THE BATTALION
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1981
Secret is out—Aggies romp by Tech
JON HEIDTKE
Battalion Staff
Texas A&M unveiled a new look
Saturday afternoon in G. Rollie
White, a two-guard lineup, and the
result was a convincing 65-52 victory
over Texas Tech.
Gone from the A&M playbook is
the lineup which Head Coach Shel
by Metcalf termed as “the four big
ones and Tyrone.” The former
lineup worked well early in the year
as the Aggies reeled off seven
straight wins; but a horrendous
slump, the loss of Rudy Woods, and
the development of Reggie Roberts
and Milton Woodley into an effective
guard combination prompted Met
calf to make the change.
“We are now pushing the ball up
the floor faster,” Metcalf said about
the two-guard lineup, “and defen
sively both Roberts and Woodley are
looking for steals.”
Roberts and Woodley made their
presence felt immediatley after the
opening tip-off when Woodley stole
a Tech inbound pass and fired it to
Roberts who converted it into a
three-point play giving A&M a 3-0
lead.
'The Aggies led the first seven mi
nutes, but a long jumper by Bubba
Jennings gave Tech its first lead at
12-10. From then on in, the lead
changed hands nine times the first
half until Woodley and Roberts com
bined for seven straight points in a
two-minute stretch and turned a 28-
27 Tech lead into a 34-28 A&M
advantage.
Both teams managed one more
bucket during the period and A&M
lead at the half 36-30.
Texas A&M's 3-2 zone defense was
extremely effective throughout the
ball game and during the first 20 mi
nutes limited Tech’s inside game
consisting of 6-8 Ralph Brewster, 6-6
Clarence Swannegan and 6-6 Ben
Hill to a combined total of 10 shots,
of which they hit four.
The only reason the Red Raiders
were within six, was due to the
sharp-shooting of the freshman Jen-
The three men responsible for much of Satur
day’s action are shown here as Bubba Jennings
(4) of Texas Tech looks for passing room while
Milton Woodley (25) and Reggie Roberts (22)
look on. Roberts and Woodley combined for 28
points for the Aggies while Jennings hit 16 for
Staff photo by Brian Tate
the Red Raiders. Texas A&M played up to
their lofty preseason expectations and won the
game by the score of 65-52. The Aggies return
to action Tuesday night when they will face
SMU in Dallas.
game by hitting 19outof21foraiifj
perfect 91 percent. Hardly thee
charity shooting team that is lasl;
the conference at a weak 59 per®:
Vernon Smith led the free tiro
barrage by hitting nine of nine,}
eluding eight down the streti
Though he didn’t shoot well froml
field, Smith finished with 17 poij
and six rebounds.
Another difference in the Agg*
this game was that they eliminate
costly turnovers. A&M only him
over three times during the sm
half and none of those led tole
buckets.
In the second half, Metcalf a
the Aggies had a slight changein|
3-2 zone to shut down the shooting!
Jennings. The result was thatjei
nings hit only two of nine shots, ml
the Tech offense became nn
existent.
For the game, Roberts led alls*
ers with 18 points. Riley
with 12 points and a game high sera]
rebounds, while teammates
ley and Rynn Wright hit for 10m|
eight points respectively.
The Red Raiders were
sively by Jenning’s 16
Taylor’s 14 points and
12 points. Metcalf said the teamls
been completely reshaped sinceDt
cember and is now one of the “W
kept secrets in Texas". “Idon’tw
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5-10 Jennings, who was highly re
cruited by A&M before opting for
Tech, connected on five of six shots
from the field mostly from 25 feet out
over A&M’s zone.
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offensively by Roberts, who hit six of
seven shots for 15 points, and Claude
Riley, who hit four of five for 10
points.
In the second half, Tech battled
back and tied the game at 42 midway
through the period. With 6:45 left in
the game A&M held a slim 50-48
lead.
The Aggies had been in this posi
tion before through much of the sea
son and had yet been able to win a
conference game down the stretch.
Of A&M’s seven SWC losses, only
Baylor beat the Aggies by more than
five points.
One interesting statistic showed
that even though A&M had lost
seven of nine conference games com
ing into the Tech game, they still
outscored their opponents by an av
erage of 1.2 points per game.
“When we won, we played real
good,” Metcalf said, “but when we
lost, we just played well enough to
get beat.”
But for the first time this year, the
Aggies controlled the game the final
six minutes and broke it open to win
by 13 points.
But things weren’t as easy as they
seem. For one thing the Aggies hit
13 of 14 free throws and finished the
Since the Aggies have installed! ast Tex
two-guard lineup with the tandeiM The A
Woodley and Roberts, they havepil js matcl
back-to-back impressive victor* :eded i
over Baylor and now Tech. irpriset
It also appears the Aggies horri “I was
shooting slump is over, since I ams ar
team has hit better than 50 percent! irly in
its shots the last three games, Ivantag
Metcalf said they still have top* Kent!
four more teams in the standings! :eping
get the home court advantagedur; fnetrat
the opening rounds of the SI The ;
Tournament, but only three anil atches
half games seperates the Aggies fe ie tenn
the fourth-place Rice Owls. ken am
Texas A&M returns to adit lain at
Tuesday night in Dallas when Surpi
takes on the cellar-dwelling SSI ffect on
Mustangs. The Aggies then travel It w
Rice on Saturday before return plain [
home to challenge the Arkana at the
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Ag women defeat Southwest
By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M women’s tennis
team began the spring season strong
ly by dominating and defeating
Southwest Texas State University 8-
1 Saturday.
The team had jitters at first, said
coach Jan Cannon, because of the
crowd and format of the match. The
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match was played with the men’s
team as the two Aggie teams alter
nated courts.
“It was an experiment for us,” said
Cannon. “But the kids and fans liked
it and before the day was over, the
format had become an asset for us.”
Cannon said she was pleased with
the fan turnout, especially since the
match coincided with the Texas
A&M basketball game. She also said
they would think about trying to get
more matches into the same format.
In singles: Liliana Fernandez de
feated Lynette Woodbridge 2-6, 6-4,
6-4; Pam Hill beat JoAnne Gulley
6-2, 6-4; Maylen Hooten defeated
Brenda Heimann by default
(Heimann aggravated an achilles
tendon injury); Amy Gloss beat Jenni
Bettauer 6-0, 6-0; Sonja Hutcherson
defeated Debbie Cook 6-1,6-21
Laura Hanna beat Jennifer Ha®
6-4, 6-3.
The doubles results: Hi ■
Hutcherson defeated Woobridf
Gulley 6-4, 6-4; Closs-Hannalosli
Heimann-Cook 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
Hooten-Fernandez beat Bettaue
Hansell 6-0, 7-6.
“We had some super wins,”
Cannon. “Woodbridge is an Austo
lian who has been in the U S,
about two weeks. She is the sec®
best player I have seen this year
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