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Aggies’ start a pleasant surprise for Metcalf
by John Wagner
Battalion Staff
The Texas Aggies’ 3-1 start
may not have Akeem the
I . [Dream shaking in his over-
\ l '' ; sued sneakers, but it’s been all
iritis for Texas A&M coach
Shelby Metcalf.
I A&M’s play has surprised
preseason critics, many of
whom said the young Aggies
ould be lucky to even recog-
ize a basketball this season,
t alone play with one.
The Aggies may be young,
But they’re not ihat young.
I A&M’s wins over Texas
Lutheran, Prairie View A&M
[and Southwestern have been
fss than impressive, some-
llmes downright sloppy. In
[fact, the Aggies’ best game was
Idne they lost, a 75-65 defeat at
the hands of ninth-ranked
■* I..SU. But they got the job
|one in the other three, and
Metcalf says it’s just a matter
[of time before the team jells.
I “We’ve come a long way,
Considering we’ve only played
lour games,” Metcalf said.
fOur young players will con
tinue to improve as they be
nt wasexpet (jome more comfortable in our
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Comfortable? Several
already seem to have made
Tangelants; themselves at home.
Freshman Mike Clifford, a
iI on Inlets 6-6 forward from Round
Rock, started for the first time
onto the 1j Monday against Southwest
ern, and he finished the game
with nine points, nine re
bounds, 10 assists and two
(docked shots. A&M’s leading
orer in that game was sopho-
jiore Doug Lee, who had 16.
Another freshman, guard
odd Holloway, had 12 points
Ind live assists.
In fact, every point scored
this season, save for junior
Darnell Williams’ 18, has
come from a freshman or a
sophomore. Not bad for a
team that’s still getting to
know each other.
The Aggies’ biggest prob
lem seems to be patience.
Sometimes, they just don’t
have any.
After falling behind at half
time 32-3 1 against Southwest
ern, Metcalf gave the Aggies
two words of friendly advice
— slow down.
“He just said we could win
the game if we were patient
and shot the shots we prac
ticed shooting,” Holloway said
after A&M’s 71-66 win over
the Pirates. “We were rushing,
f orcing our shots, and doing a
lot of ‘crazy stuff, as Coach
calls it.”
Despite their youth and
lack of height, the Aggies have
outrebounded their oppo
nent in all four games this sea
son, and center Jimmie Gil
bert is the main reason. The
sophomore from Huntsville
leads the Aggies in that categ
ory, averaging over 12 a game.
Clifford, after seeing limited
action in the first two games,
has pulled down 21 in the last
two games.
The Aggies don’t play
again until Saturday, when
they take on Oral Roberts in
Tulsa, Okla. The Titans are
led by the Acres brothers, cen
ter Mark and forward Jeff,
and are coached by, yes, that’s
right, Mark and Jeffs dad,
Dick.
“The Acres brothers are
the best brother combination
working in basketball today,”
Metcalf said. “In fact, they
Texas A&M’s Kenny Brown claps his hands
at the official’s call during A&M’s loss
to LSU Saturday. The Aggies play Oral
Roberts Saturday in Tulsa, Okla.
may be working on a dynasty
up there.”
It’s still early, but Metcalf
may have a little dynasty of his
own — once his freshmen and
sophomores grow up.
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" , Ricker Mark Moseley’s. Moseley
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ip open,' ti ir j ve ori) ” Moseley said
ie stuffw. Wednesday as the Redskins be
llying ai g an preparations for their visit
tl or plai topallas. “I like to be put in that
p edgesoi position because I’m confident I
riously nfjcan do the job.”
MThe NFC East title and the
alltoyssol home-field advantage for the
esmeetf NFC portion of the playoffs will
be on the line Sunday, although
the winner must also win the fin
al [game of the season to hold
lhat edge. It all adds up to a
Moseley type of day.
■Moseley, the only “toe kicker”
left in pro football, leads the
ised
Fooii
Plus 111
NFL with 147 points, a record
for kicked points. He also leads
in field goals with 31 and extra
points with 54.
For consistency, Moseley, in
his 31-44 field goal year, has hit
24 of 29 inside 40 yards. He has
hit 13 of his last 16 attempts with
the misses coming from 40, 43
and 56 yards. He has made nine
of his last 10 inside 40 yards.
That wasn’t the case earlier in
the season. In fact, the Redskins,
12-2, can point to a pair of
Moseley misses as major factors
in the two losses. He missed
from 31 yards with 9:24 to play
in the season-opening 31 -30 loss
to the Cowboys and from 37
yards on the final play of the
48-47 loss at Green Bay.
“What’s almost as bad is that I
made some kicks early when I
didn’t really hit the ball well,”
said Moseley. “It bothered me to
the point that I was going on the
field worrying and trying not to
miss a kick rather than concen
trating on making it.
“Finally, I read an article by a
psychologist who had worked
with a pole vaulter. The vaulter
was having problems and always
saw himself knocking the bar
off. The doctor told him to con
centrate on listening for the pole
hitting in the box.
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pILWAUKEE —- Sidney
Moncrief hit a pair of free
throws and a jumper in the final
6t seconds Wednesday night to
give the Milwaukee Bucks a 103-
101 victory over the Houston
Rockets and extend their win
ning streak to six games.
