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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, February 6, 1973
THE BATTALION
A&MPlays SWC Co-Leader Tonight In Dallas
Aggies Face SMU In Must Contest
By KEVIN COFFEY
Assistant Sports Editor
A&M’s basketballers, facing
elimination from the Southwest
Conference basketball race, travel
to Dallas tonight to take on SWC
co-leader SMU at 8 p.m. in Moody
Coliseum.
The Aggies record of 3-3 in
loop play means that they must
derail the Pony Express if they
are to entertain any thoughts of
the SWC crown. Chances of the
eventual champion sporting four
losses are indeed slim.
The Mustangs are probably the
most talent laden team in the
conference. They are also most
likely the best team in the coun
try with a 8-9 record.
SMU has reeled off five straight
conference wins after dropping
their opener to Texas Tech 76-80
in Lubbock. The Mustangs played
almost faultless basketball
against Texas Saturday in a 82-
75 victory which, coupled with
Baylor’s upset of Tech, put SMU
and the Red Raiders atop the
league standing with 5-1 marks.
The Aggies will have to con
tend with the finest frontline in
the conference in SMU’s Ira Ter
rell (6-8), Sammy Hervey (6-7)
and Rubin Triplett (6-7).
Hervey is the leading scorer of
the three, sporting a 25.2 per
game norm in SWC action. Ter
rell averages 21.6 per contest and
Triplett 11.4. Terrell also grabs
15.6 rebounds per contest with
Triplett netting 11.0 and Hervey
10.8.
SMU was devastating perfec
tion against Texas in their vic
tory Saturday. The Ponies com
mitted only 11 fouls the entire
contest, hit 50.7 percent, and out-
rebounded the Longhorns 46-43,
something the Aggies were un
able to do.
The Mustangs, who average 90
points per outing, will start Zack
Thiel and Rick Billik at guards
to round-out the line-up.
A&M has captured seven of the
last ten contests with SMU, split
ting last year’s duo.
The Mustangs have returned
nine lettermen from last season’s
co-championship team including
two starters. The SMU depth
was bolstered when they signed
Hervey out of junior college and
gained one of the most sought
after freshman in the country in
Terrell.
A&M proved it can play bas
ketball in Moody Coliseum last
year when they dropped a 75-71
contest to the Ponies.
The Aggies will counter the
highscoring Mustangs with Ced
ric Joseph, Jeff Overhouse and
Randy Knowles on the front line
with Mario Brown and Mike Floyd
at the guard spots.
The game will be broadcast lo
cally on KORA radio starting at
7:55 p.m.
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Battalion Sports Editor
A thing of beauty it wasn’t, in
fact it looked like Roller Derby
without skates but for the Texas
Aggies, the results were well
worth the effort.
Marred by 52 personal fouls,
38 turnovers and a 36 per cent
shooting average, the Aggies
stormed past inexperienced TCU
here Saturday night 92-73 in
Southwest Conference backetball
action.
The win evened A&M’s loop rec
ord at 3-3 and kept the young,
inexperienced Frogs winless at
0-6.
The game, minus its lack of
grace and discipline, had many
bright spots for the Aggies who
had been on a two-game losing
streak while falling off the cham
pionship pace.
Mario Brown, the 6-3, 185
pound senior floorleader, played
perhaps the finest game of the
season in scoring a season-high
24 points. His fluid motion, fancy
ball and body control, paired with
a fine defensive effort kept the
fired-up 6,780 fans in awe.
More noteworthy is the fact
that Brown had severely sprained
an ankle the previous Tuesday
against Texas Tech and was not
scheduled to play.
“Mario played an exceptional
game,” Coach Shelby Metcalf
said following the contest. “He
shot much better and more often
than he has all season. I wish
he’d sprain the other ankle if he
plays that well.”
Rebounding was another bright
spot for the somewhat inconsist
ent Aggies. Cedric Joseph grab
bed 15 caroms in leading the Ag
gies to a SWC game high of 65.
“That was the brightest spot
of our game,” Metcalf said. “We
really pounded those boards and
took it to them in that area.”
Free throw shooting finally
came around to pre - conference
form with the Aggies hitting on
28 of 32 for 87.5 per cent.
One problem point, however,
was shooting from the floor. A&M
hit a very poor 32 of 85 shots;
many of which were easy layups
and short jump shots. Very few
games can be won hitting at a
37 per cent norm.
The main reason A&M did win
by 19 points was that TCU did
worse in that department. The
Frogs hit only 28 of 79 for 35
per cent. TCU also did poorly on
the gratis line in hitting 17 of 28
for 60 per cent.
“Overall I thought we played
hard, shot poorly and did a super
Men’s, Women’s Swim Teams
Impressive In Weekend Action
By KEVIN COFFEY
Impressive showings by A&M’s
men’s and women’s teams high
lighted this past weekends swim
ming action.
The men’s team upped its sea
son’s record to 3-2 with a 73-40
victory over Arkansas in P. L.
