The Battalion Sports
February 26, 1982 Page 13
ies vs. Coogs
Second place, bye to SWC semifinals on line
by Frank L. Christlieb
Sports Editor
Claude Riley hasn’t forgotten
eb.il.
Blit the 6-10 Texas A&M for-
■ who has led the Aggies in
Hg all season, says he
H’t really expect to repeat
Rasterful performance he
ivelhat day.
Riley showed the Houston
V^T I Ingars that ought to pay more
I. y Ron to him in the future,
I Hg a career-high 38 points
TMtut«(»R ollectin 8 18 rebounds in
Hggies’ 95-77 victory. But
T |’ ursday ! hat r he
, lows Houston coach Guy
' a SU M will make certain he
e that kind of success
d n,llll,l Rlay when the Aggies face
p Cougars in Hofheinz Pavi-
s climbed on at 2:10 p.m.
P ^ pe::: “Jb that game, I had no idea
if increastiRhing like that was going to
Rn," Riley said. “I just got
e hikes fm ien and started hitting the
id fruits It ots.
ent up lot: ‘‘They’re going to be very con-
fish andlous of me this time. They’ll
ile beef aoiivetwo people close to me at all
isive. p until our guards get hot.
, Rll have someone in my face
.a ®Rhole game. If our guards
nos , t ' hitting and penetrating,
' ' ! 1 ey’Il have to get out there on
: past year, e ”
dto. 31 '). Th,. Cougars have won seven
.orhealth H1 a row s i nce t he loss to
e Angies and have crept slowly
Claude Riley
into a second-place tie with
Texas A&M. While both teams
have 10-5 records, Houston has
a 19-6 season mark and Texas
A&M is 17-8.
If the Aggies defeat the
Cougars, they will clinch second
place and a bye into the semifin
als of the Southwest Conference
tournament next week. If Texas
A&M loses and fourth-place
Baylor defeats TCU in Fort
Worth, the Aggies will finish in
fourth place and will host the
last-place SMU Mustangs Mon
day in the first round of the
tournament.
During the past few games,
the Aggies have relied mostly on
Gary Lewis
the play of guards Milton Wood-
ley, Reggie Roberts, Tyren
Naulls and Gary Lewis, who
combined for 31 assists in Tues
day’s 83-74 defeat of TCU.
Lewis had 10 assists in the
game, Woodley had eight, and
Roberts and Naulls had five
apiece.
Lewis said the Aggies aren’t
even thinking about their easy
victory over the Cougars three
weeks ago.
“Nobody’s overconfident,”
Lewis said. “You’ve got to go in
there like you haven’t played
them before.”
Riley, who had been shooting
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ig small
sing and
it, rather
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(letcalf says junior Thomas
o remain on Aggie squad
by Frank L. Christlieb “j don’t think that’s anything
es sucnasitM Sports Editor - the public needs to know,” Met-
s and spettftppach Shelby Metcalf said calf said. “He’s been disciplined
niirsday that reserve forward
Thomas practiced with the
team Thursday after having
missed Wednesday’s workout.
an “incomeBp Thomas, who stormed off
hich the t be floor and out of G. Rollie
nd business Vhite Coliseum during Tues-
ional bar;.hy’s game with TCU; is still on
low inflasHteam and has been “disci-
ces. Demwfied” for his outburst,
e have mats Thomas had twice missed de-
ast years, tnsivc assignments in the
s respontfCOnd half of the Aggies’ vic-
K prompting Metcalf to take
efforts toi® out for purposes of correct-
ludget dtl^gthe mistakes. However, Tho-
nding re(fc®as left the coliseum abruptly
teases @ knocked down a chair on his
•ationofail! w ay put.
res to ett| Metcalf said: “He (T homas)
nent and p: 11161 with the coaches and the
Rains and it’s all over. It’s for-
ing efforts gotten.
some feds' fThings happen in the heat of
:Rle. The news media are the
:d commiffii )nes who make a big deal out of
lesereventfll
lationary oil Metcalf would not comment
on the handling of Thomas’
situation.
and it’s over.’*
Graduate assistant coach
David Goff also said the episode
had been taken care of.
“Mike had to apologize,” Goff
said. “He got disciplined and it’s
all cleared up.”
Thomas, a 6-6 transfer from
Kilgore Junior College, is aver
aging three points and two re
bounds a game. He averaged 22
points and 12 rebounds a game
at Kilgore, and attended Central
High School in Detroit, Mich.
only 31 percent from the field
since the Houston game, broke
loose for 23 points against the
Horned Frogs.
Roberts, averaging 12 points
a game, said that the Aggies real
ize the importance of the game.
“It’ll be a really tough game,”
Roberts said. “We won’t make
any changes — we’ll use the
same defense. They’ll have to
worry about shutting us down.
I’m sure they’re going to be
keying on Claude.
“We’re confident, but we’re
not overconfident.”
Riley said that the Aggies
have no intention of playing
here in Monday’s opening
round.
“It’s going to be tough, be
cause the Cougars know that
they have to win,” Riley said.
“This is a must game for us and
Houston too.”
“If we keep playing patient,
smart ball, we should be able to
beat them. I know that they can
be beat down there. I think if we
can go down with that great in
tensity, we’ll have a real good
chance to win.”
Texas A&M coach Shelby
Metcalf said that if the Cougars
are thinking about concentrat
ing their efforts on Riley, they
may have their work cut out for
them.
“I think that’d be a mistake,”
Metcalf said. “Houston has im
proved a lot defensively and Rob
(Williams, Cougar guard) has
gotten his eye back.”
Metcalf said the Aggies will
have to stop Houston forward
Clyde Drexler, who is averaging
16 points and 12 rebounds a
game.
“Drexler’s the guy we have
trouble with,” Metcalf said.
“We’ve got the SWAT team
from the Houston police coming
out to stop him. If we could have
one player off that, team, it’d be
Drexler.”
Texas A&M guard Reggie Roberts leaps
above TCU’s Brian Christensen and Doug
Arnold to put up a one-handed jumper dur-
tjjg Aggies’ 83-74 victory Tuesday
ht. Texas A&M battles the Houston
in
staff photo by Eric Mitchell
Cougars for second place Saturday at 2:10
p.m. in Hofheinz Pavilion. Both teams are
tied with 10-5 Southwest Conference re
cords.
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