The jumper capped a close
burth period which saw neither
t^nn assume a lead of more than
four points. Junior Bridgeman’s
basket tied the score at 98 and
after Allen Leavell gave the
Rockets their final lead at 100-
■ Moncrief hit two foul shots
arid the jumper in the final
seconds.
(The Bucks thought the game
ended after Milwaukee’s Terry
1|aglr intentionally missed the
second of his two free throws
and went to the locker room. But
referees Jesse Hall and Ken
Meuer ruled that one second re
mained and called the Bucks out
on the court. Leavell’s jumper at
the buzzer missed.
Milwaukee, which raised its
home record to 9-0, was led by
»ncrief and Bridgeman with
20 points each. Lewis Lloyd led
the Rockets with 26 points while
Ralph Sampson added 23.
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Husker trio leads
All-America team
“It got me thinking. I remem
bered that on my best kicks, I
could hear that real solid thump
of my toe hitting the ball. I
started concentrating in practice
and carried it into games, listen
ing for that solid sound. It work
ed and my attitude now is that
I’m going to make every kick,”
Moseley said.
United Press International
NEW YORK — Heisman
Trophy winner Mike Rozier is
one of three players from top-
ranked Nebraska’s record
setting offense named Wednes
day to the UPI All-America first
team.
Rozier, a senior I-back, is
joined by two teammates, wide
receiver Irving Fryar and guard
Dean Steinkuhler, from the
highest scoring offense in col
lege history. Rozier led the na
tion with 2,148 yards and an
NCAA record 29 rushing touch
downs, in large part because of
the blocking of Steinkuhler, a 6-
foot-3, 270-pound senior.
Rozier is also one of five re
peaters from the 1982 team
along with tight end Gordon
Hudson of Brigham Young,
Oklahoma defensive tackle Rick
Bryan, Arizona linebacker Ricky
Hunley and Georgia defensive
back Terry Hoage.
Georgia and Brigham Young
are the only other schools beside
Nebraska to have more than one
player on the first unit. Brigham
Young, the country’s top team in
total offense, placed Hudson
and quarterback Steve Young
while Georgia was represented
by Hoage and defensive end
Fred Gilbert.
Auburn running back Bo
Jackson is the only sophomore
on the team. Pittsburgh offen
sive tackle Bill Fralic, Clemson
middle guard William Perry and
Texas defensive back Jerry Gray
are juniors.
Rounding out the of fense are
Missouri tackle Gonrad Goode,
guard Stefan Humphries of
Michigan, Southern Galifornia
center Tony Slaton and running
back Greg Allen of Florida State.
Kansas’ Bruce Kallmeyer is the
kicker.
Completing the defense are
end Ron Faurot of Arkansas,
Tennessee tackle Reggie White,
linebackers Wilber Marshall of
Florida and Carl Banks of
Michigan State and Southern
Methodist defensive back Rus
sell Carter. Wyoming’sjack Weil
is the punter.
Young passed for 3,906 yards
and 33 touchdowns this season,
setting NCAA records for most
yards total offense (395.1 per
game), most completions (306)
and highest completion percen
tage (71.3). Also among his 13
NCAA records is highest career
completion percentage (65.8).
Young was the Heisman run
ner up.
Jackson gained 1,213 yards
and scored 14 TDs to lead the
Southeastern Conference in
both categories. Allen gained
1,134 yards and scored 13 TDs
while averaging 5.7 yards per
carry for the Seminoles.
Fryar, one of the most explo
sive players in the nation, caught
40 passes for 780 yards (19.5
yards per catch) and eight TDs
for a Cornhuskers team which
threw so rarely that its quarter
back didn’t have enough
attempts to qualify among the
NCAA leaders. Fryar added 318
yards and 2 TDs rushing and
113 on punt returns to rank 39th
nationally in all-purpose yar
dage. Hudson caught 44 passes
for 596 yards and six TDs de
spite sitting out the final three
games with a knee injury.
Steinkuhler was nominated
for both the Outland and Lom
bardi Trophies given to the na
tion’s top lineman. Fralic, Hum
phries, Slaton, White and Bryan
are also candidates for both
awards.
No. 2 Texas had five players
on the second team and No. 5
Illinois had three on the second
unit.
Texas placed guard Doug
Dawson, center Mike Ruether.
linebacker Jell Lieding, defen
sive back Mossy Cade and pun
ter John Teltschick. The IllinT
had offensive tackle Jim Juriga,
defensive tackle Don Thorp and
defensive back Craig Swoope.
The rest of the second team
offense is quarterback Doug
Fluiie and wide receiver Brian
Brennan of Boston College,
tight end Paul Bergmann oP
UCLA, tackle Brian Blados of
North Carolina, guard Terry-
Long of East Carolina, running
backs Napoleon McCallum of
Navy, Allen Pinkett of Notre
Dame and Keith Byars of Ohio
State and kicker Paul Woodside
of West Virginia.
Rounding out the second
team defense are ends Kevin
Murphy of Oklahoma and Don
nie Humphrey of Auburn, tack
le William Fuller of North Caro
lina, middle guard Michael Car
ter of Southern Methodist, line
backers Ron Rivera of Califor
nia and Jay Brophy of Miami
(Fla.) and defensive back Don
Rogers of UCLA.
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