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Lady Ags upset 9th-ranked LSU
By Jerry Bolz
Assistant Sports Editor
It took persistence to overcome
the ninth-ranked team in the nation
— and persistence caught up with
Lousiana State Tuesday as the Texas
AicM Lady Aggies beat the Lady Ti
gers 67-64.
The Lady Tigers came in with a 7-
2 record and ranked four positions
above the University of Texas in die
AP Top 20. A&M was not ranked
but carried a 9-3 mark into the
game
A&M Coach Lynn Hickev said the
game was the biggest win of her ca
reer here.
“It was a tremendous win,”
Hickey said. ‘Tm very proud of our
kids. We were really frustrated
about three-fourths of the way
through the game, but our compo
sure improved at the end. W’e saw
the light and kept going.”
LaTanya Irving, wno scored 12
points for the Lady Aggies, said the
team feels they can beat anyone now.
“I was determined to beat them.”
said Irving. “Everything got clicking
and we won.”
April Delley, LSU’s leading scorer
and rebounder, did not make the
trip because of personal reasons.
Lady Tiger Cxnch Sue Gunter said
the absence of Dellev wasn't a factor
in the game.
“We’ve got the people,” Gunter
said. “We had the opportunity to win
and we didn't. Somebody's got to
step up." v
The game heated up at the 15:25
mark of the second half when guard
Lisa Hemer drove the right baseline
and tossed in an underhand layup to
f ive A&M their First tie of the game
9-39.
“My job off the bench is to be a
spark plug," Hemer said. "I'm more
comfortable off the bench.”
Diane DeCree gave A&M their
First lead 41-39 the next time down
the court with her only two points of
the game on a layup.
Tne Lady Tigers didn't give any
g round as they began to go inside to
-5 center Dee Dee Franklin.
After a slow First half with only
four points, she took off in the sec
ond half to Finish with a game high
19 points.
A&M’s defense had a hard time
covering Franklin without fouling
het. Louise Madison, one of the
A&M defenders, along with Nette
Garrett and Lisa Jordon, said it was a
difficult task.
"It seemed like we were standing
straight up and kept getting fouls.'
Madison said. “We said ‘Man, what
can we do?’ We Fmallv just stood
straight up.”
After a tie at 43-43, near the 12:00
point, the Lady Tigers pulled ahead
and would not let the Lady Aggies
get hot, although A&M did keep the
F iressure on. Dena Russo came in
rom the bench and hit two in a row
from just inside the three-point line
to make it 50-47 LSU.
Jordon, recovering from a broken
thumb, hit her only points of the
game on two free throws to again
pull A&M within three at 52-49. .
Senior guard Donna Roper, the
leading Lady Aggie scorer, got hot
from tne free throw line down the
stretch to keep it close. She had only
Five points in the First half but came
on to lead A&M with 16 points, eight
were free throws.
Madison, who said she missed free
throws all week in practice, got four
of her six points from the line, all of
them coming in the game's Final
three minutes and 30 seconds. Her
last shot tied the game at 62-62.
LSU responded by getting the ball
down court and Franklin put it in on
a layup for the Ijidv Tigers’ Final
points to give them a 64-62 lead with
1:38 to go.
The next trip down, A&M lost the
ball but Irving came out of the
scramble and put in a short jumper
and was fouled. She made tne free
throw to put the Lady Aggies ahead
for good 65-64 with 46 seconds left.
N LSU’s next trip down court failed
and they fouled Roper comity; back
up court. Roper made both ends of
the one-and-one to give A&M the
three-point edge.
A late three-point attempt bv LSU
failed with three seconds left and
time expired.
Astros make deal
for Yanks’ Rhoden
NEW YORK (AP) — The New
York Yankees traded veteran
right-hander Rick Rhoden Tues
day to the Houston Astros for
three minor leaguers.
In exchange for the 35-year-
old Rhoden, the Yankees ac
quired outfielder John Fishel.
right-hander Pedro DeLeon and
and left-hander Mike Hook.
Rhoden was 12-12 in 30 starts
with the Yankees in 1988 with a
4.20 eamed-run average. He led
the Yankees in starts and innings
pitched, and Finished second on
the team in complete games and
strikeouts. »
He has a lifetime record of
149-119.
Rhoden was acouired by the
Yankees from Pittsburgh in No
vember 1986.
