The Battalion
1990
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Sports Editor
NacUa Sabawala
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Defense carries A&M
against powerful OU
By DOUGLAS PILS
Of The Battalion Staff
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With the 18th-ranked Oklahoma
Sooners in town for a mid-week
showdown with the rebuilding
Texas A&M squad, expectations of
the Aggies weren’t very high.
Although the final result, an 81-
65 A&M loss, may not look impres
sive, the Aggies (1-2) sent a word out
to the 4,657 in attendence and to
those who enter G. Rollie White Col-
iseium this year. Don’t come expect
ing to see a blowout or to get an easy
victory, because these Aggies won’t
be pushed around.
The Sooners’ 81 points is 18 below
their season average and A&M head
coach Kermit Davis Jr. said he was
pleased with his team’s perfor
mance.
“I really liked our effort,” Davis
said. “Defensively we did a good job
getting back and we hardly gave up
any transition baskets.”
After Oklahoma (3-1) jumped out
to a quick 9-1 lead, A&M clawed its
w'ay to within within two, 22-20, with
7:28 to go in the half. Sophomore
guard Brooks Thompson stole an in
bounds pass, took it for the easy
and was fouled in the process.
The Aggies watched their oppor
tunity slip away after Thompson
missed the ensuing free throw. Okla
homa guard Terry Evans hit a three-
pointer, Brent Price hit another on
its next possession and Jeff Webster
was good for two to put OU up by
eight, 30-22.
The Sooners took a 38-30 lead
into halftime and, after A&M for
ward Anthony Ware brought the
Aggies to within six, OU dominated
the offensive boards and made
seven-of-eight three-pointers. OU’s
layup;
PHELAN M. EBENHACK/The Battalion
A&M’s Rashone Lewis and OU’s
Terrence Mullins get tangled
while going for a rebound during
Wednesday night’s game.
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biggest lead would grow to 19 as the
game wound down. Center Shedrick
Anderson converted a three-point
play to seal the final 16-point mar
gin.
Anderson paced the Aggies with
14 points and 13 rebounds. Thomp
son and Issac Brown added 12
points each, while senior Lynn Suber
scored 10. Anderson said the
Sooners’ big men took a lot out of
him.
“They had good inside players,”
Anderson said. “They had two,
three, four big guys and they were
really wearing me down. Our goal
was to show that we’re a quality team,
so we feel kind of satisfied with the
effort, we just couldn’t pull it
through.”
Thompson said he didn’t see the
game as a moral Victory, but all in all,
it was good for the team.
“We don’t really take it as a victo
ry,” Thompson said. “It may give us
a little respect around the nation as
being a hard defensive team that can
compete with the Texas’ and the
Houstons.”
Sooner forward Kermit Holmes
led all scorers with 27 points, while
grabbing 13 rebounds. Terrence
Mullins scored 15 and Price and Jeff
Webster hit 12 each.
Holmes said he knew from the
outset that he would need to be at
the top of his game, because the
Sooners were without injured starter
Brian Sallier.
“I knew coming in to A&M with
out Brian making the trip we would
have to step it up a notch inside,”
Holmes said. “We expected A&M to
play us tough since it was their home
opener.”
Davis, making his regular season
coaching debut, said the Sooners
won the game on the boards and be
cause of the Aggies’ lack of depth.
“They beat us badly on the boards
and I thought that was the big key,”
Davis said. “No question we got tired
out there. We’re limited depth-wise
and when you get tired you have a
few more turnovers and the ball
starts slipping through your hands.”
SWC, Dallas
recommended
to host 1994
hoops tourney
DALLAS (AP) — The South
west Conference and the city of
Dallas have been recommended
to serve as official hosts of the
1994 NCAA Mid
west Regional
basketball tour
nament.
The recom
mendation of the
NCAA Men’s Di
vision I Basketball Committee is
subject to approval of the NCAA
Executive Committee, which
meets this weekend in Kansas
City.
The NCAA Executive Com
mittee has never overturned a site
recommendation of the NCAA
Division I Men’s Basketball Com
mittee.
The 1994 Midwest Regional
would be played at Reunion
Arena March 25-27, with the win
ner advancing to the NCAA Final
Four in Charlotte, N.C. Other re
gional sites for 1994 are Miami
(East), Knoxville, Term. (South
east) and Los Angeles, (West).
The SWC played host to the
1990 NCAA Midwest Regional at
Reunion Arena, with conference
members Arkansas and Texas
meeting in the championship
game. Arkansas defeated Texas
88-85 to advance to the 1990 Fi
nal Four in Denver.
“We’re very excited and hon
ored that the Division I Men’s
Basketball Committee selected
Dallas and Reunion Arena to
again play a major role in what
has become perhaps the premier
sporting event in the country,”
said SWC Commissioner Fred Ja
coby.
The 1994 event would be the
fifth time Reunion Arena and
Dallas play host to the NCAA bas
ketball tournament.
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