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Thursday, March 4,1993 rv-. Sports The Battalion Page 7 It's sensational! It's exciting! It's Wiffleball? I n the field of athletics, there is a code of honor, tempered by discipline, morality and, yes, at times, pain - on a team and a sometimes very personal level. As a journal ist, albeit an amateur, it is my charge to bear solemn witness to this human drama of sport, which mir rors life in its trials, failures and oc casional transcendent victories pow ered by the human spirit over the agony of defeat. So it falls that this column is dedi cated to one Jerome T. Coyle from Granite City, Illinois who has not one or two, but three words for us all: Perforated Plastic Baseball. Or, as we laymen know it - wif fleball. Coyle recently sent The Battalion a news release from his wiffleball compound in Illinois, no doubt in the middle of spring training, to heighten awareness for the game to which he has dedicated the last ten years of his life. As Founder and President of The United States Perforated Plastic Baseball Association, a non-profit or ganization, Coyle is dedicated to making wiffleball a world-class or ganized sport. In his ground-breaking release, Coyle voices plans to divide the USPPBA into twelve regions of inde pendent city leagues, with regional See Hairtoon/Page 8 WILLIAM HARRISON Sports Writer Lady Aggies end home season on down note RICHARD DIXON/The Battalion Senior Aggie guard Karol Decui( looks to pass the ball past the Red Raider's Cynthia Clinger (34) and Stephanie Scott. Decuir scored a career high 1 2 points in the finale. A&M loses to seventh-ranked Lady Raiders, 89-59, in G. Rollie White finale By MICHAEL PLUMER The Battalion Swooping into G. Rollie White Colise um Wednesday night, the seventh ranked Texas Tech Lady Red Raiders overpow ered the Lady Aggies by a score of 89-59 in Southwest Conference action. The Red Raiders were led by senior forward Sheryl Swoopes who just missed a triple-double with 28 points, 10 re bounds, and nine assists. For good mea sure, she added six steals. A&M was led by senior forward Karol Decuir, who was playing in her final home game. She scored a career high 12 points. A&M head coach Lynn Hickey said that she was pleased with the Aggies' first half effort but there was a small problem in the second stanza of play. "In the first half, we did an excellent job of executing the game plan and stay ing competitive which is something we wanted to do," Hickey said. "But in the second half we completely lost our as signments and we couldn't buy a basket. "That was the difference." A&M led for most of the first half, building a six point lead with a little un der seven minutes left to play. But then at the blare of an official's whistle, the rug was pulled out from underneath the Ag gies' feet. Junior center Teri Bartlett was called for an intentional foul on Tech guard Noel Johnston, who hit one of her free throws. The Lady Raiders were awarded the ball, and center Michi Atkins prompt ly completed a three point play. A&M's lead had been sliced to two, and then Swoopes asserted herself. Held to just two points for the first 15 minutes of the half, she reeled off seven consecu tive points and A&M was caught in her avalanche of points. "She is a great player and I thought (sophomore center) Debbie Biermann did a good job of playing her for awhile," Hickey said. "Since we were behind, we had to start playing her man-on-man and she was able to take off. "Sheryl is the best player I have ever seen." Swoopes said she was able to take ad vantage of her quickness as the game wore on to register the impressive num bers she did. "At first, no one could score," Swoopes said. "Their bigger girls got tired and we started executing in the sec ond half like we were capable of doing. That was a good feeling." A couple of A&M players did not leave the game with such a good taste in their mouth. Decuir was joined by Yolan da Brown in making a final appearance at G. Rollie. Since the Aggies did not regis ter the win, Decuir said it was a bitter sweet departure. "I was not as emotional as I though it would be," Decuir said. "I was pretty happy with my effort but I wish that we could have won. I did get my career high but that is lessened somewhat because we lost." Hickey expressed her happiness with Decuir's effort. "This was a great thing for her because she finished on a high note," Hickey said. "I was impressed with her overall play. It is disappointing for her, I'm sure, to end on a losing note." Decuir said that it will not be very hard for A&M to pinpoint where the game was lost. "In the second half, we weren't com municating or getting back," she said. "Not talking at all really hurt us. "Everything they did, we let them do." Tech started the second half by ripping off a 20-5 run, which was keyed by guards Krista Kirkland and Noel See Lady Aggies/Page 8 BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND RICE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCE A SUMMER PROGRAM FOR MINORITY STUDENTS INTERESTED IN MEDICINE THE HONORS PREMEDICAL ACADEMY MAY 31-JULY 9, 1993 Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University offer a six-week summer program for college students interested in a medical career. The goal of the program, funded in part by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is to increase minority representation in medicine. PROGRAM BENEFITS: • academic enrichment in the biological sciences and communications • practical research laboratory and clinical experiences • counseling regarding the selection of a medical school program and the application process • preparation and review for the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) • liousing/financial support (Out of town students will stay in Residence Halls on the Rice University campus, across the street from Texas Medical Center. Housing will be provided at no charge). A modest stipend will be paid to all students. • college credit (6 semester hours for courses taken at Rice University,* and 3 semester Hours for Baylor activities**) *The Rice University courses are: English 317-Teehnical Writing (3 semester hours), and Biology 403-Special Topics (3 semester hours) **The Baylor College of Medicine course is AHS-399: Preceptorship in the Health Sciences (3 semester hours) APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED: APRIL 1st, 1993 For additional information write or call the Office of Admissions, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, 798-4841 (Houston) or 1-800-633-6445 (outside Houston). TEXAS AGGIE BASKETBALL AND COACH BARONE SAY THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! 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