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Page 10 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1978 Ass lose to Horns in overtime 79-77 ^ _ . n r T'1- ..^^ l-v /•»» tf »-vi i»-» »*’ U \ . . 1 <^\ 1.-1- 11L' . By PAUL ARNETT Battalion Sports Editor Texas forward Tyrone Branyan took the endbounds pass, wrapped his arms around the ball and waited for the final three seconds of the game to disappear from the clock. When the buzzer sounded Bran yan jubilantly threw the ball high into the coliseum air and headed to the dressing room, leaving a stun ned Texas A&M team in his wake. The Ags stared at the scoreboard in disbelief. It shined Texas 79— Texas A&M 77. “It’s hard to lose a game like that one, guard Dave Goff said. “We had the chance to win it at the end of regulation play, but we just couldn’t make the shots.” At that time it was 65-65. A&M had the ball with 13 seconds remain ing in the game. Steve Sylestine missed a 15-footer from the corner, Swanson grabbed the rebound and missed a 10-footer from the side. Sylestine found the loose ball, put up a shot and made it, but time had already expired. “We had two excellent chances there at the end,” coach Shelby Metcalf said. “I thought our shot selection was good, we just didn’t connect on either one. I’m as proud as I’ve ever been of a team that lost a game. We got 100 percent from every body who set foot on the floor. Two people missing from the line-up were Karl Godine and Jarvis Williams. Neither man saw any ac tion. “I played the best nine men on our team, ” Metcalf said. “Right now Karl and Jarvis are not in that nine. Abes army pleased with victory They are not being punished. We just feel that the nine men that we played tonight are the best we have. I think they proved that fact One of those men who played a good game was Joey Robinson. The junior from Tulsa was A&M's lead ing scorer with 23 points. Robin son’s outside shots was the key fac tor in keeping A&M abreast with the Longhorns. Another man who had a good game was Wally Swanson. He had 15 points and seven rebounds. “I was surprised at how well Wally played,” Metcalf said. “It looks like he is finally coming(, Swanson’s play was a pl t> surprise. The junior from m, played with the intensity hehai| freshman. This style of playi help A&M in its remaining^ The Ags travel to Ft. Word play TGU this Wednesday iJ The Longhorn game should j them the confidence Addll searched for this season. “I think tonight’s game deftil helped us, Metcalf said, us the confidence we will netd] our remaining games. By DAVID BOGGAN Battalion Staff Honest Abe Lemons, noted sage and head basketball coach for the University of Texas, didn’t exactly call his 79-77 overtime victory against Texas A&M last night a miracle, but he didn’t deny outside help either. “I think what happened,’ Lem ons postulated, was that I talked to Oral Roberts today. I think that might have helped us. Well, it sure didn’t hurt. What did hurt the Longhorns was their first half performance. “We had a miserable first half. Lemons said. “We were shooting hoping to get free throws that didn’t materialize.” The Horns shot only 29 percent from the floor in the first half. Jim Krivacs, who kept Texas in the game the first half, made only five of 15 field goals. “We knew we weren’t shooting good in the first half,” Krivacs said. “But A&M was getting off some jumpers in the first half that we really didn t know they could hit. Down by a score of 35-27 at the half, Texas came out and gradually narrowed its deficit. “There’s no doubt we were resur rected in the second half,” Lemons said. “I believe in life after death. “In the second half we pulled it outside and tried to get out of that mess inside. It wasn’t a good shoot ing night for us, but when you win you really don’t care.” The Longhorns did manage to help their shooting percentage in the last period. Krivacs, who along with Ag guard Dave Goff played the entire 45 minutes, scored 26 points while Ron Baxter added 22 points to the Homs’ winning effort. “I’m putting Krivacs and Baxter in for a purple heart,” the Texas coach said. Baxter was Texas’ lead ing rebounder with 10, although, the Aggies had a better night on the boards with 55 rebounds to the Horns 38. “In the second half we went through our bread and butter,” Bax ter said. “John Moore’s three-point play (that tied the score late in the game) was a playground play. We made it up on the bench. It was just pass, pick and shoot.” “Just hard work and execution got us the win,” Krivacs added. “We couldn’t have won if we had one without the other. After the game Krivacs wanted to know if he could ride home with his wife. “Sure,” Lemons said, “just don t get killed. We don’t have anybody to replace you, yet.” Embrey’s Jewelry We Specialize In Aggie Rings. 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