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Tuesday • April 30,151'
A&M gymnastic teams take second place at Nationals
Staff and Wire Reports
After a disappointing start of the
season, the Texas A&M Men’s and
Women’s Gymnastic Teams tum
bled into success two weeks ago
when they captured second place at
the NAIGC Collegiate National
Championships.
The women’s team placed be
hind Miami by only 1.3 points with
a score of 139.65, beating the Uni
versity of Texas by 2.05 points.
A&M’s Denise Bean, who was the
1995 national vaulting champion,
walked away with the title on the
uneven parallel bars.
A&M Gymnastics coach Steve
Waples said the second place team
finish was very emotional because
of an early injury by Bean.
On the night before the competi
tion, Bean sprained her right knee
during practice and was expected
not to be able to participate in the
meet. Although Bean had trouble
even walking on the knee, she altered
her routines so that all weight would
be placed on her left leg.
Waples said Bean showed her en
durance when she completed a per
fect dismount off the bars, a front 1
and 1/2 with a 1/2 twist. He said a
landing of that difficulty with a
sprained knee was almost impossible.
The A&M men’s team, which
was not expected to be a factor in
the team results, also walked away
with a second place finish. Team
Captain John Sides placed sixth the
all-around and fifth on the vault
and pummel horse, and Kevin Lally
had a fifth place finish on both the
floor exercise and the parallel bars.
MBA Playoffs
996
The
Sonics-Kings
Series tied 1-1
Bulls-Heat
Bulls lead 2-0
Lakers-Rockets
Series tied 1-1
The 1996 NBA
0 ^ut<zC&
Knicks-Cavs
Knicks lead 2-0
Pacers-Hawks
Hawks lead 2-1
Spurs-Suns
Magic-Pistons
Magic lead 2-0
Spurs lead 2-0
Hawks take 2-1 series lead
Blazers stay alive with win
ATLANTA (AP) — Steve
Smith scored 26 points, includ
ing a critical 3-pointer with 1:31
remaining, and the Atlanta
Hawks took command of their
Eastern Conference series with
Indiana, beating the Pacers 90-
83 Monday night.
Christian Laettner, appear
ing in the NBA playoffs for the
first time, outplayed Indiana
center Rik Smits, adding 24
points as the Hawks took a 2-1
edge in the best-of-5 series. At
lanta is trying to advance to
the second round for only the
second time in eight years.
Atlanta went nearly four
minutes without scoring until
Laettner put the Hawks ahead
for good, backing in against
three defenders and putting in
a shot that made it 81-80 with
3:06 remaining.
Then, after Indiana missed
two straight 3-pointers, Smith
fired in a shot from at least 5
feet behind the stripe as the 24-
second clock expired to push At
lanta’s lead to 84-80.
Haywoode Workman hit a 3-
pointer for Indiana with 57 sec
onds to go, but that was the last
basket for the Pacers, who elk
nated Atlanta from the playd
the last two years.
Blazers 94, Jazz 91,0!
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)-
Buck Williams scored the jt
ahead basket on an offensive re
bound with 14.1 seconds left:
overtime, and Portland ove:
came poor free-throw shooting;:
beat Utah 94-91 Monday nigt
and stay alive intheirfim
round playoff series.
Utah still leads the besUf-5*
ries 2-1, with Game 4 Wednes:
night in Portland’s Rose Garden
Williams grabbed a reboc
of Arvydas Sabonis’ missed h.
shot and put back a layup:
give the Trail Blazers a 931:
lead. It was only Williams'ss
ond field goal of the game.
Utah had a chance to tie:
but John Stockton missed a li
foot jumper and Portland’sHt
vey Grant grabbed the reboc
with 3.5 seconds remaining.
Rod Strickland, who scoreii:
of his 19 points after halfti:
was fouled and made one
throws with 2.7 seconds left. .
Texas
Continued from Page 11
tournaments. In the confer
ence, the Aggies are currently
fifth with a 9-12 record. They
must finish among the top four
teams to earn a spot in the
SWC Tournament in Lubbock
next month.
The only teams A&M can
still catch in conference play
are Baylor (11-10) and Texas
Christian University (8-9).
The Aggies play their final
three regular-season games
against Baylor this week 1
in Waco and could move ir.
third place in the SWC wit:]
sweep.
TCU finishes its sea:
with four games against Tea
— two in Fort Worth and ’
at The Ballpark at Arling:::)
The Aggies swept TCU ear.|
this season and would ha*
the tiebreaker if the two tea:
tied for fourth place.
The NCAA is a differ::!
story. Many observers belitj
35 wins sews up a Regiooj
bid for a team, and the Am
are currently 33-19 on the saj
son with three games to play
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