Page 12 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1977
Aggie women hold off
Texas Southern 68-67
By MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M women’s basket
ball team kept it’s season record un
blemished with a 68-67 victory over
Texas Southern University last
night.
The victory extended A&M’s sea
son record to 5-0, but last night’s
victory didn’t come easy.
The Aggies carried a 42-22 lead
into halftime and appeared to have
^ the game in hand. Yet someone for-
jgot to tell TSU at the half that the
Aggies had the game won.
Employing a full-court press and
aggressive rebounding, TSU fought
back and took a one point lead with
only a minute to play.
But the Aggie defense held TSU
scoreless the rest of the game and
Sheree Christian hit two clutch free
throws with 10 seconds left on the
clock to give the Aggies the victory.
Head coach Wanda Bender, in
her first year at A&M, was happy
with the victory yet unsatisfied with
the play of the team.
“We came out for the second half
and were just lackadaisical,” said
Bender after the game. “We just
stood around and let our lead slip
away.
“Plus TSU came out shooting red
hot in the second half. We came out
ice cold.”
In the game A&M out-shot TSU
from the field 41 percent to 38 per
cent. Yet the first half looked like a
run away.
“We took advantage of their early
turnovers and turned them into
quick scores,” said Bender. “But the
second half they played up to their
potential. I knew all along that they
played good basketball.”
Texas Southern entered the game
with the same 4-0 record that A&M
had. Yet coach Bender used this
game to experiment with her of
fense.
“We started the game with our
1-4 offense. That has been our
productive set all year. Willi fc
players lined up on the foul line
then breaking off, we've gotten
best percentage shots. Anditlefc
use the base line to our i
“But we abandoned the It
fense in the second half. Not
cause it wasn’t working but to
our attack. We went toourzonet
fense and if we could have!
shots it would have worked.
Bender used 10 of her ISplaj
in last night’s game. The deptl
the bench is one ofherstong
“We committed 26 fouls in
game,” said Bender, “butbecause
our depth we were never in anv
rious trouble. 1 have ten playeis
the bench that hwouldn t hesitate
put into the game at any time.”
The Texas Aggie women’s h
ball team returns to action Tlmi
night against Prairie View i
G. Rollie White Coliseum,
time is 5:15 p.m.
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Soccer: the world’s footbal
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Too tough to stop
Texas runnlngback Earl Campbell scoots past Aggie safety
Kenneth Taylor for his second touchdown of the afternoon.
Campbell gained 222 yards and had four touchdowns leading
the Longhorns past the Aggies 57-28.
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This speed-endurance sport is
drawing the attention of elemen
tary, high school and college
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soccer programs. Fans of the sport
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The soccer program at Texas
A&M University is growing too.
“It is quite evident soccer is com
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team. She said that more and more
students are coming into
some prior experience in li|
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Dan Byerley, president of ll
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