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THE RICE THRESHER *pomrs FRIDAY, JANUARY 31,2003
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BY THE
jan. 23-29
MEN'S BASKETBALL
LOUISIANA TECH 92 RICE 93
Louisiana Tech 50 42 — 92
Rice 49 44 — 93
La. Tech (5-9, 2-5)
Brown 7-13 9-12 26, Meeking 2-6 2-3 6, Felton 8-11
0-0 19, Edwards 2-9 0-0 4. Wilder 8-13 8-9 26,
Woods 0-1 0-0 0, Powell 0-0 0-0 0, Johnston 0-0 0-
0 0, Johnson 5-6 1-2 11
Totals: 32-59 20-26 92
Rice (12-5, 4-3)
Evans 3-4 1-2 7, McKrieth 5-8 5-6 15, Diene 1-2 6
7 8, Mance 6-11 4-5 21, Smith 4-4 1-2 11, Gillespie
3-7 2-2 10, Harrison 0-1 0-0 0, Moore 1-1 0-1 2,
Harris 9-13 0-1 19
Totals: 32-51 19-26 93
Three-point goals — La. Tech 8-15 (Brown 3-7,
Felton 3-4, Edwards 0-1, Wilder 2-3), Rice 10-18
(McKrieth 0-2, Mance 5-9, Smith 2-2, Gillespie 2-
3, Harris 1-2)
Rebounds — La. Tech 25 (Brown 7, Johnson 7), Rice
31 (Harris 9)
Assists — La. Tech 16 (Felton 6), Rice 19 (Mance 6)
Attendance — 2.215
SMU 89 RICE 83
La. Tech (14-2, 7-0)
Fflerton 2-7 3-4 7, Ford 7-10 2-2 16, Clay 1-3 0-12,
Obaze 7-14 6-9 20, Smith 7-1* 4-4 20, Craln 0-1 4-
4 4, Ray 110-0 3. George OO 0-0 0, Moore 0-100
0, Carter 1-2 1-4 3, Harding 2-4 0-0 4
Totals: 28-57 20-30 79
Three-point goals — Rice 2-6 (Maynard 0-3, Lawson
1-1, Woods 0-1, James 1-1), La. Tech 3-8 (Smith 2-
6, Ray 1-1)
Rebounds — Rice 35 (Hayes 5, Maynard 5, Woods
5), La. Tech 38 (Ford 16)
Assists — Rice 10 (Lawson 5), La. Tech 14 (Clay 4)
Attendance — 4,469
RICE 62 SMU 67
Rice
SMU
31
32
31 —
35 —
62
67
SMU
Rice
45
43
44 —
40 —
89
83
SMU <8-8, 3-3)
Simpson 7-10 0-0 14, Ross 7-12 12 12 27, Castro
6-7 2-3 14, Isham 3-7 0-0 7, Hopkins 7 15 4 5 21.
Miller 0-0 0-0 0. Atkins 0-1 0-0 0, Lowe 0-1 0-0 0,
Rackauskas 0-0 2-2 2, Kelley 1-4 2-2 4
Totals: 31-57 22-24 89
Rice (11-5, 3-3)
Evans 0-1 0-0 0, McKrieth 5-12 5-5 16, Diene 3-6 3
3 9, Mance 8-16 0-0 23, Smith 2-5 0-0 4. Gillespie
3-10 0-0 7, Kollik 0-1 0-0 0, Harrison 0-0 0-0 0.
Moore 0-4 0-0 0, Harris 11-16 2-2 24
Totals: 32-71 10-10 83
Three-point goals — SMU 5 12 (Ross 1-3, Castro 0-
1, isham 1-2, Hopkins 3-5, Lowe 0-1), Rice 9-20
:McKrieth 1-5, Mance 7 10, Gillespie 14, Kollik 0-1)
Rebounds — SMU 30 (Ross 9), Rice 37 (Harris 10)
Assists — SMD^8(Hopkins 5), Rice 22 (McKrieth 8)
Attendance — 2,277
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
RICE 65 LOUISIANA TECH 79
Rice (6-9, 3-3)
Beckler 3-6 0-0 7, Maynard 5-13 1-1 12, Lawson 5-
10 0-0 10, Inman 2-5 4-4 8, Hayes 7 19 5-7 19,
Singleton 0-0 0-0 0, Woods 2 5 0-0 4, Jeffries 1-7 0
0 2, Liggett 0-3 0-0 0, James 0-10-0 0, Cunningham
0-4 0-0 0
Totals: 25-73 10-12 62
SMU (10-6, 4-2)
Krouch 0-2 2-2 2, Davis 4-8 2-3 13, Ramdhanny 2-9
8-8 13, Alexander 1-5 1-3 3, Cossey 6-11 4-5 20,
Shead 1-10-0 2, Roberts 2-5 2-2 6, Wright 4-5 0-2 8,
Patton 0-2 MO
Totals: 20-48 19-25 67
Three-point goals — Rice 2-15 (Beckler 1-2, Maynard
1-3, Lawson 0-2, Hayes 0-1, Jeffries 0-1, Liggett 0-2,
James 0-1, Cunningham 0-3), SMU 8-16 (Krouch 0-
1. Davis 3-5, Ramdhanny 1-4, Cossey 4-6)
Rebounds — Rice 48 (Hayes 14), SMU 35 (Davis 11)
Assists — Rice 13 (Lawson 5), SMU 15 (Ramdhanny 5)
Attendance — 1,003
TRACK AND FIELD
HOUSTON INDOOR OPEN
Women's team standings
1. Texas 132
2. Rice 79.33
3.TCU 66
4. Southwest Texas 57.33
5. Texas A&M 43
6. Stephen F. Austin 40
7. Houston 35.33
8. Texas-Pan American 18
9. South Alabama 8
10. Texas Southern 6
11. Southern-Baton Rouge 4
12. New Orleans 2
Men's team standings
1. Houston 81
2. Rice 75
3. TCU 74
4. Southwest Texas 69.50
5. Texas A&M 46
6. Texas-Pan American 44.50
7. Southern-Baton Rouge 23
8. Texas Southern 20
9. South Alabama 16
10. New Orleans 5
11. Stephen F. Austin 1
Rice
Louisiana Tech
28
42
37 —
37
65
79
Rice (6-10, 3-4)
Inman 4-8 1-3 9, Hayes 4-10 2-2 10. Maynarde 1-11
4-4 6, Lawson 1-2 2-2 5, Liggett 0-0 0-0 0, Beckler
01 0-0 0, Woods 3-7 4-4 10, Jeffries 4-6 1-2 9,
Singleton 2-7 2-2 6, James 2-3 1-3 6. Peck 2 6 0-0
4, Cunningham 0-0 0-0 0
Totals: 23 61 17 22 65
SWIMMING
RICE 156 TCU 137
RICE 74 NORTH TEXAS 36
RICE 80 LA.-MONROE 30
RICE 83 AUSTIN COLLEGE 9
RICE 70 SMU 12
Lady Owls return to Autry
BASKETBALL, from Page 15
bothered the I>ady Owls this season.
