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' Uar y 22, W The Battalion Thursday February 2z, 1 996 Sports Page 7 -Ms Citi it 846-4!i; ‘rents'Nifi; will belt: - Pavilion The Dior.; > ; 30 more inf®, off canwi iety: E-ws i. in Cent- ide a vol? urnameri , and afe ■mation r 847-856; field Trip:- 'day and: si and r c . Arkanss )ose Islari ill charte il boataii Whoop::.! winter::,j boat or: servato ntact its t the cirt!! depart ft: ee peopif check out ms. Even 1 ' sailing er For mort sh at 695' will be! vere Stoc ginning at inograpt? ding. Fk c; food arJ erved. Fi :all Adas ciety: t ; todayb all Tina t s. ion senict udent anil jctivife mitted et n advaetf Appli tJ ' otices ar( I be run in have anf the news' sports GLANCE Report: Nashville has sold $77 million in seats HOUSTON (AP) — Tennessee has reached a critical milestone in its effort to get the Houston Oilers to move to Nashville, an executive with the football team told televi sion station KRIV Wednesday. Mike McClure, Oilers executive vice president, said the announce ment would be made at a news con ference Thursday. He told KRIV that Nashville has reached $77 million through the sale of personal seat licenses, or PSLs. That was the number that had to be obtained for the deal to go through. McClure said the actual PSL yield was $66 million, but that a group of Nashville banks agreed to guarantee any shortfall left by June 1998. “Every milestone is a major ac complishment because any milestone not met could result in the deal not going through," McClure said. Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist, Nashville Mayor Phil Bredesen and Oilers owner Bud Adams are to at tend the press conference. The Oilers next art seeking the approval of the Metropolitan Coun cil of Davidson County and the Ten nessee House and Senate. If It all goes through, the Oilers will make a presentation at the NFL owners' meeting in March. Lethridge trial date set for March 11 LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech quarterback Zebbie Lethridge will go to trial the week of March 11 on a misdemeanor charge of shoplift ing, a court official said. Municipal court administrator Thomas Trombley said the matter was set Wednesday for docket call March 4 at the request of Lethridge's lawyer. Lethridge, 21, was cited in May for shoplifting a pair of earrings from South Plains Mall. Shoplifting of items less than $20 is a Class C misde meanor that carries a $225 fine. City prosecutor Dan Saluri in De cember said an off-duty police officer working security at Dillard's wit nessed the offense. His alternative to trial was de ferred adjudication, in which he would pay a fine of about $90 and not see the misdemeanor on his record after 90 days of probation, Saluri said. Defense attorney John Sims, a member of the Tech board of re gents, did not immediately return a telephone call Wednesday. Lethridge threw for 12 touch downs and rushed for nine more be fore leading the Red Raiders to a 55- 41 victory over Air Force in the Cop per Bowl last season. SCORES ROUNDUP /?7S >UNK NBA Miami 66, Philadelphia 57 Charlotte 96, Washington 92 New York 11 3, Detroit 110 Orlando 99, Indiana 97 Minnesota 120, Houston 101 New Jersey 94, Milwaukee 92 Dallas 93, Sacramento 91 Phoenix 120, Boston 107 Lakers 112, Clippers 108 Golden State 95, San Antonio 92 Can’t-miss Cougars slip by Aggies, 79-75 □ The University of Houston shot .558 from the field. By Tom Day The Battalion Like pouring salt on an open wound, the University of Houston came into G. Rollie White Colise um Wednesday night and gave the A&M Men’s Basketball Team exactly what it was looking to avoid; another last-second loss. Cougar guard Damon Jones’ uncontested slam dunk with 4.6 seconds remaining crushed A&M’s comeback hopes and sent Houston to a 79-75 victory in a Southwest Conference matchup. The Aggies’ season of heartache and disappointment did not get any brighter as the Cougars erased an 11-point halftime deficit in sending A&M (11-13, 3-9 SWC) to its fourth consecutive defeat. Of the Aggies’ last eight games, seven have been decided in the final minute, with A&M win ning just twice in that span. A&M Head Coach Tony Barone said his team simply wore out in the second half. “I thought we got tired and they were very aggressive in how they came at us,” Barone said. “We didn’t get back defensively and they got some easy buckets. “That was the difference in the game.” Like the two teams’ previous matchup in Houston on Jan. 24, a 78-67 Houston overtime victo ry, it was a game of halves, with the first half belonging to the Aggies. A&M forward Calvin Davis’ two consecutive rim-rattling dunks propelled the Aggies to an early 21-14 advantage. However, a 12-7 Houston run fueled by a three-point basket by Jones and a three-point play by forward Kirk Ford helped shave the A&M lead to 28-26 with 5:40 re maining in the half. A three-pointer by A&M re serve Quinton James put the Ag gies back up by eight with with just under four minutes remain ing. Houston cut that lead to five before the rejuvenated Aggies closed out the half with an 8-2 burst highlighted by sophomore Dario Quesada’s three-pointer at the buzzer. The Aggies shot 59 percent from the field in the first half and their 46 points at halftime was a season-high. Houston Head Coach