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VISA & MasterCard accepted. Bolshoi Ballet Grigorovich Company Nov. 21-Dec. 1 Texas A&M University Rudder Auditorium For hotel & ticket packages contact: ITS Tours & Travel at 1-800-533-8688 Don’t Miss The Memory! Page 6 Aggies lose exhibition to Melbourne Friday, 92-89 By Anthony Andro The Battalion There were times Friday night when the Texas A&M-Eastside Melbourne men's basketball game looked more like an Australian rules football game than a basket ball game. The Spectres outmuscled the Ag gies 92-89 in a game where 52 fouls were called. A&M had its chance to tie the game with ten seconds left but sophomore David Edwards three- pointer missed the mark and the Aggies wound up their exhibition season with an 0-2 record. The Aggies begin the regular season next Monday when they take on Prairie View A&M at 7:30 p.m. at G. Rollie White Coliseum. A&M coach Tony Barone thinks the team has improved since its opening loss to Marathon Oil. "I thought we played pretty well," Barone said. "I don't think we had as many breakdowns as we did in the first game. "You need to get these games under your belt so that you get a feel for what kind of team you have in late-game situations." The Aggies controlled the first half thanks to the three-point shot. After taking a 26-24 lead, the Aggies went on a shooting spree behind consecutive three-pointers from Chuck Henderson, Corey Henderson and David Martin. The 35-24 lead would be the biggest lead of the game for either team. The Spectres cut the lead to one at 42-41 but an Edwards three- ointer would help open the lead ack up to 52-45 at halftime. "We played pretty well in the first half I thought," Barone said. "But they were 16 for 23 in the first half." Eastside Melbourne's shooting and A&M foul trouble would lead to the Aggies' second half prob lems. An 11-0 run by the Spectres early in the half gave them a 58-54 lead but the Aggies took the lead back 70-69 after a Martin three- pointer. But every time the Aggies had a chance to increase the lead, the Spectres got the ball. Melbourne out-rebounded the Aggies 23-15 in the second half and were led by Bruce Bolden, who finished the game with 29 points and 16 rebounds. After tying the score at 87, A&M forwards Matt Haralson and Damon Johnson both fouled out of the game. The two had combined for 13 of the Aggie's 27 rebounds and af ter they were gone, so were the Aggies chances. Foul troubles hurt the Aggies all night long. Melbourne shot 43 free throws compared to A&M's 21. "Our bench tonight, in terms of fouls, were really bad," he said. "We went into the game and we had three guys who went into the game and had six fouls in less than two minutes. "I should have suited up be cause I could do that." It appeared the Aggies were lifeless to start the second half. "We came out flat to start the second half," he said. "We threw the ball away too many times. A veteran team like that will hurt you when you play like that." Edwards led the Aggies with 22 points. Martin chipped in 18, Haralson contributed 14 and both Jonson and Kevin Barker added 12 apiece. Victory moves A&M closer to Bowl Continued from Page 5 total of 128 yards, and held them without a passing yard. Arkansas slowed A&M's offense to 367 yards compared to the Aggies' 457.5 yard per game average. "Arkansas did some things that surprised us," Richardson said. "Their defensive line kept shifting durin^hny cadence and 1 think that threw us out of sync. "We scored enough to win. We're young and they're an old team and they played extremely tough." A&M center Chris Dausin said the Razorbacks' defense surprised him. "I take my hat off to Arkansas," Dausin said. "They came out fired up and they knocked us around some. "We made some adjustments, but it was like a war out there." The Razorbacks also surprised A&M by starting junior quarter back Gary Adams and running the wishbone attack instead of relying on the arm of sophomore walk-on quarterback Wade Hill. A&M linebacker Quentin Coryatt lead the Aggies with 14 tackles and said the defense was able to adjust to Arkansas' offen sive gameplan. "We worked all week on their short yardage offense so it wasn't a big surprise," Coryatt said. "We didn't think they would stick to the wishbone the whole game — we thought they would switch back to their regular offense." Adams said he had never run the wishbone offense before. "I think