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Page io 30, Texas A&M The Battalion Sports November 30, 1982 Page 11 orld deb 1 naiioJ poratefjj 'fidence and edout'ij. trest raift ted Stale, I'eluctanct icial bants 11 g nation J aspect o[ loes 1982 Great Alaska Shootout Aggies receive treat during five-day trip { nations, ms in mL and MesB Frank L. Christlieb ? degrees I i , Aggie hospitality can be found ■erywhere — even in Anchor- “slow"t|)| « aJe, Alaska. lust ask the Texas ' . K " Al-M basketball team. ‘ In ■Coach Shelbv Metcalf, his .assistants and the Aggies started out the 1982-83 season with a ■ong dose of good treatment V during their 5-day stay in ’ Anchorage. Although the team ■t its first two games to Clem- S pi and Illinois by a total of five Bints in the eight team Great [Alaska Shootout, the players iWOn over the hearts of many for- tosubni!fncr Texas A&M students living designet in die Anchorage area, my. BFrom the moment they ar- i ivastoiifiyed at Anchorage Internation- )rethe' IliAirport last Tuesday at 10:30 mn det P‘ m . Alaska Standard Time Vinisht :f2t30a.m. CST), the Aggies felt ations right at home. That’s because about 45 members of the South- central Alaska A&M Club greeted the players, team mana gers and coaches with banners, gifts and an eight-track tape player shouting out the Aggie War Hymn. In addition, an Anchorage television station was on hand to film the club’s welcome for the Aggies, who had spent the past eight-plus hours 30,000 feet in the air. But the special treatment didn’t end there. The Airport “howdy” was only a prelude to the Aggies’ special treatment during their stay in Alaska. While the greeting banners were moved to Buckner Field- house on the grounds of the Fort Richardson Army installa tion, members of the Southcen tral Alaska A&M Club made preparations to host the Texas A&M players, coaches and Aggie basketball Sports Infor mation Director John Tishler. Eighteen people in the club were chosen to host members of the Texas A&M party for Thanksgiving dinner and for several sightseeing trips. T hen, to voice their support for the team, about 100 club members came to all three of the Aggies’ games in the tournament to cheer the team on. Picture this: The Aggie bas ketball players walk onto the floor of the Buckner Fieldhouse gym Friday night to face Clem- son. Of the 3,700 spectators who fill the arena, perhaps 300 begin to cheer for the Aggies. The Aggie dub members sit in a group behind the Texas A&M bench,- but for the most See AGGIES page 12 overnmetiB i leader H(B ay, foreo* ■ooperatitf k session. :bs’s t id mosfR? federal it be cut and u lie contfl here is mg mol luring li ss willM riled “ to finati-1 ms in 1 be a ha| embers, to indiii ceiling ses. Iftl memW r top ofli raise. lusinessii die swear die blad ctedtolil the Lalx* lam Be»' Aggie forward Roy Jones makes cor- pct use of the Anchorage snow during be basketball team’s five-day stay in for the Great Alaska Shootout, staff photo by David Fisher in which the team placed seventh. In this snowball fight, A&M team manager Johnny Cangelose seems to be getting more snow than he probably wants. Claude Riley, the Aggies’ senior forward, goes high into the air for a slam dunk as Illinois’ Jay Daniels is com pletely powerless to stop the inevitable. Texas A&M lost >is 72 to the Fighting Illinois 72 -70 Saturday night in the Great staff photo by David Fisher Alaska Shootout, but Riley’s 24 points and 13 rebounds led the Aggies to an easy 93-65 victory over the Alaska- Anchorage Seawolves Sunday. U Aggie coaches Shelby Metcalf (left), ohn Thornton and Bob Vint watch he action, guard Reggie Roberts looks staff photo by David Fisher for an open teammate during Texas A&M’s loss to Illinois Saturday night in the 1982 Great Alaska Shootout. Clemson’s Marc Campbell (20) attempts to move past the Aggies’ Kenny Brown during the Tigers’ 82-79 double overtime victory Friday in Alaska. Brown, a freshman, led Texas A&M with 64 points during the staff photo by David Fisher tournament and was chosen to the all-tourney team. Brown, who had 24 points against the Tigers, tossed in three 3-point shots during the second half to lead his teammates back from a 13-point halftime deficit.