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Aggies break into top 20, win here
SMU ‘walled’ out of G. Rollie, 67-51
By TONY GALLUCCI
Sports Editor
The Aggie “Wall” got a fresh patch
job just in time to victimize SMU for
the second time this season and up
the Aggies’ Southwest Conference
leading record to 10-1.
The Aggies, ranked 20th in the
nation this week by United Press In
ternational, 19th by Sporting News
and 12th by Sports Illustrated,
moved a half-game ahead of Arkansas
in the chase for the title with the
67-56 win over the Mustangs.
Coach Shelby Metcalfs crew re
bounded from a disappointing loss to
Texas Tech Monday and played well
to beat the depleted Ponies. Mus
tang Coach Sonny Allen left backup
postman Johnnie James in Dallas be
cause James shaved his head —
according to rumor — in defiance of
Allen.
Allen had his team open up with a
three-guard four-corner offense in an
effort to slow down the Aggies. The
Mustangs had been unable to keep
up with the torrid second-half pace
the Ags had set in the two teams
previous meeting this season in
Dallas.
It was a surprise opening, but
Metcalf was never fooled.
“As soon as I saw three guards in
there I knew what they were going to
do, ”he said. Texas A&M jumped to a
quick 5-0 lead in the first two mi
nutes but SMU’s patience paid off.
Three baskets by senior Brad
Branson and one by Phil Hale gave
the Mustangs an 8-5 lead five mi
nutes deep in the first half. An official
timeout gave the Aggies time to re
group.
The teams traded baskets for the
next ten minutes before Rynn
Wright scored on a layup and Vernon
Smith followed with a jumper from
the left side put the Ags up by three
points, 23-20, at 4:35. That was the
Aggies’ biggest lead of the first half
and was the margin they carried into
the locker room — at 27-24.
At the half, the “Wall” was respon
sible for all of the Aggies’ field goals,
hitting 61.1 percent from the field.
Rudy Woods, Smith and Wright also
had 12 of the 15 team rebounds, five
blocked shots and 26 of the team’s 27
points. Smith led in rebounding with
5, Wright had the high point total
with 16 and Woods had blocked
three shots.
SMU had little chance in the
second half. Woods owned the floor
under the basket, David Britton and
Smith got hot and freshman Claude
Riley came in to add four early points
as the Aggies powered to a 15-point
lead in the first ten minutes.
From there, the Aggies coasted in
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The “Wall” at work. Junior forward Vernon Smith (31) puts in
two in the second half of A&M’s 67-56 win over SMU. Smith
poured in 13 second-half points while teammate Rynn Wright
(35) had 16 in the first half. Rudy Woods (background) blocked
six shots as SMU was “walled” out.
Staff photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr.
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Wright ended the night as leading
scorer on both teams, with 20. Smith
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all inside shots. Woods also had nine
rebounds and six blocked shots.
Ten Aggies played in the game,
eight of them scoring.
Freshman Dave Piehler led SMU
scorers with 16 points, followed by
sophomore Billy Allen with 15
points. Branson led Mustang re
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The Mustangs hot shooting touch
— 55 percent — in the first half
cooled to an unenviable 30 percent
in the second half and totaled only 40
percent for the game. The Aggies’ 50
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the Ags a 56.3 percent figure for the
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