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Wednesday, February 20, 1985/The Battalion/Page 15 S ® S A&M longs '©Qfor upset over Texas No. 1 Horns give ' c<) pe better " t ‘ berfatj ' s n <H turn J '• cunJ other aninuli, oiumemi Ags second shot ie 'tributions. er month k rv care ant the wildlifp 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 ialed Press i,0 r e.-C« do i"' “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 ase? Hunm mortality? Its abbil meaui on in cartofi in Ginallii tor of (hi I is to cum: Bunny Svaii rringtoliict: that it’s siuNi opponents by an average of 23.6 points. Hickey said that could work huge qua: toth( 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- ibbit itieji 5e |. p eo p] e _ 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 il energet: : >ryone knows about the great A&M- ith a PI Texas rivalry, so it’s usually not diffi- won’t cnveii 11 •MHiMiMataiaiiiMiMMMiililiMiMiiiiiiiiaiMMiMBMWiliM 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. 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