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2B ■ The Red and Black « Tuesday. September 18, 1990
Basketball star Alec Kessler
drafted by the Miami Heat
By ERIK SCHMIDT
Sports Writer
The drafting of former Georgia
forward Alec Kessler into the
ranks of the NBA marked the end
of an era on the hardwood of the
Georgia Coliseum.
The 6-11, 240 lb. all-time leading
scorer for Georgia (1,788 points)
was selected twelfth in the 1990
NBA draft by the Houston Rockets.
He was subsquently traded to the
Miami Heat for Dave Jamerson of
Ohio University, and Carl Herrera
from the University of Houston.
The Heat, which enters its third
season as an NBA franchise, is a
young team sporting fresh talent
such as Glenn Rice, formerly of
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Alec Kessler: All-American
Michigan, and former byracuse
stars Rony Seikaly and Sherman
Douglas.
Miami begins practice on Oc
tober 5th, and although Kessler’s
contract negotiations are still un
settled, he said his agent, Richard
Howell, is working on getting
things ironed out.
Kessler played in an Atlanta
summer league at Georgia Tech
with Tech and Atlanta Hawks
players to keep in shape.
As for his role with the Heat,
Kessler said, “111 be playing in the
power forward slot. My outside
shooting and intensity of play
should help me.”
Georgia assistant coach Mark
Slonaker also said Kessler’s ability
to shoot from outside is important.
‘The thing that will keep him in
the league is his ability to shoot the
ball from anywhere.” Slonaker
said.
Life will not end for Kessler fol
lowing his NBA career, however.
With a 3.91 G.P.A., Kessler was ac
cepted into Johns Hopkins Univer
sity where he will attend medical
school after his playing days are
over.
Kessler, who averaged 21 points
and 10.4 rebounds per game last
year, led the Dogs to their first
SEC basketball title and an NCAA
Tournament berth in 1990. He was
also recently chosen over 16 men
and women named Academic All-
Americans in other sports as the
GTE Academic All-American of the
Year.
SPUTTER
From page 1 B
Frank Harvey as complements to
Hearst’s immense skills.
“We have to keep the rotation to
keep a fresh back in the game,”
Ware said. “We also help each
other on the sidelines and point out
places where we can improve.”
“We as a coaching staff know we
can do a better job,” Goff said.
What was the difference in the
two games?
“We went after them (USM)
harder than we did at LSU,” Jones
said. “We kept pounding them and
nailing them with the running
game and our line play was super.”
“Against LSU, we were ex
tremely sporadic, but as the (USM)
game went on we started to put it
all together,” Swan said.
In an age of run and shoot of
fenses, Georgia is still relying on
the ground game for victories. With
the quarterback situation still un
settled, the backs and the line are
going to have to mesh and move
this team in order for the Bulldogs
to win.
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Greg Talley: Possible contender for this year’s starting
quarterback. Only Preston Jones could stand in his way
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should be a quarterback’s dream
scenario, but it has been more of a
nightmare for the Bulldogs, who
haven’t converted in the clutch.
Jones was intercepted while
forcing a pass Saturday against the
Golden Eagles and on passing situ
ations on third down. Jones con
verted on only one of his seven
tries, while Talley was slightly
better at one for three attempts.
This type of lackluster play
dogged the Bulldogs against LSU.
Georgia converted on only two of
ten third downs, which places more
pressure on the young running
backs.
Georgia cannot honestly expect
to gain everything on the ground
against Alabama this Saturday in
Sanford Stadium.
“We can’t just run over Ala
bama,” Haffner said. ‘We must de
velop a better mix of the run and
the pass.” ‘We must keep the de
fense off balance by mixing the run
and the pass,” Talley said.
Both quarterbacks agree that
the constant switching has not af
fected the team or its outlooks.
“We can’t think about it. Preston
and I have decided to just go out
there and do the best job we can
each week and let the rest take
care of itself,” Talley said.
“I knew Greg was coming in so I
just have to go out and do my best,”
Jones said.
So far, their best has not been
good enough.
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Lady Dogs win second
By ERIK SCHMIDT
Sports Writer
The Lady Bulldog volleyball
team (10-3) placed second in the
Auburn Tournament last weekend
despite a convincing non-confer
ence victory over SEC-rival Au
burn 3-0(15-10,15-7,15-10).
The Lady Dogs defeated Eastern
Kentucky in their opening match
3-1 before falling to the eventual
tournament winner, Texas Tech 3-
1 (15-13,7-15,10-15,6-15), in its en
suing contest.
