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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1977
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game against Sam Houston. The Texas Aggies
improved their season record to 4-0 by defeat
ing the Bearkats 95-73.
Battalion staff photo by Jim Crawley
By PAUL ARNETT
Battalion Sports Editor
The Texas Aggie basketball team
has had a problem motivating itself
in the opening moments of a ball
game this year. Last night against
Sam Houston State was no excep
tion.
With 10 minutes remaining in the
first half the Ags had scored only
eight points. By the end of the game
Metcalf s men had 95 points and had
defeated the Bearkats 95-73.
“I told our guys before the game
that we wanted to get the first 10
minutes on film,” coach Shelby
Metcalf said. “In that span of time I
wanted us to play a zone defense.
Well we played real good defen
sively, but the zone slowed our of
fense down.
“After the 10 minutes were up,
we switched back to man on man
and you saw the results. I actually
was to blame for the slow start, but
we wanted to see our guys play the
zone against them.”
The Aggies trailed Sam Houston
12-10 with 9:47 remaining in the
half. But at intermission the Aggies
led the Bearkats 45-33.
“It was a good effort for our guys, ”
Metcalf said. “Willie has really im
proved since the beginning of the
season. If your seniors are improv
ing, then you know that the rest of
the squad is improving as well.”
Foreman finished second in scor
ing for the Aggies with 17 points.
The senior from Houston electrified
the crowd when he stole a Bearkat
pass and drove down court for a
slam dunk two-point play.
“It definitely gets me excited
when I hear the crowd cheering for
my shots,” Foreman said. “I had to
get one tonight and when the oppor
tunity lent itself, I took it.”
Foreman, the captain of the Ag
gies this year, played his best game
of the young season.
“I had a lot more concentration
tonight,” Foreman said. “We have
to get ready for Oral Roberts this
weekend. I think we can play them
a good game.”
Another man who had a good
game for the Aggies was Jarvis
Williams. Williams was A&M’s lead
ing scorer with 18 points.
T just did the same as usual,”
Williams said. “As time goes by my
shots are starting to fall. I think I’m
coming along just fine.
Coach Metcalf agreed with
Williams’ progress.
“Jarvis played really hard to
night,” Metcalf said. “He still is
forcing some shots, but he makes up
for it on defense. He really hustled
tonight.”
Williams’ counterpart, Karl
Godine, played for the first time in
three games. Godine has had an
ankle injury and it didn’t appear to
be much better last night.
“My ankle is a little better,”
Godine said. “I still can’t make any
cuts on it, but I really don’t think
the lay-off will hurt me. ”
Oh, the lay-off is got to hurt him,”
Metcalf countered. “With Karl the
problem is compounded since he
hasn’t played that much. I don’t
think that he will be able to help us
against Oral Roberts. His ankle
seemed to still be bothering him to
night.”
The undefeated Aggies don’t re
turn to G. Rollie White until early
January. The first stop on the road
trip is Tulsa, Okla., and Oral
Roberts University.
“They have a real good ball club,”
Metcalf said. “They beat West Texas
We know that we are going to have
to play our best game of the season
against them.
“After we play them we have two
tough tournaments. In the next six
games, I’m sure we’ll be the under
dogs. These first four games of the
season has helped prepare us for
this part of our schedule. We’ve
played a lot of guys and I think that
we are ready.”
One of these men who has seen a
good deal of action is Wally Swan
son. Swanson appeared to be play
ing up to his capabilities against Sam
Houston. The junior from Illinois
had 12 points on the evening.
“I was looking to score at the end
of the ball game,” Swanson said. “I
am finally getting confidence in my
jump shot. ”
Swanson, Foreman and Joey
Robinson will all be key men for the
Aggies this next month. Their team
leadership should help the younger
players in the next six games.
The season really begins this
weekend in Tulsa. As Metcalf so
aptly puts it, “We’re going to find
out just how good we are over the
next four weeks.”
By DAVID BOGGAN
Battalion Staff
In their last home game before
e holidays, the Aggie Ladies de
lated Sam Houston state 63-54.
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ithe Texas A&M Rugby Club had
; finest performance of the season
downing the Houston Old Boys
-0. From the opening whistle the
Id Boys, Texas’ state champions,
ere outclassed by a fired-up Aggie
The speed of the Aggie backs and
ioto by JimCu e f as t dry field, were key factors in
lis game.
