Tuesday, December 1, 1987/The Battalion/Page 9
Sports
Irish look post mauling
at Miami look to Ags
Lady Ags pummel Pan Am 110-50
while setting 5 school records
By Anthony Wilson
Sports Writer
Photo by Robert W. Rizzo
Texas A&M’s Lisa Jordon puts up a shot against Pan American in G.
Rollie White Monday night while members of both teams look on.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) —
Notre Dame players gave credit
where it was due after Sunday’s
loss to second-ranked Miami and
turned their attention Monday to
the New Year’s Day Cotton Bowl
battle against Texas A&M.
Coach Lou Holtz and his foot
ball squad returned to campus
late Sunday after enduring a 24-0
drubbing at Miami to end the
regular season at 8-3. Miami, 10-
0, is headed for an Orange Bowl
showdown with top-ranked Okla
homa, 11-0.
"They are so talented,” offen
sive tackle Byron Spruell said of
Miami. “If they don’t go all the
way, I’d be surprised.”
Flanker Tim Brown, a leading
contender for the Heisman Tro
phy, gave Miami grudging re
spect, despite their taunting dur
ing the game.
“They play with no class, but
they’re a bunch of guys who know
how to play,” he said.
Brown totaled 95 all-purpose
yards, his second-lowest perfor
mance of the season, and
dropped three passes while catch
ing three others for 37 yards.
Holtz offered his players what
comfort he could to ease the pain
From Staff and Wire Reports
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Con
ference Commissioner Fred Jacoby
ruled Monday that University of
Houston safety Randy Thornton
was eligible to compete in the Cou
gars’ Nov. 7 game against Texas.
The ruling means Texas A&M
will keep the undisputed SWC
championship. A ruling of ineligibil
ity would have resulted in a tie be
tween A&M and Texas, but A&M
still would have gotten the confer
ence champion’s berth in the Cotton
Bowl.
Jacoby reviewed Thornton’s aca
demic records after UH Athletic Di-
of failing to avenge a humiliating
58-7 defeat at Miami two years
ago.
“I said before the game that I
thought Miami might be the most
talented team I’ve seen,” Holtz
said. “I think on a given day,
they’re probably the best team in
the country.”
Brown, who was named the
1987 winner of the Walter Camp
Trophy as the nation’s top college
football player, said Holtz told his
team things will get better.
“He told us we still have one
game left,” Spruell added. “We
want to pick it up for the guys
who still have futures here.”
Notre Dame plays Texas A&M,
9-2, in the Cotton Bowl.
While the Irish eased back
from a heavy practice shedule,
planning only weekend practices
before leaving for Dallas in late
December, Holtz and his assistant
coaches hit the road to recruit.
“We’re two years away from
having a real solid football team,”
Holtz had said before the Miami
matchup. Holtz may be depend
ing on a good recruiting season to
strengthen a defense whose lack
of speed eliminated hopes for a
strong pass rush.
rector Rudy Davalos announced
Sunday the Cougars would forfeit
their 37-7 win over Temple because
Thornton was ineligible.
The eligibility rule in question is
an NCAA and SWC requirement
that a student be registered and en
rolled for a minimum of 12 credit
hours at the time of participation
and competition.
“Randy Thornton was dropped
from two courses, which were proc
essed by the Registrar’s Office and
became official on Nov. 11, 1987,”
Jacoby said. “Thus, Thornton was
eligible to compete in the Texas-
Houston football game played on
Nov. 7, 1987.”
% So this is what the Fat Boys meant
by wipeout.
The Texas A&M Lady Aggies
scored a school record 110 points to
beat the Pan American Lady Broncs
110-50 Monday night in G. Rollie
White Coliseum. The 60-point mar
gin was the biggest of the game for
the Lady Aggies, who raised their
season record to 2-1.
Along with the total point record,
the Lady Aggies set four other
school records. The team set a new
mark for most field goals made with
49. Junior guard Donna Roper
made 10 of those field goals, while
Evelyn Sanders and Veronda
Roundtree converted nine field
goals each.
A&M grabbed a record 70 re
bounds with Sanders and center Lisa
Jordon grabbed 13 caroms.
The Lady Aggies also set a team
record for most assists in a game
with 37. Point guard Lisa Herner set
an individual record with 16 assists.
Roper lead all scorers with 25
points. Sanders tossed in 20 points
and Roundtree contributed 18.
Pan Am had its only lead of the
game in the opening minutes of the
first half. But A&M tied the game at
nine and moved ahead for good, 11-
9, with 15 minutes left in the half
when Roper tipped a fast break pass
to Roundtree, who converted the
layup.
A&M took a 52-30 halftime lead
to the locker room. The difference
could have been even bigger, but the
Lady Aggies hit only six of 16 free
throw attempts, a .375 average.
A&M’s starters immediately went
to work on increasing the halftime
lead in the second half. By the time
A&M’s score doubled Pan Am’s, 90-
45, all the starters were on the
bench.
Freshman center Louise Madison
grabbed an offensive rebound and
laid it in with 2:59 remaining in the
game to lift A&M to the magical cen
tury mark, 100 points, a goal the
team set before the game.
Pan Am gave up 121 points to
TCU in its first game of the season,
so the Lady Aggies wanted to do the
same. Because they were thinking
too much about scoring 100, they
didn’t play as well as they could,
Roper said.
“It was like, ‘If they can do it, we
can do it,’ ” Roper said. “Instead of
just going out and playing like we
could, we just had our head out on
going for a hundred.”
Although Roper said the team
played an “average” game, Head
Coach Lynn Hickey was pleased with
the team’s physical performance, es
pecially after coming off a weekend
road trip to Lincoln, Neb., where
A&M placed second in the Wimmer
Basketball Invitational.
McDonald
leads Aggies :
to 1st victory
From Staff and Wire Reports 1
HOUSTON — Guard Darryl Mc
Donald scored 18 points to lead .
Texas A&M to a come-from-behind * -
69-65 victory over Houston Baptist I
University Monday night.
It was the first win of the season ’
for the Aggies after their season -
opening 104-80 loss to Oklahoma.
McDonald scored 26 points in that
game. A&M and Houston Baptist ;
both are now 1-1 on the season.
Junior-college transfer Donald •
Thompson scored 13 points for the
Aggies. Keron Graves added 11, in- ;
eluding a team-leading 3 three-point
goals. The Huskies were led by Fred
Young and George Negron, each
with 14.
The Aggies completed 51 percent
of their shots from the field and 75
percent from behind the three-point
line. The Huskies shot 52 percent
from the field and 67 percent from
three-point territory. Both teams hit *
only half of their free throws.
Houston Baptist led at the half,
34-25.
Steensma
named to
AII-SWC team
A&M volleyball player Cheri
Steensma was named to the All-
Southwest Conference team.
A&M players Yvonne Van Brandt
and Kelli Kellen made the second
team.
Steensma is the SWC leader in kill
average (4.05 per game), is third in
hitting percentage (.322) and is
fourth in dig average (2.92 per
game). Other players on the first
team include Texas’ Dawn Daven
port and Karen Kramer, Texas
Tech’s Becky Boxwell and Susan
Kelly, Sherri Beyer of Houston and
Jana Ranly of Baylor.
Houston player declared
eligible, Ags still champs
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