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Pags
Thursday • January30,'
Lady Aggies drop
third-straight game
County agrcf
on price taj
for Astrodor
Staff and Wire Report
COLUMBIA, Mo.
A&M Women’s
Basketball
Team dropped
its third-
straight Big 12
Conference
game to the
University of
Missouri Tigers
91-80 last night.
Despite four
The Texas
Thicker
Lady Aggies scoring in double fig
ures, A&M was outshot by the
Tigers .566 to .519.
Senior forward Melissa Roller-
son and senior guard Lana Tucker
led all scorers with 18. Freshman
Amy Yates was five-of-six from the
field and finished with 13.
Junior center Kim Linder started
the game and continued her hot
streak with 14 points.
Guard Julie Helm led all Tiger
scorers with 21 and forward F.kpe Ak-
paiTiong was dose behind with 19.
Kansas knocks off Tech
LUBBOCK (AP) — Paul Pierce
scored all 16 of his points in the sec
ond half Wednesday night to help
erase No. 1 Kansas’ biggest halftime
deficit this season and the Jayhawks
went on to an 86-77 victory over No.
22 Texas Tech.
The Jayhawks (21-0, 7-0 Big
12), under seige for most of the
game by Red Raiders center Tony
Battie, forced Texas Tech into 10
second-half turnovers to retain.
only
their status as the country’
unbeaten Division I team.
Battie finished with 29 points
against Kansas, which was with
out injured center Scot Pollard to
help guard him.
Texas Tech (13-5, 5-3) led 47-33
at halftime and held off the Jay
hawks until midway into the second
half, when five straight turnovers
led to 10 Kansas points and its first
lead, 64-63 with 8:30 to play.
HOUSTON (AP) —Haras'
commissioners have decided]
$19.5 million is a fair price topj
tros owner Drayton Mclanei
(ml of the county-owned Asl
The Tuesday vote was
part of a four-way agreeraei
could lead to a new basebi
um, planned for a siteontti
side of downtown.
Commissioners voted thept
was a "fair and adequate” offer!
control of the stadium awaj
McLane, who operates the!
through his Astrodome USA
“Essentially all parties
agreed that need to agree,
1 larris County Judge Robei
els, the head of the five-ma
commissioners court.
A spokesperson forAsi
USA was not immediately:
Wednesday, when The As
Press called for comment.
A referendum approved bji
last year promised that general]
erty taxes wall not be usedtosiii
a new baseball stadium. Localo|
had tentatively agreed to paySIS
lion, toward the S265-million a
Astros, downtown businesse
permanent seat licenses wouki
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Lakers sneak up on Spurs, 99-v
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — AU-Star Ed
die Jones scored 19 of his 23 points in
the second half to lead the Ixjs Ange
les Lakers to a
come-from-be-
hind99-92 victory
over the San An
tonio Spurs on
Wednesday night.
All five
starters scored
in double fig
ures for the Lak
ers, who won
their fifth
straight game. Shaquille O’Neal
had 21 points, Kobe Bryant 19,
Nick Van Exel 14 and Elden
O'Neal
Campbell 10. O’Neal also pulled
down 19 rebounds.
San Antonio was led by Do
minique Wilkins’ 28 points. Sean El
liott added 23 and Vernon Maxwell 11.
Trailing 74-67 entering the
fourth quarter, Los Angeles rallied
behind Jones and Bryant. The two
combined for 11 points as I.os An
geles went on a 19-8 run ending
with a rebound basket by O’Neal
with 4:45 to play for an 86-82 lead.
Bryant connected on a three-
point shot with 3:07 left to give
Los Angeles a 91-84 lead, and
Jones gave Los Angeles its largest
lead of the game, 96-88, on two
free throws with 1:09 to play.
Jones connected on Gvc
throws in the last minutean:
Antonio could get no closer
five points the rest of the ray.
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Elliott and Maxwell eachsco
eight points in the third quail
San Antonio stretched itsleaj
74-67 on a three-pointshotai]
buzzer by Wilkins.
Maxwell jumpstartedtJieS
in the first quarter with thieetiu
point shots in the first
utes as San Antonio led 15'
9:06 remaining.
Los Angeles rallied to
lead after one quarter as
O’Neal had nine points apt
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Astros
Continued from Page 7
Houston brought back outfielder Luis Gonzalez, whom
they traded to the Cubs two years ago.
“I’m happy to be back [after] getting traded to
Chicago a couple of years ago and getting an oppor
tunity to get back and play with some of my old
teammates again,” he said.
However, the big money of the off-season went to
Reynolds. Reynolds won 16 games and struck out 204
batters last season while walking only 44. His walks-to-
innings pitching ratio was fourth-best in the league be-
few semes
friend of n
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, the Texas A&M B
hind Atlanta’s Greg Maddux and Florida'sB; ^ e nts. She realize
and l )anny Darwin. touch the regent
The Astros’ philosophy of keeping theii core plw[ a y’ s college stue
together will give them the best chance to win. fp Myfriend saic
baseman and 1994 MVP Jeff Bagwell and perennii|term ends tomoi
Star second baseman Craig Biggio lead a group offlftieasant, even te
ers who have spent most of their careers togethef. Las very pretty. I
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up,” Gonzalez said. “You look at Atlanta and whattlt^lVoices, West said
Those guys all stuck together and now they're cATspend a lot of tin
best teams in baseball. working to make
“We were going in that direction but kind?! teople can come
away from that. We’ve got some players
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