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THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1991 13
Much excitement in the worlds of basketball and baseball
by Charles Kuffher
Well, folks, it's been quite a busy
week in sports. All sorts of strange
things have happened since we last
met Let's start with something nice
and work our way down, shall we?
Scott Thompson was named co-
Coach of the Year in the Southwest
Conference along with Arkansas
coach Nolan "Hey, don't blame me if
we sucknextyear" Richardson. Con-
gratulations, Coach, and here's to
next year.
The Astros, in case anyone hasnt
noticed, have played very well in
spring training, winning four games
in a row at one point and thus spark-
ing the inevitable "hey, maybe these
guys can play" column in the local
papers, even though the team is made
up of a bunch of no-name kids trying
to make the majors. Look, I don't
want to rain on anyone's parade, but
it's kind of hard to judge a team when
Lacrosse club is playing
intense on and off the field
by Ozgur Bayazitoglu
The Rice Lacrosse team, also
known as the "Buds," battled their
way to a record of eight wins and zero
losses for the season by defeating
Louisiana State University 14-10 this
Saturday in Baton Rouge.
The boys in blue quickly jumped
ahead of the yellow-bellied Tigers
four to zero, led by the amazing stick-
skills of Adam Kinsey. Rice followed
the initial run with consistent play
throughout the game, never letting
LSU reach within three goals of the
lead. Rice also played an unusually
clean game, receiving only a few
penalties. LSU also marked the first
game in over two years at Rice in
which Karl Wolf did not engage in an
extra-judicial exchange of viewpoints
with a member of the opposing team.
At the end of the match, Adam Kinsey
led the team with seven goals; Luke
Skywalker, eat your heart out!
Immediately following the match
in the severe Louisiana winter
weather, the young men began their
post-game celebration. Some of the
team chose to bake in the warm
Louisiana sun while others indulged
in more traditional means of relax-
ing.
Although the "Buds" had no game
on Sunday, the Rice Lacrosse team
found themselves compelled to travel
to the mysterious land of New Or-
leans, where they were drawn in a
lemming-like manner to Pat O'Briens.
Following a lengthy period of indul-
gence, the newly elected officers led
the group of boisterous victors to Big
Momma's Pleasure Palace, where the
newer members were introduced to
the finer aspects of a barbarian cel-
ebration.
Yet the night was young accord-
ing to New Orleans standards, so the
team decided to fill their stomachs
with beignets, although no one on
the team could recall what a beignet
looked like the next day. Forced to
stay in only three rooms due to re-
cent budget cuts, many of the team
members discovered original means
of accommodating themselves.
Again, the most original ones seem
to have difficulty recalling their no-
table achievements.
The boys in the blue and grey are
back at Rice, recovering from the
weekend and preparing for the up-
coming showdowns against UT and
A&M. Led by the studs and backed
by a solid group of demi-athletes, this
happy-go-lucky team of overachiev-
ers looks forward to the uncertain
future, knowing that Big Momma's
waits for them next year.
Ozgur Bayazitoglu is a member of
the Rice Lacrosse Gub.
they're primarily playing against the
other team's no-name kids who are
just enjoying the bigger meal-money
allowance until they get sent back to
the minor-league camp for their real
job. This is not to say that the Astros
won't necessarily have a decent or
even pretty good season this year.
I'm just suggesting you not lay next
semester's tuition money on their
World Series chances.
Elsewhere in the majors, Bo Jack-
son was given his walking (or per-
haps, to hear his ex-employers, his
hobbling) papers by the Kansas City
Royals. Seems KC thinks that the
injury Bo suffered last fball season is
serious enough that he won't play
this year, perhaps ever, and so they
cut him loose rather than wager his
$2 million salary that hell come back
and be as good as before. There is, as
always, a catch. You see, it's against
baseball's labor agreement to release
a player for suffering a job-related
injury, and while Bo hurt himself
playing fball, a players' union repre-
sentative was quoted as saying that
he thought the Royals' action was
suspicious and that it would be chal-
lenged. We'll see what happens.
