THE BATTALION Page 15 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1980 A&M hits 66 percent from field q Sam falls 94-41 to Ag Ladies v/’ By KATHLEEN McELROY The team used a full court press at only tour baskets in the first 10 mi- end of the game, wasn’t achieved. uses it h m By KATHLEEN McELROY Sports Staff The Aggie ladies, playing before fieir largest home crowd this sea- ion, politely knocked the daylights ut of the Sam Houston Bearkats in a 14-41 win Tuesday night in G. Rollie (Vhite Coliseum. The crowd — about 6,000 — came nostly to see the unbeaten A&M nd Arkansas men play for the top pot in Southwest Conference bas eball, and they probably expected i see a nice, demure game of ladies’ isketball. Instead they saw the ggies conduct a free clinic on how to play perfect ball — male or female. ' This is the second beating A&M fws given Sam Houston in a week, last Thursday the Ladies won 94-52 in Huntsville. 1 The Aggies, in winning their fifth traight game, played offense the fay it should be played, hitting an (mazing 66 percent of their field goal ((tempts. Leading scorers in the ame were sophomore postman Lori j'oreman with 15 points and senior leggy Pope and sophomore guard iKelley Sullivan, each with 14 points. But this wasn’t just a game of good idlvidual effort. The Ladies shared assists — a sign of team play. They Iso made 83 percent of their free rows as compared to the Kats 55 | percent. The defense was almost perfect, lam Houston hit a measly 29 percent il their shots from the field and com- nitted 26 turnovers — twice as lany as A&M. Peggy Pope was also a defensive Itandout, pulling down 10 rebounds, Itealing three times and blocking a |oiiple of shots. Junior Tammy Graf ton grabbed eight rebounds, j. The leading scorers for the Kats here Antonette Denley and Sherry ■fitter who each scored 12 points. I A&M’s record is now 11-7, while lam Houston dropped to 7-13. The crowd had an effect on the fadies, who are used to playing in font of tiny crowds composed of fiends or the woman’s basketball inthusiasts. "That’s the biggest crowd I ve er played before, said Cherri app, head coach. “I think it Iped.” But the crowd wasn’t the sole |;ason for A&M ’s good play — Rapp the team some good advice be- fre the game started. T told them at the first of the game at we had to cut down on our tur- vers,” Rapp said. They took her at rword committed only three the hole first half and went into the der room at the half with a 44-23 The team used a full court press at the beginning of the second half to break what spirit the ’Kats might have had left. The Aggies scored 12 straight points before Sam Houston got on the board in that half, and then A&M continued to blitz their opponents. Sam Houston scored only four baskets in the first 10 mi nutes of the half. By the end of the game most of the excitement concerned whether A&M would score 100 points — a mark seldom achieved in women’s basketball. That goal, which the crowd fervently pushed for at the end of the game, wasn’t achieved. The Aggies, now rid of Sam Hous ton for awhile, must concentrate on a much more formidable foe — the nationally-ranked Texas Longhorns in Austin. Rapp has already been thinking of some type of strategy for use against them. As far as using a full court press to tire Texas, she said, “I haven’t de cided yet.” Why? “Because Texas uses it too. The players are also looking for ward to playing Texas. “This was good for us,” junior forward Trigg Crawford said, “because we are play ing Texas next. It’ll get us in shape. ” For now, the Aggies can remem ber the ovation the fans gave them at the halftime of the Arkansas game, a tribute to the highest scoring Aggie basketball team — at least this night. SOCCER Anyone interested in playing soccer this spring should come to the organizational meeting. Place: Military Science Bldg. Room 109 Date: Wed. Jan. 23 at 8:00 PM Brazos Valley Amateur Soccer League Maravich signs pact with Boston United Press International BOSTON — Pete Maravich wanted to be a Boston Celtic the moment he stepped off the campus of Louisiana State University. And it took just five hours Tuesday night for him to achieve that 10-year dream. The frizzy-headed Maravich who was placed on waivers recently by the Utah Jazz ended his status as pro basketball’s most eligible free agent by signing with Boston for the re mainder of the season. The deal was wrapped up just five hours after Maravich flew into town to meet with General Manager Red Au erbach. The signing not only buoyed the Celtic’s chances but dealt a blow to the Philadelphia 76ers. Philadelphia looking for a guard to help replace the injured Doug Collins had talked to the 6-foot-5 backcourt whiz for several hours Monday and given him a physical. Maravich has not played in seven weeks and will sit out a while until his injured groin heals. That enables the Celtics to work on a deal for the player they must release when Maravich is activated. Staff photo by Lynn Blanco Peggy Pope (42) gets her hand on a jump ball first in the Aggie Ladies’ 94-41 thrashing of Sam Houston State last night. Aggie Lisa Hughes (11) watches the action. Pope scored 14 points in helping the Ags to their fifth straight win. eysaida versify! it so dial i Basket- :ontinue game is as Tues- it New ontreal gains 2-1 win over NY United Press International Before the Montreal Canadians jidNew York Islanders became just fetty good teams in hockey this tar a matchup like this would have ten priceless. ts arena ■ As it was the two teams put on a , ^gels flow that left everyone smiling is games (Tuesday night. The result: a stirring of Hons-1 fused to | Saturday I 8,800 in | 2-1 victory by the Islanders. “That was very satisfying” said Glenn Resch whose goal-tending in the third period blunted a furious attempt by Montreal to tie the score. “This gives us the confidence we needed so badly. I couldn’t write a better script for a team victory.” Billy Harris scored his 12th goal of the season midway through the second period to give the Islanders their sixth straight win and snap a six-game winning streak for Mon treal. 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