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Ags stink up
Jollie Rollie
Let’s not mince
words here, people:
the Aggies stank Sun
day.
Practically any
other team in the
Southwest Confer
ence would have
driven the Aggies into
the hardwood floor.
Texas, with a poor
outing, managed to
keep the game close.
But oh, how the
Aggies tried. To help
out the Horns, that is.
Ags drop 3rd in a roi
A&M comes up short against Horns,
falls 52-49 for season’s 1 st home lossltl
Hal. L. Hammons
Assistant Sports Editor
Peruse this: Freddie Ricks inbounds the ball
to Darryl McDonald after a Longhorn basket.
But McDonald — the senior team captain
turns away from Ricks at the last minute.
Ricks is caught off balance and steps over the
baseline.
There’s literally not a Longhorn within 50
feet, and the Aggies turn the ball over.
When A&M finally reclaims the lead in the
second half, Travis Mays — a Texas guard
who is 6-2 on a tall day — steals a free-throw
rebound from one of several Aggies, puts up a
shot and gets fouled.
He hits the shot and the free throw. Texas
is back on top.
That was with 1:15 remaining. The Aggies
scored two points the rest of the way.
But then, long droughts were the rule and
not the exception for the Fightin’ Texas Ag
gies Sunday. How about going from 12:28 in
the first half to 17:13 in the second (almost 15
minutes) and getting one field goal?
How about three minutes and 29 seconds
without scoring at all?
How about shooting five of 18 from the
field in the first half, with Chris Cokinos lead
ing the team with five points?
And those impressive statistics were not
easy to compile — the Aggies had to work
hard to miss five shots under the basket. For
cryin’ out loud, at least they shot 33.3 percent
from three-point land! They were 3 of 15 — I
20 percent in two-point attempts.
OK, they improved a little in the second
half. Their stellar 12-of-27 performance in
the second stanza raised their overall average
to 37.7 percent. Much better.
A&M Coach Shelby Metcalf tried to shed
some light on the game afterwards by saying
some players had done well, like McDonald.
When he said that I looked at a local radio
announcer, and we gave each other that look.
You know — the one that silently asks, “What
in the world is he talking about?”
This “good performance” by the team
leader consisted of 4-of-14 shooting (l-of-4
from three-point land), 50 percent free-throw
shooting, 12 total points and seven turnovers.
In the final six minutes he made one free
throw out of four attempts — including two
with 14 seconds left that killed any A&M
hopes — and missed all three of his field-goal
attempts. Oh yes, he also committed an offen
sive foul with 1:19 left on a posession that
could have given A&M the lead.
This is-supposed to be the best player in the
conference. He is, when he decides to play
well.
It wouldn’t be so horrible if Texas had
played decently. But the Horns weren’t satis
fied with beating A&M in shooting (UT shot
52.6 percent), free throw percentages (63.2 to
60), rebounding (32-26) and assists (14 to 12).
They even beat them 22-17 in turnovers!
The only way the game could have been
worse is if it had gone to overtime. Five more
minutes of that would have had everyone
screaming about the Eighth Amendment. You
know, cruel and unusual punishment.
Thankfully I saw the game, went to the in
terview room, listened to Shelby Metcalf and
the one player who showed up — Paul Craw
ford — and was home throwing up in well un
der three hours.
And the Athletic Department complains
that no one watches basketball at Texas A&M.
Well, there’s something to be said for school
spirit and all that, but let’s not get too idealis
tic. Fans like to see a good showing by the
home team if they pay to see it.
Sunday I got in free, and I wanted my
money back.
A&M guard Darryl McDonald attempts to
pass the ball as Texas’ Courtney Jeans
defends. McDonald had 12 points inal
ing cause as A&M fell to UT 52-49.
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By Anthony Wilson
Sports Writer
A three-point play with 1:15 in the game by
University of Texas guard Travis Mays on a fol
low of a missed free throw was the turning point
in Texas’ 52-49 win over Texas A&M Sunday af
ternoon in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Mays rebounded the miss by teammate Alvin
Heggs and was fouled by A&M’s Paul Crawford
on the follow. Mays made the shot and the free
throw to give UT a 48-47 lead.
A&M had two opportunities to regain the lead
in the last minute, but guard Darryl McDonald
missed a running one-handed jumper and was
called for a charging foul on consecutive trips
down the court.
“They made the play down the stretch to win
it,” Crawford said. “The one guy we didn’t block
out got the rebound and made the big play. That
turned the momentum. We’ve got to learn to
suck it up down the stretch.”
A&M Head Coach Shelby Metcalf said, “To
fight back like we did and take a two-point lead,
then miss a free throw and let a guard take the
rebound away from our top rebounder — that
was the game.
“I thought both teams played hard, but not
particularly well. If we get that rebound, we win
the game.
“The disappointing thing is that we had a
chance to win and let it get away from us. We’ve
played better. Maybe we played over our heads
in the beginning, but we’ll have to wait and see.”
The loss was A&M’s third straight conference
setback and its first loss at home this year. A&M
started the season with four consecutive wins, in
cluding victories over Southwest Conference fa
vorites Southern Methodist, Baylor and Arkan
sas.
“I don’t know what’s gone wrong,” Crawford
said. “We beat the three conference contenders
in a row and now we’ve lost to three who were not
expected to be the top contenders.”
