Friday, March 30,1990
The Battalion
Page 9
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three nH HOUS I ON (AP) — After coming
tegular'; ch»se to a quadruple-double earlier
Hiis month, Akeeni Olajuwon knew
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auseni Bolden State earlier this month. The
..ockets staff looked at the game’s
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NadoBncredited 10th assist, but the
|eague reinstated the original stats a
few days later, restoring Olajuwon’s
tssists total to nine. He ended the
March 3 game with 29 points, 1 1
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The only other National Basket-
Dall Association players to record
juadruple-doubles were Nate Thur-
nond of Chicago on Oct. 18, 1974,
nid Alvin Robertson, then of San
Antonio, on Feb. 18, 1986.
11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals.
Olajuwon said he realized he had
a chance for the quadruple-double
in the third quarter.
“I knew I needed three blocks and
three assists in the third quarter.
When I got the blocks, I concen
trated on passing the balls,” he said.
As Olajuwon closed in tin the ac
complishments, lacking in the assists
category, his teammates helped by
shooting the ball after receiving a
pass from Olajuwon.
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Thurmond had 22 points, 14 re
bounds, 13 assists and 12 blocked
hots, and Robertson had 20 points,
“The whole
Olajuwon said,
thank them.”
Houston Coach Don Chaney also
was aware of Olajuwon’s chance at
the feat.
“1 was told he was two shy at the
five-minute mark. I felt I owed it to
him to leave him in. We did some
things to help him get it,” Chaney
said.
Robertson believes Olajuwon will
record another quadruple-double
before his career is over.
“Akeem has a better chance to do
it again because blocked shots are
easier than steals,” he said.
Olajuwon leads the league in
blocked shots with 327.
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Blackman scored 28 points, includ
ing 13 of Dallas’ final 15, as the Mav
ericks posted their sixth straight vic
tory with a 109-105 decision over the
San Antonio Spurs on Thursday
night.
San Antonio led most of the way
and had a 16-point bulge in the first
quarter. Poor free throw shooting by
the Spurs (23 of 37) allowed the
Mavericks to get back in the game.
David Robinson scored 33 points
to lead the Spurs and Terry Cum
mings added 17.
The Mavericks took their first
lead 94-93 on a 3-pointer by Sam
Perkins as the shot clock went off
with 3:21 left in the game. A turn
around jumper by Blackman made it
96-93.
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utes without a field goal midway
through the final period. The Spurs’
only points between the 7:39 and
2:11 marks were three free throws
by Rod Strickland and a pair by An
derson that gave the Spurs a 99-98
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP)—Jack
Nicklaus’ debut on the PGA Senior
Tour was puahed back a day when a
series of storms washed out first-
round play iti the Tradition at De
sert Mountain tournament on
Thursday.
“I had a good warm-up. I was
looking forward to playing. 1 didn’t
get a chance to,” Nicklaus said after
play was called off at 1:28 p.m. MST.
Nicklaus was still awaiting his tee
time when a severe storm — rain,
wind, hail and lightning — pounded
the course in the desert highlands
near Phoenix.
ll There was no possible way that
we could have got th'e golf course
back into a playable condition,”
Brian Henning, tournament direc
tor for the PGA Tour, said after the
rare desert downpour.
The average rainfall in the area
for the month of March is less than
an inch, but more than two inches
fell in a brief period. The water
flooded the course, washed out some
gravel roads and disrupted the tour
nament schedule.
Henning said Senior Tour rules
prohibit the playing of more than 27
holes in a day, so the tournament,
originally scheduled for 72 holes,
was reduced to a three-day, 54-hole
format, with the final round on Sun
day.
“Weather permitting,” Henning
cautioned. He said the forecast for
Friday “is about the same as today.”
Play initially was delayed at 8:34
a.m. by heavy rain that filled the
bunkers and turned tees and greens
into ponds. Play was resumed at
noon, then halted for good about 90
minutes later.
None of the 78 men in the field
had played as more than seven holes
when the round was washed out. All
will begin play from the first te-e on
Friday.
Rangers’ Ryan
may pitch for
a few more years
DALLAS (AP) — Baseball’s all-
time strikeout king — Texas
Rangers' star Nolan Ryan — now
says he might pitch beyond the
1990 season despite hints at re
tirement a few months ago.
The Dallas Morning News re
ported Thursday that Ryan's
agent, Dick Moss, spoke with
Rangers general manager Tom
Grieve Wednesday about a con
tract extension. Ryan’s two-yeat
contract expires after this season.
Moss relayed Ryan’s interest in
playing beyond 1990 and asked
Grieve what the Rangers level of
interest would be in keeping
Ryan, who is 43, the newspaper
said.
“Nolan still feels pretty good,”
Moss said. “ This is a nice situation
for Nolan. He loves it here with
the Rangers. 1 think the club likes
having him, too. Something
might happen.”
The Rangers are interested in
bringing Ryan back both as an at
traction and a pitcher. His gate
appeal figured heavily in last
year’s club-record attendance of
more than 2 million.
“It’s obvious what Nolan has
meant to the franchise and the
job he has done.” Grieve said.
“We’re open to any discussions
they might want to have. We’re
glad to hear Notan is considering
the possibility of playing beyond
1990. We’ll continue to discuss it
with him. 1 hope w^e can work
something out.”
Barring injury, Rvan will be
the Rangers’ opening-day starter
April 9 against Toronto at Ar
lington Stadium.
Grieve and Moss did not dis
cuss salary. For his two seasons
with the Rangers, Ryan will re
ceive $3.2 million.
Moyer pitches Rangers
to split with White Sox
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Jamie
Moyer allowed two hits and no runs
>n five innings as the Texas Rangers
beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on
Thursday.
Earlier in the day in Port Char
lotte, the White Sox beat the Rang
ers 10-2.
In the night game, Bernie Tatis
had an RBI double in jhe eighth in
ning, then scored from second on u
groundout.
Loser Barry Jones opened the
eighth by walking Jeff Kunkel. One
out later, Tatis doubled. Kevin Re-
imer hit a high chopper to third base
and Tatis raced home.
In the ninth, winner Brian Bo
hannon gave up Frank Thomas’ sin
gle to score Ramon Sambo.
The White Sox had runners on
the corners against former team
mate Jack Hardy with one out. But
Robin Ventura popped up to second
baseman Fred Manrique, who threw
to Hardy covering first to double up
pinch runner Marcus Lawton to end
the game.
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