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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, January 25, 1972
THE BATTi
Aggies face defending SWC champions here tonig
By JOHN CURYLO
Battalion Sports Editor
The Aggie basketball team
faces the challenge tonight of
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bouncing back from the 100-89
loss to Arkansas by hosting de
fending champion Texas Chris
tian in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
A&M, now 8-6, had a five-game
winning streak stopped in Fay
etteville Saturday by the 46-
point performance of Razorback
guard Martin Terry. Teammate
Vernon Murphy tossed in 25. The
Aggies are 1-1 in conference play.
Texas Christian, also 1-1 in
league action, is 7-4 on the year.
They defeated Arkansas 95-77 in
the conference opener, but lost
to Southern Methodist in Dallas
81-71 three days ago.
A look at comparative scores
and performances reveals what
kind of race is expected in the
Southwest Conference this time
around: A&M beat SMU at
home, then lost to Arkansas there;
TCU beat Arkansas at home,
then lost to SMU there.
Coach Shelby Metcalf will start
his usual quintet of 6-2 guard
Mario Brown and 6-4 guard
Bobby Threadgill, 6-4 forward
Wayne Howard and 6-7 forward
Jeff Overhouse and 6-8 center
Rick Duplantis. Expected to fill
in for these regulars are 6-3
guard Bob Gobin and 6-6 forward
Randy Knowles.
Horned Frog Coach Johnny
Swaim counters with 5-10 guard
Herb Stephens and 6-1 guard Jim
Ferguson, 6-3 forward Ricky Hall
and 6-4 forward Simpson Degrate
and 6-5 center Evans Royal. Top
substitutes for the Fort Worth
team are 6-2 guard James Wil
liams, 6-4 forward Jimmy Parker
and 6-6 forward John Hurdle.
Degrate is one of the premier
players in the conference, with
Ferguson tabbed as an excellent
playmaker. TCU returns four
starters from last year’s title
team, but their ace from a year
ago, Eugene (Goo) Kennedy is
ineligible this season. The Frogs
are expected to be physically
tough, as usual.
The performance of the Aggies
Saturday was out of character
with the way they had been play
ing recently. Usually dominant
on the boards, they got the same
number of rebounds, 47, as the
Razorbacks. Free throws still
haunt the Aggies, as they hit but
23 of 38, compared to 36 of 41 for
Arkansas.
Terry connected on 12 of 23
shots from the field and added
22 of 24 from the charity line.
This total of 46 ranks seventh in
conference history for individual
players in a league game.
The Razorbacks had a 49-48
advantage at halftime. The larg
est margin was a 27-21 A&M
lead wtih 9:14 to play in the
period. The score was tied seven
times, and the lead changed hands
12 times. The largest Arkansas
lead was 35-32 with 5:31 left.
The second half was nearly as
even, with seven ties and five
exchanges of the lead. The Aggies
were stifled defensively, since
Overhouse, A&M’s rebounding
threat, and Threadgill, the man
covering Terry, picked up three
fouls in the first half, limiting
their aggressiveness.
The Aggies tied it at 80 wtih
four minutes to play, after trail
ing by nine five minutes before.
The Razorbacks got momentum,
though, and capitalized on free
throws and A&M errors to finish
strong. It was their first home
appearance since Dec. 13, and a
partisan crowd of 4,675 saw them
hit 46.4% from the field, com
pared to 47.1% for the Aggies.
A scuffle occurred with 2:42 to
play when Gobin fouled Terry.
The benches emptied and several
spectators went onto the court.
Each team was charged with a
flagrant technical foul, and no
one was injured.
The scoring:
A&M — Wayne Howard, 25;
Jeff Overhouse, 19; Mario Brown,
18; Randy Knowles, 10; Bobby
Threadgill, 9; Rick Duplantis, 4;
Bob Gobin, 2; and Brad Pauley, 2.
