Home at last
Aggies host SMU after tough road losses
by Frank L. Christlieb
Sports Editor
Guard Reggie Roberts of the
Texas A&M basketball team says
he’s confident that the Aggies
can rebound from two straight
road losses to Baylor and Texas
Tech.
Even though the Aggies have
a pack of teams only a half-game
behind their heels, Roberts said
'Tuesday, Texas A&M’s next two
games should put some distance
between the top seven teams in
the Southwest Conference.
After Monday night’s games,
including the Aggies’ 91-82
overtime loss to the Red Raiders,
five teams emerged in a tie for
third place. Arkansas, at 8-2,
leads the conference, while
Texas A&M holds down second
with a 6-4 record. However,
Baylor, Houston, Texas lech,
TCU and Texas are all in third
place at 6-5.
Roberts says Texas A&M’s re
cent troubles should come to an
end when the Aggies play SMU
tonight at 7:30 in G. Rollie
White Coliseum. The Aggie
Ladies, 7-17 for the season, host
the Lady Mustangs at^SdS.
Texas A&M, which lost to
Baylor Feb. 3 in Waco by a score
of 58-55', is in the midst of a two-
game losing streak, the Aggies’
longest of the season.
“Coing back and playing in
front of the home crowd is really
going to be a lift,” Roberts said.
“At Texas Tech, we didn’t play
real well, and still it was a close
omore averaging a team-high
14.2 points and six rebounds a
game, and 6-8 freshman Larry
Davis, averaging 10.4 points and
five rebounds a game. Roberts
said the Aggies have a plan on
how to stop Davis, who lias had
an above-average freshman
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In fact, the Aggies fell behind
by 12 points during the first
half, then pulled to within four
points, 40-36, at halftime. But
each time Texas A&M closed the
margin to two points during the
second half, the Red Raiders
built their lead up to eight or 10
points.
Only Claude Riley’s 18-footer
with 19 seconds left allowed the
Aggies to push Texas Tech into
overtime. Texas A&M took its
only lead of the game, 82-80, on
a 10-footer by freshman guard
Gary Lewis with 2:53 left, but
the Aggies were shut out for the
remainder of the game.
Roberts said the Aggies
shouldn’t have as tough an
assignment in playing the Mus
tangs.
“We ll really be up for SMU,
and we don’t think they’ll be any
trouble,” Roberts said. “We’re
still in second place, and that’s
one good thing about it.”
The Razorbacks may not keep
their current pace, which has
brought them a 15-3 season re
cord, Roberts said.
“We think Arkansas is going
to slip, and they still have to play
us next week (Monday),”
Roberts said.
The Mustangs’ key players in
clude John Addison, a 6-6 soph-
“We’re going to have a pretty
good matchup on him,” Roberts
said. “We’re going to have
Claude (Riley) on him, and I
think we should be able to stop
him.”
Riley, leading Texas A&M
with averages of 15.3 points and
10.3 rebounds a game, said the
Aggies must not let down with
the crucial portion of the sche
dule ahead.
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“I don’t think the losses hurt
us tod much,” Riley said. “It’s
going to be a lift to come home,
but I don’t think we’re really
down. We’re really going to have
to fight to keep second place. It
hurt because we dropped two
behind Arkansas, but it didn’t
hurt as much since Texas and
TCU lost.”
Texas and TCU would have
jumped ahead of the Aggies in
the standings if they had won
Monday night. However, the
Longhorns were defeated 77-63
by the Houston Cougars and the
Horned Frogs lost 79-69 to the
Razorbacks.
“We’ll just talk about the mis
takes we made and try to correct
them,” Riley said. “We’re going
to start out in a pressure man
(defense) and if we can stop
their inside game and pressure
the ball outside, we’ll be all right.
