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BRYAN STATION 0“0-//O0 December 10, 1982 /Page 17 Opening game of tourney Ags to ‘explore’ LaSalle by Frank L. Christlieb Battalion Staff The Texas Aggies will attempt to hinder the basketball exploits of the LaSalle Explorers when the two teams meet tonight at 6 in the first round of the Marshall Memorial Tourna ment in Huntington, W. Va. The Explorers, 2-1 on the sea son, have utilized a starting team of three sophomores and two freshmen to defeat Bucknell 68- 66 and Deleware 55-54. LaSal le’s only loss of the season came Wednesday night by a score of 84-82 to Rhode Island. But on the other end of the court, the Aggies have relied on a lineup of three seniors and two freshmen during the first six games of their season. Texas A&M has defeated Alaska- Anchorage and Texas A&I and has lost to Clemson, Illinois, Marquette and LSU. In losing to LSU 88-70 Wednesday night, the Aggies played their best all-around game of the season, shooting 58 percent from the field. Howev er, Texas A&M committed 28 fouls, allowing the Tigers to shoot 46 free throws. LSU con nected on 32 of those attempts, while the Aggies made 14 of 20 free throws. Texas A&M had taken an ear ly lead against the Tigers and still led 28-27 with 3:49 remain ing in the first half. But sloppy passing and turnovers by the Aggies brought LSU into a 37- 32 lead at halftime. The Aggies closed the deficit to 53-51 with 10:42 to play. Coach Shelby Metcalf was cal led for a technical foul with the Tigers leading 65-61 at the 3:38 mark, and the Aggies could nev er rally after Steffond Johnson’s three-point play and free throws made the score 70-61. The technical was called when Johnson apparently made a bas ket after the shot clock had ex pired, but was awarded the points by game officials. Texas A&M’s Claude Riley was whis tled for a foul, and Johnson made that free throw and the technical shots. The result? A nine-point LSU lead late in the game — one from which the Aggies could never rebound. In his post-game evaluation, Metcalf said: “1 wished I hadn’t got the technical, but that’s just how I felt. Johnson caught the ball in the air and then put up the shot after time had expired. “What are you supposed to do when you know you’re right?” Metcalf, upset with some of the officiating, said: “I’ll tell you what — I don’t think we’ll be come pen pals.” From his hotel room in Hunt ington Thursday night, Metcalf said it’s obvious that the official didn’t make the right call on what seemed to be a shot-clock violation. “Marty Blake, who’s in charge of the officials for the NBA, came up to me afterward and told me it was a bad call by the official,” he said. Late in the game, junior transfer forward Lowell McHenry was whistled for a flagrant foul. Metcalf said that during an earlier play, McHenry had received a stiff hit from one of the LSU players. “They’ll talk about your mama down there in New Orleans,” he said. “They’ve got some rough people down there.” The Aggies have learned a great deal during their first six games, Metcalf said, and the LSU game was no exception. “We made some progress against LSU,” he said. “If we can just start having some success now, we’ll come on.” Metcalf said McHenry has been sent back to College Station for disciplinary reasons. McHenry, who has been hitting nearly 70 percent of his field goals as Metcalfs top big man off the bench, broke curfew Wednesday night while the team was still in New Orleans. Metcalf said he doesn’t know if McHenry will be allowed to play in the Aggies’ next tourna* ment — the Champion Holiday Classic in Missoula, Mont. Metcalf, who was in good spir its as a result of the hospitality being given the players during their stay in Huntington, said LaSalle’s youthful look may be deceiving. “They’ve got two great fresh man guards (Chip Greenberg and Gary Jones), and a really great ballclub. In the only game they’ve lost (to Rhode Island by two points), they were ahead by five points with 1:37 left and they ended up losing on four long bombers. “The hotel had a banquet for us tonight, and we were sitting only two tables away from LaSal le, so at least we got to eyeball ’em.” Host school Marshall Univer sity plays Brown University at 8 tonight after the Aggie- Explorer game. The consolation game will be played at 6 Satur day night and the championship will be at 8. Here are the starting lineups for the Aggies and Explorers, as well as their current scoring and rebounding averages: TEXAS A&M: Kenny Brown, freshman guard, 6-4, 195 — 18.1 ppg, 3.1 r Pg Tyren Naulls, senior guard, 6-4, 205 — 12.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg Claude Riley, senior forward, 6-10, 215 — 15.1 ppg, 9.8 rpg Roy Jones, senior forward, 6- 7, 195 — 9.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg Jimmie Gilbert, freshman center, 6-9, 200 — 2.3 ppg, 5.3 r Pg TEAM FIELD GOALS: 52.1 percent TEAM FREE THROWS: 63.9 percent REBOUNDS: 39 per game; opponents, 33.1 per game LAST YEAR: 20-11 COACH: Shelby Metcalf LASALLE: Chip Greenberg, freshman guard, 6-4, 185, 13.7 ppg, 3.0 r Pg Gary Jones, freshman guard, 6-2, 175, 0.7 ppg, 2.0 rpg Steve Black, sophomore for ward, 6-3, 185, 18.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg Ralph Lewis, sophomore for ward, 6-5, 180, 13.7 ppg, 8.3 rpg Albert Butts, sophomore cen ter, 6-9, 215, 11.0 ppg, 10.7 rpg TEAM FIELD GOALS: 41.8 percent TEAM FREE THROWS: 72.3 percent REBOUNDS: 34.3 per game LAST YEAR: 16-13 COACH: Dave “Lefty” Ervin AGGIE FACTS: Texas A&M has played LaSalle twice in the team’s history, losing 59-57 in 1976 (when the Aggies finished see MARSHALL pg 19 E-Systems continues the tradition of the world’s great problem solvers, Developing the ana lytical theory known by his name, Joseph Fourier gave the world a basic tool for engineering analysis and system design. 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