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By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
It’s not often that a basketball
team gets an opportunity to upset
jjjn, the No. 1 ranked team in the coun-
I U’t•' tF f However, the Texas A&M
i, women have a chance to do just that.
i I Tonight in G. Rollie White Col-
t . e •’ iseum at 5:15 p.m., the Aggie Ladies
battle the No. 1 Texas Longhorns.
» l You don’t have to be the A1 Mc-
^ ITC 1 ^ u * re °f women’s basketball to know
i^l I Vi that the Ags will be underdogs —
and that’s not even with a capital U.
e MkJ Despite that, A&M Coach Lynn
[jf] Hickey said the Aggies do have a
v chance to win the game.
I ii “(A win) is possible,” said Hickey,
T^Jn {who lost to the Horns 73-70 in over-
■ V^Wiitime at Kansas State last season.
We’re going to go out on the floor
and say,‘hey, we’re going to try and
beat you.’ We’re not going to lie
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“If we have a big crowd that im
proves our chances. We don’t need
2,000 there at the end of the game.
We need them there at the start.”
Last time the two teams met, the
“ctoron A § Ladies hun S with the Lad Y
Horns for awhile and even managed
to outrebound them. However, the
outcome was the same as it’s been all
season — a 22 point win for Texas.
The Lady Longhorns have de
feated their Southwest Conference
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opponents by an average of 23.6
points. Hickey said that could work
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Aggies’ advantage.
id other. *<j t be tough for them to get
up for us,” Hickey said. “The odds
are on their side. If their intensity is
ie savs in not jqo percent, that’s when you up-
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inie, short. “T hey beat us by 22. They beat
lus, the I Baylor by 30 Saturday. Their players
ire still 18 and 19-year-old kids. You
Miessisnt ust don’t know if they’ll have that in-
s and pro ensity. That could work in our fa-
ntry have no! /on >’
to the idea On the other hand, it may not. Ev
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Photo byJOHNMAKELY
Texas A&M guard Lisa Langston leaps high in the air to keep the
ball from going out of bounds against TCU Saturday. The Aggie
Ladies’ two-game winning streak will be tested when No. 1 Texas
comes calling tonight at 5:15 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
UT may jog A&M’s memory
Photo by DEAN SAITO
Texas A&M’s Mike Clifford (left) battles TCU’s Norman An
derson for a possible jump ball Saturday. The Aggies, cur
rently tied for second-place in the Southwest Conference,
will try to defeat Texas tonight for the 10th straight time.
cult for either school to “get up” for
the game.
“There’s that natural rivalry, the
re,” Hickey said. “You just never
know how a team will play.”
Intimidation may become the big
gest negative factor in the game for
A&M. Hickey said if the Aggies go
out on the court believing they can
win, then anything is possible.
“It’s a big game,” she said. “It’s not
hard to get them up for the game.
The big thing is that we have to be
excited. We can’t be scared.
“You know the odds are against
you. You don’t want to walk on the
floor intimidated. We must be men
tally prepared.”
Getting the ball past half court
may also be a problem for the Ags.
See Ag Ladies, page 16
By BRANDON BERRY
Sports Writer
Remember when Ronald Rea
gan’s face was still new to the
American public? Remember
“Who shot J.R.?,” Fantasy Is
land’s “Tatoo” and the amazing
Ginsu II? Remember 1981?
That’s how long ago it’s been
since the Texas men’s basketball
team has defeated Texas A&M.
Going into tonight’s 7:30 p.m.
meeting in G. Rollie White Col
iseum, the Aggies have won nine
straight games over the Long
horns. That includes a 66-61 vic
tory in Austin in January. And
most of the games haven’t even
been close.
“What scares me is that they’ve
always jumped out in front of us
the past few times we’ve played,”
said A&M Coach Shelby Metcalf.
“And now they’ve got the talent
to keep those leads if they get
them.
“We’re gonna have to play well
and we’re gonna have to play well
from the very start.”
The Aggies haven’t had to
worry about 40 minutes of good
basketball against Texas for quite
awhile. When former Longhorn
Head Coach Abe Lemons was
fired, the only “lemons” left on
the UT campus were the basket
ball players. Bob Weltlich, Lem
ons’ replacement, suffered
through consecutive 6-22 seasons
and watched the Horns drop
from the ranks of conference
contenders.
But that was before this year.
The Horns are presently 13-10
on the season ana tied for sixth-
place in the conference with a re
cord of 6-7. Texas beat Baylor
75-72 in Austin last Saturday.
And Baylor, of course, upset
SMU two weeks earlieL
Metcalf said Texas is winning
with some old faces and some
new ones.
“That (UT forward Mike)
Wacker really has the good heart
and he’s been there for a long
time,” he said. “And their guards
really are quick even though
they’re pretty young.
“Their real strength is their in
side game and we’re gonna have
to be prepared for it. (UT center
John) Brownlee has scored 29 for
them in each of the past two
games.
“They’re a good team, but
there’s not a weak team in our
conference.”
The Aggies might be without
the services of Don Marbury,
their second leading scorer. A
swollen knee has kept Marbury
out of Monday and Tuesday’s
practices. Metcalf said sixth-man
Mike Clifford will start in his
place.
“We hope that we can bring
Donnie (Marbury) off the bench,
but he may not be able to play. I
can’t remember a game where we
haven’t had at least one of our
starters hurt.
“But these guys have been
coming from behind and playing
their game all year.”
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