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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1978
sports
Technical kills Ags
By PAUL ARNETT
Battalion Sports Editor
A missed shot during a timeout
caused Texas A&M’s 94-89 loss to
the Houston Cougars. It sounds im
possible, but here’s out it hap
pened.
‘ The score was 81-81 with 3:47
remaining in the game. The Aggies
had the ball and were moving up
court when coach Shelby Metcalf
called timeout. A&M forward Willie
Foreman had just received a pass
from Dave Golf and hadn’t heard
the whistle.
Foreman missed a slam-dunk at
tempt much to the delight of the
crowd. He then ran over to the
bench when he realized that time
had been called. During the time
out Houston coach Guy Lewis
motioned for a meeting with the of
ficials. After a brief discussion the
officials called a technical foul on
Foreman for dunking the ball dur
ing a timeout.
Houston converted on the techni
cal, then got the ball out of bounds.
The Coogs connected on the next
shot giving them an 84-81 lead.
A&M was awarded another tech
nical when assistant coach Bob
Gobin said a few choice words to the
officials. Houston converted on both
foul shots, and for all practical pur
poses the game was over.
“Willie didn’t hear the whistle,
Metcalf said. “We didn’t know a
technical foul had been called until
after the timeout. What makes me
so mad is they didn’t call it when it
happened; only after some prodding
by some interested parties.
Foreman described the situation
in a more direct manner.
“They screwed us. Foreman
said. “I didn’t hear the whistle. All I
was doing was going in for my shot.
The crowd was so loud that I
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couldn’t hear anything. ’’
According to Dave Goff one offi
cial didn t know what had hap
pened, even after the call had been
made.
“While they were attempting the
foul shot I asked one official what
happened, ’ Golf said. “He said that
he didn’t know that the other official
had called it.
“All I know is Willie couldn’t have
heard the whistle because I called
timeout and I barely heard it. Willie
was way down court driving for the
basket. It’s really a shame because
we played a great game. ’
The Aggies played their best
game of the year. They shot 56 per
cent from the field and grabbed 41
rebounds. It was only the second
game this year that A&M has shot
better than 50 percent.
“We played a tremendous ball
game, Metcalf said. “I don’t know
how the guys can play any better. In
our last six games, only the one in
Ft. Worth has been poor. I’m really
proud of our guys. ”
Freshman Vernon Smith led the
Aggies in scoring and rebounds. The
freshman from Dallas had 31 points
and 12 rebounds.
“This is our best game of the
year, Smith said- T have improved
on offense since the first time we
played them. I don’t think that they
were ready for our game. Mike
Shultz didn’t bother me this time
like last time. I just concentrated on
my game and forgot about him.’’
Smith may have forgotten about
Schultz on offense, but not on de
fense. The Houston star had only six
points and four rebounds. Schultz is
the leading rebounder in the con
ference.
“Vernon had a great game, Met
calf said. “He just keeps getting bet
ter and better. Tonight he concen
trated on getting open down low.
He is deadly from 10 feet and in.
The Ags’ next game is this Thurs
day against Arkansas. They may
surprise the Rqzorbaeks if A&M
plays like they did Saturday night.
One thing is for certain. They won’t
shoot any shots when time has been
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Houston Cougar bend
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By DAVID BOGGAN
The general consensus in the
Houston locker room after the
Cougars’ narrow 94-89 victory over
Texas A&M was that a basketball
team is only as good as its bench.
“Thank God for the bench, said
Cecil Rose, who started for the
Cougars and played a tiring 36 min
utes.
From the Cougar bench came the
spark that gave Houston the win
ning edge, in the form of Ken
“Juice Williams. The 6-foot-l inch
sophomore ignited the Cougars’ ef
forts with 21 points, two rebounds,
six assists, one blocked shot and two
steals.
“Ken controlled the game for us,”
said another Houston starter, Ced
ric Fears. “I was almost out of the
game because I was having fun just
watching him.”
Williams attributed his perform
ance, which included nine free
throws in nine trips to the foul line,
to working hard in practice on a play
that would get him open more of
ten.
“I was fired up,” said Williams,
who once hit 69 points in a high
school game. “We played sloppy in
the first half, but this is a great win.
Houston coach Guy Lewis would
not argue that his team desperately
needed a victory over the Aggies.
“It meant a lot for us to beat the
Aggies,” Lewis said, his thoughts
dwelling on a home court advantage
in the SWC post-season tourna
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