Page 16 THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1981
Scrapping Ags look for revenge
By RICHARD OLIVER
Sports Editor
Many label Jan. 20 as the day
the Texas Aggies fell apart in the
Southwest Conference race.
On that day, the Rice Owls slip
ped past sluggish Texas A&M, 54-
50, in front of a spirited G. Rollie
White crowd. The Ags had fallen
to a 1-4 record and shot only a
miserable 41 percent from the
floor.
Instead of waltzing throught the
conference as the defending
champions they were, the Aggies
Analysis
Staff photo by Greg Gammon
Rynn Wright leaps to defend against a Texas Tech player’s
shot last Saturday while Claude Riley, left, and Vernon Smith
watch. The Aggies won that game, 65-52. Texas A&M, 4-7,
plays Rice, 6-5, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on Autry Court in
Houston.
Lady Aggies to play
Tech in must game
By JON HEIDTKE
Battalion Staff
Texas A&M women’s basketball team travels to Lubbock Saturday to
take on Texas Tech at 5 p. m. in what Head Coach Cherri Rapp calls the
“most important game of the season. ”
The importance stems from the fact that the game is the opening
round of the state tournament. If the Aggies are to keep any post
season hopes alive, they must beat the Red Raiders, a team which has
already beaten them three times this season.
The Aggie Ladies, 6-18 season, have lost to the Red Raiders by three
in Lubbock, 63-60, by 11 in the Southwest Conference Tournament,
62-51, and by 17 last Saturday in G. Rollie White by the score of80-63.
Though the Red Raiders have won all three contests this season.
Assistant Coach Cindy Gough said that it might work in the Aggies
favor. “It is tough to beat one team four times in a season,” Gough said,
“and I think they might be a little overconfident.”
Gough said for the Aggies to win, they must shoot a good percentage
and hustle on defense the entire 40 minutes. “I feel we have quicker
guards and if we pressure their guards, we can force them into bad
passes,” she said.
Texas Tech’s inside game has beaten A&M in the past, so the Aggies
must shut down the trio of Gwen McCray, Tammy Anderson and
Carolyn Thompson who have dealt the Aggies the most misery this
season, if they are to win.
Gough said another key to A&M’s success will be to get quick
outlook passes and push the ball up and down the court all night. “We
need to run to be have a chance,” she said.
On the season, Kelley Sullivan leads the team in scoring with an
average of 9.1 points a game, while Trigg Crawford tops the team in
rebounding with an average of six a game.
found themselves lying flat on
their backs on their way to a 1-7
first half record, looking up at
eight colorful tail ends above them
on the SWC ladder.
Now, however, after that miser
able start, the Owls find them
selves flapping aimlessly while
falling apart in the Twilight Zone
that is the 1981 SWC race while
Texas A&M, the “best seventh
place team in the conference,” is
busy characteristically ambushing
everyone as expected.
I While the Aggies are enjoying a
. positive roll for a change, the
memory of that Jan. 20 humilia
tion in front of 8,000 home fans
lingers on.
“This is a pivotal game for us,”
Head Texas A&M Coach Shelby
Metcalf said Thursday. “A success
at Rice will help us with our confi
dence. Every time you have suc
cess, it’s going to reinforce you.”
And that reinforcement has be
come especially important for the
Aggies as the post-season tourna
ment draws near. Each week, the
pressure builds and the games are
more important.
The Ags face Rice Saturday in a
must game at 7:30 p.m. in Autry
Court before returning to G. Rol
lie White Coliseum next Tuesday
to take on the SWC’s most im
proved team — Arkansas.
The 8-3 Hogs will face the 9-2
Houston Cougars in Fayetteville
Saturday night in the game of the
year. But, while most eyes will be
turned north for that contest, the
Aggies will be busy trying to con
tinue a great comeback on the
coast.
“I’m just not ready to concede
that we’re gonna get there yet (the
post-season tournament’s ‘final
four’ in San Antonio),” said Met
calf. “Every game has become so
important. We had to win some
before they got important, you
know. ”
The crazy way the conference is
going this year, any team is cap
able of knocking off anyone, and
Metcalf is more than aware of the
upsets possible.
“I imagine everyone is just con
cerned about taking care of busi
ness, ” he said. “They’re not going
to be looking at anybody else
much. We messed around — got
bent out of shape a bit. But now we
have a bunch of pressure games. If
we do get to the tournament we
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good things have to go good for
us.”
For the most part, the Aggies’
recent successes bave been spur
red by the return of senior Vernon
Smith to regular form. Smith
helped the Ags overcome a feisty
Mustangs squad Tuesday night by
scoring 21 points.
The team has also been controll
ing the boards, bringing down an
average of 6.2 rebounds more than
their opponents. Senior Rynn
Wright is leading that charge with
8.4 caroms averaged a game.
The guard situation, a bit shaky
as the Aggies faltered, has appa
rently been solved, as junior Mil-
ton Woodley and freshman Reggie
Roberts have won starting posi
tions and the hearts of Texas A&M
fans.
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Perhaps the most consistent
Aggie, Claude Riley, has found his
outside shooting touch but is still
having some defensive struggles.
Yet, his enthusiasm and leader
ship has been an obvious help.
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