The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1979 Page: 8 of 16
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The Rice Thresher, January 25, 1979, Page 8
Sports Report
Frogs croak, Rice wins
Ed Westerfield ,v
Rice-T.C.U.
Monday night, the Rice
Owls had three player hurt,
shot poorly, but still managed
to defeat the T.C.U. Horned
Frogs, 59-56. The win was the
second coi.secutive road win
for the Owls, the first time since
3 973 since Rice has had back-
to-back wins away from Autry
Court.
The first half saw the Owls
and the Frogs exchange leads
through the opening 12
minutes. But Rice outscored
T.C.U. 14-5 in the final eight
minutes of the half to grab a 29-
21 lead.
The first half was costy for
the Owls, however, as both
Brett Burkholder and Joe
Daniels were hurt. Burkholder
hurt his ankle and is doubtful
for the Aggies game this
Saturday afternoon. Daniels
was cut on the forehead while
going for a loose ball, and had
to have stitches. He will be
ready by game time. As if this
were not enough, Ants DeCello
hurt his ankle in practice
Sunday. His status is uncertain.
At the beginning of the
second half, the Owls began to
pick up their shooting, and the
Rice lead grew to 41-29. The
Frogs battled back, outscoring
the Owls 23-13 to narrow the
Rice lead to 54-52.
Alas, the Frogs began to
miss, and though the Owls
missed several free throws in
the final minutes, Rice held on
for its third conference victory
against four losses.
Elbert Darden had a poor
shooting night, but still led the
Owls with 19 points and 12
rebounds. Glenn Rieke added
10 points and 10 rebounds.
UH Cougars
defeat Owls
On Saturday, Rice con-
tinued its long-standing tradi-
tion of playing awful basketball
against Houston, as the cross-
town Cougars embarassed the
Owls 101-75. The loss for Rice
was its fifteenth without a win
against UH.
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For the second game in a
row, the Owls had the
misfortune of catching a team
playing its best game of the
conference season. The
Cougars, like Texas on the
previous Tuesday, hit 59 per
cent from the field. But the
reason the Houston game was
so bad was that Rice was ice-
cold, connecting on only 29 of
75 shots for 39 percent.
From the beginning of the
game, one could sense that a
disaster was about to happen.
The Cougars hit 5 of their first 6
shots and jumped to an early
12-2 lead. Rice tried to inch
back, but no one was able to hit
with any consistency, and
Houston quickly spread its lead
to 28-12.
Coach Schuler felt that
drastic changes would be
necessary if the Owls were to
get back in the game, so
inserted Robert Hubble, Joe
Danials, John Mott and
Anthony DeCello into the
game. These four, along with
Elbert Darden, whittled the
Houston lead down to 37-25,
but the Cougars outscored the
Owls 12-4 in the last 2-1/2
minutes of the half, and took a
49-29 lead into the locker
room.
Victor Ewing of Houston
was probably the main reason
for the Cougars' offensive
success, as he hit all 10 of his
shots for 20 first-half points.
The second half was almost a
mirror-image of the first
twenty-minutes, as Houston
continued to hit and Rice kept
missing. The Cougars, as in the
first half, wore out a path to the
foul line, connecting on 18 of 25
freebies for the second half, and
31 of 44 for the game.
The referees called a tight
game inside, and Rice ended up
on the short end many times.
The refs blew a few, but the
officiating was not the major
factor in the outcome of the
game.
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Glenn Rieke hits for two points over Houston. -photo by Wayne Derrick
After the game, Coach
Schuler had very little to say,
but he did point out that "We
played the worst basketball
game we've played this year."
Elbert Darden had a sub-par
performance, hitting just 7 of
18 from the floor and 3 of 4
from the line for 17 points.
Bobby Tudor popped in 12
points, Glenn Rieke scored 10,
and DeCello notched 10.
This Saturday afternoon, the
Owls host the talented Texas
A&M Aggies. It's a T.V. game,
starting at 12:40.
Coach Schuler turned the
matter over to the players who
discussed the situation and
then took a vote. The vote was
in favor in reinstatement.
Coach Schuler said, "I am
very happy that Brian Burns
has decided to rejoin our team.
I still believe that he will make a
very positive contribution to
the development of a fine
basketball program at Rice
University. He is back with us,
and all is forgiven and
forgotten."
Burns reinstated
Basketball coach Mike
Schuler announced today that
freshman Brian Burns has been
reinstated as a member of the
team, effective immediately.
Burns had quit the squad after
the conference opener at
Baylor. He came to Schuler
and asked to rejoin the team.
Burns, Irom Pt. Mugu,
California, had started eight
straight games prior to his
leaving the team. At the time he
was Rice's third leading scorer,
with a 9.8 average and 108
points in eleven games. He had
played in every game up to that
point.
Glenn Rieke, (31) and Larry McCage battle Houston for a rebound.
•photo by Wayne Derrick
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Heard, Michelle Leigh. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1979, newspaper, January 25, 1979; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245393/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.