Wednesday
January 25, 1995
The Battalion • Page 7
Pippen ejected, hurls
chair cross-court
CHICAGO (AP) — Scottie Pippen
threw a chair across the court
Tuesday night after being ejected by
referee Joe Crawford in the first half
of the Chicago Bulls’ game against
the San Antonio Spurs.
With 2:56 left in the half, Pippen
was trying to get Crawford to call a
three-second violation against the
Spurs’ Dennis Rodman. Instead,
Crawford gave Pippen a technical foul.
An audio replay could only pick up
Pippen saying, “Three seconds.”
Pippen didn’t curse, according to
the tape.
Pippen became incensed and,
even though teammates B.J.
Armstrong and Luc Longley tried to
restrain him, he went after Crawford
and got kicked out of the game.
Still irate, Pippen ran to the Bulls’
bench, picked up a chair and, using a
two-handed, overhead motion, fired
the chair all the way across the
United Center floor. The chair didn’t
come close to hitting anybody.
Texas wide receiver
Adams enrolls in ACC
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas wide
receiver Mike Adams has enrolled in
a community college after being
forced to drop out of the university for
the spring semester due to academic
problems.
Texas coach John Mackovic said
Adams twice talked to him about the
prospect of entering the April NFL
draft before enrolling at Austin
Community College to make up
courses and improve his grade-point
average.
“He wants to come back to
Texas,” Mackovic said. “He’s got
plenty of course work to do (to regain
his eligibility).”
Broncos’ Steckel new
Oilers receiver coach
HOUSTON (AP) — Former
Denver Broncos tight ends coach Les
Steckel was named Tuesday to
coach the Houston Oilers
wide receivers.
Steckel, 48, has spent the last two
seasons with the Broncos. Prior to
that, he worked as offensive
coordinator at the University of
Colorado and Brown University.
He also coached quarterbacks
and wide receivers for the New
England Patriots from 1985-88 and
was head coach for the Minnesota
Vikings in 1984.
New Oilers coach Jeff Fisher still
has three vacant jobs on his staff —
special teams coach, defensive line
coach and defensive coordinator.
He is likely to make himself
defensive coordinator, the job he
held with the Oilers before
succeeding Jack Pardee, who was
fired at midseason.
Chargers unaffected
by NFC dominance
MIAMI (AP) — A decade of NFC
Super Bowl dominance means
nothing to the San Diego Chargers.
They didn’t lose any of those games.
They didn’t even watch some of
them.
"That might be an AFC thing, but it
ain’t a Chargers thing,” defensive end
Chris Mims said.
The Chargers can ignore history.
They can argue that every year is
different, every game is different,
every team is different.
They can argue until they turn as
blue as their uniforms, but there is no
denying the NFC has won the last 10
Super Bowls. And the San Francisco
49ers, San Diego’s opponents in
Sunday’s title game, won three of
those 10 and four overall.
All of which contributes to the
49ers being 19-point favorites to
continue the NFC run in which only
two games were close.
“The 49ers won four Super
Bowls,” Chargers linebacker David
Griggs said. “The Chargers haven’t
won any. It’s our first time here and
every year for the past 10 years, the
AFC has gotten stomped. So, of
course, we’re going to be the
underdogs.
McClelland adjusts to new style, ready for title
□ Six four center shows
power, stability, drive
By Kristina Buffin
The Battalion
Being the tallest girl in your class
can have its advantages. Just ask junior
center Martha McClelland, who stands
6 feet 4 inches tall. Her height and
sheer power allow her to be one of the
most intimidating centers in the South
west Conference.
“She (McClelland) plays consistent of
fense and post defense,” Texas A&M
women’s basketball head coach Candi
Harvey said. “She is intensive in the
paint and her power and strength intim
idate a lot of the players that match up
against her.”
McClelland began her basketball ca
reer in elementary school at the Dallas
YMCA where she played other sports in
addition to basketball. In junior high
she decided to continue on with only
with the hardwood action.
“I began to play just basketball in ju
nior high,” McClelland said. “I was
taller than most of the other kids, and
they would pick me to be on their team
because of my height.”
As a sophomore at Duncanville High
School, McClelland led her team to a 37-
0 record and the state championship. In
her senior year, McClelland averaged
19.9 points and 8.8 rebounds and was
named District 11-5A Most Valuable
Player while helping her team to a sec
ond-place finish in the state playoffs.
McClelland chose to attend A&M
over other schools because of the person
nel involved and because of the way the
Lady Aggies played the game.
“I liked Lynn Hickey (former Lady
Aggie coach) and all the other coaches,”
McClelland said. “I liked the atmos
phere of the team and the type of bas
ketball we play here. The style is what I
was used to playing in high school.”
With new head coach Candi Harvey,
McClelland, along with the rest of the
team, has had to change her style, but
she says the transition has been smooth.
“The change is not entirely different,”
McClelland said. “She (Harvey) has us
playing more up-tempo, but it hasn’t
been that hard to adjust.”
Last year, McClelland averaged 21.7
minutes and 14.1 points per game. She
led the league and was ranked 11th
overall in the nation with a 60.8 field
goal percentage.
“Martha is very calm and doesn’t
show a lot of emotion when she plays,”
Harvey said. “She is very stabilized in
her play.
“What she does forces a lot of the oth
er players to change their plan. She is
very hard to guard.”
In addition to her offensive success,
McClelland is a big defensive contribu
tor in terms of rebounds and blocked
shots. She is averaging 6.8 rebounds
and just under one blocked shot
per game.
