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College Station, Texas
Friday, February 18, 1972
THE BATTAL)
Aggies attempt to end Frog win streak in Ft. Wort
By JOHN CURYLO
The Texas Aggies get another
chance at first place in the
Southwest Conference, but they
face a rough test in playing Tex
as Christian in Ft. Worth.
The Horned Frogs have won
13 in a row at home, and they
have put together 16 straight
conference victories in Daniel-
Meyer Coliseum. Their last
league loss was in 1970, 77-73,
to A&M.
The two teams are 6-3 in the
conference race, tied with Texas
and Texas Tech for second place.
Southern Methodist, 7-2, leads
the league. The Mustangs will
play at Arkansas this weekend.
Coach Shelby Metcalf will go
with the same five that beat the
Razorbacks Tuesday night, 86-85.
The point man will be Mario
Brown, who is averaging 14.0
points per game, 16.8 in confer
ence play. The wing men are
Bobby Threadgill, 8.0 and 8.9,
and Randy Knowles, 11.3 and
12.8 Playing the post positions
are Brad Pauley, 3.2 and 2.8, and
Jeff Overhouse, 16.9 and 15.7.
The leading rebounder is Over
house with 10.1 per contest, 9.7
in league play. Knowles is hit
ting the boards for an average
of 8.4 this season, 9.6 for confer
ence games.
Pauley and Knowles drew
starting assignments for the first
time Tuesday night. Pauley re
sponded with 14 points, while
Knowles tossed in 23.
“I thought our changes helped
us,” Metcalf said. “We were flat
in the first half against Arkan-
A&M swim team
hosts Raiders
After a strong showing against
perennial Southwest Conference
champion Southern Methodist
Wednesday, the Aggie swimmers
host Texas Tech Saturday. The
meet starts at 3 p.m. in P. L.
Downs Natatorium.
“If everything goes as it
should, either team could win by
a point,” A&M swimming coach
Dennis Fosdick said of the Tech
meet.
sas, but after getting our hearts
broken twice in a row, that was
no surprise. The team rose to the
occasion in the second half
though, and that was good for
them. They showed a lot of
class.”
In TCU, the Aggies will be go
ing against the defending con
ference champions. Johnny
Swaim’s Frogs lost the first
meeting between the two schools,
81-74, in College Station.
Led by Simpson Degrate, a 6-4
forward, the Frogs are 13-8 for
the year, same as A&M. Degrate
had 36 points and 21 rebounds in
the SMU game Tuesday night.
Degrate will be the defensive re
sponsibility of Knowles.
Other starters include 6-1
guard Jim Ferguson, to be cov
ered by Threadgill, 6-2 guard
James Williams, defended by
Brown, 6-3 forward Ricky Hall,
guarded by Pauley, and 6-5 cen
ter Evans Royal, the responsi
bility of Overhouse.
“TCU is the hottest team in
the league,” Metcalf said. “They
are one of the better disciplined
teams in the conference. They
stay with their offense and play
good defense. They get with it
real well, like us.
“We can match up better with
Baylor or TCU than any other
team in the league,” he contin
ued. “We’re all similar. The
only difference is that Degrate
is the best scorer on all three
teams.”
TCU, like A&M, has a problem
with fouls. The big men on both
sides have a tendency to get into
trouble in this category. In fact,
this could decide the ball game.
Both squads have about seven
players they use regularly.
Metcalf is 9-8 against TCU
since becoming head coach, with
a 4-4 slate in Ft. Worth. The
Aggies lost to SMU, 75-71, in a
showdown in Dallas last Satur
day, narrowing the chances for
the conference championship.
After Saturday, TCU’s sched
ule consists of Rice in Houston,
Baylor and Tech at home and
Texas in Austin. The Aggies and
the Mustangs face the same four.
A&M plays at Baylor, Rice and
Texas at home and Tech in Lub
bock. SMU faces Tech at home,
Texas in Austin, Rice at home
and Baylor in Waco.
TCU and SMU both have won
in Lubbock. A&M’s road record
is not particularly outstanding
this season. The Aggies’ 6-3 con
ference mark has consisted of
five home wins and one road vic
tory (Rice) and three road losses
(Arkansas, Texas and SMU).
The Aggies are hitting 42.5%
of their field goals in season play,
but the average has gone up to
44.6% since league play began
five week ago. Free throws have
hurt A&M, with 63.4% being the
season mark and 63.6% the con
ference norm. The opponents are
making free throws at a clip of
67.2% for the year and 71.3%
for conference.
