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# m I « Thursday, March 3, 1988/The Battalion/Page 13 ustangs assured of 1st SWC trophy share I DALLAS (AP) — Southern Meth- ■lisi earned its first Southwest Con ference basketball co-championship in 26 years Wednesday night and if' the!JArkansas fails two road tests the beca Mustangs could be the outright club c lampions. urtinerl SMU hasn’t won a title outright *ver$ since 1967. try (il “There’s nothing I’ve wanted i’i fi more for my team than for them to is b« Southwest Conference champion ships,” said SMU Coach Dave Bliss alhlpMter an 87-54 victory over Texas tean,'Christian. fere™ "There’s a lot of things neat about he sifting on national TV and being in tginfte NCAA playoffs but winning the • shebftle is something that happens over ramiuT a hard two-month period,” Bliss said. Carlton McKinney scored 20 points and Todd Alexander added 16 to pace the Ponies. It was SMU’s first piece of a title since 1972 and the Mustangs now own a 23-6 overall record. They are 12-4 in SWC play and Arkansas must win its last two games to tie. Arkansas must defeat Houston on T hursday night and Texas Tech^on Sunday, both road games, to tie the Mustangs for a co-title. SWC officials would then draw from a hat to determine the number one seed in the Post-Season Classic at Reunion Arena in Dallas next week. Arkansas and SMU split in their head-to-head meetings. It the Ra- zorbacks win the remainder of their games, they would have an equal re cord with SMU in games against the rest of the conference. “We know Arkansas has a couple of tough games,” Bliss said. “I’m just happy that we did our work. Arkan sas is a very tough team and capable of tying us.” SMU, which barely defeated TCU 51-48 in Fort Worth, overwhelmed the Horned Frogs with a fullcourt press to post a 48-30 halftime lead. McKinney scored 14 of his points in the first half, including two 3- point plays, as the hot-shooting Mus tangs hit 63.9 per cent of their shots from the field. TCU went 6:05 without a point to regnant golfer ready :o stand up to winds becat ney," tider evalui to shai tegvl I bea on i land: lat’s [ a di )S iWIIli PRINCEVILLE, Hawaii (AP) — Cathy Gerring says she is bet ter equipped than last year to handle the gusty winds forecast for Kauai’s north shore as the $300,000 Women’s Kemper Open begins Thursday. Gerring, who lost a sudden- death playoff to Jane Geddes, probably wished she had some extra weight to anchor her in winds that gusted to 50 mph. This year, Gerring has found a solution: she’s five months preg nant. Tradewinds were estimated at five to 15 mph Wednesday, but were expected to increase to 10 to 20 mph on Thursday. Gerring, 26, said she plans to continue as a golfing mother-to- ae through the Dinah Shore tour nament, which ends April 3. Gerring tied for seventh in the Hawaiian Ladies Open, three strokes behind winner Ayako Okamoto. “I don’t know if the pregnancy has been real detrimental to my game,” Cierring said. “At the Di nah Shore, my stomach will prob ably be out so far I might have trouble chipping. Now, it’s not far enough out to complicate any thing.” Gerring said her pregnancy may help her stand up to Hawaii’s tradewinds. Gerring, who is 5- foot-4, weighed 115 pounds last year. This year, she weighs 135. Although she feels physically ready for the Kemper Open, Ger ring says her pregnancy has af fected her emotions. “Definitely, my emotions are evident now,” Gerring said. “I have a lot more ups and down — and more frequently. Kite is accustomed to good play in Open MIAMI (AP) — Tom Kite can’t really explain it. He just enjoys it. “I don’t really know why it is, but I go into two tournaments just know ing I’m going to play well,” Kite said after a practice round for the $ 1 mil lion Doral Open. “This is one of them. The other is the Masters. “I like the golf courses. They seem to like me. I just have a good feeling coming into those two tourna ments,” Kite said. The record shows that those good feelings are well placed in this event. He