8 • DECEMBER 1, 2 006 SPORTS THE TULANE HULLABALOO Mavs' Howard quick point start stings Hornets Dwain Price fense through Mason on the post. sion, the lead never got lower than •·1 was in high school then, and (MCT) "He gave us a lot of energy on 12. I was a Charlotte fan, too," said play both ends, and hopefully he'll "We had lots ofenergy in the first Howard, who was born in Win- DALLAS _ Long before Dirk come out of this game OK." half, in the first quarter," Johnson ston-Salem. N.C. "But T wouldn't Nowitzki even attempted a shot, Nowitzki scored a game-high 28 said. "It tapered off a little bit as the say we own them. Marisa Belaidi the Mavericks had a lock on Sat- points, but didn't attempt his first game wore on, but New Orleans is "We just know their personnel contributing writer urday's game against the New Or- shot until the 5:37 mark of the first a tough team." real well and we just go out there leans/Oklahoma City Hornets. period. By then, the Hornets, who Howard finished the game with and take care of business." ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski is not too happy about the Josh Howard tallied 11 points to played without top scorers Peja 15 points, scored 11 current BCS methods determining who will face Ohio help the Mavs open the game with Stojakovic (back spasms) and Da- and Devin Harris added IO. (c) 2006, Fort Worth Star-Tele- St. in the National College Football Championships a 21-3 scoring spree en route to vid West (elbow), were just look- This marked the 18th consecu- gram. I. Jan. 8. Wojciechowski argues that with nearly identi- claiming a ho-hum 85-73 triumph ing for a friendly face among the tive time the Mavs have beaten the Visit the Star-Telegram 011 the cal records, Michigan ( 11- l) and USC (could be 11-1 with a likely over the Hornets. crowd at the Mavs' 200th consecu- Hornets, who haven't defeated Dal- World Wide Web at http://lnrn: win over UCLA) will be judged solely based on '"style" points: It was the Mavs' ninth consecu- tive home sellout. las since November, 1999, when star-telegram. com. whoever's got that extra spunk will get, possibly unfairly, the bid tive victory as they put the finish- The Mavs led by as many as 21 the Hornets were still in Charlotte, Distributed by McClatchy-Tri- to the BCS Championships. He's right. How can the value of a ing touches on their third set of points. and. after their early explo- N.C. bune h!formation Services. team's efforts be effectively portrayed through a computer system? back-to-back games in the past It doesn't even take into account individual matchups and game nine days. scores; had it done so. with a 28-point victoI) over Notre Dame The Mavs (9-4) showed few and just a 3- point loss to the country's top ranked team, Michi- effects from Friday's emotional gan would clearly surpass use. who modestly boasted a 20- point three-point road win against arch- win over the Irish and fell short against an unranked Oregon St. rival San Antonio. thanks to How- With no fair solution in sight. the BCS should at least consider ard's early success. Wojciechowsk.i's advice: let the Wolverines and the Trojans have a ''lt was a blessing that we had playoff game. winner meets Ohio St. It's definitely a better option Josh back in the lineup tonight than cheating e!ther team out of the spot they worked so haid for. because he took the pressure off of everybody by getting going early and having that big quarter," Perhaps one of the most ludicrous professional Mavs guard said. sports stories ever to hit news stands occurred ..Then we just fed off that and it this past weekend: pro- player Ben Wal- was enough to sustain anything II. lace v.as removed from the Knicks- Bulls game that they did throughout the rest of on Nov. 25 for wearing a headband. Yes. he was benched in his the game." team's 106-95 victory due to a piece of cloth wTapped"llfound his Howard was making his first head. Apparently the Bulls' contract does not permit its athletes to start _ he played 16 minutes off wear headbands. so when Wallace donned his own, he was actually the bench against the Spurs _ committing a breach of contract. A breach of contract? So Bulls since missing eight games with a basketball players are allO\\ed to tattoo their entire bodies with sprained left ankle. And he looked tribal signs and strange emblems. yet they·re not permitted to wear like a bundle of energy