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F riday, March 12,19H2
The Red and Black
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Georgia faces ASU in NCAA first rounds
averaging 21.5 points and 115 rebounds a game. Olivia Jones.
alsoB-foot-2, averages 14.1 points and 7 5 rebounds.
Georgia knows all too well that Arizona State is not a one
dimensional team. Cassandra Lander a 5-foot 6 junior,
provides outside firepower with a 14.1 average Lander
connected on 12 of 15 shots for 31 points in last year's NWIT
championship game.
Freshman Toya DeCee starts at another forward and
averages 7.1 points and 5.1 rebounds The point guard is 5-
foot-4 Sandra Hamilton, who averages 8*1 points and has
dealt off 102 assists (3.6 per gamel
The Lady Dogs have played well lately, and Landers isn't
going tochange anything now.
"We re going to get out there and play Georgia basketball,
and do the things that we’ve done all year." he said “We're
not showing them any new wrinkles
"We have got to get a good offensive showing from the
people we think are good offensive players We need to geCfc
points from Harris and Holloway. I don't care how.” 71
Being placed in the same bracket with Louisiana TeCh
hasn't sent tremors through the Georgia coaching staff,
however “It doesn't really matter If we had to sit dow n and
pick somebody, we probably wouldn't have picked Louisiana;
Tech But going as far as to say we can t compete with theffiT
I wouldn't say that," Landers said
But first the Lady Dogs must get by Arizona Stale. Playing;
in Tempe, Ariz., doesn't help matters.
Landers isn't agonizing over the situation. "The way our
coaching staff looks at it. we re just thinking about goingjui
there and winning, and getting back home," he said 'JZV
Gametime tonight is 7:30 MST, 9:30 EST
Women netters ace Illinois State
ByCHARLESODUM
Rrd and Black Slaff Writer
The women’s tennis team
ran its record to 4-0 Thur
sday afternoon by
dominating an inex
perienced Illinois State team
with a 4-0 shutout in the
tennis complex
Georgia sophomore Lisa
Spain returned to the No. 1
singles slot after a day off
Wednesday. Spain easily
defeated Illinois State's No. 1
singles player Katie Waters
by a 6-1,6-1 score.
In other action. Dot
Higgins defeated Jackie
Brennan 6-2, 6-1, Maxxine
Kaufman topped Nancy
Webber 6-4, 6-2. Nancy
Cohen beat Beth Erwin 6-1,
6-1, Jenny Fisher defeated
Traci Parker 6-0, 6-2 and
Leigh Shepherd completed
the singles sweep by shutting
out Sherry Weber 6-0,6-0.
In doubles play, the
Georgia women continued to
dominate their visitors from
Illinois as Spain and
Shepherd defeated Brennan
and Waters 6-3, 6-4, Higgins
and Cohen beat Webber and
Weber 6-1, 6-2 and Fisher
and Sadri finished off Parker
and Erwin 6-1,6-0.
Georgia Coach Lee Myers
was somewhat sympathetic
in her feelings toward the
Illinois State team "Believe
it or not, they don’t have any
indoor facilities up there, so
they took this trip to get
some playing in,” Myers
said.
Myers and her team will
take on 20th-ranked
Oklahoma State today at 2
p.m The women have been
preparing for this match all
week.
"Oklahoma State will be
our first big test of the
season,” Myers said.
"Clemson would have been a
Clemson) was snowed oUL
Oklahoma State would bCTa
very big win for us, bufTO
know it will be tough.”
Myers hopes that a win
over Oklahoma State weuKI
be enough to push the
women’s team into the top
20. ’ The International
Tennis Coaches Association
is responsible for the poll,”.
Myers said. "We are sup
posed to send in our results
on March 15, so maybe a win
would be enough to get us
in.” The Georgia women
upset North Carolina in falfc
action to begin to bring some
credibility to the program
By CHARLESAARON
lt«l .1 ml Black Staff W rKrr
Landers expects a good offensive game from
Janet Harris tonight at Arizona State
.Imkic (rmhy
The tumultuous prelude has concluded Much has been said
and done — nothing has been settled All the struggle and
calamity a team goes through to get to this point is so easily
forgotten — just ask Ray Meyer.
The second season is just beginning. and no games are
locks. Win or fold your tent Georgia I^ady Bulldog Coach
Andy Landers is well aware of the challenge "We knew that
any game we got would be tough," he said.
Landers was rationalizing after drawing 17th-ranked
Arizona State in the first round of the NCAA women s
basketball tournament He knew that Lady Luck was out to
lunch when it came time to pick Georgia's pairing.
