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THE BATTALION Page 11 TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1981 ongnorns take overtime win from Aggies, 67-63 r i C w f, A By RICK STOLLE Battalion Staff Be Texas A&M basketball team led with the style and vigor of the Tpart of the season but fell to the Jersity of Texas Longhorns in Itime at G. Rollie White Col in Monday night, 67-63. [lie 6,032 fans who showed up e treated with fine performances loth teams. The overtime contest Iclose to going into double over- } before Texas scored the final six Its to put the game away. |exas, behind big Lasalle Thomp- 32 points and 11 rebounds, led to have what it takes to snatch pry out of the jaws of defeat in a jial Southwest Conference game, [hompson dominated the game as lit shots inside, outside and was Intless going to the basket. The [used a zone that boxed Thomp- |inside and outside with Aggie |ers and three different indi- uals nian-to-man during the rse of the game. They could ply not stop the 6-10 Longhorn Wore. [Thompson has really improved year,” said a disappointed and ildered Shelby Metcalf. “He has ed a lot of new weapons to his nal like that turnaround jumper has improved a lot going to the tet.” letcalf said the Ags stayed behind mpson last year and defended well. This year, with the turnar- dshot, he devastated A&M. 1 felt good about this game. We some real good chances until we ted making mistakes, ’’ said Met- “This is probably our most dis- jinting loss of the season. [We’ve been playing well but we have to quit making mistakes. ” he mistakes that killed Aggie ices came with 2:05 left in over- Freshman Ray Harper stole ball from Vernon Smith and ■ed to tie the game at 63. is the Ags tried for the last shot, University of Texas Head Basketball Coach Abe Lemons angrily paces the sideline as he disagrees with a call in Monday night’s Texas A&M-Texas matchup at G. Rollie White Col- Staff photos by Greg Gammon iseum. The Longhorns won the game and raised their record to 3-4 in the Southwest Conference race. The Aggies play Houston Wednesday night in Houston. horns, P Tyrone Ladson lost the ball and fouled Thompson with 45 seconds left trying to get it back. He was the wrong man to foul this game. Thompson was perfect from the free throw line, hitting all 10 of his freebies for the game. Then, behind 65-63, Ladson again had the ball downcourt. He angled inside the lane and his attempt to pass to Rynn Wright went out of hounds with 21 seconds left on the clock. “We just keep finding ways to lose,” said Roy Jones. “It’s hard to understand. “It was obvious to everybody here tonight. We made the mistakes we couldn’t make.” Inconsistency killed the Ags down the stretch, he said. chools may switch schedule o resume Turkey tradition By RITCHIE PRIDDY Battalion Staff here may be a change for football next year come Thanksgiving The Texas Aggies could poss- I resume the once-traditional icdavitf [e y Day shootout with the Texas ial Colli gfoorns, ), annoi ;xas a&M University Athletic presided ec t or Marvin Tate suggested iday that a change may be in the wasappf ing. vicepK t’s not official, but I think it will District ;oon ” Xate said of the proposal ncludes : h he instigated over the holi- yCouno 'groups [talked to Bill Ellington (UT s. Sam* |etic director) about it at the ck ofT U Convention in Miami, Fla. Texas 1 he favored the idea. He said that ntativc he would talk to his people and let us know.” Evidently Ellington gained sup port for the idea from his colleagues and the Texas University Athletic Council is expected to approve the plan soon. The plan calls for switching the game frorrt the Saturday following the A&M-TCU ballgame to Thank sgiving Day, as long as the TCU game is not scheduled after Thank sgiving. If passed this would mean that the game could be played on Thanksgiving beginning next season and every year following, with the exception of when the TCU game is scheduled after Thanksgiving. So, in effect, the game would be played on Thanksgiving Day four out of every TWO-MILE RUN — Jim Bolleter, 915.03, 5 th. HIGH JUMP —Jim Howard, 7-2%, 1st. [WGptf L Seticd en tracksters finish 4th group ieTexas A&M University men’s team, still sluggish in the early ,, finished fourth Saturday in :t bosted by LSU. i meet was held at the LSU House in Baton Rouge. [SU took the meet with a 100- performance, while red-hot lor finished second at 82 and ida third with 76 points. A&M i&Mfa® ed 67 points for fourth, jvil and in the positive side, James Ho- serveik d qualified for the NCAA Chani- jring Id isbips with a 7-2% high jump, 1979"1 lf or f vrs y j n division, idminid ggje freshman Rod Richardson, dingtci » Louisiana originally, wowed inter#* crowd by taking the 60-yard dash |.18 seconds. 