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Rollie White Coliseum but the game in Beaumont had a different out- Senior forward Donald Thomp son, the Aggies’ leading scorer, played an excellent game in scoring 26 points. As a team A&M hit only 12 of 34 field goal attempts in the second half to give Lamar a 74-67 win. Things started looking up for the Aggies when they traveled westward to the Runnin’ Rebel Round-up at Las Vegas, Nevada. A&M drew Central Michigan (5- 3) for their first round game Dec. 21 and pounced on the Chippewas 73- 57. The Aggies showed a lot of bal ance with four scorers in double fig ures headed by Freddie Ricks with 14. The overall shooting percentage was a high .569 compared to Central Michigan’s .318. Unfortunately for A&M, the level of competition hit a steep incline while their play headed downhill — right into the losing streak. High-scoring host Nevada-Las Vegas waylayed the Aggies 110-67 before a crowd of17,437. Thompson was back on top of the scoring for A&M with 25. Lynn Suber also had a good effort with 17. Tony Milton led both sides with nine assists. The loss dropped the Aggies to 7- 3 and things weren’t looking up as they traveled to Oklahoma City for the All-College Tournament Dec. 29-30. For the first round the Aggies faced an Oklahoma team that was scoring well over 100 points a game. A&M didn’t prove to be much com petition as the Sooners ripped the Aggies 128-80. Oklahoma led 66-25 at halftime but only outscored A&M by eight points after intermission. Suber had another good effort for the Ags with 17 points. The Aggies had another slow start the next night, trailing Oklahoma State 47-29 at the half. Although they came back in the second half with 50 points, the effort wasn’t enough and they dropped their third straight game, 94-79. By Ai Thompson was back on top A&M with a career-high 29 poi Another bright spot for the Ag was at the free-throw line, win they hit all 15 shots. Turnovers cancelled the j points of the Aggies game in I three tournament losses. Theyco mitted 33 against UNLV, 29 with Sooners and gave the ball awat OSU 21 times. What should have been a rcl for the Aggies turned into a disas when Texas Christian downed till 58-51 at G. Rollie White Colisei on Jan.4. A&M shot a disappointi 38.8 percent from the field andS; percent from the line. Thomps and Suber again led the scoring^ 20 and 19, respectively. The Aggies headed to Dallas fo days later to face the South Methodist Mustangs. Another slow first half knod the Ags out of the game, themselves a hole 46-34 at halftilt Although a more controlled Ai team, with only six turnovers, o scored SMU in the second ha lost 77-69. Guard Tony Milton came on it 12 points in the second stanzatole A&M with 16 points. Suber led team with four rebounds and six sists. The Aggies finally turned thit around Saturday beating Baylorf 53. Jackson, streaking Knicks pressure struggling Spurs NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Jack- son had 24 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists for his third career triple double as the New York Knicks won their 14th straight home game with a 116-106 victory over the San Anto nio Spurs on Monday. It was only the third time in the Knicks’ 43-year history that they have won as many as 14 straight at home. The Knicks have won five in a row overall and have a 17-1 mark at home this season. The Spurs have lost five straight and 10 of their last 11 road games. Before a sellout crowd of 19,591, the Knicks led by as many as 23 points in the second half, but the Spurs reduced it to 89-78 after three quarters and to 103-97 with 4:47 left in the game. The Knicks then ran off six con secutive points to take a 109-97 lead with 3:04 left and the Spurs never drew closer than eight the rest of the game. Patrick Ewing added 21 points for the Knicks and Charles Oakley and Gerald Wilkins each had 18. Willie Anderson led the Spurs with 20 points dspite playing with foul trouble and Greg Anderson had 19. Jackson’s previous triple-doubles came in his rookie season last year, on April 15 against Washington and Jan. 18 against Atlanta. New York grabbed a 36-27 first- quarter lead, as Jackson had eight as sists and three rebounds. The Knicks then outscored the Spurs 27-15 in the second period to take a 63-42 lead at halftime. Oakley’s layup to open the third quarter gave the Knicks a 65-42 lead, . their largest lead of the game. Johnny Newman’s two foul shots at the 7:19 mark of the first quarter broke an 11-11 tie and New York held the lead the rest of the way. Jackson has led the Knicks in scor ing three of the last four games, av eraging 19.5 during that span. He was only 7-for-16 from the field, but made 2-for-3 from 3-point range. “We really needed a big game. w from him today,” Knicks coach II Pitino said. “He was great agal their pressure and really made halfcourt offense go.” New York’s full-court pr forced 17 first-half turnovers, the Knicks converted into 14poin “It was hard to watch,” Sp coach Larry Brown said. “We did handle their press well. “They were much more sive with it than they were when played them in San Antonio. The Knicks weren’t happy ah letting their big lead slip away. “I think we got a little bit car Oakley said. “We have to stick to basics and play the whole 48 utes. We have to learn the garo not over at halftime. “We have to learn to keep it got especially at home, because we so well here we tend to relax.” 