The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 30, Ed. 1, Monday, January 11, 1988 Page: 4 of 6
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By LANCE FLEMING
Assistant Sports Editor
The ACU Lady Wildcat basketball
team will carry a 12-game winning
streak and a ranking of 15th in the
latest NCAA Division II poll of
The Associated Press into the Lone
Star Conference opener Monday
night.
ACU will take on Angelo State in
Moody Coliseum at 6 p.m.
The streak continued Saturday
night after the Lady Cats defeated
St. Mary's by a score of 104-62.
One sour note the Lady Wildcats
will have to contend with is the fact
that their leading scorer freshman
point guard Amu Vigil possibly
could miss three weeks after inju-
ring her left knee during Thursday
night's 100-52 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor.
Vigil went down with 17:22 left
in the first half when going in for a
layup she was run into from
behind. She hit her knee on the
goalpost stand but walked off of the
court on her own. She returned
later in the first half but did not
play in the second half.
Head coach Burl McCoy said a
decision was to be made Monday
concerning Vigil's need for surgery.
Vigil who has been averaging
14.9 points a game and 4.2 assists
per game had been on a shooting
tear in her last two games scoring
28 points in an 89-85 win over
Oklahoma Christian College and 22
in a 93-74 win over Missouri-Rolla.
Sandy Williamson sophomore
from Anson will be taking Vigil's
spot in the starting lineup. William-
son is averaging 5.4 points a game
in her reserve role.
McCoy who scouted ASU Friday
night in San Angelo said Monday
night's game with Angelo could be
a tough game for the Lady
Wildcat!. - " ' ' ' -
"Angelo State-' looked" pretty
good" McCoy said. "They have
got a lot of talent and it seems like
they have gotten better since the
season started. They played up in
Colorado and they had some good
games up there.
"We know we have to win to stay
inhe national rankings and that
pliisj the. winning streak puts some
pressure on us to win McCoy
said;.
Women successful over break
By LANCE FLEMING
Assistant Sports Editor
The ACU Lady Wildcats basketball
team scored an easy 104-62 victory
over the St. Mary's University Lady
Rattlers Saturday night in Moody
Coliseum to run their season record
to 13-2 and extend their winning
streak to 12 games.
The Lady Cats as has become
their custom started off sluggishly
before finally gaining control of the
game with 13:37 left in the first half
when Suzanne Johnson hit a short
jumper off an ACU out-of-bounds
play that put the Lady Cats up 17-9
and began the Lady Rattlers'
demise.
ACU started the second half by
going on a 31-5 run in the first 9:38
of the half to up their 56-33
halftime lead to 87-38.
Head coach Burl McCoy said that
those minutes were probably the
best his team played all night.
"I was really pleased with our
defense in the first 10 minutes of
the second half" McCoy said.
"The best we played all night was
in that lO-minutespan."
The Lady Wildcats' lead grew to
as many as 53 points in the second
half when Angie Dill hit a tur-
naround jump shot with 5:47 left to
play in the half. Pat Bidwell led the
Lady Wildcats in -scoring with 22
Lamberti says he will
By KENNETH R.PYBUS
Sports Editor
Rex Lamberti last year's record-
setting quarterback who was
suspended from school last summer
for the summer and fall semesters
said he will not return to ACU to
finish the remaining year of bis
NCAA eligibility
Lamberti threw 32 touchdowns In
1986loppjng all other quarterbacks
incollege football that season.
Lamberti "also holds the Lone Star
Co5ferehc4' record for career touch-
downs with 56.
Lamberti said he will not return
to school because of the "bad situa
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ACU center Victor Patton sophomore from Killeen reaches for a
members Gary Pearn right and Vincent Mason during ACU's 76-73 win over Wayland Baptist Univer-
sity Monday night In Moody Coliseum.
The Lady Miners opened the sec-
ond half playing a full-court
pressure defense and quickly closed
what was a 16-point ACU halftime
lead at 48-32 down to an U-point
lead.
However after an ACU time-out
the Lady Wildcats went on a tear of
their own and got the lead back up
to 15 points at 58-43 when Vigil
connected on a jumper from the left
wing.
