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.’
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