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Page 6/The Battalion/Wednesday, January 11,1989 Pan Am coach ' enduring losses I cut here 2 BEDROOMS $335 WASHER AND DRYER CONNECTIONS IN SELECTED UNITSfl 13<MRARTHOLOW 696-4848 COLLEGE STATION WTW A Tromm»« Ciom Co J MONEY FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED Every Student Is Eligible for Some Type of Financial Aid r Regardless of Grades or Parental Income. • We have • data bank of over 200.000 listings of scholarships, tallow ships, grants, and loans, representing over $10 billion in private sector furvdfog • Many scholarship* are given to students based on their academic interacts, career plans, famiy heritage and place of residence • There’s money avalabie for students who have been newspaper carriers, grocery darks, cheerleaders, non-smokers . .. etc • Results GUARANTEED CALL ANYTIME For A Free Brochure (800) 346-6401 EDINBURG, Texas (AP)— Tim Hicks, the first-year coach of the Pan American women’s basketball team, is a fiery competitor who hates to lose. So he was more than a little un happy in talking about the Lads Broncs. who were 7-17 in 1986-87, 0-27 last year, and 0-7 this season. Pan American has lost 36 straight ■vwomen’s basketball games, which ties two other schools — Utah State and Coppin State — for the second worst ever, and is only one game be hind the current mark of 37 held by Brooklyn College. Hicks knew some of the- conse quences of accepting his first head coaching job at a school that had not won a game in 19 months. Hicks had been at Pan American in 1985 as a E aduate assistant to men’s hasket- II coach Lon Kruger. Kruger left in 1986 to succeed Jack Hartman at Kansas State, and Hicks went to Cof- feyville Community College in Kan sas. “I knew something about the pro- S ram from the time I spent here. ut even though coaches are hired into this type of situation all the time, it was frustrating hetause 1 couldn't recruit." Hicks was hired by Pan American on Sept. 1, only two months before the team traveled to Oklahoma for its First game, and so was unable to recruit the players that would fit his basketball philosophy. His first problem when he took over was the loss of Pan American's top two players — center Kelley Crouch and forward Cheryl Boyle. After suffering through the 0-27 season, both Boyle and Crouch de cided to transfer to Austin Ckillege. Boyle played the last 10 games of last season with stitches in her right eye and contusions in both legs. “They both thought it was in their best interest to leave the program, although there is a chance Kellev will he back," Hicks said. Compounding Hicks' woes was the academic ineligibility of two other plavers. At tne same time, the Lady Broncs are playing the toughest schedule in school history. Among the oppo nents are Oklahoma. Alabama. Texas A&M. Texas Christian and Texas-EJ Paso, as well as conference foes New Orleans and defending na tional champion Louisiana Tech. Pan American lost their first six games this season by a combined to tal of 296 points — an average loss of 49.3 points per contest. That’s a slight improvement over last year, when Pan American was outscored by 51 points per contest. “I’m not sure what the scheduling rationale was," Hicks said. “Not only are we in the American South, which includes the defending national champions, but we have to play teams from the Big Eight and the ’Southwest Conference before enter ing conference play.” Hicks said the only way to get Pan American’s women basketbidl pro gram on the winning track “is to do good recruiting and get players who can compete at this level. We can be competitive at this level, but not until we get more scholarship players.” • The Lady Broncs have no juniors or seniors and no starters over 6 feet tall. “We have a good hall-handling club, hut we donT have the kids that can shoot from the perimeter." Hicks said. “To us (the coaching staff), getting better is a matter of re cruiting four or five more players." SALE! 50% OFF ALL B001S 6 9 WEST Here is just a sampling from our sale collection of fashion boots and booties by famous makers. Shop early for your favorites. Selection varies. Interim markdowns have been taken on original prices. American Classics and Young Update. 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