Page 8 THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, MAR. 5, 1976
Aggies vs.???
By TONY GALLUCCI
Battalion Staff Writer
The Southwest Conference (SWC)
regular season champion Texas Ag
gies, well-rested after their 10 day
layoff from competition, are in Dallas
awaiting their Saturday night tipoff
with the winner of tonight’s Texas
Tech-Arkansas game.
Questions have been raised about
the big bout and all the variables in
volved and the only conclusion is
that one must wait and see. A&M
could possibly suffer from the long
layoff, although practices have been
brisk. Possibly more drastic is the
loss of starting freshmen Jarvis Wil
liams and Karl Godine, causing a lack
of substantial bench strength.
The Ags are reduced to seven
scholarship players in starters Barry
Davis, Ray Roberts, Steve Jones,
Wally Swanson and SWC player-of-
the-year Sonny Parker. The chief
substitutes will be Gates Erwin and
Joey Robinson. Walk-on Kevin Jones
has seen limited action and call-up
Bryan Barrett has not played at all.
One concern about bench
strength is the possibility of Swanson
and Davis getting into foul trouble.
Swanson is the team leader in foul
outs this year and is only one behind
Williams in total fouls.
The Ags are likely to employ the
zone throughout the game. Fatigue
will be a major factor affecting the
other finalist. They will have played
three games in three days going into
the final game. It is that factor which
favors the Aggies most. They may
press throughout the game in an at
tempt to increase the weariness of
their opponent. The Ags in the other
two meetings with Tech took advan
tage of (should the opponent be the
Red Raiders) Bullock’s tendency to
fade in the latter stages of the game.
The long schedule could make the
big man even more vulnerable.
The final game featuring the Ag
gies, winners of two SWC titles in a
row, will be broadcast live on reg
ional television beginning at 8 p.m.
Tech faces Hogs in semis
Associated Press
DALLAS — Roughhouse Rick
Bullock poured in 28 points and col
lected 18 rebounds Thursday night
to inspire Texas Tech to an 80-69
victory over error-prone Houston in
the quarterfinals of the Southwest
Conference’s first post season bas
ketball classic.
Arkansas beat Southern
Methodist in the nightcap of the
doubleheader in Moody Coliseum,
74-70.
The winners will play in tonight’s
semifinals for the right to play Texas
A&M Saturday night.
The 6-9 Bullock and Houston
guard Otis Birdsong engaged in a
red-hot shooting duel until midway
in the second half when the Cougars
went for more than five minutes
without scoring a basket.
Texas Tech went into its stall game
in the last four minutes and eager
Houston could never get the ball
back.
Birdsong scored the last 11 points
of the first half for Houston and the
underdog Cougars, now 17-11,
trailed only 37-36.
Houston took the lead early in the
second half, but a field goal by
Birdsong at 12:19 was the only basket
the Cougars made until Al Winder
scored with 6:55 left.
Tech ran off 12 unanswered points
during that ice-cold streak.
Texas Tech, which finished second
behind champion A&M in the regu
lar SWC campaign, now has a 22-5
record.
Tech roared to a fast nine-point
lead in the first half before Birdsong,
an acrobatic junior from Winterha-
ven, Fla., and a member of the U.S.
Pan American gold medal winning
team, got hot.
Birdsong made four consecutive
baskets in the second half as it ap
peared the Cougars might upset the
team that had beaten them twice
during the regular season. But that’s
when Houston hit the cold spell and
Tech fed the ball to the burly Bullock
time after time.
Fliers win, 17
The Air Force blitzed an unaware
Army-Navy-Marine defense as time
ran out in the third period to gain a
17-14 lead and their first victory ever
in the annual charity Elephant Bowl.
Despite numerous errors, the
game was played and coached oft-
times brilliantly as the lead changed
hands constantly.
The Air Force bombed and strafed
all through the first half with quar
terback Dennis Nesloney frequently
putting the ball in the air. He finally
found Doug Munson open behind
the Army defense and threaded the
needle. Munson merely stepped
into the end zone to put the fliers
ahead 7-0.
But the bombings did not hinder
the combined forces’ swift ground at
tack. On the first play after the kic
koff, Army quarterback Mike
McCabe found little speedster Mike
Fonteno striding down the sideline.
Fonteno made the grab and com
pleted the 66-yard play to tie the
score.
Fonteno had broken loose earlier
in the first quarter on a 60-yard punt
return. The referees, however,
ruled the clearing block a clip and
the ball was brought back.
Later in the second quarter. Army
was forced to punt from their own
goal line into a stiff wind. The ball
went up, bounced and flew back
ward. So far backward that the punt
was measured at -5 yards.
The Air Force was unable to
capitalize and had to settle for a 17-
yard field goal by Munson, giving
them a 10-7 lead.
It was shortlived as Munson’s kic
koff went to Fonteno, who hobbled
the ball at the three-yard line. He
picked up the loose ball and then
sprinted 97 yards to the other goal
line. Army went to the locker room
ahead 14-10.
The Air Force came back out in
the third quarter bombing again, but
Neslony’s receivers had trouble
reaching the wind-driven ball.
Ag swimmers compete
at conference tourney
The Aggie swimmers are in Dallas
for the Southwest Conference
(SWC) Swimming and Diving
Championship held March 3-6.
The Ags are expected to show
well, but they may be overpowered
by the University of Texas and
Southern Methodist University
teams.
The Mustangs are gunning for
their 20th consecutive SWC victory
in the watersport, but the Longhorns
are planning to give them a good
fight.
A&M finished fifth last year, but is
expected to fight it out with the Uni
versity of Houston for third place.
The predicted placing of the other
SWC teams is Texas Tech fifth with
Arkansas, Texas Christian and Rice
following.
A&M’s Bob Leland will swim the
100 and 200 meter breaststroke,
while Steve Moore will swim the 200
meter breaststroke and Oran
Marksbuiy will be in the 100 meter
breast stroke for the Aggies.
Peter Moore will also be swim
ming the 200 and 400 individual
medley.
Svante Rasmussen, one of A&M’s
top hopes, will swim the 200 frees
tyle.
The 200 and 100 meter backstroke
events will have both Brad Swendig
and Don Reser competing for A&M.
The 100 meter butterfly will be
swum by Mike Vanderhurst for the
Aggies. The Aggies have the SWC’s
fourth best time in the 400 and 800
meter freestyle relay and 400 meter
medley relay.
The swim meet will take place in
Perkins Natatorium, on the SMU
campus. The swimming pre
liminaries will be held at noon,
through Saturday. The diving pre
lims will be at 4 p.m. The finals will
be held at 7 p.m.
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As the last seconds ticked off in the
third quarter, Munson again found
his way behind the Army defense. It
was the same sewing trick as Nes
lony’s pass was perfect and the fliers
went ahead for good, 17-14.
The Army made a last push in the
final minutes of the fourth quarter,
but an interception by the sharp Air
Force defense put an end to the land
lubbers’ and swabbies’ chances.
Brief
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sor an open race this weekend at
Lake Sommerville. The race will be
Lake Somerville. The race will be
held in classes, with three boats or
three boats to have a fleet in compet
ition. A $2 per boat entry fee will be
charged.
The club will meet at 10 a. m.
Saturday at Welch Park where the
classes will be decided and fees paid.
The group will then go to Lake
Somerville for the race. Trophies
will be awarded to the winners.
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