has won it once, been in conten tion on an almost annual basis and was a runner-up last year to Lanny Wadkins. Although he is, off to a relatively slow start this season. Kite has an other reason for a positive outlook coming into the tournament that be gins Thursday on the famed Blue Monster course at die Doral Country Club. “I’m not hitting the ball as well as I may want to, but I’m not too con cerned about that. “The thing that excites me is that I’ve found me a putting stroke. And that’s a very good feeling,” said Kite, who has won at least once in each of the last seven years, the longest cur rent streak on the PGA Tour. Other leading contenders for the $ 180,000 first prize are veterans Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino and Ray Floyd, U.S. Open titleholder Scott Simpson, PGA champion Larry Nel son and Wadkins. Also on hand are Steve Pate, a two-time winner this year, Ben Crenshaw, 1987 Player of the Year Paul Azinger, Curtis Strange, two- time Doral winner Mark McCumber, Fuzzy Zoeller, Hal Sutton and Bob Tway. ■larlingen golfer advances in city tournament HARLINGEN (AP) — Two-time LOnsl cHampion Lee Fisher of Harlingen u ‘ defeated Doug Smith of San Anto- Ho 3 and 2 Wednesday to advance to the semifinals of the Life Begins 40 Golf Tournament. Fisher, with wins here in 1981 and was 1-over-par when he wrap- up the match by sinking a short for par on the 16th hole. rndB“i didn’t play too shabby,” said how Fisher, who won four of his final five usl ft)les. local® “i turned my game around on No. 12 when 1 won that hole with a par ■ even the match, and I won 13 with of^a par and No. 14 with my only birdie 1 ‘'b-oi 1 the day. for* “Doug Smith is a fine golfer, but he was leaving himself 6-8 f eet away from the cup throughout the day,” Fisher said.“He just had trouble making his putts.” T. C. Hamilton of Dallas and Har lingen entries Frank Davis and Gary Wilson also advanced with quarterfi nal wins in the match play tourna ment. Wilson beat four-time runner-up Henry Richards of Jacksboro, 1-up, in the only close match in the championship quarterfinals. Davis advanced with a 6 and 5 victory over Bob Schutts of Fort Worth and Hamilton moved into the semifinals with a 4 and 3 win over Robin For rester of South Padre Island. Semifinal matches are scheduled to begin at 1:15 p.m. Thursday at the par-72 Harlingen Country Club. Fisher is paired with Davis and Hamilton will face Wilson. The championship match is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Friday. It will be the first time in the 36- year history of the event that three of the four semifinalists are from Harlingen. Hamilton, a part owner and greens superintendent at the Glen Eagles golf course near Dallas, played 1-under-par golf in his vic tory over Forrester. He birdied holes 11, 14 and 15, where he wrapped up the match. Ironically, Forrester lost 14 to an eagle by Forrester. Davis, who lost to Jack Williams of Plainview in the 1984 championship match, played 2-under-par golf in clinching his quick victory over Schutts with a par on No. 14. He birdied holes 4, 5 and 9 and missed an 8-foot attempt at par on No. 1 1 for his only bogey of the day. Wilson halved holes 17 and 18 to win his match with Richards after winning 16 to go 1-up with a par. Richards, 3-down after 10 holes, birdied No. 14 to pull within one and evened the match on 15 with a par. Wednesday’s play also featured a 26-hole marathon match. Tourna ment medalist A. J. Triggs, who lost his match play opener to Schutts on Tuesday, rebounded to beat Jack Crahan of Brownsville, 1-up, in the match that began at 8:30 a.m. and didn’t end until 2 p.m. poll I ewcomers highlight girls’ tourney AUSTIN (AP) — The 38th an- ual University Interscholastic league’s girls’ state basketball tour- ament opens today, with six schools aking their first appearance. North Mesquite in Class 5A; ilmer-Hutchins in 4A; Brownfield 3A, Shallowater and Bloomington Bi 2A; and Byers in Class A are all first-time entrants. ■ North Mesquite, which comes