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Hogs wear down Aggies, 75 -60
Poor shooting negates rebounding edge; Ags 1-3 in SWC
The Battalion Friday, Nov. 4, 1988 Page 9
From Staff and Wire Reports
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) —Oli
ver Miller scored 12 of his 16 points in
the second half as Arkansas broke away
from a halftime tie and defeated Texas
A&M 75-60 Monday night.
Texas A&M led by as many as 10 in
the first half but it was 36-36 at intermis
sion.
Miller got the second half started with
a slam off a fast break and then Keith
Wilson stole the ball and followed suit.
The Razorbacks came up with the
loose ball and then Wilson fed Larry
Marks for another slam and it was 42-36.
An offensive rebound basket by Wil
son, a basket inside by Miller, and a free
throw by Wilson put Arkansas on top by
nine.
A three-point play by Wilson made it
56-44 and then Mario Credit followed
with a slam for a 14-point lead with less
than 12 minutes remaining.
The Aggies were as close as 11 but
Miller slammed another one, Wilson put
back a rebound and Cannon Whitby got
loose on a fast-break basket and Arkan
sas led 66-49 with five minutes left.
Arkansas is 10-3 and 4-1 in the confer
ence. Texas A&M dropped to 8-8 and 1-
3.
Tony Milton hit two free throws for a
24-14 A&M lead with less than 10 min
utes left in the first half.
Two baskets by Lenzie Howell cut the
margin to 29-25 and then Whitby made
two baskets that narrowed the advantage
to 1.
Arkansas took its first lead, 34-33, on
Credit’s rebound basket with less than
two minutes left in the first half.
Lynn Suber led the Aggies with 21
points.
Doug Dennis chipped in 13 points for
A&M while Milton and Donald Thomp
son scored nine each.
Milton, a guard, led the Aggies in as
sists (five) and in rebounding with 10 as
A&M outrebounded Arkansas 39-29.
Coach Nolan Richardson of Arkansas
agreed with Coach Shelby Metcalf of
A&M: the Razorbacks won by tiring out
the Aggies in the second half.
“We came out in the second half and
stayed after them,” Richardson said.
“I told our guys at the half that if we
would continue our pressure on them,
the wear and tear on A&M would hurt
them down the stretch. ”
“We just got tired,” Metcalf said.
“We ran out of steam toward the end.
Our guys played hard, though, we just
don’t have enough players.
“At the start of the second half, Ar
kansas came out strong and ran with the
ball. They also were using a zone and
pushing us out of our offense ... We’re
tired and I’m going to give them a day
off tomorrow.”
The Arkansas bench outscored the Ag
gie bench 37-4.
Oliver Miller scored 12 of his 16
points in the second half as Arkansas
broke away from the halftime tie to beat
the Aggies.
“The second half, I calmed down and
played better,” Miller said. “We went
out and got down in the first half and let
some of the calls get to us. Coach gave
us a pep talk at the half and it turned out
well for us in the end. ’ ’
Recruiting suffers in Jackie’s absence
The end of the fall semester brought agony to
Texas A&M. More than just pain at giving and
taking final exams, but anguish because A&M’s
football program was a mess.
A lot can happen in a little time, though. Just
as heavenly winter rain has turned campus lawns
greener than they were all fall, a little time has
brought new life into the Aggie athletic outlook.
R.C. Slocum has taken over and done a little
early spring cleaning, getting rid of Of fensive
Coordinator Joe Avezzano and Receivers Coach
George Pugh possibly for taking part in illegal
recruiting practices.
There’s no problem there. It feels good to
shed the heaviness of guilt.
Next step. Slocum, with all of his experience
and wisdom at coaching — and he has plenty —
selected a couple of top rate assistants and moved
one of those he kept around to def ensive
coordinator.
It’s a new look and it takes another load off of
the program. A&M is beginning to smell like it’s
had a bath. Clean behind the ears and ready to
g°-
But it’s going to take more than debonair
young coaches to make Aggieland smell like a
winner.
