sports
Battalion/Page 14
January 19, 1982
Ag basketball
squad to play
tonight at SMU
by Frank L. Christlieb
Sports Editor
The Texas A&M basketball team, tied for second place in the
Southwest Conference with a 2-1 record, plays the Southern
Methodist Mustangs tonight at 7:30 in Dallas’ Moody Coliseum.
The Mustangs enter the game with a conference record of 1-3,
with their only win coming over the struggling Univex sity of Hous
ton Cougax s 67-66 on UH’s home coux t. Picked by many as league
favorites, the Cougars have found their early SWC schedule a
rough one after also losing to the front-running University of
Texas. The Longhorns are 13-0 for the year and 5-0 in conference
play.
The Aggies, 9-4 for the year, have been haunted by poor shoot
ing duxing their first three confei ence games. Texas A&M has shot
44 percent in those outings, while its opponents have shot 49
percent.
The leading Aggie scorer in SWC play is forward Claude Riley,
averaging 12.6 points a game, while guards Tyien Naulls and
Reggie Robexts follow with 11.6 and 10 points a game. For the
season, Riley is avexaging 15 points a game.
Texas A&M Head Coach Shelby Metcalf has cited Riley’s strong
rebounding as one important factor so far this season. Riley, a 6-10
junior, has had double-figure rebound totals in 10 of the Aggies’
13 games.
Metcalf said the Aggies will have their hands full in playing the
Mustangs.
“They’ll be well-prepared for us,” Metcalf said. “They’re a
strong team and they shoot the ball well. I have a lot of respect for
(SMU) Coach Dave Bliss — he’s done a real fine job with his team.”
Here’s a wrapup of the Aggies’ games over the holiday break:
In the Sun Carnival Classic, held Dec. 18-19 in FJ Paso, the
Aggies defeated Oklahoma State University 80-72. Texas A&M
shot 53 percent from the field and the Cowboys shot 44 percent, as
Riley scored 21 points and had 11 rebounds. Naulls scored 14
points and finished with eight rebounds. As a team, the Aggies had
48 rebounds, compared to 37 for the Cowboys.
In the tournament championship, the Aggies played their worst
game of the season, losing 60-40 to the University of Texas at El
Paso. Naulls led Texas A&M scorers with 11 points, as the Aggies
shot only 35 percent from the field and the Miners managed 44
percent. UTEP outrebounded Texas A&M 42-29 in a physical
game which found the Miners handling the Aggies easily. Riley
and Naulls made the all-tournament team, while Fred Reynolds of
UTEP w'as the Most Valuable Player, scoring 17 points against the
Aggies.
In the Christmas Classic in Las Vegas, Nev., the Aggies defeated
Miami of Ohio 73-53, as Roberts scored 22 points, hitting 10 of 14
from the floor. Center/forward Lonniel Bluntson made his first
start of the year, replacing forward Roy Jones, who was suffering
from the flu. Bluntson scored 18 points as the Aggies shot 57
percent from the field and Miami-Ohio shot only 37 percent.
In the tournament championship, the Aggies lost once again to
the University of Nevada at Las Vegas 83-76 as Riley had 20 points,
Naulls had 12 and center Rudy Woods had 10 points. Aggies shot
49 percent from the floor and the Runnin’ Rebels finished at 60
percent.
The Aggies, down 48-37 at halftime, cut the lead to five points at
72-67 with about five minutes left in the game, but the Rebels
pulled away. Forward Sidney Green led UNLV with 22 points,
while guard Larry Anderson scored 20.
Following the game, Metcalf said he was pleased with the way
the Aggies battled back, having been down by 18 at one point in the
fu st half. He said Texas A&M gained more from the tournament
than from either of the other two it had played in, describing the
Aggies as “probably right on schedule.”
Aggies returned home to face Stephen F. Austin University, and
the Lumberjacks, entering the game with an 8-0 record, nearly
caught the Aggies looking too far ahead to their confeience open
er with TCU. SFA shot 51 percent and Texas A&M shot 49
percent, as the Aggies ended the game with 27 rebounds to SFA’s
24. Roberts had 21 points and Riley had IT points and 10 re
bounds.
Aggies entered Southwest Conference play against the Horned
Frogs of TCU, and took a 60-54 win in Fort Worth in front of 7,166
fans. Texas A&M shot only 42 pexcent and TCU finished at 43
percent. Roberts was the leading scorer with 16 points, while Riley
had 10 rebounds for his eighth double-figure x ebounding game in
the Aggies’ first 11 games.
Aggies defeated the Baylor University 47-46 in G. Rollie White
Coliseum, nearly losing on a last-second despex ation shot by Bear
fox ward Joe Copeland.
The Aggies lost to Texas Tech University 68-64 after leading
40-29 at halftime. Riley scored 12 points and grabbed 16 of Texas
A&M’s 42 rebounds, while Naulls scored 23 points for a season
high.
Former Owl star
to receive funds
United Press International
SEAGOVILLE — In four
years, foimer all-pro, all-
America receiver Billy Howton
becomes eligible to receive $375
a month from a National Foot
ball League Players Association
pension fund he helped create.
But for right now, Howton
spends his time in a federal
minimum-security prison play
ing golf, racquetball and tennis.
Howton was a founder and
the first president of the Nation
al Football League Players Asso
ciation, and now he works at
Seagoville as a clerk in chax ge of
inmates' food.
He was sentenced to five
yeaxs in prison last August for
bilking $8 million out of com
panies for bogus guaxanteed
student loan packages. In the
schemes that got him throwm in
prison, Howton sold fake secur
ities packages to the University
of Pittsburgh, Blue Cross of
Florida and several lending in
stitutions.
In a series of stories published
in a Houston newspaper, How
ton said he regrets the fraudu
lent business activity that led to
his imprisonment.
“I’ve felt remorseful about
losing all the customers’ money.
My partners invested it in gold
futures and got demolished,” he
said.
“My personality is the same
whether I’m here or in the street
or selling life insurance in Hong
Kong,” he said. “Hopefully, I’ll
get this thing rectified and get
out of here. But the federal
wheels turn slowly.”
Howton was all-America wath
Rice in 1951 and a three-time
all-star with the Green Bay Pack
ers. Howton played in the pros
for 12 seasons, also playing for
the Cleveland Browns and Dal
las Cowboys.
Howton helped organize the
pro football players union in the
late 1950s to form a pension
plan and to force some NFL
teams to provide insurance cov-
ex age and to stop taking advan
tage of players in making en
dorsements.
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