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Vednesday
: ebruary 7, 1996
GLANCE
Groff reveals changes
to 1996 schedule
Texas A&M Athletic Director
Wally Groff announced an updated
1996 football schedule complete
with times for home games.
"As of today, our schedule is firm
as far as dates are concernec," Groff
said. "The times are still subject to
change to accomodate television,
but our dates will not change."
Aug.24 at BYU 11 .am.
Sep. 14 at USL TBA
Sep.21 NORTH TEXAS 4 p.m.
Sep.28 COLORADO 2:30 p.m.
Oct.5 LA. TECH 4 p.m.
Oct.12 at Iowa State TBA
Oct.19 KANSAS STATE 1p.m.
Oct.26 TEXAS TECH 1 p.m.
Nov.2 at Oklahoma State TBA
Nov.9 at Baylor TBA
Nov.16 OKLAHOMA 1 p.m.
Nov.29 at Texas 10 a.m.
Mavericks' Kidd best
in NBA for the week
NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Kidd
of the Dallas Mavericks, who aver
aged a triple double in three games,
was selected Tuesday as NBA player
of the week.
Kidd led the Mavericks to a 2-1
showing last week by averaging
27.7 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.7
assists. He also shot .517, making
30 of 58 attempts — including 14 of
24 from 3-point range — and aver
aged 3.3 steals.
The Dallas guard ranked third
in steals, fourth in scoring and as
sists and 19th in rebounding for
the week.
Hill drops out of All-
Star Dunk Contest
NEW YORK (AP) — Grant Hill of
the Detroit Pistons withdrew Tues
day from the Slam-Dunk competi
tion, part of the NBA's All-Star
weekend in San Antonio.
) Hill has a sore right wrist as the
result of an injury in game Jan. 29,
the league said.
He will start in Sunday's All-
Star game, however, according to
the league.
Hill led all players in fan bal
loting, which determined the
starting teams.
Tagliabue faces skep
tics in Congress talk
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WASHINGTON (AP) — NFL
commissioner Paul Tagliabue faced
a skeptical, sometimes hostile
House Judiciary Committee today
and asked for a change in federal
law that would make his job more
powerful.
Court interpretations of antitrust
law, and the $50 million pricetag of
losing the court case filed by
Raiders owner Al Davis, have made
football owners reluctant to fight
teams that want to change cities,
Tagliabue said.
"Right now we are powerless in
this area because of the antitrust un
certainties,'' he testified.
The committee, which includes
some lawmakers opposed to any
changes in the law and some that
want to make more dramatic
changes than Tagliabue favors,
stacked the hearing to give priority
to cities that have lost or fear losing
their professional football teams.
It also made Tagliabue take his
turn after the committee heard an
emotional, heartfelt plea from an or-
ange-shoed, bone-bearing fan from
Cleveland's "dawg pound."
SCORES ROUNDUP
NBA
Magic 112, Kings 102
Spurs 109, Hornets 102
Cavaliers 91, Celtics 73
Suns 106, Bulls 96
Bucks 114, Mavericks 11
Lakers 99, Nuggets 78
Rockets and Sonics
18
UPCOMING EVENTS
Men's Basketball
The Aggies will host Texas Tech
Saturday at G. Rollie White Colise
um in Southwest Conference action.
Women's Basketball
The Lady Aggies travel to Waco
tonight to play the Lady Bears of
Baylor University.
Women's Tennis
The Lady Aggies begin the spring
^ason today at 1:30 p.m. when
'hey host the North Texas Eagles.
Sports
Red-hot Lady Ags seek redemption in Waco
□ The Texas A&M Wom
en's Basketball Team is
riding a three-game win
ning streak.
By Kristina Buffin
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Women’s
Basketball Team (13-7, 4-3) has
become a runaway freight train
over the last three games and
looks like it is not slowing down
anytime soon.
The Lady Aggies hope to con
tinue extend their win streak
against the Baylor Bears at the
Ferrell Center, tonight at 7 p.m.
“We are playing there, so it
will be tough,” junior guard
Lana Tucker said. “Last year, we
lost there and it hurt our season.
We need to play our game and
not get caught up in their game.
Baylor likes to push the ball, so
we have to stop their transition
game and have to be ready.”
