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Wednesday, February 22,1989
Rice downs slumping Lady Aggies
By Stan Golaboff - -
SPORTS WRITER
The Texas A&M women’s basket
ball team lost to Rice 76-67 last night
mG. Rollie White Coliseum.
It was a game marred by fouls,
missed shots and turnovers for the
Lady Aggies.A&M committed 28
sompared to 17 for Rice.
Lady Ag Update
• ScoreiRice 76, Lady Aggies 67
• Record: 15-9; 7-6 in the SWC.
• Next gamerSaturday at Houston
• StandingrFourth place.
A&M shot 37 percent from the
field, (Rice shot 46) and turned the
ball over 16 times.
“Evidently we were still down
from the Arkansas game,” A&M
Head Coach Lynn Hickey said. “We
just seem to be in a slump.”
A&M’s shooting percentage con
tinues to plague their offense game
plan.
“We just couldn’t get into our of
fense,” Hickey said. “Whenever we
did get an open shot, we seemed to
so startled we would miss the shot.
Then we would get frustrated when
we couldn’t get open.”
A&M has lost three of their last
four home games and five of their
last seven. A&M, (15-9 overall and 7-
6 in Southwest Conference) was 13-4
overall and 5-1 in SWC before losing
its first home game to Texas Tech
Jan. 28.
“I feel bad for the kids right now,
because they have worked so hard,”
Hickey said. “We were near the top
early in the season and now we have
to fight just to make sure we get into
the tournament.”
With the loss, A&M drops out of a
third-place tie with Houston and
SMU.
A&M was led by Louise Madison,
Donna Roper and Lori Dillard, who
each had ten points.
“We did not do a good job at
blocking out and it showed when
Shira Charity was able to crash the
boards from outside and get the easy
layup,” Hickey said.
Rice,(12-12 overall and 4-10 in
SWC) was led by Amelia Cooper and
Charity who each had 21 points.
A&M’s next game is Saturday
against Houston in Houston. Tipoff
is scheduled for 5 p.m.
A&M guard Sheri Dillard (23) defends against Rice’s Lori
Thomas during the Lady Aggies’ 76-67 loss to the Owls.
Williams leads Ags
past Bearkats 8-1
By Doug Walker
SPORTS EDITOR
Freshman Travis Williams . sup
plied power at the plate and pitcher
Keith Langston pitched tw'O-hit ball
over five innings of work to lead
sixth-ranked Texas A&M to an 8-1
victory over Sam Houston State
Tuesday afternoon at Olsen Field.
Aggie Baseball
• WhatrSixth-ranked A&M (8-0)
hosts Southwest Texas State for a
doubleheader.
• WhenrToday at 1 p.m.
o WhererOlsen Field.
Williams, who had three hits in
four trips to the plate, and first base-
man Mike Easley both clubbed sev
enth inning homers to break open a
2-1 ballgame as the Aggies scored six
runs in the inning to take their
eighth win of the season without a
loss.
The Bearkats dropped to 4-3 with
the loss.
Williams finished with three runs
batted in while Easley made his re
turn from a two-game absence with a
thumb injury a successful one.
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son, working five innings and allow
ing one run on two hits. He walked
two and struck out a pair.
Richard Zastoupil (1-1) suffered
the loss for the Bearkats. He worked
six and one-third innings in which
he allowed six runs on seven hits and
two walks. He struck out two Aggie
batters.
Freshman Ronnie Allen followed
Langston on the hill for A&M and
Ditched three strong innings of re-
ief. Allen gave up three hits and
three walks while striking out two.
He gave way to Scott Centala, who
closed out the game with a flawless
ninth inning.
A&M usually has problems with
the Bearkats and Tuesday’s game
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Mavericks, Pistons trade could put Dantley in the limelight
Adrian Dantley for Mark Aguirre — a
ihrewd trade or an exchange of crybabies?
Aguirre has long been noted for his
noodiness, his lack of motivation and
istless play at critical times. This,
iiipposedly, is the reason Dallas traded him
lo Detroit.
However, they never thought they were
getting another whiner and complainer like
Aguirre. In fact there was little indication
that Dantley would take the trade as
jersonally as he has.
At first glance, one can not help but feel
lorry for Dantley. Until last week he was a
nemberof a team that had the third-best
ecord in the NBA. Detroit had come
dthin one game of the championship last
rear and was in the middle of a tough fight
;or the championship of the Central
Division.
Dantley was a team player. He never
romplained about playing time, his scoring
Stan
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Sports Writer
average or coaching decisions. Winning has
a way of taking care of those things. Dantley
has never been known to do any of those
things, even when he was on losing teams.
Aguirre, on the other hand, is a moody,
selfish prima donna who has had numerous
run-ins with his coaches, teammates and
fans. Aguirre only seems to be happy when
he is the leading scorer and the team wins.
Not exactly the kind of team player you like
to have on your team.
Now due to some freak of nature, (or
more likely a Detroit Piston managerial
blunder), Aguirre and his childish attitude
are playing for the Pistons and Dantley and
his bruised ego are AWOL in Dallas.
Despite this apparent slap in the face,
Dantley should not pout. Instead, he
should realize that the Pistons have made
one of the worst trades ever and, at the
same time, given him a chance to become a
star among stars in the NBA.
On the surface, things look bleak but
upon further investigation of the facts one
can see how this trade gives Dantley the
chance of a lifetime.
Although Aguirre averaged 21.4 points a
game for the Mavericks and Dantley only
averaged 18.4 for the Pistons, the
Mavericks should get the better end of the
deal.
Dantley averaged 18.4 points a game on
a team that ranks 21st out of 25 in scoring
offense. Even the hapless Los Angeles
Clippers score more than the Pistons.
Dantley is also known as one of the best
one-on-one players in the league. With Roy
Tarpley gone, Sam Perkins hurt and
Rolando Blackman left as Dallas’s only real
scoring threat, Dantley should be getting a
lot of chances to score.
Dantley would also have to be considered
the better defensive player in a matchup
with Aguirre. Dantley is coming from a
team that stresses defense.
Detroit is second in the league in defense
and Dantley could probably snowcase his
defensive talents in Dallas. You don’t play
defense for a team like Detroit and not
learn how to play a little defense.
And, although Dallas is only five games
over .500, they are in the midst of a division
race. They are only three and a half games
behind Houston in the Midwest. Detroit is
four and a half games behind Cleveland. A
late surge by Dallas could easily give them
the division crown.
Dallas is a Western Conference team. No
team in the West has come to the front to
dominate the conference; not even the Los
Angeles Lakers. After years of banging the
boards with the rough Eastern Conference
teams and life in the Black and Blue
(Central) Division Dantley could find the
teams of the West ripe pickings for his
talent.
So Dantley should do himself, and all of
us, a favor by putting an end to his Mark
Aguirre impersonation and act like a man.
Play ball, Adrian.
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