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I Page 16AThe Battalion/Thursday, February 21,1985 Ag Ladies TANK MFNAMAllA* by Jeff Millar & BUI Hinds TCU shocks No. 9 SMU; Tech tied for first-place (continued from page 15) tor. No team has better quickness than they do.” By halftime, the score was 57-27. Consider 57 first half points. That’s ~ more than the Longhorn men scored in two halves against the Ags in the later game. Conradt was unhappy about only one thing at halftime. “I really didn’t have a single com plaint at halftime,” Conradt said. “Except, Kamie (Ethridge) forgot her uniform. She was pretty chagrin when she told me she brought her white uniform instead of her orange one.” For Conradt, the win over the Ag gies was the 400th of her 16-year ca reer. “I didn’t really think about it until everybody started making a big deal out of it,” Conradt said. “When I think about it, it seems like a lot more than 400. That game might have been worth a couple (of wins). The first half was 400 and the sec ond half was 401.” The Texas players were honored to be a part of win No. 400. “We are very happy for her,” Eth ridge said. “I can’t say enough about her. I guess it’s pretty easy when you win 20 or 30 games a year, but not many coaches do that.” The bleachers behind press row collapsed midway through the sec ond half. The Aggies, however, did anything but collapse. Even though most of the Horn starters sat out the second half, the Aggies were quite proud of their sec ond half effort. The Ags outscored the No. 1 team in the nation in the second half, 46- 44, shot 72 percent from the field, outrebounded the Horns 11-8 and forced eight turnovers. “We waited too long,” Hickey said. “We outrebounded them the second half and outscored them. I know they didn’t have all their start ers in there, but still that’s something playing the No. 1 team.” However, the Aggies won’t argue with the Horns’ claim to the top spot. “They have set very high stam dards for this conference,” Hickey said. “They have a fine team. They have great depth and quickness. Jody Conradt is a fine coacn and I’m glad she got her 400th win. I wish it hadn’t been against me. I hope she goes all the way.” After the game, the Horns were certainly thinking all the way. “I think they were smelling the playoffs,” Conradt said. “I think it’s been in the back of their mind all year. I just hope we save the best for last.” The Horns certainly played one of their best games last night, but it certainly won’t be their last. The SWC tournament is first, then the NCAA tournament. Win No. 400 may be only the beginning for a team that always seems to come up smelling like a rose. Associated Press TCU 72, SMU 64 FORT WORTH — No. 9 SMU stubbed its toe on the road again Wednesday night, falling 72-64 to the TCU Horned Frogs and tum bling into a tie with Texas Tech for first place in the Southwest Confer ence race. Texas Tech bounced Baylor 83- 71 to move into a tie with SMU at 9- 4. “The race is really muddled now,” said SMU Coach Dave Bliss. “Ob viously, we’ve got to start playing better basketball. TCU was just smarter than we were and we let it get away.” Carven Holcombe hit four free throws and a basket in the final three minutes to carry the Frogs to the up set. “We got the lead in the latter stages of the game then hit our free throws,” said TCU Coach Jim Kill- ingsworth. “That’s been the script for just about all of our wins in Southwest Conference games this year. If we can just get two or three more wins I think we’ll be in good shape for a possible post-season invi tation.” SMU is 20-6 overall while TCU evened its league mark at 7-7. The Horned Frogs are 15-10 overall. “We hurried some key shots at the end,” said Bliss. “You jut can’t rush things when you’re playing against a team that’s playing as well offen sively as TCU was.” TCU outrebounded the Mustangs 28-23 and both teams shot 55 per cent from the field. Holcombe led the Horned Frogs with 18 points while Dennis Nutt, who also hit both ends of a one-and- one with 38 seconds to play, had 15 points. The cold-shooting Mustangs got 19 points from 7-foot center Jon Koncak, who fouled out with 32 sec onds to go. The victory before 6,392 fans in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum broke a four-game Horned Frog losing streak against the Mustangs. Texas Tech S3, Baylor 71 LUBBOCK — Phil Wallace scored all of his 12 points in the sec ond half Wednesday night to spark sluggish Texas Tech to an 83-7 1 vic tory over Baylor. Tech improved its overall mark to 17-7, while Baylor fell to 9-14 and 2- 11. The Raiders grabbed a 36-34 lead at halftime on the strength of 14 first-half points apiece from Bubba Jennings and Quentin Anderson. Baylor stayed close through the second halFs first 13 minutes behind the outside shooting of Carlos Briggs, who scored a game-high 27 points, and Michael Williams, who was the only other Bear in double figures with 17. Midway through the second half, Tech senior forward Vince Taylor ignited a rally by scoring nine con secutive