Page 8 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1977
Houston rivalry renewed
United Press International
HOUSTON — The heated rivalry
between former non-speaking col
legiate foes Rice and the University
of Houston is everything it was ex
pected to be — in football.
But in basketball. Rice has been
no threat.
The two crosstown schools renew
their one-sided basketball series to
night when Rice cuts through Her
mann Park to the Cougars’ home
Hofheinz Pavilion. But unless coach
Basketball poll
NEW YORK (UP!) — The United Press
International Board of Coaches’ college bas
ketball ratings with won-lost records through
games of Saturday, Jan. 8, and number of first
place votes in parentheses:
Sixth Week
1. San Francisco (31)
2. Cincinnati (1)
3. Kentucky (1)
4. Alabama (1)
5. North Carolina (1)
6. Michigan
7. Nevada-Las Vegas (1)
8. Wake Forest
9. Marquette
10. Arizona
11. Minnesota (1)
12. UCLA
13. Purdue
14. Louisville
15. Oregon
16. Arkansas
17. Tennesse
18. Providence
19. tie Holy Cross
tie St. John's NY
17-0
10-0
9-1
12-0
10-1
9-1
10-1
11-1
9-2
11-1
10-0
11-2
8- 3
9- 2
11-2
10-1
8-2
11-2
Bob Polk can inspire his youngsters
to a record performance, this game
should go the way the last nine have.
Baylor and SMU, two of the three
Southwest Conference leaders, will
be favored to run their records to 4-0
in home games tonight. Texas A&M
is at Baylor, and Texas is at SMU.
Arkansas, the other 3-0 team, is
idle, while TCU visits Texas Tech.
Neither Houston nor Rice is in a
decent mood after their most recent
games. Houston lost its opener 81-70
at Arkansas and then was snowed in
for 30 hours.
“Tell Bob Polk we ll be there by
Wednesday,” Houston coach Guy
Lewis said Monday from Fayet
teville after the Cougars’ team bus,
headed for Fort Smith Sunday, was
turned around by state troopers.
No matter the trouble, Lewis
would not miss playing Rice. In the
nine times that the two teams have
played since the series started in
1972 the closest the Owls came to
upsetting the Cougars was nine
points.
After that 193 game, an embar
rassment to Houston, the Cougars
came back later that season to win
the second meeting 107-62.
Houston’s Otis Birdsong, the
Southwest Conference leading
scorer with a 29.5 average, came
home with a scoring record. His
2,126 jjoints in four years is eight
more than Rick Bullock compiled at
Texas Tech.
Lewis was upset with the officia
ting during the loss to Arkansas, but
he refused to talk about it after
wards.
That was not the case at Autry
Court Monday night after Rice lost
its seventh straight game by a 72-61
count to SMU and mild-mannered
coach Polk drew a technical foul.
Earlier, because of the officiating
job being done by Joe Shosid of Fort
Worth and David Dealy of Houston,
Polk and coach Sonny Allen of SMU
walked to the scorer’s table.
Allen later admitted he made a
comment about the officiating, but
he refused to say what it was.
Snow cools Coogs,
Raiders in Ozarks
United Press International
HOUSTON — Houston Cougars’
coach Guy Lewis says his first year in
the Southwest Conference re
minded him of a fraternity initiation
and that he is glad now just to be one
of the boys.
“We’ve already had our indoctri
nation. That came last year, when we
would get behind in a ballgame and
people would start yelling, ‘Wel
come to the Southwest Conference!’
Lewis said. “I didn’t hear any of
that the other night.”
Houston, playing at Fayetteville,
Ark., was beaten by the Razorbacks
in its conference opener. But the
Cougars proved themselves a tough
road team despite the 81-70 loss.
At home, Houston is even
tougher. The crosstown rival Rice
Owls, who play the Cougars in
Hofheinz Pavilion tonight, can tes
tify to that.
Houston has won all of the nine
games the two bitter rivals have
played since the series began in
1972. In the four games at the
Cougars' on-campus Hofheinz Pavil
ion, Houston has won by an average
of 35 points.
“I think we will have a fine game
with Rice,’ Lewis said. “It’s still an
inner city rivalry that has more rid
ing on it than a Southwest Confer
ence game.”
The Owls, who won their first six
games against lesser opponents and
all at home, now have lost seven in a
row, including a 72-61 loss to SMU at
their home Autry Court Monday.
Houston 0-1 in conference and
Rice 0-3 will be seeking a first SWC
win.
In other games tonight, SMU 3-0
hosts Texas 1-2, Baylor 3-0 hosts
Texas A&M 1-1 and TCU 0-3 is at
Texas Tech 1-2.
“We are really going to.be a good
team in about three weeks,” Lewis
said of his Cougars. “Now don’t ask
me why. I just feel that way.
Lewis’ prediction would indicate
Houston will be hitting stride about
Feb. 5, which not coincidentally is
when Arkansas visits Houston.
“Coach Eddie Sutton said last year
that he hoped everybody would be
rooting for them,” Lewis said. “But I
hope this year that we’ve been in
doctrinated and maybe somebody
around the state will be rooting for
us.
“Of course our football team may
have messed that up.
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Although Wally Swanson (far left) and Joey
Robinson (far right) seem to have Texas’ Rich
Parson well guarded, the Longhorn was able
to maneuver the ball around the Aggies for
most of Monday night’s game in Austin. The
Aggies are shown here in a “press," a defen
sive tactic to put pressure on the
obtain possession of the ball. The metlii
often used by teams who are behind widlj
time remaining in the game, as was the
here.
Baltiilion photo by Kevinli
Aggies lose to Texas 87-7
prepare for Bear in Wac<
By PAUL ARNETT
Battalion Sports Editor
The Aggies travel to Waco tonight
to play the Baylor Bears in hopes of
regaining the momentum they lost
in Austin last Monday night.
“It’ll be hard getting our guys
ready to play the Bears after a tough
loss like tonight, ’ coach Shelby Met
calf said following the Texas game.
“The Bears are a real good basketball
team this year, and will be tough to
beat at home.
Baylor is undefeated in the South
west Conference (SWC) race thus
far, boasting a 3-0 record. The Ag
gies, on the other hand, dropped to a
1-1 mark after Texas defeated them
87-73. It was the first victory' for the
Dave Goff
Longhorns against Metcalfs Men
since 1974.
Leading Texas to its first SWC
victory was sophomore guard John
Moore with 22 points. Moore was
followed by freshman Jim Krivacs
who had 21 points, and Rich Parson
and Ron Baxter who had 17 and 16
points respectively.
Led by these four men, the Long
horns shot 57 percent from the field
and 59 per cent from the free throw
line. Texas also out rebounded the
Aggies 45-41.
The Aggies leading rebounder for
the game was Wally Swanson with
15. Swanson has been the best all
around player for the Aggies this sea
son. He has consistently led the
team in rebounds, and is always
close to the top in scoring.
Swanson’s 16 points against the
Longhorns was second only to Steve
Sylestine s 17 point production.
Sylestine had another good night hit
ting eight out of eleven from the
field.
Swanson, Sylestine, and Dave
Goff have been the bright spots for
the Aggies so far this season. Goffs
outstanding passing has him leading
the team in assists. The freshman
guard can also shoot. He had JO
points last Monday night in addition
to his seven assists.
Goff was also instrumental in the
Aggie press, which caused Texas to
turn the hall over six times in the
second half. Goffs quickness allows
Him to come from nowhere and steal
an opponent s pass. The press was
the only thing that kept the Ags in
the game against Texas.
A&M will have to press the Bears
in order to stay in the ball game.
Baylor can get down intoi
court in a hurry if unimpd
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