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Texas A&M The Battalion February 4, 1982 Battalion/Page 13 er canviitl roves of cb, id there's o prevent eratures Valley is >tect its compart action d. “Thettl a Florida lied by ontrol H ere in the' many severe hei ) degrees -thereV i be done ears, Teagle ‘power’ to 58-55 victory th market! g people ley says." aatient. t drinks, thocolate bean ai louthwask] int is insi ive custoi sh brand says. “ industry mint flavi to other med, di duality of eattracti teshing W. photo by C. Michel Chang gue, warm#i • 6 Jrren Naulls (20) of the Texas A&M basketball defends ie, HeubBnst Terry Teagle of Baylor University during the first whiskeyl Uf of the Bears’ 58-55 victory over the Aggies Wednes- Jack, jy night. The loss drops Texas A&M into a three-way g drinkn !COn( j.pj ace t j e j n t j ie s ou thwest Conference. kekuyperl ski-land, "f worlds - . th a toudij Delay doesn ’t hinder Baylor attack as Aggies fall to 6-3 by Frank L. Christlieb Sports Editor The lights went out on the Texas A&M basketball team Wednesday night, and the Aggies were powerless to do anything about it. It’s doubtful Coach Shelby Metcalf has ever endured a game like the one played be tween his team and the Baylor Bears in Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Coliseum. After spending a power shortage-induced two hours in a dark locker room at halftime, Texas A&M could never get untracked during the second half of the game. As a result, the Aggies lost 58-55, dropping them into a three-way tie for second place in the South west Conference. Texas A&M is now 13-6 over all and 6-3 in the SWC, while the Bears raised their season record to 11-8 and their conference re cord to 4-5. The first half of the game proceeded smoothly, with the Bears taking a 32-31 lead at half time. Although the Aggies were having problems containing the Baylor offense, events took place in normal fashion, just like any other college basketball game. However, at 8:25 p.m., about 10 minutes into the halftime break, the coliseum died.’ All power went out, while auxiliary lights came on a few seconds la ter for purposes of controlling the crowd and avoiding confu sion. The blackout, which re portedly left a major portion of the city without power, came ab out when an automobile struck a utility pole in the parking lot outside the coliseum. The colli sion triggered the blowout of a power transformer, causing the outage. Both teams could do nothing but wait for a decision to be reached about the status of the game. While the Aggies sat in their locker room with only a flashlight for company, officials tried to decide whether to rectify the situation or cancel the game until another date. At 9:20, power was restored, but the lights were still out. Most of the coliseum’s lighting con sists of mercury vapor lights, which take several minutes to warm up and reach full illumi nation. To further complicate matters, these lights periodically Hashed off and on, so the col iseum was, for the most part, still See DELAY page 15 Metcalf pleased with team’s play; Naulls leads with 18 by Frank L. Christlieb Sports Editor The Texas Aggies learned Wednesday night that some things just can’t be stopped. For starters, they couldn’t stop Baylor’s Terry Teagle, who finished the game with 24 points and eight rebounds after having scored a career-high 37 points in a loss to Texas Christian Univer sity Monday night. Teagle easily won the battle of players coming off career highs, as the Aggies’ Claude Riley scored only six points after finishing with 38 Monday night against the Hous ton Cougars. But the factor that hadn’t been anticipated, and therefore couldn’t be stopped, was the power failure which occurred during halftime with the Bears leading 32-31. After the long in termission, the Aggies came out colder than dry ice, shooting only 27 percent from the field in the second half. The outage, caused when an automobile struck a utility pole outside Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Coliseum, delayed the start of the second half of the game for nearly two hours. Texas A&M Coach Shelby Metcalf tried to have the game rescheduled, but Baylor Coach Jim Haller wouldn’t have it — he wanted to finish the game then and there, whether in lighted surround ings or in darkness. As a result of lighting prob lems and Teagle problems, Texas A&M lost 58-55 and fell into a three-way Southwest Con ference tie for second place with the University of Texas and See METCALF page 15 photo by Donn Friedmann Coach Shelby Metcalf, assistant coach John Thornton and referee Lynn Shortnacy talk about the lighting situation at halftime of the Baylor-Texas A&M game. After a two-hour delay, the Bears won by a score of 58-55. LAW DAY (FORMERLY MBA/LAW DAY) •#* Interested in a Legal Career? Attend panel discussions on law schools and legal careers, featuring Fred McClure, Kent Caperton and more. j SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A&A Bldg. *2 AT MSC BOX OFFICE & DOOR * *6 W/BBQ LUNCH (PRESALE ONLY) Si