Texas AScM Head Basketball Coach Shelby Metcalf — “We
didn’t get a real good performance out of anybody (in the TO
SS loss to St. Mary’s Wednesday night). It’s got to be my prob
lem. I’m not upset with (the players). I’m upset with me.”
By JEFF GRAUNKE
Sports Writer
The Rattlers coiled and struck a
deadly blow to Shelby Metcalfs Ag
gies. ' ‘
A&M staggered and fell hard last
night to the Rattlers of St. Mary’s
University 70-66.
“I’m disappointed in our perfor
mance,” Metcalf said after the game,
pointing out the team’s bad re
bounding performance. St. Mary’s
out-rebounded A&M 36-22.
“I’m real disgusted in our reboun
ding,” Metcalf said. “We’re not get
ting the job done on the boards.”
St. Mary’s dominated the whole
game with the exception of a.short
burst by A&M near the end of the
first half. The Ags took the lead with
6:52 left in the first half, 22-20. The
Rattlers tied the score four times,
until they pulled ahead with :14 left
before the half. A&M had a chance
to take the lead, but guard Don Mar-
bury missed the front end of a one-
and-one. The Rattlers led 37-36 at
the half.
The Ags came out hot for a while
in the second half, but St. Mary’s
quickly took control of the tempo
once again. Although the lead
changed twice in the second half, the
Rattlers regained it 2:00 into the sec
ond half and kept it the rest of the
game.
“They (St. Mary’s) shot the lights
out,” Metcalf said. “They shot all
good shots. St. Mary’s played a heck
of a ball game.”
The statistics prove it. St. Mary’s
shot 64.4 percent from the field
compared to A&M V 49.2 percent.
From the foul line rieitber team did
very well — the Ags shot 54.5 per
cent and the Rattlers shot 58.3 per
cent.
Senior guard Mike Speight lead
the Rattlers in scoring with 27
points. He also pulled down six re
bounds. Senior forward Kenneth
Cook scored 19 points and led the
Rattlers in rebounds with nine. Also
hitting the boards hard for St.
Mary’s was center James Douglas
with six rebounds.
Todd Holloway led the Ags in
scoring with 22 points. Holloway was
one of the few things that worked
well for A&M.
“Todd had a heck of a ball game,”
Metcalf said. "He was outstanding.
“We didn’t get a real good perfor
mance out of anybody. It’s got to be
my problem. I’m not upset with (the
players). I’m upset with me.”
At the end of the game, A&M had
a slight chance to tie the score. With
:52 left in the game, A&M forward
Winston Crite missed the front end
of a one-and-one, but center Jimmy
Gilbert tipped it in to make the score
68-66 — St. Mary’s by 2.
St. Mary’s toolj the ball out and
played four corners to use up the re
maining time on the clock. A&M
tried desperately to get the ball.
Usually in a situation like that, the
defensive players foul. A&M waited
too long — wav too long. With :03
left, Holloway finally fouled Speight.
Speight hit both ends of a one-
and-one, making the score 70-66.
If the Ags had fouled earlier, they
might have had more time to get the
ball down court after the freethrows.
“You need to foul somebody
going for the ball,” Metcalf said.
“Maybe 1 assumed too much, but
that’s not what beat us.
“I thought they (St. Mary’s)
played with more intensity.” He was
disapointed when he got word of
A&M’s poor rebounding stats.
“That’s ridiculous,” he said.
“Thirteen of fensive rebounds is too
many.”
Metcalf was impressed with St.
Mary’s play. They gave Houston all
they could handle Monday night in
Hoffeinz Pavilion, losing 69-53.
They then drove home to San Anto
nio, got on the bus today to College
Station and went out and played
good basketball.
“You’ve got to take your hat off to
them,” Metcalf said. “(St. Mary’s
Head Coach Herman “Buddy”
Meyer) earned it. They beat us more
than the score shows.”
Photo by DEAN SAITO
St. Mary’s Pete Hansen (54) grabs a defensive rebound from
Texas A&M’s Jimmie Gilbert (30) and Don Marbury (3) dur
ing the Rattlers’ 70-66 upset of the Aggies Wednesday night.
The Ags will host Oral Roberts next Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
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