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"We came out a lot more phys ical than we did the other night (a 114-101 loss to Denver Monday)/' said Sloan, known for his hard- nosed, all-out defensive style as an All-Star guard with the Chica go Bulls in the late 1960s and ear ly 1970s. The result was a 93-85 victory over San Antonio on Wednesday night that tightened the Midwest Division race. "We tried hard defensively, and we aren't going to win unless we do; it's as simple as that,'' the coach said of Utah's fourth win in its last five games. Karl Malone, who led Utah with 31 points and 14 rebounds, also credited improved offensive concentration. "It was definitely execution," he said. "It has to make us feel good to beat teams like this." The win pulled Utah within three games of the Spurs, who trail division leading Houston by a game after the loss. "It was a tough game, but a good game," San Antonio coach John Lucas said. "We just couldn't gel it done ... we didn't execute in the fourth quarter when we had a chance to win, but we are growing." Jeff Malone scored 20 points for the Jazz, while Jay Humphries had 15. John Stockton added 12 points and nine assists. David Robinson had 17 points and 12 rebounds for thp Sours, who clinched a playoff spot Tues day night by beating Seattle 99-97. Dale Ellis scored 14 points and Sean Elliott 13 for San Antonio, which split its season series with Utah 3-3. The Spurs were plagued by poor shooting, hitting just 41 per cent. Utah connected on 50 per cent of its shots and also enjoyed a 54-38 rebounding advantage. Trailing 69-68 early in the fourth quarts, the Jazz unleashed a 16-2 run to put the game away. Stockton, had seven points during the spurt, which put Utah ahead 84-71 with 5:12 to play. The Spurs got within four points on Antoine Carr's corner jump shot with 1:33 remaining, but a reverse layin by Mark Eaton arid Karl Malone's jumper ended the threat. Trailing by four at halftime, the Spurs had reeled off 10 of the third quarter's first 12 points. Robinson started the surge with a dunk and capped it with a 15- footer to give San Antonio a 56-52 lead. The Jazz refused to fold! Three jumpers by Jeff Malone keyed a 14-3 run that restored Utah's lead to seven points. The Spurs countered with a 10- 2 run — with Vinny Del Negro getting nine of those points that spanned the end of the third and beginning of the fourth quar ters. Del Negro's 19-footer gave San Antonio its last lead before Utah's big rally- Riding Karl Malone's 10 points, Utah won the first quarter 25-21 and then took a six-point lead ear ly in the second period on Jeff then I'll wait the rest of the sea- NBA Roundup Malone's fallaway 14-footer. San Antonio fought back on consecutive layins by Avery John son, knotting the score at 32, but the Jazz closed out the half with a 9-5 run. Karl Malone — who had 17 points in the first half — ducked under Robinson's defense to hit an off-balance 19-footer at the horn for a 50-46 advantage. Olajuwon has played with a bandage on the finger since he in jured it Feb. 2 against Indiana and it was reinjured at Tuesday's practice when he tried to block a shot by Matt Bullard. "I think I'm going to have the surgery, it's a matter of when," Olajuwon said. "I’d hate to see the finger this wav the rest of my life. Yesterday was very bad be cause I injured two more fingers." The Rockets already have clinched a playoff berth but they are battling with the San Antonio Spurs for first place in the Mid west Division and Olajuwon is having one of his best seasons, av eraging 25 points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots per game. "If I can wait on surgery I will," Olajuwon said. "But I'd hate to have a finger like this all my life. I'm going to have surgery. It's a question of when. "1 need to find out if I’m risk ing permanent damage to the fin ger by continuing to play. And if 1 am. I'll have to make a decision." Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich said the de cision was a medical one. "I think he's doing the right thing if he's con cerned about it," Tom janovich said. "I think its a pre cautionary thing. We have some time here. "Always in medical situations, its the doctors and how the play ers feel." The Rockets play Milwaukee Thursday night at The Summitt. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dallas Mavericks Houston Rockets HOUSTON - Houston Rock ets center Hakeem Olajuwon par ticipated in Wednesday's practice without any added problems after he reinjured the middle finger on his right hand in practice a day earlier. "It only bothers me if someone hits it," Olajuwon said after the drill. "I try to protect it as much as I can. Toddy it felt gobdv I just want .to make sure that I have time to wait (before surgery) and DALLAS — Derek Harper was activated from the injured list of the Dallas Mavericks on Wednes day after sitting out nine games with a strained right ham string, club officials said. Harper, the Mavericks' leading scorer this season at 19.2 points per game, was not in the lineup for Wednesday night's game against the Seattle Sonics, but is expected to play Friday against the Golden