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Bulls hold Olajuwon
to season low of 15
CHICAGO (AP) — Hakeem
Olajuwon was held to a season-low
15 points on 2-for-18 shooting and
B.J. Armstrong led a balanced
Chicago attack with 20 points as the
Bulls beat the Houston Rockets IDO-
81 Sunday.
Toni Kukoc scored 18 points and
Scottie Pippen and Steve Kerr added
15 each to help the Bulls win the
matchup of teams that won the last
four NBA titles.
Robert Horry scored 19 points to
lead the defending champion
Rockets, who have lost four of their
last five games. Houston shot 33
percent to Chicago's 50 percent.
Olajuwon, the league’s MVP in
1993-94, entered the game as the
NBA's third-leading scorer with a
28.1-point average.
But with Sunday’s national TV
audience watching, he missed short
jumpers and hook shots, couldn’t hit
from his favored baseline spots and
even botched a dunk as he failed to
reach 20 points for only the fifth time
this season.
Spurs lose despite
Rodman’s 25 boards
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The
Indiana Pacers survived a costly
blunder in the closing seconds
Sunday and beat San Antonio 98-93
behind Rik Smits’ 16 points.
A 3-point basket by the Spurs'
Sean Elliott with 17 seconds to go cut
Indiana’s lead to four points. But the
Pacers’ Sam Mitchell was ejected
after a flagrant foul when he shoved
San Antonio’s Dennis Rodman out of
bounds.
Rodman hit one of two free
throws, and the Spurs retained
possession. But San Antonio couldn’t
capitalize on the opportunity as Elliott
missed a 3-pointer and Indiana’s
Haywoode Workman was fouled on
the rebound.
Workman scored the final two
points on free throws.
Derrick McKey added 15 points,
Reggie Miller had 14 and Workman
finished with 12 to offset 34 points by
the Spurs’ David Robinson and a
season-high 25 rebounds by
Rodman, who returned after being
benched for a game because he
missed a shootaround.
Elliott added 12 points and
Rodman had 11 points.
Mav’s Tarpley under
stringent guidelines
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks
forward Roy Tarpley said he hopes a
formal meeting with representatives of
his aftercare program will erase
questions about his recent demeanor
on the court.
Dr. Lloyd Baccus, Tarpley’s Atlanta-
based aftercare supervisor, plans a
formal meeting with Tarpley today, the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported
Sunday, quoting Tarpley and a team
source.
As a condition for returning to the
NBA after a three-year absence for
violating the league’s drug policy,
Tarpley must undergo daily tests for
alcohol, heroin and cocaine use.
No recent failings have been
reported, but eyebrows were raised
among teammates, management and
others because his words were slurred
and he acted boisterously before three
recent home games.
Tarpley, who has missed the past
four games with tendonitis in his right
knee, had a long, heated discussion on
Friday with director of player personnel
Keith Grant, who asked him to leave
Reunion Arena just before halftime of
the Mavericks’ game with the New
York Knicks.
Tarpley, who had been on the
bench in street clothes for the earlier
games he was injured, was not with the
team on Saturday night for the
Mavericks’ game in Reunion Arena
against the Seattle SuperSonics.
Tarpley said he wants to play Friday
at home against Minnesota.
Grant indicated that team
management has voiced its concerns
about Tarpley’s demeanor to the
league office and to aftercare
representatives.
Tarpley said that’s OK with him.
"Let’s clear up all the rumors,” he
said. “I’m tired of defending myself.
People are harder on me now than
back when I was doing things to
deserve it.”
Grant said no action will be taken
regarding his lengthy, sometimes
heated meeting with Tarpley on Friday.
Aggie 8 win despite foul trouble
□ KesseTs clutch
free throws ensure
victory over
Houston Cougars.
By Robert Rodriguez
The Battalion
Texas A&M men’s basketball
coach Tony Barone did not talk
to guard Corey Henderson for
two days before the Aggies took
on the Houston Cougars Satur
day. Based on Henderson’s per
formance, maybe silence is
golden.
Henderson tied a career-high
with 18 points on six of nine
shooting from the three-point
line to help the Aggies defeat
the Cougars 73-68 before a
crowd of 4,485 at G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
“There’s no question Corey
(Henderson) can shoot the ball,”
Barone said. “I haven’t talked to
him for two days. We just left
him alone and let him shoot the
Junior John Stevens pulls up
for a short jumper in Saturday’s
ball. I thought he did a really
good job for us today.”
The six three-pointers Hen
derson buried tied for the sec
ond most in a SWC game by an
Aggie player. Henderson’s older
brother Chuck, set the record
by draining seven three point
ers against the Cougars in
1992. Henderson said the team
played a large part in his shoot
ing performance.
“I came out focused and had
confidence in my first couple of
shots,” he said. “I just want to
thank the team for having the
confidence in me and giving me
the ball.”
Not only was it a career day
for Henderson, but junior John
Stevens also had his best game
as an Aggie. Stevens came off
the bench to score 15 points and
pull down nine rebounds.
“I’ve had a tough season and
it felt good to play well against a
good Houston team,” Stevens
said.
The Aggies jumped out early
to a quick 10-4 lead before foul
game against the Houston
Cougars at G. Roilie.
trouble forced Damon Johnson
and Joe Wilbert to the bench
and sparked a Cougar come
back. The Aggies came back
with a 19-8 run of their own at
the end of the first half, thanks
in large part to Henderson and
Stevens, to post an eight point
lead at halftime.
“We can’t rely on Joe
(Wilbert) every game,” guard
Kyle Kessel said. “When
Wilbert is out of the game, we
have to pick up the scoring a
lot. That’s when Corey stepped
it up for us today.”
