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FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1979
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Aggies face Owls in Autry
By SEAN PETTY
Battalion Staff
The Texas Aggies will be in the
television spotlight for the second
time in a week Saturday when they
travel to Rice University’s Autry
Court to take on the Rice Owls.
The Aggies will have their hands
hill as the Owls have won some big
games this year and have been
tough at Autry Court. The Owls
have beaten SMU, Texas Tech and
TCU. But those victories were be
fore the Owls suffered a rash of in
juries. The Owls will not be at full
speed against the Aggies with the
loss of their 6-10 center, Brett Bur
kholder.
“I’m really disappointed that we
will not be full speed against Texas
A&M,” said Rice head coach Mike
Schuler, whose Owls will tip off
against Texas A&M at 12:40 p.m.
“Burkholder is definitely out (with a
bad ankle) and that really hurts be
cause he was just getting his game in
gear.”
Schuler attended the Texas
A&M-TCU game Wednesday night
to see the Aggies for the first time
this season and the team he would
face Saturday.
“Texas A&M is as good as
everyone said they were,” Schuler
said after watching the Ags beat
TCU. “They have super talent,
they’re strong, fast and physical.”
Schuler also saw the effectiveness
of the TCU stall which held the Ag
gies to only 18 points in the first
half. It is possible the Rice coach
may have learned a valuable lesson
from the Horned Frogs. Yet, he
would not say whether he would try
and slow the Aggies down or go
head-to-head with them.
T just can’t answer that at this
time, ” Schuler said, “if I knew how I
was going to defense A&M, I
wouldn t have any worries right
now. All I know is that we are going
to have to play a fantastic game
Saturday to beat the Aggies.”
While the TCU stall was a minor
success and there’s a possibility the
Owls may use it against A&M, the
Aggie players are hoping the Owls
will come out running.
“I hope the game against Rice is
better than this one,” said Aggie
center Rudy Woods after the Ags
beat TCU. “I was disappointed that
I fouled out so early. I just hope
they (Rice) come out to play.
“Rice has beaten some good
teams this year,” said Rynn Wright.
“We are going to play them just like
we would play anyone else. It
doesn’t matter if they stall or not. ”
The Owls have plenty of scoring
ability in senior forward Elbert
Darden, who is averaging 22.1
points a game and guard Bobby
Tudor, averaging 13.3 points a
game. Darden is closing in on most
points scored in Southwest Confer
ence games by a conference player.
Schuler’s biggest problem is the
age of his team. Most of the Owls
have just hatched into the South-
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this season.
“We’ve played very well at
times,” Schuler said. “We haven’t
progressed as quickly as I wanted
but were are getting better every
game. It’s been a long time since the
Rice Owls have won two games on
the road and we’ve already done
that this year.” The Owls defeated
Texas Tech and TCU on the road.
“I think we can have an outstand
ing team by the end of February,”
he said.
The Rice Owls are obviously in a
rebuilding year but the crowds have
been good this year and another
large crowd is expected Saturday.
“I don’t know if the game is sold-
out yet but there will be pretty
many people here,” Schuler said.
“The interest is picking up here.
“I just wish we could build an at
mosphere at Rice like there is at
A&M. I can really get fired up and
get into the whole feeling at A&M.
The fans are exciting and G. Rollie
White Coliseum is a great place to
play.”
The Owls will start Darden and
Glen Rieke at forwards, Tudor and
Willis Wilson at guards and Larry
McGage at center in place of Bur
kholder. The Owls will be starting
four freshmen and one senior
against the Ags who are a little
older.
The Ags will probably go with the
same starting lineup they had
against TCU. Rudy Woods will start
at center, Vernon Smith and Rynn
Wright at forwards and Dave Goff
and Tyrone Ladson are the guards.
Ladson will start instead of previous
starter David Britton.
“The statistics speak for them
selves, ” said Metcalf, “Ladson is
shooting 48 percent from the field
and Britton is shooting 33 percent.
David is not playing as well as he
did in December and maybe not
starting him will shake him up a lit
tle. He can help us too much to be
sitting on the bench.
Tech-Arkansas game moved
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. —
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1979 football game to Oct. 13,
both athletic departments said
earier this week.
The teams originally were
scheduled to play Dec. 1 at Lub
bock, Texas. However, both the
Razorbacks and Red Raiders had
open dates on Oct. 13 and agreed
to play the game on the earlier
date in Lubbock.
“This change was made at the
suggestion of both coaches, Lou
Holtz and Rex Dockery, said
Arkansas Athletic Director Frank
Broyles. “When Houston came
into the league it moved back our
Tech game by one week. We
now close the season in either
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cember. A game that lateol
hampers attendance, partici
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