once.
The six-point underdog Eagles
may have to go without quarterback
Randall Cunningham, who injured
the thumb on his passing hand in
last Sunday’s 10-10 overtime tie with
St. Louis.
Matt Cavanaugh was set to replace
Cunningham. The Eagles signed
Kyle Mackey as a backup.
The only game Cavanaugh has
started this year was in an earlier 17-
14 loss to Dallas on Rafael Septien’s "
38-yard field goal with two seconds
left.
Landry has indicated he might }
use Reggie Collier Sunday if starter
Steve Pelluer flounders against the
Eagles.
The Cowboys are in jeopardy of
suffering their first losing season in
22 years.
The Eagles are 2-13 in Texas Sta- L
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