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THE BATTALION Page 5 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1975 ry Aggies defeat Razorbacks 62-60 Floyd’s clutch shot puts A&M back on to c that we 'oresigti He said, s one for » would ikers of By TONY GALLUCCI Staff Sports Writer "Mr. Clutch”, “Iceman ”, [‘Superman”, call him whatever you want, Mike Floyd and a cool bundle of nerves put the Razorbacks on ice for the season with a 15-foot jump shot with one second left in a hotly contested Arkansas-Aggie game Saturday night. Floyd had his second highest scoring game oftheyeru'with 16, his 1 7 / vid Kimmel SSSSSBS® D Kssasss ne on :t dif- e. Call Memo- ludson 77868 r Mrs. or of :y Ad- 308tfn in this aGUtfn y. _______— Photo hy Steve Krauss Mike Floyd fires the shot heard throughout Aggieland previous high coming last Saturday against the Razorbacks in Fayet teville. Playing before a record crowd ol 10,308, the Aggies slipped by Ar kansas, using head coach Eddie Sutton’s favorite weapon against him. With the score tied at 56 all after a Barry Davis jump shot for the Ags, Sutton tried to engage his previ ously successful four-corner stall game. But the Ags came up with a steal and Floyd was fouled by Robert Birden. Floyd hit both free throws to give the Ags the lead 58-56. Two seconds later, John Thornton was called for fouling Ricky Medlock. True to form Med- lock answered with two points on a one-and-one situation. Arkansas had the ball back sec onds after A&M missed a crip-shot and put the stall into low gear again. But with a little more than four- and-a-half minutes left Thorn ton stole a pass and the Ags looked like they had the setup again. But alas another shot missed and Arkan sas recovered. This time the Hogs wasted little time in sending Kent Allison to the bucket for a drop in shot and the lead at 60-58. The Ags brought it down court and Floyd tried to drive one under, but was stopped dead cold by Allison whose seven inch taller frame simply got between the basket and Floyd. Allison caught the eye of Referee Joe Shosid, though, and was awarded his fifth foul of the night. “Cool man” Mike hit both of his free throws and the game was tied again, for the final time, 60-60. With 2:24 left to play, Arkansas had the ball, and apparently the drivers seat as they had a week earlier in the cradle of the Ozark Mountains. Sutton’s troops tried the stall again, and made it work for 1:11. But a miscue and a little nervous ness overcame a previously solid Hog team and they threw the hall away with 1:03 left. A&M called a timeout and Aggie head coach Shelby Metcalf turned the table on Sutton and put the Ags into the stall. The Ags looked a little tight hut managed to hold off the Razorbacks for almost a minute. The Ags called a timeout with 20 seconds left to plan a final strategy. When the plan failed, Floyd just gathered the nerve and hulled his way to the free throw line where he put up a shot. It fell through the net with 0:01 left. The crowd and the team went wild. But it wasn’t over. Yet. Arkansas had the ball for one sec ond. The ball was passed in to Bir den, but Davis came up with his clutch play of the night by stealing the inbounds pass as the buzzer sounded. Delirium. What could easily be the most important bas ketball game in the history of the Southwest Conference ended with A&M on top 62-60. Floyd said, T didn’t see it go in. 1 was too worried about fouling Bir den. T didn’t even know Floyd took the shot, I passed out three seconds earlier, ” Metcalf jokingly said. Arkansas jumped out to the early lead at 2-0 and 4-2, hut the Ags got untracked and with four minutes left in the first half held an eight point lead. Arkansas rallied to within three at the half 32-29. The Aggies came back strong after the intermission and in four minutes built up an 11 point lead at 44-33. But that lead was cut to six before the Ags had the ball again. Jack Schulte put in a layup on a fourth rebound and Davis was awarded a technical for grab bing the basket ring. Medlock made the free throw, and Allison hit a layup on the inbound pass. Arkansas cut another two from the lead when A&M missed a free throw and Schulte tipped in a shot seconds later. Allison led all scorers with 17, fol lowed by Birden with 14 and Med- Marvin Delph tied the game up at 48 all halfway through the second half to start the fireworks, lock with 11 for the Razorbacks. Floyd led for the Ags followed hy Webb Williams and Davis with 12 and Thornton with 11. Arkansas outrebounded the Ags again 31-23 and was led by Schulte’s nine caroms. Allison had eight, Davis and Daryll Saulsberry had five each. Embrey’s Jewelry We Specialize In Afirgie Rings. 