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THE BATTALION Page 15 MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1979 fsaid. The keys, ok advantage w lities.” :s had plenty of in the game in ough the margin msiderably less ■ missed free ion and two mi 'avid Britton in v six points the would never , the jinx of Mood iled, dropping tl mce record to 2-— msas Razorbad Rollie White night, also have ird of 2-1. A7 THIS A ate UofM AHA ±CU Wii.1. Xi£ FOB HASH ... HHH ALL THE OTHERS Wilifc TIE FOB THE C HA M/>I OMS HIP ? Mustang Mania continues Young Allen spurs Ponies fTH i > LfJ ® -fc.u. GC. ARK. £3 Rice fcz t.t,. 5-fe SMU 78 A*M 74. [5, Welch 4 5-813, Fi 4 14, Allen 96 1024. l-OO, Harris 1145,Ci I 18-29 78. U 46 Texas 37. F . iklin, Allen. Totalixi oclinical—None. A- t wm i&M wins Aggie Lady Classic By SEAN PETTY Battulion Staff students of Texas ( i iL/Ci l|d University were begrudgingly ■ ^^Bng to come back to Aggie- ■d Press InteroilidHthe Aggie Ladies basketball — Drew Hillofkias busy winning the first all ied the secontkHggie Lady Classic, ds for a touchd^e tournament featured four iussell Pope raris* two senior college teams and ards for anoth junior college teams. The Aggie irking the Eastl e s won all three of their games, the West in (bating Baylor on Monday, Collegiate All-fTemum Community College .-■and Eastern Oklahoma State ry, in a contest pin; in the championship game idium, evened tkl11 irday. bowl game estithink the tournament was a ago to conin icndous success, said Aggie licentennial. ■ Wanda Bender. “It was a back Scott FitiKcale tournament because it e won the Jotthe first one for us and a lot of tablished to h is had already scheduled games if California qua®) couldn’t come, in the Japan ft® tournament will be much F cancer two ye m next year because we will game, the playHthe tournament into two di- de a last run au ns. We will have six senior col- ■stimated 55,0 lege teams and eight junior college teams, Bender said. The result of this year’s tourna ment was no surprise as the Aggies won the tournament and Baylor came in second. The two junior col lege teams. Eastern Oklahoma State and McLennan, finished third and fourth respectively. “All three of the teams that were in this year’s tournament said they would come back next year and enjoyed it very much, Bender said. “They were all pleased with the way the tournament was handled. “I was disappointed with the crowds and the amount of publicity the tournament received, she said. There were approximately 350 people for both games on Friday and Saturday night. “You know, some of these teams drive a long way and come down here only to play in front of a few people. It’s hard on the girls. The Aggie Ladies won the first game of the tournament downing Baylor 62-48. Then Eastern Okla. St. beat McLennan in the only close game of the tournament, 83-81. On Friday, Baylor defeated Eastern Okla. St. 70-56 while the Aggies beat McLennan 79-56. Saturday, Baylor beat McLennan 95-69 while the Aggies whipped Eastern Okla. St. 71-37. Six women made the all tournament team, which included two Aggies. There were six instead of five because of a tie in voting. The two Aggies were Von Bunn and Peggy Pope. Bunn scored in double figures in all three games while Pope led the Aggies against McLennan scoring 22 points. “I was pretty satisfied with the team’s play. Bender said. “I just hope we get more people out next year for the tournament and for the rest of the season. Our girls work as hard as anyone and it really fires them up when there are a lot of people in the stands. ’ The Aggie Ladies play Texas Southern University Wednesday at 5:15 in G. Rollie White Coliseum. By MARK PATTERSON Battalion Staff Standing around their locker room Saturday night, you would have thought that the SMU Mus tangs had just won the NCAA bas ketball championship. Or the NIT championship. Or the SWC cham pionship. Or something other than a conference basketball game. The Mustangs were in ecstasy — slapping backs, shaking hands and yelling. Bnt there really wasn’t any thing so unusual about their 78-76 victory over Texas A&M. After all, the Aggies have won only twice in Moody Coliseum this decade, the last time back in 1975. But this win meant more to the Mustangs than in years past. The Aggies invaded Moody ranked 11th in the nation and tied for first place in the conference at 2-0. The Mustangs had a chance to amend their loss to Rice earlier in the week with a victory over the Ag gies. They took full advantage of the opportunity. SMU came out running and gun ning and took a 46-37 lead at the half, led by freshman Billy Allen’s 16 points. The second half was much the same as “The Billy Allen Show stayed on track. The coach’s son to taled 24 points in the game, hitting nine of 14 shots from the field and six of 10 from the line. “All we’ve worked on since our loss to Rice is conditioning, young Allen said in the noisy SMU locker room. “We were out-hustled against Rice and all the coaches have been saying all week is how hard the A&M game would be physically for us. A&M is a power team that plays hard and keeps it up all night. “We wanted to go out and have fun tonight. We knew that if we played hard we could. I got hot at the beginning and the coaches told me to keep shooting. So I just kept putting it up. For the first time all season the Mustangs ran a two-guard offense, with Allen and senior Phil Hale. Through their first 11 games the SMU offense has revolved around newcomer