Alvin Brooks blamed his team’s de fense on the Aggies’ 46-35 half time advantage. “We played hard defensively in the first half, but I don’t think See Defense, Page 9 A tale of two halves: Aggies fall apart after strong 20 minutes □ The A&M Basketball Team was outscored 44- 29 in the second half. By Philip Leone The Battalion A strange thing happened at Wednesday night’s Texas A&M- University of Houston basket ball matchup at G. Rollie White Coliseum. A&M Head Coach Tony Barone managed to keep himself fully dressed for the entire first half and well into the second — a remarkable feat for a man who has the penchant for shedding his coat and tie a few minutes after a game’s opening tipoff. Nearly eight minutes went by in the second half before an Ag gie turnover on a three-on-one fast break finally forced Barone’s jacket off. The miscue would also force an agitated Barone to leave the A&M bench for a brief respite in a nearby front row seat. This is symbolic of the way things went for the Aggies on the night: a cool, calm, well- played first half, and a miser able second half that ended in a 79-75 defeat. The Aggies offense sizzled in the first half, as the team shot 58.8 percent from the field. Ju nior guard Tracey Anderson led A&M with 12 first-half points off five of six from the floor, and the Aggies took an 11-point, 46-35 lead over the Cougars into half time. The 46 points marked A&M’s largest first half scoring output of the season. A reversal of fortune was in store for the Aggies in the sec ond half, however. Almost five minutes went by before A&M scored its first points, and Houston took advantage, going on a 6-0 run to capture the game’s momentum. The Cougars outscored A&M 17-7 in the first five-and-a-half- minutes of the second half and See Cougars, Page 9 Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion Texas A&M junior forward Gary Nottingham shows off the right stuff during the Aggies' 79-75 loss to Houston Wednesday night. Spinks, Tucker lead Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion A&M guard Lisa Branch splits two Rice defenders last week. □ A&M improved to 16-9 on the year, including 7-5 in the Southwest Conference. Staff and Wire Reports Senior post Angel Spinks scored 25 points on ll-of-13 shooting to lead the Texas A&M Lady Aggies to an 86-85 win over the University of Houston Wednesday night in Houston. Spinks was aided by junior guard Lana Tucker, who hit for a season-high 23 points, includ ing 4-of-7 from beyond the three-point line. The Lady Aggies needed all the scoring they could get to counter a career night by Lady Cougar senior guard Tanda Rucker. Rucker hit for 31 points and snatched 11 rebounds as the Lady Aggies past UH, 86-85 two teams battled back and forth in the high-scoring affair. In this battle of big individ ual performances, UH also got help from leading scorer Pat Luckey, who went for 25 points, but needed 24 shots to reach that total. The Lady Cougars opened the game with an incredible run, nailing 19 of their first 24 shots. Rucker spearheaded this impressive drive by hitting her first seven shots in a row. But the Lady Aggies hung tough, and trailed only 44-40 at halftime, despite being outshot .581 to .436 from the field in the first half. As the Lady Aggies struggled from the field, they flourished at the free-throw line. In all, the Lady Aggies canned 18-of-2l attempts, while the Lady Cougars only managed to connect on ll-of-22 shots from the charity stripe. Although the second half was just as high-scoring as the first, the Lady Aggies took control of the game. They hit on l6-of-29 shots while the Lady Cougars man aged only a .417 percentage from the floor. Overall, the Lady Aggies outscored their counterparts 46- 41 in the second 20 minutes to slip away with the one-point win on the road. Despite another off shooting night, point guard Lisa Branch enjoyed another fine all-around effort for A&M. The All-American candidate scored 12 points, dished out sev en assists and had four steals while committing just one turnover. The win moved the Lady Ag gies to 16-9 for the season, in cluding 7-5 in Southwest Con ference action. The Lady Cougars dropped to 11-12 for the year and 4-7 in conference play. Lady Ags 86, Lady Coogs 85 A&M ...40 46 86 UH ...44 41 - 85 A&M fg-fga ft-fta reb ast Stl blk tp Rollerson, M. 4-9 2-2 7 0 0 0 10 Sevin, M. 3-10 0-1 5 1 1 1 6 Cerny, K. 1-2 2-2 4 0 2 2 4 Tucker, L. 8-14 6-6 2 3 0 0 23 Branch, L. 3-12 5-5 3 7 4 0 12 Patterson, K. 2-5 0-0 5 6 0 0 3 Lake, C. 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 4 Linder, K. 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 2 Spinks, A. 11-13 3-5 8 0 2 p 25 Totals 33-68 18-21 40 19 9 3 86 UH fg-fga ft-fta reb ast Stl blk tP Hart, S. 3-3 2-3 2 1 1 0 8 Luckey, P. 11-24 1-2 6 0 2 1 25 Hopson, R. 1-5 1-2 5 0 0 0 3 Comeaux, F. 2-6 0-0 0 1 0 0 6 Rucker, T. 12-19 3-7 11 6 4 1 31 Combs, C. 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Brown, A. 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Rodriguez, A. 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Burwell, D. 0-2 3-5 5 0 0 0 3 Totals 33-67 FG percentage: A&M 11-22 -.485 39 15 UH 8 3 -.493 85 3PT percentage: A&M - .857 Leister: 648 UH- 500 ISS« ;eof 4|.L S|NG|NG! 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