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Crimson Tide Clobbers Aggies, 89-68
By GARY SHERER
The Ag-gies looked like a bas
ketball team for 18 minutes of
their 89-68 loss to Alabama last
night. For the final 22 minutes
the Aggies looked like the Crim
son Tide’s biggest fans as they
handed the ball game to the Ala
bama five.
Playing in the consolation game
of the Southern Mississippi Invi
tational Tournament, the Aggies
could not cope with a tight zone
defense put up by Alabama.
The Crimson Tide pulled away
to a 25-poiht lead in the first
four minutes of the second half.
The zone press plus some loose
play by the Aggies, contributed
to the hot-shooting Alabama’s
lead.
The Aggies had grabbed the
early lead with the shooting of
Buzzy Myatt, who finished with
21 points. The Maroon and White
were moving the ball well and
adapting to the changing Ala
bama defense. Then, the cold
shooting hand reared its ugly
head for the Aggies and Alabama
started to close the gap.
Alabama finally took the lead,
19-18 on a 22-footer by Guy Tur
ner, who continually broke
through the Aggie defense for
crucial baskets. At this point,
Alabama started using the effec
tive zone press. The Aggies kept
pace as the lead see-sawed back
and forth but the constant Tide
pressing caused the Aggies to
make many mistakes in the final
two minutes of the half and Ala-
BILLY BOB BARNETT
. . . high point man.
bama grabbed a halftime lead of
35-31.
Despite the Alabama lead, this
was by far the Aggies best first-
half production this season. They
shot 42.9 from the floor and out-
rebounded Alabama 26-22.
The best first half-performance
gave way to their worst second
half-performance, as Alabama
put the game away in the first
four minutes of the half.
Led by Turner and Mike Nord-
holz, Alabama picked the Aggies
apart with several 20-foot-plus
shots and, aided by a complete
Aggie breakdown, pulled out to
a 59-33 lead and the game was
all but over.
The first terrible four minutes
for the Aggies revealed some un
fortunate occurrences. In addi-
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tion to Alabama running up the
lead, the Aggies threw the ball
away a total of nine times, in
cluding three interceptions by
Nordholz and Turner.
Coach Shelby Metcalf substi
tuted freely, trying to find the
right combination to cope with
the Alabama onslaught but was
unsuccessful. The Aggie fate was
sealed when, with 10 minutes to
go in the game, Ronnie Peret
fouled out. Peret, the Aggies’
leading scorer thus far this sea
son did not enjoy a good shooting
night, managing only four points,
all in the first half. His one valu
able contribution was on the
boards where he had pulled down
a dozen rebounds and, as he sat
down, the Aggie cause was just
about through.
The loss of Peret though,
seemed to put a spark into the
Aggies. With the shooting of
Billy Bob Barnett and the hus
tling of Terry Trippet, the Ag
gies shaved the Alabama lead to
15 points and a comeback was
possible.
Alabama’s scoring draught only
lasted two minutes. Led by Jerry
Elliott, they pulled the lead back
to 20 points again, where it
stayed until the end.
Aggie defense and foul shoot
ing had been the team’s best fea
tures in the first three games of
the season. Their defense fell
apart completely and their missed
foul shots added to the Alabama
pull-away early in the half, as
nothing went right for the Ag
gies in their fourth straight loss.
Barnett and Myatt split game
scoring honors for the Aggies
with 21 apiece, while Nordholz
and Turner led the Crimson Tide
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with 22 and 19, respectively. El
liott added 12 to the Alabama
cause.
This game ended the Aggies’
unsuccessful road trip and their
next game will be at G. Rollie
White Coliseum when they host
Stephen F. Austin College Tues
day night. The following Thurs
day, they will entertain the North
Texas State Eagles for the final
game before the Christmas break.
Fish Basketballers
Worth Watching
By JERRY GRISHAM
The Texas Aggie Fish basket
ball team will bear watching this
season, according to Coach Jim
Culpepper who calls them the
best freshman team he’s coached
in the three years he has been
at A&M.
According to Culpepper, the
Fish have two qualities necessary
for a winning team: size and
speed.
“For a freshman team we have
good speed,” Culpepper said,
“and we have enough size to go
with the speed so that we don’t
get hurt on the backboards.”
“We are fortunate,” he con
tinued, “that we have boys who
can run, and yet they are so well
coordinated for freshmen that
they do everything pretty well.”
THE FISH demonstrated their
ability to shoot in the first game
of the season, Dec. 1, as they hit
on 29 of 68 shots for a 42.6 per
centage to down Lon Morris Jun
ior College 78-61. They also best
ed the Bearcats on the backboards
as they out rebounded them 59-
46.
Culpepper singled out Mike
Heitmann and Bill Brown aS two
of the key players in the victory.
He termed Heitmann “the most
consistent boy on the squad.”
Mike notched 28 points in the
opener, and the 6’4” forward is
considered to be a rugged re
bounder.
Bill Brown, a 6’1” guard, was
credited by Culpepper with mak
ing the team go by his ball han
dling.
CULPEPPER TERMED hte
team’s performance against Lon
Morris as exceptional for this
early in the season, but he hesi
tated to call it a sure sign of
things to come.
“I hope this is an indication
that we have a good ball team,”
he commented, “but on the other
hand, last week’s performance
may have been just a flash in the
pan.”
The Fish will not have a better
time to verify their potential than
Tuesday night in G. Rollie White
Coliseum when they square off
against the Ravens of San Jacinto
Junior College. The Ravens are
11-0 thus far in the season and
will have a lot of momentum be
hind them.
“San Jacinto has, if not the
best, at least one of the best
teams we’ll face all year,” point
ed out Culpepper.
With a record like 11-0, you
better believe it.
Page 4
THE BATTALION
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