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Sports
Briefs
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Tarkington named
Rookie of Week
The Big 12 league office bestowed
conference Rookie of the Week hon
ors on Texas A&M junior guard Kim
Tarkington after a week in which she
averaged 15.5 points and eight as
sists in both Aggie games last week.
Tarkington, a transfer student
from Westark Community College,
added 16 points and nine assists in
the Aggies’ defeat of the Texas Long
horns at G. Rollie White Coliseum
last Wednesday. Although the Aggies
suffered a loss in Lubbock to the
Texas Tech Lady Raiders, Tarkington
scored a career-high four three-point
ers on her way to a 15-point outing.
She also had seven assists in the
game against Tech.
Tarkington leads the Aggies in as
sists with 120 for the season and
she is the only Aggie to have started
in every game this year.
North Texas may
hire A&M coach
According to a Saturday report by
The Dallas Morning News, North
Texas Athletic Director Craig Helwig
ontacted Texas A&M Coach R.C.
Slocum for permission to speak to
urrent A&M offensive coordinator
Steve Kragthorpe about the vacant
lead coaching job at UNT.
Former UNT Coach Matt Simon
vas reassigned within the UNT ath-
etic department and Kragthorpe’s
lame was mentioned as a replace-
nent. Helwig would not confirm or
leny reports that Kragthorpe is a can-
a senior lidate. Kragthorpe served as the of-
m major ensive coordinator at UNT during the
Jl994 and ’95 seasons. During that
riod, North Texas set a school
n 8 e j se ecord for total offense and won the
coming Southland Conference title.
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The No. 16-ranked Texas A&M
Women’s Golf Team nailed down a
irst-round 303, putting them be-
ind leader No. 27 Campbell (296)
nthe Fifth Annual GTE/Mo’Morial
Monday at Pebble Creek Country
lub in College Station.
Fog delayed the start of the first
ound for an hour and a half and
'offers were only able to complete 34
if the scheduled 36 holes. The
;olfers will finish the second round at
a.m. today. The final round will fol-
owthe completion of round two with
he pairings remaining the same as
r0 ’,fl}|n e first round.
Texas A&M finished third in the
ournament last year, but won the
hree previous Mo’Morial tourneys.
was very pleased with our first
oumament,” A&M Coach Jeanne
Sutherland said. “We are focused
3nd we kept our heads up all day.”
A&M preseason All-American Is
abelle Rosberg notched a one-under
)ar 71 to head the 87-player field.
Texas A&M has three golfers cur-
r ently in the top 20 in the field.
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Jones
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At 6-feet-5-inches, Jones is relatively
undersized to play a power game. Howev
er, Barone is pleased with Jones' output
and commitment.
“He’s a young guy that’s undersized
and he’s accepted every challenge
we’ve asked him to accept inside,"
Barone said. “We asked him to lose
weight at the beginning of the season
and he did. We asked
him to be a post up
guy and he’s done
that. He’s a wonderful
Big 12 player.
“I think the thing
that identifies him
more than anything
else is his ability to
battle with bigger guys
inside. He wants to
win and he’s trying to leave everything
out on the court."
Jones
Jones says his biggest strength as a play
er is his jumping ability.
“That’s the reason I think 1 can score
so well. Most people tell me they don’t
think I can jump,” Jones said. “1 don’t
think (teams) underestimate me. I’ve
had a couple of big games and people
have realized that."
Jones seems somewhat reserved and
quiet, but close friend Steve Houston
said otherwise.
“He’s pretty humorous. When he goes
out he’s pretty much quiet, but I’ve
known him so long that he’s usually the
one to crack jokes,” Houston said.
Houston and Jones became close when
both played at The Colony High School.
“Just being on the team we were
forced to be friends on and off the
court," Houston said. “1 talk to his mom,
he talks to my mom.
“I really wanted to feel at home
(when Houston first came to A&M) and
I feel like I have a security blanket now
(in reference to his friendship with
Jones)," Houston said.
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