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source to] cl( *s niitJ L ' an positij military * suttleim > also it the setil Camp D* ei Aggies defeat Razorbacks 74-69 the remail By DAVID BOGGAN Battalion Sports Editor ppearancts With 59 seconds left in the over- ivailablef#inSe period of Wednesday night’s t everypulfexas A&M-Arkansas basketball n the stattrame, Tyrone Ladson found himself ncy action jehind one of his least favorite spots ;er N'cd m.the court — the free throw line. Blanton all In his seven previous trips to the eys coinm&l stripe the Aggie guard had nd said tlitMred only once. He missed four to find a ree shots in the last minute of the thing hap;)MU game, contributing to the Hstangs' 78-76 win over the Ag- luded 2.3ropes last Saturday. Against the rers andonBorbacks Ladson missed a free victed ofmi'hfcw that could have given Texas rs weremA&M the victory in regulation time. • Twentysl Now, in the last minute of over- r sentencfiBe, the New York junior was at ved. Bp free throw line once again, cour- :esy of Arkansas’ Alan Zahn. With he Aggies leading by only two f* /7'f/f >0 * nts ’ Cadson knew the pressure 011 him once again. He was no itranger to this situation. • But this time Ladson hit two an free throws — nothing but net Wand gave Texas A&M a 70-66 llsr Aggies went on to win the /pouthwest Conference contest over / tUUhe Hogs 74-69. ^1 Hit felt good, believe me,” Ladson IH \ - mc ' £ater t * le 8 i ' ,ne - 1 really needed netnber thW se ' ^ e h )r e, I hadn’t been concen- tion c-.imreW* n § on m y fi' ee throws but to- . a :' light I was really concentrating.” imselfin Texas A&M coach Shelby Metcalf I vas pleased with Ladson’s perform- jiice under pressure. [rut ofwlllflhadson was put in the pressure seum ofji a number urbing iti iphs of si pushed W an y Texas A&M students wit- diaggec eSSec j a rare treat Wednesday night n soldienl q Rollie White Coliseum when around le Aggie Ladies defeated Texas l outhern University 82-64. a cake els j] u , f act t j le Xggies won, and e from tl yi uc h a l ar g e margin, is not so un- onamon. But some students, forced 1 again, yRjme to the coliseum early to get not just t g 00 d sea t f or the men’s game that o spent tit ) ]j owec l ) saw the Ladies play for the )achau co rs t time this season. The large mans do ict. If I uds. Bccat . W e kill (1 ic colled rahilia heo gotten. If* *t it, then ;er crime I igainst us •ult and vc; it it just 1 iladelphias l*tired as at ■r a car » d disabled 1 collection 1 •rated on I numero® cooker again tonight and this time he came through,” the Aggie coach said, obviously pleased with the play of his entire team. “Wasn’t that a classic performance? If we can put that kind of product on the floor, you think basketball won’t get big down here in a hurry? There was a lot of energy spent out there to night.” There was, indeed, a lot of energy spent on the hardwood of G. Rollie White. Arkansas, down by as much as ten points at one time, fought off a tough full court press and tied the score with a 27-foot shot at the buz zer by Tony Brown, sending the game into overtime. “Brown went to Sonny Parker’s old high school, Metcalf com mented. “He has no business doing that to Texas A&M. He has no re spect. “The press probably won the ball game for us. They went ahead of us and we got it right back with the press (midway through the second half).” The press certainly played a big role in the Aggies’ victory, but the fact that Arkansas’ Sidney Moncrief had a terrible night was also a factor. The Hogs leading scorer for the season managed only 10 points against the Aggies. “We were playing him like he was just a regular ball player,” Aggie forward Rynn Wright said of Moncrief. “We concentrated on Moncrief pretty hard,” said Metcalf. “But how about (Arkansas starter Scott) Hastings! He’s just a freshman and he comes into G. Rollie White. Somebody should have told him he is was supposed to be nervous.” Hastings had a barren first half but scored 20 points in the last 25 min utes of the game to lead the Hogs. “He was a real surprise,” Aggie forward Joey Robinson said of Hast ings. “For a freshman he was really impressive. I know he got past me a couple of times.” Robinson, who had played only eight minutes in conference competition before Wednesday night, was substituted into the game early in the first half and played a total of 16 minutes. “It feels great to get that much game time, the senior said. “I know that later in the season my ex perience will pay off. What ever I can do to help the team is fine with me. Aggie freshman Rudy Woods helped his team with 20 points and 14 rebounds, despite playing most of the second half with four fouls. Did Woods expect to be playing at his present level, averaging 14 points and eight rebounds per game, with the nation’s 15th (AP) and 17th (UPI) ranked team? “No, I really didn t because high school ball is much different than college ball,” he answered. “I ex pected to be starting hut I didn’t ex pect to he scoring this much.” The Dallas Duo, Vernon Smith and Rynn Wright, got back on track against the Hogs after lackluster adies breeze by TSU 82-64 crowd had an effect on the Aggies, according to Texas A&M coach Wanda Bender. “The team knew they were going to play in front of a large crowd to night,” the coach said. “This was their chance to show the students on this campus what the Aggie Ladies can do.” What the Aggies did was com pletely dominate a physically strong TSU team. Leading scorer for the Aggies was Lisa Hughes, hitting 7 of 10 field goals and two of two free throws for 16 points. “Cathy Fuller did a super job for us tonight,” Bender said of the sophomore who scored 12 points against TSU. “This was only her third ball game as a starter.” The Aggie Ladies host Lamar University on Jan. 20 beginning at 5:15 p.m. performances against SMU. The pair scored 18 points a piece, each playing over 40 minutes against Ar kansas. As a team, Texas A&M shot 49.3 percent from the floor and 53.3 percent from the free throw line. Arkansas hit 49.1 percent of its field goals and 73.9 percent of its free throws. Texas A&M is now 3-1 in SWC play and 14-3 for the season. The Razorbacks dropped to 2-2 in the conference with a season record of 10-3. BOX SCORE ARKANSAS (69) Zahn 0 0-0 0, Hastings 8 4-4 20, Schall 6 3-5 15, Moncrief 3 4-4 10, Reed 2 6-8 10, Peterson 1 0-0 2, Brown 4 0-0 8, Crockett 2 0-2 4, Young 0 0-0 0, Friess 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 17-23 69. TEXAS A&M (74) Smith 9 0-0 18, Wright 9 0-2 18, Woods 9 2-2 20, Britton 4 0-3 8, Goff 1 0-0 2, Culton 0 0-0 0, Pederson 0 0-0 0, Sylestine 0 0-0 0, Ladson 1 3-5 5, Robinson 0 3-3 3. Totals 33 8-15 74. Halftime — Texas A&M 30, Arkansas 22. Fouled Out — none. Total Fouls — Arkansas 14, Texas A&M 16. Technical Foul — Coach Sutton. A — 7,667. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ * HATE DOING LAUNDRY? £ Let Frannie's do it for you ^ Aunt Frannies * Laundromat ^Holleman at Anderson 693-658., - j-j— •mk. z>tK= I] UNIVERSITY |REFRIGERAT0RSl D U FREE PICK-UP & DELIVERY [[846-8350 THANKS, AGGIES! Or Army Loupot thanks you for again bringing him your business. If you discover you brought the wrong book, bring it back to Loupot’s RIGHT NOW for a refund. 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