A&M dropped to 12-9 on the season and 4-3
in conference play. The Longhorns improved
their mark to 3-4 in SWC action and 9-10 overall.
Only two of the Horns’ four reserve plavenB
on scholarship. Walk-on Kevin Bridge*
played only 1 1 minutes all season beforeSrH
But against A&M, Bridges played 25 eB
and connected on all three of his field go®
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Texas should have been easy pickings for the
slumping Aggies. The Horns entered the game
with an 8-10 record, 2-4 in the SWC. Rumors are
spreading in Austin that UT Head Coach Bob
Weltlich will be fired at the end of the season.
UT’s bench has also been depleted by injury.
tempts.
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A&M made only five of its 18 field goal ant®
for 27.7 percent and committed 10 turnovenR' 11
Texas jumped out to an early 5-3 lead SR'
13:09 Chris Cokinos hit a 20-foot thretfHhe :
shot, giving A&M a 6-5 advantage. HegjsBe, as
called for a pushing imil inside on theplat.Bto4
ing the ball back to the Aggies. Hd gt
A&M took advantage of the turnover suioper ]
onds later when Doug Dennis hit a l®p sh
jumper. Hr firs
A&M’s biggest lead of the game came alii Ropet
when McDonald spun 360 degrees andkping ir
short one-hander in the lane giving the Adoring
10-5 lead. oinis n
Texas regained the lead at 8:11 and led Alive in
at the intermission. A&M hit only one fieldtcoiers (
in the final 12:28 of the half and didn'tso jtrson) <
the final 3:33.
The Horns maintained their leadintld
ond half until 2:0 1 when Crawford hit a M
turnaround jumper to tie the game at da l
Aggies took the lead 47-45 at 1:27 whenDoJ)
Thompson hit a short jumper in the lane.
After Mays’ three-point play, A&M hat
sort to fouling quickly, but Texas converwf
four of its free throws in the last minuie
A&M couldn’t connect on three threepil
shots. CLEM
For the game, A&M shot 37.7 percentf®ison
the field, on 17-ol 15 shooting. From thetbligles t<
stripe, the Aggies made only 12-of-2(lijpi’ster
throws. Texas hit 20 of its 38 field goalatK»®versit
— a 52.6 percentage — and 12 of its 19®
throw attempts. Johnsc
Thompson led A&M with 13 points and f re U Ga
rebounds. McDonald added 12 points, seveowa 3-6
sists and three steals. I| befo
“It was a tough loss,” McDonald said l^ed 5
didn’t have any flow whatsoever. I don'tiHolina.
what the problem is. The little things al>|Pggies
come back to haunt you. Blocking out otH'nedy
throws and hitting our free throws wasthfhi out
ference.” H c h D
A&M’s next game will be Wednesdayni^H 11 rul<
7:30 against Texas Christian in G. RolliemT
Coliseum.
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Razorbacks taking command in SWC race
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From the Associated Press
The Arkansas Razorbacks are liv
ing up to their preseason billing.
They were the favorites to capture
the Southwest Conference basketball
title because of a deep, talented
squad.
With only a loss to Texas A&M at
College Station, the Razorbacks have
dominated the first half of the SWC
season, which they conclude
Wednesday night at home against
Texas Tech.
The Razorbacks ripped the Hous
ton Cougars 71-62 Saturday night
before a throng of 9,264 fans in Bar
nhill Arena.
It impressed Flouston Coach Pat
Foster enough to say the Hogs were
the best team in the league.
“They are stronger and better
than the other teams,” Foster said.
“They wore us down. Mario Credit is
tremendous, and they have the best
depth of anybody.”
Arkansas’ bench outscored Hous
ton’s reserves 38-3.
Arkansas improved its overall re
cord to 14-4, while Houston
dropped to 3-4 in the SWC and 8-8
overall.
The Baylor Bears, second in the
SWC standings last year, have rallied
from a 1-3 start, winning three
straight league games including an
81-63 thumping of Texas Tech in
Lubbock on Saturday night.
mar beat Rice 85-70 in a non-conler-
ence game.
In the other SWC games Satur
day, Southern Methodist stayed in
second place with a hard-earned 51-
48 victory over Texas Christian. La-
It was Arkansas Coach Nolan
Richardson’s first victory over Hous
ton in six tries. He had lost four
times to Houston as an Arkansas
coach and once to the Cougars while
coaching at Tulsa.
“Our starting lineup isn’t any
more talented than other team in the
league, but we do play more people
than the other teams,” Richardson
said.
Baylor snapped Texas Tech’s
eight-game home winning streak
with a surprisingly easy victory in
Lubbock.
It marked the first time Baylor
had defeated Tech in consecutive
seasons in Lubbock since 1969-70. It
was the Raiders’ worst defeat in Lub
bock since they lost 80-55 to Mi
phis State in 1985.
It also spoiled Tech Coachfc-j
Myers’ attempt at his 300th to
giate victory.
Baylor shot 70 percent in
half and hit 13 of its last 14
silence the crowd of 8,174.
“I think we stunned theircro*'
guard Michael Hobbs said
came out and hit early and
them down.”
SMU scored only 19 pointsiti 1
second half but survived to " lf
TCU for the first time in five)® 1
“We’ll take it, as ugly as it"
SMU Coach Dave Bliss said.
In other games Wednesday®
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Baylor is at Texas, Rice is at M l '|
ton, and TCU is at Texas A&M
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