Defense has been the reason
that the Lady Aggies were able
to recover from their uncharac
teristic three-game slump. In the
Lady Aggies’ 63-55 win over
Southern Methodist University
Sunday, A&M held the Mus
tangs to a .282 field-goal per
centage. Senior guard Bambi
Ferguson had a career-high nine
rebounds.
“I try to be consistent,” Fergu
son said. “I’m working on little
things like blocking out. I’m fo
cusing on rebounding and areas
where I can help
the team out.”
The win
against SMU
was a confi
dence boost for
the Lady Aggies
because the
Mustangs swept
A&M last year.
The win also
helped the team
get things back
on track.
“I think our confidence has
been boosted,” A&M Women’s
Head Coach Candi Harvey said.
“SMU gave us a huge standings
and emotional boost. We got that
monkey off our back when we
beat them.”
Now that the monkey has
been lifted, the Lady Aggies say
they are ready to pull it together
for the last six Southwest Con
ference games of the season.
“After the three-game losing
streak, we didn’t have half of the
confidence we needed to win,”
Tucker said. “Now we want to
keep it going. We are fired up to
get into the SWC Tournament
and win.”
Last year, the Lady Aggies
lost to the Bears 83-67 mainly
because of rebounding. A&M has
"We realize that it is impor
tant to take it one game at a
time. We need to focus. De
fense wins."
— Candi Harvey
Head Womens Basketball Coach
this costly lost in mind and re
fuses to look past Baylor.
“We are not looking past to
Tech,” Harvey said. “Our loss
last year was costly. We realize
that it is important to take it one
game at a time. We need to fo
cus. Defense wins. We held our
last three opponents to only a
.310 field-goal percentage. That
is getting it done.”
Cory Willis, The Battalion
Texas A&M senior point guard Lisa Branch drives to the basket
during Sunday's win over SMU at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
The Defense Never Rests
□ Lana Tucker was the
Lady Aggies' 1995 Defend
er of the Year.
By Philip Leone
The Battalion
What does junior Lady Aggie
guard Lana Tucker have in common
with Elvis Presley? Well, she does
not look, sing or dress anything like
“The King”, but in her three seasons
at Texas A&M, Tucker has gained a
reputation for “‘takin’ care of busi
ness in a flash.’ Just ask her back-
court teammate.
“Night in and night out, you can
count on Lana Tucker to hustle her
tail off and take care of her business
on both sides of the court,” senior
guard Lisa Branch said. “She’s not
want you’d call a standout or flashy
type of player, but she does all the in
tangibles. She does all the little
things. That’s why she is so success
ful on and off the court.”
Success is nothing new for Tuck
er. During her three seasons as a
starter at Duncanville High School,
Tucker helped lead the Pantherettes
to an unbelievable 109-4 record. As
a senior, she averaged 13.3 points
and 3.7 steals per game on her way
to being named to the Texas Associ
ation of Basketball Coaches’ All-
State second team.
But according to Tucker, her fond
est memory of playing basketball at
Duncanville was being coached by the
legendary Sandra Meadows. Mead
ows, who passed away two years ago
after a long fight with cancer, is
Texas’ all-time winningest girls’ high
School basketball coach.
“Coach Meadows was everything
that I want to be,” Tucker said. “She
worked hard, she loved what she was
doing and she had such a great way
with people.The main reason we were
so successful at Duncanville was that
the team didn’t ever want to let her
down. She was that kind of lady.”
It did not take long for Tucker’s
winning ways to make an impression
at A&M. She received immediate playing
time as a freshman, playing in all but one of
the Lady Aggies’ 31 games that season.
As a full-time starter in 1994-95, Tucker’s
tenacity as a sophomore helped her grab 38
steals and earned her the team’s Best Defen
sive Player Award at the end of season.
See Tucker, Page 10
Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion
Junior guard Lana Tucker competes in a layup
drill during practice last week.
□ Calvin Davis is fifth in the
SWC in blocked shots.
By Kristina Buffin
The Battalion
After four of the five starters in Tony
Cory Willis, The Battalion
Freshman forward Calvin Davis goes up for a
shot during Saturday's win over SMU.
