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SPORTS
Women’s tennis team
faces U. of Houston
The No. 32-ranked Texas A&M
women’s tennis team will try for its
s e c o n d
consecutive
Southwest
Confere nee
victory wnen it
hosts the
University of
Houston today
i:i a 1:30 p.m.
dual match at
the Omar
Tennis Center.
The Lady Aggies go into the
match with a 2-3 overall record and a
1-1 SWC mark. A&M is coming off a
6-3 win over Rice.
Stars trade center
Broten to Devils
IRVING (AP) — The Dallas Stars
traded veteran center Neal Broten to
the New Jersey Devils on Monday for
tgnter Corey Millen.
Millen will join the Stars for their
ciame Tuesday night in Winnipeg.
"We’re looking for a spark in our
offensive game,” said Stars general
manager and head coach Bob Gainey.
"To get that, we’ve had to give up a
valuable player in another area.”
The Devils had intended to use
Broten Monday night at home
against the Montreal Canadiens, but
his flight from Dallas did not arrive
until 6 p.m., 90 minutes before the
start of the game.
"I came to the rink and you can
say I was surprised and shocked,”
said Broten, who had played his
entire career with the same team. "I
hadn’t heard anything about it and
nothing was mentioned."
“Neal has the ability to contribute
offensively and defensively,” Devils’
general manager Lou Lamoriello
said. “He is the type of player whose
style of play makes people around
him better. His instincts for the game
are exceptional.”
Stars, city of Dallas
in court over lease
DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars
and the City of Dallas are headed for
court after the team rejected a
proposed lease for Reunion Arena on
grounds that municipal leaders
reneged on an earlier agreement.
The NHL team, in its 1993 move
from Minnesota, had sought to get the
same terms from the city that the
Dallas Mavericks now get in the
basketball team’s lease for the arena.
“We’re not unprepared to sign a
formal lease agreement,” Stars
president Jim Lites said Monday.
"We’re unprepared to sign a formal
lease agreement that doesn’t include
the deal that was negotiated when we
first got here.
"So to be quite honest, that’s what
we’re waiting for. And I can’t tell you
what will happen in the future,” he said.
"All I know is we are not signing that
lease agreement under any set of
circumstances.”
Former pitcher first
to cross picket lines
PLANT CITY, Fla. (AP) — Former
major league pitcher Mike Smith said
he is planning to be a strikebreaker for
the Cincinnati Reds this spring.
The former Baltimore Orioles right
hander said he needs the money to
pay bills. He must help former wife
Cherry support a 4-year-old daughter
(Brandy), a 7-year-old son (Ryan), and
a 14-year-old stepson (Darrell).
Smith, 31, said he doesn’t mind
challenging the major league players’
union, which has said it will regard as
strikebreakers any players who
participate in exhibition games during
the players’ strike.
"If they want to pay my bills, I won’t
cross,” Smith said.
He is the first former big-leaguer to
publicly say he would be a strike
breaker with Cincinnati.
The Reds begin their exhibition
schedule at home Thursday afternoon
against the Cleveland Indians.
Meeting to be held
for potential walk-ons
Any full-time Texas A&M student
who is interested in becoming a
walkon for the Texas Aggie football
team must attend an organizational
meeting Thursday, March 2 at 5 p.m.
inside the Kyle Field dressing room.
The dressing room is located under
the first deck of stands on the press
box side of the stadium.
Young Lady Ags
paying their dues
□ Former high schools
stars are having to
adjust to new roles.
By Robert Rodriguez
The Battalion
They were stars on their high
school basketball teams. Now
Lady Aggie freshmen Kim Lin
der and Sutton Helvey and
sophomore Christy Lake see
most of their playing time dur
ing practice.
“These ladies are paying their
dues, but they’re understanding
their roles,” A&M women’s bas
ketball coach Candi Harvey
said. “In the future, they are go
ing to be huge assets to the team
and already are to our program.”
Linder is not
used to sitting on
the bench after
leading Amarillo
High School to two
state champi
onships. However,
she does not regret
her collegiate
choice.
“I just really
liked A&M,” Linder
said. “I liked the
team and they
seemed like the peo-
pie I would like to
play with.”
Linder has found little play
ing time backing up posts
Martha McClelland and Kelly
Cerny.
“Martha and Kelly are bigger,
taller, and stronger than me,”
Linder said. “I am more of a
quicker center. It will be differ
ent look for us.”
Harvey said Linder will be an
excellent player down the road.
“We see improvement in her
everyday at practice,” Harvey
said. “There’s no doubt in my
mind that she is going to have a
great career here.”
Linder said this season has
taught her patience now that
she is not playing in every
game. However, she said there
is one goal she wants to accom
plish this year.
“I know there is only going to
be one more year of the South
west Conference,” Linder said. “I
would like to win the Southwest
Conference title.”
Helvey has also played sparse
minutes at center. She is differ
ent from the rest because of her
left-handed shooting style.
“The strange thing is that
I’m really right-handed,”
Helvey said. “I’ve been shooting
left-handed ever since I was 13.
I shoot my free throws right-
handed.”
Harvey said Helvey is anoth
er improving player.
“We see Sutton getting better
everyday,” Harvey said.
"These ladies are
paying their dues,
but they're under
standing their roles.
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— Candi Harvey
womens basketball coach
“Against TCU on Saturday
night, Sutton had six points and
really did a good job in transi
tion offense.”
Helvey said this season has
taught her to work hard and im
prove her game.
