*Cleaves case decided

BASKETBALL

The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 18, 1998 - 15

State News
(U-WIRE) - Mateen Cleaves, co-
captain of the Michigan State men's
basketball team, has agreed to enroll
in a diversionary program run by the
Ingham County Prosecutor's Office to
avoid being charged with an offense.
Cleaves was arrested Feb. 18 fol-
lowing the Spartans' win over
Michigan. He was charged with
underage drinking and not wearing a
seat belt.
The program usually consists df
education programs and community

Drexier rumored to
want Houston job

service, said Ingham County
Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III.
If Cleaves completes the program,
the case against him will be closed and
there will be no record of the charges.
The prosecutor's office is required
to offer the program to first-time
nonassault or property damage offens-
es, Dunnings said.
"I emphasize 'must' because we
don't want to be accused of any type
of bias," he said. "The goal is to teach
the person a lesson and keep them
from getting in trouble again."

Evaluate student essays
national Computer Systems is the nation's largest
commercial processor of student assessments serving over
40 state-wide K-12 testing programs.
NCS will be operating a scoring center in Ann Arbor for
approximately 8 weeks. We are currently seeking people
to assist with evaluating student responses to open-ended
questions. If you have a degree from an accredited college
or university with a background in reading, writing, science
or a related field we have a great job for you. Teaching
experience is a plus, but not required. For more information
about NCS, visit our web-site at www.ncs.com.
* Full-time and part-time evening shifts available late
March through early May
* NCS offers a pleasant, team oriented, professional work
environment
Pay rate is $8.25 per hour
* Opportunities for lead positions available
If you would like to become part of the professional
scoring team, please fax your resume to (319) 358-4525,
email to laurennadel@ncs.com, or mail to:
NCS
Professional Scorer
1820 Boyrum Street
lowa, City, IA 52240

HOUSTON (AP) - Clyde
Drexler, who starred on Houston's
Final Four teams of the 1980s, will
retire from the NBA at the end of the
season to coach his alma mater,
sources told The Associated Press
last night.
The Houston Rockets' guard will
receive a four-year contract worth
$1.2 million.
Also, Reid Gettys, David Rose
and George Walker will become
assistant coaches. All are former
Houston players.
Drexler's mother, Eunice Drexler,
watched her son play the first half of
the Rockets game against
Milwaukee.
She declined to confirm the move
but said: "I'm going to miss him out
here but I'm going to support his
decision."
Asked if she'd support her son at
Hofheinz Pavilion (the Cougars'
home court) she said: "You bet I
will."
Cougars spokesperson Donna
Turner said as of yesterday evening a
news conference had not been sched-
uled, but "When we are ready to
announce something we will shout it
out. We are not ready yet."
But ESPN is reporting that a news
conference is scheduled for tonight at
5 to announce the decision.
Former Houston coach Guy V.
Lewis, who led the Cougars during
their glory years, declined to confirm
he will act as a consultant to his for-
mer players.
"I don't know what a consultant
does, but I'll do anything I can to
help the program," Lewis said. "I'll
tell you one thing, I'm not going to
be the coach."
Before the Rockets game against
the Bucks, Drexler walked past

reporters, smiled, and said:
Milwaukee Bucks, It's gonna

good game."
Last week, Drexler spoke about
the Cougars job.
"I've heard the rumors," Drexler
told the Houston Chronicle. "My
first job is with the Houston Rockets,
and until that's over, it's really hard to
comment on anything else.
"Right now, I'm a player for the
Houston Rockets. The only thing I
can really think about is playing."
Drexler, who has indicated he will
retire when his contract is up at the
end of the season, said he'd be inter-
ested in helping the Cougars' pro-
gram.
"I'm a Cougar," Drexler said. "I
bleed Cougar red. I love the Cougars.
I'm going to try to do anything possi-
ble to help them with the program.
I've always done that. I'm looking
forward to being a part of it in the
future."
Drexler played three seasons for
the Cougars during the Phi Slama
Jama era along with Rockets team-
mate Hakeem Olajuwon. Drexler
played on the Cougars' Final Four
teams of 1982 and 1983.
Prior to the game, Charles
Barkley said he backed whatever
Drexler decided.
"If that's what he wants to do, I
wish him the best," Barkley said.
"He has a chance to go back and help
out his alma mater. Obviously, they
haven't been winning too much late-
lv."
Forward Matt Bullard wondered if
Drexler would be prepared for the
grind of college coaching.
"I don't think the Xs and Os will
be a problem, but the recruiting will
be the hard part," Bullard said.
The Cougars fired Alvin Brooks

"The
be a

AP PHOTO
Wake Forest's Niki Arinze (left) dunks over Vanderbilt's Greg LaPointe in yester-
day's NIT game. The Demon Deacons lost the game, 72-68.
andy, Geor
advance.0in NIT

