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(Photo by Mike Wright) Arkansas, with no other role left to play but spoiler in the 1970 Southwest Conference Race, Comes to G. Rollie White Coli seum tonight hoping to derail the Texas Aggies’ four-game win ning streak. The Aggies added Southern Methodist to their scalp belt Sat urday night in Dallas, 84-81, to extend their winning streak to four, all in the SWC. They have not lost a game since Feb. 7 when the TCU Horned Frogs turned the trick. The Hogs block the road with another ‘must’ game for the Cadets because they must win the rest of their games to have a shot at a repeat conference crown. A&M stands 7-4 in SWC play tied with Texas Tech while the Rice Owls are still holding a two game lead with three to play. But the Owls have the toughest schedule of the three because they must play both Tech and A&M away from home and entertain tough TCU too. The Aggies must polish off Arkansas here, Baylor in Waco on regional television next Sat urday and host Rice in their sea son finale next Tuesday. The Razorbacks will bring an unimpressive team record-wise to College Station but that 4-17 mark is sprinkled with many CALL 822-1529 TODAY! ■holiday health- SPECIAL STUDENT RATES AVAILABLE MEN... SHAPE UP and TRIM DOWN! • SLIM DOWN (If you are overweight)! • BUILDUP (If you are underweight) • TAKE ONLY 30 to 45 MINUTES 2 or 3 times per week • FREE PHYSIQUE ANALYSIS (Tell us what you want to accom plish, we’ll set up a special program for you.) • ALL PROGRAMS SUPERVISED CALL: 822-1529 OR COME BY holiday health- a mAPvt J 822-1529 3008 E. 29th (2 Blocks East of Villa Maria Rd.) close losses and they hold deci sive wins over both SMU and Baylor. The Aggies couldn’t completely stop Gene Phillips, SMU’s an swer to Pete Maravich, but did a good enough job on his team mates to escape Moody Coliseum with an 84-81 victory. With Chuck Smith and sophomore Bobby Threadgill hounding the Ponies’ ace, the Mustangs saw their first half shooting perform ance far below par at 36.9 per cent and Phillips himself could muster but three of 14 from the floor. Steve Niles handled the area around the basket very nicely with several tip-ins and key re bounds and the Aggies shot out to a nine point lead at 64-45. But the Ponies wouldn’t roll over and they scored nine straight to tie it 54-54 with 10:01 left in the second half. Threadgill became the big man in the lineup as he played inspired defense and did his job on the boards. A thirty- foot Threadgill shot with 6:03 left gave the Aggies a 68-63 ad vantage but the Mustangs kept pressing and' kept coming back until they pulled within two at 74-73 with 2:52 left. The last two minutes found A&M protecting the ball and the lead with Threadgill, Chuck Smith, Pat Kavanagh, and Mike Heitmann all sinking two free throws apiece to keep the Aggies ahead. A noisy crowd of 6,600 kept the Mustangs fired up for the contest plus the fact they had nothing to lose and everything to gain if they should win. But A&M displayed a balanced at tack on offense with five men in double figures and two others just missing. Niles led A&M with 16 points and 14 rebounds, Heit mann had 15, Bill Cooksey, con tinuing his hot outside shooting chipped in 13, and Kavanagh and Threadgill both had 10. Smith and Rick Duplantis each had nine and Smith also pulled down 12 caroms as the Aggies tied their season record of 61 rebounds. The Razorbacks made the Ag gies hustle for a 64-59 win in Fayetteville in early January and they will hit the court tonight with three seniors who have played together for three years. 6-3 Robert McKenzie, 6-5 James Eldridge, and 6-4 Ricky Tannen- berger are all three-year start ers but their leading scorer is a 6-0 sophomore Aimer Lee, who carries a 19.0 norm for the year. The Aggie Fish, who are 8-1 for the season, host Christian College of The Southwest, the No. 4 junior college in the na tion with a 27-4 mark. The 5:45 p.m. prelim will match the Fish against a team that suffered a 113-98 setback to the A&M fresh men last year. Owls Hold Inside To 9 70 Cage Title By Clifford Broyles Battalion Sports Writer The Rice Owls who won their first Southwest Conference bas ketball championship in 1918 and their last in 1949 have the in side track to the 1970 title with three games to play. The Owls lead Texas A&M and Texas Tech by two games, but the schedule that remains could leave either the Scarlet and White-clad Red Raiders or the Maroon and White of Aggieland with at least a share of the title. Rice must travel to the home courts of both of its chief pur suers before they can claim the number one spot. They visit Lubbock tonight to battle Tech which has won ten of twelve games in Municipal Coliseum this season. If the Owls should lose tonight or Saturday in their final home date with Texas Christian then their battle next Tuesday night with A&M could put the race in a two or three way tie. Tech and A&M both one loss away from being knocked out of the race have two of their re maining games on friendly grounds, but the Raiders will have the edge when it goes on the road playing Southern Meth odist in Dallas Saturday while the Aggies travel to Waco to face the Baylor Bears. Financial backing tastes sweet once you’ve bitten the dust. When you have a wife, a kid, and growing responsibilities, financial security is a nice thing to have around the house. Start to plan for it now. Invest in a life insurance program that expands as your needs do. The earlier you start, the less it costs. And the more security you’ll have a chance to build. Give us a call. Or stop by our office. We'll give you a dose of financial security. 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