THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9, 1976 Victory scratched from UT ering their average to 68.4 per to the Horns 72.2. Page 9 By TONY GALLUCCI . , , Battalion Sports Writer said. lit sase infa||ere were three top-notch low to pilches on last nights fight card, but pbne winner was determined, soon put*,Hike Lien and Jarvis Williams iwasa ight to a draw, with Lien gaining team co« for initiative, and Williams for mt on tuling the final blow. Barry Davis 'MorisseiWich Parsons also deadlocked, ind she ith lost points for shedding blood ii better thout sending the other out for od. nt hers Referees John Kloza and Ed Poss lot last gned out in the battle of the whis- (I ofi n "Bvhile the Aggies fought and Jiper exi Relied their way to an 85-69 vic- Jered mBjver the bunch from Austin, rto rece: p e iceman took over for the sec- orts at ^Btraight show, as Karl Godine 'loes &I fehed an even 10 of 20 from the st year t®and connected on all four free jiistus| fo W s to end up with a high of 24 ilot morelits. Godine also picked up 10 re- llotofp |fids to lead all players. Sonny kommentper was close behind with 21 ints and eight rebounds. Gates rketinpifiIF n * ne rebounds. Ray o worb t^i'ts had 14 points and Davis lore. Bntlpp Dan Krueger was high for Texas T el ' ith26, after embarassing himself in i siiK i eM 0 j t j ie ()ran g e _ c l at ] crowd in Au- in one week ago. Krueger provided jLonghorns only second half |W:k, by scoring 16 of the Horns 35 lints in that period. He game was much like tine game Hustin last week. The teams !Mairly even in the first half, ^ugb the Ags led by as much as ;ht The lead was maintained from irst basket, until Parsons hit a brow to complete a three-point nd the Horns gained their first the game at 34-34. That was 30 seconds remaining. The Ags led away the final seconds and ne moved in for the final layup pass from Wally Swanson. Poss 1 basket interference on an at- ted block and the Ags took a lead to the locker room. coach Shelby Metcalf said, played kind of sloppy the first and I was kind of disappointed. Ne came back and played well in econd half and put it away, n away was more like it. The ame out running. Jiored by Sonny P s 17 second points, the Ags soon com- led the scoreboard by as much points, and tinkered with that n for almost seven minutes be- jforging the final tally of 85-69. cent Forty-two fouls were called in the game, one of the sloppier games this season (for detailed analysis of last night’s referees, see this week’s Ath letic Oatmeal). In a department vitally important to the Aggie style of play, the home team was credited with 17 assists to Texas’ eight. Godine, was responsi ble for six of those, again leading the team. Sonny P and Roberts each had three. In other SWC action, the Red Raiders maintained their close pro ximity to the Ags in the race with and impressive win over Arkansas in Lubbock. Impressive because Tech was without the services of two star ters: Rudy Liggins and Grady New ton who were both hospitalized. Guard Steve Dunn, who hasn’t played nuch because of a broken nose, had to take up some of the slack e just played 15 minutes of basketball, said Metcalf. In it was 10 minutes of good bas- 5tl jail, so the Ags took the Horns SSHore seriously this time. It was ,im# ed - Kne Ags, with the 15th ranked of- mse in the nation scored right at norm, while boosting their 77 oint SWC average. G ()d ' ne l la