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~~r k BATTALION Tuesday, February 27, 1973 College Station, Texas Page 5 ) p.m, Engi- nt of ive its m. in will :sc. i film Room City public jer in Build- Tech- sera- Food Room Aggies Tighten SWC Basketball Race With 76-75 Victory Over Texas Tech By KEVIN COFFEY Assistant Sports Editor “He who lives by the sword dies by the sword,” and Texas Jech, winner of four skin-tight outhwest Conference games this ason, got a taste of them own edicine as they fell to the Ag gies, 76-75, Saturday night. The loss didn’t exactly kill the litle hopes of the league leading Raiders but it did open the door for Arkansas. A combination of two Tech losses and two Razor- back victories would throw the conference race into a tie. The two teams meet tonight in Fay etteville. The contest was tight the whole way with A&M showing the kind of basketball it is capa ble of playing. iggies Top Royals k Base ba ll A ction Texas A&M made its baseball 'ebiit in Florida a success last .eekend in defeating the Kansas Sy Royal’s Baseball Academy bree of four contests in the sea m's openers in Sarasota, Fla. The Aggies split Friday’s dou- leheader (6-3, 4-7), but stormed *ck to take both ends of Satur- iay’s contests (9-5, 5-0) against team made up of major league respects of the Kansas City ,oyal organization. A&M will play four more »mes against the Academy with doubleheader scheduled Mon- lay and another today. The ism will fly back to College Station after this afternoon’s jsntests. It was mid-season hitting form :oupled with fine pitching efforts hat enabled the Aggies to take ! seasoned veterans. The acad- jny had a won-lost record of 19- before playing A&M. A&M garnered 44 hits as corn ered to only 23 for the academy a the first four games. The academy had entered ac- lion with only two team mem batting below .300, both at M The first game Saturday was a slugfcst with the Aggies bat ting .428 as a team and scoring in every inning but one to gain the 9-5 win. Jim Atterbury led the team, going 4 for 5 while John Woods and Jim Bratsen collected three hits each. The second game was a pitch ing duel for the first four innings between Panola JC transfer Bob by Falcon and Henry Kuhl be fore the Aggies exploded for three runs in the sixth inning while grabbing the 5-0 decision. In the first game Friday, Jack ie Binks kept the Royals at bay until the bottom of the sixth in ning when the academy picked up three runs to tie the Aggies. In the top of the seventh, how ever, A&M blasted losing pitcher David Shipley for three runs to take the contest, 6-3. In Friday’s second game, the Royals jumped off to a two-run lead off Bobby Whittkamp who was having control trouble. The Aggies grabbed two runs in the top of the second for a tie until the bottom of the fourth inning when the Royals struck for five runs off Wittkamp. San Jacinto JC transfer Jimmy Juhl finished the last three in nings allowing only one hit, but A&M couldn’t make up for the Royal’s five-run outburst in fall ing 7-4. A&M will make its home debut Friday hosting the Iowa State Cyclones at Kyle Field beginning at 1 p.m. The lead changed hands 19 times and was tied on five oc casions. It was Mike Floyd who finally put the game on ice for the Ag gies. He scored four of his 13 points in the last 1:11 of the game, the final two coming on a goal-tending call against Tech’s 6-10 post man Ron Richardson with just 11 seconds left. Tech got off a desperation shot at the buzzer but it bounced harmlessly away. Floyd, whose father had a stroke Monday, w r as the game ending hero but the outstanding play of senior Jeff Overhouse