Rebounding has been A&M’s
strong category. The Aggies hold
a 52.5-45.7 advantage for the year
and a 50.7-42.4 margin for league
action. The Aggies have been av
eraging 78.0 points per game,
78.9 in loop play. The opponents
have 77.5 and 77.0 averages.
Other conference action finds
Texas at Tech, SMU at Arkansas
and Rice at Baylor. Scheduled for
Tuesday are A&M at Baylor, TCU
at Rice, Texas at Arkansas and
Tech at SMU.
Tipoff time for the varsity
game at 7:30 p.m.
Randy Knowles
Fish, Wogs in rematch Saturday
Bobby Threadgill
Ag tennis squad
travels to Austin
A&M‘s tennis team, undefeat
ed in head-to-head competition
this season, goes to Austin to
meet St. Edward’s Saturday.
The Aggie netters hold dual
meet decisions over Houston and
Pan American. Last weekend,
A&M tied with Rice for fifth
place in the tough Pan American
Tournament.
Playing for Coach Omar
Smith’s team will be senior Dick
Fikes, freshman Billy Hoover,
senior Tommy Connell, sopho
more Dan Courson, freshman
Billy Wright and jtiriior Lawton
Park.
The Aggies won five events in
losing to SMU 70-43. Steve
Prentice, a sophomore from Pas
adena, had the outstanding per
formance with a time of 1:59.7
in the 200-yard backstroke to
qualify for the NCAA nationals
later this year.
Other Aggie winners were
Doug Meaden in the 200 - yard
and 500-yard freestyle, Duncan
Cooper in the one-meter diving
and Prentice in the 200-yard in
dividual medley.
By BILL HENRY
Assistant Sports Editor
A&M’s Fish return to court ac
tion Saturday in Ft. Worth in a
rematch with the TCU Wogs at
5:15. The first meeting between
the two clubs produced a lop
sided 86-57 Fish victory.
TCU has had a very unproduc
tive year in winning but one
game compared to ten defeats.
The Wogs have been shut out in
conference action, having lost all
five. TCU’s lone victory came at
the hands of Temple Junior Col
lege, 96-82, in Ft, Worth. A&M
defeated the same quintet, 76-57,
here.
Brad Pauley
After playing one of their
finest games this season, against
SMU, the Fish took the week off.
The rest should prove helpful in
Saturday’s encounter at Daniel-
Meyer Coliseum.
In the SMU encounter, Cedric
Joseph played the best game of
his freshman career, scoring 36
points and savagely grabbing 27
rebounds, both of which are sea
son highs for the team. Cedric
hit 12 of 18 from the field and
12 of 15 from the charity to
achieve his 36 points.
TCU will start a front line
consisting of Dickie Walker, 6-2,
186, from Houston Davis and
averaging 18.6 per game; Eddie
Fitzhugh, 6-1, 177, from Dallas
Kimball and averaging 9.6;
Chuck Elsey, 6-6, 190, from Me
tairie, La., and averaging 22.8
per contest; Sonny Cason, 6-2,
185 from Fort Worth Western
Hills and hitting 11.4 a game;
and John Wycoff, 6-4, 160 from
Memphis, Tenn., and averaging
11.1.
since breaking his foot in the
second San Antonio College
game. He played briefly against
the Texas Yearlings, scoring
eight points.
The 5-11 guard will be replac
ing Isdell Birnbaum, a non-scho-
Petition is filed
asking Texas for
teenage jurors
Coach Jim Culpepper will start
Joseph (20.6), Webb Williams
(14.8), Dale Donaldson (11.8),
Jerry Mercer (9.3) and Mike
Floyd.
Floyd (20.3) is making his
first start and second appearance
HOUSTON <A>> _ A federal
court petition asking that Texas
and county officials be ordered
to permit 18, 19 and 20-year-olds
to serve on juries was filed Wed
nesday.
It alleges that the state has
systematically excluded young
people from serving on juries
and that such action violates the
equal protection clause of the
U. S. Constitution.
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this year partly because oli
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Wogs down 42-16 at WiS
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boards, 65-44. A&M hit an
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A&M’s next contest willk
Waco, Tuesday night.
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unique phases of his ministry is the ability to quote and use over 5,000 verses of the Bible by
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