Reserve center Victoria Peacock
said the pressure did not really
bother the Lady Wildcats because
by the time Missouri-Rolla got its
defense set up the women were
ready down the court on the fast
break.
The Lady Wildcats played host to
the Mary Hardin-Baylor Lady
Crusaders Thursday and the game
was similar to the first game the two
teams played Dec. 7 in Belton.
ACU won that game 1 18-62. This
time the score was a little closer as
the Lady Wildcats only managed a
48-pointwin 100-52i .
Again the Lady Cats struggled in
the beginning of the game falling
behind quickly 8-4. But ACU
again scratched back into the game
and took its first lead when Tabor
hit a jumper with 14:44 left in the
first half to give ACU a 9-8 lead.
ACU never looked back en route
to its 12th straight win.
tion" for him caused by the suspen-
sion. "I just couldn't overcome all the
rumors" Lamberti said. "There
was just too much being said."
Lamberti had been disciplined
twice before sitting out part of the
first quarter against Stephen F.
Austin State in 1985 aud missing
spring training last year.
He said he is hoping to go Into
the NFL even though he will not
have completed his eligibility.
"I don't know if it will work
out'' he said. "We're still looking
into it."
Lamberti said he would have lik-
ed to continue his education and
points.
The Lady Cats' first game during
the holidays was in Wichita Falls
Dec. 19 against Midwestern State.
ACU pulled the game out in the
last few seconds to win by one
point 75-74.
Reserve guard Carol Tabor led
ACU in scoring and rebounding
with 12 points and six rebounds in
the game.
Next came a tough road game in
Oklahoma against Oklahoma Chris-
tian College. In another close game
the Lady Wildcats prevailed 89-85
to run their winning streak to nine
games. Point guard Anita Vigil had
28 points in the game to lead ACU
in scoring and Angie Dili pulled
down nine rebounds to lead the
Lady Wildcats in rebounding.
Then came the two blowouts at
home.
The Lady Wildcats played host to
the Missouri-Rolla Lady Miners
Dec. 31 and for the first few
minutes of the game it looked like
the Lady Miners might end the
winning streak.
But after falling behind 10-2 early
In the game the Lady Cats put
everything together to defeat
Missouri-Rolla 93-74. Once again
Vigil led the Wildcats in scoring by
connecting for 22 points. Donna
Radford hauled down 11 rebounds
to lead ACU In that department.
not return
complete his eligibility elsewhere
but that ACU refuses to release
him. Under NCAA rules Lamberti
cannot play football with another
team until the Wildcats give him
permission to sign elsewhere.
"ACU kind of tied me up" he
said.
Lamberti was one of the 26 na-
tional candidates for the Harlon
Hill trophy when it was introduced
in 1986. The Harlon Hill is to
Division II what the Heisman is to
Division I.
Lamberti said that in order to
graduate he would only need to at-
tend for the spring summer and fall
semesters.
CadWM40ptlmU
rebound against Pioneer team
Cats learn on road trip
By KENNETH R.PYBUS
Sports Editor
Coach Mike Martin's Wildcats
played tight basketball over the
Christmas break winning or los-
ing most of their games In the
final seconds.
The men arc now 9-5 after
their 86-73 rout of Midwestern
State in Moody Coliseum Dec. 5
and going 4-4 over the break
which included seven away
gomes in a row.
They squeeked by Mary Har-
din-Baylor in Belton In overtime
to win 91-90 but fell hard Dec.
12 to Texas Lutheran 100-79.
"It was a nightmare" Martin
said. "We were a little short-
handed with Kevin and Vic
gone. I think we were feeling
sorry for ourselves."
Kevin Bradsher junior from
Bryan was not allowed to play
for disciplinary reasons and Vic-
tor Patton sophomore from
Killeen )eft school early before
finals for personal reasons. Pat-
ton since has returned and is in
the process of making up missed
finals.
The Cats barely outlasted both
Midwestern State and Wayland
Baptist. The scores were 63-62
in Wichita Falls and 64-63 in
Plalnview.
The men lost their next three
at the Quincy tournament in Il-
linois. They fell to Wisconsin-
Milwalkee 88-78 IUPU-Fort
Wayne 79-77 and Quincy Uni-
versity 89-85. Martin said the Il-
linois tourney was an important
one even though the team lost.
