Page 12 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1980
sports
Aggies try to start anew
Now that it has finally happened to
the Aggies — a loss, that is — the
idea is to keep it from happening
again.
And Texas A&M will be favored
tonight to end its losing streak at one
game. The Aggies, who now find
themselves tied for first place in the
Southwest Conference race with
Arkansas, host Southern Methodist
in one of the two games on the league
schedule.
“We just didn’t play like we have
been playing against Texas Tech,”
A&M coach Shelby Metcalf said in
reference to the Aggies’ 10-point loss
Monday night. “We will just have to
regroup at home.”
Tonight’s other conference game
has the Texas Longhorns hosting
TCU. The Horned Frogs are coming
off a 27-point loss to Arkansas in one
of the most one-sided games played
by an SWC team this season.
On Thursday Arkansas will visit
Baylor and Texas Tech will be at
Rice.
SMU, in the midst of a disappoint
ing conference campaign, defeated
Baylor Monday to boost its league
record to 4-7. In whipping the Bears,
SMU played some of its best defense
in weeks and employed a three-
guard attack in an attempt to use the
talents of freshman Dave Piehler.
The Mustangs could get away with
such a ploy against Baylor because
the Bears bave the shortest team in
the league. But Texas A&M’s front
line, headed by 6-11 center Rudy
Woods, will probably create a
change of strategy in SMU.
Tech defeated Texas A&M by
effectively keeping the ball away
from the Aggies’ big men, something
every team tries to do and very few
succeed.
“We started out to stop them on
the inside game,” Tech coach Gerald
Myers said. “It took a great team
effort and that’s what we got. ”
While Arkansas and Texas A&M
are tied for the lead, Texas Tech (7-4)
goes into the midweek games with
third place all to itself. The Raiders
will be trying to hold onto that posi
tion in order to ensure themselves of
a bye in the first round of the SWC’s
post-season tournament.
Texas, meanwhile, will be trying
to put pressure on the Raiders with a
victory over TCU. The mysterious
Longborns led by 22 at the balf Mon
day against Houston and then had to
hold on in the final moments to pre
serve a two-point victory.
The Horned Frogs have sagged
lately following an early season
showing that produced two straight
conference wins and some close
calls. TCU now stands at 2-9, alone
in the SWC cellar, and faces the dis
tinct possibility of finishing last in
this year’s campaign.
TCU coach Jim Killingsworth can
only dream of a turnaround next year
and serve as an observer for this
year’s race.
“Arkansas and Texas A&M are
both great ball clubs,” Killingsworth
said earlier this week. “If they both
get into the NCAA tournament they
bave as good a chance as anyone to
advance to the final four. And once
you get to the final four you certainly
have as good a chance as anybody to
win it all. ”
The Aggies will more than likely
be starting the same five that have
opened since mid-December. At the
guard positions that will be seniors
Dave Goff and David Britton. “The
Wall” will carry the rest of the load in
the opening minuites of the game.
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Freshman Claude Riley, seen here in early SWC action, was
one bright spot in the Aggies’ 63-53 loss to Texas Tech Monday.
Riley scored 10 points while substituting for various starters in
the game. The Ags try to start a new winning streak tonight
when they host SMU at 8 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Staff Photo by Lee Koy Leschper.
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placed in every event in the
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