Wednesday • January 18, 1995
Saylor’s Jackson
9pts for early move
into the pro draft
The Battalion • Page 7
Sports
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Pardee named head
coach of Birmingham,
Alabama CFL team
BIRMINGHAM (AP) — Former
Houston Oilers coach Jack Pardee
will be the head coach of
Birmingham’s new Canadian Football
League franchise, one of his
assistants said.
John Jenkins, who like Pardee is a
former head coach at the University
of Houston, told WBRC-TV in
Birmingham that he will be offensive
coordinator under Pardee for the
team announced last week.
Jenkins was interviewed Monday
at the Senior Bowl in Mobile.
Team owner Art Williams said last
week he was putting up $10 million to
buy an expansion CFL franchise in
Birmingham. He vowed to hire a
coach that would "blow your socks
off,” but said he would not name him
until the CFL formally votes on the
team at a Jan. 27 meeting in
Edmonton, Alberta.
Pardee was coach of the Oilers
from 1990 until midway through this
season, when he was fired and
eplaced by Jeff Fisher. The Oilers
made the playoffs in each of Pardee’s
first four seasons.
Before that, Pardee coached the
University of Houston and the
Houston Gamblers of the United
States Football League.
Jenkins was Pardee’s offensive
coordinator at the University of
Houston, where the Cougars featured
run-and-shoot offense. Jenkins
succeeded Pardee at the University
of Houston from 1990-92.
Jenkins has spent the past three
years with the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue
Bombers, the last as defensive
secondary coach.
Spurs down Celtics
BOSTON (AP) — Chuck Person
scored 24 points, Dennis Rodman
grabbed 18 rebounds and San Antonio
put together a 16-2 fourth-quarter run
lo defeat the Boston Celtics 101-92
Tuesday night.
David Robinson added 18 points for
Spurs, who snapped a two-game
osing streak that followed a run of 13
victories in 14 games. Dino Radja had
22 points and 15 rebounds for the
Celtics in his best performance since
feturning on Jan. 9 from a hand injury
that sidelined him for 15 games.
The Spurs led 73-69 after three
periods and scored the first nine points
of the fourth quarter before Boston’s
Sherman Douglas hit a 10-footer with
8:24 left. Terry Cummings answered
with a jumper and Person sank two
free throws before hitting a 3-pointer to
make it 89-71 with 7:28 left.
San Antonio led by 19 when Boston
ran off six consecutive points to pull to
94-81 with 4:16 left. But the Spurs
increased their lead again, thanks to
Rodman’s jumper and another 3-
pointer by Person.
The Spurs opened up a seven-point
lead after eight minutes and extended
ttoas many as 14 before taking a 57-
lead into the half.
With the Spurs leading by 13 points
seconds into the third period, Radja
connected on three straight baskets to
make it 57-50. It was a nine-point
game when the Celtics put together
another 6-0 run to make it 63-60 with
:02 left in the quarter.
Person then got the rebound and
brew a baseball pass to Robinson,
who dunked to increase San Antonio’s
ad to 65-60. The Celtics never really
Ihreatened again.
Aggies’ outside shooting no match for Owls’ defense
WACO(AP) — Baylor University
unior tailback Brandell Jackson said
Tuesday he intends to forego his
;enior season and declare himself
ligible for the upcoming NFL draft.
After meeting with his mother and
aylor coaches and advisors,
lackson said he is now picking an
igent and doing what he can to gain
he attention of an NFL team.
'm trying to open some eyes,”
lackson said. “They look at athletic
ibility and while I may not have the
tats of some backs, I think my
ithletic ability will help.”
Jackson rushed for 446 yards on
attempts in 1994. He gained 1,472
ards on 190 carries in his career, an
iverage of 5.1 yards per rush.
□ Agg ies fall to 1-2 in Southwest Conference,
despite stellar performance by senior Wilbert
By Nick Georgandis
The Battalion
The Texas A&M men’s basketball
team continued its road woes Tuesday
night, dropping a 66-62 decision to the
Rice Owls at The Summit, despite an
other magnificent performance by senior
forward Joe Wilbert.
