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Wednesday, January 28, 1987AThe Battalion/Page 9 Sports rfir.;;!: A&M uses ‘right stuff’ to down Bears ntlulj jlady Aggies put end to 5-game losing streak By Doug Hall ^ ■ Sports Writer [emofHThe Baylor Bears women’s bas- en ittRtball team was in the wrong place ijnj, at the wrong time Tuesday night when they faced the Lady Aggies from Texas A&M in G. Rollie White Coliseum. ■ The Aggies, who had dropped 1 the; five consecutive Southwest Confer- lipiss ence games prior to hosting the ^Kars in their first matchup of the amestreason, used strong shooting and iseffo tough rebounding to soundly whip 'life Bears 84-74 and raise their SWG 75 record to 3-5. ■ Senior forward Paula Crutcher, :alvt: who came off the bench to score a team-high 20 points, led the Aggies finlii to a 48-34 lead that Baylor could as dfflfiver surmount, despite several sec- ptrs ond-halfruns. ^■Crutcher’s hot hand, plus tough ■ay inside by Evelyn Sanders (13 .■sints and eight rebounds) and Lisa Jordan (12 points and six rebounds) gave the Aggies what A&M Head Coach Lynn Hickey called a “must win.” “This was a definite have-to for us,” Hickey said. “They were aware of the importance of this game. It’s very important we win the Rice game, at Baylor, at SMU and maybe get an upset along the way.” Sanders and senior guard Beth Young combined for the first 10 Ag gie points to open up a 10-5 lead at the 16:51 mark. But Baylor, led by the scoring of freshman Maggie Da vis, 25 points on 11 of 17 shooting from the floor, battled back to take the lead at 19-18 four minutes later. After an Aggie timeout, Baylor came back to score three consecutive baskets to lead 25-18. But key bas kets by Crutcher, Young and Jordan gave the Aggies back the lead that they would never surrender. Hickey, who evened her A&M ca reer record at 37 wins and 37 losses Tuesday, was obviously pleased with her team’s 55-percent shooting on the evening and also with the play of freshman guard Lisa Herner. “That (shooting 65 percent in the first half) was nice,” Hickey said. “It’s been a long time since we did that, but we’ve been working a lot on our shooting in practice.” Herner, who has seen a lot of playing time since starting guard Donna Roper had her gall bladder removed and was forced to sit out the rest of the season, finished with 11 points and four assists in 29 min utes. After the halftime show, which featured a three-on-three contest be tween faculty members and student leaders, (which the faculty won), Baylor began to mount a slow attack at the Aggie lead. Davis and sophomore guard Bon nie Henson, who finished with 15 points including the game’s only 3- pointer, brought the Bears to within five points on two separate occa sions. But both times, the Aggies were able to break the Bears’ full- court pressure to get easy layups and maintain their lead. “I thought they did a good job when they tried to jump us out front that we were able to get the ball in side to the baskets and get some lay ups,” Hickey said. “They wanted this one. It would be real easy to for them to play scared right now, but they didn’t quit.” Aggie notes. . .Young went down at the 15:24 mark in the second half with what Aggie trainers believe to be torn cartliage in her left knee. However, Jen Nixon, the head wom en’s trainer, said she did not think it would be a season-ending injury. A&M to meet Baylor in do-or-die situation By Hal L. Hammons Sports Writer After Sunday’s loss to Arkan sas, which dropped Texas A&M’s record to 4-3 in conference, every game is critical for the Aggies if they are to stay close in the South west Conference race. Tonight’s game against Baylor is no exception. The Aggies re turn to G. Rollie White with a two-game losing streak and are desperate for a victory. Baylor, on the other hand, is coming off a big road victory over the Houston Cougars Monday night and are in sole posession of second place behind TCU at 5-2. A&M assistant coach Jim Fee ney said they were glad to be back home after consecutive road losses to Arkansas and Rice. “We are starting to realize we don’t have an overabundance of talent,” Feeney said, “and if we ! don’t work hard every night, we aren’t going to win.” Feeney called Baylor “the most ! improved team in the conferen- >•’ ce.” They are led by guard Mi- chael Williams and center Larry Middleton. “We’ve got to contain them,” he said about the two players. Feeney classified Middleton with Houston center Greg An derson as the best offensive “big ; men” in the conference. Aggie guard Todd Holloway i / said it was good to be home, and he expected a tough game with *; Baylor. “We have to come out and play ; every game,” Holloway said. He said the team