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San Jacinto Duo Storms Past Rebels, 82-73
first with a
aks, second
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a score of
ment at fl:30 p.m. Hie winners
meet at 8 p.m. Saturday to decide
the zone championship and the
right to face the North Zone win-
ner for a berth In the NJCAA na-
tional meet In Hutchinson, Kans.
'•We should be real positive
about it,” said Hefley about Fri-
day’s game. It was very Impor-
tant to play them close like we
did. If we got blown out, we would
have wondered If we could have
beaten them."
But if the Rebels are to take a
win Friday, they will have to stop
Holland and Gibson. "Gibson was
on fire," Hefley said. "And we
couldn’t do a thing with Holland.
He’s ]ust so huge, with his arms
hanging to the floor. He's ft-foot-7
and hts arms make him 6-9, and
with a 6-3 man guarding him,
there’s no way we can do
anything.”
"Nolan can shoot the ball, he’s
a very good shooter,” said San
Jacinto Coach Ronnie Arrow
about Gibson, who pumped in 17
points, about seven above his
average. “Some nights his role is
to get the ball to the open people
and he does that very well. But
when we call on him to shoot, he
responds."
Gibson and Holland kept the
Ravens up by eight to 10 points
during the second half, as they
stifled any Rebel threat. After
falling to a 51-38 deficit with 17
ByDAVE SORTER
PASADENA (Sp) — Simply
stated, the Lee College Rebels ran
Into a horse and some magic
Tuesday night.
If It hadn't been for Carey
"Horse" Holland and Nolan
"Magic" Gibson, San Jacinto
might not have come away with
their 82-73 victory over the Rebels
in the Texas Junior College
Athletic Conference finale lrt
Anders Gym that clinched San
Jac’s 11th straight TJCAC cham-
pionship. The two combined for 20
of the Ravens' second-half points,
31 on the game, and stifled any
hopes of a Rebel comeback win.
And that isn’t even counting the
18 points put In by All-American
Frank “Spoon" James alone.
James' effort, however, was
counteracted by an excellent LC
shooting effort — 50 percent on
the evening — and the return to
the good ball-handling — only 13
turnovers
earlier in the year.
The LC showing gave Coach
Mike Hefley high hopes for Fri-
day’s Region XIV South Zone
semifinal at the LC gymnasium.
The Rebels, 21-8 overall and 9-5 In
conference, will meet the Ravens,
26-2 and 13-1 and rated No, 6 in the
latest National Junior College
Athletic Association poll, in the
8:30 p.m. nightcap. Temple and
Laredo will kick off the tourna-
minutes left, the Rebels cut It to
nine during the next 10 minutes,
but the teams just traded baskets
until the end.
Hefley felt that San Jac’s height
advantage prevented the Rebels
from cracking the lead. "We just
don’t get any second shots up
high," he said. "In order to win,
you have to be able to work the In-
side."
Arrow credited the Rebels abili-
ty to stay close to their outside
shooting, and especially that of
Steve Daniels. The 6-2 freshman
from Forest Hills, N.Y. came off
the bench to hit 14 points, 12 In the
second half. At one point, he con-
tributed eight consecutive LC
points on Jumpers from the key
and driving layups.
Daniels was the sparkplug of
the 50 percent Rebel shooting ef-
fort, connecting on 7-of*12 shots.
LC was 34-of-68 on the night, but
was heavily ourebounded on both
ends of the floor. Donny Andrews
brought down 11 caroms, while
John Jennings grabbed eight.
Clay was LC’s leading scorer with
16 points, Daniels and Jack Smith
chipped in 14 apiece, Andrews
had 13 and Jennings 12.
In fact, the first half could have
been a tag-team shootout bet-
ween, In the red comer, Smith
and Clay, and, in the blue comer,
James, Gibson and Ron
Singleton. Both teams were blaz-
ing from outside, with James,
Clay and Smith all hitting 10 first-
half points, Gibson nine and
Singleton eight. Andrews even got
Into the act, hitting bombs he
usually can only dream about.
San Jacinto didn't pull out until
the last four minutes of the first
half, when the Ravens scored six
straight points to take a 37-30 ,
lead. They put the margin to dou-
ble figures for the first time when |
they scored eight of the first 10 |
points, led by the bulky Holland’s '
Inside domination.
