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tender replaces Don THE BATTALION Page 9 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1977 New women s cage coach hates losing By PAUL McGRATH "i® Battalion Sports Editor |mda Bender has a strong dis- for losing. She always has, and rently always will, t'r j-itl ’he newly appointed Texas A&M id Em ften’s basketball coach has built a llcicli Kyof triumphs in the sport on areBem |ngh school level. Losing sea- 1):Olesji [ occurred about as often as iaeli; C« pd Nixon plays golf with Leon eigti] irski. r( i,stveBi reolly do hate to lose,” Bender l.EIPas * n this her first week on the 1 ‘1 have been very fortunate so in that I’ve never had a losing Wth in.” has been listed as one of the 'Nron; winningest girl’s coaches in tbiitoifc Her teams have combined '“d Lonj >5 wins and 148 losses, a win- NacogilJ percentage (.755) that would Ul 'id D Las Vegas sweat, feeast; ader takes over for Kay Don, rlli of giiBco ched the A&M women for leans and will now serve as Di- also slii, t° r °f Women’s Athletics, glider obtained her bachelor’s Ip| f |ee in Health and Physical Edu- sl [j ve on from Trinity and earned her 2e |in,j| fer’s in Education from Our '(1982 nil K the Lak , e - , ; , [er first coaching position was at , ] R , av j ei et High School in 1958, a re- 250 (table experience Bender says, f was a mistake. I went back to metown where I had a lot of s who were just getting into (school. Bey made my life miserable. I aunts calling me night and day,” Kid. (fender soon left for Jourdanton her team went to state during cond season there. Her teams rdanton were to go to the state [two more times, winning the |nce. r a brief stay at Tomball, she d at Victoria High, gaining a state crown in 1971. traveled to Alpine High for a ear stay and then went to for another two years before ing the Texas A&M job. re the A&M offer, collegiate ing never entered Bender’s But. . . ice I got close to Texas A&M, real interested in their pro- I had even influenced one girl ere. ’AA lifts Louisiana “I got to know Kay Don real well. Our coaching philosophies are very close. We try to accomplish the same things in what we are doing. “Kay had told me that her duties as athletic director were very press ing. She needed to devote all of her attention to those and that was the reason she decided to quit coaching. So when the offer came I was very excited about it,” Bender said. A devout Christian, Bender at tempts to instill other qualities in her players other than those gained on the practice court. One of her favorite slogans is “A true athlete should have character, not be a character.” She later hopes to teach a course in basketball coaching while at A&M. While Bender tries to maintain winning standards, she feels the learning the girls receive is more important than putting marks in the won column. For this reason she is against changing the six-player game of the high school level. It allows more girls to play, keeping fewer on the bench. Some argue that the six-player game does not sufficiently ready girls for the five-player game found at the collegiate level. To counter, Bender points to a 1975 poll which showed that only two per cent of the girls went on to play college basket ball. “My opinion may change now that I’m a college coach,” she said concerning the six-player game. “But I do feel that it is not the role of high schools to train kids (athletes) for college. They should be trying to help them get ready for life.” Bender has not yet had an oppor tunity to talk with all of her present players, but she already has de veloped some respect for them. T’m really looking forward to working with these girls. I fell in love with them the minute I first met them. They all have good at titudes and are willing to work,” she said. Bender has already started work ing on her first problem — recruit ing. She has contacted many girls herself, with other prospects being brought to her attention by high school coaches. Undoubtedly, her large number of friends in the high school coaching ranks will prove a benefit in future recruiting as will the building of the new women’s dorm expected to house 100 athletes. Bender feels she has the material to have the Aggies rebound from their 15-17 season last year, despite having a comparatively harder schedule. For her, win is spelled NOW'. “T have never had a losing sea son,” she said. “I just don’t know what I’d do if I did. ” Rivers* Leather Goods SPECIALIZING IN AGGIE BELTS SADDLES, BILLFOLDS & PURSES All types of leather work and custom orders \0 \obation United Press International ift ol wB AYETTE, La. — The Uni- perman'jitv of Southwestern Louisiana moved from probation by the (A yesterday. ihool officials said the end of the rjl/fliation period means the school *** . Btrept bowl game invitations nd Rinp its games can be televised. SL, a member of the Southland Ijjrence, was placed on proba- ^" l, years ago for recruiting .-ons. 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