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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. We
progressed since then.”
The Aggies, whose seas®
ord now stands at 21-1(1
Houston Wednesday nid
5:15 p. m.
“They are going to be
tough,” Bender said, j
going to have to bounce
from this loss.”
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Staubach hit Cowboy teammate
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