in ith the tournament’s best record of J5-0, is led by 6-foot post Teresa Mc Millan. i The Stallions will face a familiar foe in Clear Creek on Friday. L’teJf Clear Creek, 31-2, lost to North ifesqui lose! eld )ati'' esquite 70-51 in a regular-season The Wildcats are led by 5-10 fdr- ard Linda Kennedy. In the other 5A semifinal game, ustin Lanier will try to use its ometown advantage against Dun- mville. Lanier, 35-2, is paced by 5-6 uard Teresa Cobble, who had a ca- ?er-high 33 points earlier in the ?ar. Duncanville, which also lost to orth Mesquite during the regular season, uses a potent insiue game made up of 6-4 post Cinietra Hen derson and 5-10 Shanell Thomas. Duncanville, 34-2, also has three other players over 5-10. The Pantherettes are making their 12th appearance in the tourna ment, the most by any team this year. In 4A, Levelland is making its sixth trip in the past seven seasons and will take on Wilmer-Hutchins in one semifinal matchup Thursday. Levelland has won 28 straight and is 33-1. Melissa Peay, a 5-9 guard, leads Wilmer-Hutchins, which comes in 28-8. Calallen, which has made it to the final four 11 times and six in the last seven years, plays Pflugerville in the other semifinal game. Stacy Brown, a 5-6 guard, is top player for Calallen, which has won 29 straight games and is 34-3. Pflugerville, 27-6, is led by 5-7 forward Jennifer King and is mak ing its first appearance since 1979. The 3A semifinals feature two of the three undefeated teams in the tournament in Ingleside, 34-0, and Hardin-Jefferson, 33-0. Ingleside plays Brownfield, 28-8, in the first 3A semifinal game Thursday, while Hardin-Jefferson takes on Brownsboro. Brownfield uses a double low post offense with 5-10 Sheryl Swoopes and Deborah Williams. Brownsboro has won 23 straight and one of its eight losses is to Class A semifinalist Larue LaPoyner. Point guard Sandie Everett runs the Brownsboro of fense. Bloomington, 26-5, rebounded from two straight district losses to make the state playoffs* led by 5-11 post Rhonda Whitfield. In the first 2A semifinal Friday, Shallowater plays Godley, followed by Grapeland and Bloomington. Guard Johnna Pointer leads Shal lowater, 30-5, which finished second to Morton in District 4-2A. Godley, 35-2, is led by 5-10 post Kendra Ab bott in its third straight trip to the tournament. One of Godley’s losses is to Grapeland. Class A power Nazareth makes a return to the final four after a one- year absence. The Swiftettes, who are 32-2 and come in with a 24-game winning streak, have appeared in the tournament 1 I times in the past 13 years and have won eight state ti tles, six of those in a row. They will play Moulton, 33-3, which has also made 1 1 trips to the tournament, the first coming in 1950. Two of its three losses came in warm-up games against 5A oppo nents, and its only regular season loss was to 5A semifinalist Austin Lanier. Grapeland counts on 6-0 post Trenia Willis for scoring. Willis had a high game of 50 points this season in a 105-42 win over New Waverly. One of Grapeland’s losses was to 3A semifinalist Hardin-Jefferson, 103- 97. LaPoyner, 32-1, will play Byers in the other semifinal Thursday. LaPoyner comes in with 19 con secutive wins and has defeated 3A semifinalist Brownsboro twice. Lisa Craig, a 5-9 post and Lisa Love, a 5- 11 wing, are the offensive threats for Byers, 29-3. Love had a career high of 27 earlier this season. Study in the United Kingdom Semes ter/Year Programs for Undergraduates and Graduates Informational Meetings on Friday, March 7 11:00-1:30 in the MSC Hallway 2:00-3:00 in 704AB Rudder STUDY ABROAD OFFICE (409) 845-0544 Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843 “L. G.” CRUM IS THE ONE Family: Wife: Patricia Ann (McCoy) Sons: Barry-A&M ’81 Doug-A&M ’84 Kevin-Bryan High Student • For A Brighter Future • For A Full Time Commissioner • For Better County Roads • For Wise and Prudent Management • For Proven Leadership • For Addressing Economic and Social Issues Rep. 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