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A Page 6 College Station, Texas Tuesday, February 29, 1972 THE BATTAUC Rice suprises Aggies, 73-69; Steers here tonight By JOHN CURYLO Battalion Sports Editor Fate gave the kiss of death to A&M Saturday, and Cinderella still can’t try on the glass slip per. All through the conference race, opposing coaches have said that Rice would knock somebody off. These prophecies came true in G. Rollie White Coliseum, and the Owls showed regional televi sion viewers a 73-69 put-down of the Aggies. The defeat coupled with South ern Methodist’s loss to Texas and victories by Texas Tech and Tex as Christian, leaves the South west Conference race in a five way tie with a week left. Should the conference race end in a two - way tie, the playoff berth in Las Cruces, New Mexico, would go to the team which won both of the games against the other. If the schools split their two meetings, a playoff game at a neutral site would be scheduled for next Tuesday to determine the conference representative. If more than two teams tie for the crown, the playoff position would be given to the team which swept the series from the others involved. However, if this situa tion didn’t exist, the team whose last NCAA playoff appearance predates the others would auto matically qualify for the play offs. Among the five leaders, Tech was in the playoffs in 1962, Tex as in 1963, SMU in 1967, A&M in TEACHING POSITIONS Position Interviews Dates: March March School Systems: 1 Houston, Texas 1 Gallup-McKinley Co., N. M. 2 Fort Worth, Texas 2 Denton, Texas 7 San Antonio, Texas 8 McAllen, Texas March 21 Abilene, Texas March 22 Corsicana, Texas March 24 Austin, Texas April 5 Port Arthur, Texas April 12 Goose Creek, Baytown, Texas Confirmation of others pending March March March March WHAT TO DO? Register for time on posted schedule. FOR YOUR ADVANTAGE: Register with TEACHER PLACEMENT SERVICES , College of Education 845-7238 1969 and TCU in 1971. The loss to Rice was only the second home setback this season for the Aggies, the other being a 90-79 defeat at the hands of Tulsa Dec. 6. Rice’s last victory was a 85-74 win over Georgia Tech Jan. 12. “Apparently, not going winless in conference meant more to Rice than winning this one for the championship did to us,” Coach Shelby Metcalf said. “I was afraid of this ball game, and I didn’t get them mentally ready. Rice played a beautiful ball game. They deserved to win.” Rice beat the Aggies at their own game, using a tough de fense that denied A&M the in side shot or a penetration of the lane by the point man. The Owls showed good shot selection, hit ting 49.2% of their field goal attempts. A&M let Rice in the back door on a number of occasions, with the Owls edging away from the basket and then sending a single player underneath for a gift lay up. The two teams played neck- and-neck for the first 11 minutes, but a 14-foot jump shot by Ran dy Youngling and a 17-foot jumper by Randy Reynolds put the Houstonians ahead 22-18 with 8:20 to play. It took them less than four minutes to increase the margin to 12, 33-21, with 4:37 to go in the half. Their lead leveled there, and they left the court at half time with a 43-31 advantage. Things didn’t change much in the closing period, with Leroy Marion damaging the Aggies by hitting 21 points and getting 11 rebounds. A 51-38 lead with 16:12 remaining provided the SWC standings Team W A&M 8 SMU 8 Texas 8 TCU 8 Tech 8 Baylor 4 Arkansas 3 Rice 1 Tuesday’s games — Texas A&M; Tech at TCU; Rice SMU; Baylor at Arkansas. Saturday’s games — A&M Tech; TCU at Texas; SMU Baylor; Arkansas at Rice. Before “James Gang & Military Weekend” Stop by JAY’S PACKAGE STORE For Your- Student Discount At The Saber Inn (With this ad or Student ID) Oil Change Special Oil Filter 99c & Lube Job 89c (With Oil Change) Good Through Feb. 29th Walding’s Texaco Service Center Across From The New Engineering Bldg. — 846-9455 ATTENTION Juniors and Sophomores MAKE SURE YOUR PICTURE WILL BE IN THE 1972 AGGIELAND YEARBOOK PICTURE SCHEDULE W-X-Y-Z March 3 Make-up Week March 6-17 NOTE: Students needing pictures for job-applications or any personal use may come ahead of schedule. CORPS SENIORS: Uniform: Class A Winter - Blouse or Midnight Shirt. CIVILIANS : Coat and Tie. PICTURES WILL BE TAKEN FROM 8: A.M. to 5: P.M. NOTE: BRING FEE SLIPS to UNIVERSITY STUDIO 115 No. Main — North Gate Phone: 846-8019 Owls with their biggest margin. A&M started getting desper ate, and the crowd of 5,101 stood Aggies showed signs of snapping screaming for a comeback. The out of their sluggishness, but Rice refused to relinquish. Although Rice’s lead