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A&M’s Mike Clifford (left) tries to strip the ball during Monday night’s 82*75 Aggie win. AB!
out of the hands of Houston’s Renaldo Thomas travels to Houston tonight to face Rice at 7:30,
A&M has more on its mind
than traveling to play Rice
Aggies know chances slim for 3-way tie in SWCrace
By KEN SURY
Assistant Sports Editor
What can you say about a game
that matches a team which has just
broken a three-game losing streak
and one which seems to circle the
wagons before the first shot?
Actually, plenty.
A resurgent Texas A&M team
(16-10 overall, 10-4 SWC) travels to
Houston’s Autry Court for a 7:30
clash tonight with eighth-place Rice
(9-16 on the season, 2-11 in the
SWC).
The Aggies, who are nearly en
trenched in third-place in the con
ference, still have an outside chance
to be involved a three-way SWC
championship tie.
But for that to happen, A&M
needs Texas Tech to beat TCU (12-
2) tonight and Texas (12-3) Sunday
and Houston to knock off the first-
place Horned Frogs Saturday.
A&M Coach Shelby Metcalf said
he doesn’t even want to think about
the arithmetic.
“Sure, it’s possible (to still win the
SWC title),” Metcalf said, “but you’re
talking about applying logic to a con
ference that doesn’t subscribe to it.”
A&M senior center Jimmie Gil
bert agrees with Metcalf.
“We’re hoping for it to happen,”
Gilbert said. “But above all, we’re de
termined to finish (SWC play) at 12-
4 . . . (T he SWC title) is a long shot."
Gilbert enters tonight's game after
one of his best offensive perfor
mances at A&M.
The 6-9 Huntsville product
scored 22 points Monday night as he
and forward Winston Crite repeat
edly hammered inside to lead the
Aggies to an 82-75 home finale win
losing. We just want tomakesurc
win our last two games.’’
And that includes taking Ria
•w
“Sure, it's possible (to still
win the Southwest Con
ference title), but you're
talking about applying
logic to a conference that
doesn t subscribe to it. ''
— A&M Coach
Shelby Metcalf
•’ll take Rice just like thent
I Ct or anybody else," Crites
“We expect for them to give u
heckuva a game."
fhe last time the Aggies faced is
Owls, Rice did give A&Maiod
game — at least for the first half
A&M was in first place in theP.
with a 5-1 record, but theOwlsiS
13 offensive rebounds in thellj
half to forge a 32-30 halftime edge I
T he Aggies caught fireinthew
ond half, led by Crite and Cite
and broke the game open foraSf
55 victory.
A&M has h i story on its stiff:
against Rice. Metcalfs Aggiesarelt
7 against the Owls ana have *
nine of the last 10 meetings.
over the Houston Cougars.
Crite, who led all A&M scorers
with 24 points against UH, said he’s
also looking to end the season on a
positive note.
“We just want to win our final two
games and take some momentum
into the (SWC postseason) tourna
ment,” Crite said. “We feel we have a
good chance to win the tournament.
We’re not counting on anybody else
A&M BASKETBALL NOTF
A&M senior guard Don Martm
has 578 points for the year, whkkf
third best in school history.Marbur
needs 32 points to move imosecom
place past John Beasley’s 1%^
mark. His 277 SWC pointsthiss&i
son are two short of his conferc®
total last year. . . Gilbert is in sis
place in A&M career reboundsv:
759. He needs 25 rebounds to chi
fif th place over Beasley.
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No. 1 Duke s priority still ACC title
Associated Press
Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski said
he’s happy that his Blue Devils are
ranked No. 1 in the nation in the As
sociated Press college basketball poll,
but he’s more concerned with his
team staying No. 1 in the Atlantic
Coast Conference.
“To have Duke No. 1, in anything,
is nice,” Krzyzewski said. “But we’re
much more concerned with what’s
going on in our conference this
week. We’re in first place in the ACC
and that’s the No. 1 we’re concerned
about.”
Duke became the third team — all
from the ACC — to hold the No. 1
spot in AP poll this season, as the
Blue Devils jumped over North Car
olina in the latest rankings released
Tuesday.