was de- 7 pressed after the two losses, and they hoped a win over Baylor will < •; help remedy that. ii i y latiniJ e Ibl hbtJ ,d atv ihootaJ :xpd sda): todc ■ante oik ntil | taxsirj eoflf: iwehi'j it taxp< j ertyf] thcl^ the *:j divide] ive w irtine" i) Pro Football Hall of Fame adds seven to membership CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Run ning backs Larry Csonka and John Henry Johnson, quar terback Len Dawson, defensive tackle Joe Greene, offensive line men Jim Danger and Gene Up shaw, and receiver Don Maynard were voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday. The seven elected, swelling the ranks of the Hall of Fame to 140, will make up the largest single group to be inducted since 1971. Greene, Upshaw and Danger all made it in their first year of eli gibility, the first time since 1977 that three players were inducted in their first year for consider ation. Johnson was the recom mended candidate of the Old- i Timers Committee, which nomi nates players who played most of their careers prior to 1962. Csonka, who rushed for 8,081 yards and 64 touchdowns in his 11-year career, and Danger, who spent his entire 10 seasons with the Miami Dolphins, became the first two players inducted from the Dolphins’ championship years. Danger, a 6-2, 253rpound cen ter, was claimed on waivers by the Dolphins and went on to be named to the Pro Bowl six times. He played every offensive down of the Dolphins’ perfect 1972 sea son. Greene, nicknamed “Mean Joe,” played in 10 Pro Bowls and four Super Bowls during his 13- year career with the Steelers. He played in 91 consecutive games from 1969 to 1975 and was twice named the NFL Defensive Player of the Year, in 1972 and 1974. Johnson rushed for 6,803 yards and 48 touchdowns during a 13-year career spent with the San Francisco 49ers, Steelers and Houston Oilers. Dawson became the third for mer Kansas City Chiefs player voted into the Hall, joining Bobby Bell and Willie Lanier. Dawson passed for 28,711 yards and 239 touchdowns during a 19-year ca reer with the Steelers, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Texans and Chiefs. Upshaw, now the executive di rector of the National Football League Players Association, spent his entire 15-year career as a guard with the Oakland Raiders. Maynard joins his old New York Jet battery-mate, Joe Na- math, as the only former Jet play ers in the Hall of Fame. Maynard spent 15 seasons with the New York Giants, New York Titans, the Jets and the St. Louis Cardi nals, catching 663 passes for 11,834 yards and 88 touchdowns. Enshrinement of the 1987 class will take place at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 8. an a |llr i |^ Tivey sain M Opportunities TRW Will Be tt' On Campus: s sa r 1 a''February 11 ales CUSl" ers Tiontl 1 ' 1 The future is under your fingertips. And TRW may hold the keys to your future. 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More than 30,000 braved 10 de gree temperatures for the festivities which team officials decided to have at Giants Stadium after a contro versy developed over whether to give the club New York’s traditional heroes’ parade through the canyons of Manhattan. The frigid weather limited the crowd. Organizers had prepared for 125,000 people, raising $650,000 from private donations, ordering 100,000 kazoos and stuffing bags with pompons, buttons and confetti. The first diehard fans, thinking they would have to compete for seats, spent the night in the icy park ing lot. More gathered at aawn, lighting bonfires and cooking tail gate breakfasts. Those who were there got what they came for. “I have a little something to show you,” Coach Bill Parcells said as he held up the silver Vince Lombardi Trophy earned for the team’s 39-20 victory over the Denver Broncos Sunday. Parcells was showered with con fetti from a Gatorade bucket, sym bolic of the soft-drink shower he re ceived after most Giants victories. “I hope that sometime in the near future we can all get together and do this again,” saia quarterback Phil Simms, the Super Bowl MVP who joined his teammates on the stage to receive gold medallions from New Jersey Gov. Thomas H. Kean. Fans provided some of their own entertainment, chanting “We’re No. 1,” singing “We Are The Cham pions” and “Go Giants Go” and get ting into wild snowball fights. About 100 National Guardsmen were called in to guard the snow piles on the field and several people were escorted out of the stadium. There were no arrests. About 20 people were treated for minor injuries from snowballs, falls on the ice and exposure, authorities said. “The Giants are the first world champions from the state of New Jersey,” Kean said. 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