Frankly, I don't think there's any way
that Bo has played his last baseball
game. Surely there's some team out
there willing to spend the one dollar
to claim him, if only for the publicity
value. Bo will be considered a legiti-
mate commodity in baseball until
proven otherwise.
The NCAA tournament is in full
swing, and while there have been a
few surprises (15th seed Richmond
upsetting overrated Syracuse in the
first round, 11th seed Connecticut
reaching the Sweet 16), the late-stage
matchups promise to be exciting if
mostly expected. Can anyone beat
UNLV? As good as they are, I think
they're vulnerable. They sure as heck
didnt look good against Georgetown.
Let's face it, if the Hoyas had anyone
who could hit an outside shot, and if
Alonzo Mourning hadn't fouled out,
they may well have won. As it was,
they were closer than they deserved
in the late stages of the game. I will
not be surprised if UNLV does go
down, but I expect a Rebel-Razor-
back final, and a better game than
last year's finaL Will Tark the Shark
win again? Will he take the money
and run to the NBA? Will the NCAA
continue its pursuit of the Rebel bas-
ketball program if hedoes?Will Nolan
Richardson ever smile? Beats me,
sports fans.
Answer to Trivia Question #18:
Minnie Minoso is a coach on the
Chicago White Sox, and became the
oldest person ever to get a base hit
when he played two games at DH in
1978 when he was 55. He played a
game in the '80s and tried last year to
become the first player ever to play in
six decades (his career went from
1945-1963) but was not allowed to
suit up by Commissioner Fay Vincent
Minoso will try again this year.
Trivia Question #19: Since Hank
Aaron is on Letterman as I write this,
against whom did Hammerin' Hank
hit his 715th homerun?
Baseball
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from the start Tech scored six runs
in the first inning and added two
more in the third and another in the
fourth and the Owls found themselves
looking at a 9-2 deficit The Owls did
not count themselves out and started
a comeback.
In the fifth and seventh the Owls
scored to bring the score closer to 9-
5. Just at this point the pitching col-
lapsed again and the Raiders pulled
away for good by scoring another
four runs in the bottomof the seventh.
For the third consecutive game Allen
had a two-hit game.
Down by eight runs the Owl bats
did not slow as they picked up an
additional five runs in the final two
frames.
In the game Chris Feris picked up
Lovett bones GSA in the final seconds
by Brandon Brown
Lovett took the men's college bas-
ketball title 93-90 on a last second
jumper by Eric "Boog" Powell
Wednesday night in. a surprising
game against the Graduate Student
Association. You'd think a game with
183 points would be pretty exciting.
Yeah,you probably picked Nebraska
overXavier, too. So itwasn't dazzling,
but some solid hoopin' went on with
both teams playing tough defense
most of the time. I should emphasize
the "most," because no defense was
played in the final seconds, but 111
get to that
Despite early ineptness On the
part of the scoreboard operator(s),
the game got underway and Lovett
tooka6-2 lead with two minutes gone.
Thanks mainly to a rebound bucket
and jumper by Shaun McAdams, the
GSA tied the game 13-13 with 14:24
left in the half. At this point, the game
started slipping towards the non-
pretty side as both teams got more
physical. Unfortunately, this physical
play eventually led to attempts to
punish the ball itself as things got
heinously sloppy at the 8:30 mark.
Out of this, the GSA crawled out
carrying a 41-30 lead with three
cminutes left in the half. Again,
McAdams dealt out most of the
damage (score-wise) for the GSA.
Lovett came back on the shoulders
of a demonic full-court press. During
Lovett's run, Mike Cooper pulled out
a pair of binocs, hit a three-pointer
from Galveston County, and followed
that with another bomb from the
corner. Lovett pulled ahead with an
18-8 run for a 49-48 score at the half.