Allen. But Hale added to the Mustang attack win with 14 points, five assists and four re bounds. “Billy has been taking the ball down court all year for us and it’s put too much pressure on him, ’ Hale said. “So tonight I started bring the ball down and running the offense. I play better with the ball. The Mustang coach and elder Al len, Sonny, agreed that Hale is a better player when in control. “The big difference in the game was getting Phil back into the of fense,” Coach Allen said. “He needs to handle the ball more and keep the pressure off of Billy. And he’s a much better player when he has the ball. “It became pretty obvious in the Rice game that we needed to in clude both guards in the offense to be effective. So tonight we - tried to get Phil more involved. The Mustang defense was also more involved Saturday night as it shut down Rynn Wright and Vernon Smith, the Aggies’ two leading scor ers, to 26 points between them. With the two big guns shut down, the Aggies turned to their freshman, Rudy Woods, for scoring. Woods to taled 23 points in the game and col lected 17 rebounds. Woods was guarded by Mustang senior Reggie Franklin. Franklin, the SMU captain, is also Woods’ cousin. 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IM includes team sports, singles and doubles tournaments and spe cial “one-time events. All events are open to dorm entrants, corps and fish independents, and co-rec entries. Most sports provide these skill levels; A-high skill, high com petition; B-moderate skill and competition; and C-casual skill and just-for-fun play. Team sports for the semester are basketball, slow pitch softball, wrestling, fastpitch softball, inner- tube water polo, track & field events, and three man volleyball. Doubles and singles tournaments for the spring include handball doubles, table tennis singles, hor seshoe doubles, tennis doubles, racquetball singles, and golf dou bles. Special events scheduled are a free throw tournament, a fencing tournament, a frisbee contest, a canoe race, a slam dunk contest, and superstars. Come join us this semester for fun, excitement, competition, friends, exercise, and maybe a T-shirt. It s great to recreate! Sports Shorts Here is a sample of the action available to you in softball this season. Grab Your This Page Basketball was packed with action last year, and we expect no less this season. Basketball games begin Tuesday, January 16. Pictured here are finalists in the All University Men’s Class A championship game. The Nailers finished first, defeating the Aston Lonestars. Special Event The freethrow contest will be ic of the first events opening to- ty, Monday, January 15 and will :>se next Tuesday, January 23. ntries may be individual and/or a team, (men, women, or eorec an is! loams consist of three persons, tclt participant shoots 20 free throws; the individual with the highest total out of 20 throws wins the individual championship. Team scores are calculated by add ing the three individual scores to gether. Sign up early at the IM office in Deware Fieldhouse. We ve got the best games in town! Sport Entries Entries Partner What has five fingers and is padded? A handball glove, a basic This page is to keep you informed of the IM program and to keep us all in touch with what is actually going on. This page features a sports shorts box which sum- Open Close piece of equipment needed for the handball doubles tournament marizes the week s events and a ref s corner which marks the ofti- F reethrow Jan 15 Jan 23 which opens today, Monday, cials events. A game of the week is Handball doubles Jan 15 Jan 23 January 15, for entries. Entries usually written up on a regular Fencing Jan 22 Jan 30 close Tuesday, January 23. game or a series of championship Table Tennis singles Jan 22 Jan 30 All matches will consist of the games. Slow Pitch Softball Jan 22 Jan 30 best two out of three games. Each week an I-spy picture is Horseshoe doubles Jan 29 Feb 6 Matches consist of two 21 point printed. One person is circled and Tennis doubles Feb 5 Feb 13 games and if necessary, an 11 that person is eligible for a Be Our Wrestling Feb. 12 Feb 20 point tie breaker. The tournament Guest card from McDonald s. Frisbee Feb 19 Feb 27 is single elimination in men s and On the first Monday of each Fastpitch Softball Feb 19 Feb 27 women s divisions. Courts for month, a full-page is published. Racquetball singles Feb 19 Feb 27 practice may be reserved through This gives a sports shorts for the Canoe Races Feb 26 Mar 6 the IM office. All participants entire month. The extra Act gives Slam Dunk Contest Feb 26 Mar 6 must provide their own gloves. news on the Extramural Sports Innertube Water Polo Feb 26 Mar 6 Grab your partner and dosey- Clubs. Track & Field Mar 12 Mar 20 down to Deware Fieldhouse. All pages feature information on Three-Man Volleyball Mar 12 Mar 20 Swing on into the IM office to new events, updates on continuing Golf doubles Superstars Mar 19 Mar 26 Mar 27 April 3 enter and promenade on. sports, IM picks during play oils. winners, and write-ups of cham pionship games. Watch this page for all the IM news. Ref’s Corner Basketball officials meeting Thursday January 18 7:00 & 8:00 261 GRW. Officials are needed for’Mow and fast pitch softball and 3 man Volley ball. Those men or women interested in officiating should see James Welford in the Intramural Office: Deware Fieldhouse. No experience is necessary for this chance to be where the “Close calls are made. Atten dance at training clinics is re quired.