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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
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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.
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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.
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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)
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differently between now and graduation
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There are no mandatory classes or meetings
during your academic year.
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Basketball: Texas, here, 8:00
p.m. Fish-Yearlings prelimi
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Wednesday
Baseball: Iowa State, here, 1:00
p.m., doubleheader
Thursday
Swimming: SWC meet in Lub
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Golf: Border Olympics
Friday
Tennis: Corpus Christi, there,
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Swimming: SWC meet in Lub
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Golf: Border Olympics
Saturday
Basketball: Texas Tech, there,
8:00 p.m.
Baseball: Sam Houston, there,
1:00 p.m., doubleheader
Track: Border Olympics
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