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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, December 3, 1968
THE BATTALION
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Ag Cagers Off And Running With 95-82 Triumph
Bq JOHN PLATZER
Billy Bob Barnett pointed the
way last night in G. Rollie White
Coliseum as the 1968-1969 Aggie
basketball team made a successful
debut with a 95-82 victory over a
fine Southern Mississippi squad.
The Southerners currently on a
playing tour of Texas, opened the
season Saturday with a slim loss
at the hands of the University of
Houston Cougars in Houston.
Southern Mississippi trailed by
only five points with five minutes
left in that contest.
Barnett, a senior from Bren-
Jiam, was seemingly all over the
court as he paced both teams in
scoring and rebounding. The 6-5,
210 pounder scored 27 points and
pulled down 11 rebounds.
Sonny Benefield provided the
outside spark while Barnett took
care of the inside duties in the
first half as the Aggies drew
away to a 50-42 lead at the inter
mission. Benefield, who scored 16
points in the first half, ended the
game with 18 points on 9 of 16
attempts from the field.
The Agg-ies scored first in the
game on a pair of free throws by
Mike Heitmann but the Souther
ners came right back on a free
throw and corner jump si by
their top scorer and rebounder,
Wendell Ladner, to lorge ahead
3-2. A driving layup by Barnett
once again sent the Aggies out
front before a free shot by 6-8
Bill Edkins of Mississippi knotted
the count at 4-4.
The teams traded points then
as Benefield connected on a corner
jumper for the Aggies and Rich
ard Corsetto drove in for a layup.
A short jumper by Barnett gave
the Aggies an 8-6 lead which they
kept until an Edkins layup sent
the Southerners ahead 11-10. The
score went back and forth then
until with 14:08 left in the first
half Barnett hit on a drive to send
the Aggies ahead 16-14 and they
were never caught after that.
A 15-foot set shot by Barnett
upped the Aggie lead to 24-16
with 12:28 left in the period but
Southern Mississippi fought back
to narrow the gap to 30-28. Three
straight Aggie field goals by Bar
nett, Benefield and then Barnett
once again gave A&M breathing
room at 36-28.
Bill Cooksey, the leading scorer
on the Fish team last season gave
the Aggies their biggest lead of
the half at 50-40 with 1:30 to go.
Ladner hit a baseline jump for
Southern Mississippi with 7 sec
onds left in the half to reduce the
margin to 50-42.
The Aggies started fast once
again in the second half as a lay
up by Heitman gave Coach Shelby
Metcalf’s team an 11 point lead at
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56-45 with 17:05 remaining in the
game.
With Ronnie Peret and Harry
Bostic helping the Aggies control
the boards, the Aggies maintained
a steady six to eight point lead
through the next fifteen minutes.
A Bostic tip sent the Aggie lead
to 12 at 86-74 with 2:56 remaining
and then a pair of free throws by
the 6-6 senior from St. Paul, Indi
ana jumped A&M’s margin to 14
at 90-76 with 1:56 left on the
clock.
Ross Brupbacher, a star defend
er on the Aggie football team,
made the last field goal of the
game for A&M with only 54 sec
onds remaining as they pulled
away to a 94-78 bulge. Southern
Mississippi battled back to cut the
margin to 95-82 at the final buz
zer
Barnett connected on 8 of 12
from the field and 11 of 14 from
the free throw line for his 27
points (20 of which came in the
first half). Following Benefield’s
18 points for the Aggies was
Heitmann with 14 while Peret and
Bostic rounded out A&M’s double
figure club with 12 apiece.
Peret, the Aggies’ 6-9 senior,
was second to Barnett in rebounds
with 10. Steve Niles, a 7-0 sopho
more from San Antonio, was
A&M’s starting center and he
ended the game with 4 points and
six rebounds.
Southern Mississippi placed
four players in double figures in
the game with Ladner, a big 6-5,
235 pounder, leading the way with
22 points and 9 rebounds. Edkins
had 13 points and 7 rebounds for
the Southerners while Corsetto
contributed 15 points and John
Vitrano tossed in 12 before foul
ing out with 4:17 left to play.
The Aggies had their shooting
eye throughout the game as they
singed the nets for over 50 per
cent in each half. They ended the
game with a 54.7 mark hitting on
35 of 64 from the floor. A&M hit
on 20 of 38 for 52.6 in the first
half and then came back to con
nect on 15 of 26 for 57.7 in the
second stansa. Southern Missis
sippi hit on 32 of 75 shots from
the floor in the contest for a 44
mark.
A&M also out rebounded their
FENCED IN
Aggie postman Ronnie Peret looks for a little help from his
friends as he is surrounded by John Vitrano (left) and Bill
Edkins (rear), both of Southern Mississippi- A&M players
in the background are Harry Bostic, Bill Cooksey, and
Sonny Benefield. (Photo by Mike Wright)
Aggie Fish Whip
For First Victory,
By RICHARD CAMPBELL
The Texas Aggie Fish shook off
a cold first-half shooting perform
ance to come back and deal the
previously undefeated Wharton
County Pioneers their first loss,
72-68, in a nip-and-tuck battle
Monday night.
Jeff Watkins, a former High
School All-America player from
Laurel, Miss., poured in 23 points
for the Fish as he hit on nine of
ten attempts from the field for
the game scoring honors.
Wharton took the starting tip
and scored on Willie Terrell’s lay
up to go ahead 2-0. The lead from
there see-sawed back and forth
four times until Chip Brees, a 6-2,
185 pounder from Cockeysville,
Md., sank a free throw with seven
seconds left in the half to throw
the lead to the Fish 33-32 at inter
mission.
Robert Threadgill, a 6-4, 170
pounder from New Braunfels, who
finished with 16 points for the
Fish, hit a 13-foot jumper early
in the first half to send the Fish
ahead for the first time, 11-9.
From there, the shooting of Wat
kins and Skip Carleton, a 6-4
Dallas Jefferson product, kept the
Fish in the game with the lead
never going beyond five points for
either team.
Both teams were cold from the
field in the first half with Whar
ton hitting only 14 of 39 for 35.9
per cent and the Fish connecting
on only 15 of 47 for 31.9 per cent.
Watkins hit on all three of his
shots in the first 20 minutes but
unfortunately his teammates could
not find the range as well.
The Pioneers entered the game
riding the crest of a 2-0 record
which they had fashioned with an
83-72 victory over Hill County and
a 105-91 win over Schreiner. But
the second half action found the
Fish steadily adding to their lead
with Carleton, Watkins, Thread-
gill and Frank Farnsworth all
finding the range at one time or
another. They combined to give j
the Fish their biggest lead at 10
points, 68-58, with 2:39 left in j
the contest.
Wharton County JC fought [
back with a full-court press in the I.
last two minutes with Danny Hau
ser stealing a Fish throw-in and .
getting a layup, Burt Griffin hit
ting a layup on a fast break and
Hauser hitting a short jumper to
pull the Pioneers within two
points, 68-66, with 1:06 left.
The Fish quickly called a time
out and talked the situation over
with Coach Jim Culpepper. When
play resumed, Watkins was fouled
by Terrell on the throw-in and
went to the line for a one-and-one.
He hit the first one but missed the
second and the score was 69-66.
On the ensuing quick pass by the
Pioneers, Watkins swiped it and
passed to Carleton, who was
Wharton
72-68
fouled by Hauser with 43 seconds
left. Carleton sank one of the two
free throws but Terrell took the
rebound and drove in for a short
jumper to make the score 70-68
with 34 seconds left. The Fish
managed to hold the ball until the
final second when Watkins tipped
in the last basket for the final
score of 72-68.
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