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THE BATTALION Page 11 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1981 'LIVER Southwest 'Hampton, gh jumpei spectator, J in 1979s ittentioaij e > Howanl Tall of (list sit by as his ie 1980 In. :ime in the s' torn liga- ed himsel k while te ime spring Jack on the s efforts i| ’hampion- strmnental t title ala jump. I third at the n Eugene, e Olympit iked bad during the vamping of the help of ich Charlie the sandy .'come the the South t in Foil up for mis. Champion, aping 7- irst indoor . said Mon. r I got beat icre ny First ia 4 points in j t. Arkansas. iy Houston any “sure' ut thatjosl sure point! said. “I a few first id indoors, top cross the nation Texas A&M reserve guard Bruce Scoter looks for an open teammate during action last Satur day against Texas. The game, played in front of 9,500 in Austin, was completely dominated the real well e included rds brokt put himii teammate (err joined id 440 yard Pierce given award as top player . U J United Press International e a ' DALLAS — Rice junior Ricky .Pierce scored 51 points and col ed in r® uns) real work out par. J good , we’ll & the best [link.’ lected 15 rebounds last week to gain the Southwest .Conference Player of the Week honors in a vote of conference basketball Coaches. MCOUNT1KKE18 ACCCmO-TUEtMJ lARt WILDER TOGETHER IN.. PRYOR "STIR CRAZY” (R) 7:30 & 9:55 MANOR EAST 3 Manor East Mall Pierce, the second leading scor er in the conference with 20.7 points per game, has been in dou ble figures in all of his 23 games ^ this year, scoring 20 or more in 11, insteadd including six of his last eight ■ting toje! 'games. ing style. out good- confide 11 consist* 11 I was wee lover.l® onfided om fori® 1 The Garland forward hit 22 in Riceswin over SMU, and hit 29 in a loss to Arkansas, where he col lected 11 rebounds. Texas A&M’s Vernon Smith, with 25 points in the Aggies’ 108-79 win over Texas Saturday, was second in the vot ing. Also receiving mention were . Arkansas’ Scott Hastings, Baylor’s Terry Teagle, Texas’ LaSalle Thompson, Baylor’s Ronnie Blake and Houston’s Larry Micheaux. ooooooooo CAMPUS 210 University 846-6512 NOW SHOWING: George C. Scott Marlin Brando in THE FORMULA” Frt. & Sat. Midnight: Richard Gere in “American Gigiio” Starts Feb. 27: “The First Deadly Sin” >0000000000000000 _ _.The 0 P( . OiWkcf Ags now playing as expected By RITCHIE PRIDDY Battalion Staff The Texas Aggies carry a 13-11 season record and a 6-8 Southwest Conference mark into tonight’s important basketball game with the TCU Homed Frogs in Fort Worth. The Aggies are currently tied with the Frogs for sixth place in the conference and tonight’s game will likely determine the home sites for next week’s first round of the SWC post-season tourna ment. The first and second place teams receive a bye into the semi final (third) round of the tourna ment. The third place team re ceives a bye into the second round. The fourth, fifth and sixth place teams will play at home next Mon day (March 2) against the ninth, eighth and seventh place teams, respectively, in the first round of the post-season tournament. The second, third and fourth rounds of the tournament will be played in San Antonio’s Hemis- Fair Arena. A&M-LSU box TEXAS A&M (57) — Smith 8 2-2 18, Wright 6 5-8 17, Riley 3 0-0 6, Roberts 5 0-0 10, Woodley 2 0-0 4, Jones 1 0-0 2, Sooter 0 0-0 0, McHugh 0 0-0 0, Brown 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 7-12 57. LOUISIANA STATE (67) — Mitchell 6 0-2 12, Macklin 1 2-3 4, Cook 3 4-6 10, Martin 4 4-612, Carter 7 7-7 21, Simms 0 4-4 4, Jones 1 0-02, Tudor 02-4 2, England 00-0 0, Bergeron 0 0-0 0, Costello 0 0-0 0, Camp bell 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 23-32 67. Halftime — Louisiana State 38, Texas A6cM 27. Fouled out — Woodley, Macklin. Total fouls — Texas A&M 24. Louisiana State 16. Technicals—Texas A&M team. A — 11,750. The Aggies appear to have final ly found themselves playing the kind of basketball they are capable of playing. After a miserable 1-7 first-half SWC finish, the Ags own a 5-1 second half mark with two games to go. During the last six SWC games the Aggies have some very in teresting statistics that show why they have made one of the biggest turnarounds in conference his tory: The Aggies have been averag ing 75 points per game while their opponents average 61. They have been hitting a very respectable 56 percent from the field, their opponents 45.5 per cent. They have been out- rebounding their opponents by a average of 10.5 per game, averag ing 39.3 per outing. In one of the most important categories, Texas A&M has made better than 73 percent of their charity tosses, as compared to their opponent’s 70 percent. Leading the way are the men ^MSC AGGIE CINEMA "COUSIN COUSINE" responsible for the team’s turnar ound — Vernon Smith, Rynn Wright, Claude Riley, Reggie Roberts, Milton Woodley and Roy Jones. The six have combined for 428 of the team’s 450 points and 206 of their 236 rebounds over the six- game SWC stretch. Smith is the leader in both cate gories as he has averaged 20.5 points (123) and 9.1 rebounds (55) per game in the six game stretch. Wright is next with 13.5 (81) points and nine (54) rebounds per game. Riley is next with 9.8 (59) points and six (36) rebounds per game. Good guard play has played an extremely important part over the past six games and Roberts and Woodley have provided the bulk of that. They have averaged 13.3 (80) and 7.3 (44) points per game re spectively, and 3.1 (19) rebounds each per game. They have also combined for a whopping 58 assists (26 and 32 re spectively). Because of this late-season ral ly, the Ags have found themselves sitting in a dark horse position. If things go well for them in the post season tournament (and by all in dications they will) they could conceivably receive an NCAA playoff berth. But at 13-11, the Aggies would have to win the tour nament to qualify for the NCAA. Here’s where the NIT (National Invitational Tournament) comes into view. A good showing in the SWC post-season tournament could very likely bring an invita tion along with it to that tourna ment for the Aggies. With continuing success (de spite their record) the Aggies could surprise a few teams (and lots of people around the country, as well) and wind up winning some big games very soon. Whatever the case may be, playing at the caliber they have been the Ags may well be on their way to an exciting conclusion to an exciting season. StafF photo by Greg Gammon by the Aggies, who blew out the Longhorns, 108-79 in front of a regional television audi ence. 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