Duke, 27-2, received 62 of the 64
first-place votes and 1,278 points
from a nationwide panel of sports-
writers and broadcasters. The Blue
Devils joined Georgia Tech, which
was No. 1 in the preseason poll, and
North Carolina, which held the top
spot each of the 13 weeks in the vot
ing since the season began.
In four of the past five weeks, the
Tar Heels were unanimous choices.
The Blue Devils posted two victo
ries last week, beating Miami (Fla.),
104-82, and then-No. 10 Oklahoma,
93-84. Duke, which plays at Clemson
Wednesday night, is 10-2 in the ACC
— one game ahead of North Caro
lina and Georgia Tech.
Kansas, 27-3, jumped from third
to second in the poll with one first-
place vote. The Jayhawks clinched
the Big Eight regular-season title
with an 84-69 victory over Kansas
State Saturday. Monday night, the
Jayhawks beat Oklahoma on the
road, 87-80.
AP Top 20
Here are the Top 20 teams in
the Associated Press college bas
ketball poll with first-place votes
in parentheses and season record
through Feb. 25:
1. Duke (62) —27-2
2. Kansas (1) — 26-3
3. North Carolina (1) — 25-3
4. Georgia Tech — 21-4
5. Kentucky — 24-3
6. Syracuse — 22-3
7. Memphis St. — 23-3
8. St. John’s —25-4
9. Nevada-Las Vegas — 27-3
10. Michigan — 23-4
1 1. Bradley —28-1
12. Notre Dame— 19-5
13. Louisville — 21-7
14. Oklahoma — 23-5
15. Georgetown — 20-6
16. Indiana— 18-6
17. Michigan St. — 18-6
18. North Carolina St.— 18-9
19. Navy —23-4
20. Purdue —21-7
North Carolina received the oM
first-place vote and droppedioj
3 after suffering two losses last*®
The Tar Heels, 25-3, were beaie
home by Maryland 77-72 in o"
time and fell to then-No. 20N?
Carolina State, 76-65.
North Carolina meets Duke
day at Durham, N.C.
Georgia Tech, 21-4, moved
one notch from last week to fou
while Kentucky, 24-3 and winnefil
the Southeastern Conference ref
lar-season title, reached its
ranking of the season atNoTf
behind the Wildcats is No. 6 H
cuse, 22-3, which held on Sunday 1
a 64-63 nationally televised viri* 1
over then-No. 13 Georgetown.
Memphis State, St. John's,';
vada-Las Vegas and Middf
rounded out the Top 10.
Memphis State, 24-3, fell df
spots to No. 7 after losing itse-
game of the week, 82-80 at Fk fl
State. St. John’s, 25-4, droi
[dace to No. 8 fter the Rednien ■
to DePaul, 81-72. Nevada-Las'
gas, 11th last week, improved 11
notches, but Michigan
three spots after losing 74-5S
Michigan State.
The Second 10 consisted of Bt; ,
ley, Notre Dame, Louisville, O'M
homa, Georgetown, Indiana, P* I
gan State, North Carolina ^
Navy and Purdue.
A&M blanks Baylor in softball scrimmage
The No. 4-ranked Texas A&M
softball team warmed up for the ’86
season with a 9-0 win over Baylor in
a scrimmage Tuesday at the A&M
Field.
“We looked pretty good,” A&M
Coach Bob Brock said. “I think that’s
an indication of what’s to come. We
kind of quietly disposed of a good
Baylor club.”
Freshman pitcher Julie Carpenter
pitched four innings of no-hit ball
and third baseman Cindy Cooper
smashed a three-run homer for the
Aggies.
“Julie has one of the best change-
ups around,” Brock said. “I think we
maybe need to throw it a little more
than we did today.”
The Aggies finished last season
with a 45-12 record and ranked'
2 in the nation. However,
failed to reach the College World
ries for the first time in seven' 6
losing to Louisiana Tech in regif
play.
A&M might get its first chan 11 ']
revenge this weekend when it M
tea Houma, La. for the Bayou O ' 1
to begin the regular season.