Page 8 THE BATTALION
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1977
Samson &
Aggies defeat ORU 79-73
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Last year the Texas A&M basket
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charity shots. But it wasn’t a problem
in Tulsa, Okla. last Saturday night.
The Aggies connected on 31 out of 38
free throws and defeated Oral
Roberts 79-73.
Judy Fondy, Vickie Matthews, George
Ann Hoke, Jane Kroll, Kathy Grimes,
Judy McCann.
“We played hard and with a great
deal of intensity,’ coach Shelby
Metcalf said. “Even the players on
the bench pulled for the players on
the floor. And when the going got
close and tough, the guys kept fight
ing and kept their heads. They over
came a little adversity as well.
A&M didn’t fare too well from the
field and it allowed the Titans to stay
close throughout the game. Despite
this fact, the Ags had five men finish
the evening in double figures.
Willie Foreman was the Ags lead
ing scorer with 16 points. Vernon
Smith was close behind with 15, fol
lowed by Joey Robinson with 12,
Jarvis Williams with 11 and Dave
Goff with 10.
Smith paced the A&M rebounders
/ith 16. Foreman had 11, while
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The Aggies continue their road
trip this weekend. Metcalfs men
travel to Alabama to participate in
the Birmingham Classic. A&M s first
round opponent is Florida State.
“They will have the best ball club
we’ve faced this season,” Metcalf
said. “They are probably the
second-best team in the Southeast
Conference. If we continue playing
like we have been then we should
give them a good ball game.”
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The Aggies are currently 5-0.
Good free throw shooting (88 out of
117 for 75 percent) is one reason
A&M is doing so well. Another is
good team play led by senior Willie
Foreman.
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“I think we have played well as a
team,” Foreman said. “Last year the
burden to produce fell on the shoul
ders of just a few guys. This year we
have a bunch of guys that can pro
duce. That’s the big difference this
year.”
Team play is something the Aggies
will need over the next couple of
weeks. If they can keep playing as a
team, A&M may just be the surprise
team of the Southwest Conference.
Wally Swanson (No, 54) goes for a rebound
against Sam Houston. The Aggies defeated
Oral Robe
ord to 5-0.
ts Saturday night, lifting theirr
Battalion plioto In jim(r;
Mark Patterson
It’s just too confusing
With one week left on the
schedule the 1977 NFL season is
nearing its conclusion. And not a
kickoff too soon. But before we can
turn our sights towards baseball and
spring training, we have to endure
Super Bowl.
the march to the
This year has been one of pro
football s most exciting and unusual.
We’ve watched the rich get richer,
the poor get richer and the rich get
poorer. And the playoffs exemplif\
the trend.
In the NFC, two of the division
races were decided early and the
two winners have coasted through
the year. Dallas, with a three game
edge over the rest of the division,
clinched its playoff berth with three
weeks left in the season. And it did
it with little opposition.
Over in the west, Los Angeles
continued its dominance over the
division with ease. Atlanta showed
some signs of challenging the Rams
earlier in the season. But the Fal
cons tonkin t field an offense and
thus far they ve lost seven games.
But the surprise of the NFC this
season is the emergence of the
Chicago Bears. Behind the running
of Walter Payton the Bears have
compiled an 8-5 season record.
With their 21-10 victon over (been
Bay coupled with Oakland s thrash
ing of Minnesota 35-13, the Bears
are now tied with the Vikings for the
Central Division lead.
The Bears can make the playoffs
for the first time since 1963 with a
victory over the New York Giants
next week. A victorx would assure
Chicago of the NFC wild-card spot
in the playoffs. But if Detroit can
beat Minnesota next week, Chicago
can claim the Central Division
crown with its v ictory.
And if Detroit wins and Chicago
wins and il Washington heats Los
Angeles, Washington would he the
wild-card team and advance into the
playoffs leaving Minnesota at home
in the snow.
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high city of Denver.
Under the command of Craig
Morton the* Denver Broncos cap
tured the div ison crown with the
best reecord in professional football.
Compiling a 12-J record so far this
season, the Broncos have assured
themselves of a home field advan
tage in the first round of the
playoffs.
But are you wondering what hap
pened to the Raiders? They re onlv
10-3 on the year and their vietorv
yesterday assured them of the
wild-card spot in the AFC playoffs.
Ov er in the AFC central div ision,
the Cincinnati Bengals are a vietorv
away from post-season play. Need
ing to defeat Pittsburg by more than
6 points due to the tie breaker rule
(Pittsburg heat Cincinnati bv 6
points earlier in the year), the 1 Ben
gals snuck by the Steelers 17-10
Saturday and jumped into first
place.
Cincinnati visits Houston next
week for its final game of the year.
But the AFC eastern div ision race
has proven to he the closest race in
league. Going into thet
w eek of the season three lea:
tied for the division lead.
M iami, Baltimore and Ne»l
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After last week s games,
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week. New England next uni
hope Miami lost oneotlheirk
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yesterday 13-10.
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get into the playoffs was to
Miami and beat Baltimore.It*
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face Baltimore next week.
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Miami wins, Baltimore adi,
into the playoffs. If Miami beat!
lain and New England beats
more. Miami goes into the pi
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