Downs Natatorium.
Doug Meaden was the only
double winner for the Aggies,
capturing the 500 yard freestyle
in 5:00.7 and the 1,000 yard free
style in 10:15.8.
The women’s team captured
second place at the TCU State
Invitational meet held Saturday
in Fort Worth. They were spear
headed in their efforts by Jean
Collins, who won the 50 and 100
yard backstroke. Collins swam a
leg of the first place 200 yard
freestyle relay.
The men’s team beat Arkansas
using their superior depth to cap
ture six first places and nine
seconds in the 13 events.
Other winner besides Meaden
included Carl Yates in the 200
yard freestyle in 1:50.6, Steve
Moore, 200 Individual Medley
(2:04.8), Lester Hamann in the
200 yard butterfly (2:08.7) and
Steve Prentice in the 200 yard
backstroke (2:03.2).
Other winners besides Meaden
included a pair of second places
by Casey Cutler in the 500 and
1,000 yard freestyle and two sec
ond places by Duncan Cooper in
the diving events. A&M also won
the 400 yard freestyle relay.
Coach Dennis Fosdick said he
was pleased with the results and
the progress of the swim team.
“We’re really coming along,” said
Fosdick, “Everybody did times
that were better than we expect
ed. We were really up for the
Arkansas meet.”
The women’s second place fin
ish was a feat for a team that
has only been in existence two
years.
A&M women’s relay team of
Shawn Boehmer, Pat Wilkinson,
Marth Puckett and Collins won
the 200 freestyle relay to bring
the total number of A&M’s wom
en’s team victory to three.
Other finalists for the women
in the eight team meet included
Terry Chamberlin and Sandy
Berg.
The next action for the men’s
team is this coming weekend
against Rice and John . Brown
University in Houston. The wom
en don’t see action again until
Feb. 22.
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job on the boards,” Metcalf said.
“We have to go inside to win
games and we finally did a good
job of that in the second half.
“You can’t discount TCU. They
are going to beat some people
before the season’s over. They’ve
really improved since the season
began. I wish we’d already played
in Fort Worth.
“I was really proud of the stu
dent body tonight also. I didn’t
really think very many would be
out since we lost two in a row
but they got out and supported
us. I’m real thankful of the stu
dent body we have here.”
Both teams had five players
scoring double figures with Brown
leading both with 24. Randy
Knowles had 15, Jeff Overhouse
with 12, Mike Floyd 11 and Jo
seph with 10.
Three freshman led the way
for the Frogs with Lynn Royal
scoring 16, Wayne Wayman 14
and Gary Landers 12. Sophomores
Jeff Wright and Eddy Fitzhugh
had 11 and 10 points respectively.
6-11 Bill Bozeat, who was
thrown out of the contest after
taking a swing at Bob Gobin, led
TCU with 15 rebounds.
TCU led only once, 14-11, with
13:00 left in the first half, but
from then on it was all A&M.
The Aggies jumped out 6-0 be
fore TCU scored and fought back
to its lead. With 11:58 remaining
in that opening stanza, A&M took
the lead 15-14 and never relin
quished it while driving to a 15-
point advantage, 33-18, with 5:46
left.
A&M lost some momentum near
the end and finished that half
with a 10-point lead, 47-37.
TCU never had a chance in the
final half as A&M blistered the
boards, but still shooting poorly
drove to its final 19-point game
ending lead.
The Aggies travel to Dallas to-
night for an 8 p.m. contest
against conference co-leader SMU.
SWC Standings
W L Pet. W L Pet.
Texas Tech 5 1 .833 12 6 .666
SMU 5 1 .833 8 9 .470
Arkansas 4 2 .666 11 7 .611
Baylor 4 2 .666 10 7 .588
Texas A&M 3 3 .500 11 7 .611
Rice 2 4 .333 7 10 .411
Texas 1 5 .200 7 10 .411
TCU 0 6 .000 2 15 .117
x-Houston 15 2 .822
x-Not competing for SWC title.
Last Week’s Results
Tuesday—SMU 100, Arkansas
94, Baylor 82, TCU 76. Texas 88,
Rice 73, Texas Tech 68, Texas
A&M 67.
Thursday—Houston 89, Cente
nary 85.
Saturday—Arkansas 90, Rice
69, Baylor 66, Texas Tech 57,
SMU 82, Texas 75, Texas A&M
92, TCU 73, Houston 90, Cincin
nati 85.
This Week’s Schedule
Tuesday—Arkansas at Texas
Tech 7:30 p.m., Baylor at Rice
8 p.m., Texas A&M at SMU 8
p.m., Texas at TCU 7:30 p.m.
Thursday—Houston Baptist at
Houston 8 p.m.
Saturday—Arkansas at Texas
A&M 2:30 p.m. (TV), Baylor at
Texas 7:30 p.m., Southwestern
Louisiana at Houston 12:30 p.m.
(TV), Rice at TCU 7:30 p.m.,
Texas Tech at SMU 8 p.m.
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