Powell had 16 in the half for Lovett
McAdams went into intermission
with 18 for the GSA
The second half didn't have scor-
ing streaks so much as it had the two
teams joined in a plodding three-
legged race. There were numerous
tie scores and the like. I'd like to say
that Lovett's rebounding edge and
more intense defensivepressuregave
them the edge, but itffrst ain't so. Go
figure. John Breen had a thunderous
shot-block for Lovett in there some-
where. The GSA took an 84-80 lead
with four minutes in the game on a
sweet 3-point bullet by Steve
Peterson.
Soon after, however, the GSA's
center, Robert "Bob" Hardt fouled
out and then a spasm of temper by
the GSA resulted in a technical foul.
(Referee Mike Gardner set a new
standard in calling technicals as he
fumbled about with the whistle and
finally made a sound like a lame
sparrow.) Actually, there was a lot of
this anger stuff flying around. Fightin'
words were heard, but nothing ever
came of it That's probably just as
well, because a team versus team
brawlwould havebeen nasty, brutish,
and short with the Hollas brothers
(Donald and Shane) playing for
Lovett At any rate, Lovett took a
short-lived, one-point lead at this
point
With a minute left in the game,
the score was frozen at90-90. Acouple
of turnovers and rim-bending bricks
later, Lovett had the ball with four
seconds on the clock. I'd like to build
the tension here, but it was simple
and plain. The ball came in to Powell.
He walked up to the top of the three-
point circle. Nobody was within ten
feet of him. He drained the jumper
and started hopping around as bas-
ketball heroes are known to do.
Powell finished with a smooth 25
points and teammate Mike Cooper
added 20. For the GSA McAdams
(who sat out much of the second half
in foul angst) netted 24, Peterson hit
22, and Bob had 17.
Shoot out at the Hemisphere Arena
Good luck to the 3-on-3 basketball team of Rocky Tolentino, Brian
Bjork, Kurt Wey and Mike Gardner when they play in the Schick
Super Hoops Regional Championship at the Hemisphere Arena on
March 30, at the half-time of th^Spurs-Denver NBA game.
The team advanced to the championship game by virtue of win-
nifig the intramura] Schick Super Hoops Tournament and then fin-
ishing as one of the top teams in the Regional Festival at Trinity
University on March 2.
The Rice team will play a University.of Houston team made up of
Rickiyra, Steve Schomber, Steve Braun and Steve Beck. "
The women's championship game features Sam Houston State
against the University of Texas - Pan American.
Each of the winning players received prizes includingcfThe Ulti-
mate Defender of Sport" video, K> Swiss™ basketball shoes. plaqu^f
Schick Slim Twin Disposable Razors, T-shirts and sweatshirts. This
season, more than 200,000 students at 800 colleges and universities
participated in the eighth season of Schick Super Hoops. Champion-
ship games are being played in 18 NBA arenas.
Ml
his team leading fourth homerun of
the year and Taji Garcia his second
with just 30 at-bats under his belt this
season.
After the road trip to Lubbock,the
Owls hosted Sam Houston State for a
one game stint It was a close but
high scoring game with Rice going
down for their twentieth loss of the
season, 10-9.
Jim Miller started the game be-
hind the plate and may get more
playing time there while Jamie Cook
is struggling with his bat and glove.
On the season the Owls have given
up 51 unearned runs in thirty games.
The pitching staff has had control
problems as opponents have reached
base on 161 walks and 17 hit batsmen
or advanced due to 28 wild pitches
and 23 passed balls.
This weekend the Owls have yet
another tough and ranked opponent
in the form of the Baylor Bears.
The games will be played at
Cameron Field with the first of the
series tonight at 7:00 p.m. and a
double header tomorrow at 2:00 p. m.
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information, contact Dr. M.T. Leal, Director, Rice University, Dept. of
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Deadline for application: April 1, 1991.
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