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Page 12 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1979 Johnson, Bears ineffective By MARK PATTERSON Battalion Staff It was more a matter of Baylor s ineffectiveness than Texas A&M s effectiveness as the Bears dropped a Southwest Conference basketball game 71-58 Monday night. “We let their huge front-line people intimidate us under the boards,” Baylor Coach Jim Haller said after the Bears’ second defeat of the year at the hands of the Aggies. “We had the easy shots inside but we just didn’t hit them.” The Bears hit on 23-of-54 field goals in the game for a 42.6 percent shooting average. But their big gun, senior guard Vinnie Johnson, was held to 12 points, hitting 4-of-10 shots from the field. Johnson was held to his lowest point total of the year, attempting only three shots the entire second half before fouling out with 1:17 left in the game. “Vinnie just wasn’t moving at all tonight,” Haller said. “I don’t know if he’s playing on dead legs or not. He might just be tired. “When he came out of the game (with the Bears trailing 63-57) we played sloppy basketball. Vinnie just didn t have a good night for us.” Not many of the Bears could say that Monday was a good night for basketball. Baylor jumped out to an early lead, 10-4, but went the next seven minutes without scoring a point. The Aggies chipped in 13 during the Baylor scoring drought to take a 17-10 lead. At the half, the scoreboard showed Baylor behind 33-24. The Aggies maintained their lead until midway through the final period when the Bears mounted their last charge. “I was thrilled that the Aggies came out in a delay game with about 16 minutes left,” Haller said. “It let us regroup and get back into the game.” The Bears slowly closed the mar gin and with 3:13 left tied the score at 57. But the next two times down the court the Aggies went inside and Rudy Woods slammed home two dunks to put the Aggies ahead to stay. “I really thought we were going to go on and win the game when we tied them with three minutes left, Haller said. “We had the momentum. But the Aggies went back to work when they had to. “What a psychological boost it was for them when Rudy hit those two dunk shots. To our guys he had to look like Godzilla coming at them. They just overpowered us at the end. The Bears out-rebounded the Ag gies in the game, 38-34, but without the outside shooting of Johnson their offense was crippled. Johnson had nothing but praise for the Ag gies following last night’s loss. “They just came out and played good defense against me,” Johnson admitted. “I was feeling all right, but maybe not as well as I have. I just had a bad game tonight.” With Johnson shut down the brunt of the Baylor offensive punch fell on the shoulders of freshman forward Terry Teagle. Teagle col lected high-point honors for the game by canning nine of 14 shots from the field and three of six from the line for 21 points. Teagle also collected 11 rebounds for the Bears, the most by anyone on the floor for either team. “They were double-teaming Vinnie out front and we knew we had to start hitting outside shots to loosen them up,” Teagle said. The freshman from Broaddus hit six of eight shots in his 15 point second half. “Our outside shots started falling and we were back in the ball game. But Vinnie couldn’t get any of his shots off to help us. When he’s not scoring, it takes a lot out of our of fense. “But even if he’s not hitting he’s still setting up and making plays for us. It wasn’t his fault. We just got whipped by their front line to night. ” Senior Wendell Mays drew the unenviable task of defending Rudy Woods in the game. Woods struck the Bears for 20 points, hitting nine out of 12 shots in the game. “He (Woods) didn’t intimidate me at all tonight,” Mays said in contrast to his coach’s thoughts. “I was told to front him in the game and that somebody from the back side would slide in and help out when they got it inside to him. It worked most of the time. “Rudy played his usual power game and I played my usual game. I got the shots that I usually make. I took the best shots I could.” Mays took 11 shots, hitting on five and to taling 14 points in the game. “This was the first off game Vinnie has had all season,’’ Mays con tinued. “Teagle took up a little of the slack that we had without Vinnie playing his usual game. But really, nobody can take up the slack for Vinnie.” Aggie Ladies fall to Bea\ \VACO — What a difference three weeks makes. On Jan. 8, the Texas A&M wojnen’s baskefiball team hosted the Baylor Bears in the opening ganie of the first Aggie Classic. The Aggie Ladies easily defeated the Bruins 62-48. Monday night in the Heart O’ Texas Coliseum, the Bears proved that the old saying is true: turnabout is fair play. Baylor defeated Texas A&M 74-59. A combination of factors contributed to the Aggies’ loss. “We were cold all night long,” Texas A&M coach Wanda Be nder said after the game. “We just couldn’t find the basket.” The Aggies shot 40.6 percent from the field for the game, while Baylor shot 54 percent, in cluding a second half in which they hit 61.1 percent of their field goals. the court for the final period in deep foul trouble. “I thought we could come back and win this game in the second half, Bender said. “Fouls just killed us. Pat Werner fouled out in the first half. We couldn’t play Peggy Pope the way we wanted to because she had four fouls in the first half.” sence was a problem for gies. TJ “The girls [eel very with her in the ball game I 01, ^ Aggie- coach said. “Thetf. )4 Paget But the big factor in the game, according to Baylor coach Olga Fallen, had nothing to do with the Aggies’ shooting percentages or foul totals. To compound a 43-25 halfti me deficit, the Aggies returned to “I have to believe that the ab sence of Von Bunn has a great deal to do with their low scor ing,’’ Fallen said. Bunn has missed the Aggies’ last three games due to illness. “They missed her outside scoring and her aggressivness on defense. I’m sure they couldn’t run the press the way they wanted to without her in there.” Bender agreed that Bunn’s ab- our offense was off w ill probably miss the or three hall games." Kelley Sullivan led the y with 15 points whi| ( Hughes, Susan Kimbi Peggy Pope each scord points. Baylor’s Gingernj was the game’s leading J with 18 points. “We were more aggrei than we were the first time, len said. When we played earlier, it was our first y after Christmas. 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