Page 14 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1979
Hogs freeze Ags 60-56
By DAVID BOGGAN
Battalion Sports Editor
FAYETTEVILLE — The Texas
A&M basketball team was as cold as
the Ozark weather in the first half of
Tuesday night’s game against the
Arkansas Razorbacks. The Aggies
thawed somewhat in the second
half, but they could never get hot
enough to overtake the Hogs as Ar
kansas won the contest 60-56.
“Arkansas had a very good first
half,” Texas A&M’s Vernon Smith
said. “Arkansas played one of its
best games. They were stronger on
their rebounding. We weren’t get
ting off good shots. We forced a lot
of shots due to impatience. They
took away our offensive rebounding
and that’s the first time that has
happened.
A look at the first statistics verifies
Smith’s words. The only thing that
fell in the first half were the Razor-
back’s shots indoors and the snow
outdoors. The Aggies hit only 35.7
percent of their shots from the floor
in the initial period while the Hogs
made 59 percent of their first half
attempts.
The most amazing statistic of the
first half, however, was the fact that
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the Razorbacks out-rebounded the
physical Aggies 21-6.
“We were really conscious of
keeping them off the boards but we
didn’t do anything special,” Arkan
sas’ Steve Schall said. “They got 16
offensive rebounds at College Sta
tion so we knew that was a big key.
“A&M throws it up and just
pounds the boards. They have the
most talent in the league. Wright is
the best board man they have. He’s
very strong and plays taller than he
is.”
The Aggies managed to stay
within nine points as the halftime
buzzer sounded with the Razor-
backs leading 34-25.
The Aggies fought back in the
second half and lead at one point
late in the game when Dave Goff
drove the baseline for a go-ahead
basket. But the Aggies’ one-point
lead' was short-lived as Arkansas’
Sidney Moncrief made a lay-up at
the other end of the court seconds
later.
“They just kept playing and kept
playing,” said Moncrief, who was
held to four points in the second
half. “They’re a tough team to beat.
When you play basketball you have
to take what the defense gives you
and they just didn’t give me too
much in the second half.
But when the Aggies’ defense
picked up, so did the referees whis
tles. Texas A&M’s Rudy Woods
fouled out with 6:13 left in the game
and things got no better for the Ag
gies as time ticked away. Smith,
David Britton and Goff followed
Woods to the bench with five per
sonals each. Wright and Tryone
Ladson finished the game with four
fouls.
“I thought we lost Vernon Smith
on a questionable call,” said Aggie
Coach Shelby Metcalf. “Before we
lost Vernon (with 3:01 left in the
game and Arkansas leading 52-50) I
thought we were going to win the
game. But we lost our leading scorer
and they got two free throws out of
it.”
“I know you’re not suppose to
blame a game on the refs,” Britton
said, “but they made some crazy
calls. They were a big factor. I’m not
going to say we would have won,
but if they would just have been
reasonable ...
“We came out cold and they came
out hitting,” Britton said about the
first-half action. “That is not like us.
We weren’t in position to make our
rebounds. And every time we’d
start to make a run at them, they
would score.
Arkansas forced Texas A&M to
play the Razorback s style of basket
ball throughout much of the game.
“We played with patience,’’
Moncrief said. “We wanted to con
trol the tempo of the ball game be
cause they are such an explosive
basketball team.”
Tuesday night’s loss drops the
Aggies out of the Southwest Confer
ence lead and lowered their season
record to 20-5. Texas A&M is one-
half game in front of the Razorbacks
with the Aggies posting a 9-3 con
ference mark. Arkansas is 16-4 on
the year and 8-3 in conference play.
“There was a lot at stake out
there,” Metcalf said. “We have to
win at Tech now (Saturday night).
We have our backs against the wall.
If we can win at Lubbock it will us
some momentum against Texas
(Monday night).”
Vernon Smith led the Aggies with
20 points and was the game’s lead
ing scorer. Rynn Wright scored 15
points while pulling down 14 re
bounds. The Aggies finished the
game hitting 37.7 percent from the
floor and 52.6 percent from the
free-throw line.
Sidney Moncrief and U.S. Reed
each scored 16 points for the Razor-
backs. Steve Schall scored 11 points
before fouling out with one minute
left in the contest. The Hogs hit
47.6 percent of their field goals and
62.5 percent of their free throws.
