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uesday • January 23, 1996 Heat give Spurs Mourning sickness es and will play the hanksgiving, ]The Miami center liad 10 points down he stretch while outplaying his San Antonio counterpart, David Robinson. P) — Texas Teel 96 football sched- utral site game na State at Texas t. 7 in an effort to f hi •e in the Dallas- ireakup of the erence, Tech joins id Texas A&Min ting Big Eighth '12 Conference, U and Rice move Western Athletk ith its noon kick- '12 play for both Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M their game next red to the dginal contract 2 called for the me to be played morning. Texas director Wally Groff said network offi- cials asked H' the two | schools last month if they favored play ing on ay or the follow- that they pre- ving Day, Groff nonth’s NCAA C officials told r were scrubbing ig Day football ce to competing future dates for cries remains in 1. M and Brigham strong consider- he Pigskin Clas- Tre getting close Groff said "It's ery much in fa- gskin Classic ainst a team’s im, A&M could as many as 14 son if the Ag- i the first Big ip game next o end up in a 49er? call iference r coach :isco to Jowl titles. A, Calif. (AP) uld be on the ig to the San d a news con- lay, and team e Rahn said ident Carmen George Seifert iday night he i reports that the 49ers to 1 titles in 10 ch, would re- yet to be de- to Walsh and urned. n years since i 1989. vas denied a ,s fifth cham- s Green Bay r9ers 27-17 in this month, ffensive sys- he 49ers, has back camps e NFL in an it year, evious three ad tour as fore resign- rhich i Su- with s an Sports r Page 9 • The Battalion MIAMI (AP) — Alonzo Mourning outplayed David Robinson down the stretch and the Miami Heat scored e game’s final 10 points to teat San Antonio 96-89 Mon day night. Mourning scored 25 points, including a hook shot over Robinson with two minutes to give the Heat the lead for good. Miami held San Antonio without a basket in the final seven minutes to rally from an 86-75 deficit. The Heat, who had lost seven of their past eight games, beat a team with a winning record for the first time since Nov. 18. Their next four games are against teams with winning records. San Antonio, which leads the Midwest Division, has lost three of its past four games, all on the road. Robinson had 25 points but only four in the second , when he was slowed by foul trouble. The All-Star center, who had averaged 33 points in his five previous games against Mourning, fouled out for the first time this season with 21 seconds left in the game. Sean Elliott also scored 25 for San Antonio but turned cold at the end. Miami’s Rex Chapman scored a season-high 25, in cluding a basket that trimmed the Spurs’ lead to 87-86 and a 3-pointer to put the Heat ahead 93-90 with 37 seconds to go. Miami’s Billy Owens, re turning after a three-game layoff with an upper respira tory infection, grabbed 14 re bounds. Elliott’s six consecutive points late in the third quar ter gave the Spurs their biggest lead, 77-62. He hit a basket for an 86-75 advan tage with seven minutes to go, but that was the Spurs’ last field goal. They made two free throws, one following a tech nical foul on Heat coach Pat Riley, for an 89-86 lead with 3:15 left. But Mourning dunked, then made a hook shot on Miami’s next posses sion for a 90-89 lead. After Elliott missed two shots, Chapman added a 3- pointer, and Miami broke a four-game losing streak against San Antonio. SUMMER JOBS 4UR GUEST RAUCH This exclusive ranch, located high in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, is now accepting applications for employment for all positions for the summer season: waitstaff, cooks, kitchen help, ranch hands, child counselors, wranglers, groundskeepers. Spend your summer in the beautiful Colorado Rockies! 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It’s also the second longest current streak in the NBA behind Chicago’s 11-game string. Clyde Drexler led the Rockets with 23 points and Hakeem Olajuwon added 20. It was the third loss in a row for the two-time defending league champions. Mookie Blaylock added 20 for Atlanta, and Hen- i; James, a recent signee from the CBA, scored 16 ir Houston, including four 3-point baskets. Defense was the key for the Hawks, who came up with 14 steals and forced the Rockets into a season-high 27 turnovers that Atlanta converted into 20 points. Neither team led by more than five points until the Hawks took a 73-67 lead at the end of the third quarter on Blaylock’s driving layup with five seconds left. Ehlo had 18 of his points in a stretch that start- with two free that cut Houston’s to 65-64 and ended with 8:20 to play in the game on a 3-pointer that stretched the Hawks’ lead to 87-78. The Rockets twice cut the deficit to five points, first on Sam Cassell’s two free throws with 2:53 and the last on Cassell’s driving layup that made it 101-96 with 1:58 remaining. Houston went scoreless the rest of the way. AP Pholo Houston's Hakeem Olajuwon is swarmed by a trio of Minnesota Timberwolves in a 1995 game. Hous ton lost to Atlanta Monday night. New Rockets’ arena possible, mayor says Q Houston Mayor Bob Lanier is negotiating with the team for a downtown arena. HOUSTON (AP) — After los ing their NFL team to Tennessee, Houston wants to be sure the Na tional Basketball Association champion Rockets stay in town. Mayor Bob Lanier on Monday id he is negotiating with the Rockets to build a new arena for NBA team near the down town George Brown Convention Center. The Rockets still have ; years to run on their lease with the city-owned Summit, but the mayor thought there was a good chance a deal could be made. “I feel reasonably optimistic,” he said. Lanier declined to provide details, other than to say the convention center would share in the benefits and cost of such a venture. The Rockets franchise would not comment. “That’s the position we’ve tak en on this,” spokeswoman Kathy Frietsch said. Lanier made his mission known in his annual State of the City address before the Greater Houston Partnership, where he repeated themes that handily clinched 83 percent of the vote last November. “I think this city is in re markably good shape,” he told about 1,500 business leaders. “It’s certainly a lot easier than four years ago.” Lanier noted that when he first took office, the city was star ing at a 13 percent financial deficit, crumbling infrastructure, an exodus of residents from the core city to the suburbs and a crime wave. He said the city budget now is in balance, streets, sidewalks and streetlights are being re paired, people are moving back into the city. As for his continuing feud with the Oilers, Lanier said he balked at suggestions from team owner ship that the city build a $200 million stadium from tax money. Bushes make pitch for Astros □ The Astros are also using Clyde Drexler and Bum Phillips in ads to sell season tickets. HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George Bush and his wife Barbara are making pitch es for the Houston Astros. In a television ad campaign set to debut Jan. 29, the for mer first couple is seen recall ing Bush’s days as a first base- man for Yale University. Mrs. Bush recalls how she was scorekeeper for the team. “I still can’t believe you gave me an error in the Cor nell game,” Bush says in the spot. “That was a playable ball, George,” Mrs. Bush says. , “Was not. Was not,” he says. “Jeff Bag- well would have had it,” she says, re ferring to the Astros infielder. The playful spot is one of three featuring famous Houstoni ans that will air as part of the Astros’ push to sell 18,000 season tickets. 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