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Pag / • January 21, 3und :e wi Page 9 Tuesday • January 21, 1997 Hit or Miss The sports page is beginning a weekly pro/con ickage in which students have the opportunity to ite in and respond to a pro/con issue of the week. Topics will be announced in Monday’s paper. Responses lould be no longer than 300 words. Bring it by The ttalion at 013 Reed McDonald or fax it to 845-2647. One tter for each side will be chosen and printed in Friday’s iper. This week's topic: Was Dennis Rodman’s penalty for kicking a photog- pher too harsh or not harsh enough? “t V /lavericks fall to Van xel. Lakers 109-99 nd warm wealhf iopster Retw ri Home \ggies received help under the jot-2-inch fresl en Crawford, wi: om Brown dier this month. CAA transfer niii st sit out oneji >e eligible tophi es until the coni semester 199' i Candi Harveys, )m JJ. Pearce, in the state ofTeffi a Texas girl," She wanted to Texas, loves At,' > be a part ofwf: ere. She’ll pracK INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -An- dll sit onthebea y e( j himself for 6-of-26 ■s. We 11 just see 30 ti n g j n the Lakers’ last two loss- next year. I Nick Van Exel decided some ex- vvas just homes, lp re g ame WO rk was in order, rd togetbackto p rac ti ce paid off, with Van lei scoring 24 points, Eddie Jones , , and Los Angeles c 'ling * or [ntinuing its mastery . ting Five the Dallas Maver- 0K§^JdALLAS h Candi Harvey, tswith a 109-99 vie- MAVERICKS i underclassme: ry Monday, o find the right “when Tm playing bad, we don’t ay too well,” Van Exel said. “1 felt In st 15 games, ;e i i e t the whole team down the st two games. I was real depressed tsterday at practice. I didn’t even r •. ,lv two words.” e of consistency™' T u ,1 ■ continues to stanl were commg off two t -iHvApc armi P seci,tlvc losses for the first time d sinrpfhp rnnr! nceearl Y November. A third seemed man season nimaginable considering the Lakers n JExplodes the ’Horns point guard Kero d impressive .ady Aggies IOC- niversity ofTexai| Tennessee was a great milestone for Naftanel because he showed maturity in his diving, and his mental focus was greater. "Now 1 focus more on the dives and not on the meet itself, Sports Briefs :ombinations. na Tucker stands Hart of-6 shots from downtown the free-throw , Patterson rrds, swatted one teal. Candi Ham oressed with t. •arly a perfect id. "She’s playinf led game. That’s eds.We need to / a true point were playing Dallas, and they hadn’t lost three straight in 12 1 /2 months. “We wanted to win real bad,” said Van Exel, who was 8-of-13 from the field, made five 3-pointers and all three of Iris free throws. “1 just wanted to come out and have a good game.” The Lakers beat Dallas for the fifth straight time and 19th in the teams’ last 21 meetings dating to the 1991-92 season. Dallas got no closer than seven points late in the second quarter on a jumper by Chris Gatling. Los An geles ran off seven straight points and closed the first half on a 3- pointer by Jerome Kersey at the buzzer for a 57-43 lead. Jackson led Dallas with 22 points, while Gatling added 21 and Mash- bum 19. Naftanel Continued from Page 7 Wright said the meet against be her last, xxtremely conf said. “And is doing." a uniquene! coordinates we: esthetic sense, ference betwee: n’t care for her, or how the other competitors are going to do,” Naftanel said. Wright will now help Naf tanel finalize his list of dives for he Big 12 Championship md the NCAA Zone meet, for vhich he has already qualified. Naftanel will get his chance to Naftanel pes they will fe run for the I so fo^usTnei )rove himself a 8 ainst a tou £ h Ne ‘ , f 8 . iraska team at the conference lev- g case and said he hopes to do wdl nough at the NCAA Zone meet to nmpete at the NCAA National hampionships against the reign- Masiagni tejigchampiops in aU three diving “vents — the University of Miami. Naftanel said he is looking for ward to the upcoming competi- ions, especially in light of the op- od team and lortunities he lost ,ast year team,” Waent 'ecause of his injuries, e potential to I) ^ am exc i te d about this season letp and thprpi realise I have gained (physical) strength and am doing more diffi- ult dives,” Naftanel said. With the added degree of diffi- ulty, Naftanel can increase his -~l#oint totals if he executes all of his dives cleanly. The increased point totals will make him more compet itive on the national level. The Austin native, whose broth er and sister both attended A&M, said he is excited about the possi bilities in store for the diving team. “I am excited about seeing the team move up (on the national scene),” Naftanel said. “We have gotten a lot of support from the University.” A&M Men’s Head Swimming Coach Mel Nash said Naftanel is a team-oriented guy. “This summer we had recruits over to my house to talk about the program, and we had no diving re cruits, but he (Naftanel) came over anyway to try to convince them to come to A&M,” Nash said. “He’s just a great Aggie.” Naftanel’s next challenge will be when A&M takes on defending na tional champion Texas in a dual meet in Austin Saturday. Naftanel said he feels comfort able in the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, since he dove there for eight years with their club team before coming to A&M. “I know their program and their coach very well, and I enjoy diving there,” Naftanel said. If the beginning of the season is any indication of what is to come, Naftanel will not be disappointed with the results. Instead of leaving the NCAA Zone meet injured and disappointed, he hopes to leave with a chance at the NCAA title. “I’ve been able to come back when things haven’t gone my way,” Naftanel said. “I hope that this sea son I can compete well enough to get into the finals.” LAW LWLULLaWLKr ULTUmiJW (TIT =/'T 111 IV If TIL LI “L L LJ Li L U v. A&M hoopster Hart declared ineligable Texas A&M Men’s Basketball Team Head Coach Tony Barone an nounced senior guard Derrick Hart was ruled acade mically ineligible and will miss the remainder of the basketball sea son Friday. Hart has bat tled injuries all season and did not play in the Ag gies last two con tests against the University of Nebraska and the Univer sity of Texas. Last season, Hart set the A&M record for three-point field goals with 74 and averaged 13.1 points per game. “I feel sorry for Derrick that his col lege basketball career is finished but more importantly, that he will not be able to get his degree from Texas A&M,” Barone said. Ranger winter caravan stops at Rec. Center The Annual Texas Rangers Winter Caravan will make a pit stop in Col lege Station at the A&M Student Recreation Center for an autograph session from 6 to 8 p.m. today. The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce Sports Committee will host the event which will include: ' out fielder Rusty Greer, infield er Mark McLemore, pitcher Darren Oliver, general manager Doug Melvin, KRLD radio announcer Eric Nadel and the assistant of public rela tions Charley Green. Additionally, the public is invited to take tours of the Student Recreation Center facilities. For more information contact Tiffani Drake at the Bryan-College Station Con vention and Visitor Bureau, 260-9898. Timberwolves coast past Spurs, 96-83 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —Stephen Mar- bury scored six of his 20 points in a fran chise-record 140 run to open the game and the Minnesota Timberwolves coast ed to a 96-83 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday. Marbury added 13 assists, matching a career high, Kevin Gar nett scored 20 points and Tom Gugliotta had 18 points and 12 re bounds. Minnesota improved to 9- 1 at home against teams with los ing records. Vinny Del Negro scored 22 points and Monty Williams came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points for the injury-depleted Spurs, who cut a 25-point deficit to eight in the fourth quarter before losing for the seventh time in eight games. e, The Battalkp r freestyle rs are consis oints on thf all A&M team uch appreci- mining team e relation- e divers)/ e very sup- /al to th? swimming > preparing the Big 12. round the notice of4 rly beconi iate swim You want a job that offers variety. You don't want to be tied to a desk. 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