1 USED i I GOLD .ggie results from the day’s com- ton: 7PUT—Kevin McGinnis, 57-0, 3rd. flUD HURDLES — Mike Glaspie, 7.41, Busch, 7.67, 6th. WXRDDASH—Larry Kerr, 50.80, 6th. ItABORt/JV—Bart Daniel, 112.50, 3rd. h'CJUMP —Don Jones, 21-6‘/4, 6th. I'AflDDASH—Rod Richardson, 6.18, 1st; id Furlow, 6.26, 3rd. t\)$ LEVAULT—Mike Mullins, 15-8%, 5th. lO-tABD RUN — Dayrel Sthmoke, 39,6th. flE JUMP — Scott Roberson, 45-5%, >? WANTED! Cash paid or will swap for Aggie Ring Diamonds. W diamond brokm international, inc. w 693-1647 Eleate, no plated, layered or gold-filled items as their precious metal content is minimal. ^ DUl! i_nd FRENCH’S SCHOOLS 4 Convenient Locations After School Pick-up Infant, Day Care, Kindergarten & Private First Grade Tap-BaKet Classes rtrkf\f\ State Licensed 090-9900 Almost better than Grandma’s. The Ags were led by Reggie Roberts who turned in another super game. He had a career-high 18 points. Smith had 13 and Claude Riley, who fouled out of the game with 9:03 left in the second half, had 10. A&M outrebounded Texas 32-26 and shot a respectable 43.5 percent from the floor. The Longhorns, however, shot a blistering 54.5 per cent from the floor and 82 percent from the free throw line. “I thought both Reggie and Claude played very well,” said Met calf. “They hustle and compete all the time they are on the court. We really missed Claude when he fouled out.” It really hurts to lose at home like this, said Riley. The crowd was really supportive the whole way, he said, keeping the team going and fired up. “I’m not going to give up until the last game of the season is over. I’m going to play as hard as I can, ” Riley stated. “It’s the kind of attitude were trying to keep among the players right now. “We always talk about our confi dence if we keep that winning atti tude, something has just got to give. ” Riley said the Ags made the mis takes they should not have and Texas took advantage of them. Texas was not the better team, he said. “If we just keep on working we re going to win,” said Riley. “We thought we had it,” said Roberts. “We had the lead and then lost it. We’ve just got to keep on playing, keep our spirits up and look to our leaders.” Roberts said the team has to look to captains Smith and Wright for leadership. “They are the seniors and have the experience,” he said. “At guard, you have to become a leader, too, but I know, personally, I am not ready to take that role.” He said he has a great deal of re spect for the senior captains and would not feel comfortable ordering them around. “I just try to play the best I can under their leadership and hit all the open shots I can, ” said the Mckinney freshman. Maurice McDaniel, playing in only his second SWC game, was a bright spot coming off the bench. He scored eight points and had four re bounds in 18 minutes of play. “We played well,” he said. “We should have had this game but... it’s close, we’ll get it before the end of the season.” “If I knew what to do, I’d tell you,” said the disappointed, disgusted Metcalf. “I know the problems, I’m looking for the solutions. five years. The next Saturday game would be scheduled for the 1984 season. The game was moved from Thank sgiving Day when the University of Houston entered the conference in 1976 to accomodate the eight-game conference schedule each team must play. Tate said that the move would not only benefit the students, which he said would not have to cut their holi days short by coming back two days early for a Saturday game, but also would enhance the chances for the game to be televised. “I talked to Tom (Wilson) over the holidays and he was very positive about the switch. It was tradition to play the game on Thanksgiving and everybody liked it.” If the proposal ’ meets with much approval the Texas A&M University Athletic Council will vote on it in early February and, if passed, it could be put into effect for next foot ball season. GOOD FOR ONE FREE DRAFT BEER THE TBMBLEWEEB “WESTERN’DFMlKlNG‘ESTABLISHMENT’’ 3606 SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE Next To The Chicken Oil Co. BEER & MIXED DRINKS TWO DANCE FLOORS DJ THURS-SAT GAME ROOM NO COVER CHARGE! OPEN: MONDAY-FRIDAY SATURDAY 4:00-12:00 6:00-1:00 “We re playing the same way we did last year,” he added, “the differ ence is we are losing the games we were winning last year.” Metcalf said the Aggies have been in a position to win numerous times during the season, against TCU, Texas Tech, Rice, Arkansas and now, Texas, but have lost all with inconsis tency and mistakes. TEXAS (67) — Wacker 1 2-4 4, Thompson 11 10-10 32, Harper 5 2-3 12, Carson 0 0-0 0, Montgomery 2 0-0 4, Howland 5 5-5 15, Cun ningham 0 0-1 0. Totals 24 19-23 67. TEXAS A&M (63)— Smith 6 1-1 13, Wright 3 0-0 6, Riley 5 0-0 10, Ladson 10-0 2, Roberts 9 0-2 18, McDaniel 3 2-2 8, Woodley 0 0-0 0, Jones 3 0-0 6. Totals 30 3-5 63. Halftime — Texas 32, Texas A&M 31. Fouled out — A&M, Smith, Riley. Total fouls—Texas 11, Texas A&M 22. Technical fouls—none. A—6,032. 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