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March 18, 1997
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Gene Roe-
ck chuckles when he thinks of
men’s basketball teams coming
m the warmth of Georgia, Mis-
sippi,Texas and California to play
snow-covered Grand Forks.
Some of them have never been
North Dakota before.
[hope it’s about 40-below the
they get here,” said Roebuck,
rth Dakota’s head women’s bas-
ball coach. “Not so much for bas-
, but just to make them suf-
as much as we have this winter.”
Thisyear’s NCAA Division II Elite
;ht tournament has some new,
ling faces, including one team
ithas been in the division for just
ee years. Meanwhile, power-
use North Dakota State is con-
Icuously absent.
West Texas A&M (29-1) goes up
ainst another Elite Eight new-
mer, California-Davis (27-2). West
tashas been to the tournament
ice before, but has not come away
th a championship title. The two
imsplayed each other earlier this
ar, with West Texas winningSl -75,
IbyNatashaTaylor, who averages
9 points per game.
Coaches say the new blood will
atup the tournament, despite the
tentially bitter climate outside.
North Dakota won the honor of
hosting its first Elite Eight tourna
ment starting Wednesday after dash
ing the hopes of four-time defending
champion North Dakota State.
The Sioux (25-4) upset North
Dakota State 73-66 in the final
minutes of the North Central Re
gion title game March 9, breaking
the Bison’s 45-game
winning streak.
Still beaming from
that win on the road,
Roebuck said his play
ers are preparing for
what they know will be
a grueling quarterfinal
matchup with Edin-
boro, Pa. (24-8).
“Edinboro shoots a
lot of three-point shots
and they’ve got a lot of
good post shooters,” Roebuck
said. “So we’ve got to be all over
the place on defense.”
Meghan Miller leads all Edinboro
scorers, averaging 14.9 points per
game. She collected 23 points in Ed-
inboro’s 70-68 East Region win over
High Point, N.C., two weeks ago.
Coach Stan Swank said his team is
not familiar with the Sioux, but respects
any club that beats the four-time reign
ing champs on their own turf.
“If you can beat North Dakota
State on their court, then you have
to be good,” he said.
But Roebuck is not overconfi
dent. “I think the biggest thing for
us is not getting too excited about
not only being in this tournament,
but hosting it, too,” he said.
The first quarterfinal game
Wednesday has Delta
State (Miss.) making its
11th NCAA tournament
appearance against
Southern Indiana. Delta
State (25-5) already has
three Division II titles to
its credit under head
coach Lloyd Clark.
With North Dakota
State out of the picture,
some coaches see Delta
State as the team to
beat. But Southern Indiana head
coach Chance Dugan believes her
team can do it.
“We’re pretty much mirror im
ages of each other,” Dugan, whose
team is making its first Elite Eight
appearance, said of Delta State.
The two teams played once in
the regular season, with Southern
Indiana winning.
“They’ve got the revenge factor
on their side now, but I think it looks
pretty good for us,” Dugan said.
Another team making its first Di
vision II tournament appearance is
Kennesaw State (Ga.), which brings
the best record (30-1) into the Elite
Eight tournament.
Kennesaw State joined Divi
sion II just three years ago and al
ready has amassed impressive
numbers. Poland native Joanna
Cuprys, a 6-foot-3 forward, leads
all scorers going into the tourna
ment with 26.4 points per game,
including 92 of 185 3-pointers for
49.7 percent.
But even head coach Colby
Tilley wonders if his team’s success
in the Peach Belt Athletic Confer
ence will carry over against some of
the better-known teams.
“Our conference doesn’t get a
lot of respect,” he said. “The pres
sure we’re under is to try to repre
sent our conference and our
school to the point that we get
some respect.”
Kennesaw plays Bentley
(Mass.) in the quarterfinal round
Wednesday. Bentley (26-5) has
qualified for seven Division II
tournaments in the past nine
years. The team made it to the
championship round once, in
1990, losing to Delta State.
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Tucker said Long is a talented
’ATE lilayer, who has the ability to create
Ways on the field.
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d), because she makes firings hap-
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Long acquired her competitive
nature and aggressive style of play
by growing up with an older sister
who plays softball at the University
of Nevada-Las Vegas.
“My sister made me work so hard
growing up,” Long said. “She took
me to all of her practices, and then I
would have to go to mine. She got
on to me a lot, especially when we
played together, but it helped me. I
look up to my sister a lot.”
Long was recruited by several
other Division I schools, but
chose leave her hometown, Man
teca, Calif., to come to A&M. Long
said she was immediately attract
ed to Aggieland and knew she
wanted to come here.
“I loved the traditions and it was
huge,” Long said. “I am a people per
son and I love to talk. A&M is perfect
for me because it’s big and the tradi
tion here is awesome, and I love it.”
Long said she is pleased with
her freshman season so far but
hopes to continue improving some
aspects of her game.
“I know I need to get better at
things, and there are a lot of
things I need to work on,” Long
said. “As a team though, I think
we are coming together and
jelling as a team should.”
Evans said she anticipates Long
will contribute greatly to the Lady
Aggies in the years to come.
“She’s a player that’s going to
help us for the next four years, and
she’s going to be a big part of our
program,” Evans said.
Sports
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and they are looking forward to work
ing with our players.”
A&M will return six starters on de
fense, and nine on offense to round
out a 44-man roster.
12th Man Foundation
host spring barbecue
The 12th Man Student Founda
tion’s Spring Baseball Barbecue
benefiting the Diamond Darlings
and Aggie Athletes Involved will be
held on Wednesday, March 19, at
the Olsen Pavilion.
The event will include two guest
speakers and several student athletes.
Unlike the baseball team’s game
against the University of Houston, the
barbecue will not be rescheduled.
The barbecue is open to the com
munity and will begin at 5:30 p.m.
and last until 7:30 p.m. Tickets are
$5 a plate.
Judo team places
at championships
The 1997 National Collegiate
Judo Championships were held at the
University of Kansas last weekend.
Four members of the Texas A&M
Judo Team were included in the 160
competitors from 40 male university
teams and 18 women’s teams which
competed. Randy Ramirez, Steve
Bushman, Jackie Bayard, and Kim Ful
da all made the trip to Lawrence, Kan.
Helping the women’s team place
third overall, Bayard defeated three
opponents to win her first National
Collegiate Judo Championship in the
145-pound division.
Judo Coach Bob Perez was selected
as honorable mention coach of the year.
The Judo Team will be traveling to
the Liberty Bell Classic in Philadel
phia this weekend.
Eagles sign former
Cowboy’s kicker
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In front of
television crews, newspaper reporters,
even an ESPN sportscaster, the
Philadelphia Eagles rolled out the
pomp on Monday to introduce their
brand-new, $2.45 million ... kicker?
The Eagles expect Chris Boniol, a
25-year-old that they lured away from
conference rival Dallas last week, to
be an impact player.
“Chris is one of the top young kick
ers in the business,” said head coach
Ray Rhodes. “He’s one of the top
kickers in terms of hang time.”
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