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The Battalion Sports March 1, 1983 Page 11 n °'v until Mj UlJ rn all appj (1 K “K#y w 6 ,() day thros \gs mash Longho spite falling behind by 20 points, 45-25, at halftime, came back out to start the second half. What guts. Still, it takes more than guts to beat the Aggies. You have to have some players, also. And the Horns simply couldn’t keep up the pace. The 3,141 fans that did attend the game saw Texas take an early lead at 7-6. Aided by the strong inside play of Bill Wendlandt, Carl ton Cooper and David Seitz, the Horns were able to stay even with the Aggies. But once Texas A&M cut off the inside, the Longhorns fell behind. With the score 20-15 in favor of the Aggies and 7:30 left in the f irst half, senior for ward Claude Riley scored 10 straight points for Texas A&M, six of them on layups. c mlunM Pedaled J byJohn Wagner Sports Editor HBi’t feel sorry for Haw- e scheduled C °' They got to 8° wRe your sympathy for the 1-3. is stjB Longhorns. They have 1 ( lubacti\i,eip playing. Rhe Longhorns — out- ■ed, outmatched and W$HlP;p played in every aspect of '* e « will besl® 1116 — themselves a the mean e < ' ee P er into the foxhole ’•■ay night, losing to the fas Aggies 96-59 in a game ClNEH^t 116 can on *y descripe as "tent wilhtj'' •‘301 : "ill from! ^Pportunk Zachn. Rexas Longhorn basket- t is hell. ■hose fans who stayed H — glued to the televi- a set and the final adven- ^■of the 4077th — missed v»e that should have been led at halftime. 'We’re talking white flag. Claude Riley scored 20 points in 96-59 victory unconditional surrender. Throw in the towel surrender. Hide in the locker room sur render. But the Longhorns, de- rns, 96 Three slam dunks by Tyren Naulls and Reggie Roberts, as well as some good outside shooting, boosted the Aggies’ lead to its 20-point halftime margin. The second half was more of the same, with the Aggies running and gunning right past the Longhorns. Their biggest lead was 40 points — at 3:23 of the second half — when Doug Lee scored on a reverse layup. Aggie coach Shelby Met calf cleared the bench in the second half, using 11 players. Ten of those players scored, five in double Figures. No player played more than 30 minutes, and little-used play ers like Roger Bock (seven points) and Mark Peppercorn (six points) contributed great ly in the 39-point victory. It was that kind of game. Metcalf said the fact that 59 Texas isn’t a powerhouse team didn’t affect Texas A&M’s desire to win. “Here’s what you’ve got to remember,” Metcalf said. “The fact that they’re Texas helps (get the Aggies fired up to play). Just listen to the words of our fight song, and I think you’ll be aware there’s a rivalry between us.” Riley, who led all scorers with 20 points, said the Horns are not a typical Texas team. “It’s kind of strange play ing a Texas team like that be cause when we used to play Texas, and when you think of Texas, you think of some real ly good teams and players,” he said. “But they’ve had some problems as far as keeping guys on the team this year. It’s hard to imagine playing Texas when they don’t have any real studs on their team.” staff photo by David Fisher UT’s Carlton Cooper shoots over Roger Bock, center, and Mark Peppercorn, left, in the Aggies’ 96-59 victory over Texas Monday night. “jrustration t sdav FricS H0 J UT coach Weltlich says Horns can’t keep up with rest of SWC -5 p.m. inR by Joe Tindel Jr. Battalion Staff J>ril How does Texas basketball coach Bob Welt- 1 spell relief? L-A-S-T G-A-M-E. But relief won’t come for the Longhorns’ st-year coach until his patchwork team r uggles through two more games. Yet Welt- V ftrobably wouldn't mind closing the gym 7 Rif he could. There’s just nothing bright ^ Rt a 37-point loss. . • Rnd after the Horns suffered the 96-59 "I Rter at the hands of the Aggies Monday Bt, Weltlich seemed almost accustomed to Rig about frustration. He’s had practice — sie ve been 13 other SWC losses, i t rucks, w[R| h ere ’ s two frustrations for me,” Weltlich ? produce d. “One is the fact that there's not anything i na, Icnn.T|t y OU rea liy can c i () ” me mayl Ifyou take away Texas forward