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Monday, February 29, 1988/The Battalion/Page 9 « L Sports ce seniors leave A&M with victory s iggies beat Tech 68-66 in final home game By Hal. L. Hammons COPir'A Asmtarit Sports Editor ( 'd c i„ I Darryl McDonald made the Host out of his last game at home S Texas A&M b .y fading the Ag es to a 68-66 victory over Texas ech Saturday night at G. Rollie fhite Coliseum. (McDonald led the team in scor- ’ en0 "'B^ith 17 points by uni 'I^l p rom t p ie p ie ' lse ' ftio-npson. Doug iCtOrS Dlifll r o Graves — also a senior — e work, r j i ^ j»red 14 apiece. fllie Aggies improved their re- stM 10 1^'13 f° r ^e year and 7-7 u ; ® out h west Conference play. Ik Red Raiders are 9-16 and 4- shooting 8- Dennis and , but DtJ at (lit t anion;, , mhompson scored on a basket KO Iterference call on Tech’s James Hinson to give A&M a 68-64 ead with 13 seconds left. Sean Jay tipped in a three-point at- ippoitdiH^ (jy Duncan, but M was able to run out the plaider guard Jerry Mason, wfshadowed most of the year jCay, led the team with a ca p-high 32 points, shooting 12- or-21 from the field, including j-for-10 from three-point terri- aimed :aceai the oa abs hii d Tta tave H&M Head Coach Shelby Met- « said, “We tried to recruit Mason). It looked like he came lere to show us that he should pbeen an Aggie. He not only the board, he hit some diffi- hots.” y, an All-SWC candidate, 16 points and 11 rebounds, I he committed seven turn- s, including four walking vio- ms. ;&M was able to score consis- y inside, especially in the sec- half. Nine shots under the ,et, all converted, helped !M to a 66.7 percent shooting in the half. Most of it was re- Sng from McDonald penetra- j? or passes to Thompson and nis. nnis was the real hero for Aggies with a great game on ‘ ends of the court. He held Bb center Wes Lowe to 6 points and a 2-of-7 shooting perfor mance. Lowe had 28 points in the teams’ previous showdown in Lubbock this year. Dennis said, “We played him a lot different this game than last time. We tried to play behind him like we’ve played everybody else the last few weeks.” Metcalf said, “I think Lowe wasn’t playing with the same con fidence he did out there in Lub bock, but I think the way Doug played had a lot to do with that.” After close losses to Baylor and Houston, this win was especially sweet for the A&M coaches and did. This league is something el- team. McDonald said, “We needed this win bad. We lost the last game (against UH) that we thought we should have won. The (SWC) tournament is coming up, and we need all the wins we can get.” Graves said, “We played hard. Nobody let up. We made up our minds we were going to play hard, win or lose.” Metcalf said, “I can’t remem ber a game irt a long time that to tally wrung us out like this one Tech Head Coach Gerald My ers said, “We really gave it all we had physically tonight. I can’t complain about the physical ef fort. We just don’t seem to have what it takes emotionally to win the games.” McDonald had three steals, giving him 84 for the season. That breaks his own team record he set last year. McDonald hit a 23-foot three- pointer to give the Aggies a 36-34 halftime lead. wt cairJ en n®l in ls«i| :se poll/ he armf jn suspl lian pi IS he a! J nientarl ed tbi iion. Soel illtICi-j Parliij .0 thd'l ion. st i ndt®-| I'snij U#l SIGN UP INTRAMURAL/REC SPORTS SPORT: Volleyball Triples DIVISION: DATE: TIME: PLACE: Co-Rec A, B, & C By March 8,1988 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Intramural Office • 159 Read Building TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY IM REC SPORTS DEPARTMENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH General Motors is proud to sponsor your campus intramural/ recreational sports. CHEVROLET PONTIAC II ii Otdsmobile JOIN THE FUN Read the information above and sign up with your Intramural/Rec reational Sports Department today! BUICK cbivic; TRUCK EVERYONE CAN PLAY All students, staff and faculty are eligible. GMAC FINANCIAL SERVICES □M CM HUGHES ELECTRONICS General Motors..'.'sharing your future” IM/REC SPORTS AUTO EXPO Injured Lady Ags beat Raiders 72-60 By Anthony Wilson Sports Writer Photo by Jay Janner A&M’s Doug Dennis looks for an opening against Texas Tech center Wes Lowe during the Aggies’ 68-66 win over the Raiders Saturday night in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The game was A&M’s last home game for the year. The Lady Aggies limped into G. Rollie White Coliseum Saturday af ternoon and ran Texas Tech out of the building in a 72-60 win, A&M’s first victory over the Red Raiders in eight years. Several of A&M’s key players were suffering from injuries or ill ness but still managed to contribute to the win. Guard Donna Roper missed Thursday’s practice with a bad an kle. Reserve guard Wendy Jennings has serious blisters on the bottoms of her feet. Reserve forwards Nette Garrett and Mindy Neal had been ill for two days before the game. Senior forward Evelyn Sanders, A&M’s leading rebounder and sec ond leading scorer, missed the last home game of her career with a knee injury she suffered in A&M’s Jan. 30 game against Texas. “We’ve got a lot of invalids out there,” A&M Head Coach Lynn Hickey said. “We’ve got a lot of peo ple who are really hurt. They came through and played like troopers.” The Lady Aggies played their best basketball of the season in the first half, shooting a blistering 58.6 per cent. Lisa Jordon scored eight points, including two three-point plays, as A&M went on a 14-3 tear at 16:41 to take a 20-7 lead. The Lady Aggies’ biggest lead of the game came at 2:21 when Lisa Herner drove into the lane and hit a 10-foot jumper to give A&M a 41-21 advan tage. The half ended with A&M lead ing 43-28. However, the Red Raiders weren’t ready to roll over and play dead. A&M’s shooting percentage dropped to 40 percent in the second half. Meanwhile, Tech improved its shooting from 33.3 percent in the first half to 46.4 percent. Tech came roaring back, cut the Lady Aggies’ lead to eight points at 4:57 as A&M looked to be succumb ing to the pressure. But that’s when Jordon took control of the game. Jordon scored on a rebound fol low, a follow of a blocked shot, and two free throws within a 2:38 period to secure the game for A&M. “I thought Jordon did an excel lent job all day long on the boards,” Tech Head Coach Marsha Sharp said. “I think she was the key to the game. Those two rebounds she got in that stretch of time and scored when we were making that run were definitely the thing that stopped us.” Hickey said, “I thought the first half we played about the best we have all year. In the second half, we 'really had a dry spell offensively. But we kept our heads in the game and held onto the lead.” Jordon finished with 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting and 13 rebounds. Roper led the Lady Aggies with 23 points and dished out six assists. The win impoved A&M’s record to 13-11 and 7-7 in the Southwest Conference. It also assured A&M a spot in the SWC post-season tourna ment. A&M finishes the regular season this week with two road games. The Lady Aggies will face league-leading Texas Tuesday and Texas Christiar Saturday. A&M softball team wins 2 to take Louisiana Classic The Texas A&M softball team got good pitching from senior Julie Car penter in winning the Louisiana Classic tourney over the weekend in Lafayette, La. The fourth-ranked Lady Aggies downed host Southwestern Loui siana 3-1 in the championship game. A&M, 4-1 on the year, beat the Uni versity of Southern Mississippi 3-0 in the tournament opener. Carpenter got the wins in both games, throwing a 3-hitter against USM and a 2-hitter in the finals against USL. 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