Arkansas — Martin Terry, 46;
Vernon Murphy, 25; Dean Tolson,
6; Joel Heider, 5; Dennis White,
5; Larry Box, 4; Jody Bass, 4;
Mike Brown, 3; and Doug Camp
bell, 2.
In other SWC action tonight,
Texas Tech is at Texas, Baylor
is at Rice, and SMU hosts Arkan
sas. Tipoff time for the A&M-
TCU contest is 8 p.m. The Fish
meet the TCU Wogs in a prelim
inary game at 5:45.
The Aggies are at home again
Saturday in an 8 p.m. game with
Baylor, preceded by the Fish-
Baylor Cub battle at 5:!il
kansas visits Texas, Rktl
TCU and SMU is at :l
other action this weekenil
Fish host Wogs in preliminary battle
By BILL HENRY
Assistant Sports Editor
TCU’s Wogs will visit G. Rollie
White Coliseum in a 5:45 p.m.
tilt against the A&M Fish. The
Fish will be looking for their
second straight Southwest Con
ference loop victory while the
Wogs stand 0-1 in conference
play.
SMU has been the common foe
of both clubs with A&M scoring
an impressive 100-82 win over the
Colts, while last Saturday the
Colts took the Wogs 85-78 in
Dallas. Overall the Wogs stand
in at 1-5 while the Fish hold a
4-2 record.
“I expect TCU and most of the
other teams we play to start
pressing us because of our lack
of a good ball-handler,” Coach
Jim Culpepper said. “We may
also start to press because I feel
pretty good about our defensive
unit. The big problem there,
however, is that I would hate to
get into foul trouble with our
depth problem.”
ing a 23-point per game player
has got to hurt our play to some
extent, but I feel real confident
that the kids I have can fill the
gap and play good basketball.”
The big question in tonight’s
contest is whether the Fish can
get the offense back together
after the loss of top scorer and
floor leader Mike Floyd. Without
the Rockford, 111., star, the Fish
are lacking an outside shooting
threat as well as a ball-handler.
With Floyd out for the season
wtih a broken ankle, the Fish
have given much more attention
to defense. This was shown in
last week’s heart-breaking loss to
Hill JC, 69-68, on a last second
free throw. Up to that contest,
the Hill Rangers had averaged
104 points per game in hustling
to a 16-1 season record. That one
loss was to San Jacinto in the
Ravens’ own tournament two days
preceding the Fish contest.
“With Mike playing, we defi
nitely had a better ball club than
we do now,’ Culpepper said. “Los-
Bellard announces
workout dates
Coach Emory Bellard said
Monday that spring football
training for the A&M squad
would start March 20 and con
clude with the Maroon-White
game on April 22.
Cedric Joseph, All-America
from Fort Worth Arlington
Heights, has been called on to
lead the Fish throughout the re
mainder of the season in both
scoring and rebounding. Joseph,
6-8, 210, has averaged 20.3 points
per game and 16.3 rebounds.
Webb Williams and Dale Donald
son are the only other Fish to
average in double figures
throughout the first six en
counters. Jerry Mercer, 6-9, 210,
from Houston Cypress-Fairbanks,
has averaged 9.5 points per game,
but his biggest asset so far this
season has been in his rebound
ing. Mercer has copped 72 re
bounds for a 12 per game aver
age.
“I don’t expect to change my
offensive or defense play much
because of the loss of Mike,”
stated Culpepper. “We will have
to go to Cedric more in the inside
for the bulk of our scoring and
play a little tougher defense.”
In overall statistics, the Fish
have outscored the opposition by
an 11-point margin and out-
rebounded the foe by 17 per game.
The Fish have also hit a respect
able 44% of their outside shots
compared to 40% for the oppo
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What has hurt the Fish, if any
thing, has been too many turn
overs (104) and a cold hand at
the free throw line (65%).
The Fish will be in action again
Saturday when they host the
Baylor Cubs in a 5:45 p.m. con
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