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Tuesday, January 20, 1987/The Battalion/Page 13 Sports ic law a# n thoi n ilb. heir If ISSjJfli orac chas rdaS (?, int [x-ir on. h fora ualtd arriritj iterm:| •ueln i ot rprepr ner-oo uatior. renal* th and , "Ii'i* thep .ibuik hat. In [ ston.’ it's imj , AiM cations theses 'hen. t ity stud Fexas ( lady Aggies drop third in a row By Loyd Brumfield Assistant Sports Editor ■Mistakes and a nonexistent of fense plagued the Texas A&M Lady Aggies once again as they stllfered a 63-50 drubbing at the hands of the University of Hous ton Monday night in G. Rollie White Coliseum. ■The loss was the third in a row for the Lady Aggies, who now stand at 6-8 for the year and 2-3 in the Southwest Conference. Houston upped its record to 11-3 oierall and 4-1 in SWC play. ■A pesky Lady Cougar defense, which included a devastating press, caused the Lady Aggies to make many mistakes, mostly in the form of bad passes. ■“There have been times when wt haven’t rebounded like we should and we missed a lot of pas ses,” A&M Coach Lynn Hickey said. ■ Turnovers were a problem for both teams, as they finished the game with 25 each. H“We made too many mistakes tinst the press,” Hickey said, hey made mistakes too, but we couldn’t capitalize on them.” ■ Sloppy play by A&M helped Bouston jump out to a 20-10 lead ■fore the Lady Aggies went on a 10 f run to pull within four, but : that was as close as the Lady Cou gars would let them get for the rest of the evening. ■Sophomore Lisa Jordon led the Lady Aggies with a career- high 21 points and 14 rebounds, while Paula Crutcher added 12 points for A&M. ■Hickey said she was concerned with A&M’s lack of offense. ■“Our offense needs help,” she said. “We aren’t scoring anything right now. We aren’t getting any thing from our guards.” ■The Lady Aggies will try to end their losing streak when they travel to Houston to take on Rice Wednesday at 5 p.m. Aggies tame Anderson, Cougars for 57-45 win Defense holds SWCs top scorer to 6 points in Veird 7 game By Doug Hall Sports Writer Winston Crite, Texas A&M’s lead ing scorer, probably best summed up the Aggies’ 57-45 win over the University of Houston Monday night in front of a capacity crowd of 7,524 at G. Rollie White Coliseum. “It was a weird game,” the 6-7 se nior said. “The referees called a weird game. It was just all-around weird.” But for UH’s Greg Anderson, the Cougars’ leading scorer with a 22- point average, it was a disaster. Anderson shot a lowly 3 of 15 from the floor to finish with six points. To add injury to insult, the man some say is the Southwest Con ference’s most likely pro prospect fouled out with 2:1 1 left to play. A&M Coach Shelby Metcalf, whose team is now tied with UH for second in the SWC with a 4-1 record, one game behind 5-0 TCU, was ob viously pleased with the Aggies’ per formance. “It was a great team effort,” Met calf said. “It (shutting out Anderson) may never happen again. You don’t have a player like him every year. I’m just glad he’s a senior. ” The Aggies’ strategy of collapsing on the taller Cougars and making the guards shoot from the perimeter was obviously successful. The four UH guards who saw action finished with a grand total of 17 points. Sophomore Tim Hobby accounted for 10 of those 17, with four of those from the free-throw line as a result of A&M technicals. With 13:51 left in the first half, UH was awarded an in-bounds that Metcalf and the majority of the Ag gie fans felt belonged to the home team. Metcalf proceeded to sprint the length of the court to protest the call, which quickly earned him a technical foul. Hobby entered the game to shoot the two shots, which he made, giving UH a 6-5 lead. However, Hobby for got to check in at the scorers table, which gave the Aggies a one-shot technical that Todd Holloway sank to even the score at six. “I was pretty quick, wasn’t I,” Met calf jokingly said. “I even surprised myself.” In the second half, Paul Crawford was assesed a technical for banging a towel on the floor near the court. Metcalf, who at one point threw his blazer down near the court, shrugged off the incident saying the of ficials will take a lot from the head coach, but not from any of the play ers. Grite, who scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half to lead the Aggies, also pulled down a game- high eight rebounds. Junior guard Keron Graves, who finished with 10 points, kept the Aggies ahead through the first half with eight points, including A&M’s only 3- point shot. Undoubtedly though, the Aggies’ success was a result of shutting down the Cougar’s towering front line of 7-1 Rolando Ferreira (4 of 14 from the floor for 9 points), 6-8 Rickie Winslow (5 of 9 for 1 1 points) and Anderson. “I’m proud of our people,” Met calf said. “They’re a good team, and they’re not going to do anything but get better. “Winston had a tough first half, but he kept working his butt off on defense. That’s what’s great about this team. There isn’t a mule out there, they’re all thoroughbreds.” The Aggies quickly extended their 29-21 halftime lead to 12 points at the 18:55 mark in the second half, but the Cougars didn’t quit. After a series of A&M turnovers and Crawford’s technical, UH was in striking distance at 41-37. And again, with only 2:59 to go, UH closed to 47-44 after a Winslow steal and layup. But both times, A&M used a tough defense and clutch shooting to extend its lead. Pat Foster said the game was a brutal one. “We were terrible, and they didn’t play that good,” Foster said. “It was just a rough and tumble game.” Hullabaloo Free Checking Free Checking (Our services are much better than our ad copy) No service charge checking, Mo minimum balance. You pay for printing of checks only. All services available to all Aggies, Former Students, Faculty, Staff and families of any of the above. Texas Aggie Credit Clnion 301 Dominik College Station, TX (409)696-1440 Board of Directors Apply for your Maroon Mastercard President: H. Dennis Smith Chairman: LA “Andy” Anderson, '30 Gordon W. Zahn, ‘49 Robert C. Massengale, ‘60 Vice Chairman: Dr. Malon Southerland, ‘65 James R. “Randy” Matson, ‘67 Dr. Lee J. Phillips, ‘53 RM. “Bob” Rutledge, HI, ‘65 Insured by National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) A&M forward Winston Crite goes high on his way to the basket as Houston’s Darrell McArthur Photo by Bill Hm (14) and Rickie Winslow (41) try to defend, scored 15 points in the Aggies’ 57-45 win-