The Ravens have now beaten I
the Rebels twice In TJCAC play, I
something that hasn’t happened 1
In three years. Yet, neither coach
forsees a Raven letdown Friday. * j
"I don't believe In that kind of |
stuff," Hefley said. Responded \
Arrow, "We didn’t exactly run
away with It, and that will keep
our attention. This part of the
season Is over. The tournament is I
what counts.
And the Rebels have yet to *
achieve their annual win over the —'
Ravens. If they get It Friday, it
will be the sweetest one yet.
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Halftime - San Jacinto 43. LC 30.
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Nolan Gibson. Despite Daniels’ 14 points, Lee College lost to San Jac,
82-73, Tuesday night.
(Sun sports photo by Carrie Pryor)
Walker Glad RSS Is Playing Clear Lake.
Sylestine is a super coach.”
The Rangers suffered a 76-66
loss to the Falcons on New Year’s
Eve and Walker feels that both
teams have Improved since their
previous meeting.
“We played well, but we didn’t
have Burney Young. It was fairly
close other than the first
quarter," he said. “We were
down 16-11 and then we both
scored 18 points in the second.
They outscored us 20-18 in the
third, we cut it down to four points
with five minutes left and then
they stretched it back out to 10
- points.”
“They’re three-year starters
and they’re the ones that can put
you out of the game In a hurry,”
he said. “We had their game with
Clear Creek scouted by Bob
Starner of Gentry and he was
really impressed with Jim
Novacs. He scorpd 12 or 14 points
against us and he’s capable of '
having a good game. Brad Myers
is also an outstanding player and
he had a good game against us. ”
Because of the height disad-
vantage, Walker believes the key
for the Rangers will be the press.
“We’re going to have to do a
super job on our press and get
some steals, but we’re going to
have to do it without • fouling,’’. ,
said Walker- “They work on
drawing offensive charges which
puts them at the line and they’re
excellent free-throw shooters.”
Court on the Rice University cam-
By VALERIE ROBERTSON
Although teams do not have a pus.
choice about who they play in the
playoffs, Ross S. Sterling Coach said Walker. "We know we’re
Woody Walker could not be more playing one of the best programs
pleased with their competition.
The Rangers, District 23-5A play them than anybody else. I’m
runnersup, will take on District sure (Lake Head Coach) Bill
24-5A champion Clear Lake at Kreuger has the best record in the
7:30 p.m. Thursday night at Autry state of Texas as far as basketball
goes and (Assistant Coach) Lloyd
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‘We’re looking forward to it,”
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SPORTS
in the state and we would rather
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Richard Is Determined
To Return To Majors
REL, Ball To Play Thursday
Ball, the defending Region
The District 23-5A champion
Robert E. Lee Ganders will III-5A champion, defeated
play 24-5A runner-up Clear Creek, 48-40, in Deer
Galveston Ball in the bi-district Park Tuesday night to claim
playoffs at 8 p.m. Thursday at the second playoff position in
Delmar Field House, REL 24-5A. The Golden Tornadoes
Coach Jim Ledbetter announc- are 23-10 overall, while the
Ganders are 19-11.
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COCOA, Fla. CAP) this club. I’m plann- h i m s e If. “ W h o
— There were few ing to make the besides me could-
vqlunteer hitters club,
when Houston pitcher
J.R. Richard took the
mound to pitch bat- year-old right-hander
ting practice last will pitch in some ex-
and hibition games and
“We’re playing better, but I
also understand Clear Lake is
playing better, ’ ’ Walker added.
Lake’s Jim Novacs and Brad
Myers will pose a big threat to the
Rangers according to Walker.
play it sofbod'unless
it’s the second me,”
he said.
Lillis says the 32-
ed late Tuesday night.
Richard still has
one .year remaining
on a contract that
pays him $800,000 an-
nually. He hopes to "
earn it.
“I’m not worrying .
. a&qut-. any tof 1 thgtT,,, -‘-
\ new;*^ Rifchatd said.
“I want to do
whatever the club
September
those who did ap- will have to improve
proached the plate as his control and his
if tip-toeing through a slider* befcA being
considered ready for
a comeback in the
majors.
