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sports Aggies (continued from page 11) part, they’re quiet. Suddenly the group of 100 maroon-clad fans begin to cheer when the Aggies trot onto the floor, as styrofoam “Gig 'em” thumbs and pom pons are thrust into the air. A glance around the gym re veals several banners scattered throughout: “Southcentral Alaska A&M Club says: Howdy Ags;” “Gig ‘em Aggies;” “The biggest state welcomes the big gest spirit — Texas A&M;” “The Alaskan Twelfth Man is here;” E.T. loves the Ags.” Before the players have a chance to begin their pre-game drills, the Aggie club has already started cheering, complete with two makeshift yell leaders: “A-G-G-I-E-S ... A-G-G-I-E-S Yes, people say there are Aggies everywhere. But in Alaska? Tony Best, president of the Southcentral Alaska A&M club, says preparations for the Aggies’ Shootout visit began during the summer. For Best and his fellow club members, the experience has been enjoyable. “It’s been very positive for us and the players from the time they got off the plane to all the sightseeing and the Thanksgiv ing dinner and everything,” Best said. “A lot of the players didn’t know what to expect be cause they’ve never been so far away from home. They didn’t know whether to expect igloos, dogsleds or what. “For us, it’s a rare treat and something that’s really unique. It’s not every club that gets to host the Ags away from home, especially when it’s 4,000 miles away from campus.” Best, a 1972 graduate of Texas A&M, said the experience will help to build the 130- member club, which was orga nized April 21 at Aggie Muster. “This was a good way for us to start the club going and to kick things off,” Best said. “We just had decided that this year, we wanted to get a big Aggie crowd out there, and we did ” In 1978, when the Aggies finished fourth in the Shootout, only a handful of Aggie fans showed up for Texas A&M’s three tournament games. In 1979, when Texas A&M placed seventh, they encountered the same situation. Now that the Aggies have re turned to College Station, which they did Monday afternoon, things won’t be the same in Anchorage. “We’ve been talking about the fact that when the guys leave, things will all be back to normal and it’ll be sort of a letdown — it’ll be anticlimatic,” Best said. “But we’ve all enjoyed it. We’d like to keep them longer if we could.” The Aggies, who return from the Shootout with a 1-2 record, will host Texas A&I Thursday night at 7:30 in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Freshman guard Kenny Brown leads the team in scoring with an average of 21.3 points a game, while forward Claude Riley is averaging 16.7 points a game. Senior guard Tyren Naulls is averaging 10 points a game and junior Reggie Roberts has an av erage of 9.3. Freshman center Jimmie Gilbert is averaging six rebounds a game. The Aggies are connecting on 52 percent of their field goals and 63.4 percent of their free throws through the first three games, and are averaging 39 re bounds a game. Naulls has seven steals to lead the team, while Brown has five. In the assist department, Naulls has nine and Roberts has seven. The Aggies are averaging 80.6 points a game and their opponents have scored an aver age of 73 points a game. Some of the most successful ERA sales agents are still going to school. 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Clemson scored an victory in two overtimes in the 2'/2-hour contesll this weekend’s Great Alaska Shootout in Anchoral Spikers given bid; Ladies top UTSA The Aggie women’s vol leyball team, which finished the season 32-12, Monday was awarded one of 14 at-large berths in the NCAA national Sophomore Janet DutlBi nce p of h tournament. Texas A&M will play Arizona in Tuscon, Ariz., Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with the winner advancing to the regional round in Houston the following weekend. Arizona is ranked No. 12 in the nation. The Aggie Ladies basketball team defeated the University of Texas-San Antonio 84-64 Mon day night in G. Rollie White Col iseum to raise its record to 3-2 on the season. led Texas A&M with22p and seven rebounds, whilef ) averat Edgar had 13 points. Fresi | [ 1;ir ] t>1 , Lisa Langston and sogl Michell Tatum added ' NOTICE-O.R.P.-T.SJL Should you continue to earn current interest only on new deposits? Or you can call Larry Miller g? Swede Hanson 693-6030 apiece. 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