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By TONY GALLUCCI
Sports Editor
The constantly improving Aggie
basketball team travels to Austin for
a Saturday afternoon date with the
Texas Longhorns.
sas. And so goes the story of athletics
at Texas A&M.
I Coach Shelby Metcalfs young
kquad, now the only unbeaten team
■left in the Southwest Conference in
eague play, faces another must win
on the inarch to the SWC throner-
om, and each game is tougher than
[the one before.
“They’re all waiting for us now,”
aid Rudy Woods following AficM’s
prutal defensive game with Arkan-
A&M will start ‘The Wall’ — Rudy
Woods, Rynn Wright, and Vernon
Smith — along with guards David
Britton and Dave Goff. Chief relief
duty will be given to Claude Riley
and Steve Sylestine.
Smith is still the leading A&M
scorer over the season at a 16 points-
per-game (ppg) clip, although Rynn
Wright is close behind with 15.6
PPg-
Two other Aggies are averaging in
double figures. Woods has 12.1 ppg
and Britton is scoring 10.8.
A&M leads Texas in every team
statistical category, except in foul
difference, where Texas leads the
SWC.
Ron Baxter, chubby Texas starter,
is third in the SWC averaging 17.3
ppg, just ahead of Smith. Wright is
now seventh in scoring the the
SWC, just ahead of another Texas
starter John Danks, who is averaging
15.3 ppg.
A&M also boats the third, fourth
and sxith leading rebounders in the
conference in Woods, Smith (tied at
8.3 rebounds per game) and Wright,
respectively to help A&M continue
to dominate the SWC in rebound
difference.
Freshman sensation LaSalle
Thompson of Texas is the No. 2 re
bounder in the SWC with 9.6, and
Baxter is the seventh man at 7.5 re
bounds per game. Texas and A&M
are the only teams to have more than
one rebounder in the top ten and it
promises to be an exciting game
under the boards.
Texas will probably start Ken
Montgomery and George Turner in
addition to Thompson, Baxter and
Danks. Game time is 2:40 and the
game will be televised on NBC in a
featured regional matchup.
Lady Ags challenge third-ranked,
unbeaten Longhorns on Saturday
By KATHLEEN McELROY
Sports Staff
The University of Texas women’s
asketball team is one of the follow
ing: (a) unbeaten, (b) ranked third in
the nation in the women’s college
basketball poll, (c) playing the A&M
I women s team Saturday in Austin at
5:30 p.m., or (d) all of the above.
I Unfortunately for Aggie head
^ »ach Cherri Rapp and her team the
mswer is (d) all of the above. But
A&M isn’t dreading the Texas Ixm-
£hom game because the Aggies have
some momentum of their own.
A&M destroyed the Sam Houston
State Bearkats 94-41 Tuesday night
and have a five-game winning streak,
led h boosting their season record to 11-7.
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Everything worked for the Aggies in
that game — they shot 66 percent
and pulled down 55 rebounds.
But 16-0 Texas isn’t Sam Houston,
and A&M doesn’t expect to control
them offensively and defensively the
way they did the Bearkats. In fact,
the Longhorns tend to control the
pace of their games, thanks to the
play of some good, quick guards.
“They’ve got three of the best
guards in the nation,” Rapp said
Wednesday. “Their outside game is
one of the best.” The guards help
Texas use what has so far been an
effective full-court press, a defensive
device used extensively by A&M
against Sam Houston.
Rapp said she still isn’t sure if she
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effect is the players tire early in the
game because of more running. But
whether or not A&M presses, Rapp
said she’ll try to use all of her players
in the game, something she did
against Sam Houston.
If A&M has an advantage in this
game, it’s the play of the post posi
tion. “They’ve (Texas) had some in
jury problems with the post,” Rapp
said. Also their postmen now playing
are inexperienced. Rapp has gotten
good all-around effort from her posts
— sophomore Lori Foreman, who
scored 15 points against the ‘Kats,
and senior Peggy Pope who scored
14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
So beating Texas isn’t out of the
Aggies’ reach. Texas is but one tough
school in the same region with
A&M. The Association of Intercolle
giate Athletics for Women ranks
Louisiana Tech — a school best
known as Terry Bradshaw’s alma ma
ter — as its number one school.
“Were, unfortunately, in the
strongest region,” Rapp said. “We
have to beat them all in the region,”
Rapp said. “We have to beat them all
in the region to go to nationals.”
But for right now, the Aggies will
concentrate on Texas — and worry
about finals later.
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Electronic pain-killer
numbs sore athletes
AGGIES!
By ANDY WILLIAMS
Staff Writer
Vu It sounds like something out of
Ju| The Six Million Dollar Man,” but
an electronic pain-killing device has
|0| Mped keep athletes in action at
Another advantage, Heath said, is
that the units provide relief to a spe
cific area.
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Called a transcutaneous electrical
jpi. nerve stimulator, the gadget “short-
Ivl circuits” feeling in injured areas,
rainer David Heath said.
Texas A&M has used the method
of pain relief for several years, Heath
said. The training room is now sup
plied with five of the units, which
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The idea of using electricity to
ease pain is fairly old, Heath said.
“In some arcades, they’ve got a
thing called Bull by the Horns’ or
something like that,” Heath said.
“The idea was to grab ahold of the*
thing and see how much juice you
could take without letting go.”
Someone who noticed that numb
ness followed the slight shock from
this game came up with the idea of
using electricity medically.
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The device is battery powered and
ibout the size of a paperback book. It
ransmits impulses through wires
tiding in pads which can be placed
« the skin.
Heath said the units are popular
^because they let doctors use smaller
f amounts of drugs in some cases. He
^ 0!tQ , )said they generally shut out some,
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David Goff says the method
helped him out. It was used to ease
pain in his lower back earlier this
season.
“I thought it helped me loosen up
a lot,” Goff said. “It tends to give you
a lot better circulation.”
Heath said David Walker, the for
mer Aggie quarterback, was the first
A&M athlete the device was used
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