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sports Battalion/Page 13 March 1, 1983 on/Pa| !> Bill Metcalf says SWC is neighborhood brawl ih finish mid [ ighu h wo for Shclbj I ingtokl f tnwc I Met tv at lx*al out tl id TCll onlv an plaJ A^nl rs Fighting tooth and nail in the Southwest Conference: Aggie basket- i ball coach Shelby Metcalf, a 20-yeai veteran of SWC basketball wars, says the | league may be as tough as ever this year. ; And, he says, the proximity of the schools may have an effect on the competitive- , ness of the SWC: “Hey, the league’s tough. We’ve lost four of our games to Sports File [Arkansas and Houston and they’re [second and fourth in the nation. The geography down here puts us all so close [together. It’s just like a neighborhood 1 brawl.” A&M pistol team victorious: The | Aggie pistol team, competing in a field of [six schools, won a match at Sam Houston [State University this weekend by compil- ] ing a total of 2,068 points. The Universi- ity ofTexas placed second with 2,039 and [the University of Texas-Arlington was third at 2,033. Individually, the Aggies’ Peter Schaller was third with a 523 and Roger Davis was fourth with 521. In the [coaches’ tournament, Curtis Burns [finished first with a score of 498. The sectional match, which will determine | representatives for the national meet, will be held Saturday and Sunday at the [Trigon. *** Gymnasts fare well: In a five-way [meet hosted by L.D. Bell High School in 'Hurst, the Aggie gymnastics team placed second behind Memphis State. [The Aggies finished with 202.75 points and the Tigers had 254.5 to win the meet. Texas Tech, the defending Texas Gym nastics Conference champion, wound up third at 181.8. For the Aggies, team captain Mark Hartwell finished second in the floor exercise, fourth in the vault, sixth in the parallel bars and sixth in the all-around category. Hartwell said the Aggies enjoyed competing with Mem phis State, which has a fully supported varsity gymnastics squad: “It was good to have a meet with Memphis State. And beating Tech is a big thing for A&M be cause they’re our biggest competition in the state.” Texas A&M will compete against Texas Tech this weekend in Lub bock. Planning ahead: The Houston Oil ers, who willbe attempting to better their last-place finish in the American Football Conference’s Central Division, have announced their preseason schedule for 1983. Coach Eddie Biles and the Oilers will open Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Astro dome against the Baltimore Colts and will host the Tampa Bay Bucs on Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. In their last preseason appear ance in the Dome, the Colts defeated Houston 14-7. During the third week of the preseason, the Oilers will play Coach Bum Phillips’ New Orleans Saints on Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. In 1982 preseason play, the Oilers squeaked past the Saints by a score of 22-20. And last but not least, the annual intrastate battle between the Oil ers and the Dallas Cowboys will take place Aug. 27 at 8 p.m. in Dallas. Dates and times for all regular season games will be announced at a later date by the National Football League office. Swimming championships: The University of Texas, the defending Southwest Conference champion, will host the 52nd annual SWC Swimming and Diving Championships Thursday through Saturday at the Texas Swim ming Center. The Longhorns won last year’s meet 724‘A to 486‘/a over second- place SMU. Arkansas finished third with 405 points and Houston was fourth at 236. The Aggies compiled 158 points for fifth place, TCU had 67, Texas Tech had 65 and Rice had 30. UT won 12 of 21 events last year, and 10 of those winners return for this weekend’s meet. With the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the nation (Texas and SMU) swimming, the meet should stack up as one of the best in the nation. The following names of note will com pete in the meet: Steve Lundquist, SMU; William Paulus, Texas; Ricardo Prado, SMU, all world record holders; Rick Carey, Texas; Lundquist, SMU, Amer ican record holders; 19 all-Americas (10 from UT), and three defending NCAA champions. College baseball’s in full swing: While the Aggie baseball team has a 5-2 record and is hosting McNeese State to day in a 1 p.m. double-header today and a 3 p.m. single game Wednesday, several other Southwest Conference teams have started out on the right foot as well. The Houston Cougars, 9-0 thus far, are off to their best start ever. By defeating Texas Wesleyan 3-0 Sunday, UH broke the re cord of seven straight which had been set in 1977. The Rice Owls, getting strong pitching from their staff, are 9-1-1 after tying for the championship of the Cameron Invitation Baseball tourna ment this weekend. -stroll into ur ashioni inlay y his fourth b id was •avy, t the Smith, Lady Longhorns bury Texas A&M, 88-57 It didn’t take long for the Lady Longhorn basketball team