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The Battalion Page 11 gels otes ednesday, January 30, 1991 Rockets roll, upset Spurs 91-89 - One of if. HOUSTON (AP) — Kenny Smith otball recru; scored Houston’s final eight points, doesnt warincluding a 10-foot bank shot for the &M has betgame-winner with 1.8 seconds to le calls to lifting the Rockets to a 91-89 • ISttory over San Antonio Tuesday isive tackle night, snapping the Spurs’ five-game School, saswinning streak. ive recruitin; Smith started his decisive spurt i the Univeijwith a fast-break layup after stealing a pass from David Robinson, giving go, the ch the Rockets an 85-84 lead. A&M, some- Robinson’s free throw with 1:31 to igasmear play tied the score, but Smith re in at 5:30i:sponded with three more baskets, him up antcarrying the Rockets to their third [uestions sai Straight victory. is and hun;| Otis Thorpe led the Rockets with TV. 25 points and 11 rebounds and ne at six ar: Smith finished with 23 points and id 1 told befght assists. The Spurs led 84-77, their biggest I 101 tackle: ight fumble he has elimi educed hii I and with a news- blighted tht id the preju- Texas," Ad-i ie and at tbt elements ai won't leave margin of the game, with 4:07 to go before the Rockets scored eight straight points to get back in the game. Rookie Sean Higgins led the Spurs with a career-high 22 points. Robinson and Rod Strickland each scored 16 points, and Robinson grabbed 17 rebounds. Smith had 13 first-quarter points and Thorpe scored 15 in the first half, leading the Rockets to a 54-45 lead at the half. Houston expanded the margin to 62-49, its biggest lead of the game, with 8:25 to go in the third period. But the Spurs outscored Houston 16-4 over the rest of the quarter and trailed 66-65 going into the final pe riod. The Rockets played their 13 th game without center Akeem Olaju- won, who has been on the injury list since Jan. 4 recovering from eye sur gery. Vernon Maxwell, who hit a ca reer-high 51 points in his last game, missed his first 10 shots against the Spurs and finished with four points on 2-for-16 shooting. avs rally to edge Supersonics rs id-lowest lit figures on ABC ns in the mes. isco’s 55- as 7 per- singer of ;cted.” ie Super also said ild have that had ximately i 3.1, six ximately lis year's showing mi Dol- arkets,” ‘am to a rom the 991 Su- than it jlllf ause we’re ers of m': numerous ,ed in the ■ er of the I Live on ac- DALLAS (AP) — Randy White liad 10 of his 24 points in the fourth uarter as the Dallas Mavericks beat cattle 117-112 Tuesday night to in for only the third time in 10 ames while extending the SuperSo- ics’ road losing streak to eight. White took a pass from Derek arper for a layup and a three-point lay to put the Mavericks ahead to tay at 97-96 with 8:24 remaining. Rodney McCray added 23 points nd 10 rebounds as Dallas got only Its second victory in its last seven ome games. The Mavericks shot 54 rcent from the floor (45-84). Derrick McKey led the Sonics with 4 points, and Dale Ellis added 23. Dallas guard Kelvin Upshaw, av eraging 3.4 points per game, scored i season-high 13 points, all within 5:02 of the second quarter. Upshaw cored all 11 Maverick points in a :wo-minute span during which Dal- as took a lead it held until the fourth quarter. Sedale Threatt put Seattle ahead wice early in the fourth period, and Eddie Johnson’s jumper gave the sonics a 96-94 lead which White erased with his three-point play. White added a tip-in and a jumper for a 107-101 lead, and Derek Harper and Rolando Blackman sank 3-pointers to hold off Seattle. White hit a career high in points and called it his best game yet as a pro. “My field goal percentage was 11- for-17, and that’s my best so far,” he said. “Rodney shot well (9-12), and I shot well, and both of us took a lot of pressure off Ro (Blackman) and Derek. “I had a lot of confidence going after the first half. Then you kind of got into a rhythm, and you can groove.” Mavericks coach Richie Adubato often used three guards to beat the Seattle press, yet rotated his big men Morris doesn’t sign ris elected to become a free agent on Tuesday, and reliever Juan Berenguer left the Minnesota Twins and signed with die At lanta Braves for $2.1 riiillion over two years. The Twins, however, got a player back when they signed outfielder Chili Davis for one year at a guaranteed $ 1.9 million, including a $500,000 signing bo nus. The Twins have an option of a $200,000 buyout in 1992, or must pay $2.5 million. Davis hit .265 with 12 homers and 58 RBIs for the California Angels last sea son. Two other new-look free agents faced a midnight EST deadline to decide their futures, but no offers were reported for San Francisco pitcher Mike La- Coss and New York Yankees pitcher Dave