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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1981
iports
Vletcalf says Illini Classic
oss experience for Aggies
y FRANK L. CHRISTLIEB
Sports Editor
he Texas A&M basketball
m’s performance on its first
| d trip of the season wasn ’t spec-
j alar, but coach Shelby Metcalf
I iks the Aggies gained valuable
• terience from it.
1 Ufter defeating Oklahoma City
iversity 89-77 in Friday night’s
> t-round game of the Illinois
i issic in Champaign, Ill., the
I i;ies dropped Saturday’s tour-
; nent championship game 76-63
i hosting Illinois University in
■ nt of more than 16,000 fans.
} wever, Metcalf has been
| ough too many road losses dur-
; his 19-year Texas A&M career
?et worried after the first of this
I ison.
‘We played well,’’ Metcalf said.
Ithought it was a very good ex-
rience for us. I was pleased with
p way we played.
The Aggies, now 4-1, faced one
of the nation’s best unranked
teams in the Fighting Illini, who
raised their record to 4-1 by win
ning the Illinois Classic for the
third year in a row. Illinois’ only
loss of the season came in over
time at the hands of No. 11-ranked
Missouri.
In the Aggies’ win over Oklaho
ma City, forward Claude Riley
and guard Tyren Naulls each
scored 17 points, while center
Rudy Woods finished with 16.
Texas A&M outrebounded the
Chiefs 44-42, with Woods’ 11 and
Riley’s eight leading the way.
The Aggies continued to shoot
well, hitting 53 percent of their
shots against OCU, while the
Chiefs could connect on only 44
percent. Texas A&M totaled 10
blocked shots in the game, as
Woods had four and Roy Jones and
Lonniel Bluntson each had three.
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The Chiefs’ James Campbell
scored 31 points, while Rubin
Jackson had 20. Campbell, who
set a tournament record with 51
total points after scoring 20 in the
Chiefs’ 77-52 third-place win
Saturday night over Army, hit 15
of 23 shots against the Aggies.
Illinois had defeated Army 72-
37 in the tourney’s opening game
Friday night, causing most follow
ers to anticipate the Aggie-
Fighting Illini championship
game. Texas A&M and Illinois
Lave similar teams, with both hav
ing quick guards but depth prob
lems at the forward and center
positions.
After both teams started the
game hitting nearly all their shots,
the Aggies took a 17-12 lead with
15:04 left in the game. While the
Aggies went cold, the Illini con
tinued their hot shooting to take a
41-35 halftime lead.
The game was tied nine times in
the first half, with the last dead
lock at 31-31 with 5:23 remaining
in the half.
Texas A&M had its chances to
narrow the six-point lead in the
second half, but Illinois' unex-
E ected weapon scored basket after
asket to send the Illini to a 70-55
lead with 5:46 left in the game.
Senior James Griffin, a 6-10 center
from Texas’ Grandview High
School, scored a career-high 27
points for Illinois, while senior
guard Craig Tucker finished with
17.
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For the Aggies, Woods had 20
points and six rebounds, and Riley
had 15 points and 13 rebounds.
Guard Reggie Roberts had 12
points to equal his total from the
previous night. The Illini outre-
bounded the Aggies 35-33, while
shooting 56 percent from the field.
Riley was named to the all
tournament team, along with
Campbell of OCU, and Griffin,
Tucker and Perry Range of Illi
nois. Griffin was also named the
tourney MVP.
Metcalf said Illinois, which had
been noted mostly for quick
guards after losing its front line
last season, was the best team the
Aggies have faced this season.
“That was probably the most
quickness we’ve seen out there
this year,” Metcalf said. “Griffin
played the best game he’s ever
had,. and their inside game was
better than we thought.”
Riley said the Aggies’ first road
trip of the year will have a positive
effect on the team.
“The game against OCU was
kind of a sluggish game,” Riley
said. "We had been in the fast-
paced games, but this one was a
little slower. We were kind of
used to the high-spirited crowd,
and we got out there and heard
boos.
Season’s end
Volleyball team loses to No. 1 Hawaii'
t
“It (the loss) is definitely not
going to hurt us, because we play
ed well. We re just going to work
to correct the things we did
wrong. There’s not a player that’s
down — everybody’s got a posi
tive attitude.”
The
Battalion
By GAVE DENLEY
Buttulion Staff
The top-ranked University of
Hawaii ended post-season play for
the Texas A&M women’s vol
leyball team this weekend, defeat
ing the Aggies in the NCAA re
gional semi-finals in Seattle,
Wash., in straight games, 15-7,
15-9, and 15-7.
The match, televised on CBS in
Hawaii, pitted the 15th-rated
Aggies against the nation’s num
ber one volleyball power. Texas
A&M earned a berth in the game
by beating 20th-rated Pepperdine
University last weekend in G. Rol-
lie White Coliseum.
“It was a good, match,” Coach
Terry Condon said. “We played
with them at the beginning of ev-
strong start, but the quick defense
and net play of Hawaii were more
than they could handle.
“It was their defense mainly
that hurt us — they dig every
thing,” she said. “We also had
trouble passing their serves, and
that hurt a little.”
Wendy Wilson, Sue Wetzel and
Chemine Doty had outstanding
efforts tor the Aggies, Condon
said, adding that the entire team
played one of its better matches.
Although they lost, Condon
said it was hard for the Aggies to
be depressed — they were just
happy to have advanced as far as
they did in post-season play;
"We expected to be in the top
twenty, but getting to regionals
added bonus,”
ten
was just an
said.
The University of Soutl
California went on to win the
gion. upsetting Hawaii in the
round.
The Aggies finished the
with a 40-16 record and their
est-ever NCAA ranking. All-SWCj
picks for the Aggies include Wf
son, a senior outside hitter,)»
nifer Geise and Sue Wetzel,
junior middle blockers, andCki
mine Doty, a freshman se
team middle blocker.
Wilson, who missed her
mencement exercises to play
weekend, said it was well w
“They’re both important,
don’t have any regrets,’’she
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ery game.
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Battalion Staff
The Aggie Ladies’ basketball
team played its “best game of the
year" Saturday against Oklahoma
State University, hut lost 72-56.
Coach Cherri Rapp said another
poor shooting performance
spoiled one of the Aggies best-
executed games of the season.
Although Texas A&M outshot
Oklahoma State 65-62, and shot 21
free throws to the Cowboys’ 19,
the Aggies could sink only 35 per
cent of their field goals. Oklahoma
State, on the other hand, con
nected on 48 percent of its
attempts.
“We played our best game of
the year, but we just couldn’t hit
the basket,” Rapp said.
Oklahoma State took an early
lead, and the score went back and
forth for most of the first half. The
Cowboys went wenf on a spurt
near the end of the half, she said,
to establish a 38-27 halftime lead.
The Aggies pulled within four
points twice in the second half,
but the Texas A&M press, playing
catch-up, gave up a couple of key
baskets that sealed Oklahoma
State’s victory.
"They were a good team,’’Bap;
said. "It’s worth 10 points justli
have the home court, though,®
we don’t feel too bad.”
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percentages, which are becoming
a habit, can be corrected, shesaii
and the players will focus on their
shooting in the next fewpractitfi
The loss, their fourth in as man!
starts, drops the Aggies to 3-ioi
the season. In its only otheractiot
this semester, Texas A&M traveli
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to face Wayland Baptist Universi
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State University.
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