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Monday, February 18, 1985/The Battalion/Page 9 PORTS rds Easy victory over Frogs ties Ags, Raiders in SWC ave. By TRAVIS TINGLE Sports Editor I The game wasn’t supposed to : |be easy. |‘ Texas Christian came into G. Rollie White Coliseum Saturday plight with all the credentials to /Iback up its “Killer Frog” image, fin their last six outings, the ■Horned Frogs had won five and f post only one, including three vic tories on the road. | TCU defeated Baylor in Waco, ust two nights after the Bears upset SMU; downed Arkansas in Forth Worth; lost to Rice in Fort orth; beat Houston in Hoffeinz Pavilion; routed Texas Tech in Lubbock; and zapped Texas at home. So, needless to say, the Horned rogs had it all figured out. Tiey’d make Texas A&M just mother big road victory, get on [the bus back to Fort Worth and ■then ask TCU Football Coach Jim Wacker to pump them up for |an “unbeleeeevable” showdown dth SMU Wednesday night in Fort Worth. Simple plan, but apparently no ime informed A&M, much less [Wacker, of TCU’s intentions. fFCU should have known better. the Southwest Conference, lothing is ever as simple as it seems. TCU, usually a purple thorn in tggie Coach Shelby Metcalfs jside, finally met its Waterloo on |the road, losing to A&M, 67-60. The victory moved A&M (16- |7, 8-4 in the Southwest Confer- snce) into a second-place tie with iety, in- r more itofe nested iew ini* i. in Studem .5-1133 n. Get ACnON\ with mm ADS Try our Battalion Classified!! 845-2611 '5-<P loffr®! The Battalion Number One in Aggieland Texas Tech, one full game be hind first-place Southern Meth odist, 9-8 and ranked No. 9 in the nation. Both A&M and Tech are within striking distance of SMU, but both the Aggies and Red Raiders have grueling schedules remaining to be played. The Aggies host the Texas Longhorns Wednesday night and Baylor visits Tech in Lubbock. Easy games, right? Right. But look who’s next. Should the Aggies and Red Raiders both win, they'll lind themselves staring at each other’d benches in Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock this Satur day. That game will decide the late of second place in the SWC. Still not too bad, right? Wrong. How’s this for a great way to finish up the season: A&M visits Houston the following Wednes day and Tech travels to Dallas to play the team that has led the conf erence from start to finish — SMU. A&M forward Winston Crite, who came out of what he called a slump in the TCU game with 16 points, five rebounds and six blockedshots, said the impor tance of these last three games can’t be emphasized enough. “The l ech game is going to be a big one,” Crite said. “There’s no question it will be the biggest game we’ve played all year. We know we can’t afford tolose any more games if we want to con tend for the title.” Ag Ladies' bench sparks rout of TCU Photo by DEAN SAITO A&M’s Don Marbury (3) glides through the lane and past TCU’s Tony Papa during the Ags’ 67-60 win over the Frogs. By CHAREAN WILLIAMS Assistant Sports Editor Basketball is supposed to be a team game. That’s why five players are on the floor at a time. Sometimes the players don’t play as a team, which usually means a loss. And sometimes they play as a family, which usually means a win. Saturday night in G. Rollie White Coliseum, the Texas A&M women incorporated the best of both worlds in a 75-60 blowout of TCU. The Aggie Ladies shot only 37.9 percent in the first half and played as five individuals. The result was a 26-25 halftime deficit against ,the worst team in the Southwest Confer ence. “I was very displeased with the first half,” said A&M Head Coach Lynn Hickey. “I knew it would be dif ficult to get up for TCU.” In the second half, Hickey tried a new approach and got results. “Our bench really came in and supported us in the second half,” Hickey said. “It’s nice to know you have players who can come off the bench and play like that. “We played as a team the second half. There were no individuals. In practice, it’s about 50-50. The start ers don’t beat the second team that bad. It was really fun to get (the sub stitutes) out there.” Early in the second half, little used Rochelle Bennett and Mary Ann Swearngin got their chance to come off the bench and contribute. In 14 minutes, Bennett had seven points, three rebounds, one assist Photo by JOHN MAKELY A&M reserve guard Rochelle Bennett comes up strong for an inside jumper during the Aggie Ladies’ 75-60 blowout of TCU over the weekend. and one blocked shot. A much busier night than the Houston soph omore was used to, “I was ready to come off the bench and play,” Bennett said. “It felt great to go out there and con- See Ag Ladies, page 10 SHOP ALL FOLEY'S STORES MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 10 TO 9:30 (DOWNTOWN HOUSTON MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 9:30 TO 6, SATURDAY 'TIL 5:30). HOUSTON AREA:: DOWNTOWN . AIMED A -DEERBROOK •GREENSPOINT -MEMORIAL -NORTHWEST PASADENA -SAN JACINTO -SHARPSTOWN -WEST OAKS -WILLOWBROOK AUSTIN:: BARTON CREEK SQUARE HIGHLAND MALL SAN ANTONIO:: INGRAM PARK MALL NORTH STAR MALL BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION: ~ s u 0 “