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■ Wednesday, January 16, 1987AThe Battalion/Page 9 Sports h °ver it J •thoriiiJ ions anti re endj ;| n niaj ' ThonJ Ms \el 'lie stJ five nut I in Ma J m, csseJ “ terroiiii r I maiual uenco Lady Aggies hope to stun No. 1 Texas By Ken Sury Sports Writer What’s burnt orange and white and next to unstoppable on a bas ketball court? Answer: The University of Texas Lady Longhorns. The Texas A&M Lady Aggies hope to have the answer to beat ing Texas when they host the No. 1-ranked Lady Longhorns at 7:30 p.m. tonight in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Beating Texas (12-1, 3-0) won’t be an easy feat for A&M (6-5, 2-0), especially without the services of top scorer Donna Roper. The sophomore guard, wfio averaged 18 points a game for the Lady Ag gies, had her gall bladder re moved last week and probably is lost for the year. Evelyn Sanders and Paula Crutcher have been picking up the scoring slack in Roper’s ab sence. Sanders is averaging 13.3 points a game while Crutcher adds 11.6. Texas has a handicap of its own, however. Forward Clarissa Davis, the Lady Longhorns’ lead ing scorer at 21 points a game, will not play due to an ankle injury. The loss of Davis doesn’t slow' Texas much. UT’s Yulonda Wimbish and Doretha Conwell av erage 14.8 and 14.7 points per game respectively. Andrea Lloyd adds 12.2 points and 8.4 rebounds an outing. Hickey said if her team doesn’t beat Texas, it won’t be for lack of trying. “We’re going out to win the game because we’re tired of that long winning record they have,” she said. To call Texas’ SWC sucxess long is a understatement. Texas has won 119 consecutive SWC games dating back to 1978. The Lady Longhorns’ last loss in con ference play came was a 59-52 de cision to A&M in G. Rollie White. A&M’s hot hands cool Long horns 68-52 By Homer Jacobs Spurts Editor The Texas A&M basketball team shot a blistering 69.2 percent from the field Tuesday night to defeat the Texas Longhorns 68-52 before 3,708 enthusiastic fans at G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Aggies (10-4, 2-1) hit their first 10 shots from the field to buoy their percentage. Keron Graves hit two three-point jumpers in a row to give the Aggies a 16-10 lead with 14:05 lef t in the first half. The game looked like it was going to be a Maroon and White blowout as the Aggies eased to a 27-18 lead with 7:08 left in the first half. But with the love-it-or-leave-it three-point shot, Texas closed the Aggies’ lead to 33-31 at halftime. A&M’s Winston Crite, who had 12 points, said the Aggies relaxed too early and allowed a Longhorn rally to develop. "We had a little letdown at the end of the first half,” Crite said. “Our in tensity dropped off a little and that hurt us. Coach (Shelby Metcalf) really got on us in the locker room. “He told us that Texas wasn’t going to just lie down for us. We had to go out and win it.” The Aggies must have been listen ing intently to Metcalf as they started the second half much like the first. A&M hit its first three shots but could not shake the Longhorns who stayed within two at 39-37. Then, a flying alley-oop by A&M’s Paul Crawford off a pass by Darryl McDonald started a run of 13 straight points by the Aggies that all but sealed the coffin on Texas. A&M bolted to a 54-40 lead with 6:09 left using aggressive man-to- man defense as the catalyst. On the offensive end, Todd Hol loway poured in 21 points for the Aggies, while Patrick Fairs of Texas led all scorers with 22. “All the guys played hard to night,” Holloway said. “What’s im portant right now is that we’re rested. We’re at home, and we’re getting our legs back.” A&M has won 14 out of the last 17 games with Texas, which falls to 8-9 overall and 2-2 in the Southwest Conference. Texas A&M guard Todd Holloway steals the ball from Texas’ Alex Broadway as A&M’s Darryl McDonald looks on. Holloway scored 21 points as the Aggies defeated the Longhorns 68-52 to up the Ag gies’ record to 10-4 overall and 2-1 in the Southwest Conference. ilILM aejaii hart za za M4 enter ji LCE*« !<:: _ lucii Sheppard Misselt's azzercijsei 'Having tried all the others ■ spas, aerobics, etc. - / can truthfully say Jazzercise has he right idea. It's a fantastic approach to physical fitness with positive psychological effects. It's one of the best things I've ever done for myself" FOUR FOR FREE Entitles new students to 4 fun classes Offer Expires Jan. 3r Jazzercise Studio Corner of Wellborn & Grove, C.S. (1 block south of A&M) CH INTERNATIONAL HOUSE <3^ PANCAKES* RESTAURANT All you can eat Daily Specials 10 p.m.-6 a.m. All You Can Eat Buttermilk Pancakes $1.99 Spaghetti and Meat Sauce with garlic bread $2.99 *Must present this coupon International House of Pancakes Restaurant 103 N. College Skaggs Center Battalion Classified 845-2611