Page 10 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1980 sports Aggies to take on rapidly improving Rice Owls By TONY GALLUCCI Sports Editor With each conference game to date providing a greater challenge for the Aggies there is no doubt that many of the players were looking for a rest of sorts when they came up against Rice. It would be a foolish move to go to sleep against the Owls though. The once-and-forever lowly birds served not-so-subtle notice on Tuesday that they can play with the best, taking highly regarded Texas Tech into overtime in Lubbock. The Owls led by ten at the half, trailed by two witb two seconds re maining, got two free throws to put the game into overtime and even led by four one minute deep in OT before succumbing to the Red Raid- Tech coach Gerald Myers insisted that Rice played great ball in the game. “It wouldn’t have been an upset tonight if Rice had won, ” he said. “They played great defense in the first half. It wasn’t really a case of us playing bad, they just played good.” Four Owls scored in double fig ures in that game; Ricky Pierce get ting 11 to lower his team-leading average slightly to 14.7 points per game; Kenny Austin also hit 11 rais ing his average slightly to 10.6; Tony DeCello poured in 12 to up his av erage to 5.6 and Bobby Tudor led all Owl scorers with 18 boosting his av erage to 11.7. Those scorers along with 6-8 freshman postman Robert Shaw are the expected starters against A&M Saturday. A&M is expected to counter with strength and height inside and pa tient play outside. Starters will probably be the same five that have been opening of late. They are sophomore Rudy Woods at the post; Rynn Wright, a junior, at forward- post; junior Vernon Smith at for ward; and seniors David Britton and David Goff at the guard spots. Relief will come in the form of Tyrone Ladson at the point, freshman Claude Riley inside and senior Steve Sylvestine at second guard-forward. Woods has put together three consecutive outstanding games against Baylor, Tech and SMU and should continue his domineering ways. Smith came on strong in the second half of the SMU game on Tuesday after a one-game slump and still holds on to second place on the Southwest Conference scoring charts. Wright has been awesome defen sively for the Ags this year and proved hfs worth at SMU with highly regarded Brad Branson of the Mustangs. Britton has really into his game since playing id Vegas and Goff has been the consistent player for the AggiesJ year. Game time is 8:00 p.m. be heard on KTAM-Bryan, HI adit PHYSICS /CHEMIS TRY/MATH ENGINEERING MAJORS In the field of energy generation, Nuclear Power is potentially the best alternative to our nation’s future needs. 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He uses a variety of instruments including the banjo, ukelele, 6 & 12 string guitars, dinner gong, harmonicas and mouth horns. Combine these with his sense of humor and his gift of “tongue in cheek" and you’re in for a time of joy and insight you’ll seldom forget. Jim was bom and raised in the hills of Houston, Texas, and graduated from the University of Houston in ’73. After a year and a summer as a youth director in Galveston, Texas, he ent ered Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He received his Master of Divinity there in May of ’77 and since October of that year he has been serving as a campus minister to Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. His first album, The United Saints of America, was released in the summer of ’77. “Not Just Another Pretty Voice,” Jim’s effort on the various artist LP Dawntreader One has given many a chuckle. Be sure and keep an eye out for Jim’s new album Spectacles — it’s worth looking Concert Feb. 4,1980 Barcelona! 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