6 The Knicks now face a set game road trip. They are 8-10 on the road season and have lost six of tlieit eight away from home. Super sub leads Lakers by Rockets Rice hires grid coach INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — My- chal Thompson came off the bench to score 13 points without missing a shot in the first half as the Los An geles Lakers remained the only NBA team with a perfect home record this season by beating the Houston Rock ets 124-113 on Monday. The two-time defending cham pion Lakers are 15-0 at the Forum this season and have won 22 straight regular-season home games dating back to last season. Los Angeles is 10-12 on the road and has played more road games than any NBA team this season. The Lakers’ 25-12 overall record is the best in the Western Conference. The Lakers went ahead for good by outscoring the Rockets 17-2 over a 4:07 span of the first quarter and weren’t threatened seriously after holding a 56-44 halftime lead. The Lakers put the game away by making 15 of their 17 field goals in the third quarter and held a 95-75 lead entering the final period. The Rockets got as dose as 109-99 with just under four minutes left, but that was as close as they could get. James Worthy led the Lakers with 26 points. Byron Scott added 24, 12 in the third period, and Thompson finished with 21. Magic Johnson had his eighth triple-double of the season with 17 points, 13 rebounds and 18 assists. Mike Woodson led the Rockets with 24 points and 10 assists. Purvis Short and Otis Thorpe had 23 and 20 points, respectively, for the Rock ets, and Akeem Olajuwon had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Hous ton. The Rockets took a 12-4 lead in the opening three minutes, but the Lakers then scored 13 straight points to make it 17-12 after 6:23 of play. The Lakers went on to make it a 17-2 spurt, giving them a 21-14 lead. The Rockets narrowed the deficit to 27-24 at the end of the first quarter, but Los Angeles slowly pulled away in the second period to earn its 12- point halftime lead. Thompson, the NBA leader in field goal percentage, made all six of his shots from the field and his only free throw in the opening half. The Lakers made 22 of their 37 field goal attempts in the first half and were 37 of 54 after three quar ters. Spring sports passes on sale at ticket office Students who purchased chase the all sports general ad mission cards for $15.’ Students will gain access to ; - men’s basketball, and baseball 8 antes as well as women’s athletics y purchasing the cards- .. Incoming students arid stu dents who did not get a card m i the fall will be charged f 15 for each card. Students must get a card indi vidually for men’s....basketball, baseball and women’s.athletics, With a card, a currently en rolled A&M student with a 1988- 89 I.D. will be admitted to events on a general admission, first- come, first-served basis to all. events, . • i-C?- chased in Ike Athletic Business Office located in Room 113 in G. Rollie White Coliseum during regular business hours- : .. .Contact the Athletic Business calling 845-2313 or call the Ath letic Tic HOUSTON (AP) — Fred C mith, defensive coordinator at kansas for the past five season* formally become Rice Univers third head coach in four years to Goldsmith apparently accq the job Sunday but a formal nouncement won’t come until tot “Why we picked him over particular individual I don’t b said J. Evans Attwell, chairmai the coaching search committee “Obviously, we believe he’s a class individual in every respect is a heck of a coach,” Attwell “T he people he recruits were students first and athletes secont Goldsmith will replace } Berndt, who resigned last mow become head coach at Fein pie Associate athletic director Bo May is expected to be named athl director. “He knows the situation tht Attwell said. “He has the respef the people in the athletic dep memt. So we’re very pleased that.” Goldsmith, 44, was head coat Slippery Rock in 1981, postinga 1 record. Goldsmith has been an assis under Coach Ken Hatfield for past nine years at Air Force and kansas. Owls finished 0-11 i last season and open with an 18-game 1 the longest in the n among major colleges. Stephen F. Austin athletic t tor Jim Hess and North Texas coach Corky Nelson were top tenders behind Goldsmith. “I didn’t feel I was a very sen candidate,” Hess said. “There too many things they didn’t about me and too many thin! didn’t know about them.” Hess said he and Nelson had cussed the job. “Corky and I talked about Nashville and we both had thes opinion, that neither of us was riously involved. “I appreciated the interest showed in me and I wish Fred because he’s an awfully good son.” Notre Dame receivers coach Cordelli also was a candidate foi job. The Berndt season streak, Texas -ill be w resident three gro (lets part Pennsylv; Presich review th gie Bant Cavalry a his stand. 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