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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1972
Page
6
Travis Grant erupted for 68 points as Kentucky State defeated Eastern Michigan 121-76 pushing Grant past 3,000 career points. Northwestern Louisiana beat Southwestern Louisiana 73-? and Dwight Lamar posted 33 points and 11 assists for the winners as the race for NCAA bids heated up.
UCLA remains the only unbeaten major college team at 23-0 and leads The Associated Press poll with 820 points after decisive wins over Washington State Oregon and Oregon State. Louisville and North Carolina trail with 637 and 620 points respectively as Marquette drops to No. 5 following a loss to Detroit after Chones contract news.
Houston Astros pitching coach Jim Owens touts a possibly superior staff led by Don Wilson Larry Dierker and Dave Roberts saying it could be the best he’s been with He notes the front line arms could reach 20 wins each and stresses the need for timely run support from hitters to ease pitchers’ burden and avoid a repeat of last season’s early slump.
Padres face a rough spell with Mike Ivie homeward bound and veterans signing with rival clubs. Buzzie Bavasi stays steady as Ivie contemplates home sickness while Marichal, Williams and Downing ink deals elsewhere, and Dean and Severinsen consider retirement or trades. Vida Blue remains unsigned as Oakland wages bevy of negotiations.
Western Conference standings show Milwaukee atop the Midwest with 54 wins and a .783 pace followed by Chicago 49-21 and Phoenix 42-29. Tuesday features Los Angeles at New York and Seattle at Baltimore among other matchups. ABA scores note Vida Blue of Oakland pitching eight shutouts.
East Temple beats Philadelphia Textile 57 51, Oral Roberts tops Harvard 100 99, Fairfield 86 Vermont 60, CW Post 88 Kings Point 68, Buffalo 76 Albany NY St 67, South Morehead 124 East Tennessee 99, East Ky 95 Tenn Tech 78, American U 88 Rider 83, Mississippi 87 Florida 74, Georgia 87 Miss St 82, South Carolina 109 Notre Dame 83, West Ky 83 Austin Peay 74, Murray St 52 Middle Tennessee 46, Jacksonville 110 Houston 108, Alabama 73 Kentucky 70, Florida St 94 Biscayne 66, SW Louisiana 90 NW Louisiana 73, North Ill 102 Bowling Green 81, Cincinnati 68 St Louis 65, Marquette 63 Ohio Xavier 55, Bradley 68 Drake 67, Kentucky St 121 E Michigan 76, Akron 85 Otterbein 62, South Ill 98 South Florida 86, Millikin 112 MacMurray 92, Centenary 97 Hardin-Simmons 93 OT Pan Am 93 Corpus Christi 80, Tarleton St 79 McMurry 68, Texas St 93 Howard Payne, F Austin 110 SW Texas, Tex Arlington 95, Trinity Tex 81, Far West Utah St 93 Colorado St 84, Oklahoma 74 Colorado 66 Washington 90 California 78
In Pompano Beach AP report Ted Williams says Arlington Stadium could boost Texas Rangers home runs after Turnpike Stadium era described as a pitchers park. Frank Howard Roy Foster Jeff Burroughs Don Mincher Tom Grieve Larry Buttner all feature power potential as wind and park dimensions shape the season.
Pecos High School 1972 volleyball schedule notes start times for BY games at 6 30 followed by A games The schedule denotes Freshman games with a 5 30 p m start time where indicated
The Southwest Conference features a tight 8-4 tie among Texas Texas A&M TCU SMU Texas Tech and Texas, with Baylor 4-8, Arkansas 3-9, and Rice. Houston leads overall at 19-6, while Notre Dame struggles at 6-18. Lone Star Conference tops SF Austin 10-1, 25-2 overall. SW Texas 19-9, Tarleton 9-17, McMurry 6-20, East Texas State 12-15.
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