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The Battalion SPORTS 7 Wednesday, January 24,1990 Sports Editor Richard Tijerina 845-2688 Vince Sports Writer Shelby’s out: Let’s work on a new program looses are red. Violets are blue. Who’ll be next year’s basketball coach, Here at TAMU? The fact is we had a fine coach in Shelby Metcalf. But due to certain circumstances, which I’m sure everyone knows by now, we don’t any more. Nevertheless, the dirty deed’s been done. The question now is will John Thornton, the new interim head coach, stay around for seasons to come? Or will the former A&M player be out at the end of this season? No one knows, except Mr. Crow. I hate to see the Good Doctor go. He deserved better. Metcalf was the winningest coach in the Southwest Conference with a record of 239-158 (.602). His overall career record was 438-306 (.589). He led A&M to five NCAA tournaments and four NIT appearances. I thought Shelby Metcalf stood for tradition when I first arrived at A&M. Metcalf came to A&M in 1958, the year after John David Crow won the Heisman Trophy. In his first head coaching year, Metcalf guided the Aggies to a conference championship. Not too shabby for an opening performance. But now the “Great One” is gone. What will the future hold-in-store for the Aggies? For that matter, what will the future hold for the entire SWC? If Crow thinks the firing of Metcalf will mean a better performance of play for A&M, then I have some news for him. He started this “snowball” effect. Now he must finish it. First of all, he should do something about the basketball facilities here at A&M. I think it’s about time to get rid of, or do something about, the bam we call G. Rollie White. Come on, Aggie alumni. Sam Houston State University’s gym is bigger than ours. With that out of the way: Maybe A&M will turn some of the up- and-coming high school superstars’ See Snyder/Page 8 Lady Ags demolish Owls, 76-44 ^oXoni ht Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack A&M’s Dena Russo (22) blocks Jennifer Judy’s shot Tuesday night. year, and 3-3 in conference play. Saturday as they travel to Houston to play 1 The Lady Aggies will be on the road this the Cougars. Top high school quarterbacks pledge Team breaks even in SWC standings By VINCE SNYDER Of The Battalion Staff The Lady Aggies filled two goals Tues day night as they defeated the Rice Owls at G. Rollie White Coliseum, 76-44. A&M broke a two-game losing streak and reached the .500 mark in conference play this season as well. Both teams exchanged leads during the first five minutes, until A&M took the final led with 14:43 left in the first half and never looked back. “The first-half we just came out and played a little sloppy, and had way too many turnovers,” A&M Head Coach Lynn Hickey said. “But we came back in the sec ond-half and got back into control.” Full court pressure worked wonders for both teams, but A&M and Rice failed to capitalize once the ball was in their posses sions. Hickey used this game as a chance for all her players to get some playing time. “We moved an awful lot of people in and out tonight so we knew we weren’t going to keep a lot of consistency or continuity, but it was good for everybody to get a chance to play, ’ Hickey said. Despite A&M shuffiling players in and out, junior center Louise Madison scored 16 points and nabbed II rebounds to lead the team for the night. Freshman forward Yatisha Bosha had 13 points, and LaTanya Irving added 11 points to keep her in double figures. Once the Lady Aggies took control of the game during the first-half, they were able to work the ball inside and score from within the paint. However, A&M failed to block out at the other end of the court, giving Rice second and third shot attemps. After a 37-21 A&M lead at the half, the Lady Aggies came out firing. “It feels good to win,” Hickey said. “But the thing that concerns me is that the inten sity level at Houston will be about triple of what this was. “We have so many new kids and I don’t know if they understand what type of pres sure they’ll have to face at Houston.” This win brings A&M to 6-10 on th£ By RICHARD TIJERINA Of The Battalion Staff Back in November, Texas A&M football coach R.C. Slocum said he was hoping to win big in the recruiting wars for high school talent. Slocum said the Aggies’ big gest needs were linemen, both offensive and defensive. Now, at the peak of the recruiting sea son, it looks like Slocum not only is getting the linemen he wanted, but a few quar terbacks as well. Aldine MacArthur quarterback Steve Emerson verbally committed to A&M. Emerson is the second quarterback to com mit to the Aggies. Orangefield’s Jeff Gran ger, the state’s No. 2 quarterback prospect, pledged Sunday also to attend A&M. A&M lost the state’s No. 1 high school prospect, Hunstville’s Steve Clements, to Texas. But Granger and Emerson will be welcome additions to the A&M roster. Last year’s starter Lance Pavlas will be a senior next season, and former starter Bucky Richardson will be a junior after redshirt- ing last year. “I’d like to be able to sign a couple of young quarterbacks so we can groom them to step in when Lance and Bucky leave,” Slocum said in November. “We have to start looking down the road.” That road is starting to look pretty good for the Aggies, who were decimated in last year’s recruiting season because of the By CLAY RASMUSSEN Of The Battalion Staff More than just breaking a three-game losing streak will be on the minds of the Texas A&M basketball team when it takes the court Wednesday night at 7:30 against Rice. The Aggies must also contend with the loss of their coach of 27 years, Shelby Met calf. Metcalf was relieved of his head coaching job Monday by Athletic Director John Da vid Crow. Assistant Coach John Thornton was named as A&M’s interim head coach for the remainder of the season. After the announcement by Crow to team members Monday, several players left the locker room visibly shaken and still in shock. “Coach Metcalf was one hell of a coach,” junior guard Freddie Ricks said. “I’m just stunned right now.” Adding to the Aggies’ emotional state is the fact that they have dropped their last three consecutive games to Southern Meth odist, Texas and Arkansas. A&M started off conference play hot, shooting out to a 2-0 SWC record. But they’ve lost three straight, and now find themselves in fifth place. And now A&M must regroup as it faces the resurgent Owls. The Aggies are 9-10 overall, 2-3 in SWC action while the Rice is 9-6, 4-1 in the SWC. The Owls’ only confer ence loss came in the form of a 84-69 home loss at the hands of Houston in early Jan uary. Although gloom surrounds A&M’s bas ketball program, bright spots can be found in guards Lynn Suber ana Tony Milton. Suber is coming off his best back-to-back games of the season after scoring 26 points against Texas, and another 26 points in the 100-84 loss to Arkansas. Suber’s performance in the Texas game earned him a spot on Metcalfs starting lineup and Suber responded by hitting 5- of-11 of his three-point shots and scoring 21 points in the first half. Milton could be headed for SWC honors after another spectacular performance against Arkansas. He scored 16 points and recorded 10 as sists against the Razorbacks, and is averag ing 20.1 points per game. Milton has scored in the double figures in 18 of his last 19 games this year. to Aggies threat of NCAA infractions, including the death penalty. But what a difference a year can make. 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