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The Battalion SPORTS Wednesday, Decembers, 1989 Clay Rasmussen Assistant Sports Editor Cowboy s-Phils: JJ s Super Bowl this sorry season The Dallas Cowboys’ season is all but over. With games left against Philadelphia, New York and Green Bay, it’s safe to assume the Cowboys will end up at least 2-14, or more likely 1-15. No playoff appearance for the Cowboys this year . . . Surprised? If you are in some state of shock over Dallas’ second straight losing season, you must have had your head buried in the sand for the last three years. Still, Dallas Coach Jimmy Johnson and his young team faces one of their biggest games this year on Sunday. A Super Bowl by the Cowboys’ standards. Dallas will travel to Philadelphia’s Veteran Stadium to exact some revenge for the 27-0 loss two weeks ago. It wasn’t the score that hacked off Johnson and the Cowboys. “Winning and losing concerns me,” Johnson said. “But what concerns me more is when you take away from the integrity of the game.” It was Philadelphia Coach Buddy Ryan and his usual antics that has Dallas jumping. Johnson accused Ryan of placing bounties on the heads of at least four Cowboys, including quarterback Troy Aikman and former Eagle kicker Luis Zendejas. The Eagles were unable to knock Aikman out of the game, but Philadelphia linebacker Jesse Small cut through the Cowboys’ kickoff team and homed in on Zendejas. Small ending up dealing a blow to Zendejas’ head, rendering him temporarily unconcious. Small said he had simply missed his assignment and was heading upfield to block the next Cowboy. The tapes show Small deliberately lining up near the Eagles’ bench, avoiding three Cowboys and sprinting directly at Zendejas. After regaining conciousness, a groggy Zendejas headed for Ryan, intent on doing a little damage of his “I was going up to deck him,” Zendejas said after the game. “And I tell you this, if I get a chance at Ryan (in the Dec. 10 game), I’ll take it.” So what’s Ryan got to say about all the accusations? “If you had a bounty, why the hell would you put it on a kicker that’s been in a six-week slump?” Ryan said. So, that leads us to this weekend’s game. Will Zendejas get his shot at Ryan? Cowboy fans are hoping so. This isn’t the first time Ryan has been charged with placing bounties on the heads of NFL figures. Earlier this year, talk surfaced around the league that Ryan had offered a $ 1,000 reward for any player who “accidently” injured Bears’ Coach Mike Ditka. Still, Zendejas and Johnson both reported that they had been contacted by the Eagles’ special teams coach before the game and told to be on the lookout for the cheap shots. See Cowboys/Page 10 Ags bow to Gents A&M ‘just a forward short’ in loss; Rhea scores 18 to lead 2-3 Aggies By Richard Tijerina Of The Battalion Staff For Texas A&M Coach Shelby Metcalf, the Aggies were just a forward short Tues- niernt. day nigl Make that one Larry Robinson short — a 6-5 senior who led Centenary to a 89-82 win over A&M in front of 1,644 at G. Rollie White Coliseum. Robinson had 30 points, including seven in a decisive three-minute stretch when Centenary pulled away from A&M, and had 16 rebounds to lead both teams. The Aggies were led by senior Darren Rhea, who had 18 points and 13 rebounds. “I don’t know where we go from here,” A&M Coach Shelby Metcalf said. “I’m try ing to avoid being too small when we hit tpe conference. But the bottom line is we’re a forward short — something like Larry Rob- That seemed the case. Their five-point lead erased within five minutes of the sec ond half, the Aggies and Gents exchanged baskets for minutes until Centenary . was able to put together any kind of run. Leading 52-50, Robinson scored back-to- back baskets to give the Gents a 56-50 ad vantage. Robinson rebounded his own miss, and scored on an easy layup, then hit a 14- foot jumpshot on the left baseline. The Aggies needed some big help after suddenly trailing by six points. They got it in the form of 6-2 junior guard Freddie Ricks, who hit a three-point shot. However, senior guard Tony Milton was called for his second personal foul on the play, and officials waited several seconds before allowing the goal to stand. Metcalf and the crowd yelled for the shot to be counted, and