Basketball
Friday, February 17,19847The Battalion/Page 15
Aggies vs. SMU
Saturday at G. Rollie White
Women 4:30 p.m. — Men 7p.m.
Ags play SMU;
seek revenge
BILL Hi
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Coogs 36th straight SWC win
UH destroys Tech 78-53
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3S I HOUSTON
■oung scored 20
n Sheffield | 1 a )' ni & ht lo lead
berg UniraB ouston P ast ^ exas Tech, 78-
of Politidff 1 ^ or die Cougars SOtfi con-
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fourth-ranked
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been a teai
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les and 10
ecutive Southwest Conference
fictory.
The Red Raiders, struggling
iirough 17 first half turnovers,
oved within one poirit, 24-23,
late in the half before surren-
jderirig four straight baskets by
evaluatesteB oun g aiK j one [jy R e i c i Gerrys
mdl of Um 0 fallback to 34-23.
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he Nation;:* Houston held a 36-25 half-
le Humanitliime lead and steadily increased
.the lead in the second half with
Benny Anders coining off the
scp bench to score 8 points.
^WVVjk Akeem Olajuwon, leading
|ne country in rebounding, had
ley
12 rebounds and 14 points in
the game for Houston.
Houston held a 36-25
halftime lead and
steadily increased the
lead in the second half
with Benny Anders
coming off the bench
to score 8 points.
Bubba Jennings led Tech
with 18 points and David Rey
nolds had 10.
Houston is now 22-3 for the
season and 12-0 in the SWC.
Tech is 13-7 and 7-4.
TEXAS TECH (53)
Anderson
Taylor
Phillips
Jennings
Reynolds
Nelson
Wallace
Doda
Benford
Irvin
Martin
Totals
3-8
1-1
0-3
8-10
5-14
0-2
2-6
0-1
2-7
1-1
1-4
23-57
HOUSTON (78)
Winslow
Young
Olajuwon
Franklin
Gettys
Giles
Thomas
Dickens
Alexander
Weaver
Orsak
Anders
Anderson
Belcher
Clark
Totals
3-6
8-12
7-8
1-4
3-6
1-2
1- 3
0-0
1-1
1-1
0-0
2- 2
2-4
1-1
0-0
31-50
0-2
0-0
0-0
2-2
0-0
0-0
1-1
0-0
0-0
4-6
0-0
7-11
6-6
4-4
0-1
2-2
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
4-8
0-1
0-0
0-2
16-25
12
20
14,
4,
6,
2
2,
0
2,
2,
0,
8,
4,
2,
0.
78.
By DAVE SCOTT
Sports Writer
The Texas A&M men’s bas
ketball team has had more ups
and downs than a yo-yo, a roller
coaster and an elevator put to
gether.
The team’s first conference
victory this season was a five
point defeat of Rice. Three days
later, it was purely pathetic in a
23-point loss to Arkansas. The
next time around, it was wholly
hideous in a 43-42 loss to Rice,
but then almost upset the na
tionally ranked Razorbacks.
In between those four games,
A&M was scaring Houston (70-
64), and being blown out by
Texas Tech (74-49). But per
haps the worst loss was a tram
pling by SMU, 83-56.
That was the “down” game.
Saturday in G. Rollie White Col
iseum, the Aggies have a chance
for an “up” game against the
Mustangs.
Discussing the previous game
with SMU, coach Shelby Met
calf said the team had three
problem areas:
“We got beat on the fast
break. We didn’t handle their
pressure. And we got beat on
the offensive boards.”
Metcalf wouldn’t give any
specific strategy to combat those
three problems, but he did say
that center Jimmy Gilbert has to
play better against Mustang
center Jon Koncak. Koncak had
22 points, 20 rebounds and
thoroughly dictated all inside
play.
Gilbert finished that game
with nine points and 11 re
bounds. Metcalf expects this
game to be closer.
“We’ve improved more than
SMU, of course we had further
to go,” he said.
