Texas A&M
The Battalion Sports
Monday, January 25, 1982
Costly win
Aggies defeat Rice 68-59, but Jones injured
Texas A&M forward Claude Riley (13)
shoots over Rice’s Kenny Austin and Willis
Wilson during the Aggies’ 68-59 win over
the Owls Saturday night in Autry Court.
photo by Donn Friedman
Texas A&M, now 11-4 on the season and
4-1 in the Southwest Conference, will play
the Arkansas Razorbacks Tuesday night at
7:30 in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
by Frank L. Christlieb
Sports Editor
Shelby Metcalf had hoped his
injury problems had ended, hut
they hadn’t.
His Texas A&M basketball
squad had rebounded from a
68-64 loss to Texas Tech two
weeks ago to defeat the SMU
Mustangs 81-55 Tuesday in Dal
las. With the Aggies well on their
way to Saturday night’s 68-59
win at Rice, everything seemed
to be going right.
However, an serious injury to
6-7 starting forward Roy Jones
may put a damper on the quality
basketball Texas A&M has play
ed in its last two games. Jones
sustained two injuries during
the Owl contest, but the final
one may keep him out for the
rest of the season.
Jones’ first injury occurred
with 4:35 left in the first half of
the game. Dr. Duane H. Lagan,
the Texas A&M team physician,
said:
“The first injury was actually
a very insignificant injury,”
Lagan said. “It was a muscle pull
on the inside of his left thigh.
Roy fell down and wallowed
around a bit and we had to help
him off the court.”
Jones was taken to the dres
sing room, but returned to start
the second half. Although the
thigh was bandaged, Jones had
no trouble during most of the
second half.
However, with about six mi
nutes to go in the game, Jones
injured his right leg. Lagan said
most people in Autry Court
didn’t realize that Jones had
been injured.
“We heard him yell out in
pain,” Lagan said. “A guy hit
him from the side and pushed
Roy Jones
his knee inward, and he fell
down for a moment. He got back
up and went downcourt and
seemed to be all right. They Roy
came over to the bench and said,
“My knee feels like it’s given
way.’”
Jones was then taken to the
locker room and did not return
to the game.
Metcalf expressed concern
following the game, but did not
comment on the seriousness of
the injury. Lagan said Sunday
that “if all goes as planned,”
Jones will probably have an
operation on the right knee for
“ligament repairs and possible
cartilage damage.”
As for the possibility that
Jones may be out for the season.
Lagan said, “I’d say that’s the
likelihood.”
Lagan said a further diagno
sis of Jones’ injury would be
made today.
“It’s tragic that this happened
when things were going so well,”
Lagan said.
Metcalf kept secret his plans
for Jones’ substitute in Tues
day’s game against the Arkansas
Razorbacks at 7:30 in G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
“I just want to wish Roy a
speedy recovery,” Metcalf said.
“He was really playing well — he
was on a roll. He understands
the system really well, and he
plays well on both ends of the
court.”
Metcalf said that the Razor-
backs, coming off a come-from-
behind 68-67 win Saturday over
the Houston Cougars, will take
advantage of every opportunity
they get.
“If you have a weakness,
they’ll explore it,” Metcalf said.
“It’ll just take a great effort.
“I thought Rice was as good a
team as we’ve played all year.
Pierce (Guard Ricky, with 28
points for the Owls) was tremen
dous — he’s a first-round draft
pick.”
Forward Claude Riley, who
led the Aggies with 17 points,
including seven of seven free
throws, said the team wasn’t
looking ahead to the Razorbacks
in Saturday night’s game.
“We definitely came ready to
play,” Riley said. “Our shot
selection was really good and we
were patient on offense. Over
all, we were confident about the
shots we took.”
However, Riley said, the
Aggies kept Pierce in mind
throughout the game, starting
the game with center Rudy
Woods guarding him in a man-
to-man defense. Texas A&M
switched to a zone later in the
game, but still managed to con
trol the lightning-quick scoring
of Pierce.
“We always played conscious
of him all night,” Riley said.
“When he was on the court, we
always had a man on him.
“Up until now, Arkansas will
be the toughest team we’ve play
ed. I feel that we have as good a
team as Arkansas. If we con
tinue working hard with the
depth we have, we’re going to do
real well and keep winning.”
Guard Reggie Roberts, who
finished with 14 points, said: “I
feel if we keep doing the same
thing, we’re going to beat every
team that comes up. We’re going
to be ready for (Arkansas). I
think we’re going to really be up
for the game, and we’ll want to
play our best.”
Woods finished the Rice
game with 12 points, while
guard Tyren Naulls had 10
points and freshman guard
Gary Lewis had seven. Before
leaving the game, Jones had six
points and three rebounds.
Rice Coach Tommy Suitts
said: “A&M has a good team.
They really have an awesome re
cord since they had the 7-1
streak last year (after going 1-7
in the first half of Southwest
Conference play). To beat
A&M, we’ve got to have one of
those games where we go out
and do just about everything
right.
“A&M is well-prepared to
play in the conference. They
played some tough games in De
cember, which really helped
them. I would not be surprised
to see them continue winning.”
With the win over Rice, the
Aggies raised their season re
cord to 11-4 while bringing their
second-place SWC record to 4-1.
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