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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1977
ies defeat Cajuns in a thriller 81-7!
By PAUL ARNETT
Battalion Sports Editor
It was 79-79 with 30 seconds left
on the clock. Southwestern
Louisiana had just turned the ball
over to Texas A&M when Ragin
Cajun guard Andrew Toney went
into backcourt.
The Aggies moved the ball around
for 15 seconds, then called timeout
to plan their strategy. In a matter of
13 seconds freshman Vernon Smith
took a shot and missed, Jarvis
Williams took a shot and missed and
Smith was fouled while attempting
still another shot.
Cajun coach Jim Hatfield said. “That
kind of shot will always go against
you when you’re on the road. The
Aggies know it was good and I know
Shelby knows that it was good.
But Metcalf saw it another way.
“He’s wrong,’ Metcalf said. “The
ball was still in his hands when the
buzzer sounded. There is no way
that a guy can pick up a tipped pass,
dribble it once and then shoot it in
just two seconds. We were already
celebrating the victory on the bench
when the shot went in.
The freshman from Dallas Carter,
with a calm confident smile, made
each shot like he would in practice.
The score was 81-79 with two sec-
The man celebrating the most was
Smith. The big forward had 33 points
and 12 rebounds, leading the Ags in
both categories.
onds remaining in the game.
“I was really relaxed,’’ Smith said
about his last-second heroics. “I was
confident that the shots would go in.
This game was a lot easier for me
than the first one. This has to be one
of the Biggest thrills of my career.
Smith had the chance to be the
hero because the Aggies played a
strong second half. They worked the
ball down close inside taking advan
tage of the smaller Cajun team.
“Our shot selection was poor in
the first half, Metcalfsaid. “We shot
from everywhere on the court. “The
press got us back in the ball game in
the second half. It was a good effort
for our guys.
In the first half A&M played poor
defensively and even poorer offen
sively. The Cajuns, led by Toney and
Cordy Glenn, led at the half 46-37.
But the second half was all A&M s.
“It was a grudge match, captain
Willie Foreman said. “They beat us
bad down in Louisiana, so we wanted
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to get back at tliem."
Foreman was second in saji
and in rebounds. The forwardt|
Houston scored 14 points andtj
bed six rebounds.
“They had a pretty good ten |2 Pa$ eS
Foreman said. “That Toneyisi
penetrating guard.”
Andrew Toney for theCajm
29 points, hitting 10for 16fromj
field. Th e sophomore from ]
was an all-American last year.!
"He's a great player,” Mel
said. “He is the man responsil)^
their success. I doubt that
would have had the nation'sloi
winning streak without him.”
The Ags next game is thisSatuii
night at 7:30 in G. Rollie \ftjj
A&M will play Houston 1
team thev defeated twice lastva
Texas A&M guard John Sehlicher (No. 14)
drives in for two points against Southwestern
Battalion photo by Jim Crawlex
Louisiana’s defense. A&M came from behind
to defeat the Ragin Cajuns 81-79.
Southwestern Louisiana, after cal
ling timeout, threw the ball the
length of the court. Dave Goff tipped
the desperation pass and the ball fell
to the floor. Cajun foward Pascal
Mitchell picked the ball up and
heaved it towards the basket. The
shot went in, but the officials said
that there was no time left on the
clock.
“The official just didn’t have the
guts to say that the shot was good,”
Aggie Ladies defeat
other Aggie ladies 75-41
Reed has tough shoes to fill
By DAVID BOGGAN
Battalion Staff
By D.D. GRUBBS
Exactly one year ago, Texas A&M
was preparing to play the University
of Texas in an important SWC con
test. The Aggies were to be without
their all-America middle linebacker
Robert Jackson, who was sidelined
with a leg injury. In his place was
Roderick Reed, a 19-year old
sophomore who had played
sparingly to that point in the season.
In his first collegiate start, Reed
played a key role in A&M’s 27-3 de
feat of the Longhorns last year in
Austin. The Aldine Carver product
was in on eight tackles, and recov
ered two fumbles, one of which he
caused himself while sacking the UT
quarterback for a seven-yard loss.
With eight defensive starters, in
cluding Robert Jackson, playing out
their eligibility, it became apparent
that the Ags were going to be heav
ily dependant on young players like
Reed for the 1977 campaign.
Scholastic deficiencies, however,
forced Reed to drop out of A&M for
the spring semester of‘76. He spent
that semester and part of the sum
mer at North Harris Junior College
in Houston and regained his
academic standing and was back at
A&M when pre-season drills began
in August.
Reed had missed spring training
and admits it was difficult getting
back in the groove. “I had some
trouble getting used to playing with
the other guys at first. My timing
was off and my reactions were a lit
tle slow. But after the first three or
four games, it all began coming back
and I feel like I’m playing at my best
now.”
Reed was in on 29 tackles last year
and earned his first varsity letter.
During two-a-days last August, the
6-2, 223-pound junior was one of the
17 players vying for a starting role at
linebacker. “I knew I just couldn’t
walk in and become a starter. The
other two middle linebackers, Dick
Frazze and Frankie Lemons, were
doing a good job and I had to work
for a starting position.”
Reed has now established himself
as the starting middle linebacker
this season, especially in the light of
his peformance against Arkansas two
weeks ago when he was in on 18
tackles. Linebacker coach John Paul
Young says Reed has improved
steadily this season and had by far
the best game of his career against
the Razorbacks.
The Aggie Ladies basketball team
had little trouble defeating Prairie
View A&M last night in G. Rollie
White Coliseum. The final score
was 75-46, as the' Aggies beat Prairie
View for the second time this stui-
“Roderick is big and strong and
can cover a lot of ground. He’s much
more disciplined this year and is
playing a lot better technique. He
did a good job filling in for Jackson
last season and is now getting better
each week.”
Eleven months ago the future was
uncertain for Roderick Reed. But
since, he has worked his way back
into school and into a starting posi
tion in the Aggie defense. Milking
160 tackles is bis goal for this season.
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der was pleased with the victory,
she said that her team did not play
up to their full capability.
“I wasn’t really pleased with our
performance, Bender said. “We
missed easy shots and we played re
laxed on defense.”
Bender said that the Aggies were
able to get the ball in the lane effec
tively, enabling them to make 45
percent of their shots.
“We work hard to get inside the
lane,” the Aggie coach said. “I don t
enjoy watching a game where the
players can’t move the ball inside.
Only four players in the game
scored in double figures. For the
Aggie Ladies, junior Cindy Gough
had 17 points and junior Margaret
Byrne had 12 points. For Prairie
View, Mary Gray had 17 points and
Debra Gardner had 11 points.
Bender said that points scored by
an individual player says nothing of
the total performance of that player.
It is with this in mind that she has
employed a rating system of pluses
and minuses that reward players on
their overall contribution to the
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