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Briefs A&M golf team up to par in ’95
Announcement delays
Wilbert assault trial
The assault trial of former Texas
A&M basketball player Joe Wilbert
was delayed Monday when it was an
nounced that Lubbock District Attor
ney Travis S. Ware had attended the
basketball game at which the inci
dent occurred.
The incident in question occurred
on Feb. 5, 1994 in Lubbock at the
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. Fol
lowing the Aggies' controversial
89-88 victory over the Texas Tech
Red Raiders, several spectators con
fronted Texas A&M head basketball
coach Tony Barone and the A&M
players as they attempted to exit the
floor to the visitors' locker room. The
plaintiff, Scott Patterson, claims
Wilbert assaulted him with a punch
to the head.
Devils up 2-0 in NHL
Eastern Conference Finals
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New
Jersey Devils are going home with a 2-
0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals
and a winning formula against the
Philadelphia Flyers.
With Neal Broten and Bobby Holik
scoring key goals, the Devils once
again generated offense from good de
fense to beat Philadelphia 5-2 Monday
night to complete a two-game sweep
at the Spectrum.
Broten and Holik scored 1:08 apart
in the second period as the Devils
scored four straight goals to continue
their momentum in the best-of-7 con
ference finals.
The game turned early in the sec
ond period when Broten scored a
power-play goal that snapped a 2-2
tie, seconds after Devils defenseman
Bruce Driver had foiled a Philadel
phia 2-on-1 with a deft stick check.
Driver started the play back the
other way, and it developed into a 3-
on-2, with Broten scoring on a short
shot that deflected in off the skate of
Flyers defenseman Dmitri Yushkevich
at 3:51.
Rangers get 'royal'
treatment from Royals
ARLINGTON (AP) — Kevin Appi
er won his seventh game, tops in the
American League, and the streaking
Kansas City Royals captured their
10th victory in their last 11 games,
defeating the Texas Rangers 4-1 Mon
day night.
Appier (7-2) survived a 33-pitch
first inning that included three walks
and settled down to dominate a patch-
work Rangers lineup that included
Mickey Tettleton catching and Rusty
Greer in center field, both for the first
time this season.
Appier gave up four hits in 7 1-3
innings as he struck out four and
walked four in his 10th start, tops in
the majors.
Speedy Tom Goodwin sparked the
Kansas City offense, going 3-for-4 with
an RBI and a run scored.
Bob Tewksbury (4-2) took the loss,
going the distance and allowing nine
hits and two walks, with three strike
outs.
Biggio's three-run homer
leads Astros past Marlins
HOUSTON (AP) — Craig Biggio's
three-run homer with two outs in the
ninth inning Monday night rallied
Houston to a 6-5 victory over Florida,
extending the Astros' winning streak
to five games.
Robb Nen (0-3) retired Houston's
first two batters in the ninth before
walking pinch-hitter Dave Magadan
on four pitches and John Cangelosi
on five pitches. Biggio then hit a 2-1
pitch over the left-field scoreboard
for his fifth homer of the season.
Biggio's blast made a winner of
Dave Veres (2-1), who allowed two
hits in the final three innings.
Courtesy of Texas A&M Sports Information
Junior Kristina Edfors lead the team with a 76.57 stroke average and
tied for 33rd in the NCAA Championships in May.
MVP does not tell
whole NBA story
e now
know
who the
two best teams
in the NBA are
this season, and
before long the
champion will be
crowned, or re
crowned.
But, do we know who the
best player in the league is this
season, including the playoffs?
The league does not have an
award for it, so I have created
my own, the Lee Wright NBA
Player of the Year Award.
Let’s examine some of the
perennial frontrunners whose
explosive playing styles make
them eligible for the award.
First up is Patrick Ewing of
the overrated New York
Knicks, who lost to the Pacers
in the Eastern Conference
Semifinals. The Knicks should
have beaten the Pacers, but
the one thing Patrick can’t do
is finger roll. Ewing plays in
the largest city in the country,
so he gets an overabundance of
exposure that many others
players are denied.
Do we want him to pass
it? No! Do we
want him to
shoot it? No!
Do we want
him to quit
rapping and
go practice his
free throws?
Yes!
I am referring to Shaquille
O’Neal, whose aggressive play
and monster dunks makes
him one of most exciting play
ers in the league. But before
he receives the Wright Award,
he needs to develop an
unstoppable move — like Ha
keem Olajuwon’s “Dream
Shake” or Kareem Abdul-Jab-
bar’s “Sky Hook.”
The third candidate has been
delivering one of the most con
sistent performances in the
league since coming into pro
basketball. Karl Malone of the
Utah Jazz and his All-NBA
teammate John Stockton are
probably the best duo in basket
ball today, but the lack of depth
on the Utah bench has sent the
Jazz home early from the play
offs again. If the Mailman can
See WRIGHT, Page 4
□The Lady Aggies finish
the year ranked 1 8th.
Staff and Wire Reports
In the 1994-95 season, the
Texas A&M women’s golf team
went from being a strong com
petitor in most tournaments to
being one of the top 20 golf pro
grams in the country.
Along the way, the team
placed a player in the top 35 of
the NCAA Championships for the
first time in 12 years, had two
freshman make title runs in the
Southwest Conference Champi
onships and formed a nucleus
that will remain intact for the fi
nal year of SWC play next season.