Barone’s starting lineup graduated
last year, the Texas A&M Men’s
Basketball coaching staff was look
ing for a good defensive player to fill
the void left by the departure of
Tony McGinnis.
Luckily for the Aggies, they
found a gem just down the road in
Killeen in freshman forward
Calvin Davis.
Unlike many athletes, Davis
does not have an inflated ego. His
actions are based on whatever
helps the team as a whole. He is
not looking for personal success,
only team awards.
“I have been happy with my
play,” Davis said. “I have one
goal: to contribute anything to the
team, whether I start or come off
the bench.”
At Killeen High School, Davis
earned first-team, all-state honors
after averaging 22.8 points, 13.3 re
bounds and 3.3 blocked shots.
“His shot blocks equal easier bas
kets on the other end,” A&M Head
Coach Tony Barone said. “Although
he is not that big, he is intimidating
because of his long, skinny arms
and his great jumping ability. He
has a nice package.”
In addition to A&M, Davis was
also recruited by the University of
Arizona, Oklahoma State Universi
ty, the University of Colorado and
the University of Texas.
“I liked the coaching staff, and
that was the main reason I chose
A&M,” Davis said. “I also wanted to
stay close to home, but the decision
was mostly based on the staff.
“I knew last year that a lot of
people would be graduating and
that new players would have a
chance for playing time.”
So far this season, Davis has
shown why he was so highly recruit
ed. He started his first game
against McNeese State on Dec. 20
and had a career-high 22 points.
Davis is shooting 52 percent from
the field and 69.6 percent from the
free-throw line.
“Calvin, for the minutes he plays
See Davis, Page 10
Tennis team kicks off
□ The Lady Aggies will be
gin play against North
Texas today at 1:30 p.m.
By Stephanie Christopher
The Battalion
Although the cold weather would
beg to differ, the Lady Aggie Tennis
Team will begin the 1996 spring sea
son today by hosting the University of
North Texas Eagles.
The match will begin at 1:30 p.m.
at the Omar Smith Tennis Center.
The Lady Aggies say they are going
into this match extremely self-assured
of themselves. They hope to exceed
their record from last year when the
team finished second in the Southwest
Conference and 30th in the nation.
The team to beat appears to be the
Lady Longhorns of the University of
Texas, who finished first in the nation
last season.
Senior Wilson Pate said UT could
be beatable this season because of
key losses.
“I believe that we will play Texas
better this year because they lost
their top two players last year,” Pate
said. “In order for us to beat them, we
will have to play really hard and be fo
cused.”
Pate said the team’s main goal is to
be ranked in the Top 25 this year and
be invited to the NCAA tournament.
“We have been practicing hard for
the last three weeks, and I feel that
we should do really well,” Pate said.
“If we want to accomplish our goal,
we must come prepared and ready
to win.”
Although the big lure this year is
beating Texas, Head Women’s Ten
nis Coach Bobby Kleinecke said the
Lady Aggies must be wary in confer
ence play.
“Texas is going to be our biggest
competitor,” Kleinecke said. “But we
must not forget Baylor, SMU and
Rice. They all have good teams, and
we must be prepared for every situa
tion.” '—
Kleinecke said he is ready for to-
’96 season
day’s match to start. He said his team
has been practicing very well, and he
is ready to see where they stand.
“Today’s meet is a nonconference
meet, but I am really excited to get
things kicked off,” Kleinecke said.
Kleinecke said his team can beat
the Eagles, but too much confidence
can sometimes hurt a team. Since this
is the first meet, he said he going to
try different things with his lineup.
“We will be going in today’s meet
trying a new style,” Kleinecke said. “I
want to get a feel for how my team
will respond.”
In order for the Lady Aggies to ac
complish their goals both today and
for the season, Kleinecke said that
playing well is the main element.
Kleinecke said the team’s accom
plishments will be the determining
factor, but they must not fall apart
when they have a bad meet.
“Success depends on how you
bounce back from a loss,” Kleinecke
said. “We must get off to a good start,
and I am really excited about getting
things going against North Texas.”
Photo Courtesy of Texas A&M Sports Information Department
Junior tennis player Julie Beahm warms up during prac
tice. The Lady Aggies begin play today at 1:30 p.m.