Williams, Joseph star in foul infested game
Aggies maintain SWC lead, beat TCU 81-69
By MIKE BRUTON
Sports Editor
Spirited play by Cedric Joseph
and Webb Williams guided the Ags
to a 81-69 victory over TCU Satur
day night in another Southwest
Conference foul festival.
A total of 60 fouls were called,
four in the first minute-an-a-half, as
the Texas Aggies claimed a tie for
the SWC lead with Arkansas at 2-0.
It was the best all around perfor
mance for the Aggies this season as.
they thrilled a screaming crowd of
7,720. They moved well on offense
and played tough defense and out-
rebounded the Frogs 44-39. The
A&M basketeers were below par at
the charity line, hitting 56 per cent.
From the outset the game looked
as if it might be a close one with the
score being tied four times in the
first six minutes of play. With 13:45
remaining in the first half Sonny
Parker dropped a layup in the hoop
to put the Aggies out front 10-8 and
the Frogs never led again. TCU
failed to score on their end of the
court and then the Williams, Joseph
act began. In the next couple of mi
nutes Williams hit seven points and
Joseph four and after the dust
cleared the Ags owned an 11 point
lead, at 21-10.
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The Aggies continued to pour it
on with an assortment of balanced
offense and tenacious defense, de
stroying the Frogs’ pattern of play
along with their zone defense. The
Froggies never regrouped going
into the locker room at the half trail
ing 35-24.
The Aggies started the second
half just as they ended the first
twenty minutes, despite TCU’s
change to a man-to-man defense.
Barry Davis, who sat out most of the
game with foul troubles, sank a
14-foot jumper to get the Ags rol
ling. TCU’s Gary Landers coun
tered drawing five fouls, including a
technical on Davis, hitting six of
eight free throws in the first five
minutes of the second stanza.
The Frogs looked as if they meant
business, as Landers aided by Eddy
Fitzhugh, whittled a 14-point Aggie
lead to nine. With the score 45-36
little Gates Erwin made a three-
point play to get the Aggies back in
gear. The Froggies never saw the
light again as the Brazos valley
hoopsters stayed ten or more points
ahead for the remaining 14 minutes
of the game. ,
The A&M offensive show was
pleasing, but their defense was most
impressive. They stole passes,
blocked shots and continuously in
timidated the TCU roundballers.
The Ags had seven steals, two
blocked shots and caused 21 tur
novers.
Top scorers for the Aggies were
Parker and Ray Roberts with 15 and
13 points respectively. Williams
and Erwin had eight points each.
The Horned Frogs had four players
in double figures with Thomas
Bledsoe hitting 14 points, Lynn
Royal, 11 and Bill Bozeat and Land
ers with 10 each.
A&M’s Jerry Mercer was the
leading rebounder of the game with
ten. John Thornton had seven for
the Aggies. Bledsoe and Bozeatled
the Frogs in rebounding grabbing
nine and eight respectively.
The Aggies will try to extend theii
conference lead tonight as they face
the very tough Red Raiders, in
Lubbock. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m.
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(Photo by Steve Krevlil
Gates Erwin on the move.
Cadets show diversity
Gates Erwin passed to John Thornton in Saturday’s game.
(Photo by Steve Krauss)
In intramural play, the Corps up
perclassmen showed their usual di
versity.
Sql2, starring Craig Kittleson,
took their win from Kl. Sql2 used a
fast break and a traditional key zone
defense.
Kittleson, showing good ball
handling, overshadowed his top op
position Steve Gibson. Gibson, Kl,
was good for a long basket shot.
Scoring the 54 points for Sql2 were
Lynn White, Jim Bob Mickler,
Blaine Alprin and Mark Swizer.
Final score was Sql2, 54; Kl, 36.
No finesse defined the Sq6 vs. F2
game. Joe Mickler shone for the
squadron in all around good play.
Larry Adrain, also Sq6, made 22
points. But the flyers lacked or
ganization. Only good thing was F2
had even less. Corky Ragland
played a good game for F2, but the
22 point gap couldn’t be closed.
Final score was 52-30.
Featuring a lot of turnovers, the
D2-Sq3 game, showed possibilities
for improvement. It looked likec-
field hockey under the basket with
heads l>eing pounded, ankles being
kicked and general disorder.
Sq3 had the strong players. Janies
Patterson played good defense.
Scott Craig sunk 16 points andRudy
Acosta moved like slick guacamole
to prevent D2 attacks. Final score
was Sq3, 40; D2, 13.
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Texas A&M vs Texas
February 1
Trip Package includes:
Bus transportation
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Trip Price
Student member $9.50
Student member date $9.50
Non-member-A&M Student $12.00
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