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Tech Garners89-85 VictoryEd Wakefield Scores Six Straight Points To Save Conference WinBy DON IIENRY Avnlanchr-loiiriml Sport* StaffHOUSTON — Texas Tech, with visions of Ramos past growing clearer with every passing second, went to reserve Ed Wakefield for six straight pressure points, climbed to an 89-85 win over Rice, and in doing so, set up an early Southwest Conference showdown.The road victory, coupled with Texas’ 77-75 win over Baylor in Waco, sets up a crucial name in Austin Tuesday night, in a contest matching the current co-lenders.The win was Tech's fourth in —-— ------------ —a row and lett Rice 0-2 in con ference. The Raiders arc now 8-6 for the year.But the pattern looked eerie in the second half here Saturday night.Ix)«t Lead*Twice this year Tech has built authoritative leads only to see them disappear into defeats, and last week the Raiders squandered a big lend at home hut were able to hold off Baylor. Then too. Tech seniors canSECTION IISUNDAY, JAN. 23, 1072remember a game here two years ago when the Raiders led by 15 points only to lose in the final seconds.And here Saturday night, before the Owls’ largest (4.000 fans i crowd of the year, the pattern continued.The Raiders went out fast, with their running and rebounding games clicking and gained complete domination of the game in the curly going. The lead lasted into the second half and stretched to 14 {mints at a ieak.lilt hold StreakThen, they watched as the lead dwindled away in the face of a cold shooting streak and Rice's ability to pick up fouls and hit the resulting free shots.Rice even tlt;xik the lead momentarily - the only time since the first minute at 66-65 with 9:55 left and pulled into a tie with 5:57 remaining. The tie shot was Irom the free throw line by forward John Mott.The tie-breaker for Tech. 20 seconds later, was a free shot by high scoring lt;.reg Bowery who finished the game with 30 [mints.The Raiders turned it over to Wakefield, and the 0-1 juco from Ijnuisvillc, Ky., responded, scoring three buckets and grabbing three rebounds in the next 93 seconds.First came a 12-foot jumper from the left side with 5:11 leftSee RED RAIDER 1‘Mge «flm-u Itrb. |r Ipo- n 1Trim Twli f*m aJohnson ----Kirhmd.son .. j■ *I'dlomur ----- *»• '»l.ittln ......MOI/iwery ........Kabeilm«* .... (I- 1H'akpfiehl ..... .V '»Douglas ..... 0 lt;1M'fji p .......01TramTotal* V.-MIU«cWrhrU*Kabbes .. 0- ?Kmslvoff n I-Mfiiunf ..... M‘.Kivhtr ........4 10Mott .......17Kitufrnari ..... t iy uitahng \Hnyirr ...... -4TuamTHIS 1M H lilt Is7-10 7 '*o a «■ 1 1k o o- tUni a IIin lt;4 lUh.I., .1-1 »,4 1flO110021 M nl to17i o*ji 1 !*lji i:21 M •541 at*-Kit 41 41-RiAkron Pro Takes First In TourneyNichols Records 55To Lead By StrokeTUCSON, Atiz. fAP) — Big Bobby Nichols, bolstered by some incredible putting, stormed into the third - round lead in the $150,000 Dean Martin-Tucson Open Golf Tournament Saturday, shooting a five-under-par 67.Nichols had a 5-t hole total of 204, 12-undor-pnr on ihe 7.305-yard Tucson National Golf Club course and one stroke ahead of George Archer.Archer Fire* Bit Archer, who teams with Nichols in the National Team Championship. had a G9 for 205.Dale Douglass, Dob Murphy and Don Massengale followed at 206. Massengale, now a club pro in suburban New York, had a 67, Douglass a 68 and Murphy a 69.J.C. Snead, Ihe defendingchampion who had a 68, and Dave Bill, 7U, followed at 207 in the closely bunched lield chasing the $30,000 first prize over this desert layout.Trail* By SevenI.ce Trevino, the current American, British and Canadian Open champion and the man picked by most to win here, had a 69 tor 211 and was seven strokes hack.It's the lies! putting round I’ve had since the ’6-1 PGA, said Nichols, who won that national title.He had eight hirdies, m eluding four in a row and an-other stretch of tiiree in succession, and three bogeys. According to the distances he estimated his putts, lie sank about 150 feet of tardies, including See NK IIOI.H l*agi- A
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal
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Sun, Jan 23, 1972
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