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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1970)
ies Open Conference Play Tonight THE BATTALION Page 4 College Station, Texas Tuesday, January 6,1971 ♦ f By Richard Campbell The Texas Aggies’ basketball squad touched down here in Texas after their succesful holi day tournament schedule only long enough to refuel it seems because tonight they start play ing for real as they open the 1970 Southwest Conference race in Fayetteville against the Arkansas Razorbacks. The defending conference cham pions returned from the holiday wars in fine fashion as they nipped host Furman, 68-66, in the first round of the Poinsetta Classic in Greenville, S. C., then edged Northwestern of the Big Ten, 93-91, in overtime to earn the championship trophy. In the Sun Carnival tournament in El Paso earlier they lost to Missouri in the opening round but came back to take the third place trophy by defeating Clemson. Mike Heitmann, the 6-4 senior captain for A&M, set a tourna ment record wtih 37 points in the championship game in Greenville and was named the Most Valuable Player in the meet. Heitmann and junior center Steve Niles, who set .A ii* |itm Sdurncs unibergitp men’s toear 329 UniverBity Drive 713/846-2706 College Station. Texas 77840 GOLF CLUB SNACK BAR The exclusive golf club snack bar is not just for the exclusive use of golfers. It is for you too. Come by this delightful new snack bar for a hamburger, cola, french fries or a big piece of pie. Try our “Putter”. You will be pleased. OPEN DAILY FROM 10-30 A. M. TO 4:30 P. M. a school rebound record with 21 against Furman, were named to the all-tournament team. Niles set the record against the Paladins despite going against the nation’s fifth-ranked rebounder Joe Brunson. Coach Shelby Metcalf was pleased wtih the progress of his team as the intersectional play ended. “I think we matured a lot. T'hd team is playing together well, and they showed a lot of composure under pressure. “We’ve played five two-point games out of nine, and that is going to be an invaluable experi ence in the conference race. * t » I r •—•••' ■*> * *•' V’V V I ♦*" t ▼ t * t - <r T" .. t • y « v t V I The rebounding strength of the Aggies has also been evident this year along with their fine de fensive play. They have out- rebounded opponents by nearly ten per game and have limited their foes to 72.7 points per con test. Riding a three-game winning streak, the Aggies upped their season mark to 5-4 but face a scrappy Razorback five tonight at 8. Heitmann, with a 19.7 norm leads the A&M scoring parade followed by Bill Cooksey at 13.6, Niles 13.3, Chuck Smith 12.9 and Pat Kavanaugh 5.3. These five will be in the starting lineup tonight for the 8 p.m. tipoff. Top reserves will be Rick Duplantis (6.9), Jeff Watkins (2.9), and Robert Threadgill (2.2). BILL COOKSEY SPECIAL 89 3 Pc. 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