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Monday, February 1, 1988/The Battalion/Page 13
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is lorns trip up stubborn Lady Aggies
oss5th-ranked UT hands A&M 3rd loss in a row
By Loyd Brumfield
Sports Editor
In a valiant yet futile effort, the
; A&M women’s basketball
played one of its better games
the season in losing to 5th-ranked
jexas 89-61 Saturday night in G.
» |r f oHi< White Coliseum.
I JHie game drew a crowd of 2,933
K - a Coliseum record for women’s
Htics. At least half the crowd was
iadi up of boisterous UT fans who
But nullified the home court ad-
f° r t ^ ,e L a dy Agg* es -
A&M’s record fell to 9-7 overall
id| 3-4 in Southwest Conference
lay, while UT raised its record to
8-2 on the year and 7-0 in the SWC.
The Lady Aggies came out fired
„ p, and the A&M crowd was on its
Pyl*'id|when center Lisa Jordon won
J^B^Hopening tip and quickly made
ree throws to give the Lady Ag-
Jtheir only lead of the game at
her that the Lady Aggies could
manage a 4-4 tie, although they
;d within range of the Lady
[horns until late in the second
when greater UT experience
inddepth wore A&M down.
[her the tie, UT’s offense picked
|nd ran off a 21-8 lead, with most
jie points coming off free throws,
[he Lady Longhorns got off to a
r itn 4:20 in the first
3 7-point lead wit!
"Won a layup by guard Amy Gia
nts imoni. but then A&M matched the
49. ,®ghorns basket-for-basket and
led at the half 45-31.
■T applied suffocating pressure
lei) | hioughout the game, causing the
Bndgf<|y A gg ies to comm it 17 turn-
Longhorns also benefited
field trrW 1 a stron g inside game and out-
^lunded A&M 50-32. UT was
he fm' l ^ e t0 consistently dominate inside
goal am
urnovtn
3 lead,
t thrtti
-• Hera
the plai.
get three or four shots almost
b time down the court to A&M’s
[he second half was much the
, as UT quickly lengthened its
to 48-31 before the Lady Aggies
Id get off a shot. A&M’s Donna
loveratoper finally canned an 18-foot
it a Ibimp shot to give the Lady Aggies
heir first points of the half,
ame at Ilf Roper, A&M’s leading scorer
:s and sping into the game with an 18.3
the Afling average, was held to just 2
■Us in the first half, but she came
nd led Jive in the second half to lead all
|ers (along with UT’s Susan An-
Photo by Jay Janner
UT’s Ellen Bayer attempts to put up a shot against A&M’s Nette Garret (50) and Lisa Jordon (33). I he Lady
Longhorns defeated the Lady Aggies 89-61 Saturday night before a record crowd at G.Rollie White Coliseum.
dn’ts Jerson) with 19.
A key point in the second half
came with A&M forward Evelyn
Sanders went down with a leg injury
after chasing Claborn, who was gun
ning for an easy layup.
The extent of Sanders’ injury was
still unknown as of Sunday evening.
After the injury to Sanders, the
game began to take its toll on A&M.
The Lady Longhorns’ lead reached
20 for the first time when guard
Lyssa McBride hit a 17-foot jumper
to make the score 64-44.
A&M was the beneficiary of the
play of the game, however, when
Roper stole the ball in the backcourt
from Anderson and dribbled the
length of the court to sink an incred-
ibly-easy layup against 6-8 backup
center Ellen Bayer, who just watched
as Roper somehow shot over her and
drew the foul.
Despite the loss, A&M Coach
Lynn Hickey was pleased with her
team’s effort.
“We got beat, but I though we
played very, very hard,” she said.
“The last 10 minutes took it’s toll,
but we have definitely made pro
gress. As far as being competitive
goes, we are 200 percent above
where we were last year.”
UT Coach Jody Conradt was also
surprised at A&M’s tenacity.
