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A&M center Louise Madison knocks the ball away from Ar
kansas’ Blair Savage in Saturday’s 70-64 loss.
The Lady Aggies will be hoping to
rebound from back-to-back confer
ence losses to Texas and Arkansas,
when they host the Rice Owls Tues
day in a Southwest Conference bas
ketball matchup at G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
The Lady Aggies lost a close game
Saturday against the Lady Razor-
backs, 70-64, while struggeling to
find a victory.
The team also traveled to Austin
last Tuesday, and a gallant second-
half effort fell short in a loss to the
Lady Longhorns.
Lady Aggies Coach Lynn Hickey
said, ^Overall, I thought we did
some really good things (in the Ar
kansas game). It was a disappointing
loss, but there were still a lot of posi
tive factors to come out of it.”
Hickey also said the team has to
work on the basics of defense and of
fense, along with a lot of practice on
its shooting.
A&M is 10-6 on the year while
Rice stands 5-10 overall.
However, both the Lady Aggies
and the Owls are 2-3 in league play,
f (lacing them in a three-way tie for
ifth place in the SWC standing with
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25th
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Becker defends McEnroe’s tirade
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) —
Boris Becker came to the defense of
John McEnroe on Monday, saying
the misconduct rules are wrong and
warning tennis officials against try
ing to turn players into robots.
“Tennis has to be careful,” Becker
said at the Australian Open while
McEnroe was flying home to Malibu,
Calif., after being thrown out of the
tournament for smashing his racket
and cursing.
“Not everybody is like a com
puter. Tennis is more than just hit
ting a few balls. It is very good to
have a John McEnroe, and I hope
we have a couple more.
“Sure, you can’t say what he said
to the umpire, but there should be a
different penalty than just taking
him out of the match.”
Becker took some of the attention
off the McEnroe affair with a slick
escape from two sets down Monday
night, a trick reminiscent of his
route to the U.S. Open title last fall.
“I was quite astonished I got out of
it,” Becker said.
Becker turned up the level of his
game midway through the second
set after one fan called out, “Hey,
Boris, you want to be No. 1?” and
another fan yelled, “Remember Da
vis Cup in America.”
Down a break in the third set to
1989 Australian finalist Miloslav Me-
cir, Becker stormed back to win 4-6,
6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 and reach the
quarterfinals against three-time
champion Mats Wilander.
Becker’s first serve was off in the
opening set, when he seemed dis
tracted by cawing crows on the rim
of the stadium and frustrated by the
passing shots of Mecir, who broke
Becker three times.
Thornton
(Continued from page 7)
Thornton’s future with A&M bas
ketball will be decided at the end of
the season when Crow evaluates the
program.
Although Thornton is a new
comer to major college head coach
ing, his ties with A&M run deep.
Thornton transferred to A&M
from San Antonio Junior College in
1973. The following year he was
named the Aggies’ most valuable
player and earned SWC Newcomer
of the Year honors after averaging
13 points and 7 rebounds per game.
As a senior, Thornton led the Ag
gies to a 20-7 record and the SWC
championship.
He graduated in 1975, and re
mained at A&M as a graduate assis
tant coach while finishing his mas
ter’s degree in education.
In 1977, he moved to Athens
High School, coaching the school’s
basketball team to a 23-7 record,
then returned to his hometown of
San Antonio as intramural coordina
tor at the University of Texas-San
Antonio for a year.
Thornton spent the next two
years as athletic director and basket
ball coach at Hill Junior College in
Hillsboro, where he amassed a 32-27
overall record.
He returned to A&M as Metcalfs
assistant coach in 1981.
Becker blew a 4-0 lead in the sec
ond-set tiebreaker, double-faulting
to 4-4 and losing it on a lunging
forehand he hit long.
But after Mecir broke him in the
third set for a 3-1 lead, the match
suddenly changed.
Mecir won only three more games
the rest of the match as Becker
picked up the pace on his grounds-
trokes, attacked the net more confi
dently and unleashed eight aces or
service winners.
McEnroe’s tantrum and depar
ture were the talk of the Open most
of the day. It wasn’t his worst display
of court behavior, but it cost him a
shot at $200,000 and put into ques
tion his future in tennis.
The $6,500 fine he was slapped
with was minor, though it cut a big
chunk out of the $14,000 he won for
reaching the fourth round.
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The last time these two teamst,
proved to be fatal for the Agj,
Rice won that contest by a 7ti,
margin despite trailing, 34-30,
halftime.
“T hey stuck it to us last year,"sj
Hickey. “Even though they’ve had
lot of change in their staff andp
sonnel, our players know howi
portant this game is.”
T he Lady Aggies need a win
even their conference record, at
can’t afford to drop many hot
games if they hope to finish high
SWC standings.
Owls’ Coach Mike Dunavantsj
their main concern for Tuesdai
game is stopping Yvonne Hill,
“Hill is having a great season
conference play and on the year
well,” Dunavant said. “I also thii
A&M will finish high in the conif
ence when it’s all over with.”
Junior Yvonne Hill leads the
Aggies with 12.8 points per gain
Junior Louise Madison is scorn
12.7 points for the Aggies, and
leading the team in rebounds w
7.6 a game.
The Lady Aggies will travel to
University of Houston Saturdr
and then to Lubbock next Tuesdi
in hopes for two SWC wins. Tipoff
scheduled for 2:30 p.m. in Satin I
day’s game.
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116-104
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