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DALLAS — The TCU
e iorned Frogs simply outplayed
Texas A&M Thursday night at
. jieBouthwest Conference tour-
ament.
Period.
And the result was a 65-53
hellacking by the Frogs that en-
led the season for Texas A&-M
nd possibly eliminated the
vggies from any post-season
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■jexas A&M was ready to
)lay. all right — the Aggies tied
he store 15 times.
h the first half, the Aggies
lidn’t surrender their early lead
mtil Brian Christensen hit one
>f tlo free throws to give LCU a
9-18 lead.
j^Hhe Frogs stretched their
ead to as many as five points in
helfirst half, but went into the
ocicr room leading by two at
13-11 after a brief Aggie com-
■bat k.
kAi the start of the second half ,
t seemed Texas A&M would
tatch up and pull away from the
Froi.s. Tyren Naulls gave the
\giies a 37-35 lead at the 15:35
najk of the second half and Re
ggie Roberts stole the ensuing
-nbounds pass, but the Aggies
iailpd to score. Texas A&M gave
helball back to TCU after an
Tfensive foul by Jimmie Chi
le it.
HThe lead changed hands
:wite before the Frogs collected
theniselves and pulled away
Irohi Texas A&M.
\, V\ ith thtf score tied at •42 with
13:B4 remaining, TCU made a
run that broke the Aggies' backs.
; . Iorned Frog guard Dennis
Nutt broke the tie with a 21-foot
jumper off a Darrell Browder
assist and forward Doug Arnold
laid one in after Christensen
Stole the Aggie inbounds pass.
, From that point, the game
was never in doubt for TCU, as
the Aggies didn’t score another
basket from the field until 1:34
remained in the game. Texas
A&M went 12 minutes without a
single field goal and the f inished
the game hitting only 36 percent
:>f its shots.
Shelby Metcalf says TCU
defense played aggressive
Texas A&M Head Coach
Shelby Metcalf said he was very
impressed with the Frogs’ de
fense.
“TCU played as well tonight
as I’ve ever seen a TCU basket
ball team play,” he said. “They
took it to us in every aspect,
attacking every defense we
threw at them with great pati
ence and shot selection. They
played a very aggressive zone
defense.”
The Frog offense wasn’t too
bad, either. TCLJ burned the
nets on 67 percent shooting in
the second half and 61.4 percent
shooting for the game.
The main factor in the Frog
offensive punch, surprisingly,
was Nick Gucinella, who nor
mally plays the role of defensive
stalwart. Cucinella hit seven of
seven shots from the field for 14
points.
Arnold, who hit for 16 points
himself, said Cucinella’s per
formance was perhaps his best
of the year.
“Boy, he really did well
tonight,” he said. “He w r as hust
ling and moving around out
there all night. Every time 1 got
the ball at the top of the key and
turned around, Cooch was wide
open.”
Cucinella said his teammates
had a lot to do with his outstand
ing performance.
“I had a really good night
tonight, and I’m glad, hut let’s
face it — most of the (shots) were
See Aggies page 6
layups,” he said. "I got lots of
screens because the other guys
were doing-all the work. I just
had to turn around and score.
Brian (Christensen) and Doug
(Arnold) were setting screens
and picks and were doing a real
ly great job of it.”
Naulls led the Aggie attack
with 20 points and Claude Riley
and Gilbert grabbed eight re
bounds apiece. TCU placed
four players in double figures.
Darrell Browder added 17
points and Christensen chipped
in 10 to go along with Arnold
and Cucinella’s total.
Texas A&M finishes the sea
son with a 17-14 record while
TCU laces Arkansas tonight at
8:30 in the semifinals.
In the other semifinal brack
et, SMU will face the University
of Houston at 6 p.m. after de
feating Texas Tech by a score of
76-69.
TEXAS A&M (53)
Riley 3-11 2-2 S, Naulls 5-10 10-12 20,
Roberts 4-10 3-3 11. Gilbert 2-3 0-0 4,
Jones 0-2 1-21, Lee 2-5 0-0 4, McHenry
2-4 1-2 5, Brown 0-4 0-0 0.
TCU (65)
Nutt 3-6 2-3 8, Browder 8-13 1-2 17,
Arnold 6-13 4-5 16, Cycinella 7-7 0-0 14,
Christensen 3-4 4-6 10, Mortimer 0-1 0-0
0.
Halftime — TCU 33, A&M 31. Total
fouls — A&M 17, TCU 14. Fouled out —
Riley, Roberts. Steals — A&M 6 (Roberts
4), TCU 4 (Arnold 2). Assists — A&M 8
(Naulls 3). LCU 21 (Nutt 8). Turnovers
— A&M 12, TCU I 1. Rebounds — A&M
29. TCU 25. A — 12.000.
TCU center Brian Christensen guards
Aggie forward Claude Riley during a
game in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
photo by Dean Saito
Texas A&M won this game, but the
Horned Frogs won Thursday night in
the SWC tourney quarterfinals, 65-53.
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