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Page 6 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1975 To play 18th ranked Cincy Ags to face playoff test By DAVID WALKER Staff Sports Writer Who’s afraid of the big, bad Bear cats? Big, yes. Bad, maybe, but one thing is for sure, the Texas Aggies aren’t going into the game with the same attitude that many so called “basketball experts” have. Accord ing to experts the Aggies have about as much chance against the Bearcats as the proverbial snowball in you know where. One of the experts drawing card is that Cincinnati beat the Houston THE STEAK HOUSE Noon Special 11-2 Chicken-Fried Steak 1803 Texas 822-2430 $1.39 FINANCIAL ACHIEVEMENTS, INC. CASUALTY AGENCY AUTO-HOME-MOBILE HOME-BUSINESS-BOAT 303 College Main 846-8791 College Station Broome's SUNSHINE LAUNOftV 3815 E. 29th ST. _ BRYAN, TEXAS 77801 PHONE 846-7921 Open 7 Days Weekly 7-10 Mon.-Fri./8-8 Sat.-Sun. 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The record of the Aggie opponents is 312-274. The only big difference in the comparing of schedules is in the Ag gies’ favor. The combined record of the teams to beat Cincy is 76-47. The combined record of the schools to beat the Aggies is 118-38. That speaks well for the Aggies consider ing that they didn’t lose to a team with a losing record, Cincinnati has. The Bearcats, coached by Gayle Catlett, will start a young but talented and extremely tall team. Three freshmen, one sophomore and one senior will make up the Cincy lineup. Their second leading scorer will be out of the Aggie game. Pat Cummings has been out since the Bearcat’s 18th game with a broken leg. Cincinnati is shooting 48.5 from the floor and 71.4 from the free throw line. They are averaging 44 rebounds per game to their oppo nents 38.5. They are averaging 81.7 per game while giving up only 71.6. The Aggies will go with the same starting lineup that they have been with most of the year: seniors John Thornton, Mike Floyd, and Jerry Mercer with juniors Barry Davis and Sonny Parker. Aggie coach Shelby Metcalf is highly impressed with the Cincin nati team he saw on film Wednes day. “I believe they have better ath- Carol Mann defends golf title today HOUSTON (AP) — JoAnne Camer has a new attitude, Betty Ferguson has a big goal and Carol Mann has a title to defend Friday in the first round of the $100,000 Women’s Professional Golfer’s As sociation LPGA tournament at Westwood Country Club. Mrs. Camer and Miss Mann will be among the favorites to win the $15,000 first prize in the 54-hole event and Miss Ferguson, a former Houston amateur champion, is still looking for a big break. Mrs. Garner, the leading money winner on last year’s LPGA tour, hasn’t won yet this year, but she’s trying to develop the same attitude this year that earned her $91,000 in winning last year. T wanted to become the first to win $100,000 and I wore myself out,” Mrs. Camer said. “When the season was over, I didn’t touch a golf club for five weeks. I had no enthusiasm for golf.” Miss Ferguson is typical of the new breed of young golfers coming on the tour. A total of 102 women golfers, including two amateurs will tee off Friday, one of the largest fields in the history of the ladies tour. Miss Ferguson finished ahead of Amy Alcott in her class at the LPGA qualifying school, but it was Miss Alcott who recently won the Orange Blossom tournament. letes than Indiana,” Metcalf said. “They don’t play together as well as Indiana, but they have better indi vidual talent.” Metcalf also reminded that his team wasn’t going to Lubbock just because they won the conference, “We re going out there to win, no thing else. ” The Aggie-Bearcat game begins at 7:10 with radio and TV coverage beginning at 7:00. KCEN-TV and KTAM radio will carry the game locally. Barry Davis, the fierce competitor By MIKE BRUTON Sports Editor Barry Davis is a winner. He’s a fierce competitor that won’t settle for anything short of maximum ef fort. His track record shows his de sire to win. He’s played in national championship tournaments on the NAIA and junior college levels and is now preparing to meet Cincinnati in the first round of the NCAA play offs. There aren’t many people who can say that they’ve accomplished this feat. Davis began his college basket ball career at Sam Houston where the Bearkat team went as far as the second round of the NAIA tour ney before being stopped by Xav ier of New Orle ans. He went on to Hill County Junior College and played under Coach Carter Williams, an A&M alumnus, and eventually ended up 5th in the Na tional Juco Tournament. Davis only played a half of the season at Hill County but made All-Region and All-Tournament at the nationals. Davis finished his first regular season at Texas A&M the leading rebounder grabbing 7.3 a game and the second leading scorer with 13.2 points a game. It seems that wherever he goes winning ways fol low, and it’s no accident. Davis is a fighter, he plays to win. “I just hate to lose,” Davis said in an interview. “To compete is a chal lenge.” Coach Shelby Metcalf best de scribed Davis’ approach to the game of basketball in two words, “Barry believes.” “He believes in his own ability, in the ability of our ball club and he believes that if you pay the price you’ll be successful. Davis will be matched against Cincy’s Mike Franklin in the Ag gies must game tomorrow. Frank lin is 6-8 and 240 compared to Davis’ 6-6 and 215. But both Davis and Metcalf have few worries about Franklin’s size advantage. “I’m not worried about his (Franklin’s) size, I’m just going out there to play bas ketball,” commented Davis. Refer ring to Davis, Metcalf said, “I’ll take all bets on who wins that matchup.” Davis is that kind of ballplayer, you can be sure that he’ll be step for step with Franklin. After watching him play this season I believe in him. According to Metcalf, Davis’ credentials demand respect. “He’s got the respect of his teammates, coaches, opponents and the stu dent body,” Metcalf added. Davis is not only a good basket ball player, but a good student also. Metcalf said that Davis carried 20 hours a semester when he was at Hill County Juco. He has good class attendance here and always gets his assignments in on time. “Barry is just as dedicated to getting an edu cation as playing basketball,’’ Metcalf added. There are no stars on the 1974- 75 Aggie basketball team, because they all play together unselfishly to Tamale Wagon IN REDMOND TERRACE EVERYDAY LOW PRICES! BURRIT0S .35 THREE FOR $1.00 ENCHILADAS 3 FOR .75 _ TAMALES $1.25 dozen achieve the maximum team effort. But a guy like Davis makes a notice able impression. Everyone in the coliseum notices Davis leaps for re bounds and net-swishing shots, but not everyone notices the superb de fense he plays. The Aggie coaches noticed it and they loved it. “He (Davis) is a very intelligent ballplayer,” Metcalf re marked, “especially defensively. Metcalf also said that Davis plays a big part in the total defensive scheme for the Aggies. “He and Jerry Mercer anchors our defense, said Metcalf. The A&M mentor also said that when one of our players get out of position that Davis “does a great job of stepping in and help ing.” Davis has made his mark in A&M jports history and he’s not through yet with another year left to play. The best thing that I can say about Barry Davis right now is that I’m glad he’s on our side. BARRY DAVIS Terps hope to win big at tourney COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland opened the basketball season by winning the Interconti nental Cup Games in Mexico City, and now the Terps can win the na tional collegiate championship with a similar five-game victory streak. “It’s exciting to think that just by winning five straight we can be the NCAA champions,” Coach Lefty Driesell said Thursday. “That’s been a dream of mine and all of our players. “When I recruit, don’t ask the players to come to Maryland and win the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, but to come here and help us win the national champ ionship. If we do, I’ll be the hap piest man in the world. ” Maryland, fourth-ranked with a 22-4 record, topped the tough ACC during the regular season for the first time in the league’s 23-year his tory. 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