• ■ - v.-.v* selec. Tues. football n Uni- tys have new ook versus ACC sistant visited liorgui He s after offer, 1 e other id.’ 1 ler con- Horned Hlender ssistant , THE BATTALION Wednesday, December 16, 1970 Colleg-e Station, Texas CUFFORD BROYLES Kalion Sports Editor Before the season started, when asked about the coming season ard Pat Kavanagh said, “If we put it all together we’re going to Col °'] mavbe hustle isn’t the proper word, but they were lacking Kan- pgh to beat. Monday night, the Aggies broke a streak of inconsistency and Jpped Abilene Christian soundly, 91-74. For once, everyone had a decent night. Before that the Aggies jn't had a real top team effort. One night somebody would play optionally well, the next night he wouldn’t. Against ACC, A&M not only had its best offensive game but also best game rebounding and setting up the fast break. The team showed hustle that had been lacking in the early stages. lard of ndhing. Cooksey, senior guard hit on seven of nine shots from the liinthe first half in the game and for the first time this season the Jo|had an outside shooting threat. Before that, defenses didn’t have to worry about the Aggies out aland just put added pressure on 7-0 Steve Niles, 6-8 Rick Duplantis 16-7 Jeff Overhouse. Notably, over the weekend, a good Oregon team and an average I® team sagged against the Aggies, batting away passes in the Idle and turning them in to 24 and 20 point wins. Another shocker three- ted Fred r after coach. d TCU three ittman, viewed r » s ^ ithe game with the University of Texas at Arlington, The Rebels did ane (le ts first finished i^EAR ARE. same thing and beat the Aggies in a game that probably should have id something like Monday night. Cooksey’s outside shooting opened up the middle for the big n, but also some exceptional performances from Chuck Smith and of eigllt yne Howard got the ball rolling. Smith, who was the only Aggie to have a good night against ane, pulled down nine rebounds and scored 11 points while Howard, ying extensively for the first time this year, dropped in six of eight dgoalsand tallied 13 points and eight rebounds. But the important thing about their play was not this phase of game. It was the finesse and defense displayed by the Aggies that ltd the way for new optimism. But then Monday’s game is only one game, and considering that Aggies had five straight either mediocre or poor games before that ican’t go overboard yet. But it does provide a new optimism for the Aggies as they depart their first road trip of the year. The trip starts with a visit to nationally ranked Tulsa Dec. 23, to enville, N.C., to defend their championship in the Poinsettia Classic Dec. 28 and 29. On Jan. 7 they travel to Charleston, S.C., to play the Citadel and iture to Charlotte, N.C., a couple of days later to play the University North Carolina at Charlotte. The Aggies return home to play Lamar Tech, Jan. 15, on a Friday ht. The spring semester starts the following Monday and Southwest irence competition starts at Baylor Tuesday. H KYWAY WEST SCREEN AT 6:15 P. M. (CROWDS] I Ril*as*4 at tail - ly r*