when it did, the Aggies had climbed to within three points. ry I tba Trailing 57-55, junior guard Lynn Suber a 22-fo ' ' ' ‘ ‘ a pretty good basketball team.” The Aggies looked good enough in the first half — they led 42-37 at halftime, but things turned sour for Metcalf midway through the second when the Gents jumped out to a 10-point lead with 5:30 left to play. Rhea said the team was upbeat and posi tive at halftime, but lost concentration and intensity in the second half. hit a 22-foot three-point shot to give the Aggies a brief one-point lead. It wouldn’t last more than 20 seconds, however, as Rob inson tied the score with a free throw after being fouled by Rhea. Junior forward David Harris, the Aggies’ second leading scorer and top rebounder, fo ------ picked up his fourth foul with 11 minutes See Bow/Page 10 Photo brj»)]i A&M’s David Harris fights for a rebound in Tuesday night’s loss. Hickey’s Lady Ags rebound for win Ware, Francis By Vince Snyder Of The Battalion Staff The Texas A&M Lady Aggies had trou ble inbounding the ball Tuesday night, but in the end rebounded from an early deficit. A&M defeated the Oklahoma 101-86 in front of a home crowd of 277 at G. Rollie White Coliseum. With the win over the Sooners, A&M Coach Lynn Hickey recorded her 200th ca reer NCAA victory. The Lady Aggies came back from a nar row four-point deficit but had trouble maintaining the lead because of faulty in bound passing. “We are a young team,” Hickey said. “The inbound pressure (from Oklahoma) was the first we’ve really seen so far and we got sloppy.” The effect of the pressure was felt as A&M and OU exchanged leads 12 times during the first half of play. “It (inbound pressure) was frustrating,” sophomore Dena Russo said. “We know how to run it, but we weren’t executing it right.” The Lady Aggies were able to move the ball once they passed it inbounds, despite tough pressure from the Sooners as they applied the full court press. “We felt pretty comfortable with break ing the press,” Russo said. “It’s something we worked on all week during practice.” Another weakness felt by A&M during the first half, was missed open shots within the paint. “We missed a lot of ‘crib’ shots,” Hickey said. “That’s something we will have to con tinue working on.” Despite A&M missing the inside shots, junior center Louise Madison was able to muscle in 33 points for a career high game. Madison also grabbed 16 boards to lead the Lady Aggies in total rebounds for the night. Joining the 6-1 center was Russo, who added a career-high 21 points and 13 re- head SWC list of All-Americans '' I X( horn; nat |ena ; vlctec still jgomj ASSOCIATED PRESS ■ m Da//a nca [Sever tha Passing prodigy Andre Ware andreco setting runner Anthony Thompson,# battled to a photo finish in the He®: Trophy race, were named to The AsyR lne< ciated Press 1989 All-America college fa i A’ ball team on Tuesday. as ’ 1 Ware, who edged Thompson for t® ent Heisman in the fourth-closest vote e'.’M^ st( shattered 13 NCAA marks and tied ( ! l|ai1 others this season as the quarterback Houston’s run-and-shoot offense, i® capped his remarkable year Saturd; against Rice by setting single-season recon for most completions (365) and pass yards (4,699), falling just one short ofji McMahon’s NCAA mark of 47 touchdoti passes. Ware’s favorite receiver, Emmanufl Hazzard, also was named to the offensii (Con first team, as was tackle Jim Mabry of tj kansas. Baylor linebacker James FranoL made the defensive team. i# ns '' Texas T ech running back James Gn® ro p was named to the second team on offensrl°f 1( and teammate tackle Charles Odiorne»j Settln third team offensive selection. r* ^ While Ware A is establishing pass® exi1 standards, Thompson was runnincroffw® ^h his own records. T he Indiana tailbackifB war NCAA career marks for touchdownsar® n points, led the nation in rushing with IJi®* 1 ^ yards and broke the single-game .... i _ *4.u '■mn ; \kt! • record with 377 against Wisconsin. ffotrc Soutl Photo by Scott D. Weaver See Lady Ags/Page 10 Lisa Herner (13) flies through the air for a iayup in the Lady Aggies’ 101- 86 win over Oklahoma Tuesday night at G. Rollie White Coliseum. Ware and Thompson were unlikely can® u didates for stardom. 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