Texas A&M to give uteres | t $12) : ation's I g-tera. lueda )f fluo - upon >y two irehol- all-os I bersoll rywatll [ in i h aboi lates. at tli I he sail inuti'l ing li| ite anil dy hail it a lata -‘ring I s rnant excesl impeta ourna Feb. | whiJ The Battalion Sports March 10, 1982 Page 13 JfT »*( »*., % ss. T NIT opener pits Cardinals against A&M here tonight Lamar basketball coach Pat Foster talks to center Dave Richardson during the Cardinals’ workout in G. Rollie White staff photo by Colin Valentine Coliseum Tuesday afternoon. Lamar plays Texas A&M tonight at 7:30 in the coliseum in an NIT opener. by Frank L. Christlieb Sports Editor Pat Foster says his Lamar Uni versity basketball team doesn’t expect to match up, at least in size, against the Texas Aggies in the teams’ National Invitational Tournament opener tonight at 7:30 in G. Rollie White Col iseum. “Our basketball team has not played well in the last three weeks or so,” the second-year Lamar coach said Wednesday. “We have a young team that has had to struggle all year to win games, and we’ve only won four of our last nine. “Our players have done a tremendousjob for us. We hope that we can come in and play a good game and make it in teresting.” Lamar’s tallest players are 6-9 senior center Dave Richardson and 6-6junior forward Kenneth Perkins, while the Aggies’ 6-10 Claude Riley and 6-11 Rudy Woods give Texas A&M a dis tinct height advantage. The Cardinals, runners-up in the Southland Conference this season with a 22-6 record and a 7-3 league record, have partici- Aggies Cardinals F Claude Riley C Rudy Woods GTyren Naulls G Reggie Roberts G Milton Woodley (15.9, 10.3) (11.0, 7.9) (12.6,3.2) (12.0,2.6) (6.2, 2.0) F Brian Kellybrew F Ken Perkins C Dave Richardson G Terry Long GTom Sewell (10.6,6) (12.4,8.7) (7.3,6) (14.5,2.4) (8.8, 3.0) came u Florida i a 94-64 Southern victory early it ovei i the pated in the NCAA tournament the past three seasons. Lamar has won each of its First-round games during those three tour neys, defeating Detroit in 1979, Weber State in 1980 and Mis souri in 1981. Whereas the Cardinals have never competed in the NIT, the Aggies, 18-10 during the regu lar season, are making their second appearance in the tour nament. In 1979, Texas A&M defeated New Mexico and Neva- da-Reno before losing to Alaba ma in the third round. Texas A&M coach Shelby Metcalf said Lamar ^Hts a well- disciplined team that doesn’t make many errors on the court. “The thing about Pat Foster is that he’s not going to beat him self,” Metcalf said. “You’ve got to beat him. They play as mis take-free as any team and they play hard. “We don’t know much about them — names are all we know. Their guards are bigger than our guards and our inside men are bigger than theirs. Everbody tells us they’re real aggressive.” The Cardinals are led by senior guard Terry Long, who averaged 14.5 points a game and shot 46 percent from the field. Long’s season high of 29 points Perkins averaged 12.4 points and 8.7 rebounds a game, and pulled down 18 rebounds and scored 16 points in a 67-61 vic tory over Texas A&I. Foster, an assistant coach at Arkansas between 1972 and 1980, said Long is the team’s best outside scorer, and that Per kins is “real active around the basket.” Forward Brian Kellybrew, a first-year transfer from national junior college champion Wes- tark Junior College, averaged 10.6 points and 6.3 rebounds a game this season. “He plays hard-nose all the time,” Foster said. “He’s not a real good outside shooter, but he’s a good all-around player. “We’re not a big team, and See NIT page 15 WEDNESDAY LADIES AUGHT Unescorted ladies get in Free plus 2 FREE DRINKS! DALLAS, the only club in town that gives away over $3,000 cash a month! DALLAS NIGHT CLUB IN THE DEUX CHENE COMPLEX BEHIND K-MART, COLLEGE STATION 693-2818 SCHMALTZ'S STUDENT SPECIAL! 10P SECRET ship. Member- : doesn’t cost you anything, but can ring you money right away. USA A lias i doing that for more than one million mili- tarv officers since 1922. 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