“SMU cannot handle press
ure: When we played up there
(Jan. 19, with the Aggies win
ning 81-55), we pressured them,
and they couldn’t handle it. So
we’re going to do the same thing
again.”
by Frank L. Christlieb
Sports Editor
High school football recruits Jimmy Hawkins of
San Antonio Holmes and Todd Tschantz of Lake
Highlands Tuesday announced their decisions to
attend Texas A&M.
Both said they would sign letters-of-intent to
day, the NCAA’s national signing date. Instead of
requiring athletes to sign national and conference
letters, the NCAA has combined both dates into
one for the first time in history.
Another change in this year’s procedure is that
hettd coaches will not be allowed to travel to sign
groups of players. Regulations adopted by the
NCAA forbid a head coach from signing a player
unless the athlete comes to the college campus.
In addition, the NCAA forbid any contact with
the high school students until Dec. 1 and limited
the number of visits a coach could make to a high
school.
H awkins, a 6-foot, 190-pound tailback, nar
rowed his prospective schools to Texas A&M,
Baylor and Texas before making his choice.
“I think it’s mainly the school itself and the
tradition that made me choose A&M,” Hawkins
said Tuesday.
Asa three-year all-district performer in District
30-5A, Hawkins played free safety, punter and
place-kicker for Holmes. Hawkins totaled 2,017
yards during his high school senior season, and
was given the team’s award as the athlete showing
the most dedication.
Hawkins said that the Texas A&M coaching
change, which inserted Jackie Sherrill into f ormer
head coach Tom Wilson’s position, had no ef fect
on his decision.
“1 didn’t think it changed the minds of that
many people,” Hawkins said. “He (Sherrill) is
pretty impressive.
“The coaching staff has a good background.
and we’ll just have to wait and seewhatilk
do.”
Hawkins said he plans to study compui
ence.
Tschantz, another all-around athlete til
ed defensive end and linebacker in additiotB
place-kicking chores, opted for Texas AMB
Arkansas.
“The coaching staff is real good and Ijim
all the facilities,” Tschantz said. “BesidesM
like the people down there.”
Tschantz, a 6-2, 210-pounder, saidltK
Texas A&M receiver coach Jerry Pettibontw
his decision Monday night. Pettibonewassl
Tschantz this morning at 8 to get his signal*
a national letter-of-intent.
Newton’s 6-foot, 195-pound running
Anthony Byerly, who still must decide
Texas A&M, Nebraska, Texas and House
Tuesday night that he doesn’t know wliti
make an announcement about his choice
Byerly said he probably will notmakea
today, and added that he’s not leaning tow
of the four schools. He did clarify that
A&M is still on his list of prospective sdn
T exas A&M remains in the race fm fi
George Smith of Douglas, Ga. Smith, aG-i
pounder, gained over 1,400 yards lastsei
A Georgia source said it appears lhai
may choose Texas A&M over Florida,
State and Georgia. T he source said Florida
ing an all-out effort to attract Smith, who
the top prospect in Georgia.
Bon well Royal, Smith’s high school I
coach, said that Smith would probablyn
decision today.
“He and I and his uncle (whom Sraili
with) will have a meeting (this morni
Royal said. “When we come out of them
there will he a lot of light shed on thewholeii
Aggies roll over SHSU
The Texas A&M men’s tennis
team won its singles matches
against Sam Houston State Uni
versity Monday to remain unde
feated in 1982. Playing at home,
the Aggies didn’t lose a set to
SHSU in the third meet of the
spring season.
Freshman Kimmo Alkio play
ed the number one singles
match and beat Wally McAfee,
6-1, 6-0.
Brian Joelson came back from
a loss Sunday against Houston
Baptist University to beat Art
Gann, 6-0, 6-0.
In the other matches,II
Pazourek won overjamel
son, 6-3, 6-2; Tomjudson]
Wade Bartels, 6-3,
Kowal beat Michael Hunted
6-2;‘and Greg Hill defeatefil
lie Blackbird, 6-3, 6-2.
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