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Patient Aggies slam Coogs Thursday, February 28, 1985AThe Battalion/Page 13 By BRANDON BERRY Sports Writer HOUSTON — For the second time this season, Houston’s Phi lama Jama Cougars were fried, lammed and jammed by the Texas i A&M Aggies, 81-77 Wednesday night in Hofheinz Pavilion. The Ags rebounded from two lose losses to Texas and Texas Tech :ooutscore the Cougars 43-34 in the iecond half and sweep Houston for mly the second time since the Coogs loined the Southwest Conference. “What was nice to see was that we flowed patience,” A&M Coach ihelby Metcalf said, “much more fiat we showed at Tech down the itretch. Not only patience, but we ilso showed some intelligence. We ilayed almost mistake-free down the tretch. This is about as well as we’ve jver played down here. “1 really felt like we did every- Jiing well.” The regular season comes to a Jose against Rice next Saturday in G.Roillie White Coliseum, but Aggie players were more interested in the pcomingSWC tournament. “This was a big game, a real big game for us,” said junior guard Don Marbury, who burned the Cougars for 30 points. “We lost a big game, a horrible game, to Texas that we never should have lost and then we lost to Tech in a game where Mr. (Winston) Crite and I fouled out. “Now we’re going into the tourna ment on a roll and anybody can win it.” “Personally, I think this was the biggest game of the season,” said ju nior forward A1 Pulliam, who hit the go-ahead jumper for the Ags from inside the lane with 35 seconds re maining. “We had lost two straight and we hadn’t lost two in a row' all season. “We’ve got some momemtum going into the tournament now and I think we’ve got a real good chance to win it.” Metcalf agreed, “This has to help your momentum. But we could lose it all again Saturday against Rice. We lost so much against Texas, but now we got it back and we’ve got to sus tain it.” Af ter Marbury’s 30, the Ags were led in scoring by Kenny Brown and Crite, who had 15 and 12 points re spectively. Junior center Jimmie Gil bert hit five of six free throws and Pulliam scored all eight of his points in the second half. “It was just a good balanced effort out there,” Metcalf said. “We shot 76 percent in the second half because we were taking good shots and they finally started dropping for us. “What makes you feel good is that both teams played well. Houston played a good game out there, but we were just a little bit better to night.” The Cougars were led by sopho mores Rickie Winslow and Greg An derson on the inside, and a pair of “streaky” guards, Alvin Frankin and Eric Dickens on the outside. “He’s a real intregal part of their offense,” Pulliam said of Anderson, who fouled out with 4:26 remaining. “When he fouled out, it made things a lot easier inside.” Anderson finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds and Winslow added 11 points. But the Cougars started and fin ished the game with big perfor mances from their starting guards. Dickens finished with 17 points, 13 in the second half, and Franklin led the Coogs with 19 points, 13 of which came in the first half. “When they start your fan club, you can count me in,” Metcalf said to Franklin after the game. “Those Aggies do a lot of good things out there,” Franklin said. “They stopped my penetrating in the second half and I just tried to contribute. Their zone defense just keeps forcing you way outside. “It’s just frustrating, because ev ery time we had a chance to get over the hump, we couldn’t do it. We wanted to get some momentum to end the season and I hope we still can by just winning our last one (against SMU this Sunday). I really hope we can.” And for the first time in the last two weeks, the Aggies can sleep easy when they hear the word momen tum. Ladies get biggest win of year By CHAREAN WILLIAMS Assistant Sports Editor HOUSTON — “This is the big- estwin we’ve ever had,” said A&M ioach Lynn Hickey as she left the floor of Hofheinz Pavilion after Texas A&M’s 74-67 upset of Hous ton Wednesday night. The win, the Aggie Ladies’ second over the Cougars this season, was a milestone of sorts. “We’ve had some big wins, but this win was the biggest,” said guard Lisa Langston from a happy A&M locker room. “This marked the first time we have ever beaten a team like Houston twice in one season. When we beat Rice Saturday, it will be A&M’s first winning season in five years. And thjs win also assured us of a playoff spot.” With last night’s win, the Ags im proved to 13-13 overall and 6-9 in the Southwest Conference. A win over Rice (5-19, 2-12 in SWC) Satur day night at G. Rollie White Col iseum would give A&M its first win ning season since 1980. “We hud a real balanced attack. I can’t one player do all of our scoring. We tried a new tonight and it seemed to open things up. good team game. It was a gram. ’’ — A&M Coach Lynn Hickey H1® “This will be the first time in five years,” said senior forward Jenni Ed gar. “There’s nothing like waiting ’til the last game of your last year to do something.” Texas Tech downed SMU by three points last night in Dallas, as suring A&M of the sixth and final spot in the SWC tournament next week. “We have a chance for fifth place, but we have put ourselves in the playoffs,” Hickey said. At McDonald’s drive-thru win dow, a voice over the speaker asks, “Would you like an apple pie wTith that?” Houston asked A&M the same question and the answer was a re sounding yes. The Cougars gave the Ags 20 first half turnovers, plus 13 second half delights. “We got a lot of breaks, but we took advantage of them,” Hickey said. “We got all kinds of breaks. This is probably the first time this season for that to happen. Every thing was in groove. If we play Houston again, and they cut out the mistakes, it might be a different game.” The Aggies seem to be finally transforming into the kind of team Hickey envisioned all season — bal anced, Langston had her usual high scoring night with 25 points, but Beth Young and Edgar each had 14 and Michel Tatum chippe in 11. “We had a real balanced attack,” Hickey said. “I can’t remember any one player do all of our scoring. We triea a new offense tonight and it seemed to open things up. We yed a good team game. It was a >ig, big win for our program.” Young played perhaps her best game of the year. She hit four of six shots, six of six free throws, had four rebounds, steals and assists. Young played scared. And for good reason. “We jumped on Beth yesterday,” Hickey said. “We told her we thought she was getting complacent. We told her to show us what she could to do.” Young said, “(Hickey) knows what gets to me. She told me I’d better watch out, or they (the coaches) were going to get me.” A&M’s lead was as large as 16 points in the first half, and at half time the score was 39-25. Although Houston outscored A&M, 42-35 in the second half, it Photo by DEANSAITO Texas A&M forward Winston Crite (21) slams the ball with authority, despite the efforts of Houston’s Rickie Winslow during the Aggies’ 81-77 win over the Cougars Wednesday night in Hofeinz Pavilion. A&M hosts Rice this Saturday. was too little, too late. However, if the Ags hadn’t come through at the free throw line in the waning min utes, the outcome could have been different. A&M hit 19 of 22 free throws in the second half. “Our free throw at practice really paid off,” Langston said. “Now we know why Coach (Hickey) makes us run sprints and then shoot freeth- rows while we’re tired.” The Aggies end the regular sea son with Rice Saturday and then face either Arkansas or Houston Tues day in the first round of post-season play. . “I would rather play Arkansas now,” Hickey said. “Houston is a good team. I will not look forward to pla An them if that’s who we play.’ the players’ reaction? “We feel the same way we did to night,” Langstonsaid. “We know what it takes to beat them. We will have to cut out some mistakes, like turnovers, buit we can do it. Right now, we’re just thinking about Rice.’ | BUD LIGHT | 1892. HOWARD HANSELBERGERDORFER INVENTS THE HEADLIGHT. And, boyoh-boy, was old Howard beaming when he came up with that. 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