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Asst. Sports Editor
Success starts
and ends with
fan support
Vxome on Ags, we’re on the
brink of attaining a first-class facility
which will house our downtrodden but
never boring bas
ketball team and
G. Rollie White
Coliseum never
fills up.
Now I know
these aren’t the
I best of times, and
watching A&M
stay close only to
| run out of gas in
the end may not
be the best way to
spend an evening
or afternoon. But
for this university to reach the level of
say a Duke, Kentucky or a North
Carolina, we’ve got to prove that we
deserve a 14,000 seat coliseum.
G. Rollie will hold 7,500 people and
the highest amount to grace its doors
this season was the 4,657 who showed up
for the Aggies’ non-conference tilt
against Oklahoma on Nov. 28. That was
the first home game of the season and
since then the average is only 2,085 —
pitiful.
Now, I’m never one to turn off a
football game (the supposed King sport
around here), but nothing'rivals a great
college basketball game. Of all the
negative things that have come from the
basketball program this year, no one’s
ever mentioned that this team lacks
talent. That talent makes each and every
game just that, a great basketball game.
A&:M’s archrival Texas provides a
good example of fan support. Through
nine games this year the Longhorns
averaged 13,279 a game and their lowest
attendance was 10,300. Incredible when
you think that it took A&M FIVE games
to total 11,374 —mindboggling.
This weekend the third-ranked team
of these entire United States waltzes into
College Station for an altercation with
Brooks, Lynn and the boys.
To think that 7,500 people would
show up to watch the Arkansas
Razorbacks’ last trip to G. Rollie would
probably be expecting too much.
But think about this when you decide
See Pils/Page 8
Aggies enter Top Ranked weekend
Baseball at No. 1LSU; No. 3 Hogs and No. 9 Lady Hogs invade G. Rollie White
By Steve O'Brien
The Battalion
The Texas A&M baseball team travels to
unfriendly territory this weekend.
The 12th-ranked Aggies open a three-
game series against the No. 1-ranked Loui
siana State Tigers in Baton Rouge tonight.
Tonight’s game is scheduled for 7 p.m.
and Saturday’s double-header starts at 4
p.m.
□ Mike Hickey’s turn/Page 6
A&M (9-2) is coming off an eight-game
home stand in which it went 7-1. The Ags
faltered against Southwest Texas before
sweeping Northeastern Louisiana and
Westmont College.
The Tigers are 6-0 with a team ERA of
1.21, including three shutouts.
Last year A&M took two of three from
LSU, avenging the 1989 NCAA regional
tournament losses. The Tigers beat the Ags
twice to eliminate A&M and advance to the
College World Series.
A&M leads the series, which dates back
to 1910, 14-5-1. The Aggies haven’t played
in Baton Rouge since 1978 when they
opened the season with a three-game
sweep.
Right-hander Ronnie Allen is the sched
uled starter for A&M tonight. Allen boasts
a 2-0 record with a 1.29 ERA.
LSU’s scheduled starter tonight is right
hander Paul Byrd. Byrd is 2-0 and has a
1.64 ERA.
A&M head coach Mark Johnson is
looking forward to the challenge.
“We need to play an LSU — that type of
team — right now,” Johnson said. “I think
the guys are going to be excited about it.
“It’s a learning experience.”
Left fielder Mike Hickey leads the Aggies
in hitting with a .471 average and is coming
off a record setting performance agaisnt
Westmont on Monday. Hickey was 6-for-7
with 10 RBIs, including two doubles and a
pair of home runs.
His performance set a new A&M record
and tied a Southwest Conference mark.
As a team, the Aggies are batting .311
with a .448 on base percentage.
A&M pitchers Jason Bullard (2-0) and
Jason Hutchins (TO) are slated to start in
Saturday’s twinbill.
Chad Ogea (2-0) and Mark LaRosa (1-0)
are penciled in for the Tigers Saturday.
Battalion file photo
Arkansas’ Todd Day drives against A&M’s Brooks Thompson in last year’s
loss to the Razorbacks. The pair will face each other Saturday at noon as the
Aggies square off against the No. 3 Hogs.
By Scott Wudel
The Battalion
The Aggies hope to keep third-ranked
Arkansas from going hog-wild Saturday.
The Texas A&M basketball team will try
to pin down the Razorbacks and grab its
second straight Southwest Conference win.
The matchup will begin at noon in G.
Rollie White Coliseum and will be televised
regionally by Raycom.
The Texas A&M Lady Aggies will at
tempt to upset the ninth-ranked Arkansas
women’s team on Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
The Aggie men, 7-17, shaved Baylor
Wednesday night and improved their con
ference record to 2-11.
Arkansas is undefeated in 13 SWC games
and 26-2 for the season. The Razorbacks
are attempting to become the first team to
go through the SWC slate unbeaten since
1983, when Houston drew a 16-0 record.
Arkansas defeated A&M earlier this sea
son in Fayetteville, 100-84.
A&M coach Kermit Davis Jr. said the Ag
gies will approach this game with the same
frame of mind they used against the Bears
earlier this week.
“What are your individual goals, what
are you trying to do,” Davis said he asked
his players before their victory.
“Those kind of things —just to redirect
them to know there is still basketball to be
played.
“And everytime you get a chance to play,
you’ve got to take advantage of it.”
He said he asked the team at that time to
turn its remaining games into a five-game
season.
Davis said the Aggies won’t let the Razor-
backs have a field day at the Coliseum. But
the coach said Arkansas’ depth and physical
prowess may take a toll on the shorthanded
A&M team.
Davis said the Aggies will have to cover
the whole court against the Hogs.
“When you play Arkansas you’ve got to
play every facet oi the game as good as you
can play,” he said.
Davis said the Aggies need the support of
the home crowd Saturday.
“That’s probably one of the most critical
things that can happen,” Davis said. “If we
could get a great crowd and a great student
atmosphere in there. ”
See Aggies/Page 8
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