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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, January 28, 1970
THE BATTALION
Aggies Lose, 68-58,
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By Mike Wright
Assistant Sports Editor
HOUSTON — It’s a miracle
what the smell of being in the
first division will do to a team
who has not won a basketball
championship since 1954.
The Rice Owls, displaying a
zeal for hitting the round circle,
outplayed the Texas Aggies last
night at Autry Court, 68-58.
The Owls, coached by little Don
Knodel, have been on the rise un
der his reign. Knodel took over
the Rice job after the Owls had
found themselves in a “basket
ball drought” by winning only
three games in two seasons.
But now, only three years later,
the Owls are tied with Texas
Christian University for second
place in the Southwest Confer
ence with a 3-1 record, while the
Aggies, 2-2, have dropped into a
third-place tie with the Univer
sity of Texas at Austin.
The stage was set for the noisy
bout when the house announcer
asked for a moment of silence in
memory of Aggie football player
Mike DeNiro, killed in an auto
mobile accident last Friday in
Louisiana. DeNiro was buried
Tuesday in Youngstown, Ohio.
After the silence, Rice jumped
to a 6-2 lead on quick baskets by
Tom Myer, Gary Reise, and Ted
Melay. The Aggies closed the
Rice lead from the free-throw
line. In the first half, they hit 13
of 14 attempts from the line to
keep them from virtually being
run out of Houston.
However, the Owls could do no
wrong, feeding Reise and Myer
with setups. Reise tallied 14
points, while Myer hit for 8.
The Aggies were completely
frigid from the field, sinking only
5 of 14 shots in the first half.
Rice, in the meantime, hit 13 of
26 for an even 50 per cent. Ironi
cally, Rice was cold from the
charity line, hitting 7 out of 13.
When the smoke had cleared
after the first 30 minutes, the
Owls held a 10-point lead, 33-23.
The Aggies battled back in the
second half behind clutch baskets
by Pat Kavanagh, Steve Niles,
and Mike Heitman to close the
gap to 3 at 46-43. But the sur
prise inside strength of Steve
Wendel and the three key baskets
of Jim Naples allowed the Owls
to retain their lead. Rice held a
comfortable 6- to 8-point lead
throughout much of the second
half.
The SWC’s leading scorer,
Reise had to work for his 21
points, as Kavanagh ran con
stantly with the Owl shooter and
bothered his shots. Reise sank
only four field goals in the first
half and two in the second. How
ever, he was 9 for 9 from the
charity line to add to his totals.
Myer had a terrific evening.
His additional 10 points from the
corners in the second half
brought his total to 18 points.
Sitting dejectedly in a dark
comer of the steaming Aggie
dressing room, coach Shelby Met
calf could only mutter:
“Rice certainly wanted this one
worse than we did.”
Kavanagh, besides dogging
Reise for the evening, contributed
13 points to the cause, as did
Niles. Niles also had two re
bounds. Heitman was the leading
scorer for A&M, with 16 points.
Now, A&M must regroup dur
ing the next few days to face
Southern Methodist University
Saturday afternoon in College
Station in a televised game.
Baylor still leads over the rest
of the conference with a 4-0 rec
ord. However, Texas Tech Uni
versity proved that the Bears
were vulnerable at home, only
losing out to the Green and Gold
by one point, 47-46.
So now the stage is set. The
Aggies either have to remember
their lines or suffer the conse
quences of summer stock.
Fish Fall to Owlets, 70-63;
Tempers Flare in Contest
By Mike Wright
HOUSTON — The Texas Ag
gie Fish fought back from a 38-
31 Rice Owlet halftime lead
Tuesday night, but fell short as
the Owlets dropped the Fish
from the undefeated ranks by a
70-63 count.
The affair was spiced by num
erous outbreaks of tongue-lash
ings between Rice and A&M
players. The poorly-called con
test bred one “lip contest” be
tween Owlet coach George Me-
haffey and Fish coach Jim Cul
pepper.
Earlier in the game, Culpep
per had received a technical foul
due to a misunderstanding be
tween him and the officials.
The Southwest Conference
sportsmanship champions’ crowd
roared its approval as the Owl
ets’ big man, Mark Wehrly, kept
the Fish off balance with his
clutch outside shooting. The 6-
10 giant was deadly from out
side the 20-foot barrier. Wehrly
managed to hold A&M’s Jeff
Overhouse to 13 points and con
tained the leading Fish rebound
er to 10 grabs.
With Overhouse leading the
Aggie scorers, Bryan Mezger and
Wayne Howard chipped in 11
points apiece, while Ron Eeten
and Bob Gobin sank 10 apiece.
Bill O’Brian chipped in six
points, while Charlie Jenkin
sank one field goal.
The Fish could only tally 25
of 63 field goal attempts for a
cool 39.7 per cent. The Owlets
sank 28 of 63 for 44 per cent,
with the three added goals be
ing the main difference in the
score.
The next outing for the Fish
is against the Texas Christian
University Wogs Feb. 7 in Col
lege Station.
Stegent Picked by Cards;
Unbelievable, 9 He Says
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio
“It’s unbelievable. I’m over
whelmed,” Texas A&M running
back Larry Stegent said Tuesday
when informed he was the first
town.
“Really didn’t have any idea
that I would be picked this high
in the draft,” Stegent said. “I’ll
be glad to rejoin my good buddy,
Rolf Krueger.” Krueger, also
from Texas A&M, is a defensive
end for St. Louis.
running back picked in the pro
football draft.
Stegent was the eighth player
picked as the St. Louis Cardinals’
top draft selection. He was chos
en ahead of Heisman Trophy win
ner Steve Owens of Oklahoma
and Colorado’s Bob Anderson,
among others.
“It’s really beautiful,” Stegent
said. “Those other fellows are
great football players. I consider
it an honor. I am very happy to
be with St. Louis.”
TIS General Manager Promoted
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DETROIT . . . The appointment
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sist Mr. Share, in the coordina
tion of all racing activities at
American Raceways’ facilities as
well as assistance in the areas of
construction and facility improve
ment.
Stegent, Coach Gene Stallings,
and a dozen other Aggie gridders
were here for the funeral of Mike
DeNiro, an Aggie end killed Fri
day in an auto accident in Louisi
ana. DeNiro resided in Youngs-
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way located near Bryan-College
Station, Texas—'the newest rac
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