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sports Battalion/Paf March 3,lj «= s — Upset of TCU puts A&M in third place f f f f f f K »- »- f f f i < United Press International The Southwest Conference has been short of upsets this sea son, but tfye league went two- for-two in the unexpected result category Wednesday night. And as a result, the Texas Aggies have an inside track to third place in the league — and the tournament bye that goes along with it. SMU had not beaten TCU in its last five meetings and the Frogs were favored in Fort Worth again Wednesday night. But a key technical foul followed by five straight free throws by Butch Moore brought the Mus tangs the surprising victory, 61- 56. And the Baylor Bears, suffer ing through a disappointing sea son, finally wore down the shor thanded Texas Tech Red Raid ers in Lubbock, 63-61. All of that shuffling put Texas A&M in position to cap ture the third-place spot in the Final Southwest Conference standings, although A&M, TCU and SMU could all wind up tied for No. 3 position. The league championship, meanwhile, will be on the line tonight in Fayetteville where the No. 1 Flouston Cougars and No. 4 Arkansas Razofbacks get together for one of the most well-publicized games in the conference's history. Texas A&M, with one game remaining (against T exas Tech in Lubbock Saturday after noon), owns a 9-6 league record while TCU (through for the reg ular season) is 9-7. SMU, meanwhile, is 8-7, with Dave Bliss says Mustangs playing ‘best ball of year’ a game against the lowly Texas Longhorns remaining, and Tech is 7-8. The Mustangs clinched at least a break-even record in con ference play for the first time in seven years and downed the Horned Frogs despite being outrebounded, 40-29. “I’m thrilled with the way we played tonight,” SMU coach Dave Bliss said. “In the second half we were a tired ball club.” It was the fourth triumph in five games for the Mustangs. “I think the key to our turnar ound this year was the last nine seconds of the Rice game (in which the Mustangs forced an overtime after seemingly being beaten). We played well in that overtime and we’ve been playing well — really together — ever since. We’re playing the best bas ketball of the year.” SMU (61) TCU (56) Arnold 6 3-9 15, Cucinella 4 1-2 9, Christ ensen 3 0-0 6, Stephen 4 0-0 8, Browder 8 0-0 16, Nutt 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 4-1 1 56. Halftime — TCU 35, SMU 33. Fouled out—Davis. Total fouls — SMU 13, TCU 13. Technicals — TCU coach Killing- sworth. A — 4, 440. BAYLOR (63) Mays 3 1-3 7, Baucham 2 1-6 5, Glover 4 0-0 8, Stern 1 0-0 2, Shakir 6 4-5 16, Kais er 1 0-0 2, Heller 0 0-0 0, Hall 8 7-10 23, Hey land 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 13-24 63. TEXAS TECH (61) Anderson 2 2-2 6, Taylor 6 4-4 16, Irvin 1 0-0 2, Jennings 9 0-0 18, Reynolds 3 1-2 7, Wqjciechoski 0 0-0 0, Benford 2 2-2 6, Doda 2 2-2 6. Totals 25 11-14 61. Halftime — Baylor 32, Tech 26. Fouled out — Glover, Shakir. Total fouls — Baylor 15, Tech 17. A — 4,453. w i ^ A dfc A A ^ ^ ^ ^ ~ yowujMood'l (ledausiatit " 9 Serving Aggies for 51 years! /JcjxjAe. ^teidUtio+i fast QewesuUio+vl! Specials 5 p.m. til Closing: Thursday Night: All the Fried Cat Fish you can eat. includes salad or cole slaw, french fries and hush puppies. (No orders to go, please.) Friday Night: Fisherman’s Platter Special includes crab roll, potato patty, scal lops, fish bites, fried cat fish, fried shrimp, shrimp cocktail. $rj99 $■795 Sunday Night: Chicken Fried Steak Special $099 dt meat. 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SUNDAY SPECIAL NOON and EVENING ROAST TURKEY DINNER Served with Cranberry Sauce Cornbread Dressing Roll or Corn Bread - Butter - Coffee or Tea Giblet Gravy And your choice of any One vegetable TCU coach jim Killingsworth was called for a technical foul with 3:15 to play and the score tied. Moore made one of two free throw opportunities and then over the next two minutes made four more to put the Mus tangs in front by five. Moore, a freshman guard, produced his career high with 19 points. In Lubbock, Ozell Hall scored 23 points after not getting into the contest until 11 minutes had been played. Hall’s two free throws with 16 seconds to go gave Baylor a four-point advantage and brought Baylor coach Jim Hal ler his first victory ever in Lub bock. Wright 6 1-5 13, Davis 1 0-2 2, Koncak 6 1-2 13, Piehler 6 0-0 12, Moore 7 5-7 19, Anderson 0 0-0 0, Gadis 0 0-0 0, Parks 1 0-0 2. Totals 27 7-16 61. Cal-Fullerton here Sunday fAMi M Ags blitz Cowboys, 15-8 Moerot TUAT'S 1 WANT Gx by John Wagner Sports Editor The Texas Aggies took advantage of a two-inning, 10-run spree — a bonanza in which 17 batters came to the plate — to run away from McNeese State in Olsen Field Wednesday, 15-8. Texas A&M battered the Cowboy pitchers for a total of 17 hits in eight innings, and five McNeese State errors aided the Aggies’ offensive output. Pitcher Rick Luecken struck out eight Cowboy batters before being relieved af ter five innings. Luecken’s slider worked especially well, as he finished several of the strikeouts on called third strikes. right field with two outs. Bill Anderson, the Cowboys’ right fielder, chased Beach’s shot into the right field corner hm had trouble picking it up. Beach scored to make it 2-0 when Kevin Smith singled to left. After Smith stole second base. Can non beat out an infield hit to the third baseman, but the inning ended after Cannon was caught attempting to steal second. In the top of the fourth, Cowboy David Perez led off with a single, but Luecken retired the next three batters to end the threat. Texas A&M opened the scoring in the second, when catcher Ron Devereaux hit a sacrifice fly to bring Billy Cannon home. Cannon doubled to lead off the inning and reached third on an error. In the third. Bobby Beach doubled to That’s when the fun started. Aggie designated hitter Mike Scanlin drilled his first home run of the year over the 375- foot marker in right field to make it 3-0. Tony Metoyer walked, and after De vereaux fiied out, Tim Cartwright sing led to right field. Metoyer went to third when Anderson fumbled the ball] Todd Edwards walked to h bases, and Buddy Haney smashed] at the second baseman, who letth get past him. Three runs stored] McNeese State defense crumbled. T he Aggies' Smith scored agaiir error'to make the score 7-0. After McNeese State picked up in the top of the fifth, Scanlin tripl lead off, and scored when Devei doubled to right. Cartwright walked Edwards doubled to score Devei and Cartwright. I exas A&M scored one runii sixth anti two in the seventh toroum the Aggie scoring. The Cowboys he up to score two in the sixth, oneii seventh and four in the ninth tomaL score 15-8. The Aggies play nationally tanka State-Fullerton Sunday in a da header that begins at 1 p.m. >rr IK GRADUATES DIPLOMA FRAMING Starting at $23.81 Your choice of metal or wood frame JrrCLMlVlfj 923 Texas 775-9292 Lay-a-way now for graduation Limited quantities after April 15th. etc ran shor ex pet ted t le of the N field this s< ,usi take cat Bmullcv, ICE Carta Blanca Dark $299 6-pack New! 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