Wednesday, February 17, 1988/The Battalion/Page 9
Sports
th-ranked Ags use new lineup
o sweep Southwest Texas St.
By Anthony Wilson
Sports Writer
he Texas A&M baseball team
led up its already potent offense
the Southwest Texas State
:ats 6-4 and 11-6 in a double-
Ider Tuesday afternoon at Olsen
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A&M to a victory in the first
Thompson led off the inning
doubling down the third base
. Terry Taylor followed with a
over the centerfielder’s head
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Junior transfer Jeff Jones picked
up his first win in an Aggie uniform.
Jones pitched 5 2 /s innings of the
seven inning game, giving up seven
hits and three earned runs. Jones
struck out seven and didn’t walk a
batter.
Johnson said that although Jones
didn’t pitch as well as he did in relief
in the season’s opener, he was still
pleased with his performance.
“I thought he did well,” Johnson
said. “He turned the ball over and
got more movement on his fastball.”
Scott Centala struck out right-
fielder Trey Mathews with runners
on first and second and two outs to
squash a Bobcat threat in the sixth
inning and earn his first save of the
season.
In the second game, the Aggies
scored three runs in three different
innings.
With an 18 mph wind blowing out
to centerfield, catcher Tom Car-
cione hit a second inning three-run
homer deep over the left field wall
and into the Penberthy Intramural
Complex.
The steps the Aggies took to score
in the fourth inning were much
more complex.
Designated hitter John Byington
led off the inning with a single
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SWTSU’s Kenny Reese loaded the
bases by walking Knoblauch and
Carcione. Byington then scored on a
wild pitch. Knoblauch later scored
on a fielder’s choice. With two outs,
Deron Dacus reached base on an er
ror by shortstop Don Neumann.
Thompson followed with a line drive
single into left, driving Carcione
home.
In the fifth inning, Mike Easley
hit a two-run double and scored
when the shortstop’s relay went into
A&M’s dugout.
In the sixth inning, Livingstone
hit a double that hit the wall in right
field, driving in Thompson. The
RBI was the 171st of Livingstone’s
career — a new A&M record. Liv
ingstone is also well within reach of
several other school records.
“As far as career records, I think
those will come as long as I don’t
think about it,” Livingstone said.
Johnson praised Livingstone’s de
fense at third base as one of the keys
to the outcome of the series.
“I guarantee Southwest Texas
walked out of here today saying the
Aggies have got a great third base-
man,” Johnson said.
Keith Langston also picked up his
first win as an Aggie. The junior
transfer pitched six innings and al
lowed three earned runs. Langston
struck out three and walked four.
“I hadn’t thrown in a while so my
arm was strong,” Langston said. “At
the start, I was throwing all over the
place. I threw well after the first-
game flurries. For the first outing, I
felt lucky with the breaks we got ear-
1 y-”
SWTSU scored its final three runs
in the eighth and ninth innings —af
ter the game was out of reach.
The wins raised A&M’s record to
5-0. SWTSU fell to 5-4.
A&M will face seventh-ranked
University of New Orleans this
weekend at Olsen Field. New Or
leans features several All-Americans
and are 2-0 this year. Friday’s game
will be at 3 p.m. and will be 25-Cent
Hot Dog Day. Saturday’s twinbill be
gins at 1 p.m.
Lady Razorbacks
outlast Lady Ags
By Hal. L. Hammons
Assistant Sports Editor
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. —The
Texas A&M women’s basketball
team fell apart in the second half
to fall 79-69 to Arkansas Tuesday
night.
The Lady Razorbacks raised
their record to 10-12 on the year
and 6-6 in Southwest Conference.
The Lady Aggies fell to 11-10
and 5-6.
The game was tied at 32 at
halftime, and A&M was able to
take a quick lead early in the half.
However, Arkansas took the lead
for good with 18:37 remaining.
The Lady Razorbacks reeled
off six points on a single pos-
ession at the 12:33 mark to take
control. Shelly Wallace made a
layup and was fouled on the play.
Arkansas rebounded the missed
free throw, and Lisa Martin put it
in from five feet out and was
fouled. Wallace scored again off
Martin’s miss from the line,
stretching the lead to 52-45.
1 he loss spoiled excellent per
formances by A&M’s Donna
Roper and Lisa Jordon. Roper
led all scorers with 33 points,
which tied the third-best scoring
performance in Lady Aggie his
tory. Jordon got 20 rebounds, ty
ing the second-best Lady Aggie
effort, and added 13 points.
A&M Coach Lynn Hickey said,
“I’m very proud of the way
Donna Roper and Lisa Jordon
played tonight. We’ve got to for
get this one and get ready for
Rice Saturday.”
Ag men’s hoopsters
face Hogs tonight
The Texas A&M men’s basket
ball team will be in Fayetteville,
Ark. tonight to play the Arkansas
Razorbacks at 7 p.m. in Barnhill
Arena.
The Aggies have lost five of
their last six games. Their record
stands at 13-11, 5-5 in the South
west Conference, sixth in the con
ference. Arkansas is 17-5 and are
tied for first with Southern Meth
odist in the SWC with an 8-3
mark.
A&M upset the Razorbacks
earlier in the season at G. Rollie
White Coliseum 74-67. The Ag
gies were led by Doug Dennis’ 22
points and Donald Thompson’s
17 points and 10 rebounds. Ar
kansas forward Mario Credit
scored his career high of 27
points in the game. Andrew
Lang, 6-foot-ll, 250 pounds, got
into early foul trouble and was
not a factor in the game.
Senior point guard Darryl Mc
Donald leads the team in scoring
with a 16.8 average. McDonald
also leads the team in assists with
6.2 per game and steals with 3.2
per game.
Junior forward Donald
Thompson is leading the team
with 7.9 rebounds per game and
is second on the team with a 14.3
scoring average.
Sophomore redshirt James Mc
Ghee will be starting his second
consecutive game at guard. McG
hee scored 10 points in his first
start of the season against Baylor
on Sunday. McGhee hit a jumper
at the end of regulation in that
game to tie the score and send it
into overtime. A&M eventually
lost 74-73 in the second overtime
period.
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