"It's so hard to win on the
road" he said. "But it's good
experience. We played hard and
we were in every ball game.
We've worked hard since then
and we've improved. We learned
what we needed to Improve on."
The Wildcats came back from
the tournament defeats to win In
Moody over Wayland Baptist
76-73 to extend their Moody
win streak to 44.
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Floyd Logan was wearing his knee
brace in practice Friday hoping to
be completely healed by Monday's
Lone Star Conference opener
against Angelo State University in
Moody Coliseum at 8 p.m.
Just as Logan is struggling to be
ready the entire team is struggling.
Head coach Mike Martin has only
nine players to work with and
many of them are young and less
experienced than the LSC rivals
they will be pined against in the
coming weeks.
"We're a tight team" Martin
aid. "We have a good chemistry.
We have talent; we'd like to have
more."
Martin said a lot of factors are in-
volved in going all the way to na-
tionals a goal he has set for the
team and Logan is one of those
factors.
"He's the guy who's really going
to have to come out and play his
hardest" Martin said. "There are a
lot of people who have to come on
and play.
Logan's knee is certain to be heal-
ed enough for him to make a dif-
ference. He leads the team in assists
with 87 for the year and has 151
points. But some things Martin
said still are uncertain.
"Our young players are going to
have to play well' he said. "With
Bradsher fails
to maintain 2.0
Guard Kevin Bradsher who
averaged 17 points per game early
in the Wildcats' basketball season
will not be readmitted to school for
the 1988 spring semester for aca-
demic reasons.
Bradsher 6-2 junior from Bryan
is eligible to compete under NCAA
and Lone Star Conference rules
said head basketball coach Mike
Martiny but he- ddnot meet AGU'
academic stanaaras in nis iirst
semester last fall after transferring
from a junior college.
Head basketball coach Mike Mar-
tin said Bradsher was not allowed
back in school because he did not
meet the 2.0 requirement estab-
lished for transfer students.
ACU said 'We'll take a
chance' " Martin said. "He needed
to make a 2.0 or better and he
didn't do it. That's Kevin's respon-
sibility. Our school was trying to
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Hoad basketball coach Mike Martin shows his concern during the
Wildcats' near loss to Wayland Baptist Monday night. The men's
homo-court winning streak now stands at 44 straight wins aftor
the 76-73 win.
the team we have we're not going
to blow anybody out. To win we re
going to have to fight for every
point. We'll play a lot of dose
fames. It's harder on me tlut way.
t's harder on the team that way.
But that's the situation we're in -
Martin is not & coach to look too
far into the future. Through experi-
ence he realizes conference champi-
onships are made one game at a
time.
"We're concentrating on
Angelo" he said. "Angelo
manhandled Midwestern who beat
West Texas."
West Texas State was ranked fifth
by Sports Illustrated in a preseason
pick.
"We don't worry about ratings"
Martin said. "You still have to beat
them."
And to beat Angelo State Martin
said the team has to shoot better
and rebound better.
"Our weakness is rebounding"
Martin said. "That means
everybody's got to get in on the act.
We didn't shoot well on the road
either."
The Cats shot a mediocre 41.9
percent in their 76-73 defeat of
Wayland Baptist Monday.
Angelo's strength Martin said
lies in its size and that's going to
make the Wildcat rebounding all
that much more difficult.
The men will fight to extend their
Moody win streak to 45.
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give him a break"
Martin said that because of the
loss of Bradsher everyone on the
team will have to play that much
harder.
This season Bradsher had played
in nine games starting in four with
averages of 17.3 points 3.3 re-
bounds' and 2.7 assists per game.
Earlier in the season he missed five
games for. unrelated disciplinary
reasons.
He is a 1984 graduate of Bryan
High School and attended Howard
College in ig Spring and Carl
Albert Junior College in Oklahoma.
He was all-state in high school for
Bryan's state championship team.
In the latest Lone Star Con-
ference statistics Bradsher was
fourth in scoring seventh in three-
point field coal shooting sixth in
free-throw shooting and fifth in
assists.
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