Head coach Jim lams said the
team played well, but was out
matched by the Southwestern Con
ference squad.
‘Texas Tech is as good a team as
we’ve played,” he said. “I wish that
we could have pulled an upset
here.”
All was not lost for the Lady
Dogs, however, as junior Jill Moore
and freshman Francie Rard were
named to the All-Tournament
Team.
Rard, a native of Naples,
Florida, led the Lady Dogs in digs
in the tournament to increase her
team leading total to 154. Senior
Sue Novak led the team in kills
with 69 over the four match round-
robin while senior Christie Lord
paced the team in blocks.
In prior tournament action this
season, the Lady Bulldogs emerged
victorious in the Tipoff Classic in
Athens, while placing fifth in the
Fullerton Tournament in Cali
fornia against a tough crop of
western schools.
The Tipoff Classic featured sev
eral teams that received post
season tournament bids in 1989,
including Eastern Washington, Al-
abama-Birmingham, and Florida
State.
Looking at the rest of the season,
lams is optimistic. The team has
several young players, five
freshmen and a sophomore, as well
as returnees forced to play in dif
ferent positions. The schedule gets
tougher but the team should im
prove with each match, he said.
Next up for the Lady Dogs is the
Illinois State Tournament this
weekend where Georgia will tangle
with Illinois State, Rice and
Murray State.
Game Statistics
SCORING SUMMARY
Georgia 3 3 6 6
Southern Miss 0 10 7 0
FIRST QUARTER:
Georgia 3 Southern Miss 0:
Kasay 38-yard field goal
Drive: 19 yards, 6 plays, KEY
PLAY: Steele recovers USM
fumble at Golden Eagle 39-yard
line.
SECOND QUARTER:
Georgia 3 Southern Miss 3:
Taylor 48-yard field goal
Drive: -5 yards, 6 plays, KEY
PLAY: QB Talley fumbles on
Georgia’s 26 yard line. USM re
covers.
Southern Miss 10 Georgia 3:
Fauvre nine-yard pass to Dwayne
Nelson (Taylor kick)
Drive: 11 yards, 3 plays, KEY
PLAY: Hastings fumbled on en
suing kickoff, USM recovers on
Georgia 11-yard line.
Southern Miss 10 Georgia 6:
Kasay 38-yard field goal
Drive: 56 yards, 13 plays, KEY
PLAY: Talley rushes for 20 yards
and the first down on third down
and 15 from the Georgia 48 yard
line.
THIRD QUARTER:
Southern Miss 17 Georgia 6:
Fauvre 63-yard pass to Michael
Jackson
Drive: 65 yards, 2 plays, KEY
PLAY: Valerie intercepts Pteston
Jones at USM’s 35-yard line.
Southern Miss 17 Georgia 12:
Larry Ware 20-yard run (pass
failed)
Drive: 68 yards, 7 plays, KEY
PLAY: Jones connects with Hearst
on a 12-yard pass play to the
Georgia 48-yard line. Georgia
moved to the USM 37-yard line on
a face mask penalty on the same
BULLDOGS
play.
FOURTH QUARTER:
Georgia 18 Southern Miss 17:
Ware 5 yard run (pass failed)
Drive: 40 yards, 9 plays, KEY
PLAY: Ware picks up three yards
and a first down on fourth down
and two at the USM 31-yard line.
RUSHING
Georgia: Ware 18-77 yards,
Hearst 13-72 yards, Ellis 2-8 yards,
Strong 3-7 yards, Harvey 6-5
yards, Talley 6-1 yard, P. Jones 1-
minus 1 yard.
Southern Miss: E.R. Jackson 16-
65 yards, Nelson 9-45 yards, T.
Smith 14-32 yards, Casey 3-2
yards, Favre 2 - minus 13 yards.
PASSING
Georgia: Jones 5-13 38 yards, 0
TD, 1 int., Talley 3-6 43 yards, 0
TD, 0 int.
Southern Miss: Favre 11-20 136
yards, 2 TD, 0 int.
RECEIVING
Georgia: Hummings 2-25 yards,
Strong 1-18 yards, McCoy 1-12
yards, Mitchell 1-9 yards, Hastings
2-9 yards, Brandon 1-8 yards
Southern Miss: M. Jackson 2-64
yards, E. Williams 2-23 yards,
Baham 1-22 yards, Roberts 2-21
yards, D. Nelson 2-10 yards, E.R.
Jackson 2 - minus 4 yards.
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