It’s going to take recruits.
Unlike the last few years, the Aggies are
nowhere near the top of the Texas recruiting
race. That’s no shocker, though, the recruiting
power is gone.
Jackie Sherrill didn’t have coaching theory
that awed the rest of the Southwest Conference.
Jerry
1 /
Bolz
■■
Assistant Sports Editor
The fact is he could easily be outcoached on
any Saturday and still win. Sherrill won games by
the talent on his teams — talent that came to
A&M because of Jackie Sherrill’s name.
He gained his recruiting power the moment
he came to College Station. A big name from the
East getting a big salary to turn a sagging
program around. That was enough for a good
percentage of top state and national talent to take
a chance on Sherrill and A&M.
So for five or six years, A&M was the place to
go for Texas footballers who wanted to win
championships and see action in bowl games.
But Sherrill and his name are gone and so are
the lines of players signing up to play football for
A&M. So it is in Aggieland.
Newspapers around the state Sunday listed
verbal committments and schools that recruits
are considering. Texas, Rice and Arkansas are
leading the way, each with a handful. But A&M’s
hands are empty.
With 23 days left before official signing dav. it
doesn’t appear the new Aggie staff is even out of
the gates.
A&M has coaches, some great ones. But it
takes much more than coaching ability to draw-
talented players to a program — it takes a bigger
name than A&M has right now.
True, Slocum has been recruiting in Texas for
more than 15 years, he has that to his advantage.
But to build a good recruiting name, like Sherrill
had, he will have to win some ball games. And
that could take time, talent and grace. It might be
next season, or years down the road.
For now, the question is if A&M has enough
talent stowed away to get a few good seasons
under Slocum’s belt. There certainly isn’t anyone
in the SWC that has packed in top-quality plavers
like the Aggies the last few years. But others —
like Arkansas and Houston — are catching up.
Even the Cougars, who have more recruiting
restrictions than A&M, already have font
commitments.
Or, it could be that Jack Pardee has a name
that kids would like to play under. It’s hard to
know without asking the recruits. There certainly
hasn’t been anyone running to A&M yet this
offseason.
But until A&M is re-established as an honest
winning program, and Slocum’s name is as
familiar to kids in Amarillo and Zapata as it is in
College Station, recruiting may be pretty slim.
On the other hand, Rice has had no head
coach during this recruiting season and they
have done well. Maybe the Aggies should have
been more patient.
Play ball!
Photo by Jay Janner
A&M pitcher Steve Hughes, a sophomore from San Augustine,
practices his craft during batting practice Monday afternoon at Ol
sen Field during the Aggies’ first spring baseball practice. Hughes
and the Aggies begin the 1989 season February 10 when Pan Ameri
can University visits Olsen Field.
Lady Ags visit Ozarks
for tussle with Hogs
Traveling to Arkansas’ Barnhill
arena has always caused problems
for Texas A&M’s Lady Aggies. 1 hex
have never won there.
Lady Ags at Arkansas
, • WhatiTexas A&M (11-3; 3-0 in ||
the SWC) takes on the Arkansas I
Lady Razorbacks (K-5; 2-2) m
;Southwest Conference women’s
^basketball, ~
• When:T onight at 7 p.m.
• Where: B a mh i 11 Arena m
j* Radio/TVf I here will not Ih>
Tadio or television coverage. ^
This year’s squad, at 11-3 and 3-0
in the Southwest Conference, is hop
ing to outdo the Razorbacks (8-5, 2-
2) tonight at 7 p.m.
The Lady Aggies have beaten
TCU, SMU and Baylor in SWC ac
tion, while Arkansas has downed
Texas Tech and TCU and lost to
Texas and SMU (their only home
loss of the year).
Arkansas leads the series 14-3.
Two of A&M’s victories came last
year at G. Rollie White Coliseum and
again in the SWC tournament. A&M
has a seven-game win streak.
Senior Donna Roper leads the
Lady Aggies with 16.6 points per
game, and Lisa Jordon has over 10
per game.
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