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Page 10 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1978 Aggies travel to Houston to play Qwli By PAUL ARNETT Battalion Sports Editor The basketball game tonight be tween Texas A&M and the Rice Owls won’t be drawing national at tention. But for the Ags it’s as im portant as a national championship. “It’s important because we need to have momentum carrying us into the play-offs, coach Shelby Metcalf said. “A victory would give us the lift we ll need for the play-off game this weekend. If that means Texas Tech, then this game is very impor tant. After the Willie Foreman inci dent, you know the Red Raiders will TAKE YOUR CHOICE ... $-| 495 be sky high. A&M will travel to Lubbock this weekend, unless the Red Raiders defeat the Razorbacks tonight in Ar kansas. Texas Tech won’t be flat if the Ags are coming to town. Since Foreman broke Kent Williams jaw during the College Station contest, the Raiders have hoped for another shot at the Ags. “You know nothing would please coach Myers more than getting to play us,’ Metcalf said. “Hell have no problem with motivation. His kids will be ready to play; the fans will be ready for anything. It should be a good game when and if it oc curs.” First things first. The game tonight with the Owls will be no easy task. Rice has played well at home this season and it was a close contest in Aggieland. A&M defeated the Owls 74-70, with the outcome of the game in doubt until the final seconds. “We could have won that game. Rice coach Mike Schuler said. “But a few things went against us in the closing moments and we just couldn’t overcome them. We ll play the same kind of game that we THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL Front End Disc Alignment Brakes (Labor only) Balance front wheels. 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Against the Ags in College Station he had 56 substitutions. “It’s a good way to play when you don’t have an abundance of talent, Metcalf said. “It slows down the tempo of the game, which works to the Owls’ advantage. Many coaches in the conference have been critical. But I think it’s good, smart basket ball.” The Owls are a smart ball club. Only guard Alan Cunningham can be considered a good basketball player. In the first game against the Aggies Cunningham had 24 points. “He is a good outside shooter," Metcalf said. “If it hadn’t been for him, I think we would have won the game with ease. But everytime we threatened to pull away, he would make some long outside shots. We ll have to play tighter defense on him in tonight’s game. And tonight's game is important. A victory would mean momentum. And momentum is something the Aggies have to have. The national championship won’t be determined in tonight’s game. But a berth in The Summit may. 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The two-point conversion was good and LSU led 6-0. As it turned out that score held up, even though the Aggies won 14 of 21 lineouts throughout the game. In the first half the Aggie pack won only three of eight set scrums and even though the forwards held their own with the bigger and slower LSU team, it was not enough as the Aggie backs dropped too many balls to win a game of this class. In the second half the Texas A&M pack came back to win six of 1 1 set scrums, but frequently had to cover for errors and shoddy tackling by the backs. Outstanding for Texas A&M was John Patrick who saved three of four tries with last ditch tackles. LSU was the better team on the day and deserv ed to win, but any one who saw the Aggies play later in the tournament regarded them as much better than their effort against LSU suggested. With little time to regroup the Aggies next played the University of Florida and the team looked like the Aggies of old. Craig Belew w as back in form after having a tentative game against LSU. He had been nursing a severe ankle sprain all week and did well to play at all. The Aggies pressed Florida from the start and scored after 10 minutes following a fiv e-yard scrum, the try being made by Curt Reutner. The conv ersion w as no good and the Ags led 4-0. Florida pounced right back and tied the score after winning a line- out at the 30-y ard line. The Aggies tightened up defensively as their backs began to tackle and Erf again put them ahead to slap! he recovered a hop-kick foul fhe conv ersion attempt waswii the Ags led 8-4. In the second half Floridan game of it winning the sals for the game (21 of 37). Altai missed tackles and with thcli |7 A&M last line of defenseoiilofi tion Florida scored again ton 14-8. Winning 22 of 35 lineonlil Texas A&M pack was able I their backs often enough tnWj| pressure on Florida. Paul Rutledge kicked aW recov cred the ball at the line before passing to MikeFrn who could hav e scored himsillj instead sent Robert Moorman! for a well taken try. The final st was 18-8 as A&M rested belbiTfl ing Georgia in the consolation(ii Indeed it was the Aggieilnl nance in the lineouts thatkeptlll in the game: the Ags \vona«li|May i c h mill S ping 30 of 33 throw-ins. F>' (l ™lngj such line-out winger hutlt'igj qq found Fren/.iel at the five-;aid !fe as the wing forward gallopedi near the posts. Jeffrey poked Aggies into the lead, fi-4, williT ' conversion. The game was closely could the rest of the way as Texas Aq managed to win 17 of 29set hut gav e away a nmnhcrol peiial which could have hcen coslli Georgia had an accurate kicker. Follow ing a penalty against & gia, Billy Goodrich made like! Simpson as he sprinted ovei'li the five. Jeffrey put it on icewilli conversion as the tired Agsi 12-4. This made the long busn hac k to Aggieland much more ant. 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