"When we play defense, our of-
fense isn't that great, and when we
play offense great, we don't play very
much defense," Hayes said. "So if
we can just get a combination of
both in one game, no matter who
we're playing, they're going to be in
trouble. I have to think that it's com-
ing soon, because it's almost Febru-
ary and we've been playing now since
November, so now it's about time
that we should peak."
Autry Court will be a welcome
sight for the lady Owls, as their
4-2 home record slips to 2-8 in
road games.
SWIMMING, from Page 15
the older swimmers.
Healey said swimming a fifth
meet in 24 hours was not as prob-
lematic as it might seem.
"The tight schedule wasn't as
bad as I thought it would be,"
Healey said. "I guess I went in ex-
pecting the worst and that we'd
have to work hard to maintain our
focus, but instead we just put our
bodies behind us."
Rice also swept the 500-yard
freestyle, Bichman, Corcoran and
freshman Meghan Brown taking the
top three spots. Individually,
Corcoran took the 200-yard freestyle
and junior Toni Ciffolilli won the
100-yard breaststroke.
Saturday's first meet, a quadruple-
dual meet against the University of
North Texas, the University of Loui-
siana-Monroe and Austin College,
was a very different environment.
Rice romped to three victories,
winning every event despite placing
swimmers in their secondary events.
Corcoran, normally a distance
competitor, tried her hand at sprint-
ing and won first place in both the
100- and 200-yard freestyle events.
Sophomore Jenny Voight and
Bichman took first and second in
the 200-yard individual medley, re-
spectively, while Mularz and sopho-
more Lauren Hill took first and sec-
ond places in the 100-yard butterfly.
The weekend went very well,"
Mularz said. "It was a novel situa-
tion, being the first time we had so
many meets scheduled in such a
small period of time."
Other first-place winners were
Taheri in the 50-yard freestyle,
Brown in the 1,000-yard freestyle
and sophomore newcomer Jane
Keith in the 100-yard backstroke.
The Owls also won the 200-yard
medley and 200-yard freestyle re-
lays.
The more relaxed competition
was a welcome change after sixth-
ranked SMU crushed Rice Saturday
night by a 122-70 margin.
The loss to SMU was not without
positive aspects, as Lee broke a
2-year-old Rice record in the 200-
yard butterfly, shaving nearly three
tenths of a second off the former
record with a time of 2:01.77.
"I wouldn't say I was surprised,"
Huston said. "As well as she had
been swimming, we knew she would
be getting down to that point before
the end of the season."
Bichman also made a big step,
chopping almost 10 seconds off of
her time in the 1,000-yard freestyle
to finish,third.
Rice's only individual winner was
Corcoran in the 500-yard freestyle,
and the 200-yard freestyle relay team
of Healey, Taheri, Corcoran and
Mularz also won its event.
"I was encouraged by how I swam
and how the team pulled together in
general," Healey said. "We were
more team-oriented, high-spirited
and always up and cheering for each
other. Just to see us on deck — we
just looked like we were having fun."
The Owls hope that fun carries
over to the WAC Championships
Feb. 26-March 1, the meet their
training is based around. Individu-
ally, Rice's swimmers are aiming
for NCAA provisional cut times.
While an "A" cut guarantees a trip
to the national championships,
swimmers can still reach the NCAA
finals if their "B" times rank high
enough.
Four Owls have already met the
"B" cut — Mularz in the 50-yard
freestyle, Corcoran in the 500-yard
freestyle, Lee in the 200-yard but-
terfly and Hill in the 200-yard
breaststroke.
"Obviously, the closer you are to
the 'A' cut, the better, and the 'A' cut
would be ideal," Corcoran said. "It is
what everyone is working towards."
For now, however, the Owls will
focus on tonight's meet against UH,
and Mularz said the team is eagerly
anticipating the student presence
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"We're glad to be back at home,"
McKinney said. "It's a great environ-
ment here. We've got three games
at home, and to me this is a good
chance for us to get some confi-
dence, so when we go back on the
road we play a little better."
Despite the 5,000-seat capacity of
Autry Court, average home atten-
dance at Lady Owl games has barely
broken 1,000, a number the team
hopes will increase over the course
of the season.
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