THE BATTALION
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‘Long Way To Go 9 —Rogers;
Aggies Visit Memphis Stale
“We have a long way to go!”
Those were the words of Aggie
Coach Bob Rogers after A&M
rallied to overtake the Houston
Cougars in a non-conference game
here last Tuesday night.
“I definitely did not expect to
beat Houston by 15 points, but
it certainly was a pleasant sur
prise,” Rogers said.
Rogers said that the Aggies are
further behind at this stage of the
season than any team he has
coached at A&M.
Sevei’al players received praise
from the former Oklahoma State
star. He thought Dave Johnson,
the sophomore guai’d from San
Antonio, played a good game,
Dave Johnson
. . . outstanding- defender
especially on defense.
The other Johnson boy, Benny,
is a good player and is improving
daily on defense, his weakest part
of the game, said Rogers.
The only thing Rogers could say
about his terrific sophomore play-
maker, Bennie Lenox, was: “He’s
KILGORE RANGERS NEXT
Lack Of Height Hindering
Freshman Basketball Team
The Fish basketball team is even
in the win-loss column after two
games, bouncing back from a 68-
62 defeat last week against Tyler
JC to edge Kilgore 76-72 Tuesday
night.
Viewing his team’s winning per
formance, Coach Shelby Metcalf
feels the Fish played a fairly good
ball game. Ball-handling was
ragged and the Aggies lost the
ball on numerous bad passes. On
the other hand, rebounding was
improved against Kilgore. The
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Frosh out-rebounded the Rangers
57-48.
According to Coach Metcalf,
poor rebounding was the reason
Tyler won last Saturday. The
Aggies shot 50 per cent from the
field and 70 per cent from the free
throw line against Tyler, but
couldn’t control the boards enough
to win.
“Lack of size is going to give
us trouble all year,” says Metcalf.
“We’ve already run into trouble,
against Tyler, for instance.”
Fish starters, who average a
little over 6-2 in height, are Paul
Timmons of Clear Creek (5-11)
and Jay Baker of Aldine (6-3) at
guards; Tommy Bantle of Dallas
Jesuit (6-2) and John McCurley
of Port Arthur (6-2) at forwards;
and Tim Timmerman of Houston
Austin (6-6) at center.
Baker led the team in scoring
against Kilgore with 23 points.
In addition, he picked off six re
bounds. Timmerman and Bantle
w r ere top rebounders for the game,
grabbing off 13 each. Timmer
man scored 11 points and Bantle
ten. Timmons was runner-up in
point-making with 19 points and
grabbed six rebounds. McCurley
picked up six points and four re
bounds.
Coach Metcalf has two men he
expects to be furnishing a lot of
help within several weeks. David
Glover of Abilene, a husky 6-2,
200-pounder, had an infected ear
last week and didn’t make the trip
to Tyler. Johnny Cole of Fair-
field, a 6-1 guard, went out for
freshman football and is a little
behind the rest of the team.
Tuesday night the Fish hit the
road again, traveling to Kilgore
for their second game with the
Rangers.
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a good sophomore!”
A&M’s All-American candidate,
Carroll Broussard, was not up to
par Tuesday as he was playing
with a strained back muscle.
“Carroll’s back was bothering
him a lot and he perfonued well
considering the injury,” Rogers
said.
The Aggies improved consider
ably in one department in the
Houston game, according to the
head coach.
“We lost the ball only 11 times
before getting a shot. This is a
50 per cent improvement over the
Centenary game when we lost the
ball 22 times while bringing it
down the court,” Rogers said.
Sunday the Aggies leave for
Tennessee where they will meet
“always-tough” Memphis State. It
is an independent school and for
the last four years has gone to
the National Invitation Tournament
in New York City. Next home
game will be against Lamar Tech
on Dec. 16.
“This Aggie team is coming
along slowly and it’s just going to
take time. That’s why we are play
ing these non-conference games,”
Rogers concluded.
INTRAMURALS
Sqd. 8, D-3 and Sqd. 2 won their
quarter-final intramural basket
ball games last night and earned
the right to vie in the semifinals
Monday night for a berth in the
Wednesday finals and the fresh
man championship.
In a hotly contested game, Sqd.
8 nosed out Sqd. 7, 43-39. The last
four minutes of the game saw
little scoring as mos‘t of the time
was consumed by attempts to
steal the ball and to control the
ball by both teams. Paul Crank
of Sqd. 8 had top-scoring honors
with 14 points and his teammate,
John Bush, had 11. John Starek
and Bob Boyett of Sqd. 7 had 13
and 12 points, respectively.
Sqd. 8 will meet Sqd. 1, which
received a bye in the drawing, in
the semifinals Monday night.
D-3 defeated A-l, 36-24 and won
a berth against Sqd. 2 Monday
night. David Dansby of D-3 led
the quarter-final scoring with 16
points. Marvin Hopgood of A-l
had 8.
Sqd. 2 beat Sqd. 4, 21-12. Sqd.
2’s Cecil Fleming was high-point
man with 10.
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