at both ends a piece of stretch terrycloth to protect their eyes from sweat? Come of the floor. on. The Bulls shouldn "t even be focused on this particular issue "Josh came out firing on both at this point in the season. The team. after all. has just recent!) cylinders," Mavs coach Avery \lR'O'BR\\"\l'D\11 \'SMOR'l'G'IE\\ HT rebounded off a six-game losing streak on the road. Johnson said. ''His detense also ' Devin Harris (34) drives to the basket against NO/Oklahoma City Hornets' helped us with (Desmond) \1ason. (8) as Hornets (44) boxes out Mavericks' Erick Dampier (25) during the first half at American It's official: For the first time in hi;; career, because they run a lot of their of- Airlines in Dallas, Texas, Saturday, November 25, 2006. The Mavericks defeated Hornets 85-73. Mark McGuire will be considered for the Hall of Fame. Yet his appearance on the bal- III. lot has already caused an uproar ofnegativ- it). sparking from steroid-use rumors in recent years. As a 12-time All-Star and with 583 career home runs l 'o. 7 all-time). 1cGuire is statisticall} in contention. but his cloud)' past ma} end up hurting him. Though his former Cardinals manager. ｔ ｯ ｮ ｾ La Russa claim Brandon Spincer: that the power hitter is undoubtedly deserving of the honor. the ··Big ::\fac"' may have achieved too much reputation-damagingno- toriet) to be instated. "There are just so many memories. He was just a great guy. It was tough when I found that out. It was hard because that was one of the Scelfo: best guys that I had ever met. " Anthony Scelfo gets back in game Continued from page l 0 practice? -former teammate Anthony Scelfo \\ho's producing. That has nothing AS: 1onda•. to do with it. Whoever performs TH: How is it transitioning back to better in the spring and the fall will it? win the job. It will be that v. ay even AS: I hit a little bit during the fall. · Hometown: New Orleans, LA if he sta}ed as head coach. If a in the beginning. When school re- High School: St. Augustine competition. rm still going to ha\e ally started it was kmd of hard to to win the job. He \\a<;n"t going to get at it. because I had school. and Height/Weight: 6-2 I 213 put me on the field just because I homework and J wasn't able to do Position: linebacker was his relative and jeopardize us as much tO\\ard the end of th sea- losing games if I didn·t give us the son. but ifs not that bad. Birthdate: 07/27 /1982 best chance to win. So, I had to win TH. Do the players or coaches treat the job rather whether he \Vas here you special since you come right off or not. the football field to baseball when TH: lfyou became starting quarter- they \·e been working outfor a while Career Defensive Stats back wouldyou give up baseball? togther a/read) ? Year G-GS UT-AT-TT TFL Sacks FF/FR PD AS: No. I don't think so. rm stick- AS. 'o. I joke with our strength 2001 12-7 41-24-65 3-12 1-12 3/0 1 ing with them both. I love them coach about getting me out of run- 2003 11-9 32-31-63 4-15 1-7 0/0 5 both too much. It's too much fun. I ning. There is no special treatment 2004 9-5 24-15-39 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 always have something to do. I en- though. 1"11 be at 5:45 a.m. work- Career 32.21 97-70-167 7-27 2-19 3/0 6 joy it a lot. outs tomorrow morning. rm on the TH: if'hen did you start baseball team. so I do what they do. • Footba I I Statist I cs Conference Overall Statistical Leaders W-L H A W-L H A EAST DIVISION PASSING G Att. Com Int Pct. Yds Td Yds/G SOUTHERN MISS 6·2 3-1 3-1 8·4 S·l 3-3 1.UTEP J.PALMER 12 428 281 14 65.7 3585 26 298.8 EAST CAROLINA 5-3 3-1 2-2 7-5 4·2 3-3 2.HOU K.KOLB 12 362 247 3 68.2 3165 25 263.8 MARSHALL 4-4 3-1 1-3 5-7 4-1 1·6 3. TLN L. RICARD 12 400 229 10 S7.2 2795 18 232.9 UCF 3·5 1-3 2-2 4-8 2-5 2-3 UAB 2-6 2-2 0-4 3-9 3-3 0-6 MEMPHIS 1-7 0-4 1-3 2-10 1-6 1-4 RUSHING G Yds. Avg TD Long Yds/G 1.MAR A. BRADSHAW 11 1523 6.1 19 67 126.9 WEST DIVISION 2.USM D. FLETCHER 10 1240 5.1 9 33 112.7 HOUSTON 7-1 4-0 3-1 9-3 6-1 3-2 3. UCF K.SMITH 9 934 4.5 7 34 103.8 RICE 6-2 3-1 3-1 7-5 3-2 4-3 TULSA 5-3 3-1 2·2 8-4 5·1 3-3 RECIEVING G Rec. Yds TD Long Avg/C Yds/G SMU 4-4 3-1 1-3 6-6 5·1 1-5 1. UTEP J. HIGGINS 12 82 1319 13 79 16.1 109.9 UTEP 3-5 2-2 1-3 S-7 H 2-4 2. UCF M.WALKER 12 90 1178 7 S4 13.1 98.2 TULANE 2-6 2·2 0-4 4-8 3·2 1-6 3. RICE J. DILLARD 12 82 1176 20 65 14.3 98.0 v.

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