The Battalion
February 2, 1982 Battalion/Page 9
Sports
Aggie forward Claude Riley (13) shovels a
shot over the outstretched arm of Houston
Cougar center Akeem Abdul Olajuwon dur-
im ' ing Texas A&M’s 95-77 victory Monday
photo by Dean Saito
night. UH’s Michael Young and the Aggies’
Milton Woodley (25) prepare to move in for
the rebound.
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Paso invitational meet
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illbewe placed fourth at the Southwest
ssdownjt;: Invitational, held the past
tooglisi weekend in El Paso.
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I University of Texas and the Air
° Force Academy, Texas A&M
piom piled 2,143 points. The
first-place NMMl team finished
with 2,2 10 points.
| Team co-captain John Heye
placed third in the standing
competition with 174 points out
of a possible 200, and took
fourth in the kneeling event.
Todd Woodard placed fifth
with 199 points out of 200 in the
prone shooting competition, los
ing in the tie-breaker for second
place after tying four other par
ticipants.
Heye topped the Aggies in
total points, ending the meet
with 554 out of 600, while Kurt
Nauck had 536, Glenn Park had
531 and Woodard had 520.
Feb. 20-Feb. 21, the Aggies
will compete in a national col
legiate qualifying match, from
which the participants for na
tionals will be chosen. During
the fall, the team was given varsi
ty status, enabling it to compete
in the national event. The team
receives no funds from the
Athletic Department.
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Explosion
Riley’s 38 points lead Aggies to victory
by Frank L. Christlieb
Sports Editor
Claude Riley’s satisfaction
couldn’t have been illustrated
better in an artist’s sketchbook.
When Riley left the game with
30 seconds remaining and the
Texas A&M basketball team on
its way to a 95-77 victory Mon
day night over the Houston
Cougars, the deafening ap
plause that arose from the 6,521
G. Rollie White Coliseum spec
tators added a finishing touch to
a memorable night.
After watching thejunior for
ward finish with career-high tot
als of 38 points and 18 re
bounds, Aggie Coach Shelby
Metcalf met an ecstatic Riley
with a smile, a handshake and a
pat on the back.
The victory concluded the
first half of Southwest Confer
ence play for the Aggies, whose
6-2 league record moves them
into a first-place tie with the Uni
versity of Arkansas. While the
Razorbacks are 14-3 for the sea
son, Texas A&M’s overall re
cord is 13-5.
The Texas Longhorns, whom
the Aggies beat 71-69 in over
time Saturday, lost Monday
night to the Rice Owls 80-49. Af
ter winning their first 14 games
of the season, the Longhorns
have lost three straight SWC
games and have fallen into a
second-place tie with the TCU
Horned Frogs.
The Aggies never trailed the
Cougars after the 13:28 mark of
the first half, when the score was
tied 14-14. During the remain
der of the game, Texas A&M
pushed its lead to as much as 18
points, then allowed the
Cougars to trim the margin to
only seven with 5:08 left in the
game.
However, the Aggies main
tained their lead until the final
buzzer, when forward Mike
Thomas hit a layup to give the
Aggies the 18-point victory.
Thomas scored eight points in a
reserve role, hitting three of
four field goal attempts and two
of two free throws.
Metcalf, who was presented a
special plaque after the game for
recording his 300th career vic
tory in the Aggies’ defeat of UT,
cited Riley, center Rudy Woods,
and guards Milton Woodley and
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Gary Lewis for their play against
the Cougars. Woodley finished
with 13 assists, while Lewis
added seven of the Aggies’ 27
assists.
“(Riley) thought he was play
ing outside in Crockett (his
hometown),” Metcalf laughed.’ -
“Our guys played with a lot of
intensity. We played about as
well as we can play.”
Riley said the Aggies’ hard
work through the first two
months of the season finally
paid off in Monday night’s vic
tory.
“I’m so excited — I feel like
we’ve already won the confer
ence,” Riley said. “Some of the
things we did tonight, we’ve
been trying to do all year. I feel
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Coog loss a mystery to Lewis
by John Bramblett
Battalion Staff
“Let’s get dressed and get the
hell out of here.”
That was University of Hous
ton basketball coach Guy Lewis’
post-game locker room talk af
ter the Cougars were soundly
thrashed by Texas A&M, 95-77,
Monday night in G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
A crowd of 6,521 saw the
Aggies turn in their third good
performance in a row and their
second straight victory. Lewis
said his team looked asleep on
the court. If they were, they
were mesmerized by 6-10 Aggie
forward Claude Riley.
The Rocket from Crockett
connected on 60 percent of his
field goal attempts, hitting 15 of
25, and all eight of his free
throws for a career-high 38
points. Playing 40 minutes, he
also pulled down a career-higja
18 rebounds. He scored 24 of his
points and snatched 11 of his
rebounds in the second half.
Many of his points resulted from
Milton Woodley’s 13 assists.
“Houston didn’t have anyone
going across the lane with me, so
I was open all night,” Riley said.
“We knew if we could win this
game we’d be tied for first. We
knew we needed it and we went
out and got it.”
Houston’s All-American
guard Rob Williams, who scored
25 points but hit only 45 percent
of his field goal attempts, said
the Cougars knew Texas A&M
would be ready to play.
Williams, who got into foul
trouble by picking up three fouls
in the first half, said the fouls did
not affect his play.
“I don’t think it really affected
me, but I guess he (Lewis) did,”
he said. Williams did not start
the second half. Lewis said he
felt it best to keep Williams out
early in the half, when the
Cougars began using a full-
court, man-to-man press.
“We stayed with basically the
same game plan in the second
half (as in the first half),” WiL
liams said.
Asked if he could put his fin
ger on what happened to the
Cougars, Lewis said he really
didn’t know.
“We couldn’t even get close
enough to put a finger on it,” he
said. “We seem to bring the best
out of everyone.”
He said Houston’s big men,
Akeem Abdul Olajuwon, David
Bunce, Clyde Drexler and Larry
Micheaux, looked intimidated
throughout the game. Texas
A&M out-rebounded the
Cougars 48-33 and Aggie post
Rudy Woods followed Riley’5
lead with 12 of his own reboundj
and 15 points, including four
points by alley-oop slam dunk£.
The 0 Aggies, who connected
on 57 percent of their field
goals, moved into a conference
tie for first with Arkansas. They
are now 6-2 in conference play
and 13-5 for the year. Rice also
won Monday night, defeating
the Texas Longhorns 80-49 in
Houston. The loss drops the
Horns to 5-3 and into a third-
place tie with TCU. The Horned
Frogs defeated Baylor Monday
night 83-80.
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