Behind the entire game, the Aggies fi
nally tied the game-on a Wilbert drive at
47-47 with 5:08 to go. But from then on,
the Owls went on 19-14 run to pullout
the victory.
Wilbert led all
scorers with 33,
his second 30-
plus outburst in
the last three
games. Despite
his individual
performance,
Wilbert was dis
appointed in the
shooting perfor
mance of the
team.
“We
“Just look at our stats, we didn’t
shoot the ball at all from behind the
arc,” Barone said. “They (Rice) did a
great job of packing it in, making us
shoot from the outside.”
Down 24-18 with six minutes left in
the first half, A&M went on a mini-run
of 11-7 to trail by only two points at
halftime. The Owls, however, made a
run of their own to begin the secong
half, putting the Aggies in a 40-31 hole
just three minutes into the second half.
Wilbert brought the Aggies, now 1-2
in the Southwest
"We had to knock
down our shots,
but we didn't."
were
kind of surprised they went into a zone
defense,” Wilbert said. “We had to knock
down our shots, but we didn’t. We just
came up short.”
The Aggies shot just 42.4 percent, in
cluding a miserable 2-17 from behind
the three-point line.
A&M head coach Tony Barone
praised the Owls’ defense, but indicated
that the Aggies still could have won the
game with better outside shooting.
Conference, back
within striking
distance off sev
en straight
points.
When senior
forward Damon
Johnson hit a
— Senior forward Joe free throw with
Wilbert 11:18 left > A&M
wuoerv had closed the
gap to 42-39.
A crowd of
4,052 watched the Owls move to 3-0 on
the year in the conference. Despite his
team’s win. Owl senior forward Adam
Peakes said he was impressed by the
Aggies.
“They’re a real good team,” Peakes
said. “We feel very fortunate to have
beat them.”
The Aggies return to play Saturday
afternoon when they face the University
of Houston at G. Rollie White.
Stew Milne/THE Battalion
Despite their efforts, McGinnis and Johnson couldn’t stop Peakes from scoring
in A&M’s loss to Rice.
Women’s basketball confident in Rice defeat
□ Junior Branch sports quick recover from foot
injury during Texas game, misses no action
By Kristina Buffin
The Battalion
The Lady Aggies came back strong
with a big win over the University of
Texas Longhorns on Saturday night
overcoming a loss in their first South
west Conference game to 7th-ranked
Texas Tech University. Tonight the
22nd-ranked Texas A&M women’s bas
ketball team (10-4, 1-1) will try to col
lect it’s second Southwest Conference
win when they travel to Houston to play
the Rice University Owls (6-7, 1-1) at 7
p.m in Autry Court.
“The (Texas) game has definitely had a
positive effect on us,” junior guard Lisa
Branch said. “But looking at Rice, they
are a tough team. They beat SMU and
Houston at Houston, so we are not taking
them lightly.”
Senior forward Brenda Conaway has
led the Lady Owls in their first two SWC
victories. She leads the team in scoring
(15.3) and rebounding (8.6) and had her
fifth double-double of the season with 20
points and 10 rebounds against Southern
Methodist University.
The Owls as a team are outscoring op
ponents 69.7 to 66.5, outrebounding
teams 44.6 to 37.0 and outshooting oppo
nents .422 to .387.
“They are a well-rounded team,”
Branch said. “All of their starters are
equally good. Our defense will not only
concentrate on one player, but we will
have to stop their post player Connally.”
As a team the Lady Aggies are averag
ing 78.8 points, 43.6 rebounds and shoot
ing .402 percent per game. Leading the
way for the Lady Aggies is Lisa Branch
'who leads the SWC with an average of
7.0 assists a game. She also ranks third
in steals (2U), fourth
in free-throw per
centage (.811) and
three-point percent
age (.393).
