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Page 4 College Station, Texas Tuesday, December 12. 1967 THE BATTALION Ags Stay Unbeaten After 78-74 Final Seconds By GARY SHERER Say you are a basketball team. What do you do when you miss 42 shots ? What do you do when the other team misses half of your total ? What do you do when CIVILIAN SENIORS and GRADUATES STUDENTS Will have their portrait made for the 1968 Aggie- land NOW thru Jan. 15. Portraits will be made at University Studio. (Coats & Ties) TUXEDO RENTALS jitm 5tiu*nc0 ^ ^ meniJ meor 822-3711 -||o.C£\v\o.'v(L J)te ms Stationery, books, cards baby albums shower invitations baby announcements shower centerpieces napkins, cups, plates etc. AGGIELAND FLOWER AND GIFT SHOPPE 209 University Drive the referees’ whistle makes you think, “What did I do now?” If you were the Aggie basket ball team, those thoughts would have gone through your mind Saturday night at G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Maroon and White’s solution to these per plexing problems came in the per sons of two players; RoTinie Peret and Mike Heitmann. THIS DUO accounted for all the Aggies points in the last four and a half minutes of play as the unbeaten Aggies scored a come-from-behind 78-74 vic tory over Southwest Texas State. The Aggies matched the weath er outside in their first half shoot ing statistics—very cold. In fact, this was the Aggies’ first shoot ing letdown of the young season. Coach Shelby Metcalf’s talented shooters had been averaging over 50 per cent a game. While the Aggies couldn’t buy a basket, Southwest Texas was performing as though they had had a pregame pep talk from their famous alumnus who now lives in the White House. The team, and especially their restless coach were very high for this game. METCALF commented after the game that Southwest Texas' style this season had been simply run and shoot. The San Marcos team crossed up things and played a little more deliberately with al most complete success. The crowd of 3,500 (good turn out considering the high school football game in Kyle Field) voiced their objections many times to some of the calls made by the harried referees. The whistle-tot- ers seemed to blend right in with the theme of the whole game- thrilling but confused. Confusing was the word as the Aggies went to the dressing room at the halftime break with a 33-25 deficit staring them in the face. This was the first time this year that the Aggies had been behind at halftime. In fact, when South west Texas took the lead early in the game, it was only the sec ond time that the Aggies had been behind in the four games played. THE AGGIES CAME out for the second half and started to pick away at the SW Texas lead. Finally at the 12:10 mark, captain Terry Trippet knotted the game at 48-48 with a corner jump shot. At this point, Peret started his heroics with some assistance from Bill Brown and the Aggies grabbed the lead. Brown along with Trippet is turning into an accomplished relief man and pro- RONNIE PERET Scored 70 points in three games last week. "On the first day of Christmas my true-love said to me . . . GET Yourself Down To The Student Program Office And Buy Me A Town Hall Ticket To . . . d tilt IVl euere cirit die ith *Y$]arli rJCincliau aiders Appearing January 5, 1968 As A Town Hall EXTRA At G. Rollie White Coliseum 8:00 P.M AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES: AGGIES AND DATES $1.50 Each PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS 2.00 GENERAL ADMISSION 2.50 RESERVED SEATS AGGIE STUDENTS 3.00 ALL OTHERS 3.50 ONLY 6 more school days before Christmas holiday break to purchase tickets. AIRLINE ved this Saturday night with his heads-up play. Brown’s play didn’t halt South west Texas’ desire however, and they grabbed back the see-saw lead at the 5:15 mark. They held onto the lead until four straight points by Peret brought the Ag gies back to a 69-68 margin. Heitmann then joined the party and after a confusing technical foul call, iced the game for the Aggies with three free throws. Peret added a layup after this and Southwest Texas’ spirited up set effort had failed. Peret, whose 30 points matched his career high, completed a suc- cesful home stand. In the three games played at G. Rollie last week, the 6-9 junior from Plain- view netted 70 points. HEITMANN WAS runner-up with 17 and Trippet added 11 to complete the Rouble figure parade for the Aggies. Peret and Heit mann added to their domination of the game with the leading re bound totals of 10 each. High for SW Texas was Gary Mullen with 20 points and he took game-rebounding honors with 16. This week, the Aggies are in volved in a tough road trip. It starts Wednesday night in Den ton against North Texas State and then on to Kansas for the Sunflower Classic. TWO FOR HEITMANN Mike Heitmann goes up for two of the Aggies’ points in Saturday night’s 78-74 victory over Southwest Texas State. Harry Bostic (35) looks on for the Aggies. Fish Fall 92-81 To Lon Morris JC Capt. William S. Busik, Navy’s athletic director for three years through 1964, is now stationed at Pearl Harbor. After five games Stanford’s football team had made 41 first downs rushing. Their opponents had just as many. Despite getting double-figure scoring out of three players, the Aggie Fish fell to Lon Morris Junior College, 92-81, Saturday night to even their record at 1-1. Lon Morris controlled the open ing tip and raced to a quick 4-0 lead. They never were caught by the Fish in the contest. After Lon Morris increased their lead to 11-4, the teams trad ed points for the rest of the half as the junior college players re tired to the dressing room with a 44-35 bulge. In the second half Lon Morris gradually increased their advan tage to the game’s biggest lead of 70-50 with 8:48 left. The Aggies then began to chip away at the lead and got to within seven points at 77-70 with four minutes left. Lon Morris then pulled away once again to their final 11-point margin. The ability to hit from the floor that meant so much to the Fish in their Monday night win over Henderson County Junior College seemed to desert them Saturday. They ended with a 39.7 mark from the floor on 29 of 73 shots after hitting on only 14 of 38 shots in the initial half for a 36.8 mark. Lon Morris on the other hand hit on 35 of 75 shots in the con test for a 46.7 mark with only 10 turnovers to 19 by the Fish. The Aggies were able to domi nate the boards with 61 rebounds to 46 by their opponent. Bill Cooksey once again led Fish scoring with 23 points while Chuck Smith contributed 22 and Steve Niles 18. Lon Morris’ Mike Fischer was the game’s top point maker with 27 while Russell John son contributed 23. Niles and Smith were the main reasons for the Aggies domina tion of the boards as they pulled down 13 and 12 rebounds respec tively. The next game for the Fish is not until January 6 when they take on the Texas Christian Wogs in G. Rollie White in their first conference game. Basketball Scoreboard Notre Dame 79, Southern Meth odist 59 Indiana State 105, Lamar Tech 93 Sam Houston State 116, Uni versity of Texas at Arlington 110 Northwestern Louisiana 9 3 , Houston Baptist 81 Arkansas 85, Centenary 65 Trinity Tex. 100, Texas A&I 70 Colorado 90, Texas 75 Rice 88, Tulane 81 Pan American 96, Prairie View 86 Marquette 87, Air Force 61 Morehead 111, Kentucky St. 82 Mississippi St. 71, Memphis St. 66 Oklahoma St. 78, MacMurray, 111. 60 St. Bonaventure 9 3 , Xavier, Ohio 69 Bradley 83, Murray St. 78 Catholic U. 78, Washington Coll 68 Can you bottle Blood, Sweat & Tears of the Aggie Twelfth Man? No! TOWN HALL PROUDLY PRESENTS The J. S. Baeh Society of Houston BALLROOM OF MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER DECEMBER 14, 8:00 P. M. TOWN HALL SEASON TICKET HOLDERS AND STUDENTS WITH ACTIVITY CARDS ADMITTED FREE. 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