“I have a lot of power in the low
block,” McClelland said. “I have a vari
ety of shots and my height is great for
playing defense, blocking shots and be
ing an overall defensive threat.”
McClelland believes that consistent
play down the stretch will give the Lady
Aggies a chance at the SWC crown and
success in the NCAA tournament.
“We have a chance to win it all,” Mc
Clelland said. “We will have a good shot
at the title if we do well against Tech at
home. When we get in the NCAA Tour
nament, we want to take it a step fur
ther. Our goal is(to see) how much fur
ther we can go (in the tournament).”
Stew Milne/THE Battalion
Martha McClelland looks for a quick
pass to a teammate inside.
A&M on track for title
□ Aggies rely on
walk-ons and runners
from other sports
By Jim Anderson
The Battalion
Run, run away.
That’s what the Texas A&M men’s
and women’s track teams are hoping to
do to the competition as they prepare
for the upcoming indoor and outdoor
track season.
“We are hoping to do well in the in
door competitions in February to pre
pare us for the SWC Outdoor Champi
onships in April, “ said men’s and
women’s head coach Ted Nelson, who
is in his 27th season at A&M.
The season for both the men’s and
women’s teams is divided into indoor
and outdoor competitions. The Aggies
first indoor event was the Sooner In
vitational in Norman, Oklahoma on
Jan. 21. Nelson was optimistic about
the effort put forth(at the event),
even though the results were not
so good.
“ It was a typical first indoor meet
for us, “ he said.
“ We are now looking to do bigger
and better things in the upcoming in
door and outdoor meets now that we
have gotten our feet wet.”
Traditionally, A&M has always
fielded a stronger outdoor team due to
the fact that the outdoor competitions
incorporate more sprint, hurdle, and
field events then the indoor meets do.
A&M’s tradition of having a strong,
sprint and hurdle team is something
that has consistently attracted some of
the state’s top recruits.
See Track, Page 8
Stew Mi!;ne/THE Battalion
Aggie high jumper just clears the bar during practice for the upcoming outdoor
track season.
Aggies continue streak on road
□ Men's basketball takes a
bite out of Big Apple.
Staff and Wire Reports
The Texas A&M men’s basketball team over
came its road woes and a 12-point halftime deficit
to defeat the Siena Saints Tuesday night.
The Aggies, playing in their last non-conference
game of the season, were led by senior forward Joe
Wilbert’s game-high 22 points and 10 rebounds.
After trailing the Saints 44-32 at halftime, the
Aggies outscored their opponents 44-26 in the
second half to take the victory. Shooting 50 per
cent from the field and 60 percent from behind
the three-point arc accounted for the Aggies’ scor
ing eruption in the second half.
Also turning in key performances for A&M
was senior forward Tony McGinnis, who threw in
16 points, grabbed eight rebounds and collected
three steals while playing all 40 minutes. Fresh
man point guard Kyle Kessel had one of the best
games of his young career, scoring 10 points,
dishing out nine assists, blocking a career-high
two shots and only turning the ball over once.
Senior guard Corey Henderson continued to
shoot the lights out for A&M from behind the
three-point line. After scoring a career-high 18
points on six of nine shooting from behind the arc
on Saturday against the University of Houston,
Henderson nailed another three of five long-range
bombs Tuesday to account for all nine of his points.
The Saints, who dropped to 4-12 with the loss,
were led by senior center Matt Gras’ 17 points.
The Aggies will hit the road again on Saturday,
as they travel to Fort Worth to face early South
west Conference front runner Texas Christian.
The Frogs are 3-1 in conference play so far this
season, and are led by senior forward Kurt
Thomas, who is currently leading the nation in re
bounding and running second in scoring average.
Stew Milne/THE Battalion
Kessel attempts to inbounds the
ball during the loss against Rice.
Every winning, losing team should have fans at home
Tom Day
Sportswriter
“...For it’s root, root, root for the home
team. If they don’t win it’s a shame...”
For a vast number of today’s sports
fans, these once hallowed words sung
during baseball’s seventh inning stretch
are irrelevant. To live and die with the
home team is not as popular a trend any
more. Besides that, those fans that are
true and loyal supporters of their home
team simply don’t show it.
Take for instance the fans of the
Houston Rockets. Last season, the
Rockets blasted off and delivered Hous
ton its first pro sports title. In a city
with over three-and-a-half million peo
ple, it’s a safe assumption that the team
picked up a few more fans during the
championship run. Yet, the defending
world champions have failed to sell out
several games this season.
Whether you blame it on poor market
ing or overly extravagant ticket prices, it
still seems there should be enough sup
port in a city Houston’s size to fill all
16,611 of The Summit’s seats. But that’s
not the case.
We’re just as guilty here in Aggieland.
Despite an up-and-coming men’s basket
ball team and the Lady Aggies’ Sweet 16
showing last season, the hoops program is
hampered by poor home attendance.
Of the 43,000 students attending
A&M, nearly 10,000 live on campus
within a ten-minute walk of G. Rollie
White Coliseum. With that much fan po
tential, poor attendance shouldn’t even
be an issue.
Sadly, not only are fans failing to come
out to the ballpark to support their home
teams, but some choose not to root for the
local sports clubs altogether. Instead,
they root for teams that play in other
cities or states.
Others go out of their way to root
against their home team. I have the hon
or of knowing a really smart guy from
Houston who has Oiler season tickets for
the sole purpose of rooting against them
in person.
That story aside, why root for a team
that plays 3,000 miles away, when you
can go to your local ballpark and root for
your team in person? You also have ac
cess to extensive media coverage of the
See Day, Page 8
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