The Razorbacks out-rebounded
the Aggies in the game 45-32.
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ARKANSAS (GO)
Brown 1 0-0 2, Hastings 3 0-0 6, Schall 4 3-6
11, Reed 5 6-7 16, Moncrief 5 6-9 16, Friess 1
1-4 3, Zahn 1 4-6 6. Totals 20 20-32 60.
TEXAS A&M (56)
Smith 8 4-4 20, U right 7 1-4 13. Woods 3 3-7
9, Ladson 2 2-2 6, Goff' 1 0-0 2, Britton 2 0-2 4,
Colton 0 0-0 0, Pederson 0 0-0 0. Robinson 0
0-0 0, Sylestine 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 10-19 36.
Halftime — Arkansas 34. A&M 25. Fouled out
— Smith, Woods, Goff, Britton, Schall. Total
fouls — A&M 29, Arkansas 20; Technical —
Arkansas bench (Sutton). A — 9.342.
Now you know
Tennis player keep
Him in her court
By JULIA CRAWFORD
Battalion Reporter
Kathleen Sissom’s motto would not only read, “It’s not wli(l
you win or lose, but how you play the game,” but she would!
“because if you give it your best effort, that’s all that God wants)!
do.”
Sissom, a sophomore tennis player on the women’s tennistl
said that because of her Baptist faith she has changed heratti|
about winning and losing.
“I used to push myself to win, but now I want to just play the!
that I can,” Sissom said. “God has given me the talent to play,i|
leave the final results up to him.
And so far, the results have been good. During her freshman!
at Texas A&M, the secondary education major played the Si
singles spot on the women’s team and qualified for the four-J
regional tournament in both singles and doubles. I
Sissom is confident that this spring should be even better for!
self and for the team. She said, "Our program is still youngandnj
established as SMU and Trinity. But each year we get strongeif
“We should do a lot better this year because we have so muchii|
depth. We have some new players that will do well, and ev
else has improved a lot from last year.” I
And Sissom said that the addition of the new tennis court!
stands will bring improved competition to Texas A&M. Thewoflj
match with Tyler Junior College was rained out Tuesday.
The attitude of doing your best is common to many of then
women on the team, Sissom said, and this will be a big factord
the 1979 season.
“We have a much more positive and winning attitude,
said. “We are going to really surprise some of the other teamsj
spring.”
Like some tennis players, Sissom was introduced tothespo!t|
her family at an early age.
“I guess I started playing when I was 10,” she recalled. Andll
remember our weekly family doubles matches with my parents,)
brother and I.
Sissom said that her parents didn’t push her into tennis,
always had the attitude that she should stop playing tennis wk
wasn’t fun anymore.
"It’s easy to get burned out and for awhile I didn’t think IdplJ
college,” Sissom said. “There’s more to life than sports, but you a
go and do it all on your own. When I was thinking about notp
tennis, God started opening up so many opportunities fon
realized that he wanted me to play.”
Sissom said she is glad she is playing tennis, because it has j
her opportunities to meet people and to travel.
“I’ve been real fortunate and just thankful for the abilitiesthaltj
has given me,” Sissom said.
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Stroud, a senior from Houston,
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Texas extended its season record
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moved a game ahead of Texas A&M,
which dropped to 9-3 after its 60-56
loss to Arkansas Tuesday night.
BOX SCORE
RICE (52)
Darden 5 0-1 10, Rieke 3 0-0 6,
Burkholder 2 0-0 4, Tudor 0 0-0 0,
Wilson 0 0-2 0, Burns 6 3-5 15, De-
Cello 1 0-0 2, McCage 2 0-0 4,
Daniels 3 2-2 8, Mott 1 0-0 2, Miller
0 1-1 1. Totals 23 6-11 52.
TEXAS (95)
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Stroud 9 5-10 23, Krivacs 7 6-7 20,
Moore 4 3-4 11, Dotson 0 0-0 0,
Boyd 0 1-2 1, Shepard 2 1-2 5,
Johnson 4 2-4 10, Blundell 2 1-2 5,
Danks 2 0-1 4, Stephens 0 0-0 0.
Totals 36 23-36 95.
Halftime — Texas 39, Rice 27.
Fouled out — Rieke. Total fouls —
Rice 26, Texas 19. Technical —
Texas (Johnson). A — 16,000.
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