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Texas Avenue > s o< * ?» e P»* ato £ s y * o''’-5 daV Kmtitikij Tried iJkiikeK 110 Dominik Drive, College Station, 693-2611 3320 Texas Avenue, Bryan, 846-3238 Ags defend SWC lead, go against Bears tonight By DAVID WALKER Staff Sports Writer Number one hits the road tonight as Dr. Shelby Metcalf and his Ag gies travel to Bear country to play the young, but mad, Baylor Bears. The Bears have lost their last three games hy a combined score of 32 points. Two one-point losses to Texas and a 30 point set-back to the Ags last Tuesday night at G. Rollie. The Aggies have won their last two by the same 32 points. The above mentioned Bear bash 96-66 and the two point thriller over Ar kansas Saturday night. The Aggies lead the Southwest Conference with a 7-1 record over second place Arkansas and Texas Tech with identical 6-2 records. The bears are out of the SWC title chase with a 3-5 record hut are not being taken lightly hy the Aggies. “That 30-point victory doesn’t mean anything when we go to Waco, ” said assistant coach Norman Reuther Sunday after the Aggies went through a brisk 50 minute workout. “They will he ready for us and we will just have to forget about our last game with them because they are a different team in Waco. ” Tonight’s game will he the 127th between the two schools with A&M holding 77-49 all-time edge over the Bears. The Ags have won six of the last seven. The Aggies are coming off their biggest victory of the year, 62-60 over Arkansas. They will be trying to bounce hack in the rebounding column after being out-rebounded by the Razorbacks 31-23. The Hogs beat the Ags on the boards at Fayet teville 41-26. Between the two Ar kansas games the Aggies had one of their best rebounding games of the year against the Bears as they out- rebounded them 51-26. The Aggies hope to reach top form again against Soccer team downs Baylor for fifth time The soccer team suffered through rain and mist Saturday morning to defeat a feisty Baylor squad 6-2. It was the fifth win against no los ses for A&M teams against Baylor this season. The Ags lead in the scor ing department 23-6 in those five games. The Ags led 3-0 at the half after dominating with a strong controlled passing attack. Habib Ben-Ali, Ricardo Schwartz and Mehrdad Farrokhnia all scored for the Ags in the first period. A&M and Baylor traded scores midway through the second half, but A&M had the last say when David Bernard slipped one bet ween the Bear goalkeeper’s legs. Other second half scorers for the Ags were Habib and Jim Davis. The Ags season record now stands at 6-4-4. The Ags have scored 41 points to the opponent’s 31 and score an average of 2.93 goals per game to the opposition s 2.22 point per game average. The next competition for the Ags will he the second weekend in April as the Ags travel to Waco to com pete in the Baylor tournament. Rotary Community Series IN COOPERATION WITH Texas A&M University Town Hall AND TOM MALLOW Presents Bob 0arroll Fiddler on the Roof Molt Arffst/sn/isl Mualco£ Based on Sholom Aleichem's stories By Special Permission of Arnold Perl Mr. Robbins Diredion Reproduced By RICHARD ALTMAN Mr. Robbins Choreography Reproduced By DIANA BAFFA JOSEPH STEIN JERRY BOCK SHELDON HARNICK Book by Music by Lyrics by Original New York Production Directed and Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS MONDAY MAR. 10, 1975 8:00 P.M. RUDDER CENTER AUDITORIUM TAMU STUDENT AND DATE $ 2 50 General Public $ 6 50 TICKETS GO ON SALE MONDAY FEBRUARY 17, MSC BOX OFFICE ON FIRST FLOOR OF RUDDER TOWER, 845-2916 (STEP INTO THE MSC CIRCLE) Batt;sports3j|| the Bears. Barry Davis was the leading scorer for the Aggies in their first game with the Bruins with 19 points. He had all of his points in the first half hitting on eight of nine from the field to give the Aggies their 51-29 halftime lead. There are plenty of tickets re maining for the 7:30 tip off. If you can’t go to the game it can be heard on KTAM with Mike Mistovich doing the play-by-play.