@' 0

NCS is committed to hiring a diverse workforce. We are an
Equal Opportunity Employer.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) --
Dan Langhi scored a career-high 19
points off the bench as Vanderbilt
notched its first 20-win season in four
years with a 72-68 victory over Wake
Forest in the second round of the NIT
last night.
Langhi, who had 16 points in
Vanderbilt's first-round win last week
against St. Bonaventure, rallied the
Commodores (20-12) from an eight-
point second-half deficit with 11
points in the final 5:35.
Wake Forest (16-14) lost for only the
fourth time in the past 64 non-confer-
ence games at Joel Coliseum,
Vanderbilt, a team with several, key
injuries, was able to pull out the win
despite All-SEC guard Drew Maddux
going 0-for-6 from the field in the sec-
ond half. Maddux finished with 17
points in 40 minutes.
Tony Rutland led Wake Forest with
15 points, but he missed two crucial 3-
pointers down the stretch.
Vanderbilt trailed by as many as
eight points midway through the see-

ond half before rallying behind
Langhi, whose layup and 3-pointer
with 4:41 remaining tied the score at
59-59.
Robert O'Kelley countered with a 3-
pointer 28 seconds later and the lead
changed hands twice before a pair of
free throws by James Strong with 1:33
left gave the Commodores the lead for
good at 67-66.
Austin Bates' layup from Maddux
with 47 seconds left and a pair of free
throws by Langhi sealed the win.
A key defensive play was turned in
by Vince Ford, who blocked a driving
shot by O'Kelley with 1:07 left and
Vanderbilt clinging to a one-point lead.
Langhi's previous career best was 18
points, earlier this season against
Furman.
GEORGIA 61, N.C. STATE 55:
Jumaine Jones hit a rally-killing 3-
pointer with 5:27 remaining to help
Georgia hold off N.C. State for a 61-55
victory in the second round of the NIT
yesterday night.
The Bulldogs (18-14) moved into a
quarterfinal matchup with SEC rival
Vanderbilt, which defeated Wake
Forest 72-68. Mired in 20-percent field
goal shooting in the first half, the
Wolfpack (17-15) looked to be out of it
when a 3-pointer from the top of the
key by Jones gave Georgia a 43-26
lead with 12:30 to go.

Reid finds his niche

REID
Continued from Page 13
But for Reid, the rationale must
remain murky.
His thoughts are unknown, but his
shooting skills - the reason Steve
Fisher so desperately courted him last
summer - were on full display for the
last three weeks.
After shooting just 22 percent in the
I 1 games leading up to the late February
Indiana rout, Reid found his shot just as
the postseason began.
In his five tournament games (three in
the Big Ten Tournament and two in the
NCAAs), Reid went on a Larry Bird-
like tear. His shot-put technique -how-
ever awkward it may appear -- swished
through the net at a 68-percent clip, turn-
ing heads and raising hair.
Explanations for the tear range from
the cosmetic (the bushwhacking of
Reid's mop top before the Big Ten
Tournament) to the kinetic (he stopped
"pitching to the corners"). Whatever it
was, it worked, as Michigan raised its
record to 11-0 when Reid scored in dou-
ble digits - a statistic that culminated
with the victory over Davidson and dis-
sipated in the loss to UCLA.
So after all the positives of the previ-
ous three weeks, the few touches in
crunch time probably had Reid doubting
himself.
And that's probably the reason for his
shadow impersonation after the game.
As much as any one of the
Wolverines, Reid relies on his confi-
dence to put the ball in the basket, and
once Bullock started shooting the bulk
of his 27 attempts in the second half,
Reid's effectiveness became limited.
Earlier in the season, the end of the

game was the point where Brian Ellerbe
sat Reid down on the bench. But this
time, the junior guard stayed in the
game, playing 37 minutes in all,
It was pure shooter's misery.
The majority of Reid's minutes in the
late going were inconsequential. He
observed Bullock bringing the ball-up
the court, working to free himself for
shots (most of which fell well short of
their destination) and probably imagined
how things could be different if he were
shooting the ball.
Maybe that's why Reid didn't wait for
the media. Maybe he didn't want to say
something about Bullock he would later
regret.
Whatever thoughts Reid harbors, he
has seven months to get over them. As a
pitcher on the baseball team, Reid gets to
start over and put basketball on the back-
burner for a while. But when he returns
he'll be thrust back into the spotlight.
With senior Travis Conlan's departure,
Reid and Brandon Smith will comprise
Michigan's backcourt and harmony will
be essential for a guard-heavy team
whose projected front line consists just
of Josh Asselin.
With Robert Traylor, and possibly
Louis Bullock, prepared to bolt for the
NBA in the coming weeks, Traylor's fel-
low captain Conlan graduating and pos-
sibly a new coach running the team,
someone will have to lead the team
vocally.
That has never been Bullock's style.
Soyeome October, Reid will have to put
his 24 years of maturity on display.
The question will be, with or without
the hot hand, does he want to face the
heat?
- Mark Snyder can be reached via e-
mail at msnyder( tunuxc.ed.

Thinking i
about law
school?
Think
again!
Because you don't
havetohavealaw
degree to have a
Time* magazine calls the paralegal profession one of the 15
hottest fields. The Lawyers Assistant Program at Roosevelt
University has graduated more than 9500 paralegals. Our
graduates work in law, business and government And some,
have ao nneo to lw schnoi findina the trainina thev received

m