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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1979 Page 9 n t Ags meet Tech he said as foodei id somee: til By MARK PATTERSON inM" Batta,ion StafF eezer,’' pt haven’t lost two games in a renovatiosi, 0 ^ season, so I wouldn’t say fthc wheels are coming off of the encounlol machine.’’ than a; Texas A&M basketball coach e’re cune® Shelby Metcalf 3or spacejfter suffering their fifth loss of year Tuesday night, the Texas 5 f? e t nes hit the road bound for Lub- and a contest with the Red Saturday night. It will be Aggies’ second straight road Kagainst a conference title con- |f|P|der and the second of three Hvljght big ball games. Rere’s nothing wrong with our jn, ’ Coach Shelby Metcalf ex- fined. “All we’re going to do is V/llf bur usual, hard ball game. And ;’s all you can ask of this team, rears, we lose, all that means is that F and caught Tech and Arkansas on tion. Ik a( l nights on the road. But ically, both Tech and Arkan- playing as well as anyone in gue.” Red Raiders, 8-4 in confer- e ballots I play, are a game (in the loss inance unn) behind the Aggies and two ilocatiorfcs behind the league-leading AcitysRLonghorns. The Raiders are iat eitkjg a four-game winning streak be starting some new faces line-up against the Aggies, ey have improved consid- since we played them (Jan. Metcalf said. “(Jeff) Taylor, eshman out of Hobbs, N.M., [ting for them now along with ill. They’ve gone back to their ntrol offense. They’re careful Ifheir shot selection is very They’re a sound team, peopl Taylor was considered the top school guard in the state of ted to $331,1 nc. of action c| i housed eservedl « A&M I HOP£ tMOS£ OUtS G£J OPF MY TAIL B£FO#£ W£ , OUT TO r-O^ UUBBOCK/ icil eli md sevei I Unive: iters coil rms. the equalii ich Bei id Bens® planning dues for ward of' Hckerson ays he’ll go ie citysl the appi ■ady tliej Many t i the dll epted OStS ofsl From staff and wire reports id an or Eric Dickerson, one of the coun- for $2,( y s most highly recruited high ion o(©ol running backs, says he will itand for ft a Southwest Conference :s for$S§er-of-intent Feb. 14 with Texas appoints! Sckerson, a 6-3, 210-pound tail- who rushed for 5,862 yards and uchdowns at Sealy, said he had ded on Oklahoma University nesday but later changed his in favor of Texas A&M. tmenti'^Sometimes I wish I never played all. This thing has gotten too ic. I just came to a decision and pt to get it out in the open,” i ickerson said. plgMy mind’s still open, I guess, it I d say this commitment is pre- •ksolid.’’ |0jlllt)icke r s on was unavailable for fur- ier comment Thursday. Texas athletic officials would make fiil df comment on Dickerson’s verbal mmitment. pe national signing date is a k later on Feb. 21 so Oklahoma, possibly Southern Cal, could ge his mind. The Feb. 14 SWC r binds only other conference ols. just like A&M’s coaches and ffense,” said Dickerson. “I con ed USC (Southern California) I don’t think I could adjust to New Mexico last season, choosing Tech over a multitude of schools wishing his services. Hill is a junior college transfer who came off of the bench to earn all-tournament hon ors in the Sun Bowl Tournament earlier this season. “They only start one senior (guard Geoff Houston) along with two freshmen, a sophomore and a junior. So they’re going to be strong for a long time.” But the present is what worries Metcalf about the Red Raiders. “Yea, I’m nervous about this game,” the coach admitted. “I’m nervous about every game we play. But now we re in a position where we can mathematically finish any where from first to fifth in the con ference. That’s how tight a race we re in this season. And this is just another big game.” The Aggies’ last big game, the four point loss to Arkansas, made the trip to Lubbock much more im portant. Before the Arkansas game, Metcalf said Texas A&M had to win two out of the next three games, with one of those victories over Texas Monday night. ‘The loss to Arkansas was a great lllllllllllllllll disappointment to these guys,” Metcalf said, “but it hasn’t really af fected them that much. They’ve all had disappointments in their lives before. But the way to get over something like that is to go out and make sure it doesn’t happen two times in a row.” The Aggie attack for Saturday night’s game will include a heavy full-court press against the Red Raiders. Also, to try to do a better job rebounding than they did up in Fayetteville Tuesday night. “Well put a lot of pressure defen sively on Tech, with a lot of full- court pressing, ” Metcalf said. “Tech isn’t as vulnerable to the press this year as it has been in the past. It can handle the press better than Arkan sas can. “And we need to improve our board play. Arkansas did an excel lent job rebounding against us in that game. They were blocking out well and moving their feet. “Rudy’s fallen off a bit rebound ing. He only had four against Arkan sas and four against Houston the game before. So we need to get him back into the picture.” tike t v wttiSawk’Xrtiy: GIVE AN AGGIE MEMORY TO YOUR M VALENTINE! = OLE SARGE handcast in Pewter exclusively for the Curiosity Shop. Culpepper Plaza in College Station GRAVF teporter ter Mff y. J amti | Tamens'ps Angeles. st year, Blooming Grove run- ig back Milton Collins signed an ,C letter of intent with Texas :M and then signed with North s State University before the nal signing deadline and now Is for the Mean Green. Kubiak said A&M recruiters told who W | increased use of the I-formation ships a' iuld mean that whoever they re- =cl thro 1 lit a t quarterback would have a 30I, M f: hod shot at making the traveling 500 ol Uad. That’s all I needed to know.’ iDickerson is the defending state •chnica 1 |ss AA champion in the 100-yard , of a- ish and the 200-meter run. gh the 1 majot' Sale! , jPQ efaa&J Sassoon Satin Jeans 60% °ff utmost injine Ladies ^Apparel jflUCAC CILAJflf FOR A CLASSY CUT, CALL CHARISSA 846-4771 HAS OVER 30 IMPORTED BEERS 3609 Place East 29th — Bryan fy For Your Valen- h 'J' tine ... 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