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    Texas A&M
The Battalion Sports
February 23, 1983'Page 13
photo by Octavio Garcia
Texas A&M junior forward Lowell McHenry looks
, for a way to get away from SMU defenders Derrick
a ( | ca ,J Parks (31) and Carl Wright (44). McHenry and his
teammates will be looking for ways to get away from
the Mustangs again tonight as Texas A&M travels to
Dallas to face SMU in a key conference match-up.
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‘Killer’ says Cougars
better than Arkansas
United Press International
In the matter of Houston vs. Arkansas, which
will happen for the second time in a little more
than a week, TCU coach Jim Killingsworth feels
he must line up on the side of the Cougars.
He isn’t alone, of course, since the first time
those two teams played, Houston held the Razor-
backs to 36 percent shooting and won by 15
points.
been the only blemish in a 22-1 season, should
have little trouble putting the Texas Longhorns
away tonight in Austin. The Hogs’ last tuneup for
the Cougars will come Saturday night in Fayette
ville against Texas Tech.
Houston has just one game left before it makes
the trip to Arkansas — that coming Saturday
night at home against the cross-town rival Rice
Owls.
But Killingsworth’s opinion carries more
weight than most because he has faced both teams
twice this year.
“I’d have to give the edge to Houston,” Killing
sworth said Saturday after his Horned Frogs had
come up on the short end of a 64-56 encounter
with Arkansas.
“I don’t know that Arkansas is any better than I
thought they would be. Of course they are plenty
good enough as it is. I thought we had a chance to
beat them once this year. It just didn’t happen
(although the two teams could meet again in the
SWC post-season tournament).
“But Houston is awfully good when they get
rolling. I guess we are the only team that has been
able to stay close to them.”
Houston defeated Rice earlier this season.
The Cougars are coming off a week in which
both wire service polls ranked them second —
their highest ranking since 1968. Only the Uni
versity of Nevada-Las Vegas is ranked higher.
But the biggest contests of the week will prob
ably involve Texas A&M, which did not play over
the weekend.
The Horned Frogs, now 17-7 and still hoping
for their first 20-win season in 24 years, have lost
twice to the second-ranked Cougars by a total of
1 1 points.
And TCU came close against Arkansas as well
Saturday in Fort Worth, only to be done in down
the stretch by the quick hands and accurate shoot
ing of Darrell Walker. It was the 25th straight win
for the Hogs over the Frogs.
The Aggies, who defeated St. Mary’s in an in
tersectional game Monday night 96-76, travel to
SMU tonight and host TCU Saturday night.
A&M is fighting TCU for the third and final
bye past the first round of the SWC tourney. The
winner of the TCU-A&M game, which will be
regionally televised, will likely claim the third-
place position in the final standings.
But Texas A&M must go to Dallas first, and
take on the sometimes-up, sometimes-dowp Mus
tangs.
As the final seconds ticked away in the Razor-
backs’ win, the large contingent of Arkansas fans
began chanting, “Houston, Houston.”
They are anxious for Houston’s trip into the
always demonstrative confines of Barnhill Arena
in Fayetteville, a journey scheduled for March 3.
But as the Houston game draws near, Walker
would like to see a slight change made in the
seventh-ranked Razorbacks.
“We couldn’t put TCU away,” said Walker, who
scored 24 points and made seven steals against the
Frogs. “Not being able to put people away is keep
ing this good ballclub from becoming a great ball-
club.”
The Razorbacks, whose loss to Houston has
The Aggies defeated SMU earlier this season in
G. Rollie White Jan. 22 by a score of 85-77. Six
Aggies scored in double figures for T exas A&M,
including Claude Riley with 18 points and Jimmie
Gilbert with 16 points.
Reggie Roberts had 13 for the Aggies, followed
by Kenny Brown and Roy Jones’ 12 points and
Tyren Naulls’ 10.
Jon Koncak led the Mustangs with 14 points.
Texas A&M led the Mustangs 40-32 at half-
time, and ran the score to 59-46 with 13:20 left,
but SMU fought back to cut the Aggies’ margin of
victory to seven points at the buzzer.
In TCU, the Aggies will face what many believe
to be one of the toughest teams in the conference,
a team that beat Texas A&M 67-50 earlier this'
season in Fort Worth. Despite the Aggies 13-2
quick start, the Horned Frogs came back to win
big behind the play of Doug Arnold. Arqold
finished the game with 29 points, 14 rebounds
and seven blocked shots.