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LANDOVER, Md. — Before the
season began, Georgetown basket
ball Coach John Thompson won
dered, “If we’re as good as everyone
says, why don’t they cancel the sea
son and just give us the trophy?”
Now that his No. 1-ranked Hoyas
have proven to be mere mortals by
losing a game, 66-65 to No. 3 St.
John’s at the Capital Centre Satur
day, Thompson was asked if the
snapping of the 29-game winning
streak lessened the pressure.
“Losing never helped me do any
thing,” said Thompson, whose team
won the NCAA crown last year.
“Pressure has been a lifestyle with us
because we’d really gotten accus
tomed to winning. I don’t know what
effect it’s going to have on us.”
The Hoyas, 18-1 overall and 7-1
in the Big East Conference this sea
son, have had close games with all
the tougher Big East teams, beating
both Boston College and Villanova
in overtime, but few doubt the
Hoyas won’t be around Final Four
time.
If there’s any weakness in the
Georgetown armor, it’s the Hoyas’
free-throw shooting which now
stands at a woeful 59 percent after
hitting only 1 1 of 22 against the Red-
men.
After trailing by 18 points with
12:04 remaining, Georgetown cut
th£ deficit to 59-51, but the free-
throw weakness again cost them
dearly. Bill Martin missed two one-
and-one situations and Patrick Ew
ing blew two free throws.
Michael Jackson missed two free
throws later in the contest.
A free throw by St. John’s Chris
Mullin with 25 seconds left stood as
the margin of victory, raising the
Redmen’s record to 15-1,7-0.
The last team to beat the Hoyas
before Saturday was St. John’s ^5-
71, also at the Capital Centre, last
February. “A phenomenon, an un
usual thing,” St. John’s coach Lou
Carnesecca said.
The two teams meet again at Mad-
I ison Square Garden Feb. 23.
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A&M’s Michell Tatum is brought to her
knees by the pressure defense of Houston
Photo by DEAN SAITO
guards Barbara Anderson (left) and Sylvia
Owens (right).The Ags beat the Coogs 63-62.
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
After slaughtering a Lamb and a
few Cougars, the Texas A&M
women hoopsters will go out for a
snack tonight — Rice Knspies.
Eat ’em up.
The Aggies will be gunning for
their second straight Southwest Con
ference victory tonight when they
battle the Rice Owls at Autry Court
in Houston at 7 p.m. Saturday night,
the Aggies (9-8, 2-5 in SWC) upset
the other Houston team, the Cou
gars, 63-62.
Now that’s something to hoot
about.
After almost beating two teams in
the Top 20, Texas and Texas Tech,
A&M finally put all the parts to
gether and came up with a win.
A&M Head Coach Lynn Hickey
said the win over Houston was a big
lift for the Aggies.
“I knew with the way we had been
playing, the wins were coming,”
Hickey said. “That game might be a
blessing in disguise. We can’t sit back
now. I hope (the win over Houston)
makes them that much more hun
gry-”
Aggie forward Jenni Edgar, who
scored 17 points against Houston,
moved within 6 points of becoming
A&M’s career scoring leader. The
senior from Dallas Bryan Adams
High School now has 1,010 career
points and is looking to pass Cindy
Gough (1975-79) and Kelley Sulli
van (1978-82) in the record books.
Hickey said Edgar has been a big
reason for the Ags’ recent success.
“Edgar has really played well,”
Hickey said. “I’m glad she’s so posi
tive. When she’s on, the whole team
gets a lift.”
The record might be broken next
season by junior forward Lisa Lan
gston, wno is averaging 18.3 points
per game.
Outside threats Langston and Ed
gar have been helped with the Ags’
inside game of late.
“It’s good to have inside and out
side threats,” Hickey said. “That has
helped our team look a lot better the
past few weeks.”
The Aggies outrebounded the tal
ler Longhorns and Red Raiders, but
6-foot-5 Cougar Monica Lamb put a
stop to that. The Coogs outre-
A&M’s Jenni Edgar
bounded the Ags 41-39 and Lamb,
with her 10 blocked shots, extin
guished the Aggies inside game.
“Michell (Tatum) got in foul trou
ble real quick,” Hickey said. “That
hurt our inside game. Rice does not
have the quickness of Houston so
our inside game should be more of a
factor.”
Hickey was especially pleased with
the play of center Ann Trinka who
aided the Ags when Tatum got in
foul trouble.
“Ann Trinka is in a situation
where she might go two or three
games without playing,” Hickey said.
“And then she’s called upon and she
performs. I just can’t say enough
about the job she has done.”
Trinka and friends will be tested
on the boards again this time by Rice
freshman Edith Adams.
However, the Owls are basically a
one-player team, Hickey said.
“They’re not real strong,” Hickey
said of the Owls (4-11, 2-3). “One
player, Holly Jones (who is averag
ing 16.1 points per game), does ev
erything for tnem. They’re just
good, hard working kids. They don’t
have a lot of natural athletes, but
they’re a scrappy bunch.
“If anyone’s hungry for a victory,
it’s Rice. When you’re playing a
bunch like that on their home floor,
you’re in dangerous territory.”
After the Longhorns, Raiders and
Cougars, it’ll probably be fun for
A&M to put some Snap, Crackle,
Fop into the win column.
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