you have to give A&M credit," Adams said. "But the bot tomline is we stopped ourselves with bad reads, missed blocks and penalties. "We moved the ball on them, but breakdowns stopped us. I thought we did a good job, espe cially in the first half, of control ling the ball. That's what we were trying to do — keep their offense off the fjeld. Arkansas held the A&M of fense to only 125 yards of total of fense in the first half. A&M got the ball at the Arkansas 35-yardline and drove 11 yards in seven plays before Venetoulias kicked a 41-yard field goal to give A&M a 3-0 lead. The Aggies got the ball at the Razorback s 32 after Coryatt re covered a fumble by UA's Ron Dickerson. But A&M was held to a 22 yard field goal by Venetoulias with 2:58 left in the first quarter. Arkansas' Todd Wright con nected on a 45-yard field goal with 2:36 left in the first half to cut A&M's lead. Wright missed a 32-yard field goal with more than nine minutes left in the fourth quarter that would have put the Razorbacks with seven points of A&M. Arkansas' leading rusher was Adams, who gained 27 yards in 17 attempts. He was 0-2 in passing at tempts. A&M fullback Doug Carter rushed for 52 yards in eight at tempts. Richardson completed six of 13 pass attempts for 128 yards and one interception. The Aggies face SMU next Sat urday at 2 p.m. at Kyle Field. AP Top 25 The Top 25 teams in the Associ ated Press 1991 college footbai poll, with first-place votes ir parentheses, records through Nov. 16, total points based onqg points for a first-place voltli through one point for a 25th place vote, and previous ranking Record Pts Lit 1. Miami (46) 9-0-0 1,486 2. Wash. (14) 10-0-0 1,446 3. Florida St. 10-1-0 1,371 j 4. Michigan 9-1-0 1,313 1 5. Florida 9-1-0 1,270 i| 6. California 94-0 1,178 f| 7. Penn St. 9-2-0 1,111 1 8. Alabama 9-1-0 1,047 9. Iowa 9-1-0 1,036 4 lO.Tennesee 7-2-0 929 I 11. Nebraska 8-1-1 899 nf 12. Texas A&M 8-1-0 896 1! 13. E. Carolina 9-1-0 731 It. 14. Clemson 7-1-1 719 1: 15. Colorado 7-2-1 626 1C w 16. Syracuse 8-2-0 561 17. Notre Dame 8-3-0 523 Up 18. Ohio St. 8-2-0 490 If 19. Oklahoma 8-2-0 476 fe. 20. Virginia 7-2-1 383 Ill 21. Stanford 7-3-0 304 22. N. C. St. 8-2-0 169 23. Tulsa 7-2-0 121 - 24. Georgia 7-3-0 90 25. UCLA 7-3-0 87 -i t Cotton Bowl — nee seni bee 4 fin a I Continued from Page 5 Coin and Bowden accepted their first Cotton Bowl invita tion at 2:06 p.m. CSX Sunday. "We are extremely happytt have this very deserving foot ball team playing in one of the truly great traditional bowl games," Coin said. "Our ut most goal was to make sure that this football team was ade quately rewarded for what ha- been a remarkable season. "Obviously, we wanted very badly to win our game against Miami yesterday,"Gois added. "But it is a tribute to our coaches, players and staff that even in the face of that heart breaking defeat we can takeout team to Dallas for what will be an outstanding matchup." Bowden also put the bes! face on his disappointment. "This really completes the cycle of major bowls for out university and that is iniporfett from a historical perspective,' Bowden said. "Our players will enjoy the trip because it willbf a first. My seniors have beenlc the Fiesta Bowl, the Sugat Bowl, and the Blockbuster. Ibis will he a nice, new experience.’ The Cotton Bowl was pre pared to invite a Big Eight run nerup had Florida State beaten Miami, but much preferred thf Semincdes, whom it had been trying to attract for a decade. Texas A&M coach RX Slocum said Florida State add; luster to the Cotton Bowl. "I think that the Cotton Bowl is to be commended on getting a team with the stature of Florida State," Slocum said "For a number of years, they've been one of the top football teams in the country. "1 think that adds a whole lot of glamour to the Cotton Bowd, arid certainly makes ill more attractive to us." The Seminoles are 11-7-2 ir bowl games and will be making their 10th straight bowl appear ance. Under Bowden, the Semi- noles are 9-2-1 in post-season play and have a six-bowl win ning streak. The Aggies are 11-7 in bowl games, including 4-2 in the Col ton. 1 the aid, catii that earl ing the tion be s moi flag Cor ind ide ( defi flag if y mu i you T-sl of t we, loo thei wh rur the the tec: a h wh ing sta du thi it v tol EVERY WEDNESDAY CNEAKV °PETE 1 Sing-Along 8:30-Midnight NOV 21 THURSDAY N the Rutz ON THE PATIO Starting at 9:00 pm 846-4135 Walk-In or Drive-Thru 303 West University Dr.