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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?
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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
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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,
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from downtown
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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,
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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.”
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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.
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