Mike Wack- availabilm ■ er’s injury last season, center LaSalle Thomp son’s decision to prematurely turn pro and change some players’ attitudes about former Texas coach Abe Lemons’ dismissal last year, Weltlich might have brought a powerhouse into College Station Monday night. Slip Thompson, Jack Worthington and Wacker into the starting lineup with Bill Wendlandt and Carlton Cooper, and you might have a 14-1 Longhorn team instead of a 1-14 club. But Weltlich’s right. There’s not a lot that can be done. Instead, the Texas mentor started a fresh man, a walk-on and a former cheerleader along with Wendlandt and Cooper, and all the Texas coach could do was sit and watch as the Aggies ran, slammed, stuffed and swished all night long. “It’s just alarming to watch the athletic abil ity that comes into play in a game like this,” Weltlich said, “where we’re out there and we’re actually getting some pretty good shots and making some pretty good plays and they’re (Aggies) just going higher and running faster.” The coach said his team’s lack of speed ver sus the Aggies’ abundance of it is the type of trouble his team has encountered all season. “We have to get the game to where it’s play ed from the top of the key on in,” Weltlich said. “If we get in a game that’s played from the top of the key to the top of the key we’re lost. That’s what happened tonight. When they ran it on us, everytime I looked up they were in a two-on-one or a one-on-nobody. I got tired of seeing the guards dunk it.” In addition to the mismatch in talent, Welt lich said the second frustration was the Horns’ lack of concentration. “I’m not sure that Bill (Wendlandt) or David (Seitz) had a good foul,” Weltlich said. “I mean a good foul — a fdul where they’re making a good play. Everything was kind of “reach and grab” after they had made a mistake. That’s where we get the lack of discipline and the lack of concentration, and that bothers me. “I really felt like we could get the ball inside because I thought they would allow us to have the ball in there, which they did. But we just didn’t get it in there.” Despite the frustration, Weltlich praisedJtis walk-ons for the hard work they’ve put in this season, and cited Lance Watson, the former cheerleader who started the game, for playing well considering his ability and lack of experi ence. “I don’t think he in any way, shape or form disgraced himself tonight in his perform ance.” Weltlich said. “He handled the ball ade quately and I thought he really tried to do some things defensively. He surely was not the reason why we had the problems we had.” Watson scored four points in the effort, but Cooper led the scoring for the Horns with 19. Wendlandt and Seitz had 12 apiece. Weltlich had some good things to say about the Aggies, who shot 58.5 percent from the field against Texas’ 52.2 percent. “I think they’re probably the third best team in the league right now in terms of personnel and the way they’re playing," Weltlich said. “I'm not sure that there’s really anything that limits them in what they’re able to do. Their personnel is exceptional, particularly in the backcourt. I think when you have Roberts, Naulls and Brown, you have three guards that are really legitimate big-time players.” . With Special Guest THE BELLAMY BROTHERS THURSDAY, MARCH 3rd 8:00 P.M. G. ROLLIE WHITE COLISEUM Tickets-$7, $8, & $8.50 MSC Box Office 845-1234 Feb. 7-11 ■- Feb. 14 ntain M S C -AGGIE riNEMA; LOWENBRAU Presents A Special College Pre-release Screening TOM SELLECK and BESS ARMSTRONG Fun and adventure at every turn. High Road Tb China. || GOLDEN HARVEST/JAORAN FILM Present A FRED WEINTRAUB Production tor CITY FILMS A BRIAN G HUTTON Film TOM SELLECK BESS ARMSTRONG HIGH ROAD TO CHINA | Also Starring "JACK WESTON \ WILFORD BRIMLEY ROBERT MORLEY BRIAN BLESSED CASSANDRA GAVA Music by JOHN BARRY Executive Producer RAYMOND CHOW Based onjhe book by JON CLEARY Screenplay by SANDRA WEINTRAUB ROLAND and S LEE POGOSTIN Produced by FRED WEINTRAUB Directed by BRIAN G HUTTON jPOlw—na—ajMwa** | d wamw"pj^ertteciil Technicolor • Technovision * r-*'**- ■■ «—i—Oty TUESDAY, MARCH 1 8:00 p.m. Rudder Auditorium FREE SNEAK PREVIEW ^Tr