Outstanding for A&M was
rum-half, Craig Belew, who
lamed up beautifully with hook-
1 r Bruce Noble, in winning 15 of 20
I t scrums. Belew kept a constant
ream of crisp passes flowing, via
ithalf Alan Jeffrey to the backs who
led their speed and ball handling
ith devastating results.
The classy Jeffrey had another
iady game for A&M, as his leader-
lip and example were an inspira-
to the other Aggie players.
Iiuck Martin had a fine game at
llback, making some good runs
id frequently turning Old Boys’ at-
:ks into Aggie scoring drives.
The A&M forwards combined
ell with their powerful backline
id their loose rucking, thanks
rgely to veteran Mark Anthony,
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reg Laswell, raced 30 yards for a
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ard attempted to kick ahead. The
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Rutledge came right back beating
three defenders and going over near
the left corner flag. The Aggies led
16-0 at halftime having played into
the wind for the opening 40 min
utes.
Jeffrey started things off in the
second period with a 23-yard pen
alty goal to make it 19-0. Quickly
the Aggies attacked again. Belew
found Jeffrey on the move at mid-
field, Jeffrey threw a pass to winger
Billy Tigner who raced towards the
end zone. Robert Moorman cleverly
followed up the play and when
Tigner was tackled near the goal line
Moorman was there to gingerly
touch down the ball for a try near
the left corner flag. The conversion
was wide and the Ags led 23-0.
Houston won its first set scrum of
the second half but before the Old
Boys’ scrum half could pass off, he
was tackled by the fearless Belew.
Bolen found forward John Patrick
near the right sideline. Patrick twice
interchanged with Belew and
Tigner before diving over near the
flag. The conversion was straight
but short and A&M’s lead was 27-0.
Houston finally managed to get
some movement from the backs and
scored on a breakaway, but Tigner
caught their inside center from be
hind at the 15-yard line and the
shutout was preserved.
The Aggies final score was a gem.
Tigner, helping out on defense,
picked up a loose ball at his own
15-yard line. He kicked ahead be
yond midfield, chased the ball to the
Old Boys’ forty, dribbled it along
the ground towards the left corner
flag before touching it down for a
masterful try. Tigner, had travelled
85 yards untouched as he outran
everyone to make it 31-0.
With that score A&M closed out
an 11-2 season. The White squad
led the Central Division, being un
defeated and untied. They will
compete for the Texas State Cham
pionships in the spring when the
North, Central and South Counties
vie for the Texas title.
well,” Aggie coach Wanda Bender
said after the game. “They knew
what kind of offense we had run in
our earlier games.”
The Bearkats effectively defensed
one of the Aggie’s favorite plays.
The base line shot, in which the ball
is fed inside, usually to either
5-foot-ll freshman Julia Crawford
or 6-foot sophomore Pat Werner,
was almost stopped cold by the SHS
defense.
The Aggie Ladies had to rely on
outside shooting to compensate for
the inside shots they were having
trouble making.
“We hit fairly good from the out
side,” Bender said. “That’s one
thing we had to do because they
can’t defense both the inside and
the outside.
“We weren’t able to run our 1-4
offense either. So, we used a 2-3 of
fense that enabled us to get ahead.
We had just started practicing that
offense yesterday. We hope to get it
running better in the future.”
The Aggie Ladies had two players
in double figures at the end of the
game: Margaret Byrne with 14
points and Cindy Gough with 13.
Sam Houston’s Bobbie Bruton led
the Bearkats scoring with 16 points.
After eight games, the Aggie
Ladies have a 7-1 record, losing only
to a tough Stephen F. Austin team.
Bender said her team still has prob
lems it must overcome.
“On offense, we’ve got to learn to
pass the ball quicker,” the Aggie
coach said. “We’ve got to move the
ball faster than the other team can
shift their zone.
“Our post girls missed passes to
night and we fumbled the ball a lot.
That was our main weakness to
night.”
Bender said the Aggies played a
good defensive game against SHS.
“Our defense looked a little bet
ter than they have previously, they
covered better, she said. “They’ve
got to learn to talk more on defense,
to help each other.”
The First Lady in the Sam Hous
ton game was sophomore Von
Bunn. Her game score was +11,
based on a rating system of best
floor performance.
The Aggie Ladies now begin a
long road tour, starting this Friday
at Tyler Junior Cqllege.
“Tyler has an excellent teAm,”
Bender said. “They have the best
freshman in the state, a blue-
chipper named Bonnie Buchanan. ”
State the other night by 17 points.
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