kept A&M in the ballgame. Overhouse hit 10 of 20 field goals and 3-5 charity tosses for 23 points while grabbing 20 re bounds to lead both teams in both categories. Tech jumped to a 18-9 lead in the first quarter but A&M ral lied to 31-30 margin and held on, 42-41, at the half. Tech pulled ahead 51-46 early in the second half as Ed Wake field hit four straight jump shots. A&M chipped away at the Raider’s lead w r ith bench help from Cedric Joseph and Webb Williams and solid performances from regulars Mario Brown and Randy Knowdes. Overhouse hit a three-point play to put the Aggies ahead 54- 53 and the lead see-sawed back and forth until Floyd’s heroics. Tech outshot the Aggies, hit ting 32-73 field goal attempts for 43.8 per cent compared to A&M’s 31-73 for 42.5 per cent. A&M hit on 14 of 20 free throws to Tech’s 11-19 to spell the differ ence. ‘‘We played championship ball tonight,” said coach Shelby Met calf as the Aggies, 7-5 in confer ence and 15-9 on the season whipped the Raiders for the third straight year in Lubbock. A&M makes its final home ap pearance of the season at 7:30 tonight against SMU. SWC CHART Conference All Games W L Pet. W L Pet. Texas T. 10 2 .833 17 7 .708 Arkansas 8 4 .667 15 9 .625 Tex. A&M 7 5 .583 15 9 .625 Baylor 7 5 .583 13 10 .565 SMU 7 5 .583 10 13 .435 Texas 5 7 .417 11 12 .478 Rice 2 10 .167 7 16 .304 TCU 2 10 .167 4 19 .174 x—Houston 20 3 .869 x—Not competing for SWC title. Last Week’s Results Tuesday — Arkansas 96, TCU 94; Baylor 84, SMU 82; Texas A&M 90, Rice 80; Texas Tech 80, Texas 77 OT. Thursday — Houston 116, Trin ity 57. Saturday—Arkansas 103, SMU 96; Baylor 80, TCU 73 OT; Texas 75, Rice 68; Texas A&M 76, Tex as Tech 75; Houston 76, Jackson ville 75. This Week’s Schedule Monday—Samford at Houston, 8 p.m. Tuesday—Texas Tech at Ar kansas, 7:35 p.m.; Rice at Bay lor, 8 p.m.; SMU at Texas A&M, 8 p.m.; TCU at Texas, 7:30 p.m. Friday—Houston at Centenary, 8 p.m. Saturday—Texas at SMU, 12:30 p.m. (TV); Baylor at Texas Tech, 2:30 p.m. (TV); Arkansas at Rice, 8 p.m.; Texas A&M at TCU, 7:30 p.m. Ag Tennis Team Splits With Foes The Texas Aggies bounced back to beat 18th-ranked Pan- American College, 6-3, in a dual tennis match Saturday after hav ing dropped an 8-1 decision to 17th-ranked Corpus Christi Univ. Friday. Oddly, a cycle has developed among the three because Pan-Am beat Corpus Christi, 5-4, in a re cent dual match. Five of Friday’s matches with Corpus Christi went three sets and four of the Pan-Am matches Saturday went three sets. The summaries: Texas A&M 6, Pan-American College 3 Singles: Dwight Edwards, Pan- Am, beat Bill Wright, 6-1, 2-6, 6- 2; Dan Coux-son, A&M, beat Des Early, 7-5, 6-4; Bill Hoover, A&M, beat Joe Wade, 6-3, 4-6, 7- 5; Adolfe Gonzales, Pan-Am, beat Lawton Park, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3; Kermit Smith, A&M, beat Miles Reynolds, 6-4, 6-4; Mike Mills, A&M, beat Steve Heinberg, 7-6, 6-4. Doubles: Courson - Carter Lo max, A&M, beat Edwards-Early, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6; Gonzales-Wade, Pan-Am, beat Wright-Park, 6-4, 7-6; Hoover-Smith, A&M, beat Heinberg-Reynolds, 7-5, 6-3. Corpus Christi 8, Texas A&M 1 Singles: Jorge Andrew, CC, beat Dan Courson, 6-4, 6-3; Bill Wright, A&M, beat Ken DeKo- nig, 6-4, 6-4; Willie Aubone, CC, beat Bill Hoover, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6; Oscar Olea, CC, beat Lawton Park, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Enrique An- drada, CC, beat Carter Lomax, 7-6, 6-3. Michel Quintin, CC, beat Kermit Smith, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. 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