The season culminated for the
Lady Aggies last month in the
NCAA Championships held in
Tucson, Ariz. when junior Kristi
na Edfors shot an even-par 72
on the final day to finish tied for
33rd place.
Edfors became the first A&M
golfer to ever make the champi
onships twice in her career.
She finished tied for 81st place
last season.
Edfors is rapidly taking her
place as one of A&M’s all-time
greats. In the 1994-95 season, Ed
fors led the Aggies with a 76.57
scoring average, which ranked
fourth on A&M’s
all-time list. It
was her third
straight year to
lead the team in
this category.
This average
gives Edfors a
77.43 scoring
average for her
career, which
currently ranks
her first in A&M
history. Two
other golfers
made waves for
A&M this year.
Jamie Hullett and Isabelle Ros-
berg, both freshmen, qualified
for all 11 season tournaments.
Rosberg and Hullett also made
the A&M record books with their
scoring averages, which were
good for second and fifth all-time
for freshmen.
Even more impressive were
their performances in the SWC
Championships during April.
The pair tied for the individual
conference championship as both
recorded scores of 230 over the
four-round tournament.
It was only the second time
any A&M player has won the
championship. The team fin
ished second overall in the
SWC Championships.
The golf course was not the
only place the Lady Aggies ex
celled this season. Led by Edfors’
3.78 GPR, the Lady Aggies tallied
a 3.12 team GPR. Edfors was one
of six Lady Aggie golfers — with
Jennifer Emmons, Valerie Her
bert, Aurora Kirchner, Rosberg
and Stacy Larkin — who were
honored with GTE Academic
Achievement Awards. The Lady
Aggies finished the year ranked
No. 18 in the country by Golf
World magazine’s Top 20 poll of
Division I coaches. It was the first
time time A&M had made the
rankings since Jan. 27, 1994,
when they were ranked 20th.
Ladies of the Links
Tlayer
Kristina Edfors
Isabelle Rosberg
Jamie Hullett
Stacy Lade in
Aurora Kirchner
Lisa Alice
Wendi Wight
Valerie Herbert
Avg Best Finish
76.57 1 st, Utah-Dixie Classic
77.68 T - 1 st, SWC Championships
78.52 T - 1st, SWC Championships
81.77 16th, SWC Championships
81.77 T - 15th. Smith/Sunflowcr Invt.
84.71 26th, SWC Championships
84.67 T - 81st, Monica Welsh Mem.
86.67 T - 90th. Monica Welsh Mem.
Avg — Refers to the stroke average: the average player
score per 18 holes.
graduation rati
AUSTIN (AP) — Thet:
bined graduation rate fon
letic programs at the Unive
ty of Texas has droppedtb
percent, according to the At;
American-Statesman.
The newspaper reported)!
day that 49 percent of theatfc
who enrolled at Texas in 19S:
have graduated. The schc:
overall rate for the same perk
time was 62 percent, the new;
per said.
Last year, Texas’ overall ra.
52 percent ranked 64th outo:
nation’s 102 Division I schools
This year’s men’s rated
percent didn’t change. Hows
the women’s rate was67|f
cent, a drop of 10 percent fo:
year ago, the newspaper said
According to records obis
by the newspaper under
Texas Open Records Act:
— The football team impr:
its rate to 58 percent, thet
est it has been since thestl
began compiling the informs;
nine years ago. That rate;
led all other sports in ther
department. Tennis, swim:
and golf, included in the se
sports” category, were secc:
50 percent.
— The graduation rat;
black football players wase;
time high 67 percent. At
time, the rate was as low:
percent, the American-Sti.
man reported.
— The baseball team:
a rate of 17 percent.!:
an improvement over last
11 percent.
— Men’s basketball, wit;
one player in its recruiting
of 1988-89, had a zero rate
— In women’s athletic;
‘‘other sports” category di
leyball, tennis, swim:
and golf, had the highes;
at 82 percent.
‘Road warrior’
Rockets head
for Orlando
GALVESTON (AP) — On
the road again.
The Houston Rockets
worked out one final time on
Pelican Island Monday before
taking their highly successful
road show to Orlando. For this
team, there’s no place like
away from home.
If the Rockets can win Game 1
of the NBA Finals Wednesday
night, they’ll tie league playoff
records for most consecutive road
victories (six) and most road vic
tories in one season (eight).
“We have the same confi
dence no matter where we go,”
Robert Horry said. “If we go
down to Mexico, we’ll have the
same confidence.”
It’s a confidence born in last
year’s championship season and
nurtured through a precarious
playoff run that saw the Rockets
come back from the edge of elim
ination against Utah and
Phoenix, then win three in a row
in San Antonio in the Western
Conference finals.
“It’s amazing what we’ve
done,” Houston coach Rudy Tom-
janovich said. “While you’re on a
streak, you don’t even think
about it. But after you get some
time to reflect on it, you say, ‘How
■T y S OIM
the heck could we do that?”’
The only other team to win
six in a row on the road was
Chicago in its 1991 title run.
The 1981 Rockets were the only
team to win eight road games in
the playoffs. That Houston team
also was the only No. 6 sef
advance to the finals, until
Rockets did it this year.
The Rockets’ playoff rur
all the more remarkabk
cause they played 16 gam:
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