The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 16, 1978, Image 10

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 16, 1978, Image 10

Newspaper Page TextPage 10 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1978 SPECIAL HOT LINK WRAP Thurs. & Fri. 16th & 17th Gabe & Walker’s OFF TH WALL Bar-B-Q ph: 846-7390 ’round the corner from Campus Theater. Watch for our weekly specials! Ags halt losingstreak 88-72 Texas A&M University Town Hall presents Special Attraction MAYNARD FERGUSON AND ORCHESTRA ^Ua\ Sere*" The Fly # * * *> S'.ar Wars # Park Gonna Fly Now Maria Tuesday, February 21 8:15 p.m. Rudder Auditorium Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 A&M Student/Date General Public $3.00 $4.00 $2.50 $3.50 $2.00 $3.00 All seats are reserved Tickets and Information: MSC Box Office 845-2916 By PAUL ARNETT Battalion Sports Editor The drought has ended. Texas A&M 88—TCU 72. “We needed this one,” a happy coach Shelby Metcalf said after the game. “I think our guys got rid of a lot of frustrations out there on the court. And they wanted to prove to TCU that they could play basket ball. It wasn’t one of your more pic turesque basketball games, but a win is a win. ” Actually the final score wasn’t a good indicator of how thoroughly the Aggies defeated TCU. Midway in the second half A&M led the Horned Frogs 71-38. A tough full- court press by the Aggies, that caused 36 Horned Frog turnovers, was the main reason for the big lead. “The main reason the press worked so well was because we were so depressed, Metcalf said. “We’ve lost some games this year that we shouldn’t have. “Tonight our press worked really well. We played the zone as well as we have all season. All our starters did a great job on defense and on offense.” Senior Willie Foreman finished his last game in G. Rollie White as the high-point man. The Houston Wheatly graduate scored 21 points and collected six rebounds. The Dallas duo, Vernon Smith and Rynn Wright, had 17 and 16 points re spectively. “You just can’t say enough about those two freshman,’’ Metcalf said. “They’ve done everything that we have asked of them this year. Rynn has really come on for us late in the season, and Vernon has played well all year. Wright and Smith finished first and second in rebounding. Wright grabbed 10 rebounds, while Smith collected eight. The two freshman are leading the club this year in re bounding. “Rebounding is something you can t really teach a guy, Metcalf said. “You just have to have a knack for it. There’s no doubt in my mind those kids have that knack.” The Southwest Conference has a knack of its own. Last night three officials were assigned to the game by mistake. The conference trans formed this mistake into an experi ment and Metcalf liked what he saw. “I think it is something we as a conference need to look into,” Met calf said. “They’ve been doing it in the Big 10 all year and it has worked out real well. Tonight I think the refs did a good job. It’s my contin gent that three are better than two. ” The Aggies have a long rest be fore their final game of the regular season against Rice. It’s a rest Met calf feels is long overdue. “Our guys are tired,” Metcalf said. “We play Rice in Houston* Tuesday night and then play Tech or Houston in the play-offs think tonight’s game will help the team’s attitude forii ( play-offs.” Will Right now the guys areh, last night’s victory and the I rest, it has been a long dry iff ^ since the last win. Ladies win last home gam MSC Ballroom Feb. 18, 1978 9:00-1:00 $4°° p er couple By JANA TIRE ME The Aggie Ladies were victorious in their last home game of the sea son, defeating Wharton Jr. College 78-51. The women had a good, if un eventful game, shooting 39 percent of their field goals and 71 percent of their free throws. Three women scored in the dou ble figures. Sheree Christian, the high-point scorer in the game, con nected with 26. Von Bunn, a sophomore from Victoria, bucketed 20 and Julia Crawford, a freshman from College Station, contributed 15. The Ladies had two reasons for wanting to win. “We had to win tonight for our seniors,” Crawford said, “and we had to win our last home game. Bunn agreed with Crawford. “The team was up for this game because of Denise Bettis and Karen Muskiet, our seniors. ’ The Ladies picked up momentum with eight minutes left in the half and went into the locker rponui a 44-31 lead. Aggie Lady coach Wanda Bens said her talk at half time stress he that the women could not lea playing sloppily since they \st he Adventures of the mind & spirit. . . I Vace Corps & VISTA SIGN UP NOW FOR INTERVIEW SENIORS/GRADS PLACEMENT OFFICE RUDDER TOWER 10TH FLOOR Peace Corps VISTA ahead, but must continue theirt nosed defense. “It’s hard to keep the momenta going when you have a she said, “and I didn’t want our j )ee fense to get lazy.” Taking a big lead can go two w. y ra Crawford said. “Sometimes yon a ; tj]] take that momentum and slam ( opposing team into the grout Other times, there is alotofsuk tutes that come in and the cold.” But the Aggies did not get coll or lazy. In the second half, tin :oa were consistently aheadbyl5.il Ags also had an impressive nigh the boards, grabbing 39 rebound Bender said the had been n ing on a new free-lance offense J past week ( the REPS ON CAMPUS-MON.-WED. FEB. 20-22 Tn this kind of offense, thert set pattern to run," she “The players just read the del™ no: and then take the advantagesa Tickets on sale now in MSC Box Office Dress: Formal Band: Fox River BILLY BEER IS HERE The two graduating seniors,)! kiet and Bettis, agreed thattl was no place in the world lit Rollie White Coliseum in wliil play. “The crowd is a tremendon set,” said Bettis, “even if thd coming mainly to see the j game.” Both seniors also agreed I ixy A&M will be well-known lor women’s basketball team in tie ture. Texas Universities Ski Week f*LJ**&J* V' FROM DALLAS/FORT WORTH 101 Luther W. MARCH 10-17, 1978 $189. 00 per person quad occupancy TRIP INCLUDES: 6 Nights Lodging, R/T Bus, 4 Days Lifts, 5 Days Rentals. * « A* Miv Steen- 15772 Dooley Road Addison, Texas 75001 TEXAS WATTS 1-800-492-9014 214/233-1963 Ttie Skiers Travel Agency The MBA® calculator from Texas Instruments at better retail outlets and bars. 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