"This move is consistent with
our intention of improving our
pitching quality and depth," As
tros General Manager Bill Wood
said. “Rhoden is a competitive
and successful pitcher who will
not only imporve our chances tn
1989, but also put us in a position
to continue discussions with other
clubs about trades, particularly
from a run production stand
point.”
In 1988, Fishel led Tucson
with*18 homers in his First season
on the Class AAA level. Fisher
has been assigned to the Yankees'
40-man roster while DeLeon and
Hook have been assigned to the
Yankees' Class A A Albany roster.
In 19 games with the Astros in
1988, Fishel. had six hits in 19 at-
bats with one home run.
DeLeon pitched in 23 games at
Class A Osceola in 1988 with a 14-
5 record and a 2.44 earned-run
average.
Hook was 7-6 in 25 sum a
Class A Asheville with a 4.04
ERA. ^
Rhoden, who made $900,000
last season has also pitched for
Los Angeles before being traded
to the Pirates in April 1979 for
Jerry Reuss.
Super Bowl means second chance
against 49ers for Bengal veterans
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Su
per Bowl is more than just a second
NFL championship game for a
handful of Cincinnati Bengals. It's a
sweet second chance.
Seven Bengals are particularly
thankful as they pack their bags this
week for Miami and a Super Bowl
appearance against the San Fran-
cisco 49ers.
They’re all that remain from the
1981 team that lost to San Francisco
26-21 in Super Bowl XVI in Pontiac,
Mich.
Receiver Cris Collinsworth, kicker
Jim Breech, guard Max Montoya,
tackle Anthony Munoz, defensive
end Eddie Edwards, linebacker Reg
gie Williams and backup quarterback
Turk Schonert have learned in the
last seven years how elusive Super
Bowl glory can be.
The disappointment over the Su
per Bowl XVI loss was tempered by
expectations that it was the First of
many title-game trips fbr the Beng
als.
The intervening years have made
the loss harder for the seven veter
ans to accept, and made the chance
at another Super Bowl appearance
feel like a godsend.
“There are so many variables in
volved in reaching this point that it's
unbelievable," Montoya said. “Just to
get another shot at it, that's inde
scribable. I look at other guvs who
played 12 years, 14 years and never
even got a shot at going to the Super
Bowl, and here I am fortunate to be
going to my second one.”
The seven veterans didn’t quite
realize how high a mountain they'd
climbed in 1981, when the team set a
club record with 14 victories and
beat San Diego in the AFC
Championship game to earn the
only other Super Bowl appearance
. in the franchise's history.
Receiver Cris Collinsworth was a
rookie star that year whose youthful
innocence wasn’t shattered when the
Bengals’ second-half rally fell short
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“I remember coming off the Field
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“It’s been a long dry spell, seven
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DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mav
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since rebounding ace Roy Tarpley
was suspended on Jan. 5 by NBA
drug counselors for non-compliance
with his personalized aftercare pro
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They suffered a humiliating 121-
103 loss at home to the Philadelphia
76ers on Monday night.
It was their worst loss in Reunion
Arena since a 133-115 defeat to the
I .os Angeles leakers on Oct. 29,1985.
Dallas has lost four consecutive
ames, three without Tarpley. Their
13 record is eighth best in the
Western Conference.
They trail Houston and Denver
by a game and a half and Utah by a
half-game in the Midwest Division.
Tarpley, the NBA’s most valuable
sixth man, is in California under
going treatment for substance abuse.
It's not known when the NBA will
allow Tarpley, who was suspended
without pay, to return to the Maver
icks.
Meanwhile, they miss his 18
?7
points and 12 rebounds per game
off the bench.
Mavs owner Donald Carter said
the team is still numb from losing
Tarpley.
“You lose a key member of your
family, it’s hard to get over," Carter
said. “I’m going through an adjust
ment. I know they are, too.”
Mavs coach John MacLeod said
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Dallas' 0-4 start in January is its
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f ames. Last year~he was only under
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Harper said the Mavericks have
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“We just aren't being aggressive
enough," Harper said. “Every one of
us needs to turn it up a notch. We
can’t use losing Roy as a crutch.” '
Dallas left Tuesday for a three-
game road swing at Golden State,
Seattle and Houston before coming
back to Reunion Arena on Sunday
night.
Charles Barkley, who led the
76ers with 26 points and 15 re
bounds on Monday night, said the
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without Tarpley.
“Dallas is struggling without a guv
like Roy Tarpley,” Barkley saia.
"We’re lucky we caught them when
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