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Ags look
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By BRANDON BERRY
Sports Writer
What does a female Hog look
like?
Is she pink and dirty? Not likely.
Does she squeal and have a snout?
Could be. Does she have a squiggly
tail, four hooves and a Grade-A
stamp on her hindquarters? Not a
chance.
Even though she will be making
her first trip to Arkansas as an Ag-
g ie, Texas A&M Women’s Basket-
all Coach Lynn Hickey has a good
idea of what awaits her team in “Hog
Country.”
“They’re very big and quick,”
Hickey said. “I compare them real
favorably with Texas Tech and
Houston. If we beat them, that’s an
upset.
The Aggies have a much better
chance of winning with the return of
Michell Tatum to the line-up after
returning from an early season knee
injury. Tatum missed the first meet
ing of the two teams this season, a
14-point Arkansas win.
“Even though we didn’t have
Michell and we really didn’t play that
well, we only lost by 14 and they had
14 more free throws than we did.
A&M must stop Kleine
to win Metcalf’s 200th
By BRANDON BERRY
Sports Writer
“Other coaches have said that the
crowd and the officiating have been
real factors in their games up there,
but when they took 14 more free
throws than we did in College Sta
tion, I can’t imagine them being any
more of factors than they were he
re.”
Texas A&M will try to contain Arkansas’ burly center Joe
Kleine (35) Friday night at Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville.
Kleine is the Southwest Conference’s leading scorer, averag
ing 23.4 points a game, and 6th in rebounding, averaging 8.1.
When Texas A&M takes on
Arkansas in Barnhill Arena Fri
day night, Aggie Head Basketball
Coach Shelby Metcalf will be at
tempting to record his 200th
Southwest Conference victory.
“I didn’t know that,” Metcalf
said, when he was informed of
the prospective milestone. “I just
wish we could get (the win). Like
I’ve said before, this game is the
most important game of the sea
son because it’s the next one.”
The game gains added impor
tance because the Hogs defeated
the Ags in G. Rollie White Col
iseum earlier this year. Arkansas
has also won 17 straight games in
Fayetteville and 45 of tneir last
46.
“You’d have to say the odds
are against you,” Metcalf said.
“They always play well at home
and (Arkansas Coach) Eddie
(Sutton) really handles the offi
cials well.”
Another Razorback who han
dles everyone well is Olympian
Joe Kleine. The 6-foot-11 center
leads the SWC in scoring with an
average of well over 20 points per
game.
Metcalf said Kleine’s other
contributions to his team are
much more important than his
ability to put the ball in the hoop.
“He really plays with a lot of
heart,” he said. “But like all other
Arkansas’Joe Kleine
great players, they make every
body else look better than they
are. The other guys gain confi
dence from him and he’ll just eat
you alive on the boards."
Despite strong performances
from Kleine throughout the sea
son, Arkansas is tied for third
place in the conference with
Houston and Texas Tech at 5-5.
The Razorback’s season recordol
14-7 is quite a bit below what Hog
fans have come to expect from
Sutton’s successful tenure as
head coach.
So what’s wrong with the Ra
zorbacks?
“If that’s a problem, we should
all have that problem,” Metcalf
said. “They’re a very talented ball
club.”
But the Hogs have foundtal
ent to be an inadequate substitute
for experience. Tney start three
freshmen and, with the exception
of Kleine and forward Charles
Balentine, are a predominatels
underclassmen squad.
“We’re going to change our
defenses quite a bit,” Metcalf said,
“but with them having three
freshmen in there, you nave to
change and try to confusethenu
little.
“As for the record, thegameis
for the players. I try not to dis
tract the team with anything like
that. They get all the wins and I ^
take blame for all the losses
Maybe when I hang it up those
things will l>e important because
they tl l>e all I’ll have, but, for
now, I’m just worried about get
ting the team ready.
“You aren’t in the business to
win, but if you don't win, you
aren’t in the business for ven
long."
“They are a very solid program,”
Hickey said. “They have good size,
the leading scorer in the conference
(Betty Fiscus) and a real nice point
guard. They’ve always been one of
the top three or four teams in the
conference.
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“But we’ve been playing well
against some of the best teams in the
conference, and I really expect us to
be competitive up there.”
Even though it will take more
than words to make a silk victory out
of a sow’s ear.
DALLAS — There’s a sports fran
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shirt off its back trying to make the
public take notice.
In fact, that’s exactly what hap-
f jened the other night when “Tatu”
lung his shirt into the crowd to cele
brate a goal.
Tatu’s goal scored a point for his
Dallas Sidekicks team in the Major
Indoor Soccer League. But he cele-
hugging and
he offered his
brated it like the effort had pro
pelled Brazil past England in the fi
nal of the World Cup.
There was much
back-slapping before he
sweat-soaked shirt to the crowd.
Some fan eagerly grabbed the gar
ment despite the fact it would have
to be laundered.
The demonstration was an inter
esting one. It also gave pause for
thought — How are the Sidekicks
doing in the very expensive game of
wooing public interest?
The Sidekicks are surviving sur
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their first 10 games and are playing
in a town where the winter sports
dollar is eaten alive by the Dallas
Mavericks of the NBA and highly
ranked SMU of the Southwest Con
ference.
“At first the fans came out just cu
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