Besides Arizona State, No. 1-ranked Louisiana Tech. 30-1
on the season, is in Georgia’s bracket in the Midwest
Regional. South Carolina. Kentucky and Illinois also
populate the Midwest Regional. The Lady Dogs' pathway to
Norfolk. Va., and the Final Four is fraught with plenty of top-
ranked obstacles.
But first, the business at hand concerning Arizona State.
The Sun Devils boast a 24-6 record, alt' ough they’ve only
beaten one top 20 team That was an impressive victory,
however, as they slipped past power louse Southern Cal, 53-
51, in Tempe. Ariz. In fact, the Sun Devils have won 12 of their
last 14 games heading into tonight's game with Georgia.
Both squads are fairly familiar with each other, having
met in the scintillating final of last year's National Women's
Invitational Tournament. The Lady Dogs, who were down by
as many as 17 points in the second half, charged back, tied
the game and w on it 75-73 in overtime.
Keying the Georgia victory was forward Cynthia Collins,
who poured in 21 points and yanked 13 rebounds The starting
Georgia frontline outrebounded the entire Arizona State
team 40-31. and Landers believes that whatever team
dominates the glass this time, will probably come out vic
torious.
"We’ve got to outrebound them, and they average a lot
more rebounds than we do,” he said. "If they start
outrebounding us. we re going to be in a lot of trouble. ”
The Sun Devils' strength lies inside. Six-foot-2 sophomore
Kym Hampton is a dominant force underneath. Hampton has
led Arizona State in scoring in 22 out of 30 games, and is
Walker will make history
by challenging the NFL
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Herschel Walker is
demanding his rights When
he says he'd like to challenge
the National Football
League's rule that prohibits
signing players until their
college ciass graduates, he's
probably making his mama
back home in Wrightsville
very happy
For Waiker was raised to
believe if something is unfair
and affecting you. it’s worth
fighting for a change
All this NFL talk is not
mere spouting off of a
frustrated runner-up for the
Heisman Trophy or a pom
pous 20-year-old seeking at
tention. Walker's got a good
chance of challenging the
rule (which dates back to the
1920s i and winning his case.
He knows he's got a chance,
or else he would let it be.
Walker simply wants to
make his own decisions
about what Walker can and
what Walker cannot do He
says he's tired of people try
ing to hold him back from
making his own decisions.
He says he wants to be suc
cessful and happy — and lest
we forget, it's his life.
The NCAA does not want
to restrict any individual
from pursuing a career, and
as long as Walker is careful
not to discuss his role in the
draft, no NCAA rules will be
violated.
So it looks like Herschel
will be able to have his cake
and eat it too. By merely
challenging the rule, he
would not sacrifice his re
maining two years of
eligibility at Georgia
But if he wins the case,
Walker is as good as gone
You can’t possibly believe he
would go to all the trouble of
contesting the rule only for a
little peace of mind? Losing
the Heisman Trophy to Mar
cus Allen was surely a disap
pointment. but now Walker
has got other things to think
of — mainly the challenge of
becoming the first collegiate
to play with the big boys.
And the money is there, too.
Walker was the great
American last Spring when
he ignored Nelson
Skalbania's promises of
stardom with what then was
his Montreal Allouettes of
the Canadian Football
League But maybe it just
wasn’t the right time to
sacrifice an education and
another record-setting year
of college football to chase
fame and fortune in the
great white north. Or maybe
Walker had ideas even then
about taking on the NFL
Whatever the case, if
Walker does turn pro, he will
no longer be an amateur —
meaning there will be no
Olympics for him. But
although Walker has always
said he loves track, the
Olympics are a dream, a
goal that may or may not
materialize. And while both
the Heisman and Olympics
are coveted visions of his.
they will not override the
satisfaction he would get by
being a success and making
it in the pros.
Coach Vince Dooley has
tried to discourage Walker
who said last week it was a
70-30 chance he would
challenge the NFL. Dooley
fears a sudden flurry of pro
scouts at his practice field
instilling visions of fame and
fortune to his aspiring
players
His worries may be war
ranted, but college basket
ball. baseball, tennis and
golf coaches have seemingly
had little difficulty dealing
with scouts.
Just as Spencer Haywood
challenged the courts in 1971
lor his rights to play profes
sional basketball and won.
Herschel Walker too will win
his case.
No doubt the NFL will
stand by it's case, believing
the rule protects the majori
ty of college football players
who wouldn't stand a chance
in the professional ranks.
Whether or not Walker
possesses enough talent to
make it in the NFL is not the
case. His 3,741 yards and 37
touchdowns in the record
books is an indiction of his
talents.
But Walker deserves a
chance to put his name in yet
another record book, a
history book More power to
ya, Herschel.
Jackie Crosby is sports
editor of The Red and Black.
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