gradually deteriorated, it wasn’t until 6:52 was showing that the Aggies Bobby Threadgill, playing per haps his best game at A&M, took a pass from Mario Brown in the right corner and hit a jump shot. Reynolds fouled him on the managed to break the eight-point lead barrier the Owls had set up. play, and the converted charity shot made it 61-56. Brown stole a Rice pass, as the second half press by the Aggies forced one of only 11 Rice turn overs. He drove down the court and made a short jump shot to tie it at 62 with 3:58 left in the game. Rice got ahead again on a John Kabbes jump shot from the right side, 66-64, and A&M was out of it for the remaining 3:05. Dur ing this time, the Aggies missed the front half of three one-and- ones and the second toss of an other. Threadgill had a season high of 25 points, connecting on 11 of 24 from the field and all three of his free throw chances. The New Braunfels senior was cred ited with seven rebounds. Jeff Overhouse led the Aggies with nine caroms, followed by Randy Knowles and Rick Du- plantis with eight each and Wayne Howard and Threadgill with seven. Howard sat out the entire second half with a mysteri ous leg injury, and he will not start against the Longhorns. All in all, A&M got 52 re bounds to 43 for Rice. The Ag gies need 49 in their next two games to break the record of 1,309 set by the 1969 club. The scoring: A&M—Bobby Threadgill, 25; Randy Knowles, 18; Mario Brown, 10; Jeff Overhouse, 9; Wayne Howard, 3; Rick Duplan- tis, 2; and Brad Pauley, 2. Rice—Leroy Marion, 21; John Kabbes, 15; John Mott, 9; Randy Reynolds, 8; Steve Emshoff, 8; Randy Youngling, 5; Don Sny der, 5; and Mark Wehrle, 2. In the first meeting between the Aggies and the Steers in Austin, Texas hit 63.4% of their shots, compared to an A&M av erage of 33.8, to win, 80-71. The zone the Longhorns used was similar to the Rice defense, and the ability to pinch Brown at the circle and restrict inside passing was the key to Texas’ success. Coach Leon Black probably fol. will start guards Joe ‘‘Scoo Lenox and Jimmy Blacklock, wards Eric Groscurth and L® ry Robinson and center B, t Brosterhous. This will mark the final 1}J home appearance for the Aggia now 15-9. Threadgill and ft plantis will be closing out tka _ careers at A&M this week, beij the only two seniors on tli squad. > Tipoff time is 8:00 p.m., uil a preliminary game between tl Fish (11-5) and the Texas Yt« lings. Regular season play eii . Saturday for A&M with a jo® ( ney to Lubbock to face theTei Tech Red Raiders. LEADING AGGIE SCORER in the 73-69 loss to Rice Saturday was Bobby Treadgill (34), a 6-4 senior wing man. Threadgill hit on 11 of 24 from the field and three of three free throws for a season high of 25 points. Guarding the A&M captain is Owl John Kabbes (50. The Aggies play their final home game tonight against the University of Texas Longhorns. Tied for the conference lead with four other teams, A&M still has a chance to win the league crown. (Photo by Mike Rice) FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES You are now eligible for a Navy program which leads to a commission as a pilot, flight officers, or surface line officer. The only thing you would do differently between now and graduation is attend an eight week Navy orientation session during the summer between your junior and senior years. During that time, you will draw full pay and allowances. There are no mandatory classes or meetings during your academic year. HIN< own to sir futv hll St Remember this is no obligations for further information or while applying. See Lt. Bob Webster At The Memorial Student Center Today Thru 3 March Between 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. Sports schedule Tuesday Baseball: Iowa State, here, 1:00 p.m., doubleheader Basketball: Texas, here, 8:00 p.m. Fish-Yearlings prelimi nary at 5:45. Wednesday Baseball: Iowa State, here, 1:00 p.m., doubleheader Thursday Swimming: SWC meet in Lub bock Golf: Border Olympics Friday Tennis: Corpus Christi, there, dual meet Swimming: SWC meet in Lub bock Golf: Border Olympics Saturday Basketball: Texas Tech, there, 8:00 p.m. Baseball: Sam Houston, there, 1:00 p.m., doubleheader Track: Border Olympics ,V)VOV)S TAMU SPECIAL ATTRACTION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1972 8:00 P. M. G. ROLLIE WHITE COLISEUM TICKET PRICES RESERVED SEATS $3.50, $3.00 GENERAL ADMISSION A&M Student & Date $2.00 Patrons $2.50 Children Under 12 $1.50 Ticskets & Information — MSC Student Program Office 845-4671 SPRINGS itudents erent pi reases t tors, A<£ Fred I erview. loard st' ds, food ys. 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