Although Branch
injured her foot in
the game against
Texas, she has fully
recovered and will
definately start.
“I’m okay,”
Branch said. “I was
just told not to look
at the replay because
it was pretty grue
some.”
Defensively, the
Lady Owls will have ^
to contain Lady Aggies
centers Kelly Cerny and Martha McClel
land who are ranked third and sixth, re
spectively, in blocks.
The Lady Owls will also have to com
bat A&M’s bench scoring. As the Lady
Aggies “sixth
woman,” junior cen
ter Angel Spinks is
averaging 10.2
points and 4.9 re
bounds per game.
A second threat
to come off the
bench is junior
guard Bambi Fergu
son. In SWC games
Ferguson is averag
ing 10 points, 2 re
bounds and shooting
.285 percent from
the three-point line.
“We are still con
fident at this point
^ in the season,”
Branch said. “We are
learning each other’s strengths and it
should be a great game against Rice.”
Cowboys get too much attention from media
Robert
Rodriguez
Sportswriter
Super Bowl XXIX will be
played in Miami on Jan. 29 and
will feature some West Coast
flavor. Even though the game
will be in Florida, the San
Francisco 49ers and the San
Diego Chargers will not only
represent the NFC and AFC re
spectively, but also represent
the Golden State, California.
What I am about to say will
anger many Ags, but I am glad
the Dallas Cowboys will not be
in the Super Bowl.
I am one of the few and proud
who hate the Cowboys with a
passion. Not only do I hate the
organization, but I hate the
players and the personnel as
well. I’m a Chicago Bears fan
and was disappointed when they
lost to the ’Niners in the NFC
semifinals, but I forgave Steve
Young and company after they
beat “Da Boys.”
Yes, it’s a major accomplish
ment for a team to win a Super
Bowl and then repeat the same
feat the next year. But, is it nec
essary to read about the Cow
boys’ every little move, or traffic
accident, in every newspaper or
magazine?
The Houston Rockets brought
the first world championship to
their city and they did not get
much respect. Nor did the
Toronto Blue Jays, who became
the first Canadian baseball team
to win a World Series. I hope the
next team to repeat as Super
Bowl champs will get as many
props as Dallas.
Do the Cowboys really have
the best players in the NFL? By
far they have the bpst cheerlead
ers, but players? Yes, Troy Aik-
man is a good quarterback, but
the best? Try Young or Miami’s
Dan Marino.
Emmitt Smith, the best run
ning back? Can you say Barry
Sanders of the Lions?
Michael Irvin, the NFL’s best
wide receiver? Sorry, it’s the
49ers’ Jerry Rice.
Besides being the prima don
nas of the NFL, the Cowboys are
also the worst crybabies of the
league. Case in point is last Sun
day’s the NFC Championship
game. Cowboys coach Barry
Switzer complained about the
field conditions at Candlestick
Park as if to say the 49ers had
something to do with all the rain
that hit the Bay Area that week.
Last time I checked, both teams
had to play on the same muddy
field at the ’Stick that day.
Then, of course, there was the
no call in the fourth quarter.
With about six minutes re
maining in the game, San Fran
cisco was leading 38-28. Dallas
had the ball on the 49ers 43-
yard line and Aikman threw
deep down the left sideline to
wards Irvin. Irvin was covered
by Deion “Prime Time” Sanders
on the play. When both players
reached the 5-yard line, Sanders
raked his arm across Irvin, pre
venting him from catching the
ball. No penalty was called and
Switzer, acting like typical
Switzer, bumped an official and
was flagged for a 15-yard un
sportsmanlike penalty.
Yes, a flag should have been
thrown on the play and maybe
Dallas could have scored. How
ever, San Francisco could have
come right back and scored
again, since both teams were
scoring at will. Don’t blame the
no call for the Dallas defeat. If
you want to blame someone for
the loss, blame the person who
taught the Cowboys how to man-
See Rodriguez, Page 8
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