points. The Bears managed to offset Taylor’s spurt and trailed by only two, 57-55, with 8:36 to play. The Raiders then used the tran sition game for a 14-8 spurt that opened a 71-63 advantage, and Bay lor never got any closer. Anderson led all Tech scorers with 26. Arkansas 73, Houston 59 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Joe Kleine had 27 points as Arkansas trimmed Houston 73-59 Wednesday night. Sophomore center Creg Ander son had given Houston an early lead by scoring 16 of the Cougars' first 19 points. Arkansas, helped by outscor- ing Houston 28-10 at one stretch, climbed to a 34-29 halftime advan tage. The Arkansas defense held the Cougars scoreless for a S'/a minute span at one stretch near the end of first half. Houston tied the game at 45 with 1 1:22 remaining in the second half. A Kleine hook shot put the Razor- backs back out front and Houston never caught up again. Sophomore William Mills and freshman Byron Irvin had 14 each for Arkansas and senior Charles Ba- lentine added 12. Anderson ended up with 21 points, Eric Dickens added 17 and Rickie Winslow had 12 for the Cou gars. Arkansas raised its season mark to 18-10 and climbed to 9-5 in the SWC. Houston is 15-10 overall and 7-6 in the conference. Marks, Doull: swimming fanatics Texas A&M swimmer Susan Marks perfects her backstroke during a recent practice in preparation for the Southwest Conference Photo by DEAN SAITO Championships. The All-American has her sights set on qualifying for the NCAA Na tional Championships, March 21-23. f0b. $eemg your name in the paper is By PAUL HERNDON Reporter Swimming three to five hours a day, especially in the middle of Jan uary, might seem a bit fanatical to most. However, for two members of the Texas A&M women’s swim team, that kind of fanatic dedication has paid off. Senior Aggie swimmers Susan Marks and Eileen Doull have accom plished something in their careers that most athletes only dream about — both have become collegiate swimming All-Americans. Marks and Doull both agree that, even though they’ve achieved All- American status, they haven’t re ceived the notoriety that your typical football or basketball player gets. But neither swimmer loses any sleep over the lack of recognition. “It’s great having the students come out and support us, but I really don’t care if someone on the other side of the world knows my name,” Marks said. “I swim for the discipline and the competition involved.” Both believe that reaching per sonal, as well as team, goals are more important than a lot of publicity from the media. “If we meet our goals, we know we’ve done our job,” Doull said.- “Seeing your name in the paper is nice, but that’s not what I swim for.” To say that swimming is an impor tant part of their lives is an under statement. However, graduating from A&M has always been Marks and Doull’s top priority. Marks, a political science major from El Paso, plans to graduate in August and move to Washington, D.C. There she hopes to become a lobbyist for a private firm. Doull,' a Houstonian majoring in recreation and parks, should grad uate in December. She’s planning a move to Chicago to work in some as pect of the travel industry. It’s easy to tell that Marks and Doull are serious about their educa tion. So is their coach, A&M’s Mel Nash. “Coach Nash expects his swim mers to be well-rounded students,” Marks said. “If we’re having per sonal or academic problems, he sits down with us and tries to get to the root of our problem.” Doull said Nash views each swim mer as an individual, not just an other cog in the team machine. “(Nash) stresses the use of tutors to help with our classes and encour ages our involvement in other stu dent activities,” she said. Both swimmers have a great re spect for the student body’s support A&M athletics. When Marks was re cruited by the Aggies, Nash was just beginning to build a competitive program here and she wanted to be a part of it. “I was excited about getting the chance to help the team,” Marks said, “but what really sold me on A&M was the tradition. When I came to visit the carnpus, I was im pressed with the spirit everyone sho wed.” So was Doull. “A&M is unique,” Doull said. “The tradition and unity of the school are just unbelievable. This kind of atmosphere can motivate anyone.” Motivation is one area where Doull and Marks have cornered the market. Both are currently preparing for the Southwest Conference Swim ming and Diving Championships to be held in Austin, Feb. 28 through March 2. Along with two fellow Ag gie All-Americans, Melanie Scmauch and Jody Tanner, Marks and Doull expect to qualify for the NCAA Championships (March 21-23 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.) in the 400- and 800-meter freestyle relay events. Qualifying for the NCAAs offers one final challenge for Marks and Doull. Both intend to make the last four years of training pay off— one more time. CO-OP FAIR On Monday, February 25, the employersli| below will have booths in Zachry Engineer; Center. 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