Metcalf is finally talking
about possible post-season activ
ity and his goals for the team.
Even if the goals are modest.
Metcalf says he wants the
team to make it to the South
west Conference tournament in
Houston. In order to do that,
A&M will have to win its game
in the preliminary round. They
will probably play Rice.
Because the team is so young
— starting two freshmen, two
sophomores and one junior —
Metcalf said that youth has
caused some problems with
team leadership.
“I’ve never had an outstand
ing team without senior lead
ership,” he said, “and since we
don’t have any seniors, we don’t
have any senior leadership.”
Ag women whip TCU
Arkansas favored
in SWC track meet
DALLAS — The Texas A&M
women’s basketball team de
feated the TCU Horned Frogs
81-73 Thursday night despite
shooting only 28 percent in the
second half.
The Aggies jumped out to a
15 point halftime lead, but fell
into disarray during the second
half. During one 5 minute
stretch the Aggies couldn’t hit a
single bucket.
Coach Cherri Rapp was not
at all pleased with the team’s
performance.
“I’m really not proud of how
anyone played overall,” Rapp
said.
“It was the most pitiful sec
ond half I have ever seen.I’m
just glad we got out with the win
— especially for a road game.”
Michell Tatum was the Ag
gies leading scorer with 17
points. She alsopulled down a
carrer high 18 rebounds.
The Aggies, who are now 12-
11 on the season, play SMU at
home on Saturday.The game is
scheduled for 4:30 p.m. before
the men’s game.
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ireaistheltl FORT WORTH — Despite a
migrantwoti main amount of pessimism
md was alt! om their coach, the Arkansas
ble-digit at lazorbacks are favored to win
use of Met [eir fourth consecutive South-
ons event* lest Conference indoor track
freeze, id field championship Friday
on also calk 1 ight.
ental Prolfi ■ The Razorbacks are once
Business At! l |> a i n strong in the middle dis-
Federal & | nc es, which make up a large
ement A|f ption of the indoor event,
House oft 1 M their distance medley relay
leam has posted the best time in
||e world this year, a clocking
9:35.29.
But coach John McDonnell is
sed Will |ss than sure about his team’s
ances.
“Our best chance to win a
tgue championship may be in
e outdoor season,” said Mc-
)nnell. “We’ve really had
me injury and flu problems
Is season. I don’t think we’re
it of it in the indoor meet, but
jeryone we take will have to
rform to the best of their abil-
yard high hurdles.
The Houston Cougars are de
fending champions in the wom
en’s division and will have to
fight Texas and Arkansas for
the team title Friday night.
Eight of last year’s 11 individ
ual champions are back to de
fend in the women’s competi
tion with the highlight expected
to come in the longjump. Carol
Lewis, who twice broke her
American indoor record in the
recent Dallas Times Herald In
vitational, will be on hand to
spearhead her team’s bid for
the crown.
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lylor will likely provide the
aghest challenges to Arkan-
i, while Texas and SMU will
o earn a sizeable number of
ints. But SMU, last year’s
T\A title winner in both in-
ors and outdoors, will again
int to the national meets and
not expected to field its
longest team at the confer
ee level.
Only three of the 1983 indi-
ual champions will return in
men’s competition Friday —
uston’s Cletus Clark in the
yard hurdles, Arkansas’
ke Conley in the long jump
1 Texas A&M’s Tony Tolson
he 600.
Texas A&M speedster Rod
hardson (60-yard dash) and
U’s Michael Carter (shot
won their specialties in
12 and will also be back to try
another title.
hnong the other standouts
the meet will Be Arkansas’
Jasinski, who has cleared 7-
|5! in the high jump his year,
‘ Texas A&M’s Tony Greer,
'has turned in a 46.90 in the
at the LSU Invitational.
Tie Aggies will also be ex-
ting points from highjump-
Chuck Perry and Ethan
$s as well as distance runner
jUrro Barrios in the two-mile
land Craig Moody in the 60-
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