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uesday, A The Battalion SPORTS Tuesday, April 3,1990 No. 16 A&M hosts SHSU, eyes Rice series Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack A&M catcher John Wood lays down a successful The Aggies return to Olsen Field tonight when sacrifice bunt in Saturday’s 7-6 loss to Baylor. they host Sam Houston State University at 7. By ALAN LEHMANN Of The Battalion Staff The No. 16 Texas A&M baseball team will start a six-game home stand Tuesday night when they face Sam Houston State in a 7 p.m. game at Olsen Field. The Aggies will be trying to end a couple of bad streaks. They lost two of three games to Baylor over the weekend — the first Southwest Con ference series that A&M has lost since 1988. A&M, now 31-9 on the season and 4-2 in SWC play, had a 12-game win ning streak snapped in Saturday’s loss. The Aggies will also be trying to start another winning streak over Sam Houston. The Bearkats beat the Aggies 4-3 March 7 in Huntsville. “Its going to be tough to beat Sam Houston,” said Assistant Coach Bill Hickey. “They beat us in Huntsville and know that they can play with us.” Still, Hickey said that the Aggies would play better at Olsen Field than they have on the road. A&M is 4-7 on the road. “We’ve got a young club,” Hickey said, “and young clubs seem to have more trouble hitting on the road. We feel comfortable hitting here, that’s why we’ve done so well.” A&M beat Sam Houston 4-2 Feb. 13 in Huntsville on the strength of a Chad Broussard home run. The three-run shot down the left field line was Broussard’s first homer of the season. The Aggies will send Jason Bul lard to the mound Tuesday. The ju nior righthander is 2-0 on the season with a 2.83 earned run average. Bullard’s last win was a 9-0 deci sion over St. John’s March 13. The victory gave the Aggies the championship in the Aggie-Conti nental tournament at Olsen Field. The Aggies will be led at the plate by designated hitter David Rollen. The junior is hitting .314 and leads the team with 12 doubles. A&M returns to conference play this weekend when it hosts the Rice Owls. The three-game set will consist of a single game Friday at 7 p.m. and a doubleheader Saturday at 2 p.m. Despite losing to Baylor, A&M did have some bright spots this week end. Lefthander Rich Robertson shut out the Bears 2-0 in Sunday’s First game, to improve to 7-0 on the sea son. The junior struck out nine bat ters in the seven inning contest, and raised his strikeout total to 76 in only 58 innings. Catcher John Wood had the game-winning RBI in that game, his first game-winnner of the season. Wood lined a double down the left field line to score Chad Broussard from first base. 12 Sports Editor Richard Tijerina 845-261 KISSIMMI ■Fla. (AP)—He Iton second b; UNLV bedevils Duke, gives Tarkanian first titli via 103-73 shellacking Iman Bill Do ■tried hard, v Ihard, to put 19 [the worst seaso [of his career, Iwinter. “It wasn’t th [don’t know at [from a slump,' Ikle back in his [season of era DENVER (AP) — The NCAA’s ultimate Rebel won its biggest prize. UNLV ended the tournament of thrills and close finishes with the largest margin of victory in a championship game, a 103-73 win over Duke on Monday night. Jerry Tarkanian, the coach who fought the NCAA in the courts for the past 15 years, guided UNLV to its first national title and Duke con tinued as the school with the most frustrating of postseason records. The Runnin’ Rebels became the first team to score more than 100 points in the championship game. They are also the first preseason No. 1 to win the title sjnee North Caro lina in 1982 and the first Western team since UCLA won in 1975. They did it with the style they have made famous — tenacious man-to-man defense — as they rat tled Duke, a team known for its savvy and poise. The Rebels literally stole the title from Duke, which was making its eighth Final Four appearance. The Blue Devils went home again with out a trophy, extending the longest streak of national semifinal futility. UNLV broke the tournament re cord for steals in a game with 16, eclipsing the mark set by Duke in the 1986 championship game and matched by Oklahoma in the 1988 title game. The Runnin’ Rebels also set a re cord for most points scored in a tournament with 571, just better than their regular-season average of 92.3. Until Monday night, the largest margin of victory in a championship game was 23 points, when UCLA beat North Carolina 78-55 in 1968. For Tarkanian, the man who sits on the bench looking as though it pains him to watch his team win, get ting the trophy capped a long battle with the NCAA, which ordered the school to suspend him for violations. He went to court for an injunction and the case eventually reached the Supreme Court, which ruled in fa vor of the NCAA. But no court could stop the Ri nin’ Rebels on Monday night. UNLV’ managed a 10-point just 7:26 into the game as the forced Duke into turnover turnover, mostly by simply si the ball. They scored the first points ofi game, and never trailed. Duke, which averaged 17.2 overs per game this season, had If halftime and 10 of those were steals by the Rebels. The first 10-point leadcameoul sequence of four UNLV steals four consecutive possessions - last was by Stacey Augmon, »l| took the ball from Phil Hendei near midcourt and sailed in foi dunk. That made it 21-11. The lead extended to 41-25 3:46 left in the half as UNLVct tested every pass made by Di The Rebels had 16 points off tin overs in the first half as they tooil 47-35 halftime lead. Duke got within 10 points, 57-11 with 16:24 to play, but thelarceno; crew from just off The Strip went it again. The Rebels went on an 18-1 to put the game away and it», Augmon and Anderson Hunt w! took turns putting the Blue Desi away. Hunt started the run with a si jumper and Larry Johnson scoi on a drive for a 61-47 lead. lories. “Compared Ion in society, n small even th [worse at my jol America last yt Doran may [was terminal w He hit .266 [49 runs battei [Starbreak. In ,131, no honu Sports Sen ‘5C Auemon stole the ball on straight p< ;acn grr ht possessions and he font points. Hunt each time to end the break. Augmon whipped a crosst f >ass to Hunt for a 3-pointer, ound Hunt again with a pass foil layup and then fed Hunt againa taking the ball from Hendersonl his own foul line. 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