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Page 10 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1981 Sports Fights mar ballgame >11 HAIR DESIGNS FOR MEN AND WOMEN Open 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday thru Saturday Located behind Ramada Inn off University Drive in College Station SEEKING PRODUCTS AVAILABLE AUTHORIZED SEEKING CENTER 846-2924 Com* test Aggies lose heated contest, 65-61 By RICHARD OLIVER Sports Editor “It doesn’t make any difference where they are, they’re going to get the calls.” Texas A&M basketball coach Shelby Metcalf looked worn. Mi nutes before, his team had staged a fine comeback before falling just short to the 17th-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks, 65-61, in G. Rollie White Coliseum in front of only 6,200 fans (capacity 7,500). After falling behind by 11 with 3:15 left in the game, the Aggies outscored the Razorbacks 17-10 as time ran out. But the effort was just not good enough. The game was punctuated by fights and controversial officiating against both sides, including one which may have been the turning point with 1:51 left. Texas A&M, behind 57-49, in stituted a full-court press to try and force a turnover. Hogs’ guard Sun Theatres 333 University 846- The only movie in town 846-9808 Double-Feature Every Week * FACES> REAL ROCK N’ ROLL — OPEN 7 NIGHTS A WEEK — HAPPY HOUR 4-6 PM WED-FRI LADIES — $1.00 COVER AND FREE BAR DRINKS GUYS — NO COVER 4-6. PRESENT COUPON DURING HAPPY HOUR AND GET 1ST DRAW BEER FREE IN SKAGGS CENTER NEXT TO ELECTRIC COWBOY 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Fri.-Sat. No one unde' ' 8 BOOK STORE A ?Sc PEEP SHOWS DR. YECHIEL WEITSMAN (Professor in the Dept. Civil Engineering) Feb. 18 — 7:30 P.M. 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Metcalf was bewildered as he faced an equally confused press corps. “They don’t have continuation in college ball, do they?” he said, referring to the NBA rule that allows a follow-through basket to count after a foul. “Hell, I learned something. I didn’t even know it (the continuation rule) was in the game. It’s in — you saw it—it’s in. (SWC Commisioner Cliff) Speegle was down here. We shook hands before the game and he didn’t even bother to tell me about it. Now that’s communication. “I thought it was a smart foul.” Despite the controversial call, the Razorbacks showed a regional television audience that they were not the same team that started off the year with three SWC losses in a row. The Hogs executed well, hit the buckets when they needed them, and shut down any Aggie fast breaks with an excellent full- court press and man-on-man de fense. It was their eighth win in a row, raising their record to a league-leading 10-3. Texas A&M fell to 5-8. The ballgame was physical from the start, as the players pushed and shoved. Soon, however, the officials let that pushing and shov ing get out of control and fistfights erupted. With 7:42 left in the first half, Arkansas guard Darrell Walker, who has recently been in hot water with Head Razorback Coach Eddie Sutton, took the pressing Reggie Roberts defense to heart and shoved the Texas A&M guard. A fight ensued which eventually drew coaches and players off the bench and onto the floor along with a few athletic officials. Instead of penalizing the two players, the referees made the pair shake hands after pleas by Sutton and Metcalf aborted an ini tial inclination to throw them out of the game. It took almost 10 minutes to res tore order. Roberts, who even- ray stu not _) iWki ^— dp 1981 tually fouled out midway through the second half with only four points to his credit, was calm ab out the incident following the game. “He (Walker) had been talking noise to me all during the game, ” he said, “and pushing me around. I’d had enough after awhile. He pushed me on the chest. I pushed him back. He started swinging so I started swinging. It had been going on all game. Then Hastings came up from behind and took a shot.” Hastings was a name brought up more than once by the Texas A&M players after the game. According to several of them, the junior center was “a pretty cheap gay.’* “Most of it happened away from the ball,” said Metcalf. “The best I can tell, it was more (that) things were being said. I’ve never seen them (Aggie players) react like that before. I’ve got to believe Hastings and Walker were in on it all.” With 11:47 left in the contest, Hastings became the target of another Aggies’ wrath. Texas A&M center Claude Riley took a wild swing at the Hogs’ center and was thus ejected for a fragrant foul. With seven seconds left, Aggie Roy Jones fouled Hastings away from the ball, falling on top of him hard after a pass. As he got up, Jones was kicked by Hastings. No foul was called on the Arkansas old for dent) was a dead ball foul, ft Hastings gets Roy there at k court, they (the referees) there had already been a foil led. That’s sort of a contradict isn’t it? I mean, what’s thedi £ten ence? That’s the only thinglb faci “Those are good officials, ii slgot get me wrong. I’ll take thee nights of the year. And theyda care who wins. “I don’t know why there was: inconsistency.” The loss was a hard one t for the Aggie coach. A repot; piped up: “This game’ll tnakci ^ old man out of you.” last Mu Metcalf looked downatl coke: "Yeah, it will. “We had two crucial missedti lam throws at the end of the game. 1; Ma; know one or two mistakes we play the difference in the b We just don’t have the depth # had some players play tonighttk we didn’t have play in gameslil Rice where we won by as mud) 15. When you look at it thatv you have to be real proud oil way we played. You just cantla eve: 80 percent of the players you no his i mally play (four of seven reft ( lars.” Metcalf said the physic aspects of basketball are pa game. center. “Claude (Riley) was thrown out on a flagrant foul after a violation, ” said Metcalf. “It (the Jones inci- “The sign of a good athlete is be able to retaliate and noli caught. 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FRESHMAN CLASS BALL MARCH 6 Texas A&M Arkansas boxscore the 27, Meetings for Details Thurs. 19th 7:30 p.m. ARKANSAS (65) — Peterson 3# Brown 5 2-3 12, Hastings 6 7-9 19, 2-3 14, Young 4 1-2 9, Freiss00-00,^ Pei 0 0-0 0, Skulman 1 0-0 2. Totals 2515-S : ‘ TEXAS A&M (61) — Smith 6 H : HOll Wright 7 3-5 17, Riley 10-02, Roberts-'' 4, Woodley 2 0-0 4, Jones 7 0-114, So®* 0-0 2, Brown 00-00, McHugh 10-02^ |g Q 27 7-10 61. . y Halftime — Arkansas 28, Texas V|(J| Fouled out — Wright, Roberts, Wo<g Total fouls — Arkansas 16, Texas AS'); Technicals — Riley (ejected). 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