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ports Thursday, March 1, 1984/The Battalion/Page 13 USFL rule violates anti-trust law See page 14 Holloway reflects on first year he Arts 10 a.m. loil ; are beiitj he TAMlj Photo by JOHN R VAN Mary Ann Swearngin tries to steal the ball from Texas Tech’s Carolyn Thompson. Thompson scored 36 points as Tech beat the Aggies 76-55 Wednesday in G. Rollie White. ble Aggie women lose to T-Tech l.R. Lew :‘rgraduai(| urshipbi cal scienctj f fmandl mum SiOif ByDONN FRIEDMAN cience maS Sports editor ble in th<B 0U C0lJ ld sa y i l was a result vilion an« he week-long layoff. Or you ion is Fri? 11 ''* blame it on the tiny crowd fiit turned out for the game, iut vou’d be wrong. he only things that beat the Jexas A&M women’s basketball CIQSS&tn Wednesday night were the Raiders of Texas Tech. Be- Carolyn Thompson’s 36 ts Tech whippet! the Ag- 76-55. hompson, a 6-1 center from bs, New Mexico, domi- ted the game. She hit 14 of 19 a the field, and 8 of 10 from free throw line. oach Cherri Rapp said the ies did a poor job defensing B ..ampson. r\\lL "Wc tried to back off of | VThompson and front her,” pp said.“But we were giving t er the ball too easy. We were ng to front her, but we n’t get there.” The 21-poin loss, is an im- ie samel* 'vement over the Aggies ear- 1( p 0 \'i match-up with Tech where fears Aft Red Raiders galloped away years ago- ^9. A&M will most likely end the ,7 recei'’ 1 son ‘ n sixth place and have in pe 1 ' rave * 10 Arkansas in the first rom T® lictorian round of the tournament. Tech will then meet the win ner of that game in Houston. The Aggies play their final home game of the season Satur day at 7 p.m. By BOB CASTER Senior Sports Writer Todd Holloway walked onto the Texas A&M campus for the first time in September, fresh out of Christian Brothers Aca demy high school in Albany, N.Y. At the time, he wasjust an other basketball recruit. But times change and so do fresh man basketball players. Some never pan out — others are thrust almost immediately into the public’s eye. In December, Holloway made headlines — with rumors of possible recruiting violations surrounding his mysterious de parture from Wagner College in his New York hometown, and his subsequent emergence as the Aggies’ latest freshman sensation. But soon after the rumors be gan, they died out and Hollo way could concentrate on what he came to A&M to do — play basketball. And that he did. No longer is his name asso ciated in headlines with Wagner College, NCAA investigators and recruiting violations. He is now better known as the Aggies’ high-scorer and a very likely candidate for the Southwest Conference Newcomer-of-the- Year. Holloway has racked up 316 total points this season for an average of 12.6 per game, mak ing him the SWC’s 12th leading scorer. He is also eighth in the conference in assists, with 85, and sixth in free throws, hitting 72.2 percent. Coming back from a foot injury in mid-sea- son, he has scored in double digits in every game. But in spite of his effort and that of his young teammates, the Aggies are struggling to break even at the end of the sea son. Not overly-impressive — but Holloway feels things could be a lot worse. “When we first started, we were ranked eighth in the con ference,” he said. “I felt we would finish higher because we had better talent. We’ve im proved a lot over the season; early we were making foolish, foolish mistakes but now we’re just making some foolish mis takes. When we quit making those mistakes, that’s when we’ll be the kind of team Coach (Shelby) Metcalf wants us to be.” Holloway, who has yet to play before a full house at G. Rollie White Coliseum, says that an important part of the Aggies’ limited success has been the fans that do show up for the games — especially the home games. “My first thought when I saw G. Rollie was, ‘On no, I’m play ing in this?,”’ Holloway said. “But I know now that it’s really a great place to play. It’s like a team can’t just come in here and blow us out, you’re-playing for the crowd —100 percent. “In G. Rollie we play real hard. You just have some places where you can’t lose — like say ing, ‘You can’t come in my house and beat me up.’” Holloway knows what it’s like to be a new kid on the block. He and another freshman team mate, Winston Crite, have is sued a challenge to the other Aggie freshmen. “I want everybody to come to the game Thursday night, espe cially my classmates,” he said. “I think the freshmen at Texas A&M can relate to this basket ball team. We play hard and we’ve had some hard knocks, but we keep getting better. We need them to come out for the game with Texas Tech and show everybody what it’s like to be a freshman at A&M — be cause this is probably going to be one of the biggest games of the season for us.” Aggies ready for Red Raiders By DAVE SCOTT Sports Writer Texas Tech ’“comes to G. Rollie White Coliseum tonight, battling SMU for third place in the final Southwest Conference standings. The Aggies are playing for things that are a little less tan gible — pride and momentum. A win tonight in their season finale would put the Aggies at .500 in conference play with an 8-8 record. Defeating Tech would give A&M important mo mentum going into tournament play. Aggie coach Shelby Metcalf added another reason for want ing to win. He feels the team owes something to the fans. “I want to give our fans something,” Metcalf said. “There have been some hard core fans that have stayed with us, I want to win it for them.” And because Metcalf feels this game is especially impor tant for the team, Metcalf is hoping for good attendance. “We’d like to get a good crowd out for this game,” he said. “The crowds at G. Rollie White are legendary in this con ference.” Guard Todd Holloway added revenge to the list of in centives for winning tonight’s game. The Aggies were soundly beaten Lubbock earlier this year, 74-49. AUTO INSURANCE FOR AGGIES Call: George Webb Farmers Insurance Group 3400 S. 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