SS£ You (next fAuu/i W0: I WHAT A WAV 1 TO FINISH THE SEASON j Vt!S T/mE WE I CAN'T HARDLY I?WAiT 'TIU NEXT" YEAR. 1 fL i 4 = l!lD!f4 9WSSmtT 'jyss© !&§[]& W9. 13®. BE THERE!HELP ST/tfiT THE BASKETBALL MS ON THE ROAD TO PH/LlY/ * '"NCAA BASKETBALL FINALS MARCH IN PHILADELPHIA/ Houston loses to Cleveland THE BATTALION MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1980 Page 9 HEY sip! 00 THOSE HAND SIC-NAL5 MEAN |THAT WE BEAT YOU H TIMES JN THE LAST 6 YEARS ? wL \ dp I960 ISth-ranked basketball team ins season opener Friday StalT pholo by III 2 races Sal ass fromqi ive yard line I58 total van By JON HEIDTKE Battalion StaiT pe 15th-ranked Texas A&M University basketball 1 used a combined 35-point effort from Rynn Wright Vernon Smith to subdue an emotionally high Uni- fty of Maine and claim a 66-57 season opening win pe Black Bears played a tight and aggressive zone nse forcing the Aggies to shoot from the outside. J Wright responded with 19 points and Smith |bed for 16. ,laine was more patient than we were and they led back on us a lot and forced the outside shot,” IHead Coach Shelby Metcalf. “And you have got to [what the defense gives you.” Jaine, not known as a basketball powerhouse, had |promoting the game all last week up to the contest, langor press had a lot of publicity on “the Wall” and Nationally ranked Aggies. And the Black Bears, in an npt to put themselves on the basketball map, have [scheduled Kentucky and DePaul this season, going into the game, the Bears were sky high and :d close throughout the first half and only trailed by [n at the intermission, 31-24. Another amazing fac- it the half was that the rebounding margin was despite the fact the Bears’ tallest player was 6-6. In the second half, the Bears could only get as close as fepoints and when they did, with five minutes left, the Aggies went to the four-corner offense and iced the game. The Black Bears were led by Rick Carlisle with 17 points and sixth man Champ Godbolt added 12. The Black Bears outshot the Aggies by a 45 to 43 percent margin. Despite the Aggies consicferable height advan tage, they only out-rebounded Maine by a 29-26 margin. The rest of the Aggie scoring went like this: Claude Riley had eight points, Rudy Woods and Tyrone Ladson each had seven, Reggie Roberts had six and Roy Jones had three. Smith’s 16 points now gives him a career total of 1,395 and moves him into second place on the all-time A&M scoring list. During the Maine game, the 6-8 Smith passed Carroll Broussard and now needs only 200 points to overtake John Beasley and become the career scoring leader. Wright is also moving up the record book list. He is now tied for fifth in scoring with 1,162 career points, along with Jeff Overhouse. Smith is also now second on the all-time rebounding list with 745 and needs only 39 more to over take Over house. Wright is currently sixth on the list with 676 carroms and needs only five more to pass Steve Niles and move into fifth place. The Aggies take to the court again Tuesday against Texas Southern. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. itoll named Texas Player of Year United Press International HOUSTON — John Mohming s fumble recovery and Ron Bolton’s interception allowed the Cleveland Browns to score two early touch downs, and they helped the Browns’ defense repell the Houston Oilers repeatedly in the late going Sunday to take a 17-14 win and an undis puted lead in the AFC Central divi sion. Fullback Cleo Miller, usually a blocking back, scored the Browns’ touchdowns on runs of six yards and one yard in the first 18 minutes, and Don Cockroft kicked a 25-yard field goal early in the third quarter. Earl Campbell bulled one yard for a touchdown after the Oilers had fal len behind 14-0 and quarterback Kenny Stabler connected with tight end Dave Casper on a 30-yard scor ing pass after Houston trailed 17-7. The Oilers never recovered from a first quarter in which they turned the ball over three times on two fumbles and a Stabler interception, despite several furious last-minute efforts. Place kicker Tony Fritsch was short on a 38-yard field goal attempt with 4:57 to play, and in the closing moments Browns’ free safety Thom Darden recovered a Casper fumble at his own 37-yard line and strong safety Clarence Scott intercepted a Stabler pass at his 25-yard line. Cleveland, 9-4, now leads the di vision by one game over Houston and the Pittsburgh Steelers with three games to play. The Browns seek their first playoff berth since 1972. The Browns’ offense capitalized on its early good fortune, pushing 18 yards for a touchdown after Mohring’s recovery and 26 yards for another score after Bolton’s inter ception. The Oilers’ defense scrambled to keep the game from getting out of hand in the first quarter after the Browns found themselves with pos session of the ball in the first quarter at Houston’s 18, 47, 33 and 26 yard lines. Cockroft was wide left on a 50-yard field goal attempt after defensive end Marshal Harris recovered a fumble caused when Stabler and Campbell missed connections on a handoff. Miller, who had only eight carries in 12 games this season, bolted 50 yards on the Browns’ third play of the second quarter, leading to Cockroft’s field goal. He led his team with 69 yards on eight carries. Campbell gained 109 yards on 27 carries but only 19 of those were in the second half as he carried the ball nine times. He fueled the Oilers’ first touchdown drive in the second quarter by carrying the ball eight times for 53 yards. Interceptions of Stabler had been instrumental in four of the five Oil ers’ losses. In defeats to Pittsburgh, Seattle and the New York Jets, oppo nents intercepted Stabler five, five and four times respectively. “We had a feeling earlier this year like we were going to be unstopp able, just go all the way,” all-pro offensive tackle Leon Gray said after the game. “Now there’s a damper on the old ego. “You get two teams who you think you’re better than and they beat you,” Gray said. “It puts everything down in the dumps.” The Oilers, 8-5, had little time for reflection, however, because they face a game Thursday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who also have an 8-5 record and share second place in the AFC central division with them. “If we come back against Pitt sburgh, it will be good test,” he said. “I’m kind of interested to see what happens myself. ” He added the Oilers “took them (the Browns) for granted. ” L Music is at HAPPY COTTAGE GIFT SHOPPE (over 260 Selections) 809 E. 29th MSG. 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