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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1980
Woods, Wright, Smith anchor conference leaders
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The Wall” averaging 44 points for Ag
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By TONY GALLUCCI
Sports Editor
They’ve been called nearly every
name in the book. . . abusive, acos
mic, acrobatic, aerodynamic, affir
mative, admirable, audacious, awe
some . . . but the only name that has
stuck is “The Wall.”
“They compose the Aggie basket
ball team’s front line and bave been,
from the beginning, the indeed awe
some 1-2-3 punch of 6-11 Rudy
Woods, 6-9 Vernon Smith and 6-6
Rynn Wright. Their immediate
value? How about as the top three
Aggie scorers and top three re
bounders.
Smith, at 16.4 points per game
(ppg), is not only the Aggies leading
scorer, he holds the second spot on
the current Southwest Conference
scoring charts.
His current scoring pace and his
1168 points at present indicate he
will become A&M’s all-time leading
scorer in about 26 games. He should
take over number one in the re
bounding slot in about 20 games. He
is tied for leading rebound honors on
the team right now with Woods,
averaging 8.3 per game.
Right on Smith’s heels is the oft
underrated Wright. Wright is aver
aging 15.3 ppg, good for second hon
ors on the team in that category.
His 7.5 rebounds per game rank
him third in that category behind
Smith and Woods and leaves him
about 30 games to catch No. 1 John
Beasley. Wright, in taking over
Beasley in either scoring or rebound
ing, must also overtake teammate
Smith.
Woods, impressive in his last four
starts, is averaging 12.4 ppg this sea
son. At 8.3 caroms per game, he
needs 43 games to catch Beasley in
rebounding but has plenty of time to
do so. Woods is only a sophomore.
His field-shooting percentage is a
hefty .602 and ranks him tops among
Aggie regulars. As testament to his
tremendous defensive abilities wit
ness his 102 blocked shots thus far in
his young career.
Woods has had career scoring
highs of 24 points twice — against
Vermont in December 1978 and
against Santa Barbara in December
1979 — and pulled down 19 re
bounds against Texas Lutheran in
December.
On December 15, 1978 Wright hit
both his highs, 27 points and 21 re
bounds against Nevada-Las Vegas.
That game was in the Golden Gate
Invitational tournament and, cou
pled with his output in the finals win
over San Francisco, gave Wright 39
points and 30 rebounds.
His play netted him Sports Illus-
trated’s National Player of the Week
recognition.
and 30 rebounds in that same meet.
A little subtraction shows that’s
Smith’s highest rebound total (21
against Las Vegas) but he scored 33
points against Southwestern
Louisiana for his high point total.
If those numbers aren’t awesome
enough then consider that freshman
Claude Riley is a ready reliever. In
his games thus far, Riley has man
aged to score 14 in a game against
Vermont and pull down 11 rebounds
against North Texas State. He’s aver
aging 5.1 ppg and 3.9 rebounds per
game.
Oddly enough, Smith had identic
al scoring and rebounding figures in
the San Francisco game, but scored
ten less overall to end with 29 points
“If any part of ‘The Wall’ crum
bles, well, Claude would be in there
— and we’d still be ‘The Wall, ”’ said
head coach Shelby Metcalf.
SPRING RUSH
Sigma Alpha Epsilon is entering its third year at Texas A&M. We are
looking forward to this year’s Spring Rush with great expectations. For
those not familiar with Sigma Alpha Epsilon, commonly called SAE's or
Sig Alphs, we have the nation's largest number of initiates in over 45
states. Founded in 1856, ours is the first fraternity to have a national
headquarters.
SAE maintains a strong policy against physical hazing based on realiz
ing each individuals potential for growth in the SAE experience.
For more information call:
693-5292
696-0913
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