I^aPoint. The five were among 15 play ers granted new-look free agency Dec. 7 as part of the $280 million collusion settlement. The 15 had until Tuesday deadline to re-sign with their clubs, stay with their teams under their existing con tracts or become free agents. Morris chose the third option and thus abandoned both his ros ter spot with Detroit and his sal ary arbitration case. The pitcher had been asking for $3.35 mil lion, while the Tigers were offer ing $9.3 million over three years according to Detroit spokesman Dan Ewald. Morris's salary in 1990 was $2.1 million. Richard Moss, the pitcher’s agent, said the Tigers had of fered a multiyear deal and that other teams were interested in Morris, the winningest pitcher of the 1980s. But he incftcated he was unsatisfied with other teams’ offers when he said, “Jack has no interest in a one-year contract.” Nerd House by Tom A. Madison >n on , 5 ' / see MANi 'hits and stars IN tour future. TANK MCNAMARA® , THG NBA COMK/\l*S^IOU&P> ANMOUNC£l7 THAT •' TO PRESERVE THE. INJ-T£Gd?lTY OF TH£ NJE5A K&CORt? 0COK . .. enough to match the Sonics, the No. 1 offensive rebounding team in the league, on the glass, 36-36. Dallas had 17 offensive boards to Seattle’s 14. “This is the first night that Randy and Rodney have had a combined good game of scoring, rebounding and defense,” Adubato said. “Our No. 1 job was to keep them (Seattle) off the glass, and we did a pretty good job. “It was a nice win for us, because they (the Sonics) are ahead of us — four games now. We tightened up our defense and forced a lot of turn overs (the Sonics made 19) with our press.” “Randy White really hit the boards and hit the shots — he did it all,” Sonics coach K.C. Jones said. “I said before the game that they would be pumped. “They wanted to get to the glass and get good inside stuff, and they did all that, and White gave them the outside stuff.Upshaw came in and killed us with a nice spurt that got them going.” Shula leaves for new job CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cin cinnati Bengals on Tuesday hired Dallas Cowboys assistant coach Da vid Shula to coach wide receivers for the Bengals. Shula, 31, son of Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula, had been demoted twice in the last two years at Dallas. He was the offensive coordinator in 1989 and was moved down to the quarterbacks coach last year. On Jan. 9, Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson demoted Shula to passing game coordinator and fired two other as sistants. Under Shula, the Cowboys were last in the NFL in points scored. Mike Stock, who coached Bengals receivers last season, is moving over to coach tight ends, where a vacancy was created when Bill “Tiger” John son retired this month. David Shula worked as an assis tant coach with the Dolphins from 1982 through 1988. He played one season of pro football in 1981 as a wide receiver for the Baltimore Colts. He played college football at Dartmouth. Bengals coach Sam Wyche’s 1991 staff also includes defensive coordi nator Dick LeBeau, linebackers coach Dick Selcer, defensive line coach Chuck Studley, offensive line coach Jim McNally, running backs coach Jim Anderson, quarterbacks coach Dana Bible, special teams coach Marv Braden and strength coach Kim Wood. Wudel Continued from page 9 and going while playing for first year coach Larry Brown. Brown was a much sought-after coach after his success at Kansas University. Then there was Jimmy Johnson and his controversial replacing of legendary coach Tom Landry. John son was probably short on friends as he led the Cowboys to their worst season ever. Are these symptoms starting to sound familiar? Look where the teams are now. And look where they are headed. For now, all the Aggies can do is » keep their heads up. Time heals wounds. And time is the best prescription the A&M bas ketball team can get. by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds Rangers sign three rookies ARLINGTON (AP) — Three rookies have agreed to one-year contracts with the Texas Rangers, team officials say. First baseman Rob Maurer, 23, along with pitchers Robb Nen, 21, and Mark Petkovsek, 25, agreed to contract terms, club of ficials said Monday. The Rangers now have 12 of the 40 players on the roster un der contract for 1991. Texas still faces arbitration hearings on the salaries of several key players including first base- man Rafael Palmeiro and out fielders Rueben Sierra and Pete Incaviglia. Nen was 1-4, 3.69 in 11 starts at Port Charlotte and 0-5, 5.06 in 7 starts in Oklahoma City in 1990. Petkovsek was 7-14, 5.25 in 28 starts at Oklahoma City last sea son and Maurer batted .300 with 21 home runs in 104 games at Tulsa in 1990. 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