Monday, February 3, 1986/The Battalion/Page 11
Sports
A&M takes week off after bouncing Baylor
A&M’s
goes up
Photo by ANTHONY S. CASPER
Don Marbury gets perhaps the easiest of his 32 points as he
and over a falling Baylor defender Saturday night in Waco.
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
The best news for the rest of the
Southwest Conference this week is
that Texas A&M isn’t playing.
At least one team won’t have to
put another mark in its loss column
because the Aggies are taking a
break until Saturday night.
They deserve it after last Saturday
night’s game in Waco.
A&M used everything it had to
come up with a 62-58 win over last-
place Baylor.
“I’m glad to be out of here,” A&M
Coach Shelby Metcalf said.
The Bears were helped by the re
turn of leading scorer Darryl Mid
dleton and guard Eric Johnson, who
completed their NCAA suspension.
“They were much better with
their people back,” Metcalf said.
“They have a good basketball team. I
expect them to get to the (SWC post
season) tourney.”
Metcalf figures the schedule
worked in the Aggies’ favor.
Since Middleton and Johnson
were returning to the lineup for the
first time, their timing was a bit off.
Middleton hit 4-of-7 from the field
for 10 points and had 10 rebounds,
while Johnson could only muster
eight points.
“It worked to our advantage,”
Metcalf said. “I didn’t think Middle-
ton was back in top shape. They’re
only going to get better. I’m just glad
we played them now.”
Using a tenacious halfcourt trap
and the outside shooting of guard
Todd Holloway (11 first-half
points), the Aggies outscored the
Bears 17-5 in the last eight minutes
of the first half to take a 36-24 lead
into halftime.
But the first few minutes of the
second half had Metcalf and his Ag
gies a bit worried.
Baylor guard Michael Williams
scored six quick points to help the
Bears make an 8-2 run to move
within six points of the Aggies, 38-
32.
“I thought we came out a little
flat,” Metcalf said. “I wasn’t real
pleased. It was a good thing we had
that lead.”
But guard Don Marbury made
things better for the Aggies as he
scored 32 total points, hit two free
throws with 38 seconds left and
A&M forward Winston Crite battles Baylor’s
Robert McLemore for a rebound during Saturday
Photo by ANTHONYS. CASPER
night’s game in Waco. Although the Aggies were
outrebounded by the Bears, they still won 62-58.
made a dunk with only -19 ticks on.
the clock.
“Donnie’s very important to our
offense,” Metcalf said. “If he’s going
good, he’s hard to defend.”
On the positive side of the ledger,
the Aggies hit 60.9 percent from the
field, 70.5 from the line and came
up with 14 steals.
But A&M was outrebounded 30-
26 by the aggressive Bears.
“We shot well,” Metcalf said. “Our
rebounding needs to pick up a little.
We’ve let down in that area. Mike
Clifford is rebounding good, but we
are depending too much on Winston
(Crite) and Jimmie (Gilbert). We
have got to help them out.”
Unfortunately for A&M, TCU
and Texas also won to stay within a
game of first-place.
“We have some tough games
ahead,” Metcalf said. “The biggest
game of our season is always the
next one. We have to play with emo
tion and intensity or we will be in
trouble.”
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