State Warriors. To make room for Harper on the active roster, Dallas placed Randy White on the injured list. BEREA, Ohio - Vinny Tes taverde, who never camedoseto the Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, hopes to read that goal with the Cleveland Browns, another team that hasn't made it. Testaverde accepted a one- year contract with the Browns, with a team option for another year. Testaverde said Wednesday he understood he would bea backup to quarterback Bernie Kosar. "I know he'll be the starting quarterback corning in," Tes taverde said. "But I think if I come in and compete, it will make him better and make me better, and in turn it will make the team better, think that's what we're all look ing for, is for this team to be a Su per Bowl contender." Kosar said Wednesday he doesn't see Testaverde as a threat to his starting job. "I don't think it's a competi tive situation," Kosar said. "The one thing coach Bill Belichick said to me is that I won't have to go to training camp and compete for my job." Testaverde, the 1987 Heisman Trophy winner who has strug gled through six seasons in the NFL, said he was comfortable re suming his role as Kosar's back up. He was a backup to Kosar a! the University of Miami. Belichick also had the Super Bowl in mind in signing Tes taverde. He cited Super Bowl championship years by the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers in which they relied on two quarterbacks. "I saw that first-hand in '90 when we won the Super Bowl with Phil (Simms) and Jeff (Hostetler) as the quarterbacks,” said Belichick, a former defensive coordinator with the Giants. Tampa Bay coach Sam Wyche wished Testaverde well. "I'm still a Vinny supporter. ... We think he really came far this ygar and is going to be a good player in the league." Harrison Continued from Page 7 that someone viewed important enough to submit for publication in this fine paper? Please go on. "The question is simply, to whom does the term "Uncover" refer? I understand that the MSC requests that people remove their hats in memory of those who died in the war, and the sign upside the MSC states that 'all MEN remove their hats."' "I am a bit confused." Well so am I. The writer, a female student, goes on to question whether the Uncover rules are specific to only baseball or cowboy hat wearers, or if they pertain to a nice stately straw hat the writer wore to a football celebration at the Fish Pond. It seems someone asked her to - Uncover. But - the straw hat accentuat ed her dress. She argues that women were once considered fully-clothed only with a hat atop their heads. And, she reveals that women when undergoing the arduous task of wearing baseball hats, funnel their hair through the back of the caps. She complains that it is very inconvenient to undo and re-af fix a baseball hat tunneling arrangement every single time someone stands us all up to scream "beat the hell outta" somebody. Wait a minute. I wear my fa vorite green cap almost every day and my rights have been in fringed on to the point of social ostracism, also. If I refused to re move my hat at football games, everybody would probably think I was a two-percenter, t.u. gradu ate, or - even worse - a Bill Clin ton voter. They might even hate me. 1 sometimes add certain poly mers, rubber cement, bathroom tile spackle or Thompson's Wa ter Seal to my hair to keep it from becoming unruly, but most often I simply doff one of the eight or nine multi-colored hats I own and forget about it for the day. During the thick of the school year I wear a hat every single day - so much so that the people closest to me still wonder if I'm hiding a bald spot. It's in this same vein that I'm going to have to stand up for the many oppressed and easily of fended hat-bearing, traditionally- challenged residents of this cul turally-lacking, coarse and crass university. Didn't we all learn our lessons as kids watching countless Satur day morning cartoons and the "Grammar House Rock" com mercials in between? You know, the ones announcing the acco lades of nouns being persons, places or things and telling us to be ourselves? W'e were warned against the hypnotic nature of peer pressure, only to sit munching on Froot Loops transfixed watching the TV, and much later we still sit transfixed drinking Bud and watching WWF wrestling. Are we at A&M the propo nents of politically-correct peer pressure behavior by insisting we adhere to our traditions in lieu of others? Should we be come more stream-lined and aerodynamic for the '90s? Or should we reach back even further to past traditions such as women's hat wearing, witch burning or leeching? Who cares; it's a fool's column for April 1. UCS/FDCS IS NOW HIRING! VlM oUS Universal Computer Systems & Ford Dealer Computer Services of Houston have teamed up to become the third largest company offering business software & hardware to auto dealerships. Continued growth has created several new departments and hundreds of open positions. We are looking for entry level applicants to train on our system and learn to provide the superior customer service we are known for. 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