“I’ve had to improve on my
quickness, my shooting ability,
my defense, everything,”
Helvey said. “I’ve had to im
prove so much just to become
better and to be able to com
pete on the college level.”
Helvey said at the end of her
career she would like to be re
membered along with all the
See Reserves, Page 10
Roger Hsieh/ The Battalion
Sophomore Christy Lake protects the ball while looking for a teammate to pass the ball to during the
Houston game.
Rockets down Cavs
for third straight win
□ Olajuwon scores 20
points in battle of
injury-riddled teams.
HOUSTON (AP) — It wasn’t
until the third quarter but Clyde
Drexler finally found the range.
Drexler missed all seven of
his first-half shots, including
two from 3-point range, but his
first basket with 2:20 gone in
the third period gave the Hous
ton Rockets a lead they never
surrendered as they ground out
an 86-78 victory Monday over
Cleveland.
‘T just missed some shots.
What can I say?” Drexler said
after collecting 16 second-half
points.
The first basket, on a dunk,
put Houston ahead 42-40 and
seemed to ignite the Rockets,
who played a sluggish first half.
“That quickened the pace,”
Drexler said “I think it woke us
up. It got us in a more aggres
sive move.”
“It’s tough when you’re
struggling and you don’t get
good looks,” said Houston’s
Sam Cassell. “But he’s a super-
star, one of the top players in
the league. Every night teams
are going to try to stop him. He
still made some tough shots
down the stretch.”
Terrell Brandon, who had 26
points for Cleveland, kept the
Cavaliers close with 12 points
in the third quarter, including
a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Then
he scored six of Cleveland’s
first eight points in the final
period to pull the Cavaliers
within 69-67 with just under
six minutes to go.
But baskets by Hakeem Ola
juwon and Drexler helped pull
Houston away.
“Houston played extremely
well in the second half when
they had to,” Cleveland coach
Mike Fratello. “They made the
big runs.”
Olajuwon led the Rockets
with20 points and 11 rebounds.
Drexler chipped in with nine
boards. Kenny Smith also had
16 points for Houston and
Chucky Brown scored a season-
high 13.
The Cavaliers, the Central Di
vision co-leaders going into the
game, lost for the first time in
three games. It was Houston’s
third straight victory. The 86
points for Houston was a season-
low in a win.
Brandon received little offen
sive support for Cleveland. The
only other Cavalier in double fig
ures was John Williams, who
finished with 11 points.
“It looks bad in the box scores
See Rockets, Page 1 0
Maxwell
reinstated
NEW YORK (AP) —
Houston Rockets guard
Vernon Maxwell was re
instated by the NBA
Monday after serving a
10-game suspension for
going into the stands and
striking a fan.
The reinstatement took
effect after Monday
nighjt’s home game
against Cleveland, and
Maxwell will be eligible to
play Tuesday night at
Dallas.
“We are satisfied that
Vernon appreciates that
his actions were totally
unacceptable for a profes
sional athlete, regardless
of the provocation,” NBA
deputy commissioner
Russ Granik said.
Maxwell was suspend
ed without pay and fined
$20,000 for the incident
during the third quarter
of the Rockets’ Feb. 6
game at Portland, won by
the Trail Blazers 120-82.
The Rockets posted a
7-3 record during
Maxwell’s suspension.
Before being reinstat
ed, Maxwell was required
to meet with senior
league officials. He met
with Granik, senior vice
president of legal and
business affairs Jeffrey
Mishkin and vice presi
dent-operations Rod
Thom on Friday.
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Mavericks Jackson
may return this year
□ The Maverick guard
could be back in three
to six weeks.
DALLAS (AP) — Jim Jack-
son, the NBA’s highest scoring
guard, could play again this sea
son. But he’s not going to rush
his severely sprained ankle.
If all goes well, Jackson could
return to the Dallas Mavericks
in three to six weeks. The NBA
season ends in about eight
weeks on April 23.
Team physician Dr. T.O.
Souryal said on Monday that
Jackson “has a severely
sprained ankle. There are torn
ligaments. Historically, recovery
from a third degree ankle sprain
takes from three to six weeks.”
Jackson injured his left ankle
Friday night against New Jersey
when he stepped on another
player’s foot. He was averaging
25.7 points per game, the fifth-
most in the league.
The day after the injury,
Jackson had little hope of being
back this season.
“I’m looking at it like I’ll be
out the rest of the way,” he
said Saturday. “With a bright
future ahead for myself and our
team next year and beyond
there’s no reason to rush back
this season and possibly get
hurt even worse.”
Jackson underwent a CAT
scan and an MRI test on his an
kle Monday.
“I don’t know why there was
so much doom and gloom,”
Souryal said. “I guess the
swelling scared a lot of people.
With Jim’s work ethic, he’ll be
just fine.”
Jackson said he was going to
handle the injury carefully.
“This is disappointing, but I
want to make sure after three or
six weeks that I’m well enough
to go,” Jackson said. “1^ want to
take my time and make sure of
the healing process and not rush
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"With Jim's work eth
ic, he'll be just fine."
— T.O. Souryal
Mavericks team doctor
things. I want to make sure the
ankle is even stronger when I
come back.”
Jackson’s ankle has been
placed in a removable cast so he
can receive ice compression
treatments twice a day.
“This could be worse,” Jack-
son said. “I could have broken
the ankle or had a serious knee
injury. It will be tough to sit and
watch games.”
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