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Page 11
September 2, 1996
International Classroom
Forward Calvin Davis gained experience in Jones Cup tournament
play in Taiwan, expected to help depleted A&M team in ’97
By Ross Hecox
The Battalion
When Texas A&M Basketball Coach Tony
Barone recruited Calvin Davis, he knew he
would be taking the forward on a few road trips.
With Southwest Conference and Big 12
cities coming to mind, however, Barone never
envisioned the blue-chip recruit heading over
seas to play ball.
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Sophomore forward Calvin Davis dishes
the ball off against the Houston Cougars.
But when the 6-foot, 8-inch Davis was invit
ed to play on the Nike All-Star Team this sum
mer, the sophomore was on his way to Taipei,
Taiwan to play in the William Jones Cup
International Tournament Aug. 15-26.
Barone said that Davis, who is the only
player on the team not from the Atlantic Coast
or Big East Conferences, has benefited from
the experience.
"It’s a real plus when you have the opportuni
ty to give a player a perspective on what it takes
to be successful,’’ Barone said.
“It’s real obvious that he
played with tremendous
enthusiasm. He was extreme
ly productive over there.”
Davis was productive in
more ways than one. He led
the team in five different cat
egories, including rebounds
(66) and field goals (44). Davis
also recorded 10.8 points per
game and shot 76 percent
from the floor.
The Nike team played
against 10 different teams
from Korea, Canada, Japan,
Russia, Taiwan, Australia,
Saudi Arabia, India, South
Africa and Slovakia. The All-Stars finished
third in the round-robin tournament with an
8-2 record.
The team was assembled by Wake Forest
assistant coaches Ricky Stokes and Ernie
Nestor and included such college players as
Jeff Capel of Duke (10.3 points per game, 27
assists), Laron Profit of Maryland (12.7 ppg, 23
steals) and Jameel Watkins of Georgetown (15
blocks, 50 rebounds).
Playing against older and more experienced
teams, the players had the opportunity to dis
play their talents and improve their game.
Nestor said he tried to give all the players
equal playing time.
“In a game situation, you can really learn,”
Nestor said. “We chose to just split the time up
“I think he’ll have
an outstanding
career at A&M. I
hope he enjoyed
it, because we
enjoyed having
him play.”
Ernie Nestor
Wake Forest asst, coach
and give everyone about 23 minutes.”
Nestor was impressed with Davis’ effort.
“He’s got good quickness to the ball,” Nestor
said. “He worked the boards hard — he’s a very
good offensive rebounder. (When scoring), he
just went to the glass. I think half of his shots
must have been dunks.
“I think he’ll have an outstanding career at
A&M. I hope he enjoyed it, because we
enjoyed having him play.”
Barone said Davis’ solid performance in Taiwan
came as no surprise to him.
“We were confident that he
would be a big-time player,”
Barone said. “A player plays well
when he’s confident, and he can’t
be confident unless he produces.
This gives Calvin a tremendous
amount of confidence.”
Davis will play an important
role next season for an Aggie
team that is suffering the unex
pected loss of three players.
Junior point guard Kyle Kessel
left the team to pursue a profes
sional baseball career, senior for
ward Gary Nottingham was dis
missed for violating team rules
and sophomore forward Joel Ockey
is leaving to fulfill a two-year religious mission.
Barone said the team can overcome the losses.
“(Senior guard)Tracy Anderson, (senior
guard) Derrick Hart and the freshmen will
take care of our point guard position,”
Barone said. “I think we have fine players in
our back court. We’re moving on, and we’re
not looking back at all.”
As a freshman, Davis averaged 8.9 points
and 5.5 rebounds a contest while earning
Southwest Conference All-Freshman honors.
Barone believes that Davis will strengthen
the A&M defense in 1996-1997.
“Calvin is a true shot blocker, which really
helps our defense,” Barone said. “It’s obvious
that Calvin’s quickness around the basket will
be a plus for this program.”
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f winning in the fourth period
ast season, got two first-half
louchdown passes from Steve
Bono and then held off the
Houston Oilers’ late challenge for
20-19 victory Sunday.
They played before a sparse
Astrodome crowd of 27,725 that
eemed to cheer as loudly for the
Chiefs as the Oilers. Fans have
)een angered by owner Bud
Warns’ plan to move the Oilers to
Tennessee by 1998.