The second half began with
an 11-2 run by the Cougars that
gave them the lead, 44-43, with
16 minutes left to play. The Ag
gies bounced back due in large
part to clutch performances by
several players.
“Damon Johnson worked
hard in the paint and really hit
the boards,” Barone said. “He
came up with a couple of key re
bounds down the stretch.”
The lead kept on switching
hands until Kessel sealed the
victory with four clutch free
throws.
“I knew if I knocked down
my free throws at the end, I
could really help this team,”
Kessel said. “We’ve lost some
games in the past by missing
free throws and we really need
ed this win today to get the en
thusiasm back.”
Kessel was not the only one
hitting his free throws. The
team as a whole only missed one
free throw in 12 attempts.
Wilbert tied Henderson for
the team scoring lead at 18.
Houston freshman Damon
Jones led all scorers with 20
points while Kirk Ford and Tim
Moore each added 15 points for
the Cougars.
“I was real proud of my team
and I have a great deal of re
spect for the way they played to
day,” Barone said. “Coming off a
tough loss to Rice is tough to
bounce to back from.”
The men’s basketball team
now holds a six-game home win
ning streak to start the season,
the best start since the 1986-87
season when the Aggies started
8-0 at home.
The Aggies will now face
road games at Siena, Texas
Christian University, and
Southern Methodist. The team
will not play another game at
the friendly confines of G.Rollie
White until Feb. 4 when Baylor
comes to town.
“We don’t seem to run off a
home-stand so we are kind of
used to going on the road,”
Barone said. “I don’t know if we
like going on the road, but obvi
ously when you win, it gives you
some momentum to have going
into the next game.”
Roger Hsieh/THE Battalion
Aggies travel to Siena for last
non-conference match-up
Roger Hsieh/THE Battalion
Senior Tony McGinnis goes
up strong in the paint during
□ Aggies six-
game home win
streak put on
hold until Feb. 4.
By Shelly Hall
The Battalion
As the Texas A&M men’s
basketball team travels the
road,to their last non-confer
ence game against the Siena
Saints on Tuesday, coach Tony
Barone has one thought for the
road.
“It’s amazing, the fans
mean so much to this team,”
Barone said. “If we could we
would like to take all of them
with us on the road.”
While Barone knows that is
impossible, he said the key to
a victory against a physical
Siena team is player confi
dence, especially considering
the Aggies’ problems on the
the Aggies win against the
Houston Cougars Saturday.
road this season.
“The confidence that we
have now must carry over on
the road to Siena,” Barone
said.
The Aggies will need to
pack a lot of confidence consid
ering the decisive 73-62 home
defeat handed to them by
Siena last year according to
Barone.
“Siena kicked our butts last
year,” Barone said. “They dom
inated us more than any other
team we played.”
Freshman point guard Kyle
Kessel agrees that confidence
is the key to the game against
Siena.
“We need to play on the
road like we play at home in
order to play a good team like
Siena,” Kessel said.
Kessel said the key to his
own confidence against Siena
is visualization.
See Streak,page 8
NFL looking for brains behind all that brawn
It used to be all you needed to be draft
ed by the National Football League was
talent. Now, you have to have talent and
score well on a 50-question test that the
NFL administers to measure a player’s
logic and temperament.
“Would you consider wearing shoes
with no socks to a black tie affair?”
“A car travels 16 mph for 27 minutes.
How far has the car gone?”
Those are just two examples of ques
tions the league will be asking. A player’s
draft position can actually be affected by
what they score on the test. A guy could
conceivably lose between $500,000 -
$1,000,000 by answering a question about
“puppy love” wrong.
The New York Giants have gone even
farther than that. They give players they
want to draft a 480-question test.
“Do you believe Elvis Presley is still
alive?”
“Do you stare directly into a setting
sun?”
From these questions the Giants hope
to find the next Lawrence Taylor or avoid
drafting the next Tony Mandarich.
Other teams are now jumping on the
exam bandwagon. Using specific ques
tions, teams are now able to determine
what players fit their team the best. The
following are example question from oth
er NFL franchises.
Dallas Cowboys
“Do you think a team can have too
many players doing radio and television
shows?”
“Would you consider yourself a reck
less driver?”
“Has Newt Gingrich’s mother ever
whispered anything to you?”
“Have you ever hit a referee at the end
of a crucial game?”
“Would you consider the firing of the
head coach of the two-time defending Su
per Bowl champions a bad move?”
Buffalo Bills
“Have you ever looked into the sun
reflecting off the bald spot of an aging
quarterback?”
“Do you think O.J. Simpson is guilty or
innocent?” (Before you answer, remember
‘The Juice’ is a former Bill)”
“Do you think Paul Maguire is the
most annoying announcer working pro
football today?”
“Would you be able to find your helmet
on a crowded bench?”
“Does losing leave a refreshing taste in
your mouth?”
San Francisco 49ers
“Do you think Deion Sanders is musi
cally inclined?”
“Who would you compare Steve Young
to? Joe Montana or Danny White?”
“Do you think Newt Gingrich’s mother
has ever whispered anything about O.J.
Simpson being guilty or innocent?”
“Who would you compare Merton Han
ks too? Ronnie Lott or E.T.?”
“Would you consider buying a new de
fense for one year unethical?”
Houston Oilers
“Would you like to play for a smart
owner?”
“When playing John Madden ‘95 on
Sega do you usually avoid our team like
the plague?”
“If Newt Gingrich’s mother helps O.J.
Simpson escape the police by driving 35
mph in a slow white Ford Bronco, how
many people will stand along the highway
holding signs reading, ‘Hillary’s a Bitch on
the Loose, Mexico’s a Cinch Juice?”’
“How do you feel about playing on an
offense that can’t run or pass?”
“Do you like to watch the other teams
spike the ball?
The new NFL. It’s all brains and
brawn.
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