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sports THE BATTALION Page 11 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1980 Aggies traveling to Fayetteville By TONY GALLUCCI Sports Editor It has been nine years since an ie basketball team last won a e in Fayetteville, Arkansas, but in the minds of many, this is the year ilk; it will happen again, sin Even in the championship years of isioi 1975 and 1976 when Barry Davis and Sonny Parker led the Aggie team, came out of the “Hills with inore than a few bruises. 1975, Arkansas scored a 95-89 y over the Aggies in double over- e. The next year it was 93-91 in Rble overtime. Those two years, g Aggies won at College Station by ^tal of three points. ltflt i;In 1977 and 1978, Arkansas won both the yearly matchups, although ^ the two G. Rollie White games were sfefecided by a single point apiece, fast vear, it was again A&M winning fchome, this time 74-69 in overtime, and dropping the road game 60-56. lse tJ Tin; Aggie-Razorback matchup is bne of the best rivalries in the SWC. In the last five years, A&M has won the SWC twice and Arkansas has Hi or shared the title three times. And this year, it looks as though one " ffthe two will win it all. pOth was a combination of strange ? {anu s this week that set up tonight’s I ffioudown II. A&M, cruising along Jndefeated, went to Lubbock and f H beaten by Texas Tech, an old ur r jemesis. Tech had come close to idr gating several other good teams, in- urdflHding Arkansas, before finally ra beating A&M. Tech promptly folded i ot:® was beaten by Rice and Baylor. ffoll Meanwhile, Arkansas was stomp ing Baylor in the first of a two-game road trip that ended in disaster. In Houston Saturday, they came up against UH’s devastating outside shooters and after three overtimes of near-wins for both teams, the Hogs fell short 90-84. In College Station that night, the Aggies were fighting for their life against Rice. It is little consolation to the Aggies that Arkansas must play Rice in Houston this Saturday. The Aggies have to play UH in Houston in the last game of the SWC regular season for both teams. Both teams have at least one other tough game ahead. Arkansas must play SMU in Dallas and Texas Tech at home and the Aggies must get by Texas at home. A&M is now 19-6 for the season and 11-1 in SWC play, while Arkansas is just a step back at 10-2. The Hogs are 17-5 for the year, including the 45-39 loss to the Aggies in College Station in January. The pressure is on Arkansas tonight as they must win to gain a share of first place. A loss would put the Hogs two games behind the Aggies with only three games re maining for both teams. In addition to Houston and Texas, the Aggies will be hosting TCU. The Aggies will be starting the usual five tonight — Rudy Woods, Vernon Smith, Rynn Wright, Dave Goff and David Britton. Game time is 7:00 p.m. It can be heard live on KTAM radio with DeWayne Staats providing the play-by-play and David Walker the color commen tary. imlCn ice’s Pierce honored 'eye!* United Press International istyel DALLAS — Rice sophomore Dtbefky Pierce, a 6-5 transfer student beCiBo averaged more than 26 points >d bti er game last week in victories over bright State and Texas Tech, Mon- fendii ay was named the Southwest Con- re s‘ : irence player of the week, it \|i sPierce scored 27 points in Rice’s |53 loss at Texas A&M Saturday. ann j hat performance, plus bringing ingof pwn 14 rebounds against Tech and gp ar t|l against the Aggies, gave Pierce n 5, five of 15 votes cast by SWC coaches’. Houston’s Rob Williams collected two votes while SMU’s Dave hler, A&M s Vernon Smith, Arkansas’ U.S Reed, Texas Tech’s Jeff Taylor and Texas’ John Danks each received a vote. He moved to second on the SWC scoring list, averaging 18.2 points per game, behind Baylor’s Terry Teagle, who’s averaging 22.3 points per game. Teagle was second in he voting with three votes. Pierce, who transferred to Rice from Walla Walla Junior College, is averaging 8:3 rebounds per game for the Owls, ranking third behind Texas’ Lasalle Thompson and SMU’s Bran Branson. 1^ FOR YOUR W VALENTINE Music boxes, jewelry and other gifts to say 'T Love You" HAPPY COTTAGE (Across from Luby's) AHEM!!! Pre Med./Pre Dent. Tues. Feb. 12 — 7:30 p.m. 226 MSC Dr. William Radentz and Dr. Phillip Pierpont from U.T. Houston Dental School will speak on admissions and spe- nDOOCCC^a 1980 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo: Feb. 22 - Mar. 2 in the Astrodome Livestock Show: Feb. 20 - Mar. 2 | THE GREATEST LINEUP OF STARS IN RODEO HISTORY Shaun Cassidy Fri.. Feb. 22 (Matinee) Anne Murray Fri.. Feb. 22 (Evening) Charley Pride Sat.. Feb. 23 (Mat. and Evening) KC & The Sunshine Band With Teri DeSario Sun.. 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ROUSIoN P.O. Box 25395, Houston. Texas 77025 ;/ A'C- Livestock Show ^Rodeo David Britton goes up for a shot against Rice Saturday. The Aggies travel to Fayetteville tonight to take on the second place Arkansas Razorbacks. The game can be heard at 7:30 p.m. on KTAM. Staff photo by Lee Roy Leschper USED WANTED! j Cash paid or will swap for Aggie Ring \ Diamonds. | w diamond brokers iniernaiionaUnc. w I 693-1647 § Culpepper Plaza Open 10-6 Mon.-Sat. 10-8 Thurs. UNM probe continues United Press International ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal grand jury investigating a sports scandal at the University of New Mexico resumed its work Mon day, calling more witnesses to gather additional testimony. The panel has not yet issued in dictments in its investigation, although it issued at least two “target letters,’’ to former UNM basketball coach Norm Ellenberger and former assistant coach Manny Goldstein. “Target letters” are sent to indi viduals who may be the subject of grand jury action, U.S. Attorney R.E. Thompson said. FBI officials have confirmed the panel is investigating alleged bribery and mail fraud, although the issues being studied were also believed to include gambling. The scandal broke last fall when police raided the UNM basketball office. Subsequent disclosures about alleged fixing of player transcripts led to the firing of Ellenberger, Goldstein’s resignation, the ineligi bility of several basketball and foot ball players, and the forfeiture of bas ketball and football victories. The grand jury has met in three separate sessions so far. Witnesses have included UNM officials, offi cials from other schools and some Albuquerque businessmen. 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