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13, 1990 tb Rudder Altenhof idstone Centf ition ict: The Battalion •SPORTS. 7 Monday, November 12, 1990 Sports Editor Nadja Sabawala 845-2688 iL mt * * Miami agrees to play in 9 91 Bowl if invited L*J MIAMI Organization . 13 29 ministration ndustry, the He is cur- MIAMI (AP) — Fifth-ranked Miami ill play the Southwest conference hampion in the Cotton Bowl if invited, 'urncane officials Sunday. Miami athletic di- ector Sam Janko- ich announced his tention to accept a lotton Bowl bid af- r Orange Bowl of- kials decided to go ith top-ranked otre Dame against lolorado. “We expect to receive a bid from the iotton Bowl, and if we do we will accept . It should be a great matchup with an tstanding Texas team,” Jankovich ;aid. Cotton Bowl spokesman Jim Brock onfirmed Sunday night that an invita- ion will be extended to Miami. “We have talked to the University of iami, and it would be safe to say that November 24th, which is the official election date, we will invite the Univer ity of Miami. We expect them to accept, t’s going to be a great game,” Brock said Texas Stadium, where he was attend ing the NFL game between San Fran- isco and Dallas. “There’s been a grin on my face since ('esterday. We’re happy to get Miami.” The Cotton Bowl’s first priority was vio. 1-ranked Notre Dame, but the Fighting Irish are headed for an Orange Bowl duel with Big Eight champ Colo- ado. No. 14 Texas is the frontrunner for he Southwest conference title, but Bay- or and Texas A&M remain in the Tun ing for the league championship, exas beat Houston on Saturday and an clinch the host spot in the Cotton owl by winning two of its last three ames against Texas Christian, Baylor ,nd Texas A&M. Jankovich said all parties involved in he bowl decisions were missing out on a reat opportunity to determine which earn best deserves the national title. “This would have been a perfect year for the Cotton Bowl, (Grange Bowl, CBS, ’ BC, Notre Dame and Miami to get to other and wait for the end of the sea- on, so the highest-ranked team could eet Colorado for the natioanl hampionship,” he said. However, Miami still has a chance to make history this bowl season, Jankovich said. “We have a chance to do something no other team in history has done, and that is to finish first or second for five straight years,” he said. Notre Dame fin ished first in 1946 and 1947, second in 1948 and first in 1949. “A lot of strange things have hap pened in the past two weeks, and there’s still a lot of football left,” Jankovich said. Davis’ Aggies full of life AVING5! tcut terCuts family haircuttcrs^ ERM . iterCujg i family haircuttefSj lity Roundballers leave St. Pete behind 104-67 By NADJA SABAWALA Of The Battalion Staff Texas A&M watched Aggie history unfold Saturday night as fans got their first look at the new Kermit Davis Jr.-era basketball team in an exhibition match. A crowd of 1,462 watched signs of a pulse erupt from an almost lifeless Aggie program as the Sixth Man and Davis’ in fant team took control of the St. Peters burg AAU Green W'ave, 104-67, in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Sophomore guard David Martin guar anteed himself a pot in A&M history books as the first Sixth Man — a plan de veloped by Davis to enable walk-on play ers to compete on the court with the scholarship team. Martin chalked up two points, one rebound and three assists in 10 minutes of play. The Green Wave hit the first shot and continued to jockey for the lead with the Aggies. A&M, led by powerful play from sophomore forward Brooks Thompson and junior forward Rashone Lewis, pulled ahead with eight minutes elapsed in the first half and led throughout the remainder of the game. Coach Davis said he was pleased with the team’s play, but there are areas in need of improvement. “Defensively, we’re a little bit better,” Davis said of the team that has been to gether just four weeks. “And offensively we haven’t spent a lot of time working against the zone. They played zone a majority of the time and we struggled against it a little bit. “But exhibition games are to try and get the nervousness out some guys and just for our staff to get a feel for how the individuals play.” Thompson lead all scoring with 29 points, including three shots from