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TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1981
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By RICHARD OLIVER
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Vernon Smith looked helplessly
at the officials, his eyes pleading
for one more chance.
Reggie Roberts walked slowly
toward the dressing room, his
hands on his hips, staring straight
ahead.
Milton Woodley looked down
and then back up at a still net,
wondering if there was something
else he could have done.
Behind them, the TCU Horned
Frogs hesitated a moment,
glanced at the clock and at the offi
cials, and then erupted in yells and
ran after one solitary figure who
stood at the far end of the court
with his arms held high in the air.
Darrell Browder’s incredible
-foot jump shot over Woodley’s
outstretched arms with two
seconds left had given TCU a 62-
60 win in a contest marked by one
brief fight and two technical fouls
against both coaches.
Because of the win, the Horned
Frogs advance in the SWC post
season tournament to San Antonio
to take on Baylor Thursday.
For the Aggies, it was a bitter
end to an up-and-down season
that had seen them crawl from a
surprising 1-7 SWC start to a 7-1
second-half slate and a home court
berth in the tournament.
For Vernon Smith and Rynn
Wright, the final game of their col
legiate careers was a nightmare.
Smith ended with a respectable 19
points and nine rebounds, and
Wright had 13 points and eight
rebounds.
But neither will forget this
night. Only 4,321 fans showed up
for their finale.
The tone of the game was set
early as the referees let the contest
get so out of hand it resembled
greet basketball.
The comedy hit its zenith with
3:15 left in the first half, when
irowder went up for a jump shot
and Wright tipped the ball. The
Ihot glanced off the rim and a
Frogs’ player tipped it in. The offi
cial called the shot good despite it
being after the foul and then
claimed it was goaltending. Brow
der sank both ensuing free throws
after Metcalfs vehement cries re-
|ulted in a technical foul against
the Texas A&M bench to put TCU
up, 28-20.
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score a closer 28-25, Milton
Woodley dove for a ball, knocking
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The foul was called on Bridges,
and the TCU bench came alive.
Head Coach Jim Killingsworth
kicked a chair and stormed behind
the scorer’s table, screaming at
[the referee. He ran back onto the
[court and Bridges had to restrain
him. A technical was called against
the TCU bench, and Killing-
worth responded by stalking off
the court and into the TCU dres
sing room.
Claude Riley hit a 24-foot jump
shot as time expired and the
were within one at inter-
ission, 28-27.
Second half calls brought the
coaches to their feet time and time
again, with Metcalf at one point
taking off his coat and slinging it
around in exasperation at a call.
Three times Wright was called for
goaltending, and three times Met
calf protested.
Killingsworth, after the first half
Warning, was calmer the second
half, but at one point looked over
at the Texas A&M bench wide-
eyed and shook his head with Met
calf in agreement over a question
able call.
The score see-sawed for all of
the second half, with both de
fenses falling apart as the play be
came sloppy.
The fans, praised from several
points this season as being the
most well-behaved in the confer
ence, were also rowdy. At several
points the Texas A&M yell leaders
pleaded for silence during free
throws, but they were ignored.
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The Aggies, who were out-
rebounded 15-10 in the first half,
came back to finish the game with
four more than the Homed Frogs,
30-26, but it all became moot
when Browder’s shot went cleanly
through the net as time expired.
For Shelby Metcalf, it was the
end of perhaps his most frustrating
season. His team entered 1981 as
the team to beat, ranked high na
tionally, and destined to vie for the
national crown.
Instead, an 8-8 SWC record and
a first-round tournament loss la-
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ter, Metcalf sat bleary-eyed in
front of a strangely silent press
corps, trying vainly to find a
reason for the loss.
Officiating, lack of intensity and
lack of fans were all considered,
but it didn’t matter — it all hurt.
“We had three seasons this
year; two good seasons and one
bad one,” he said. “It’s tough to go
through all this adversity to get to
this position ... it’s really a heart-
breaker.
“They say time heals all
wounds. The season’s over. Now
there’s nothing to do but wait until
next year.”
Metcalf paused.
“I suffered when the players
suffered,” he said. “We went
through a shooting slump like I’ve
never seen the likes of. I’m just not
happy with what happened here
tonight.
“The season had its good points.
We won the North Carolina tour
nament (at the beginning of the
season).”
Aggie guard Bruce Sooter was
also stunned.
“We really didn’t deserve to
win with the way we played,” he
said quietly as his teammates si
lently dressed. “We didn’t have
much intensity.”
He agreed with Metcalf on
Browder’s final desperation shot.
“It was an amazing shot,” he
said. “I mean, what kind of play is
that when a player dribbles
around and then puts it up? It was
a great shot.”
In the TCU locker room, Kil
lingsworth was ecstatic.
“It was a game that could have
gone either way at the end,” he
said. “Browder just put it up and it
went in. To tell you the truth I
wasn’t even looking at the clock. I
was looking at A&M’s defensive
setup. I heard our assistant
coaches yelling at our guys to
shoot.
“I just couldn’t be any prouder
of these guys.”
For the Horned Frogs, it’s on to
join Texas, Baylor and Texas Tech
in the ranks of the tournament sur
vivors Thursday night, but for
Texas A&M, all that’s left is the
memory of one long jump shot rip
ping through the net as time ran
out on 1981.
Owls win Monday
5-4 in 10 innings
United Press International
HOUSTON — Rice reliever
Ronnie Peoples came in for Pat
Devine in the sixth inning Mon
day to put the clamp on Centen
ary and the Owls pulled out an
extra-inning 5-4 nonconference
baseball victory.
A squeeze bunt in the 10th
inning by pinch hitter David
Evans sent Owl Frank Dis-
hongh under the catcher’s tag
for the Rice victory.
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pulled out a 62-60 win on an amazing 38-foot
Staff photo by Brian Tate
jump shot by Darrell Browder with time run
ning out.' Texas A&M, 15-12, was thus elimin
ated from the Southwest Conference post
season tournament.
Texas A&M
TCU box
TCU (62) — Johnson 5 0-3 10,
Cucinella 3 0-0 6, Frevert 2 0-0 4,
Browder 12 6-6 30, Bridges 2 3-4
7, Baker 1 3-4 5, Collier 0 0-0 0,
Luke 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 12-17 62.
TEXAS A&M (60) — Smith 8
3-5 19, Wright 5 3-413, Riley 5 0-0
10, Roberts 4 2-2 10, Woodley 4
0-0 8, Jones 0 0-0 0, Sooter 0 0-0 0,
Ladson 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 8-11 60.
Halftime — TCU 28, Texas
A&M 27. Fouled Out — none.
Total Fouls — TCU 12, Texas
A&M 17. Technicals — Texas
A&M coach Metcalf, TCU coach
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