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mm m Texas A8cM The Battalion Sports February 25, 1982 'Page 17 tatus of Aggie eserve Thomas nsure; waters ito clear today >y Eileen S by Frank L. Christlieb Sports Editor | Mike Thomas, a 6-6 junior forward on the Texas A&M bas ketball team, says he will find out today whether he will remain on the squad the rest of the season. h After Aggie coaches had attempted to correct defensive mistakes by Thomas during the cond half of Tuesday night’s 83-74 defeat of the TCU Horned Frogs, the forward stalked out of G. Rollie White oliseum and knocked down a chair in the process. Thomas had entered the jame with 18:44 left, but was taken out by Texas A&M coach Shelby Metcalf at the 17:53 ark after committing a foul, fits, inclai »ngry at being removed from s FreriA the game, Thomas strode by Metcalf and assistants Barry Davis, John Thornton and David Goff and sat at the end of the Aggie bench. ■ Texas A&M coaches tried to | rectify Thomas’ mistakes while | he was still in the game, but he Blade the same error twice. So Betcalf took him out of the ■ | game to explain the mistakes to Bm on the bench. B However, Thomas never gave Metcalf and his assistants a Biance to clear up the problem. [riving dieB 9°^’ the A SS ies ’ g ra d uate ^ ihe diiy jpssistant coach, said mental mis- ce to see v ^es by Thomas prompted , i ,.,, Metcalf to take him out of the said. “He was out there in a man defense, and we talked to him twice to try to correct it. He was completely out of place in a man defense when we were playing a zone. “As far as after that, the next thing I knew, he was gone. I’m sure he was real upset, but he overreacted to the whole thing. Something like that is hard to excuse.” Goff said that Thomas wasn’t taken out for committing the foul. “I’m sure the foul had no thing to do with it,” Goff said. “He had definitely missed a cou ple of assignments. He got real upset about being pulled out of the game. Everything else he did, he did on his own. He got in the game and he really didn’t know what defense we were in.” Goff said a decision would See STATUS page 19 What do we do now, Barry? University of Texas head basketball coach Abe Lemons looks at assistant Barry Dowd (right) as if to ask for a solution to the Lon ghorns’ numerous problems during the past five weeks. To the right of Lemons is Longhorn guard Ray Harper. Texas lost staff photo by Oavid Fisher this game to the Texas Aggies 91-70 Satur day in G. Rollie White, and has now lost nine of its last 10 games. Iking thro#8 a |^ e . ff a dirt rail Pinelands, ■-legged riij se and wander 1 ue-acre sitt| t to the I) v living inij : animals 111 ie said, siiJ" which losiy irrowattai lived taken up td We were in a zone press and he missed his assignment,” Goff FINANCIAL AID? FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO WEED THROUGH THE FINANCIAL AID MAZE? FOR THIS INDISPENSABLE BOOKLET* REVEALING THE BEST INSIDE SOURCES OF STUDENT LOANS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND GRANTS SEND $4.00 TO: INCOME RESEARCH, 504 W. 24TH, SUITE 5, AUSTIN, TX 78705 ■Prw<*rru' ■ 504 W. 24th Suite 5 Austin, TX 78705 •THOROUGHLY UPDATED FOR 1982. FRESHMEN (with 3.25 GPR and 15 hours A&M Credit) LAMBDA SIGMA SERVICE HONOR SOCIETY is holding mandatory INFORMATION SESSIONS Mon. Feb. 22 6:30 p.m. 228 9 MSG Thurs. Feb. 25 6:30 p.m. 228 9 MSG Become a part of a winning team! TYPEWRITE -j | PROFESSIONAL TYPING SERVICE 846-9182 |k| EJ Hours: 1-8 p.m. jg | Cm Monday-Krlday » DOLLAR OFF WITH THIS COUPON $5.00 MINIMUM & 14340 Carter Creek. Suite 104 Bryan a# 0 itives P Vs Progi# ),7 is jental 51 first w^ t{ ] irringl°H ervie^ has enl 0 U 111 l0 olha r FASHION FOOTWEAR TOP DRAWER Shoe. StosieA. CULPEPPER PLAZA SATURDAY ONLY