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Sports 9 Wednesday, December 12, 1990 The Battalion r AlanLehmann 845-2688 Ag^ie basketballers to face TSU tonight lrch foi„. 8 a S0lif; d th ei mentti, "^ ntl “p: Nm Staff and Wire Reports ^ nvir on®, re l«ncf " ver enetf e marke, used li nei lid. lutely s both The Texas A&M basketball team ill hit the court again tonight after a long break. 8) said. “Be,: r , ation of e chaos." se The Aggies (2- will host Texas Southern Univer- a >i! lity (2-5) at 7:30 n G. Rollie White oliseum. The ;ame will be ihown on a tape lelayed basis at 10:30 on Home 111P fcp orts Entertain- L U V hient. A&M has been die for over a iveek. The AggieS iefeated Mercer University 72-65 n the consolation pme of the Mar- hall Memorial Classic on Dec. 1. Coach Kermit B)avisjr. says the 31 "ted btitj |Aggies have tried :o remain com- jetitive during he break. “It’s always dif- Icult when you the worse:| iave 8-10 days Tf and your try- ractice Inal ex- nstitutiom^ms,”Davis said. “Our players have handled it well e abuse rt |md we’ve practiced hard with a lot f game simulation. “We’ve tried to get as much out of s to then lour scrimmages as possible.” Davis said TSU is the most athletic and physical team the Aenies have a since they played ill havi condudi cords shot jcompla ere were e id Ferlegt ^resentsik jng to pi class-actic during lin AP Top 25 The Top Twenty Five teems in The Asso ciated Press college basketball poll. First-place votes are In parentheses, last week's position and records are listed: 1. UNLV (63)1 2. Arkansas 3 3. Syracruse 4 4. Arizona 2 5. Georgetown 6 6. UCLA 8 7. Indiana 7 8. Ohio St. 9 9. North Carolina 10 10. DukeS 11. Georgia 13 12. LSU 18 13. Oklahoma 16 14. St. Johns 17 15. Pittsburgh 11 16. Connecticut 14 17. South Carolina 21 18. Kentucky 25 19. Virginia 21 20. Alabama 12 21. Michigan St. 19 22. Southern Miss. 15 23. Georgia Tech 20 24. E. Tennessee St. — 25. Texas 23 ordered it of a | sident Mike C. Mulvey/The Battalion Texas A&M coach Kermit Davis Jr. gives his team instructions. His Aggies, who are coming off of a 10-day layoff, will face Texas Southern tonight at 7:30 in G. Rollie White Colesium. dahoma. owasrape; He says A&M will have to offset the _ht morn!: iferred offering z- eputy coi- Departmt: ental Rett <. insdtuM d all ate igers inside game with aggressive rebounding. Shedrick Anderson, the Aggies’ 6- 8 center, will have to fill the middle for the team. Anderson is averaging 7.8 rebounds a game. Senior Lynn Sober is A&M’s iead- ng scorer in the Aggies first five rames, posting a 15.6 point average. Isaac Brown follows with 15.2 bbockStt: points a contest. A&M has never lost to TSU in its dneglecta three previous meetings. The teams id. “If theii trary, M take wh view the ■ cases, ate fl’dyfifc' bsianwl ases of c were fef (fenftifftd'f he red last met in 1987 in the finals of the Jowers Jamboree. The Aggies pre vailed 85-64, In the Tigers last outing, they were beaten by Oral Roberts Univer sity 103-98, despite 24 points from Ray Younger. Younger, a senior, is the team’s leading scorer, averaging 22 points a game. TSU’s front line, consisting of center Charles Parker and forwards David Arceneaux and Raule Collins, grab 27 rebounds a game. The Tigers’ only victories this sea son came against Montana State (85- 77) and North Texas (86-68). Both were home wins. TSU finished 19-12 last season and advanced to the NCAA tourna ment after finishing second in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. • Point guard Brooks Thompson leads the team with 4.2 assists a game. He is the team’s third leading scorer, averaging 13.8 points a ame, with a season-high 20 against ercer. Thompson was named to the all-tournament team in the Mar shall Memorial Classic at Marshall University on Dec. 1 Junior transfer Darrin Terry, who n played for Carl Albert Junior Col lege before coming to A&M, is a g reat athlete but has been hampered y injuries. Tendonitis in his left knee slowed him all through fall workouts and a hip pointer limited his time in the Marshall Classic to 10 minutes. Forward Rashone Lewis, a junior transfer from Fullerton (Calif.) Ju nior College, leads the team in field goal percentage, shooting 52.9 per cent from the floor. Averaging 9.6 points per game, Lewis scored his season-nigh 13 points against Sam Houston State. Cowboys eye playoffs; former Ag Cheek cut From Staff and Wire Reports IRVING — Jimmy Johnson said Tuesday tne playoff-con- tending Dallas Cowboys will play their most important game of his two-year regime on Sunday against the Phoenix Cardinals.___ ' “As far as I’m concerned it’s as important a game as I’ve had as coach of the Cowboys,” Johnson said. “I told the team if we win out we’re in the playoffs. The suc cess we’ve had has pushed this game high in importance.” The Cowboys, who were 1-15 a year ago, have won three straight games to jump into the NFC play off picture with a 6-7 record. Phoenix, which thrashed the Cowboys 20-3 on Oct. 14, still has an outside shot at 5-8. In 20 seasons since the NFL- AFL merger, only the 1975 Balti more Colts qualified for the play offs just one year after logging the league’s worst record. “We’ve got to be successful against Phoenix to be in the play offs,” said Johnson who has road games against Philadelphia and Atlanta remaining on the sched ule. “We have an outside shot if we don’t win, but we don’t want to get caught up in all the different scenarios.” Among the wild-card hopefuls in the NFC Washington is 8-5, Philadelphia 7-6, and Green Bay, Minnesota and New Orleans are tied with Dallas at 6-7. Asked if he had heard Coach of the Year talk coming his way, Johnson replied, “If we get beat by Phoenix on Sunday I can be come a dumb coach in a hurry.” Johnson, who had predicted the team would have a winning record before the season started, said he couldn’t take any consola tion in a big year of improvement if the Cowboys didn’t make the playoffs. “I’d be severely disappointed,” Johnson said. “I’d not be happy.” Johnson said he didn’t buy the too much too soon theories. “We’d have high expectations next year regardless,” he said. “High expectations next year are a given and it’s ridiculous to say we had won too many too fast. I’ll deal with next year next year.” Dallas had a bye week of rest to get ready for the Cardinals. “There’s a lot of enthusiasm around town about the Cow boys,” Johnson said. “Everybody is hungry for a winning team and this is just a taste of it.” Johnson said he didn’t expect the team to have a letdown after defeating the Los Angeles Rams, Washington and New Orleans in successive games. “The importance of this game will offset any letdown,” Johnson said. “I would be concerned if we were on the road.” Dallas hasn’t defeated Phoenix since 1988. The last time Dallas beat the Cardinals in Texas Sta dium was 1987. “We played as poorly as what I’ve seen in our first game against them,” Johnson said. “I don”t rate ’em but that game was a major disappointment. We underesti mated the talent Phoenix has.” In other Cowboys’ news, offen sive tackle Louis Cheek, who played in only four games, was released by the Dallas Cowboys on Monday. 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