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IcDonald fouled out to stop the
k with 10 seconds left, sending
Janies Francis to the line. Francis
ijssnl the front end, and McGhee
Hnefor two points at the buzzer to
tiithe game.
ftaylor led by eight with 8:38 left,
bat the Bears went almost five min
utes without a field goal, allowing
the Aggies to pull to within 3.
•liddleton, Baylor’s leading
■rer, satout all but the first 4:42 of
the first half with foul trouble. He
Bnishtd with 13 points, and his first
Bes didn’t come until 16:30 of the
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Bond half. Williams led all scorers
|with 23 points, but he missed seven
of his 16 shots, including all four of
his three-point attempts.
■McDonald and Dennis led A&M
|yjth 18 points, and McGhee, in his
fib! career Southwest Conference
start, added 10.
&M shot 46.4 percent from the
Jd for the game. The Aggies have
In every conference game in which
yhave shot 50 percent or better,
they have lost every SWC game
in|which they didn’t.
aylor was held to a 43.5 percent
oting performance.
Jeither team cotdd convert from
l line. A&M made 58.6 percent of
| free-throw attempts, and the
jars converted only 55.9 percent of
of S" ll,: their free throws.
lillerin■a&M was without three of its
ere|WiP mrist important players for most of
the overtimes. Donald Thompson
tiler " puled out and received a technical
in l^Bil with 4:52 left in the second half.
McDonald fouled out with 10 sec-
n SatutBds left in the half, and Freddie
.kevg i: licks got } 1LS fifth foul at the 3:31
;es’P'Brk of the first overtime,
theperljBA&M Head Coach Shelby Metcalf
Core)'“Bid, “1 thought we played good,
paved hard and played good de-
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, x t ga® f iwi Baylor was 4-5 in conference
at they relegated themselves to
ie middle of the pack for the
fist of the SWC season. Big deal.
They played 8:3 1 of gut-check
ing basketball without the only
Ifiree players on the team that
ally can be said to have an over
undance of talent — McDon-
Jd, Freddie Ricks and Donald
hompson. And they played
dr hearts out.
McDonald woke up on the of-
tnsive side after weeks of
umber. He hit six of 12 shots
fflipnd reminded the Bears who the
st penetrator in the SWC is.
Cokinos played good defense
l Michael Williams, who is easily
|e favorite for SWC Most Valu-
le Player right now. He came
fthe bench and canned a crit-
al three-pointer when the game
s about to slip away at the end
fthe second half.
McGhee got his first start in a
ime that may have been the
fost important of the season for
i&M, and he sparkled. His pen-
rations weren’t always success-
,but they were sometimes, and
ey opened up the middle for
|ennis.
And Dennis — let’s talk about
unis. Getting his first start in
) weeks, he showed the offen-
e touch that had been missing
ice the Arkansas game. He was
liable with the shots and strong
th the rebounds.
They came through in the
ntch, giving the team life when
[ey had no business having life,
hen the bjg guys weren’t there
pymore, players like Cokinos
d McGhee emerged as players
ocan be counted on.
They proved they can play well
ithout the big-name players,
ey proved they are a team, not
Jsta few good players who wear
|e same color jersey.
They played the best game of
sketball they’ve played all year,
lere’s no reason to be ashamed
that.
Photo by Jay Janner
A&M’s Donald Thompson shoots as Baylor’s James Francis at
tempts a block. Thompson scored 6 points before fouling out.
fense. The guys we put out there in
overtime competed.
“I thought we had some great
plays out there. Our guys played
their butts off and that’s all I’ve ever
asked of anybody.
“To me this is not a game to pick
on the guys or the coaches. I thought
we made all the right moves with the
people we had out there, and all the
guys worked hard.
“We played as good as we’ve
played. You’ve got to congratulate
Baylor. I hate to lose, but (the Ag
gies) put it on the line.”
McDonald said, “I think we did a
good job. We worked a long, long
time. We weren’t upset at the effort
we put out.”
Dennis said, “We should have
won. We had the opportunities and
blew them, but we played well. The
toughest thing was we had a chance
to win it going down the stretch
without three of our big guys.”
SWC basketball leader
changes like weather
From the Associated Press
The 1988 Southwest Conference
basketball season will be known as
the championship nobody wanted.
First, Texas A&M took the lead,
then faded.
Southern Methodist charged to
the front and then yielded to Arkan
sas in a blowout to Baylor in Waco.
Coughing on the rarified atmo
sphere of first place, the Razorbacks
lost their first game in Fayetteville
this year. SMU pulled off a 73-63
victory to gain a first-place tie with
the Razorbacks, the preseason favor
ites.
“We’re not a first-place team yet,”
SMU Coach Dave Bliss said, realiz
ing what evil can befall the league
leaders. “We still play ugly at times.
However, we’re just thrilled to beat
Arkansas in Fayetteville. That’s
something our players can always re
member.”
SMU had blown a 22-point lead to
lose to Arkansas in Dallas in Jan
uary.
“We’re set up for a wild finish to
the race now,” said Bliss. SMU and
Arkansas each own 8-3 league led
gers.
It was only SMU’s second,victory
in 12 games at Barnhill Arena. Ar
kansas had won 11 consecutive
games there this season.
“I still think 12-4 will win it or
share the title,” Arkansas Coach No
lan Richardson said.
In another crucial game on Satur
day, Texas Christian beat Rice 73-58
in a game that tied the Frogs for
eighth place with the Owls at 3-8.
The ninth-place team does not get to
play in the SWC Post-season Classic.
In other games, Houston stopped
Texas’ five-game winning streak at
62-51 and Baylor got some revenge
with a 74-73 double overtime victory
in College Station against Texas
A&M.
SMU hosts Rice on Wednesday
night while Arkansas tries to regain
its composure against Texas A&M.
In other games, TCU is at Hous
ton, Texas Tech is at Texas, and
Baylor entertains Angelo State in a
non-conference game at Waco.
Men’s tennis
falls to LSU,
Indiana in meet
The Texas A&M men’s tennis
team had a rough weekend, losing to
Louisiana State and Indiana in Ba
ton Rouge.
LSU shut out A&M 9-0, and the
Hoosiers defeated the Aggies 5-3.
In the Indiana match, A&M’s
Dean Johnson defeated Sven Salu-
maa 7-6, 6-2; Shaun O’Donovan beat
Gunner Salumaa 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, and
Mike Chambers handled David Mc-
Callum 7-6, 6-2.
In Other matches against Indiana,
A&M’s Steve Kennedy lost to
Charles Wright 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Craig
Whitteker lost to Darrin Dinsman 7-
5, 3-6, 6-4, and Jeff Livshitz lost to
Todd Hacken 7-6, 6-3.
LSU’s top four players are in the
nation’s top 35, and it showed. John
son lost to Felix Barrientos 3-6, 6-3,
6-3; O’ Donovan was defeated by
Billy Uribe 6-3, 7-6; A&M’s Ken
nedy lost to Jeff Brown 6-2, 6-3, and
Don Leugcraft beat Chambers 6-4,
6-2.
In other singles matches, A&M’s
Whitteker lost to'l^oland So 6-4, 1-6,
6-1, and Livshitz was beaten by Mike
Hammett 6-1,6-1.
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