to dispose ofTexas A&M Monday — not long at all. The Aggie Ladies came out of their dressing room knowing Texas’ talent was superior to their own, but Texas A&M was hoping for an upset at G. Rollie White Coliseum. After testing the Lady Longhorns early, however, reality set in and the Aggie Ladies became an 88-57 drowning victim in the Horns’ wake. Leading the way for Texas was center Annette Smith. Smith has been called “the best small center in the country” by women’s basketball authorities and she lived up to her billing by bringing down the house Mon day. The 5-11 Smith swished the nets for 33 points, pulled down Lisa Langston led Aggies with 16 points, 7 rebounds 15 rebounds and was all the Aggie Ladies could handle. Another key factor working in the Lady Longhorns’ favor was the ball handling of guard Esoleta Whaley. Whaley accounted for 30 of Texas’ points hitting 10 on her own and passing out 10 assists for 20 more points. For the Aggie Ladies, now Il ls on the year and 2-6 in the SWC, the big contributer in the losing effort was Lisa Langston with seven rebounds and 16 points. But the Aggie Ladies could be without Langston when play be gins in the upcoming Southwest Conference tournament. Lang ston went down late in the second half with an apparent broken hand, the same hand she injured earlier this year. The tournament begins March 10 in Austin. % rake’s late layup a winner * * * * * * & 4* * * & * * & * * MSC Travel Committee Sponsors SUMMER TRIPS to Europe June 5-26, $1699 — Camping trip — Visiting seven countries — Meals and accommodations — Ground transportation — Round-trip airfare from Houston — Tour guide — Camping equipment excluding sleeping bag China May 15-30, $1990 — All meals, lodging, and ground transportation — Visiting Bejjing, Shanghai, Xian, Waxi, Suzhow, Nanjing — Round trip airfare from West Coast — Tour guide and transfers 4!u For more info please call 845-1515 or stop by MSC 216. * * * ¥ * * * * * * * * * * 4* * United Press International vnt > * New Mexico State’s basketball \ (lawitBam would have been better off dv.le. Monday night if it stayed home iglyg* and watched “M*A*S*H" on television. e toum« Instead, it lost, 75-73, at her t! ;[ Diake in a wild Finish, with one d a : of its players escorted to the 1 pi 11 'locker room in handcuffs by a I lienlties Moines, Iowa police officer, her iifI With the score, 73-73, and evti pione second remaining, Dana on tl Dunson of Drake took an in die b bounds pass from Stephon But- s, a a ler. He missed his first shot but vent, tipped in the rebound to win the 2-holt Missouri Valley Conference back game. s secondl The swift turn of events had i ising ' the New Mexico State bench in a lather. With the Aggies protest- playinjing the fact more than a second spei il expired on the shot clock, a fight ast bodi nearly broke out between sever- inish ai p New Mexico State players and Drake fans. | That brought on the police, bo handcuffed a New Mexico ate player and accompanied m to the locker room. Officials id no charges will be filed. New Mexico State Coach Wel- )n Drew was too angered to Ik to reporters afterward. “Weldon Drew is one class :rson,” said Drake Coach Gary Garner. “If he was protesting, he really thought it was that way.” Kirk Hendrix, the Aggies’ sports information director, said: “Our players were at the scorer’s table because they felt it was the longest second they have ever seen. They didn’t think they (Drake) could put it up against the glass, get the re bound and score a basket all in one second.” The ending was all the more infuriating for New Mexico State, which had the ball with one second remaining, after Drake’s Ricky Watley banked in a 6-footer to lie it, 73-73. Elston Jones failed to inbound in less than five seconds and Drake took possession. That set the stage for Dunson and the chao tic finish. New Mexico State would have been wiser to follow the example of Manhattan College in New York. The school postponed its opening-round game with Army in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference playoffs so its students could watch the final episode of “MA-S-H.” “It’s in the best interest of all to postpone the game,” a school spokesman said. In the Top 20, No. 6 Louisvil le beat Murray State, 66-58, No. 13 Memphis State defeated Cin cinnati, 84-77, and No. 19 Ten- nessee-Chattanooga downed Tennessee Temple, 78-72. At Louisville, Ky., Milt Wag ner scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half as Louisville beat Murray State. At Memphis, Tenn., Keith Lee struck for 28 points and Bobby Parks added 25 to power Memphis State. St. Peter’s, behind 24 points each by Shelton Gibbs and Tom my Best, beat Fairfield, 70-67, in the opening round of the MAAC playoffs; and Staten Is land won its third straight City University of New York title, beating John Jay, 74-56, with Ron Chase scoring 17 points. DIETING? 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