THE BATTALION Page 11
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1981
ongnorns take overtime win from Aggies, 67-63
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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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