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
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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-
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