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volv mg Bear ami AggienightSimmons GrabsINScoring RecordKINGSVILLE ‘Thank you all I know you helped me getit ’*Thvs .1s Texas A I’sHoegie Simmons reaction when his Javelina teammates presented him with the game h«ill after Simmons hit an AI record 52 points in the Hogs 104-93 win over Last Texas State Monday nightInstead of a loud locker room scene, the Javelinas quickly grabbed up the game ball and marked it tor Simmons collection ot honors, with team captain Larry Mabry making the presentation Simmons, as usual, dressed quietly after the game The Hogs' 5-7 dynamo did his talking on the basketball court, .is he hit 20 of 40 shots from the floor and added 12 of 14 free throws to break the mark of 50 points set by Algie Neal in 1972 Charles Sharp of Southwest State set the lx»ne Star lt;on ference record with 53 points in a game in the 1960 season, and Simmons just missed getting that record, tooHe had a second free throw taken away after he got point No 51 with 2:10 left in the game for stepping on the foul line and had another tree toss rim out with 23 seconds left toP* Ironically. Neal had his 50 point game against Last I exas also and Lion Coach Jim tiudger found his forces being shot out once again as the Lions dropped two games off the conference lead with a 6 5 record to go with a 9-10 seasonmarkThe Javelinas had to battle all the way to get their fifth league win against seven losses and improve their season standing to 9 II Jeff St Clair had 17 points and 11 rebounds to help AI's cause. Hick Calhoun had 13 and Steve Weems got 12 points and nine rebounds before he fouled out with 6 4K leftHast Texas' star guard O'Neal Tarrant shot in 32 points and center Nate Granger added 25 for the LionsAI broke away from 2-2 and 14 14 ties to build up a 51 41 halftime lead as Simmons hit three baskets in the final minuteKach time Last Texas threatened in the second half. AI came up with a bucket to move out of trouble The Hogs led 70 51 with 13 55 left and took a 100-82 lead as Simmons hit the 50 point mark with 2 4H to go in the gameHPC Gains TopIn LSC RaceB% foiled frets InternationalHoward Payne is leading the Une Star Conference by one full game over Sam Houston and Southwest Texas and Coach Ken Henson said this is probably a good time for any sort of padding1 W e re happy to be No 1. but we know that four tough road games lie ahead.” Henson said Monday night minutes after the Yellow jackets romped to an 88-62 conference victory over Angelo State-We just hope that the kind ot determination we have showed in bringing Howard Payne its 10th straight winning season can continue to the endof the race ”In the last 10 years. Howard Payne has won 74 6 per cent of its games with a record of 208 71 Henson, in his fourth seasonat Howard Payne, has compiled a 71 33 record for a 68.3 per cent winning record He won a co-title in 1971-72In other LSC games Monday night. Southwest Texas kept in the running for the title with a 79 74 decision over a scrappyTar let on State squad. Abilene Christian tuned up for its match with Howard Payne this Saturday by dumping Sul Ross 99-91 and East Texas saw its title hopes take a stumble with 104-93 loss to Texas AI. Garland Bullock scored 19 points, (ireg Rogers 16 and Bob Kershaw 17 to lead Howard Payne to its important victory-over the Rams Kershaw also pulled in 19 rebounds The Yellow jackets shot 47 per cent from the field. 70 per cent from the free throw line and outre-bounded the Rams 49 30Rov Moore scored 19 points for Howard Payne The win left Howard Payne with a 9-3 conference record, one game ahead of Sam Houston. idle Monday night, and Southwest Texas I he Bearkats have a 7-3 conference mark and the Bobcats are 8-4 with their win over TarletonMonday S. F Austin, which is only-one game behind in the loss column to Howard Payne, was also idle Monday night
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Alice, Texas, US
Tue, Feb 05, 1974
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