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3ame got a treat
he fourth quarter
vhen the Oilers
cored on a 22-yard
Teld goal by A1 Del
ireco, his fourth of
he game, with 3:41
o cut the Chiefs’
ead to one point.
Moments later,
Tonnie Harmon
locked Louis Aguiar’s punt, giving
Jouston a chance for victory at the
Tansas City 34.
But Anthony Davis tackled
Tarmon in the backfield on third
lown and Chris Chandler’s fourth-
lown pass deflected off the finger-
ips of Derek Russell with 2:02 left
n the game.
Houston got the ball again, but
hie Carter’s interception with
:26 to play sealed the victory.
Kansas City, with the best regu
ar-season record in the NFL (13-3)
1st season, got its seventh straight
ipening-day victory, although it
ook awhile to get started.
Bono overcame Houston’s
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early defensive charge with a 23-
yard touchdown pass to Lake
Dawson with 26 seconds left in
the half that gave the Chiefs a 17-
16 lead.
Earlier, the Oilers jumped on
the visitors in the first quarter and
took a 10-0 lead on Del Greco’s 34-
yard field goal and Chandler’s 34-
yard pass to former Chiefs receiv
er Willie Davis.
Bono fumbled on third-and-
10 from the Chiefs 48-yard line
on the game’s opening drive
after he was hit by defensive
tackle Henry Ford. Kendrick
Burton got the recovery at the
Kansas City 16.
Chandler’s 15-yard
pass to Frank Wycheck
got the Oilers to the
Chiefs 35 prior to
Davis’ first touch
down as an Oiler.
Bono’s 11-
yard touchdown
pass to Tamarick
" Vanover late in
the first quarter
and Pete Stoyanovich’s 35-yard
field goal tied it 10-10 with 12:36
to go in the first half.
Field goals of 44 and 33 yards
by Del Greco gave the lead back
to Houston, but Bono used the
clock effectively in the closing
seconds of the first half, moving
the Chiefs 68 yards to the go-
ahead touchdown pass to a wide-
open Dawson in the corner of
the end zone.
The Oilers, who have dropped
their last four games to the
Chiefs, return to action next
Sunday in an AFC Central show
down with the Jaguars in
Jacksonville.
Mensik leads Lady
Ags into ’96 season
â–º The Volleyball
Team finished 2-1
in Holiday Inn
Classic with victo
ries over LMU and
Auburn.
Staff and Wire Reports
The 18th-ranked Texas A&M
Volleyball Team has found an
heir to former setter Suzy
Wente’s throne.
At the University Park
Holiday Inn Classic in Fort
Collins, Co. this weekend, Lady
Aggie sophomore Farah Mensik
accumulated 166 assists in three
matches, 81 short of the 237 she
totaled all of last season as a
backup to Wente.
In a tournament featuring
Colorado State University, No. 20
Loyola Marymount and Auburn
University, A&M finished the
tournament 2-1.
In their opening first round
match, the Lady Aggies dropped
their first two games, but came
back to defeatk Loyola
Marymount 13-15, 7-15, 15-12,
15-12 and 15-8.
Mensik recorded 72 assists in
the marathon match to tie
Wente with the second highest
total of assists in a match in
A&M history.
The team also registered the
second highest total of team kills
in a match with 93, missing the
top mark by one. Both junior out
side hitter Kristie Smedsrud and
sophomore Stacy Sykora con
tributed 30 apiece.
A&M’s second opponent was
tournament host Colorado
State. The Rams, who went 21-
11 and lost in the first round of
the NCAA tournament last year,
defeated the Lady Aggies in less
than two hours, 15-7, 10-15, 15-
13 and 15-11.
The Lady Aggies had 30
errors in the match, while only
hitting .211 compared to the
first game when they had 32
errors in their five-game open
ing match and hit .290.
Leading
the A&M
attack once
again were
Smedsrud
and Sykora
with 18 and
14 kills
respectively.
The Lady
Aggies got
back to busi
ness in their final game
defeating Auburn 16-14, 15-10
and 16-14. Smedsrud recorded
19 kills, while Page White got
in on the action with 13.
Mensik tallied another 42
assists and A&M had a total of
16 team blocks.
The Lady Aggies are now
15-6 in season openers since
1976, including 5-1 over the
last six seasons.
Up next on the A&M sched
ule is a road trip this weekend
to Madison, Wis., where the
Lady Aggies will play in the
Inntowner Invitational.
Featured opponents will be
Loyola Chicago, the University
of Maryland and the University
ofWisconsin.
Mensik
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