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Thursday, February 21, 1985/The Battalion/Page 15
^Longhorns break 9-game jinx against Ags
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By BRANDON BERRY
Sports Writer
Wocker's buzzer shot ends A&M's chance for first- place tie
‘*We made four mistakes in the last two
any time you do that, a good teams gonna
You have to give Texas all the credit W : t
you also have to think we self-destructed out there.
A&M Coach Shelby Metcalf
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The Texas Longhorns ended a
game of streaks with eight un-
111 1 answered points irt the last two min-
111101 ®ai4tes6nd edged the Texas A&M Ag-
ries 53-51 in G. Rollie White
l,llllre P Coliseum Wednesday night.
'j' 1010 When Texas forward Mike Wack-
1 i° a, ^> r ’s jump shot from inside the lane
uai, yW oiled around the rim and fell
hrough at the buzzer, UT players
l l llal «yo ind l coaches swarmed onro the
llvln St :ourt. The Longhorns, now 14-10
jn the season and 7-7 in the«South-
‘dqiialu vest Conference, broke a nine-game
iNnio osing streak against the Aggies and
tllan ?ts ienied A&M a share of the SWC
ead.
onyVed Texas Coach Bob Weltlich said
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the victory was both hard-earned
and overdue.
“We’re down by six with 1:49 re
maining and we just got after it,”
Weltlich said. “And it’s about time
we beat A&M.
“The two plays Wacker made in
the last minute and a half where he
misses a shot and just follows after it
until he makes it werejust unbelieva
ble. It’s a great way for a senior to
finish up here.”
“I was just happy the thing went
through,” said Wacker, who finished
with a game-high 22 points and 11
rebounds. “It sure hung on the rim
f or a long time.
“This win is just a great step for
our program. It’s the biggest one
since I got hurt. Both teams played
hard and when one of us got ahead.
the other one came back.
“I’m just really happy right now.”
Junior center John Brownlee
joined Wacker in double figures for
the Horns with 13 points. Carlton
Cooper added 11 rebounds for
Texas.
Ag Ladies
blitzed by
Longhorns
Texas makes A&M
No. 1 believers
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
In the second half of last night’s
Texas A&M-Texas women’s game, a
woman sitting behind the press table
yelled, “You stink, ref.”
The officials might have stunk,
but that’s the only thing on the court
that had even the slightest odor.
Texas, No. 1 in the nation in every
poll, waxed A&M 101-73. The
Longhorns (24-2, 12-0 in SWC)
proved they have a legitimate claim
to that title — at least until the
NCAA tournament.
In winning their 94th consecutive
Southwest C-onference game, the
Horns played two halves of solid bas
ketball.
“I thought we played a great
game,” saict Texas Coach Jody Con-
radt. “We played 40 minutes of good
basketball. We came out early and
took control. This was one of the
best games we’ve played in the con
ference.”
Taking control early was an un
derstatement. Texas came out blaz
ing.
1 he Horns shot 67.6 percent
from the field and 91.7 percent
from the free throw line.
The full court press for which
Texas is famous was solid as a rock
in the first half, forcing 12 Aggie
turnovers.
“Turnovers were the big key,”
said A&M Coach Lynn Hickey. “The
first half we made way too many mis
takes. Their quickness was a big fac-
See Ag Ladies, page 16
T he Longhorns as a team outshot
A&M 52.4 percent to 46.3 from the
field and hit nine of 14 free throws.
The Aggies hit 13 of 15 charity
shots, but Kenny Brown’s miss with a
minute remaining with the Aggies
leading by two proved exceptionally
costly.
“We made four mistakes in the
last two minutes, and any time you
do that, a good team’s gonna beat
you,” said A&M Coach Shelby Met
calf.
“They needed four possessions
without us scoring to win this game
and they got them. You have to give
Texas all the credit in the world, but
you also have to think we self-de
structed out there.”
Don Marbury and Todd Hollo
way led the Aggies with 18 and 14
points respectively, but they weren’t
enough to off-set a two of eight
shooting performance by Brown.
“Kenny didn’t have it tonight,
there’s no doubt about it, but no
body really did,” Metcalf said. “We
just put a dumb face on and Tm
really upset about it.”
So were the A&M players.
“We have never really been
threatened by them,” said A&M for
ward Winston Crite, who finished
with six points. “I guess we just took
them for granted.”
Texas A&M guard Don Marbury (center)
eyes the rim as he goes up for a jump shot
over the outstretched arms of Texas’ Mike
Photo by DEAN SAITO
Wacker (44) and John Brownlee (55). The
Aggies lost to the Longhorns Wednesday
night in G. Rollie White, 53-51.
Photo by DEAN SAITO
Texas A&M’s Elizabeth Buffo (30) is about to get stuffed by
Texas’ C.J. Jones (32). The No. 1 Longhorns (23-2, 14-0 in
SWC) did a little stuffing of their own in last night’s 101-73
blowout over the Ags (12-12, 5-8 in SWC) in G. Rollie White.
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