Rice returns to A&M in spoiler role
Rudder Tower Auditorium to accommodate overflow crowd
THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1974
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Rice invades G. Rollie White
Coliseum Saturday night with
hopes of becoming the spoiler for
the third year in a row.
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Mike Johnson
Though Rice boasts but a 3-25
record for the past two confer
ence seasons, two of those three
wins came against A&M.
In 1972 Rice could muster but
one conference victory but it came
against the title-contending Ag
gies and, to add to the insult, it
came on A&M’s home court. In
1973 Rice won a televised game
against the Aggies.
This year the stage is set for
another upset for the Owls. The
Aggies are again title contenders,
despite their 1-2 record thus far,
and Rice is in the middle of
another “rebuilding” year.
Senior guard Scott Fisher leads
the Owl attack aided by sopho
more Charles Daniels. Senior
forward John Kabbes and juniors
Danny Carroll and Tim Moriarity
round out the starting lineup.
Rice also features top freshmen
Bart Harrison and Jeff Tunnel
and 7-0 senior Dave Kisker, the
tallest player in the conference.
“Rice really gets after it,” said
Aggie coach Shelby Metcalf.
“They won’t give up.
“I’d say we are better inside,
comparable in shooting' while they
are better ball handlers.”
Cedric Joseph starts at the post
position for the Ags while Randy
Knowles and Jerry Mercer are
the forwards and Mike Floyd and
Mike Johnson hold down the
duties at guard.
Knowles is A&M’s newest mem
ber of the 1,000-point club, his
24 - point performance against
Texas Tech in Tuesday’s game
pushing his career total to 1,009.
“Randy Knowles is as good as
any senior we’ve had,” said Met
calf. “He compares with Mike
Heitmann and Billy Bob Barnett
as a top competitor.”
In addition to being the eighth
highest scorer in A&M history,
Knowles is currently sixth on the
all-time rebounding list and needs
but two grabs against Rice to
move him past Carroll Broussard
and into fifth place.
Joseph and Mercer are the lead
ing rebounders this year with 144
and 134 for averages of 10.3 and
8.9, respectively. Knowles has 105
for a 7.0 average while John
Thornton has come off the bench
to grab 95 for a 6.3 norm.
Johnson, a freshman from Aus
tin High in Chicago, is the most
pleasant surprise on the A&M
squad this year. Averaging 10.3
points a game, Johnson hit a sea
son hight of 28 points against
Denver in the Bluebonnet Classic
over the holidays. Although he
hasn’t been able to approach the
same point total since, his excit
ing ball handling and outstanding
defensive play has made him a
sparkplug for the Aggie team.
All reserve-seat tickets for the
game are sold out and a complete
sellout is expected. The doors
open at 5:30 p.m. for students
and general admission and when
the Coliseum capacity (about
8,000) is reached, the doors will
be locked.
Students turned away at the
door need not be totally discour
aged because a closed-circuit tele
vision showing of the game is
being planned for the Rudder
Tower Auditorium. This is for
student overflow only and will
not open 'before the Coliseum is
filled.
Tipoff is set for 7:35 p.m.
Strong Baylor team spoils
A&M girls’ cage debut!
UCLA swimmers top SMU
in battle of nationally-ranked
FINAL MAKE-UP
For GRADUATE and
SENIOR Pictures
For 1974 Aggieland
Thru Jan. 31
8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
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By TONY GALLUCCI
The Texas A&M Girls basket
ball team went to Waco Thursday
hoping to become a giant-killer
but last night at Lena-Marrs gym,
the giant, otherwise known as the
Baylor Girls team, proved that’s
not so easy.
In an historic first game ever
for the A&M coeds, the Baylor
full court press was more than
they could handle. Baylor led by
Lynell Pyron’s 22 points took a
51-14 lead into the locked room at
the half.
The less experienced TAMU
girls were baffled by the press
and turned the ball over numerous
occasions on miscued assists.
A&M came back strong in the
second half, replacing shaky
nerves with careful ball handling
and selective shooting. The Ags
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held Baylor to 24 second half
points but could not overcome the
Bears 37 point halftime lead. The
Waco giant went on to take the
game, 75-34.
Baylor has fielded girls teams
for eight years and the coaching
experience showed.
The A&M team, the first girls
basketball team to come from the
College Station campus, was
hampered by lack of experience.
Practice started in November and
the coeds arrived Jan. 14 in prep
aration for the Baylor game.
The girls, coached by Kay Don,
range from five-feet four inches
to 5-11 Sissy Auclair. Auclair, a
freshman from Waco Midway led
the Ag scorers against Baylor
with nine points.
“It was the first half that hurt
us,” said Don. “We expected the
press, but the girls were a little
nervous.” Don went on to say
the loss was disappointing but
some bright spots could be seen.
She was very pleased with the
effort and expects improvement
for the Feb. 8-9 Baylor tourney in
Waco.
TEXAS A&M
FG FT PF TP
Callaway 3 14 7
Fickey 110 3
Priesmeyer
Horton
Auclair
Karcher
Berrier
Whitely
Moulton
Guedin
Totals
DALLAS (A*)—An impressive
victory in the final event enabled
UCLA swimmers to shatter the
unbeaten record of Southern
Methodist University 63-50, in
an intersectional dual meet here
Thursday.
The visiting Bruins, ranked
third nationally, led 56-50 enter
ing the 400-yard freestyle relay,
which is worth seven points.
The UCLA relay team then
won the event by three and a half
seconds to win the meet.
The eighth-ranked Mustangs
had two double winners as all-
American John Thorburn took the
100 and 200-yard freestyle events
and freshman 'Paul Hove won the
1,000-yard freestyle and the 200-
yard backstroke.
UCLA Olympian Tom Bruce
turned in the second best time
in the nation this season in the
200-yard breaststroke, a 2:09.12.
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Trimble
Speer
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Williamson
Snider
Alviola
Wooddy
Mann
Ballen
Totals
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Anyone interested should contact
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STEVE PRENTICE works out in his specialty, the
backstroke, as the A&M tankers prepare to meet the Uni
versity of Houston swimmers in a dual meet Saturday in
Houston. A&M takes a 4-2 record to the 2 p. m. meet.
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1974 AGGIELAND
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