%) 0r ts hell THE BATTALION Page 11 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1980 beat Cougs 82-72, SWC title Friday By MIKE BURRICHTER Sports Editor The Texas A&M basketball team von the Southwest Conference title Friday night at Hofheinz Pavillion vhen they whipped the UH Cougars, 82-72. • . Shelby Metcalf, Aggie coach, ^ rage the record books by becoming he first SWC basketball coach to win r. hanipionships in three different de- senseofAmencaW. He has also won five confer- i u f uii !nce titles, more than any other .ol. Bruce t ; Mil iouthwest Con fe rence coach. Met- Madison, Wis.,^^ now c . oache d the Aggies to ■d project is not. ^ conference championship in of the huge Amen, ^ > 69j 75) - 76 and J980. cm i Bay during me f ee l kind of old,” hut the higgestp au gh e d Metcalf. “It’s a great feeling egev are logistics hough.” ist kicked up by tk Y ern0 n Smith had the hot hand s and giant caitn t g a i ns t Houston, hitting 12 of 16 linerence is that f rom the floor, most of them rip, it s an Israeli a om j n g from the outside, d, his eyes on the blithe Ags started fast in the tele- -hemoths leveling ,j se( ] game, racing to a 10-2 lead dur- nways which can n g the first three minutes. Smith hit arth at a time. 1! Jjf’three straight shots during that ill give those mat tretch, and Rynn Wright hit the en the bases are I ^er two. in white hard hatCougars started in a four- ikis, said the Israt omer offense, working to get one )f building the sai Jjot in order to avoid any confronta- ed Americanexpeti jons with the Aggie front line juickly. iround the boards. However, when he Ags began to build up a sizeable • 1 • lead around mid-period. Cougar 1 KlllS !0ac * 1 Gu y Lewis got out of the four- ® Rier. The Cougars attacked the • 5 Iggie zone and got themselves back ^ 11 FinU nt0 8 ame Ly halftime, cutting ^ he Ags’ lead to two at 41-39. ... .She Cougars stayed close in the ■dical checkups, c , xc j t j n g seC0 nd half, and the crowd an he may k n jf jo,ObO, sensing they were seeing ic next levs days. ine 0 f t jj e ^ est g ames Q f y ear mfcerccl louder every minute. But all has a history ot hings must pass and when Tyrone eports said his cune* son ’ s j a y U p m ade the Aggie lead on was not for any hr. Cougars’ bubble burst. JH withered under the ensuing Aggie onslaught and Metcalf watch- ppiis team coast in for another con- erence title. Texas A&M’s Vernon Smith (31) dribbles around Houston’s Marshall Sauls (50) in Fri day night’s 82-72 Aggie victory. Smith hit 12 of 16 field goal attempts to help the Aggies secure the Southwest Conference title and a bye into the semifinals of the postseason tournament. The Aggies’ first tournament game is Friday night in San Antonio’s HemisFair Arena. Staff photo by Lynn Blanco 'rnnm nsition committees runni:i d the party were dl g as if Tito, 87, Yum ler for more than35j eady gone, te offical admitted ikj l members of the lead tees wielded morel icrs. mrse, not all membefiPl ve leadership) are e ■qually able, andnoti] popular,” he said, ssessment fitsinwil om some Yugoslavs x- or 12-member “ins y he formed within !j| leadership, out Tito, the two ( ims include 31 men.i >re of the most power n the subject offerer^ n diplomats. But I i official confirmation® i of such a de\ The Ags, whose record stands at 22-7, finished with a 14-2 conference record. The Cougars are 13-13 and 8-8. The Aggies next play in the semi finals of the SWC tournament in San Antonio this Friday. The Cougars will play Rice in Hofheinz Monday night in the first round of the tourna ment. PROBLEM PREGNANCY? Are you considering abortion? Free counseling and referrals Call (713) 779-2258 Texas Problem Pregnancy, Bryan, Tx. Aggie Ladies lose first round game in state playoffs, 66-61 By JON HEIDTKE Sports Reporter The Texas A&M women’s basket ball team made an early departure from last week’s Texas Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (TAIAW) State Tournament when the third-seeded Aggie Ladies were knocked off by a fired-up Houston quintet, 66-61 in overtime. Fouls and poor shooting in the first half by the Aggies paved the way for a Cougar upset. The Ags, who only had players foul out 12 times during the season, had four of their starters foul out in this game. The starting five racked up 24 fouls and Trigg Crawford was the only Aggie starter on the court at the final buzzer. Lola Baler, Lisa Hughes, Peggy Pope and Lori Foreman all fouled out, giving the Cougars 34 free throw attempts. They hit on 24. This offset the Aggies’ advantage from the floor, where the Aggie Ladies hit 27 shots to the Cougars’ 21. The Aggies, who had beaten the Cougars 75-64 earlier in the year, lead by five at 14-9 with 9:21 left in the first half to give them their big gest lead. But the Ags went cold and the Cougars rallied, outscoring the Ags 19-10 the rest of the half to take a 28-24 advantage. The loss dropped the Ags to 18-10 on the year, while the Cougars adv anced to face Stephen F. Austin in the tournament semifinals. SFA, the second-seeded team, won that game and went on to upset top-seeded and previously undefeated Texas 86-71 in the finals. The Ags’ season finale will be against Wayland Baptist, which finished third in the tournament, in G. Rollie White Coliseum Saturday night at 7:30. Lakers drub Rockets United Press International INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Jamaal Wilkes scored 29 points Sunday and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, playing only in the second half, added 15 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 112-100 victory over the Houston Rockets. 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