three- point range. He added seven rebounds, six assists and four steals and hit 80 per cent from the line. Lewis, a transfer from Fullerton Ju nior College, pulled down a game-high 17 rebounds and was second in Aggie scoring with 15 points. Guard Lynn Suber, the lone senior on the A&M squad, posted 13 points, five assists and four steals in 21 minutes. Junior forward Shedrick Anderson got into foul trouble early, catching his third call with 11:10 remaining in the first half. Davis said the fouls kept An derson from playing his best. “He never really got into the flow of Martin makes debut as first Sixth Man By SCOTT WUDEL Of The Battalion Staff Martin PHELAN M. EBENHACK/The Battalion Texas A&M’s Rashone Lewis (4) battles with St. Petersburg AAU’s Ed Gibbons in the second half of the Aggies’ 104-67 victory Saturday night. the game because of foul trouble,” Davis said. “But he’s probably been our biggest surprise since Oct. 15 of guys that pro gressed better than we thought they would.” Davis said he, the other coaches and the team are glad the season is finally be ginning because they now have game films to look back on for instruction. “Our whole staff always prepares to win games,” Davis said. “We’re really going to.use (exhibition games) to try to get different lineups in and see different people. We tried to have a timetable as to how many minutes we’d play some peo ple, but that didn’t work out because we had some guys in early foul trouble.’ Davis said he was pleased with the guards’ play. Thompson, junior Isaac Brown and junior Darrin Terry were the starting guards for the Aggies. “The first half we only had seven turnovers and we took care of the ball,” Davis said. “We’ve got to be a team that can’t turn the ball over. We’ve got to take care of it and we’ve got to be able to re bound it ... those are the three things that we’ve got to do.” The game has given the coaches a chance to evaluate their team and make rotation decisions. Davis said A&M will use either a seven or eight-man rotation. The Aggies’ next exhibition game is Nov. 16 against the New Zealand Na tional Team. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. David Martin has something to tell his grandchildren. The walk-on from Tyler inaugurated the new Sixth Man tradition Saturday in Texas A&M’s exhi bition game against St. Petersburg AAU. Though Martin’s debut lasted only 37 seconds, it began a tradition that head coach Kermit Davis Jr. hopes will last for decades. “It’s something that in 50 or 60 years people will look back and David Martin will the first guy,” Da vis said. “Who knows, we might have a statue out there.” Martin said he was proud to be the first Sixth Man. “I think it’s an honor to start the new tradition here at A&M,” Martin said. “There’s a lot of great traditions here — and to be the starter of a new one. “My name will always be there as the first Sixth Man. I’ll look back and I’ll al ways remember that.” Martin, who was a walk-on last season, is now part of a group of six non-schol arship athletes who make up this year’s Sixth Man. He said he didn’t find out he would be the player to inititate the tradi tion until 20 minutes before the game. The 5-11 guard ended up playing 10 minutes for the Aggies and recorded two points and three assists. Davis came up with the idea of a Sixth Man last May in an effort to increase support for the basketball program. “I really did it on behalf of the student body,” Davis explained. “When they an nounced (Martin) as a guy who comes from one of the finest student bodies in the country, we really meant that.” The Sixth Man player stays in the game until the opposing team scores. However, in Saturday’s game, St. Peters burg scored on its first possession, and Martin was taken out on the next posses sion. Davis said will continue the tradition at all home games, rotating each Sixth Man in each game. Other Sixth Man players are Steve Bartholomew, Mac Brink, Greg Cook, Chuck Henderson and Brian Linder. PLUS Registration Begins Monday Nov 12th Craft Center- Basement MSC - 845-1631 DECK THE HALL<5 Bread Dough Ornaments Thurs. Nov 29 6-9pm $12 Etched Glass Ornaments Tues. Dec 4 6-9pm $12 Stained Glass Ornaments flANTA'd) WORK&HOP Woven Market Baskets Tues. 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