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Page 4 College Station, Texas Wednesday, January 5, 1972 THE BATTAUhe BA1 Holiday tournament action brings Aggies 9 cage record to 44 ]c|j By JOHN CURYLO Battalion Sports Editor The Aggie basketball team travels to Washington, D. C. Fri day to play in the Presidential Classic after losing both its games in the Lobo Invitational in Albuquerque and taking the consolation championship in the Bluebonnet Classic in Houston last week. A&M lost to New Mexico, 95- 73, and to Creighton, 100-77, in the Lobo Tournament, but Jeff Overhouse was named to the all tournament team. Turnovers were the main trouble for the Aggies, but these problems were taken care of by the time the Bluebonnet rolled around. Overhouse earned a spot on the all-tourney unit in the As trodome classic, as the Aggies of Coach Shelby Metcalf fell to Michigan State, 67-65, and de feated LSU, 73-68. MSU’s vic tory was in the final seconds of the contest, which saw Over- house sit out over 15 minutes of the first half with three fouls. The tourney marked the emer gence of Bobby Threadgill as a starter. The 6-4 senior scored 20 points and gathered 15 rebounds in the two games. Against LSU, Threadgill was credited with seven steals. His defensive play was a key to the two lowest point totals allowed by the Ag gies this year. He had 13 of his points against Michigan State. Overhouse scored 30 points in the LSU game, playing the entire 40 minutes without a substitu tion. In addition to his totals of 39 points and 20 rebounds in the two-day affair, the 6-7 junior blocked three shots against the Spartans. Mario Brown, the 6-2 guard, chipped in 28 points in the tour nament, 16 against Michigan State and 12 against LSU. Brown was credited with eight assists in the two games. The Michigan State game was close throughout. The contest was tied five times, with the widest margin being the Spar tans’ six-point advantage eight times during the battle. The Ag gies hit 40.6% of their shots from the field, with Michigan State making 46.7% of their at tempts. With 6:30 to plhy in the game, Michigan State took a 60-54 lead. This diminished quickly, how ever, with Threadgill hitting a corner jump shot, Overhouse making a free throw and then popping the net on a short jump er to pull A&M within a point, 60-59. At 3:54, Overhouse was good on a driving layup to push the Aggies ahead, 61-60. A jump shot by William Kilgore gave the Spartans a 62-61 lead with 2:18 showing, and a free throw by Michael Robinson made it 63-61. Wayne Howard’s corner jump shot tied it up with 1:15 remain ing. MSU went ahead to stay with 41 seconds left on a drive by Kilgore. The Aggies made sev eral attempts to tie it up again, HELP YOURSELF flk 1 TO SOME W EXPERT ADVICE Cliff’s Notes are written with you in mind. 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MSU—Michael Robinson, 19; William Kilgore, 13; Allen Smith, 13; Brian Breslin, 20; Ty rone Lewis, 6; Gary Ganakas, 4; and Pat Miller, 2. The LSU game was highlight ed by a large Aggie lead, then a rally by the Tigers, but the big excitement was Press Maravich’s ejection from the game when the veteran coach was charged with three consecutive technical fouls near the end of the first half. The first half saw the lead bounce back and forth, but the Aggies surged in the last two minutes on a tip by Overhouse, a jumper by Duplantis and a pair of free throws by the 6-8 senior. Howard converted two of the free shots after Maravich’s tech nicals, and Duplantis connected on a jumper three seconds be fore intermission to give A&M a 42-30 lead. The Aggies kept pouring it on in the second period, boosting the margin to 19 on a drive by Brown midway in the half. With the score 61-42 at this point, the Tigers fought back. Steve Chidley hit a jump shot with 2:32 left in the game to make it 66-65. Brown hit a pair of free throws, but Bill Newton matched the feat, and it was 68- 67 with 2:10 to play. Threadgill hit a charity shot half a minute later to make two the margin. With 1:10 remaining, LSU as sistant coach Bill Bernbrock was charged with a technical foul, and the Tigers were given an other right away. Overhouse made both the free throws, mak ing the score 71-67. Gobin fol lowed 20 seconds later with two more charity shots to put the game out of reach for the Ben- gals. The scoring: A & M — Jeff Overhouse, 30; Rick Duplantis, 13; life Brown, 12; Bobby Threa.|}j JOHN Cl Wayne Howard, 6; ^Battalion Spi Knowles, 3; and Bob Gotef Emory Bel LSU—Steve Chidley, 1 lt A&M ’ con Newton, 22; A1 Sanders, :;' vork recrm Siener, 8; and Collis Teir:F ree holdove A: (He staff, The Aggies play Georg, the Universit ington in the first gt last year’s i the Presidential Classic ma n coach, tl night. They return hom tii.rh school c game with Trinity Jan. U^par and on in G. 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