Hall’s 39 Points Leads Eagles Past Center
By JEFFSNOOK
Hall, the playmaking Eagle
ORANGE (Sp) — Before Tues- point guard, pumped in 39 points
day night’s area playoff game and dished out 10 assists to lead
between Barbers Hill and Center, the defending Class 3A state
an elderly man was surrounded in champions to a 79-59 win over
the lobby of the Little Cypress- Center. ....... ,*
MauricevUl^HighJchool. _ “She liaft a-real good ballgame
Several—friends “were asking ” Barbers Hill Coach Den-
why the Little Cypress native was Rivers said of his star. “We
attending his first basketball didnt shoot as well as we normal-
game in many, many years, ly do, but Pennee came through.”
Especially since he had no con- ™“e Eagles might not have shot
nection with either participating UP to tbe'r lofty standard, but
schooi they shot well enough to trounce
, ' . . . \. the District 18-3A champions, who
After hearing so much about came into the game with a 24-2
her,” the elder replied, “I had to record. "
come out and see the great Pen-
nee Hall.”
Rivers said his gameplan called lead to 48-28. Their largest lead mine field,
for the Eagles to get the ball off came at 33 points (75-42) when Richard, trying to
the boards and run with it ip order Tami Rogers converted a three- come kac’i< (rom a
to wear down Center. It worked. point play with 5:29 left in the near-fatal stroke he
“We thought they would get game. suffered on July 30,
tired,” he said. “You could tell The final score was misleading, 198q had no control
during the third quarter that they considering Center scored the over’ his once blazing
were getting real tired. Our press < final 11 points after Rivers in-
was also real good for us.”
Center stood tough early in the
The slider is the
key, Lillis said.
“That was his big asks to fit into spring
pitch. It’s not near training. I don’t have
what it was before a timetable. I’ve just
put my life in God’s -
fast ball.
serted his substitutes.
“We couldn’t even the stroke. But he’s
let him throw batting throwing the slider a hands. My only goals
practice in Septem- whole lot better nbw ai*e to make the club
ber unless we could than in September. and bring as many
find enough volun- Richard is so confh\Re°Ple to-Christ as
teers to bat against dent that he will possible.
Rushing91-3219,swindle23-647,cioudy41-25 him,” Astros Mana- return he’s already
9, Regina Garrett 3 0-0 3 6, Nehe Garrett 6 4-4 316, oor Rnh I illio oqIH ’ 3
Gibbs 0 0-1 0 0, Hubbard 0 2-2 0 2. Totals 2411-1817 6eI Duu LGIUS bt*lU.
Rogers, who scored 20 points,
game, trailing 25-19 after Regina dominated the boards at both
Garrett hit a jumper from 15 feet ' ends of the court. The sophomore
with 4:11 left in the second hauled in 17 rebounds,
quarter.
But that is when the Eagles
turned the game into a cakewalk,
outscoring Center 15-7 to take a
40-26 halftime lead. Hall hit nine barbers hill <7») „*«*«
points in the stretch.®*
Hall then scored six of the 0-010, Farmer 10-010, Irby 0 04) 10. Totals 3019-25
Eagles first eight second-half
points as the Hill increased the
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CENTER (59)
“And, I would-like
started casting for a to- catch me a 20-
proposed moviC of his pound fish;”
life. ABC-TV has the
rights to the film, >
Former ...Astros
said.
Barbers Hill, 33-2, will play Fri-
_____. .—day in the Region III-3A tourpa-
"* After the game, the old man ment at Blinn College in Brenham
had to believe his trip was well against either Smithville or
worth the effort.
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Hall 1411-14 4 39, Laurie 00-04 0, Marcontell 5 0-2
10, Richardson 3 2-2 0 8, Rogers 7 6-7 1 20, Smith 0
That was last
season.
• A slimmer Richard Manager Bill Virdon
reported to camp this would be playfed by
season in much bet- Robin Williams and
ter form and with a Richard will play
determined plan for
pitching again in the
— major leagues. “I
kept myself in good
condition all winter
and I kept my mind
on baseball,” he said.
“I believe I can make
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HOUSTON (AP) - Things are
clearly going well for guard Jim
Paxson and the Portland Trail
Blazers.