“A&M played very well,” Conradt
said. “If they play like this all the
time I don’t see how they can get
beat. They played a great game and
have a lot of great personnel.”
Conradt also credited the crowd
in helping the Lady Longhorns.
“1 he crowd was a big part of it,”
she said. “Our fans are so supportive
that you want to play well for them.”
Hickey said, “We learned yester
day that they (Texas) were bringing
in a lot of people, but we weren’t
sure if the Aggies would respond,
and they did. I hope they saw some
thing that would make them want to
come back. ... I hope they came
away thinking we could be compet
itive.”
A&M’s next game is Wednesday
afternoon at 5 against Texas Chris
tian here at G. Rollie White.
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^gies’ Johnson falls
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GLEMSON, S.C. — Dean
Bison placed second in No. 1
, the (tingles to pace the Texas A&M
-of-2df enstenn ' s team at the Glemson
)a latwHetsity Showcase in Glemson,
its I ''G-
Johnson defeated No. 1 seeded
tt Garrett of Southwest Loui-
a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the semifi-
before falling 6-4, 6-2 to No.
ed Steve Langley of South
olina.
ies Mike Chambers, Steve
lut oiif I'nedy and Wayne Green were
rasthflr^ out t ^ ie competition by
uoach David Kent for violating
n , cam rules. No specific violations
Jlieiif ctementioned.
- The action forced A&M to for-
jtit its No. 2, No. 5 and No. 7 sin-
Bmatches, along with the No. 2
indNo. 3 doubles matches.
3 Johnson teamed up with Jell
t/ gVshitz in No. 1 doubles to beat
ijiwn Harden and Brad Huff of
; to yfurman 6-3, 6-4 for third place.
||Craig Whitteker beat Brian
[C hGcOliellette of Furman 6-4, 6-4 in
Dean Johnson
the No. 4 consolation match. Liv-
shitz beat Tom Givonne of Co
lumbia 6-4, 6-4 for third place in
No. 6 singles.
Host team Glemson is ranked
No. 9 in the nation. South Caro
lina is ranked seventh, while
Southwest Louisiana is ranked
14th. A&M is unranked.
The Aggies’ next action is Fri
day in their spring home opener
against Pan American.
Rodriguez dominates
in Senior Skins Game
HONOLULU (AP) — Chi Chi
Rodriguez, the dominant player on
the senior golf tour, also dominated
the first Senior Skins Game that
ended Sunday, winning $300,000 of
the $360,000 total purse.
The 52-year-old Rodriguez won
three holes and $260,000 on the fi
nal day of the two-day event.
He concluded his lucrative payday
by winning a sixth playoff hole,
worth $90,000, in a sudden-death
showdown that dwindled down to
him and Arnold Palmer.
Rodriguez also won another hole
worth $90,000 Sunday, as well as
one worth $80,000.
The $300,000 for two days is al
most a third of what Rodriguez
earned in 26 years on the regular
PGA tour.
Rodriguez, who won seven tour
naments and $500,000 on the senior
(50 and older) tour in 1987, had fin
ished the first day of the Senior
Skins as the top money-winner, win
ning three holes and $40,000.
Palmer won one hole and $20,000
on the first day and was winless the
second, losing out on the sixth play
off hole when he bogeyed and Ro
driguez won with a par.
Sam Snead and Gary Player had
bowed out earlier in the sudden-
death playoff.
Player won the only other hole not
captured by Rodriguez Sunday, for
$40,000 on No. 12.'
Snead, 75, did not win a single
hole during the competition.
Rodriguez had birdies to win the
first hole Sunday, No. 10, worth
$80,000, and No. 15, worth $90,000.
In the match-play format of the
Skins, the low score on each hole
wins the “skin,” or prize money. If
the hole is tied, the money carries
over to the next hole, with all four
golfers still in contention — except
during the sudden death.
The Senior Skins, with nine holes
each day, had prize money of
$10,000 for each of the first six
holes, $20,000 for the next six, and
$30,000 each for the final six holes.
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