The Blazers opened a 12-point
lead with 14 unanswered first-
period points, shrugged ofr^a
Rocket rally that gave Houston a
59-51 advantage in the second
period and went on to win their
fifth straight 113-107 Tuesday
night.
wanted to make them beat us
from the perimeter. That’s what
they did down the stretch,” the
Portland guard said.
Portland erased Houston’s
second-period advantage with a
12-2 surge in the closing minutes
that gave the Blazers a 63-61
halftime lead.
“They got out on the break too
many times,” said Houston guard
Allen Leavell. “They got a lot of
second shots and layups on us.”
A stepped-up Portland defense
limited Houston to just 16 points
in th^-third period as the 34-21
Blazers built a 93-77 edge behind
the shooting of Paxson and for-
ward Mychal Thompson.
Leavell led all scorers with 30
points, 24 coming in the first half
Thompson scored }2 points in* on 12 for 15 shooting.
Thompson added 20 points and
“We complement each other 12 rebounds for the Blazers.
well,” said Paxson. “When he’s
going well, we’re tough to beat. If Portland <hs)
I move and set ODen he sets me Natt 7-13 4‘518* T1’omPson 8‘13«-«22, cooper 3-9
1 move dIHl gel open, lie gets me 2-4 8, Lever 4-8 4-512, Paxson 10-19 8-8 28, Carr 5-11
the ball.” 1-U1,Busey4-100-08,Lamp2-3M4, McDowelll-2
,,, , , 0-02, Judkins0-10-00.Totals.44-89 25-31 113.
The Rockets cut Portland’s lead houstonuo7)'
to Wur points, 105-101, on Terry Bailey 10-160-1 20)Walker 7-121-l t5^C. Jones 2-5
_ , , , . ... . 0-0 4, Bryant3-61-87,Leavell 15-230-030, Hayes5-7
Teagle’s long jumper with 2:04 1-211, Teagei 4-e 0-0 8, Pauitr 0-10-2 0, Murphyo-n
left in the game. Houston could - m 12,i^ndersono^mo.Totals52-873-14107.
get no closer, however, until the Houaton 26 35 w so—107
game’s final 10 seconds. „Three?°‘nt 8oals~Te H F°ul'l ®ut-B#“V,'
° Hayes. Rebounds—Portland 44 (Thompson 12),
Houston 38 (Hayes 11). Assists—Portland 23
(Lever 7), Houston 27 (Leavell 8). Total
fouls—Portland 15, Houston 27. A—6,144.
the period and Paxson added 10.
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“We were still pretty much in
control of the game,” said Pax-
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points. #
“We gave them a lot of easy
shots. In the second half, we
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NCAA Division II, III Playoff Teams Picked
EXPIRATION DATE 2-28-83
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MISSION, Khn. (AP) — Also winning berths in Division American International College had earned automatic bids by
District of Columbia, defending II were Cheyney State, Pa., 22-3; and Springfield College were winning conference titles,
champion in Division II, was Wright State, Ohio, 20-3; named hosts for the semifinals Regional competition in Divi-
among six teams selected today Philadephia Textile, Pa., 21-4; and championship game March sion III was scheduled March 3-5
for at-large berths in the National Kentucky Wesleyan, 18-6; and 24-26 at Springfield, Mass. with quarterfinal games schedul-
Collegiate Athletic Association West Georgia, 20-6. Joiriing Scranton in the Division ed for March 12. The semifinals
tournament. Hampton Institute, Va., 19-6, III lineup was Roanoke, Va., 24-1, and championship game was
The Firebirds, ranked firsMn and St. Augustine’s, N.C., 20-4, and Wisconsin-JWhitewater, 21-4. scheduled for- March 18-19 at
Division JI with a 24-2 record, will earned automatic bids after winn-HHo per Mich., 17-3,' and Calvin College in Grand Rapids,
host a South Atlantic Regional inglne north and south divisions Bridgewater State, Mass., 20*-4, Mich.
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^ ed three teams to at-large berths, sion II was to be played March 10- jlllfl LiftSSltlCCl — tiZ'OuZO
including top-ranked Scranton, 12, and quarterfinaT games were
scheduled March 18 or 19.
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